Archive: March 2009 (191-200 of 349)

Mar 16 2009 12:53 PM ET

Steve Dash to direct 'Crooked Arrows,' the first mainstream lacrosse comedy

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Steve Dash (Can’t Buy Me Love, Bring It On: All or Nothing) has signed on to helm Crooked Arrows, a comedy about a 30-something Native American who puts off building his dream casino to coach an unfithigh school lacrosse team against the prep schoolhe used to play for. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the producing trio behind the underdog sports film— Mitchell Peck and Adam Leff, who co-wrote and exec produced Bio-Dome, and J. Todd Harris (Bottle Shock)— are still finalizing financing for the late-summer Upstate New York shoot but have already lined up endorsementsfrom Major League Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League, USLacrosse and LaxFestUSA.

Mar 16 2009 10:00 AM ET

'Star Trek' writer sues over 1967 episode

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Star Trek writer Harlan Ellison is suing CBS Paramount over the episode "City on the Edge of Forever," claiming the company didn’t pay him for merchandising, publishing, and other "exploitations" resulting from his teleplay, according to Variety. His suit, filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles, also accuses the Writers Guild of America for failing to act on his behalf, though he’s asking for only $1 in damages, plus attorneys’ fees and court costs, from the guild. He’s seeking unspecified performance, compensatory, consequential and punitive damages from CBS Paramount for allegedly failing to notify him about the Crucible trilogy of books (which came out in 2006-07) based on the April 1967 episode, which was about time travel and starred Joan Collins.

Mar 16 2009 10:00 AM ET

'MacGyver' to become movie

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MacGyver‘s the latest ’80s TV property to be resurrected — a film version of the erstwhile ABC series is now in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Raffaella De Laurentiis and her father, Dino, will produce the film about an extra-resourceful secret agent with a knack for making anything he needs out of whatever’s on hand (chewing gum, paper clips…). The producers are now looking for a writer to revive the franchise.

Mar 16 2009 10:00 AM ET

Richard Dreyfuss joins CBS pilot with Jason Biggs

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Richard Dreyfuss will star opposite Jason Biggs in Mitch Hurwitz’s CBS comedy pilot Happiness Isn’t Everything, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He’ll play the lovingly pushy patriarch of a family in which the adult siblings and parents are over-involved in each other’s lives; Biggs will play his son.

Mar 16 2009 10:00 AM ET

Tupac Shakur's mother to sue Morgan Creek over biopic rights

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Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni, is set to file a $10 million cross-complaint this morning against Morgan Creek, claiming the film company tried to coerce a deal for movie rights to the slain rapper’s life, then sabotage the deal when she brought it elsewhere, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Morgan Creek filed a lawsuit last month in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Afeni’s Amaru Entertainment of backing out of an agreement to sell the rights for a Tupac biopic; Amaru alleges that there was no final agreement and that it was entertaining offers from several companies, including Paramount, Fox Searchlight, Kennedy/Marshall andBrett Ratner’s Rat Entertainment.

Mar 16 2009 09:55 AM ET

Chevy Chase costars with Joel McHale in NBC pilot

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Chevy Chase could be looking at his first regular primetime series gig after 40 years in the business. He’s been cast in the NBC comedy pilot Community opposite The Soup‘s Joel McHale. The Hollywood Reporter describes the show as “Stripes at a community college.” McHale’s character, a lawyer, returns to college after his degree is deemed invalid; Chase plays a classmate who’s been married five times.

Mar 16 2009 02:39 AM ET

Ron Silver dies at 62

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Actor Ron Silver died this morning after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer, the New York Post reports. Silver, 62, had a long, distinguished career on stage, screen and television. He’s probably best known for his recurring role as Bruno Gianelli on The West Wing and for his portrayal of famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune, starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons. Silver won the Tony Award for Best Actor in 1988 for David Mamet’s Speed the Plow. His family is making arrangements for a private service.

Mar 15 2009 10:21 PM ET

Jade Goody: British reality star nearing the end

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Jade Goody, who became infamous in the UK after her appearances on the British Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, is nearing the end of her fight against cervical cancer, People magazine reported today. The 27-year-old wife and mother of two is in "critical" condition, according to her spokesperson, Max Clifford. While Goody was once best known for making racially charged comments to an Indian actress in the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2007, recently she’s grown in public esteem, having used her terminal illness to raise awareness about cervical cancer. Clifford reported that a priest visited the Goody home in Essex on Sunday, adding that "it’s just a matter of when."

Mar 15 2009 10:09 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan arrest warrant update: She will not appear in court on Monday

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A warrant for Lindsay Lohan’s arrest wasissued on Friday, but a lawyer for the actress says Lohan will notappear in court on Monday. Her lawyer will appear on her behalf, theAssociated Press reports.

Shawn Chapman Holley, Lohan’s attorney,told the AP that the warrant was the result of a "misunderstanding." The warrant may have to do with Lohan’s drunken driving arrest in 2007,a police spokeswoman told the AP. On Saturday, Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said that the police were not ”actively looking” for Lohan, though if they came in contactwith her, "she’s subject to arrest." The star, whose filmLabor Pains opens in May, is currently serving three years’ probationfor the May and July, 2007 incidents, in which she was alleged to havebeen in possession of cocaine. In 2007, Lohanwas sentenced to three-years probabtion. She spent 84 minutes in jail. Her attorney told the AP that Lohan is in compliance with the terms of her probation.

UPDATE: Access Hollywood reported Sunday that an anonymous source said Lohan’s arrest warrant stems from a recent trip the actress took, driving herself out of state to Las Vegas, thereby violating the terms of her parole.

Mar 15 2009 08:59 PM ET

Charlie Sheen's wife gives birth to twin sons

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Charlie Sheen, 43, now has twin sons, eonline.com is reporting.Sheen’s wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, gave birth two boys, Max and Bob,according to Sheen’s spokesman. Brooke, 31, had been hospitalized inFebruary because of premature contractions, but the boys are reportedlyhealthy. These are Charlie Sheen’s first children with Brooke. The Two and a Half Menstar has three daughters – Cassandra, 24, with ex-girlfriend PaulaProfitt; and Sam, 5, and Lola, 3, with his ex-wife Denise Richards.Charlie and Brooke were married last May.

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