Archive: October 2009 (71-80 of 459)

Oct 27 2009 10:49 AM ET

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' cast to make in-store appearances

Categories: Movies, Twilight

Cast members from The Twilight Saga: New Moon will make appearances at select Hot Topic and Nordstrom stores next month to promote the sequel’s Nov. 20 release. Those stores will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, to begin the frenzy for passes. At Hot Topic, you purchase a commemorative The Twilight Saga: New Moon Tour T-shirt to receive one of the “limited number of wristbands” that will give you access to that store’s November event. At Nordstrom, the first 75 customers to “receive a shopping pass and spend $75 or more on BP. merchandise” (which includes the New Moon fashion line) will receive a VIP ticket to return to that particular store next month and have their photos taken with the participating cast members (which will vary by location, and have not yet been announced).

Hot Topic locations and dates:
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood & Highland Center
11/08 – Denver, CO – Park Meadows
11/09 – Washington, DC – Fair Oaks Mall
11/09 – San Francisco, CA – Stonestown Center (date change)
11/10 – Chicago, IL – TBD (date change)
11/10 – Philadelphia area – Cherry Hill Mall (date change)
11/10 – Houston, TX – Houston Galleria
11/11 – Miami, FL – Dadeland Mall (date change)
11/11 – Minneapolis, MN – Mall of America
11/12 – Atlanta, GA – Mall of Georgia
11/12 – Boston, MA – Natick Collection (date change)
11/12 – Seattle, WA – Westfield Southcenter
11/13 – Phoenix, AZ – Scottsdale Fashion Square
11/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Fashion Place
11/19 – New York City – Toys R Us (featuring a Hot Topic New Moon Boutique)

Nordstrom locations and dates:
11/5 – Topanga (Canoga Park, CA)*
11/8 – Park Meadows (Lone Tree, CO)**
11/9 – Natick Collection (Natick, MA) **
11/10 – The Galleria (Houston, TX)**
11/11 – Mall of America (Bloomington, MN)**
11/11 – Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA)**
11/11 – Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)**
11/12 – Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, GA)
11/12 – Southcenter (Tukwila, WA)**
11/13 – Aventura Mall (Aventura, FL)
11/13 – Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)*
11/14 – Fashion Place (Murray, UT)*

* 125 VIP passes available
** Q&A forums with select cast members

Oct 27 2009 06:00 AM ET

Ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher to start new band

Categories: Music

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is starting a new band, saying, “I don’t want to do anything solo,” NME reports. His plans follow an announcement from his brother and former bandmate Noel that he will be going solo after quitting the group in August.

Oct 27 2009 04:00 AM ET

TNT greenlights George Clooney's 'Delta Blues'

Categories: Television

TNT has greenlit a drama pilot called Delta Blues, which will be executive produced by George Clooney for his Smokehouse Pictures. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project is about an unusual Memphis police officer who also works as an Elvis impersonator. Cold Case‘s Liz Garcia wrote the script with Josh Harto.

Oct 27 2009 04:00 AM ET

'Paul Blart' director comes on for 'Short Circuit' remake

Categories: Movies

Paul Blart: Mall Cop director Steve Carr will direct the new remake of 1986′s Short Circuit, Variety reports. The remake written by Dan Milano (Robot Chicken) brings Johnny 5 up to date. A military built robot, Johnny 5 is hit by lightning and develops his own personality and then he meets a lonely boy and his family.

 

Oct 27 2009 04:00 AM ET

Jerry Bruckheimer sees a new civil war

Categories: Movies

Jerry Bruckheimer is eyeing a modern civil war project with Disney, hiring J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the game Shattered Union, Variety reports. The game is about states seceding from the U.S. after Washington, D.C. is wiped out in a nuclear blast and the former nation descends into chaos. Straczynski’s credits include Changeling, Ninja Assassin and World War Z.

Oct 27 2009 04:00 AM ET

Augusten Burroughs plans new TV shows with CBS, Showtime

Categories: Television

Writer Augusten Burroughs is partnering with Katalyst Films to develop new TV projects, Variety reports. The team is already working on a firefighter/arson investigation drama The Nature of Fire at CBS, and a Showtime comedy based on his book Dry, about an advertising executive trying to get sober. Burroughs will write both projects. Separately, Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer are adapting another Burroughs book, Sellevision, for NBC.

Oct 27 2009 12:08 AM ET

Bruce Springsteen cancels concert after cousin's death

Categories: Music

The AP reports that Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after the death of his cousin Lenny Sullivan, also the E Street Band assistant road manager. Sullivan, who was found dead at Kansas City’s Intercontinental Hotel hours before the show was set to begin, was 36. A statement at Springsteen’s website read: “A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce, the Band, the crew, and the entire Thrill Hill family.”

Oct 26 2009 09:27 PM ET

Steve Carell circling golf comedy from ESPN's Rick Reilly

Categories: Movies

Steve Carell is circling the Warner Bros. acquisition Missing Links, a golf comedy based on a novel from ESPN’s Rick Reilly, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Carell may star as a golfer looking for a better place to play in the film; he’ll also produce via his Carousel Prods banner.

Oct 26 2009 08:54 PM ET

Victim of Roman Polanski sex case asks court to drop the charge

Categories: Lawsuits

Citing the barrage of publicity that has adversely affected her work and home life, the victim of Roman Polanski’s 1977 sex charge has asked an appellate court to drop the charge against the film director, according to the Los Angeles Times. Since the director’s arrest last month, Samantha Geimer and her attorney have received hundreds of media inquiries from as far away as Germany and Israel and photographers have been camped outside her Hawaii home. “This statement makes one more demand, one more request, one more plea: Leave her alone,” her attorney wrote in the filing.

The appellate court is reviewing an L.A. Superior Court ruling that Polanski’s case cannot be thrown out on grounds of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct while the director remains a fugitive. Geimer, now 46, was 13 at the time of the criminal case when she told police and a grand jury that Polanski gave her a drug and alcohol and raped her during a photo shoot.

Oct 26 2009 08:30 PM ET

Microsoft yanks sponsorship of Seth MacFarlane special: report

Categories: Television

Microsoft has decided not to sponsor Fox’s upcoming Seth MacFarlane comedy/variety special because of content concerns, Variety reports. Fox still intends to broadcast “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” on Nov. 8, but with another, yet-to-be-named, sponsor.

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