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Will Smith tops Hollywood earner list
Will Smith was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood last year, according to US business magazine Forbes. He earned $80m Vince Vaughn proved the best value for money, raking in $14.73 for every dollar he was paid.
Cameron Diaz led the ladies' charge by topping the highest-grossing actress table with takings of $50m.
Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to the magazine.
Will Smith was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood last year, according to US business magazine Forbes. He earned $80m Vince Vaughn pr... more -
Sexy Megan Fox on the set of the new Transformers movie
Here`s Megan Fox taking a break from filming on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which is being filmed in Venice Beach. Dressed in character as “Mikaela Banes,” in a printed top with a pair of belted shorts and some leather motorcycle boots.The film is slated for release in 2009. Here`s Megan Fox taking a break from filming on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which is being filmed in Venice Beach.... more
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Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84
Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.
"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."
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Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in "Maude," Betty White in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and Rue McClanahan in "Mama's Family." The last character to be cast was Sophia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur's character.
When she auditioned, Getty was appearing on stage in Hollywood as the carping Jewish mother in Harvey Fierstein's play "Torch Song Trilogy." In her early 60s, she flunked her "Golden Girls" test twice because it was believed she didn't look old enough to play 80.
"I could understand that," she told an interviewer a year after the show debuted. "I walk fast, I move fast, I talk fast."
She came prepared for the third audition, however, wearing dowdy clothes and telling an NBC makeup artist, "To you this is just a job. To me it's my entire career down the toilet unless you make me look 80." The artist did, Getty got the job and won two Emmys.
It culminated a long struggle for success during which Getty worked low-paying office jobs to help support her family while she tried to make it as a stage actress.
"I knew I could be seduced by success in another field, so I'd say, 'Don't promote me, please,'" she recalled.
She also appeared in small parts in a handful of films and TV movies during that time, including "Tootsie," "Deadly Force" and "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story."
After her success in "The Golden Girls," other roles came her way. She played Cher's mother in "Mask," Sylvester Stallone's in "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot" and Barry Manilow's in the TV film "Copacabana." Other credits included "Mannequin" and "Stuart Little" (as the voice of Grandma Estelle).
"The Golden Girls," which ran from 1985 to 1992, was an immediate hit, and Sophia, who began as a minor character, soon evolved into a major one.
Audiences particularly loved the verbal zingers Getty would hurl at the other three. When McClanahan's libidinous character Blanche once complained that her life was an open book, Sophia shot back, "Your life's an open blouse."
Getty had gained a knack for one-liners in her late teens when she did standup comedy at a Catskills hotel. Female comedians were rare in those days, however, and she bombed.
Undeterred, she continued to pursue a career in entertainment, and while her parents were encouraging, her father also insisted that she learn office skills so she would have something to fall back on.
Born Estelle Scher to Polish immigrants in New York, Getty fell in love with theater when she saw a vaudeville show at age 4.
She married New York businessman Arthur Gettleman (the source of her stage name) in 1947, and they had two sons, Carl and Barry. The marriage prevailed despite her long absences on the road and in "The Golden Girls."
Getty was evasive about her height, acknowledging only that she was "under 5 feet and under 100 pounds."
In addition to her son Carl, Getty is survived by son Barry Gettleman, of Miami; a brother, David Scher of London; and a sister, Rosilyn Howard of Las Vegas. Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sar... more -
Batman... arrested???
Batman star Christian Bale was arrested Tuesday over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said.
The 34-year-old actor spent four hours at a London police station before being released on bail.
British media had reported that Bale's mother and sister complained he had assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night, a day before the European premiere of his latest film, "The Dark Knight."
The Sun newspaper said police did not question the actor Monday because they did not want to interfere with the premiere of the movie.
Asked Tuesday whether Bale had been arrested, a London police spokesman did not refer to him by name but said: "A 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault."
The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because force policy did not authorize him to be identified. British police do not name suspects before they are formally charged.
The force later said in a statement that the man had been released on bail pending further inquiries and told to return in September. It did not specify the date.
Bale's sister Sharon told reporters "it's a family matter" from her home in Corfe Mullen, 110 miles southwest of London.
