Wolverine director Gavin Hood is in talks to helm a film based on nonfiction book The Cruelest Miles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gay and Laney Salisbury’s book followed the 674-mile journey undertaken by 20 men and 200 dogs rushing a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1952.
Archive: January 2010 (61-70 of 320)
Jan 26
2010
09:51 AM ET
Jan 26
2010
09:33 AM ET
Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio to star in indie drama 'Chlorine'
Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D’Onofrio will star as husband and wife in the indie drama Chlorine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The dramedy follows a family’s efforts to maintain their upper-class lifestyle in a materialistic New England town. Sedgwick plays a woman whose penchant for withholding affection and desire to uphold appearances push her husband into a bad real estate deal. Chlorine has been on hold since another version, starring Ray Liotta and Demi Moore, fell apart in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Jan 25
2010
08:11 PM ET
Pernell Roberts of 'Bonanza' and 'Trapper John, M.D.' dies at 81
Pernell Roberts, best known for his roles on Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D., died Sunday in his Malibu home after a battle with cancer, his wife, Eleanor Criswell, told the Los Angeles Times. He was 81.
The Georgia-born Roberts, who served in the Marines, began his career on the stage, winning a Drama Desk award in 1955 for his performance in a production of MacBeth. He would find TV fame in 1959 as the responsible Adam Cartwright—the eldest of the Cartwright sons—on the hit Western Bonanza. Leaving the show after the sixth season—he’d feuded with the show’s producers—Roberts returned to the stage, acted in films, and guest-starred on a variety of TV series (Mission: Impossible, Marcus Welby, M.D., Hawaii Five-O). In 1979, he scored again with the medical drama Trapper John, M.D., in which he played Dr. “Trapper” John McIntyre, a character spun off from M*A*S*H. The show lasted seven seasons.
Jan 25
2010
06:10 PM ET
Justice Department approves merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation
The proposed merger between ticketing company Ticketmaster and concert promoter Live Nation won approval today from the U.S. Justice Department, according to Yahoo! News. The idea of the two music business giants uniting has been heavily criticized by Bruce Springsteen, among others. In February last year, the Boss wrote on his official blog that, “the one thing that would make the current ticket situation even worse for the fan than it is now would be Ticketmaster and Live Nation coming up with a single system, thereby returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing.”
Jan 25
2010
02:01 PM ET
Report: Roman Polanski to direct 'God of Carnage' adaptation
In an interview with French Elle, actress Emmanuelle Seigner, 43, revealed that her husband, director Roman Polanski, 76, is at work on a big-screen adaptation of the Tony-winning play God of Carnage. Polanski has been under house arrest in Switzerland since December, when he posted bail after Swiss police apprehended him in connection with his 1978 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The Oscar-winning director is also finishing post-production on The Ghost Writer (out Feb. 19), a political thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. God of Carnage, written by Polanski’s friend Yasmina Reza, is still running on Broadway after winning Best Play at the 2009 Tony Awards.
Jan 25
2010
01:32 PM ET
Eddie Izzard to host Spirit Awards
Eddie Izzard has been tapped as emcee of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, which air live from Los Angeles on March 5 at 8 p.m. PST/11 p.m. EST on IFC. Nominations were announced Dec. 1, and include (500) Days of Summer, Precious, The Last Station, Amreeka, and Sin Nombre for Best Feature.
Read more: Eddie Izzard names five of his strangest stand-up tangents
Jan 25
2010
01:21 PM ET
UK hit 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' headed to US
UK talk show host Jeremy Kyle is set to launch a US version of The Jeremy Kyle Show later this year, with national syndication planned for 2011. The show, which focuses on Jerry Springer-style confrontations, will be distributed by Debmar-Mercury, the company behind The Wendy Williams Show and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Since its 2005 debut, The Jeremy Kyle Show has become the most-watched daytime program in the UK.
Jan 25
2010
01:08 PM ET
Nancy Kerrigan's father dies, brother charged with assault
According to the Associated Press, the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been charged with assaulting their father, 70-year-old Daniel Kerrigan, who died shortly after the incident yesterday in the Boston suburb of Stoneham, Mass. A police report states that officers responding to a 911 call in the early hours on Sunday found the elder Kerrigan unconscious in his home. His son, 45-year-old Mark Kerrigan, struggled with officers and was arrested after being subdued with pepper spray. According to the report, Mark Kerrigan told officers that he had a fight with his father about using the phone. Kerrigan is set to be arraigned on Monday.
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