Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage at a concert in Valencia, Spain, after falling sick with food poisoning; he was taken to the hospital, but the 74-year-old singer-songwriter is now discharged and recovering, BBC News reports. His final Spanish concert will go on as planned today.
Archive: September 2009 (121-130 of 314)
Sep 21
2009
08:22 AM ET
Sep 21
2009
07:54 AM ET
Zooey Deschanel marries Ben Gibbard
Actress Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard were married on Sept. 19 near Seattle, People reports. They had been engaged since last year.
Sep 19
2009
11:52 AM ET
John Travolta expected to testify in extortion trial
John Travolta is expected to testify in a Bahamian court next week against two people who allegedly attempted to extort money from him in connection with his 16-year-old son Jett’s death earlier this year. According to People magazine, “a paramedic who responded to Travolta’s call for help the day Jett died, Tarino Lightbourn, and a former Bahamian senator, Pleasant Bridgewater, face charges of conspiring to extort $25 million from the star by allegedly demanding money for a document relating to Jett’s care. Both of the accused have pleaded not guilty.” Bahamian law compels Travolta to testify in person.
Sep 18
2009
08:46 PM ET
Dick Cook steps down from Disney
Dick Cook is stepping down as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, according to Variety.com. “I have loved every minute of my 38 years that I have worked at Disney,” Cook said in a statement released late Friday afternoon. Cook, who began his career at Disney as a ride operator on the Disneyland steam train and monorail, is leaving the company effective immediately.
Sep 18
2009
02:17 PM ET
Michael Cera comedy 'Youth in Revolt' pushed to January 2010
The Weinstein Company has pushed the long-delayed Michael Cera comedy, Youth in Revolt, to January 15, 2010. The movie, in which Cera plays a lovelorn teenager who imagines a ladies-man alter ego for himself, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to positive reviews this month, after having been shuffled around the release schedule for some time now. “This is in no way a slight to the film,” says Liz Biber, EVP of Publicity for The Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films. “It screened fabulously in Toronto and now we want to give the film more time to build word of mouth and maybe even hit a few more festivals. The movie will be an excellent piece of counterprogramming against the heavier Academy fare in January.”
TWC also recently moved The Road out of October and into November, where it will compete with Rob Marshall’s star-studded musical Nine, another Oscar contender from TWC. At the Toronto fest, TWC also bought Tom Ford’s 1960s-set Colin Firth drama A Single Man, which it plans to release in December, in time for awards consideration.
Sep 18
2009
06:34 AM ET
Rebecca Hall to star in Linklater's 'Liars A-E'
Rebecca Hall, a Golden Globe nominee for 2008′s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, has been cast as the lead in Richard Linklater’s road dramedy Liars A-E, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She’ll play Bacall Loomis, a woman who takes a road trip during the Obama inauguration in an effort to reclaim personal items from ex-boyfriends. Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) had previously been cast as Loomis’ pal. Producer Scott Rudin is also tied to the Miramax project.
Sep 18
2009
06:24 AM ET
Borgias could succeed 'Tudors' on Showtime
Showtime is eyeing a prospective successor series to The Tudors, to be produced by writer-helmer Neil Jordan in conjunction with DreamWorks Television and Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers banner, according to Variety. Jordan already has a script — and a bible — penned for a historical costume drama that would follow the Borgias, the infamous Italian noble family that ran amok during the Renaissance. A similalr 12-episode series about the Borgia clan in Europe, under French and German banners, has been awaiting its own greenlight. The fourth and final season of The Tudors airs on Showtime this spring.
Sep 18
2009
06:13 AM ET
Billy Ray Cyrus to star in Hallmark Christmas movie
Hallmark Channel’s Christmas in Canaan, based on a novel co-written by Kenny Rogers and Donald Davenport, will star country singer and Hannah Montana actor Billy Ray Cyrus, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The telefilm, slated to air in December, chronicles a friendship between two boys — black and white — in 1960s Texas as they bond over concern for a wounded puppy. Cyrus will play the father of DJ (Zak Ludwig).
Sep 18
2009
05:58 AM ET
Man who tried to get in Seacrest's car arrested
Police in California say they arrested a man for assaulting a security guard who tried to stop him from getting into a car with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, according to the Associated Press. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. tried to get into Seacrest’s car on Tuesday as the host left an appearance in Orange County. According to police, when they tried to stop Uzomah, a scuffle broke out that Seacrest was not involved in. Police say Uzomah was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to cause bodily injury and he’s expected to be arraigned today.
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