Archive: December 2010 (1-10 of 92)

Dec 30 2010 09:10 PM ET

John Mellencamp separates from wife after 20 years

John Mellencamp, 59, is separating from his wife Elaine after 20 years, the singer-songwriter’s rep Bob Merlis tells the Associated Press. Merlis says the couple ”are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family.” He would not confirm if the couple were officially divorcing.

Dec 30 2010 07:09 PM ET

Val Kilmer allegedly owes IRS nearly $500,000 in taxes

Categories: Movies

Val Kilmer has joined a growing list of actors, such as Nicolas Cage and Wesley Snipes, who have run into trouble with the IRS. According to the AP, the Batman Forever star allegedly owes $498,165 in federal income taxes for 2008. The IRS filed a lien last month in New Mexico, where Kilmer has lived for two decades and owns a 6,000-acre ranch that’s currently on the market for $18.5 million. The actor’s agent could not be reached for comment.

Dec 29 2010 06:25 PM ET

L.A. prosecutor says defense will claim Michael Jackson killed himself in trial for Dr. Conrad Murray

Categories: Music

Defense attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray will argue Michael Jackson killed himself, Los Angeles County prosecutor David Walgren claimed today at a hearing, according to an Associated Press report. Walgren and Murray’s lawyer J. Michael Flanagan were in court arguing over testing residue from syringes found in the pop star’s bedroom. ”I do think it’s clear the defense is operating under the theory that the victim, Michael Jackson, killed himself,” said Walgren. ”They don’t want to say it, but that’s the direction in which they are going.” Flanagan declined to comment. A preliminary hearing for Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial begins Jan. 4.

Dec 29 2010 05:37 PM ET

Injured 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' actor leaves ICU

Categories: Stage

Christopher Tierney, the stunt actor who suffered a skull fracture and a cracked vertebrae after falling during a preview performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has left the intensive care unit, according to the Associated Press. Tierney was discharge from the hospital and transferred to a rehab facility to begin inpatient rehabilitation. The actor is now able to walk with the assistance of a full-torso brace, according to his father. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has canceled two performances in the wake of the accident, while instituting new safety precautions.

More on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark:
‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’: The first (unofficial) reviews are in
‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’ loses a lead actress: report
Exclusive: ‘Spider-Man’ musical’s new opening date set for Feb. 7

‘Spider-Man’ accident blamed on ‘human error’
‘Spider-Man’ stunt double injured after crashing to stage
‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’ sells $1 million in tickets

Dec 29 2010 04:23 PM ET

Billy Crudup will return to Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' on Broadway

Categories: Stage

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, which played on Broadway in 1995, will return in spring 2011 in a new production directed by David Leveaux. The revival, which had a sold-out run in London, features an ensemble cast that includes Margaret Colin (The CW’s Gossip Girl), Raúl Esparza (Speed-the-Plow), and Billy Crudup. Crudup actually starred in the 1995 production of Arcadia, albeit in a different role: He played Septimus Hodge then, and will play Bernard Nightingale now. The plot of Arcadia crosscuts between a Derbyshire home in 1809 and a modern-day academic setting. The new production will begin previews on February 25 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and will premiere on March 17.

Dec 29 2010 03:34 PM ET

John Leguizamo will star in Broadway solo play 'Ghetto Klown'

Categories: Stage

John Leguizamo will return to Broadway in early 2011 with a new solo play called Ghetto Klown. Directed by Fisher Stevens, Klown is billed as “the next chapter” in Leguizamo’s series of autobiographical plays (including Freak and Sexaholix…a Love Story.) In a press release issued today, Leguizamo explains that “Ghetto Klown is all the things I say to my therapist and my manager, but would never want the general public to know.” The show will begin previews on February 21 and officially open on March 22 at the Lyceum Theatre.

Dec 29 2010 10:04 AM ET

'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' musical to close Jan. 2

Categories: Stage

The musical adaptation of the Pedro Almodóvar film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown will end its run at Lincoln Center’s Belasco Theatre on Jan. 2, three weeks early. Ticket sales, like critics’ grades, have been low for the production. EW’s Thom Geier gave the show, which stars Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti, and American Idol alum Justin Guarini, a D+ when it opened in November. “The tunes, by The Full Monty composer David Yazbek, are a forgettable mix of Latin-lite pastiches with some of the most unfortunate lyrics (and awkward rhymes) to hit a Broadway stage in years,” he wrote. “Take the opening number, sung by a Madrid taxi driver (Danny Burstein, mugging too broadly) who turns up sporadically as a kind of narrator: ‘Madrid is my mama. / Give me the nipple, everyday I’m gonna taste it… Give me little titty ’cause I’m hungry every minute.”

Dec 29 2010 06:15 AM ET

Kelsey Grammer comments on engagement to Kayte Walsh: 'We are in love'

Kelsey Grammer, 55, spoke to People about his engagement to girlfriend Kayte Walsh, 29, saying, “Kayte and I are marrying because we are engaged, and we are engaged because we are in love and see no reason to postpone our happiness any longer.” Though he did not say when the two will marry, he added, “We are planning something we wish to be a private affair among several of our friends. Anything else is conjecture and false. Kayte and I are the only reliable source for this story. End of story.”

Over the summer it was announced that Walsh, a British flight attendant, was pregnant with Grammer’s child, but in October she released a statement saying she suffered a miscarriage some six weeks earlier.

Grammer is in the midst of what is reportedly a very costly divorce from third wife Camille Grammer, who stars on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The couple have been married for 13 years and have two children together, daughter Mason, 8, and son Jude, 6. Kelsey also has two older daughters, Spencer, 27, and Greer, 18, from previous relationships.

Dec 28 2010 06:23 PM ET

'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood released from jail

Categories: Television

People is reporting that Teen Mom star Amber Portwood, 20, was released Tuesday afternoon from the Madison County jail in Anderson, Ind. Her release comes one day after she was formally charged with three counts (two felony, one misdemeanor) of domestic battery related to alleged physical attacks against her ex-fiance Gary Shirley and one count of neglect of a dependent (their daughter Leah, 2). The court automatically entered a not guilty plea for Portwood before she was freed.

Dec 28 2010 05:47 PM ET

Reese Witherspoon is engaged

Categories: Weddings

Reese Witherspoon, 34, is engaged to her boyfriend of nearly one year, agent Jim Toth, 40, EW has confirmed with a rep for the actress, who says the couple are “extremely happy.” Witherspoon was previously married to actor Ryan Phillipe.

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