The governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, scooped the Hollywood trades on Wednesday when her office announced that Disney will begin shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu this summer. According to the release, the film is slated for release in summer 2011.
Archive: January 2010 (131-140 of 320)
Jan 20
2010
06:44 AM ET
Jan 19
2010
06:39 PM ET
Hope for Haiti benefit announces performers
“Hope for Haiti: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” has released the names of the musicians expected to perform at the star-studded telethon. Among those making an appearance: Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting (who will all perform in New York); Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow (who will all perform in Los Angeles); and Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna (who will all perform in London.) All performances will be available on iTunes, with all proceeds going to Haiti relief funds. The global telethon will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV and other channels on Friday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m.
Jan 19
2010
04:53 PM ET
Jeff Conaway scheduled for surgery
According to a rep for Jeff Conaway, the Grease star is scheduled to undergo surgery on his hip after suffering a fall yesterday in his California kitchen. Conaway, who broke his hip, was apparently making hot chocolate when he slipped and fell on water puddled on the floor. Conaway’s rep said the fall had “exacerbated a previous injury.” (As for those reports that Conaway suffered a brain hemorrhage? Not true, says his rep.) The actor is talking and “in good spirits,” the rep tells EW.
Jan 19
2010
04:22 PM ET
Erich Segal, author of 'Love Story', dies at age 72
Erich Segal, an Ivy League classics scholar who was best known for his bestselling novel Love Story, died Sunday in London. The Associated Press reported that the cause of death was a heart attack. Love Story chronicled the three-hankie romance between a well-to-do Harvard student and a free-spirited Radcliffe co-ed on scholarship who dies young. It was turned into a hit movie in 1970 starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw. The film was nominated for seven Oscars and coined the pop culture catchphrase: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” The male character was later rumored to be based on one-time Harvard undergraduate, Al Gore, but Segal denied the claim. Segal wrote several other books, including a sequel to Love Story, titled Oliver’s Story. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the trippy 1968 Beatles’ film Yellow Submarine.
For more:
An appreciation of Erich Segal: Love means never having to say I’m sorry for the schlock I’ve read
Jan 19
2010
04:20 PM ET
Justin Timberlake, Sigourney Weaver, others to present at SAG Awards
Justin Timberlake, Sigourney Weaver, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Anthony Mackie, Anna Kendrick, Felicity Huffman, and Brian Geraghty will be presenters at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, it was announced today. They will join previously announced presenters such as Alec Baldwin, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, and Meryl Streep. The ceremony will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will air live on TBS and TNT on Saturday, January 23, at 8 p.m. The show will be preceded by the half-hour walk-up program, TNT and People Magazine Present the Screen Actors Guild Awards Red Carpet Show at 7:30 p.m.
Jan 19
2010
02:30 PM ET
Fox developing U.S. version of 'Torchwood'
Fox is developing a U.S. version of the cult U.K. sci-fi show Torchwood, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is from BBC Worldwide productions with a script by original series creator Russell T. Davies. For the uninitiated, Torchwood chronicles a covert group that investigates and fights alien activity — think a cross between Doctor Who and The X-Files. The U.K. series aired to strong ratings in the U.S. on BBC America. It is likely that some cast members from the U.K. version of the show would appear on the American spin-off, such as John Barrowman.
Jan 19
2010
02:29 PM ET
Simon Cowell and Sony ink deal
Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment announced on Tuesday the creation of a joint venture to produce and distribute music, TV, film, and digital content, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Coming just days after Cowell announced that he was leaving American Idol, his new five-year partnership with Sony will pool the TV and music assets of his X Factor and Got Talent shows on both sides of the Atlantic as well as a musical roster that includes such hitmakers as Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle. In exchange, Cowell will regain partial control of his production company, Syco, which had been 100-percent owned by Sony. “I have had a fantastic relationship with Sony for many years and I am delighted we are launching this venture together,” Cowell said in a statement.
Jan 19
2010
01:39 PM ET
Robert B. Parker, 'Spenser' author, dies at age 77
Crime novelist Robert B. Parker has died at age 77 at his Cambridge, Mass. home. The AP reports that local police believe his death was from natural causes.
Parker wrote more than 50 novels including 37 featuring the famed tough-talking Boston private investigator Spenser, the basis for the 1980s TV show Spenser: For Hire. The latest Spenser book was 2009’s The Professional.
Photo credit: John Earle/G.P. Putnam’s Sons/AP Photo
Jan 19
2010
01:30 PM ET
Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek join 'Pancho Villa'
Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek are set to star in director Emir Kusturica’s biopic of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, according to ScreenDaily. Kusturica, a two-time Cannes Palme d’Or winner, will shoot the film (to be titled Wild Roses, Tender Roses) in Spanish next year. The project is described as an epic in the style of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch. Depp and Kusturica previously collaborated on 1993′s Arizona Dream, a film that was little seen in the U.S. “This will be my biggest movie,” said Kusturica of the Villa project. “I will be doing it without compromise.”
Jan 19
2010
01:19 PM ET
Letterman extortion case to move forward
A judge on Tuesday refused to throw out the criminal case against a TV producer accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman, according to the Associated Press. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon ruled against Robert J. Halderman’s bid to get his case dismissed. Prosecutors allege that Halderman, a 52-year-old producer for CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery, demanded $2 million from the Late Show host in exchange for silence on the subject of Letterman’s affairs with staffers. Halderman counters that he was simply offering Letterman the chance to buy a screenplay based on his life. The case prompted Letterman to reveal his indiscretions on his show in October. Halderman faces 15 years in jail if convicted. His next court date is March 9.
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