A rep for the LAPD confirms that police were called to the Los Angeles set of The Green Hornet at 2:30 today to investigate a suspicious-looking metal object. Two hours later, after performing a series of tests, police determined that the object was not a bomb and that the set of the Seth Rogen action comedy was clear of threat.
Archive: September 2009 (21-30 of 314)
Sep 29
2009
06:33 PM ET
Kevin Zegers joins cast of 'Gossip Girl'
The CW has confirmed TransAmerica actor Kevin Zegers will join the cast of Gossip Girl for a multi-episode arc. Zegers will play a love interest to Jenny Humphrey, who is played by Taylor Momsen.
Sep 29
2009
06:01 PM ET
Brett Ratner to produce new Polanski documentary
Brett Ratner’s next movie just got a lot more controversial. The director of X-Men: The Last Stand and the Rush Hour movies is producing a follow-up to the 2008 documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, his publicist confirmed to EW. The film will be directed by Marina Zenovich, who directed Wanted and Desired. The news that Ratner would be working on a film about the in-the-news-again Oscar-winning director of Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown was first reported in the New York Post.
Polanski was arrested this weekend at the Zurich airport when he arrived in Switzerland to be honored at the Zurich Film Festival. Swiss authorities, armed with a U.S. warrant, took the 76-year-old director into custody until he can be extradited to the United States to face sentencing in an infamous case dating back to the late ’70s, when Polanski was convicted of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. The case was the subject of Wanted and Desired.
Ratner also recently joined several other directors including Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese in signing a petition protesting Polanski’s arrest.
Sep 29
2009
04:22 PM ET
Court dismisses Dan Rather lawsuit
An appeals court in New York dismissed Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS Tuesday. The suit, which asked for $70 million in damages, claimed the network made the newsman a scapegoat for a scandal involving a George W. Bush report. The court ruled that Rather did not sufficiently support his claim.
Sep 29
2009
12:33 PM ET
DJ AM's death ruled 'accidental overdose'
Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein’s death has officially been attributed to accidental drug overdose, not suicide, according to the New York City Medical Examiner’s office. People.com reports that testing revealed that the celebrity DJ had several drugs in his system at the time of his death, including cocaine (it was not specified whether that was crack or powder cocaine), Levamisole (commonly used to cut cocaine), oxycodone, hydrocodone, Ativan, Klonapin, and Xanax. Medical Examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove would not say whether Goldstein held a prescription for any of the drugs in his system. Goldstein was found dead in his New York City apartment Aug. 28.
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Sep 29
2009
08:35 AM ET
NBC orders chore-based game show
NBC has ordered a new game show, Perfect 10, in which contestants must complete 10 household tasks in 60 seconds, according to The Hollywood Reporter. One example given of the chore-based challenges is “unspool[ing] a roll of toilet paper with your body.” The show is expected to be a mid-season offering.
Sep 29
2009
08:30 AM ET
Jon Cryer and wife adopt daughter
Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer and his wife Lisa Joyner have adopted a baby daughter, People reports. Their new daughter, Daisy, was born this August; she is Cryer and Joyner’s first child together. He has a 9-year-old son, Charlie, from a previous marriage.
Sep 29
2009
08:26 AM ET
Roman Polanski files for release from jail
Roman Polanski has filed an application seeking his release from the Swiss jail where he is being held, the New York Times reports. The director was arrested by Swiss police Saturday due to an outstanding U.S. arrest warrant from 1978, when he fled the country after pleading guilty to having sex with a minor. The U.S. is currently working to extradite Polanski; in a statement, the Swiss court reportedly said it would decide whether to release him “in the next few weeks.”
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has also released a timeline of its efforts to bring Polanski to justice during his 31 years as a fugitive overseas, countering his attorneys’ claim that the U.S. “had not once sought to have him extradited” in that time.
Sep 29
2009
04:00 AM ET
Olivia Wilde, Jonathan Tucker join 'The Next Three Days'
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Olivia Wilde (House) and Jonathan Tucker (In the Valley of Elah) have joined the cast of The Next Three Days, which stars Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. Paul Haggis’ thriller for Lionsgate starts shooting this week in Pittsburgh.
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