February 20, 2006
Young millionairess Mary-Kate Olsen is obsessed with supermodel Kate Moss and is desperate to play her idol on the big screen.
The teen star wants to make a movie about Moss and star in it herself - to show people she can really act. A friend of Olsen says, "Mary-Kate absolutely adores Kate Moss." "She was so worried about her when she went into rehab (for cocaine use) and she even wrote her a really nice letter offering her support and friendship."
The 19-year-old believes the two have a lot in common and are both "independent, free spirits". The source adds, "Mary-Kate thinks that she would be able to bring the right edginess and depth to the role." "She sees Kate as a survivor, just as she is herself."
Source: Teen Hollywood
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Brokeback Mountain was the big winner at last night's Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), scooping Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor honors.
Taiwanese film-maker Ang Lee was presented with the David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction, while Jake Gyllenhaal was honored for his performance - beating off competition from George Clooney, who left empty-handed despite being nominated in four categories. Gyllenhaal's co-star Heath Ledger was beaten to the Best Actor Award by Capote actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Golden Globe-winner Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for her performance in Walk The Line.
Zambian-born star Thandie Newton won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her powerful portrayal of a racially abused woman in Crash, and writer/director Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco won the Best Original Screenplay Award. The Constant Gardener scooped a staggering ten nominations last month, but was widely snubbed by the British Academy, winning only the Best Editing Award. The adaptation of John Le Carre's political thriller was also bested for the Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year by Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
Memoirs Of A Geisha picked up three awards: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and composer John Williams was honored with The Anthony Asquith Award For Achievement In Film Music for his score for the period epic.
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Nick Lachey filed papers in L.A. Superior Court on Friday reserving the right to seek spousal support from soon-to-be ex-wife Jessica Simpson. In her Dec. 16 divorce filing, Simpson, 25, had petitioned that Lachey, 32, not receive alimony.
According to his divorce response, Lachey cited irreconcilable differences for the dissolution of the marriage. Also, he asked the court to confirm that "miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects" remain separate property, as well his earnings after the date of separation and additional property assets to be determined.
In his filing, Lachey reports the couple's separation date as Dec. 13 while Simpson cited it was Nov. 23 in her divorce papers. The discrepancy in the dates is particularly relevant because of the nearly $1 million Simpson earned during those weeks that she'd have to split with her former husband under California law.
Source: People
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This is not what celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Lidia Bastianich, along with her restaurateur son, expected when they opened Del Posto, New York's latest culinary hotspot. There have been mixed reviews, carping about high prices and a nasty dispute with the landlord.
"Overbuilt, over-hyped - and at risk of just being plain over," The New York Post wrote this week about Del Posto and a neighboring restaurant of equal fame, Morimoto. The paper concluded the "two places opened badly out of tune."
The problems Del Posto has endured since it opened in December underscore just how unforgiving the restaurant business can be - even for Batali and Bastianich, two of TV's best-known chefs and most successful restaurateurs.
For Batali, Bastianich and her son, Joseph, Del Posto is one of the biggest bets of their careers, a nearly $12 million gamble on what could be the most ambitious Italian restaurant in the country. "I'm not going to tell anybody, but of course I'm worried," Batali said in an interview. "I'm working every hour of every day. This is my main event."
Batali, known for his flowing red hair and orange clogs, is a star on the Food Network, where he hosts two popular shows. He and Joseph Bastianich have created such New York City restaurants as Babbo, Lupa and Otto that put a contemporary twist on Old World food at relatively reasonable prices. Lidia Bastianich has achieved fame through her New York restaurants and popular cookbooks and as the host of public television's "Lidia's Family Table." The matriarch of Italian cooking in America, she has also branched out, bringing her traditional Italian cucina to Pittsburgh and Kansas City.
Source: New York Daily News
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Red Light District has acquired a tape that shows Kid Rock and former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp engaged in explicit sex acts with several female fans.
The never-before-seen video is 45 minutes long and features Kid Rock and Stapp partying and receiving oral sex from several of their groupies while touring nearly six years ago.
“We obtained the tape from a third party,” Red Light District president David Joseph told AVN.com. “We haven’t decided exactly when we’re releasing it, but look for it in a few months.”
To see a 45-second preview, visit www.kidrocksextape.com or www.creedsextape.com.
Source: AVN
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Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin set tongues wagging last night when he hinted the band might be splitting up.
As he accepted one of the band's two awards at the Brit Awards in London, Martin said, "You won't see us at one of these for many, many years. We won't see you for a long time. I mean it. It's going to be years before we have the chance to say this again."
