According to the Hollywood Reporter:
Prince is planning to release three new albums in 2009 without the assistance of a record label, according to an interview with the Los Angeles Times. A “major retailer” is in talks with the artist to release the music physically, … Read more »
According to Variety:
“Waltz with Bashir” edged “Happy-Go-Lucky” and “WALL-E” to win the 43rd annual best picture prize from the National Society of Film Critics.
“Happy-Go-Lucky” was the other big winner, prevailing in four categories.
The group’s 49 voting members, who rep media outlets in Gotham, L.A., Boston, … Read more »
According to Reuters:
The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family’s lawyer.
Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, … Read more »
According to the Huffington Post website:
Today’s NY Post reports Tom Cruise and “Valkyrie” may face legal action over their use of a likeness Hitler’s globe in the film:
Cruise, who fights the Nazis in “Valkyrie,” might now have to battle a San Francisco advertising executive who … Read more »
According to the Hollywood Reporter:
French actress Isabelle Huppert will head the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the organizers said on Friday.
Huppert has become something of a fixture at France’s premiere film event, appearing in Cannes 25 times in various roles, including as a … Read more »
According to the London Times:
Lark Previn, an adopted daughter of the actress Mia Farrow, and elder sister of Soon-Yi Previn who was at the centre of Farrow’s messy marital breakup with Woody Allen, has died aged 35.
Born in Vietnam, Lark was one of three children … Read more »
According to the Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Pitt is in final negotiations to star opposite Steve Buscemi in “Boardwalk Empire,” Martin Scorsese’s drama pilot for HBO.
Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese, “Empire” is based on Nelson Johnson’s book, which chronicles the 1920s origins … Read more »
