Archive: May 2009 (171-180 of 345)

May 14 2009 12:55 PM ET

Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent to star in 'Jekyll and Hyde'

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Categories: Movies

According to Variety Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent will star in Jekyll and Hyde, the latest adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella. The movie is to be directed by King of New York auteur Abel Ferrara.

May 14 2009 09:55 AM ET

Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, and Ray Liotta added to 'Date Night'

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Categories: Movie Biz

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis and Mark Ruffalo have signed up for supporting roles in the comedy Date Night, adding to an already starry cast that includes Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg, and James Franco. Fey and Carell play a married couple who get more than they bargain for on a routine date. Kunis will play the wife of Franco’scharacter, while Ruffalo will play Carell’s bestfriend. Director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) calls Liotta’s character a "villain ofpeace."

May 14 2009 09:55 AM ET

Lindsay Lohan joins 'The Other Side'

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Categories: Movie Biz

Lindsay Lohan is set to star in The Other Side, a fantasy-comedy costarring Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews, and Alanis Morissette, reports Variety. In her first feature role since 2007′s I Know Who Killed Me, Lohan will play a grad student who discovers a community of oddballs while working at a scientific institute on a remote island.

May 14 2009 09:55 AM ET

Nickelodeon announces 'Kung Fu Panda: The Series'

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Categories: Misc.

Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes of a CG animated series based on Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda. The show will follow the continuing adventures of Po, the fast-kicking star of the 2008 hit that grossed over $630 million worldwide. The news comes six weeks after the March bow of The Penguins of Madagascar (a spin-off of 2005′s Madagascar), which scored the best debut ratings in the history of the kid-friendly cable channel. A big-screen sequel to Kung Fu Panda is currently slated for summer 2011. 

May 14 2009 09:55 AM ET

Dreamworks to remake 'Fright Night'

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Categories: Movie Biz

 Dreamworks is about to add a remake of Fright Night to its slate, says The Hollywood Reporter. The 1985 film, written and directed by Child’s Play helmer Tom Holland, was a horror comedy about a movie-loving teen who realizes that his neighbors are vampires. Dreamworks plans to take advantage of advanced special effects while retaining the scary-funny tone of the original.

May 14 2009 02:48 AM ET

Wanda Sykes and wife welcome twins

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Comedian Wanda Sykes, who wowed the press at the White House Correspondents’ dinner last Saturday, is a new mother, the Associated Press reports. Sykes’ wife, Alex, gave birth to fraternal twins on April 27: a son,Lucas Claude, and a daughter, Olivia Lou. The twins are the first children for the couple, who wed in October.

May 14 2009 02:22 AM ET

History channel announces new original programming

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Categories: Television

History (formerly known as The History Channel) unveiled its most aggressive slate of original programming to date today. The network’s 2009-2010 schedule will include: the 12-part series  America: The Story of Us, which chronicles the rise of the United States; Pawning History, about a family of LasVegas pawn shop operators; Madhouse, which follows the action at a North Carolina racetrack; and WWII in HD, which offers up color footage from the 1940s war in high-definition. History also will air The Naturalized, a Jon Stewart-produced special about immigrants becoming U.S. citizens.

 

May 14 2009 02:17 AM ET

Oprah apologizes to author James Frey

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Categories: Books

Oprah Winfrey has apologized to author James Frey for shaming him on her talk show in 2006, after it was revealed that Frey had fabricated details for his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, Reuters reports. Winfrey had chosen Pieces for her book club in 2005, and had initially stood by Frey after the website The Smoking Gun raised serious doubts about the veracity of details in the book, which chronicled Frey’s battle with drug- and alcohol abuse. But then Winfrey changed her mind, and took Frey to task on her show, telling him on national television that he had lied to her and that she felt "duped." Now, though, she seems to have had a change –  or at least a softening — of heart. According to a Vanity Fair report, Winfrey called Frey last fall and told him, "I felt I owe you an apology." About that call, Frey told VF that "it was a nice surprise to hear from her, and I really appreciated the call and the sentiment."

May 14 2009 01:48 AM ET

Lindsay Lohan: Break-in or just a messy house?

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Police responded to a tripped alarm at Lindsay Lohan’s house Tuesday afternoon, and found the home ransacked, with pry marks in the back door and a window that appeared to be tampered with, TMZ.com is reporting. But now one law enforcement source tells TMZ that the nothing appeared to be missing and that the house was not ransacked: it was just messy. The Los Angeles police department is reportedly conducting an investigation. Lohan was not at home at the time.

May 14 2009 01:35 AM ET

Rob Lowe ends fight with former nanny, lawsuits dismissed

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Rob Lowe has settled his legal battle with one former nanny, Jessica Gibson, after a year-long scuffle that included charges of blackmail and sexual harassment, People.com reports. Both sides have reportedly requested that their respective lawsuits be dismissed, according to court records. Lawyers for both sides declined to comment to People, so it’s not known if a financial settlement was involved.

In April 2008, Lowe sued Gibson in Santa Barbara Superior Court, alleging that she was attempting to blackmail him for $1.5 million. Days later, Gibson, who had worked for Lowe for seven years, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Lowe and his wife, and claimed that the actor had exposed himself to her and had groped her. Lowe, 45, has consistently and adamantly denied the charges.

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