He prompted even more speculation when, later in the evening, he said: "We got to go. People are fed up with us, and so are we."
Coldplay won for best single ("Speed of Sound") and best album (X&Y). Despite Martin's proclamations, Coldplay's London rep insists the hiatus will be no more than the standard break bands take between churning out albums. Perhaps Martin just wants to spend more time with his pregnant wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, and their daughter Apple.
--I have two words for Gwyneth: Yoko. Ono.
Source: People
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Another Naomi Campbell assistant has bitten the dust.
The sybaritic supermodel parted ways with her latest underling on a British Airways London-L.A. flight last week. Before boarding, Naomi was heard complaining on the phone about service. Then, she turned on her assistant. "Naomi was angry because some dresses didn't get where they were supposed to go, and the assistant yelled that she was quitting," says a snitch.
"Passengers complained to the stewardess, who was going to get the pilot, when they stopped their screaming match. Then they didn't speak to each other for several hours." Campbell's rep didn't return calls.
Source: New York Post
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Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley, has married guitarist and music producer Michael Lockwood in a ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, her publicist said Thursday. Presley, 38, and Lockwood exchanged vows in a traditional Japanese ceremony on Jan. 22, spokesman Paul Bloch said.
It was Presley's fourth marriage. She was previously married to Nicolas Cage, Michael Jackson and Danny Keough, who is the father of her two children. The bride's mother, actress Priscilla Presley, walked her daughter down the aisle and gave her away, Bloch said. Daughter Riley Keough was maid of honor and son Benjamin Keough was a groomsman.
The best man was Presley's first husband Danny Keough. Also attending the wedding were Lockwood's parents, Vivian and William Lockwood.
Source: New York Daily News
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, the favorite to take home the best actor Oscar next month, says he never would have reached such heights if he didn't get sober 16 years ago.
Hoffman, whose performance as Truman Capote in "Capote" has drawn enormous praise, speaks in an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (6 p.m.) about nearly succumbing to substance abuse when he was younger.
The 38-year-old actor says that after graduating from New York University's drama school, he fell into a fast-paced city social life. "It was all that (drugs and alcohol), yeah. It was anything I could get my hands on ... I liked it all," Hoffman says. He changed quickly, however. "I went (to rehab), I got sober when I was 22 years old," says Hoffman. "You get panicked ... and I got panicked for my life."
Hoffman's first notable movie role was "Scent of a Woman" in 1992. He gradually became one the most critically acclaimed character actors after films like "Boogie Nights," "Happiness" and "Cold Mountain."
He's glad fame didn't come until he had cleaned himself up. "I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich," he says. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'"
Source: AZ Central
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When writer John Howard Griffin turned his skin from white to dark and traveled the South in 1959 for a firsthand look at the depths of racism, he relied on a simple medical treatment and his wits. In the 21st century, such a journey requires Hollywood makeup wizardry, the well-honed conventions of both reality TV and documentary filmmaking, and two families, one black, one white, acting as undercover race detectives in Southern California.
As superficially different as FX's "Black.White." and Griffin's landmark book "Black Like Me" appear to be, they are brothers under the skin.
"Black.White." proceeds with open-minded seriousness as it leads viewers to a conclusion both obvious and powerful: race counts, for better and worse. Expressions of racism and racial identity change, but that bedrock truth remains.
"I didn't realize, more than anything, how hard it was going to be for whites and blacks to see the world through each other's eyes," said executive producer R.J. Cutler. "I didn't realize how genuinely different an experience it is to be a white American and a black American."
Cutler insisted the six-episode show, which begins March 8 on FX, doesn't "aspire in any way to say definitive things about race." But the participants and their actions do.
Source: New York Daily News
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Jessica Simpson and Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine first became romantically involved in 2004, according to two eyewitness who have come forward with shocking new revelations.
Although Simpson and husband Nick Lachey battled infidelity rumors throughout their marriage, new information seems to confirm the marriage was in trouble long before the couple separated in November. According to photographer Andrew Sweeney and reporter Lisa Ladabouche, Simpson and Levine got together after they both performed at a concert in Boston, Massachusetts, for radio station Kiss 108 FM in May 2004.
Simpson was attending the concert without her husband, who was on holiday in Fiji with his brother, Drew. Sweeney and LadaBouche, who were covering the concert for local paper, The Raw Story, tell Us Weekly they witnessed the two singers kissing in a VIP area backstage.
