Archive: December 2010 (11-20 of 92)

Dec 28 2010 04:28 PM ET

'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' loses a lead actress: report

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Natalie Mendoza, one of the lead actresses in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, is negotiating an exit from the Broadway show, The New York Times reports. Mendoza, who plays Arachne, a spider villainess created by the show’s director, Julie Taymor, has not performed since Dec. 20. The Times says the production has explained her absence as a doctor-ordered vocal rest, but hints that she was badly shaken by the fall her cast mate and friend Christopher Tierney suffered on Dec. 20. Mendoza herself sustained a concussion during the Nov. 28 performance when she was struck in the head by a rope holding equipment while standing offstage. Arachne, a role which involves slower-speed flying sequences, is instrumental to the show’s plot, and delivers its title song and sings on five others. Representatives for Mendoza and the production have not confirmed her departure, but are said to be working on an official announcement. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is set to open Feb. 7.

More Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark:
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 28 2010 01:59 PM ET

'Million Dollar Money Drop': Fox invites couple back

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Fox has invited Gabe Okoye and Brittany Mayti, contestants on the Dec. 20 debut of game show Million Dollar Money Drop, for another shot. On Thursday, the network admitted they had “incomplete information” about the answer to a question about whether Post-it Notes or the Sony Walkman had been sold in stores first. (The couple’s answer, Post-it Notes, was deemed incorrect on the show and the couple lost $800,000. On the next question, they lost their remaining $80,000 and were eliminated.) According to a statement from Fox, “As a result of new information we have received from 3M, we feel it is only fair to give our contestants, Gabe and Brittany, another shot to play Million Dollar Money Drop even though this question was not the deciding question in their game.” [CNN]

Dec 27 2010 09:54 PM ET

Elton John and David Furnish welcome baby boy

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Elton-John-FincherImage Credit: Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesNearly four decades ago, Elton John sang about a man who “was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day” in his classic hit “Levon.” That song has now proved prophetic: EW has confirmed US Weekly‘s report that Sir Elton and his partner, David Furnish, welcomed a baby boy on Dec. 25. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born via surrogate in California, weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and measuring 22 inches long. The birth comes a year after John and Furnish attempted to adopt a young Ukrainian boy but were denied by that country’s government. The pair were joined in a civil partnership ceremony in England in 2005. Together they produced the upcoming animated film Gnomeo & Juliet, which will be released on Feb. 11.

Dec 27 2010 05:08 PM ET

Alanis Morissette has a boy, named Ever

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Alanis Morissette delivered her first child, a son named Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, on Christmas, her rep tells People. Morissette, 36, married Mario ‘Souleye’ Treadway, 30, last May.

Dec 27 2010 04:21 PM ET

LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian engaged

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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian got engaged over the holidays, her rep tells People. Rimes, 28, sported a large diamond ring on a Malibu beach Monday. During a sitdown with ABC’s Robin Roberts that aired last month, the couple, who met filming the Lifetime movie Northern Lights while both were married, said they hoped the fact that their romance continued a year and a half later could turn their affair from a tabloid story to a love story. Both Cibrian, 37, and Rimes, however, said they wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t: “Well, I can’t change their minds. Nothing I’m going to say is gonna change it. I do know that, and I have accepted that,” Rimes said when asked how she’d respond to people who consider her a homewrecker. “It happens every day to so many people. And if I take away my album sales, my awards, and you have just another couple — you have two couples whose marriages didn’t work, who really stumbled upon each other and fell in love. And never ever was I thinking of hurting someone.”

Cibrian shares custody of two sons, 7 and 3, with his ex, Brandi Glanville. Rimes’ ex, Dean Sheremet, announced his own engagement last month.

Read more: Eddie Cibrian on LeAnn Rimes: ‘We’re madly in love. And I think people are finally seeing that.’

Dec 27 2010 11:56 AM ET

Natalie Portman is engaged and pregnant

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Black Swan star Natalie Portman, 29, is engaged to choreographer Benjamin Millepied, and the couple are expecting their first child, reps for the actress confirmed to People. Portman and Millepied met while shooting Black Swan, which earned the actress a Golden Globe nomination and a Screen Actors Guild award nomination.

UPDATE: Natalie Portman issues exclusive statement on engagement/pregnancy to EW

Dec 27 2010 08:51 AM ET

Olympic documentarian Bud Greenspan dies at 84

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Bud Greenspan, the famed filmmaker who documented the Olympics through self-proclaimed rose-colored glasses for more than six decades, died Dec. 25 of complications from Parkinson’s disease, his companion Nancy Beffa told the Associated Press. He was 84. “I think I’d rather spend 100 percent of my time on the 90 percent that’s good,” he once said of his choice to chronicle stories of triumph over tragedy rather than scandal. “This is almost religious in concept when the athletes go onto the field, they do it for honor or country…. I think the politics of the Olympics has sort of dissipated what the ethereal aspects were, and that is to enter the arena, make the attempt, and pursue excellence.” Greenspan also wrote and directed Wilma, the 1977 TV biopic of U.S. sprinter Wilma Rudolph, which featured the screen debut of Denzel Washington.

Dec 26 2010 10:18 AM ET

Hugh Hefner is engaged to playmate; Ginnifer Goodwin to marry boyfriend

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Hugh Hefner, 84, proposed to girlfriend and playmate Crystal Harris, 24, last night in L.A., the Playboy magnate tweeted. This will be the third marriage for Hefner. In more Hollywood engagement news, Ginnifer Goodwin is set to marry boyfriend of two years Joey Kern, who proposed to the Big Love star earlier this month.

Dec 24 2010 03:31 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan accuser to drop criminal complaint: Report

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Dawn Holland, the former Betty Ford Center employee who accused Lindsay Lohan of assault, is dropping her claim, according to TMZ. Holland’s lawyer, Keith Davidson, told the site, “Dawn will not continue to press charges against Lindsay, nor will she be assisting any further in the investigation or prosecution.”

Dec 23 2010 07:33 PM ET

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson file for divorce

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Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have officially filed for divorce after two years of marriage, according to People. The two announced their separation earlier this month, saying in a statement, “We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it.” Neither Reynolds nor Johansson are seeking spousal support.

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