Archive: December 2009 (221-230 of 319)

Dec 8 2009 08:45 AM ET

Michelle Duggar rushed to hospital

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Categories: Television

Michelle Duggar, star of TLC’s reality series 18 Kids and Counting, was rushed to an Arkansas hospital this weekend because of a gallbladder problem, the network confirms. The medical issue was not related to her pregnancy with her 19th child, who’s due in the spring. She was taken by airlift to a Little Rock hospital because the gallstone was causing contractions, and doctors wanted to make sure she was safe in case she went into early labor. She will be recovering in the hospital for the next few days. “At this time, Michelle and her unborn baby are both stable and resting,” TLC said in a statement. “Mrs. Duggar is in good spirits and feeling much better.”

UPDATE: TLC has released this video from the Duggars.

Dec 8 2009 06:45 AM ET

Bonnie Hunt's talk show to end after two seasons

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Categories: Television

The Bonnie Hunt Show will not get renewed for a third season, EW has confirmed. The syndicated show will produce original episodes through May. Repeats will play over the summer until the show leaves the air in September. A rep for Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution had no comment. A rep for Hunt did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.

Dec 8 2009 06:27 AM ET

John Stamos latest blackmail victim

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Categories: Misc.

John Stamos was the victim of a $680,000 extortion attempt, EW has confirmed. Documents first obtained by TheSmokingGun.com refer to the victim only as “Mr. X, an actor,” but it was the TV and Broadway star who was told to either pay up or have photos of him from a 2004 party in Florida that would allegedly “cause harm to his reputation” released to the media.

“John Stamos was the target of an extortion attempt,” Stamos’ rep Matt Polk says in a statement. “The U.S. Attorney and the FBI handled the investigation swiftly and with great expertise. Since this is a pending federal criminal prosecution, John is not at liberty to discuss the matter at this time. The photos in question are photos of John posing with fans. At the conclusion of the investigation and hearing, the photos will be available and the public will be able to see that the photos are simply John posing with fans.”

Per the FBI affidavit on TSG, Allison Coss, 23, and Scott Sippola, 30, were arrested last week after an undercover FBI agent posed as one of Stamos’ representatives making the money drop in a Michigan airport, and their home was searched. Authorities found photos of Stamos as well as the actor’s cell phone number and the names and numbers of three tabloids.

Dec 8 2009 05:58 AM ET

Marvel chairman David Maisel to step down

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Categories: Movies

Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel will leave his position when Disney’s acquisition of Marvel is complete, Variety reports. Maisel joined Marvel in 2004 as president of the studio and was promoted to chairman in 2007, after helping raise the $525 million that let the company start producing its own films, including the blockbuster Iron Man. Maisel will continue to work as an executive producer on Iron Man 2, Thor, and The First Avenger: Captain America, while also pursuing other opportunities. Marvel’s production president Kevin Geige will now report directly to Walt Disney Studios chairman Rich Ross.

Dec 8 2009 05:46 AM ET

'Hunger' director Steve McQueen directing Fela Kuti movie

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Categories: Movies

Hunger director Steve McQueen will direct Fela, a feature film about African musician/activist Fela Kuti, Variety reports. McQueen, who is also a visual artist, will write the script with Biyi Bandele — based on Michael Veal’s book Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. Kuti is also the subject of new Broadway musical Fela!, although the Focus Features film isn’t connected to the show.

Dec 8 2009 05:43 AM ET

Casting for 'The Hobbit' begins

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Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Casting for The Hobbit will begin this week, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Apart from Ian McKellen, who [is returning] as Gandalf, we are not really offering any roles to anybody until we’ve done a casting sweep,” Peter Jackson said. He also said that production for the two films is on schedule: “We were always planning to shoot around April or May next year, and as far as I’m aware, we’re pretty much on target for that. It depends on how quickly the studio greenlights the film. It’s not in our hands. But as long as we’re shooting next year, we’re fine.”

Dec 8 2009 05:37 AM ET

Woman rushed to hospital from Tiger Woods' home

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Categories: Misc.

Firefighters in Orange County, Fla., responded to a rescue call at Tiger Woods’ home there Tuesday morning, Orlando’s WESH reports. The 2:36 a.m. call resulted in an unidentified woman being rushed to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee. The woman was listed as on advanced life support, according to reports. Fox News reports that the woman has since been released.

This latest news comes after Woods’ car crash Nov. 27 and the revelation of numerous alleged affairs the golf great has been involved in.

UPDATE: Hospitalized woman identified as Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law

Dec 8 2009 05:27 AM ET

Frank Langella set to star with Liam Neeson, January Jones in 'Unknown White Male'

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Categories: Movies

Frank Langella is set to star in Unknown White Male, Variety reports. He’ll costar alongside Liam Neeson, January Jones, and Diane Kruger as the colleague of Neeson’s character, who awakens from a coma to find someone else has assumed his identity. Shooting begins in January in Berlin.

Dec 7 2009 11:52 PM ET

James Franco's poetry short film to debut at Sundance 2010

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Categories: Movies

Actor James Franco will come to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival with the new short film he wrote and directed, Herbert White. The film, based on a poem of the same name, is about a family man struggling with inner demons. Other notable shorts coming to Park City include Spike Jonze’s I’m Here; Rory Kennedy’s immigration documentary The Fence; John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover starring in Drunk History: Tesla & Edison; and Patrik Eklund’s middle-aged relationship story Seeds of the Fall from Sweden. Sundance organizers have selected a total of 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers for the festival (which runs Jan. 21-31).

Dec 7 2009 09:09 PM ET

Rap mogul Russell Simmons developing reality series

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Categories: Music Biz, Television

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the Def Jam music label, will produce a reality for the Oxygen network about his female assistants, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Russell Simmons Project will highlight the work of the women who help manage Simmons’ various business ventures, as well as his family and romantic life.

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