Celeb News Aggregate
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Shia LaBeouf is set to visit The Dark Fields, according to trade reports today. The thriller, to be directed by Neil Burger, is said to be in the vein of Fight Club and The Game and is adapted from the 2002 book by Alan Glynn.
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Hollywood stars Renee Zellweger, Matt Damon, Jude Law and Helena Bonham Carter were among the mourners who paid tribute to director Anthony Minghella at a funeral service on Saturday.
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Denzel Washington is attached to a project based on Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Circle, while Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman are in talks to join Rob Marshall’s big-screen musical, Nine.
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Director Shekhar Kapur has vowed to finish the movie that British filmmaker Anthony Minghella was working on before he died.
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French actress Juliette Binoche is the latest A-list star to pay homage to director Anthony Minghella--she's penned a moving poetic tribute to the late director.
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The premiere of Anthony Minghella's final film went ahead on Tuesday night, just hours after it was announced the director had died.
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Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and Ralph Fiennes have paid moving tributes to Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who died on Tuesday.
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Actor Jude Law has paid tribute to Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who died on Tuesday.
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Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella has died. He was 54.
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The quirky comedies Lost in Translation and American Splendor took top honors Saturday at the 56th annual Writers Guild of America Awards, which were doled out in simultaneous ceremonies at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Pierre Hotel in New York. Also: Bobby Brown Janet Jackson Kristin Davis William Hung Shaun Cassidy Ozzy Osbourne The Contender Marc Brunett Jeffrey Katzenberg Sylvester Stallone
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The Writers Guild of America, west and East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen, television and radio during the 2003 season.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the Producers Guild's highest honor for a film at the PGA Awards, which took place Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Also: Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Barrie M Osborne Carmine Caridi University of Southern California Scripter Award Seabiscuit Mystic River Jamie Foxx Deidra Dixon Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Hello! OK! UPN Amish in the City Bette Midler Johnny Rotten John Lydon I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
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The American Civil War epic Cold Mountain received 13 nominations Monday for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.
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New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the third and final installment in director Peter Jackson's fantasy epic, continued its reign at the box office with a cork popping take of $51.2 million* over the holiday weekend. The Top 10: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cheaper by the Dozen Cold Mountain Something's Gotta Give Paycheck Mona Lisa Smile Pter Pan The Last Samurai Bad Santa Elf
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Jerry Lewis in Rehab, American Cinematheque Honors Nicole Kidman, Final Word on Screener Ban Harry Potter David Beckham Victoria Beckham
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Role Call for Dec. 14: Tom Hanks working on four films for Dreamworks. Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers Cast Away Cindy Crawford in a new movie Billy Baldwin Fair Game William Hurt Lynn Redgrave Eric Stoltz Harry Connick Jr. Nathan Lane in Jackie Gleason biopic Nicolas Cage is directing first film Eddie Murphy Keenan Ivory Wayans in a movie together
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Following is a Quick Take about the new movie "Cold Mountain." Mentioned keywords are Cold Mountain Tom Cruise Anthony Minghella Sydney Pollack The English Patient The Talented Mr. Ripley
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Madonna will be directed by Guy Ritchie in a remake of the Italian film Swept Away; Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant in a romantic comedy; Tom Hanks on board with Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch Me If You Can"; Tom Cruise in "Cold Mountain" with Anthony Minghella directing; Prince Charming movie finally on the slate; Will Smith wants to do remake of 9 to 5 with all black cast.
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Unless the Grinch scares people away from their local cinemas, a new record could be set at the box office Christmas weekend as a half-dozen newly released dramas boasting Academy Award-winning casts will compete with several children's films and other holdovers from previous weeks.
In each of the past three years, a new box-office record was set on Christmas weekend, and with the release of films such as Warner Bros.' "Any Given Sunday" starring Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid and Cameron Diaz, Paramount's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Jude Law, and Universal's "Man on the Moon" with Jim Carrey, industry experts believe movie grosses for Friday through Sunday could surpass $150 million - breaking the Christmas weekend record of $147.5 million set last year, when films such as "Patch Adams," You've Got Mail" and "Stepmom" were hot ite
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- Hollywood got through the first weekend of the new year in slightly better shape than studio insiders expected.