Sweeney says, "They were backstage flirting. He was touching her hand. And then they just leaned in and started going at it, making out." "Not horribly, like teenage making out, but like adults, little kisses."
LadaBouche agrees with Sweeney saying, "I definitely saw them kissing. It was a shock - especially knowing her husband was away.
Source: Teen Hollywood
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John Michael Montgomery was arrested and charged Thursday with driving under the influence and concealing two loaded firearms.
The country singer also was charged with possessing a controlled substance not in its proper container. According to the report, the bottle was under the name of one of Montgomery's friends and contained a different drug than was found inside. Attorneys for Montgomery, 41, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Montgomery didn't appear in court.
Montgomery disregarded a traffic light and smelled strongly of alcohol when he was arrested, according to a police report. He was released from custody several hours later, jail spokesman Darin Kelly said.
Attorneys released a statement on behalf of the singer: "John Michael is not yet able to comment in detail regarding the impaired driver allegations. We are awaiting completion of a final report to be issued by the arresting officer." Attorney Brent Caldwell said Montgomery had a prescription for pain medication. Attorneys also said he had permits for the guns, but didn't have the permits with him Thursday morning.
Montgomery, a Kentucky native, had several No. 1 hits in the 1990s including "I Love the Way You Love Me," "I Swear" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)."
Source: New York Daily News
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February 16, 2006
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French stunner Eva Green is the new Bond Girl.
The "Kingdom of Heaven" cutie will appear as 007 Daniel Craig's arm candy in the upcoming "Casino Royale," sources say. Green, who appeared nude in Bernardo Bertolucci's steamy "The Dreamers," beat out her closest rival, Olivia Wilde, who recently appeared on several episodes of "The O.C."
Green, 25, snapped up a role that was reportedly turned down by Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Thandie Newton. Sony chiefs greenlighted Green this week after flying her to Prague for a screen test with Craig.
Source: New York Post
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Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the lead Jack Bauer in 24, has said that he thinks the character should die.
The show has achieved massive success since its launch in 2001, but Sutherland says that he is more than willing to kill his character off if it would mean a good ending to the show.
He says: "I'll be happy to die. In fact, it's important to the show that Jack eventually dies. And that he does so when you least expect it.
"I've always said that if there comes a point in the show where to kill Jack is what serves the show best, then so be it, and I think every actor who has been in the show feels the same way about their role."
Source: Digital Spy
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Alec Baldwin is still suffering through one of the nastiest divorces in Hollywood history from Kim Basinger - he's constantly having to go to court to see his daughter, Ireland.
But now he's putting his experience to good use and writing a book for St. Martin's about the process. Baldwin "plans to share his personal insights and will reveal the unimaginable pressures involved in fighting a high-conflict custody battle while continuing to function as a busy actor and public advocate . . . [Baldwin] hopes the book will create opportunities for healing, and inspire both public debate and changes in antiquated divorce laws."
He's also planning to lead seminars for parents on divorce.
--Wasn't he supposed to move to France?
Source: New York Post
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Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” more than 25 years ago. He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine’s Day.
“Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)” may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year’s Oscar-nominated “Brokeback Mountain” made gay cowboys a hot topic.
Available exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson’s deadpan delivery of lines like, “What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?” and “Inside every cowboy there’s a lady who’d love to slip out.”
The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in 1981. Sublette said he wrote it during the “Urban Cowboy” craze and always imagined Nelson singing it. Someone passed a copy of the song to Nelson back in the late 1980s and, according to Nelson’s record label, Lost Highway, he recorded it last year at his Pedernales studio in Texas.
Nelson has appeared in several Western movies and sings “He Was a Friend of Mine” on the “Brokeback Mountain” soundtrack.
Source: MSNBC
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Neve Campbell loves kissing other girls on screen.
The actress has smooched with a number of women in several different films - including a racy embrace with a champagne-covered Denise Richards in 'Wild Things' - and insists she enjoys getting hot and steamy with another actress.
She said: "I think I've kissed girls in six movies I've made. It's a pattern that seems to have stuck." Neve claims her big screen lesbian antics have attracted a lot of unwanted attention. The brunette beauty admits her racy roles have made her a sex symbol, but the actress says she can't think of herself as a desirable female.
She added to Britain's Sunday Telegraph: "Maybe I've had some of the wrong sort of attention, but I just can't think of myself as a sex symbol. I'm someone who pokes fun at myself, I don't go round thinking, 'Hey I'm beautiful.'"
Source: Female First
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