A man who answered the door at the home of his mother, Jenny Bale, in nearby Bournemouth said she did not want to comment.
U.S.-based representatives for Bale didn't immediately return messages seeking comment. Repeated phone calls to Bale's London representative went unanswered.
Wales-born Bale first made a splash as the child star of Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" in 1987. His screen credits also include "American Psycho," "The Machinist" and "Batman Begins."
In "The Dark Knight," Bale reprises the role of wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego Batman, a brooding vigilante superhero still scarred by the murder of his parents.
The Warner Bros. film, which stars the late Heath Ledger as Batman's nemesis The Joker, took in a record $158.4 million at the box office in its opening weekend in the U.S. last week. Batman star Christian Bale was arrested Tuesday over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said. ... more -
Holy Allegations! Bale may have to post bail!
If he is found to have assaulted his ma and sis, he really is 'The Dark Knight'.
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Batman released after being arrested, accused of assaulting mother and sister
Batman star Christian Bale has been questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, ``The Dark Knight,'' British media reported Tuesday.
Update: Bale has now left the London police station at which he was being questioned. The Sky.com article discusses Bale's demeanour on the night he is alleged to have assaulted his family members - he was interviewed by a reporter after it is said to have happened, who talks to Sky about his conduct that night.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Batman-st...
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Amazing Dark Knight review
I'm an actress myself and a great writer ... I put a new spin on the film and Heath Ledger's character that you will find very interesting ... Please put me on TV I love you guys! Your viewers will love me! I'm an actress myself and a great writer ... I put a new spin on the film and Heath Ledger's character that you will find very interes... more
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Worst break-ups ever turned into a play: are yours as dramatic?
Ok, so it’s not high on the 'lots of wars, lots of conflict' news agenda, but it is proper interesting. And it has a topical peg and everything.
When the Bush Theatre asked people to share their worst break-up experiences, it was inundated with replies. Now those stories have become a play, '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover', which will debut at Latitude festival this weekend.
Ranging from the flippant one-line kiss-off to the tender conclusion of a quarter-century of marriage, a four-strong cast, two women and two men, including Ralf Little, best known as The Royle Family's Anthony, will race through 50 break-ups in as many minutes in a lo-fi production that was originally commissioned for Latitude Festival. Sounds like fun!
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, a kind of Bayeux Tapestry of broken hearts, features the much-loved/hated clichés ("Let's just be friends", "I'm not ready for a relationship" etc) but also some spectacularly inventive excuses for waving goodbye. Who, for example, could argue with the following? "Yeah, I see a future for us, but it's more a global warming and climate catastrophe sort of vision. So I'm going take some preventative measures. For the sake of the planet."
What about the cad who dumped his lady via his Facebook status? Or the girl who was charmed by the love token of a hand-made teddy bear, only to discover that it growled, "you're dumped. And I want my CDs back" when she squeezed its tummy? Or the charmer ended it all "three days before the wedding.... I told her I was gay... It wasn't very nice..."
So go on, let it all out. What are your worst break-up stories?
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Great American - STEVE GUTTENBERG - of police academy fame - the second coming
For all those who loved Steve Guttenberg - America's favorite 80's B-list actor - he's at it again bering a dirty old man and making crappy movies
For all those who loved Steve Guttenberg - America's favorite 80's B-list actor - he's at it again bering a dirty old man and making c... more -
2012 gets a Woody
The set of Roland Emmerich's 2012 just got a little hemp-ier. Woody Harrelson has just joined the cast, portraying a crackpot who might be on to the end of the world as we know it. The disaster film, due out next summer, has been racking up a pretty decent roster of actors, with John Cusack, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor already on board.
“I play a guy who’s been talking for a long time, the whole world thinks he’s crazy,” Harrelson said of his character. “But he’s been talking that there’s gonna be hell to pay for what’s been going on ecologically and everything.” The set of Roland Emmerich's 2012 just got a little hemp-ier. Woody Harrelson has just joined the cast, portraying a crackpot who migh... more -
When Men Were Men
"Stop-Loss" director Kimberly Perice explains what she was looking for when casting the four lead actors, as well as which Hollywood legends Ryan Phillipe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Channing Tatum and Abbie Cornish remind her of. "Stop-Loss" director Kimberly Perice explains what she was looking for when casting the four lead actors, as well as which Hollywood l... more
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Can We Talk About Black Theatre? (And how well will we listen?)
