Holt McCallany, who played renowned boxing trainer Teddy Atlas in the HBO movie Tyson, will star in FX’s upcoming drama pilot Lights Out, about an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who needs another big payday to support his family before pugilistic dementia overtakes his brain for good. THR.com reports that Lights Out director Clark Johnson, who helmed episodes of The Shield and The Wire, likened McCallany’s casting to that of Michael Chiklis in The Shield. "[McCallany] could be the next Jon Hamm," said Johnson.
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Mar 23
2009
10:10 AM ET
Mar 23
2009
09:55 AM ET
Warner Bros. opens vault for 'on demand' DVD service
Warner Bros. is opening its archive of classic films and allowing fans to order movies that have never been on DVD before. The project, three years in the making, launched today at warnerarchive.com with 150 titles. You can order a custom DVD for $19.95. More titles will be added each month, until all of Warner Bros.’ vault is available, USA Today reports.
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Mar 23
2009
09:45 AM ET
Fox orders more of Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares'
Fox has ordered another season of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The Hollywood Reporter says the network is also expected to announce that it will be airing another season of Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen this summer, making it the first time Fox has aired cycles of that popularity reality show back-to-back.
Mar 23
2009
09:18 AM ET
Sorority movie pledged to Lifetime
Courtney Thorne-Smith (According to Jim) and Lucy Hale (Privileged) are set to star as mother and daughter in an upcoming Lifetime movie about a college freshman who decides not to pledge the sorority her mother founded. Faith Ford (Carpoolers, among others) is also in talks to star as the mother’s best friend and the sorority’s co-founder, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Mar 23
2009
01:20 AM ET
Natasha Richardson buried in private New York ceremony
A funeral for the late actress Natasha Richardson was held at St. Peter’s Church in Millbrook, NY earlier today, reports People.com. Richardson’s husband, Liam Neeson, who carried the casket along with six other pallbearers to the church, joined her mother Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson, and the couple’s sons, Micheál and Daniel in saying their final goodbyes. Also present at the services were family friends Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, and Mia Farrow. Richardson was buried in the same cemetery as her grandmother, Rachel Redgrave.
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Mar 22
2009
05:27 PM ET
Bruce Willis marries model Emma Heming
Bruce Willis and his girlfriend of more than a year, model Emma Heming, tied the knot Saturday at Willis’ home in Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos, as first reported by People.com. Also present at the ceremony were Willis’ ex-wife, Demi Moore, her husband, Ashton Kutcher, and Moore and Willis’ daughters, Rumer, Scout, and Tallullah Belle.
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Mar 22
2009
05:17 PM ET
Natasha Bedingfield ties the knot
British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield has married California businessman Matthew Robinson, People.com is reporting. An estimated 150 guests attended the outdoor ceremony, which took place Saturday in Malibu, Calif., at Church Estates Vineyards overlooking the ocean.
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Mar 22
2009
02:54 PM ET
Jade Goody, U.K. reality TV star, dies at 27
British reality star Jade Goody has lost her very public battle with cervical cancer, EW confirms. The 27-year-old died in her sleep at home in Essex, England, early Sunday morning. She leaves behind husband Jack Tweed, whom she married in a lavish, filmed ceremony last month; and two children, Bobby, 5, and Freddie, 4, from a previous relationship with TV host Jack Brazier.
A favorite British tabloid figure, the former nurse rose to fame on the British version of Big Brother in 2002, polarizing audiences with her brash manner. She didn’t win, but she became a celebrity with her own perfume, fitness video, and autobiography. She revived her waning career with a 2007 appearance on celebrity Big Brother along with her mom and then-boyfriend Tweed — when she evicted after being accused of making racist comments about a costar, Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. But by last year, she was courting fame yet again, signing up for India’s Big Brother. It was two days into that show that her cancer diagnosis was revealed on air. And she continued to welcome the public attention until the end, even causing what the British media dubbed the "Jade Goody effect," an increase in cervical cancer screenings.
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Mar 22
2009
03:54 AM ET
Vanessa Redgrave will still perform 'Year of Magical Thinking' in April
Vanessa Redgrave will go ahead with a special performance of The Year of Magical Thinking – a one-woman stage show based on Joan Didion’s wrenching account of losing her husband and daughter — despite daughter Natasha Richardson’s recent death, the New York Post reports.
The performance at New York’s Cathedral at St. John the Divine is scheduled for April 27 as a UNICEF benefit. The Tony Award-winning actress’ performance, scripted by Didion and directed by David Hare, won acclaim on Broadway in 2007 and at the National Theatre in London last year.
Mar 22
2009
01:00 AM ET
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart are engaged
Harrison Ford and Calista Fockhart are engaged, according to a People.com report. Ford, currently starring in Crossing Over, proposed to the Brothers and Sisters star while the couple were on vacation over Valentine’s Day. No wedding date has been set.
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