According to Publishers Weekly, Columbia University Press will be closing its warehouse, instead opting to move its distribution operations to Perseus. (Perseus will also handle 11 of Columbia’s distribution clients). This move grants Columbia access to Perseus’ Constellation digital services.
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Farrah Fawcett speaks out against National Enquirer, invasion of privacy
In an interview with The LA Times that was conducted last August and is just now being published, the cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett talks candidly about all the privacy issues — most notably with the National Enquirer, which allegedly paid a UCLA Medical Center worker to feed them info about her condition — she’s had since being diagnosed with cancer. "They obviously know it’s like buying stolengoods," she said of the National Enquirer in the interview. "They’ve committed a crime." The U.S. Attorney’s Office is continuing to investigate the situation,which Fawcett exposed through a personal sting operation. Fawcett wants the Enquirer charged with crimes related to the UCLA worker’s behavior. "It’s much easier," she says, "to go through something and deal with it without being under a microscope."
"I’m a private person," she said in theinterview. "I’m shy about people knowing things. And I’m really shyabout my medical [care]. It would be good if I could just go and healand then when I decided to go out, it would be OK. It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits."
This Friday, fans will again hear from Fawcett. The former Charlie’s Angels star will walk viewers through her illness in NBC’s Farrah’s Story, a two-hour documentary she shot with friend Alana Stewart that will air at 9 p.m. ET. Last week, Fawcett’s longtime partner Ryan O’Neal told People that Fawcett’s treatment is over and "she stays in bed now."
Ryan Seacrest and British chef Jamie Oliver team for food reality show on ABC
Via his burgeoning production company, Ryan Seacrest Productions, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is partnering with British chef Jamie Oliver to create an unscripted series that aims to give healthy food makeovers to America’s unhealthiest cities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oliver plans to visit unhealthy American cities (which are still to be determined) and improve eating habits by using local resources. ABC has ordered six episodes of the series, which is expected to air sometime next year.
Will Ferrell, Cameron Diaz lead pack of MTV Movie Awards presenters
According to a People report, MTV has announced several stars who will present at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, including Will Ferrell, Cameron Diaz, Vanessa Hudgens, Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Leighton Meester, Jonah Hill, and Lil’ Wayne. Twilight and Slumdog Millionaire lead the way with the most nominations. Andy Samberg will host and Eminem will perform at the awards, which will air live on Sunday, May 29, at 9 p.m.
Matthew Goode cast in Gervais/Merchant dramedy
Watchmen‘s Matthew Goode has been cast in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s upcoming feature Cemetery Junction, a period dramadey about insurance salesmen. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Goode will play Mike, a go-getter dating his boss’ daughter." Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jake Doolan, Ralph Fiennes and Gervais also star.
G4 to air Internet-themed version of 'The Soup'
Starting next month, G4 will be home to Web Soup, a spinoff of the popular E! series The Soup, hosted by Chris Hardwick. According to Variety, the show will "focus on skewering digital culture and Internet content through segments such as ‘The Daily Upload,’ ‘This Week in FAIL’ and ‘Things You Can’t Un-See.’"
Banderas' 'Big Bang'
Antonio Banderas has his next project lined up: He’s set to star in The Big Bang, which the Hollywood Reporter calls a "neo-noir detective story." The film, director Tony Krantz’s first theatrical release, follows a private detective tracking down a missing stripper who has ties to "an aging billionaire looking to perfect the nuclear physics equivalent of the Big Bang." Production is scheduled to start this fall.
Rihanna fights back against alleged nude-picture leak
After nude photographs allegedly depicting music star Rihanna hit the Internet today, the singer’s representatives are fighting back, according to TMZ. The legal department at Rihanna’s record label, Island Def Jam, has apparently sent a letter to a website that posted the pictures, demanding that they be taken down. It is not clear that Rihanna is the person featured in the nude photographs, although she is visible in two clothed pictures, and TMZ reports that the letter also doesn’t make it clear if Rihanna is, in fact, the subject of the nude images.
Amy Winehouse concert cut short due to rain
Grammy winner (and gossip fixture) Amy Winehouse had to cut her first performance of 2009 short due to intense rain, according to reports. Winehouse was performing at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival on Friday when the heavy storm forced her to leave the stage. The singer has been staying in St. Lucia for months.
UPDATE ON EW’S MUSIC MIX:
Amy Winehouse’s ”comeback” gig: Trainwreck alert!
Snoop Dogg not guilty of beating man, jury finds
Snoop Dogg did not strike a man who got on stage while the rapper was performing, a civil jury found Friday, according to the Associated Press. Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, had been charged with civil assault in the case, stemming from a 2005 concert near Seattle. Richard Monroe Jr. claimed he had suffered serious injuries and had been beaten by Dogg and others working with or for the rapper, after Monroe got on stage during a Dogg performance and tried to put his arms around the rapper. Monroe testified that he believed he had been invited on stage. Jurors were shown a video of the incident, which Monroe claimed left him nearly naked, bruised, and unconscious. Monroe was seeking $22 million in damages. But while Dogg himself was cleared, the civil jury found that Monroe had been seriously injured and awarded him $449,400, to be paid by Dogg’s record label, Doggstyle Records, another rapper, Soopafly (aka Priest Brooks), and other unnamed parties. Snoop Dogg was not in court when the verdict was read, but had testified during the trial.
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