"If a black person produces something such as a play, a film or music should it be associated with the word black?" asks playwright Bola Agbaje, author of Gone Too Far! which returns to the Royal Court in July.
This well-written and researched article examines current trends regarding so-called "black theatre" in Britain. Does labeling a play as "black," "gay," "Muslim," or "radical" help to put them in context? Or does it create a segregation of sorts? And also, how do these subcultures of theatre change our definition of what we concider "mainstream?" "If a black person produces something such as a play, a film or music should it be associated with the word black?" asks playwright Bo... more -
Leonard Nimoy in NYC - photos
'Star Trek' star Leonard Nimoy attended the Licensing International Expo at Javits Center in Manhattan. Here are some photos.
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SAG president: Stop that strike talk
The Screen Actors Guild has told its 122,000 members to stay on the job even if the union fails to reach a deal with film and television studios before their contract expires at midnight Monday.
SAG President Alan Rosenberg said no strike vote has been planned, and the union's negotiators are "coming to the bargaining table every day in good faith."
The talks have been complicated by a split between SAG and the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which has reached its own agreement with the studios. About 44,000 of AFTRA's 70,000 members belong to both unions, and SAG leaders have urged those members to vote against the deal.
But AFTRA President Roberta Reardon said her union's agreement is "a solid deal" that should be ratified -- and she blasted SAG for trying to influence her members.
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Ishi: The Last of the Yahi
The epic play of San Francisco history. A tale of love, war, and ruthless ambition in the City by the Bay.
Professor Alfred Kroeber finds the West's most famous Indian starving in the woods and the two embark on an adventure that will shape the future of California and uncover the secrets of our blood drenched past. The epic play of San Francisco history. A tale of love, war, and ruthless ambition in the City by the Bay. ... more -
Teri Garr is an amazing person
Man, I had no idea all the stuff Teri Garr has been through. She’s had MS for 20+ years and had a brain aneurysm where they had to drill a hole in her head and wrapped a coil around her brain. See the Wikipedia summary here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Garr#Personal_life
I’m watching her on Late Night with David Letterman and she’s amazing. I can’t begin to imagine the type of strength this woman has and I have a new found appreciation for her. Watch the Letterman clip I've posted here then you tell me if you’d go on national TV if you'd been what she’s been through and how you’d compare to her. Man, I had no idea all the stuff Teri Garr has been through. She’s had MS for 20+ years and had a brain aneurysm where they had to dri... more -
Izzy from Grey's rejects nomination for Emmy
There have been a lot of rumors going around that Katherine Heigl may be getting a little too big headed. But are her actions honorable and praiseworthy or simply a snobby reflection of her stardom. What do you think? There have been a lot of rumors going around that Katherine Heigl may be getting a little too big headed. But are her actions honorabl... more
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Rock Band Sandbox in The Hub, thriller The Collective, comedy from ACTORSandCREW.c...
Clips of Indie mystery feature, The Collective, entered in the Brooklyn International Film Festival, has a screening date set for June 5 at Brooklyn Lyceum Theater. Experimental coldwave, rock, electronica, drum band from New South Wales, Sandbox -- "Everything Starts In The Sandbox." Comedic video entertainment from ACTORSandCREW, a networking and employment service for entertainment professionals in all categories. Clips of Indie mystery feature, The Collective, entered in the Brooklyn International Film Festival, has a screening date set for June... more
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Lynda Carter finds a woman floating in the river (true story)
true story, Wonder woman finds a....
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Director Mel Ferrer dies
Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90.
Ferrer died Monday at a Santa Barbara convalescent home, his son Mark Ferrer told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He had been in failing health for the past six months and had recently moved to the home from his nearby ranch in Carpinteria, his son said.
Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as produ... more
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