Celeb News Aggregate
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Late, great movie icon Marlon Brando is to be honored by his friends and peers as part of a new two-part documentary to air on TV in May.
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The daughter of legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach has committed suicide at her Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles, home on Thursday night.
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Although Britney Spears, whose new album Get in the Zone hits stores Nov. 18, seems to be cultivating a more adult image lately, the pop starlet says that's not the case.
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Jermane and Randy Jackson have confirned their presence at the Michael Jackson: 30 Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years event in September.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 11, 2000 -- The big, bad and seemingly unavoidable Screen Actors Guild strike is still almost a year away, but the studios and filmmakers in Tinseltown are already scrambling to get their stars under contract, shoot their films and fold their tents before picketing begins next summer.
According to today's Hollywood Reporter, several big productions are scrambling to get under way, including Steven Soderbergh's star-studded remake of "Ocean's Eleven," and Russell Crowe's recent shoulder injury probably means that Jodie Foster's next directorial effort will get shelved.
In the case of "Ocean's," the trade says, it appears that stars George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt (who, ostensibly, would take roles originally done by Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson and Dean Martin) are locked in, but Mark Wahlberg may have to duck out because of a conflict with t
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2, 2000 -- Now we don't know how George Clooney will stack up against the hep-cat cool of Frank Sinatra, but one thing seems to be certain: That planned "Ocean's 11" remake is shaping up to be quite an affair. Or is it?
If the casting reports in the Hollywood trades (and other sources) are to believed, the Steven Soderbergh-helmed remake -- based on the 1960 Rat Pack-packed caper flick about a group of 11 old war buddies bent on knocking over a bunch of Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve -- has done nothing short of locking up an A list dream cast. The much-ignored fact remains that only Clooney -- who's signed on to star as ringleader Danny Ocean (a role previously played by Sinatra) -- is committed to the project.
Bruce Willis What about the other meganames -- Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis and Michael Douglas included -- who have been linked