Acclaimed director Ridley Scott is returning to his roots in science fiction. Variety is reporting that Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner) has signed up to lens the long-awaited prequel to his classic 1979 fright flick Alien, a coup that is being touted by 20th Century Fox as part of its big budget reboot of the groundbreaking horror franchise. The plot of the new film will precede the events of the original film, in which the space crew of a commerical towing ship is overcome by a parasitic species of murderous alien creatures.
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Jul 30
2009
11:35 PM ET
Jul 30
2009
11:06 PM ET
Michael C. Hall on board for 'East Fifth Bliss'
Actor Michael C. Hall has agreed to star in the new indie black comedy East Fifth Bliss, according to Variety. In it, the star of TV’s Dexter will play a 35-year-old man who decides to get romantically involved with the 18-year-old daughter of a former high school classmate, with cringe-worthy results. The film is expected begin shooting in New York City this October.
Jul 30
2009
10:45 PM ET
Black Eyed Peas set Billboard chart record
Billboard magazine is reporting the hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas scored a record this week for the longest successive No. 1 chart run by a duo or group in the history of the music magazine’s Hot 100. “I Gotta Feeling” –the latest track from the band’s best-selling album The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)– is now in its fifth consecutive week atop the Billboard charts. The Peas’ last single, “Boom Boom Pow,” stayed in the top spot for 12 weeks.
Jul 30
2009
10:05 PM ET
Chris Brown's sales spike due to YouTube wedding video
Thanks to a wildly-popular viral YouTube video clip, Chris Brown’s dance track “Forever” has become an unexpected hit. The tune sold 50,000 downloads during the week that ended July 26, according to Billboard. That marks Brown’s highest sales since Christmas 2008. As for the video, the online sensation features an entire wedding party entering a church, then grooving and dancing down the aisle while the song plays in the background.
Jul 30
2009
08:40 PM ET
Michael Jackson: Warrants filed today label singer an 'addict'; reveal prescription aliases
The AP reports that investigators searching the properties of Jackson’s cardiologist, Dr. Conrad Murray, were looking for evidence that the doctor had prescribed powerful anesthetics to the singer despite knowing he was an addict. The use of the word “addict” in the search warrants is important, because it is against the law for a doctor to knowingly prescribe drugs to a patient thought to have a chemical dependence.
EW.com UPDATE: According to People, court documents indicate that Jackson sought prescriptions using a variety of aliases, including the names of his personal chef, his son (Prince Michael), a personal assistant, the novelist Jack London, and the actress, Josephine Baker. Authorities obtained this information while investigating Murray.
Jul 30
2009
08:22 PM ET
Men at Work: '80's pop band loses first phase of copyright lawsuit
The AP reports that an Australian judge has ruled in favor of the music publisher Larrikin Music, contending that the Aussie rock band stole part of the melody for its smash hit, “Down Under,” from the popular 1934 campfire song, “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.” If ultimately convicted of copyright infringement, the band stands to lose nearly three decades of royalties from its Grammy-winning 1983 song.
Jul 30
2009
06:15 PM ET
Actress Virginia Carroll dies
According to Variety.com, actress Virginia Carroll –who starred opposite legendary film cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers in numerous westerns– died of natural causes in Santa Barbara. She was 95. Carroll’s made her screen debut in the 1935 pic Roberta. Her first starring role was in A Tenderfoot Goes West. She also appeared on numerous television shows, including Dragnet, Leave it to Beaver and Perry Mason.
Jul 30
2009
04:58 PM ET
Annie Leibovitz sued over $24 million loan
Financier Art Capital Group is suing famous celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz for not abiding by the terms of a $24 million loan. According to the NY Daily News, Leibovitz –as per conditions of the loan– would need to sell her photographs and homes in Greenwich Village and Rhinebeck, N.Y as part of a “financial restructuring.” The lawsuit accuses Leibovitz of ignoring invoices totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, and of not allowing real estate agents into her homes so they could be appraised and then sold to pay back the loan. Leibovitz in recent years has been hit with multiple lawsuits over unpaid bills and a bill from the state of New York for unpaid taxes.
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