It took just $11.5 million to put Columbia's "Stuart Little" in first place, making it the weekend's only Top Five film to crack double digits. Lackluster tracking scores last week had suggested that the new year might kick off with none of the Top Five films doing better than single-digit grosses.
Columbia's PG-rated family comedy held on to the top spot in its fourth week, still laughing with an estimated $11.5 million (-28%) at 2,979 theaters (+79 theaters, $3,806 per theater). Its total is approximately $95.6 million. Directed by Rob Minkoff, "Stuart Little" stars Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki.
"It'll hit $100 million either Friday or Saturday of next week," Sony Pictures Releasing President Je
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 2, 2000 -- "Stuart Little" may squeak softly, but he carried a big cheese stick at the box office during New Year's weekend.
Columbia Pictures' animated talking mouse movie returned to the No. 1 spot, surging ahead of Al Pacino and Matt Damon and claiming a place in the cinema record book.
With total receipts topping $7 billion for the first time ever, 1999 was a record-setting year at the U.S. box office. "Stuart Little" closed out the year with another historical footnote by grossing an estimated $52 million during the final week of the century, the most ever for a family-oriented film during the Christmas-to-New-Year period, according to studio officials.
The film, which bowed at No. 1 two weeks ago, then slipped to third place over the Christmas weekend, entered Y2K by rebounding with an estimated $16 million in its third weekend.
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One would think Jamie Lee Curtis - and Michael Myers, for that matter - would have learned their lessons in the previous seven Halloween installments. Michael was beheaded in the last film, the 1998 Halloween: H2O, for heaven's sakes. But, unfortunately, that is not the case. They've decided to come back for one more go around in Dimension Films' Halloween: The Homecoming. A group of teens - when will old people be the ones being stalked? - go to Michael's home to stage a live Internet chat. Production is to start Monday in Vancouver. Curtis has signed on to reprise her spunky role and maybe this time she'll actually kill her misanthropic mental patient brother for good. With or without his head.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 22, 2000 -- MTV comic Tom Green is in "excellent spirits" after three hours of cancer surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles. Tom Green The procedure -- a second sweep by doctors to nab any remaining cancerous cells -- comes after one last week in which the 28-year-old funnyman had his right testicle removed.
"He's resting comfortably, and the prognosis looks good," publicist Marleah Leslie told The Associated Press.
Production on Green's self-titled show on MTV is on hold while he rehabs. When he comes back, he'll star in "The Cancer Special" (really) featuring footage from Tuesday's surgery.
In the meantime, the comic has launched a drive to help others with the Big C. It's called: Tom Green's Nuts Cancer Fund. Really.
RELATIVE TROUBLE: A man who legally changed his name to Jonathan Taylor Spielberg in 1997 has been indicted for
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 20, 2000 - A serious announcement from MTV's resident wise guy. Canadian-grown comic Tom Green, 28, of the self-titled "Tom Green Show," is battling testicular cancer. "Entertainment Tonight" was taping an interview with the entertainer this afternoon at a hospital. Portions of it will air on Tuesday's episode. An "ET" spokeswoman said Green, known for outrageous stunts on his show as well as the 1999 novelty hit "The Bum Bum Song," appeared to be quite serious.
Doctors have termed Green's cancer as being curable.
"As a form of therapy and education, Green is preparing a one-hour special for MTV documenting his recent procedures, using his signature brand of humor to inform the public about cancer," publicist Marleah Leslie said in a statement.
According to "ET," Green sought medical treatment following ShoWest, the movie-exhibitors' c
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- Film nominations for the 52nd Annual Writers Guild Awards were handed down today, and, with few exceptions, the list was surprise-free.
The usual award-show suspects, including Golden Globe screenplay champ "American Beauty," were honored for their excellence in screenplays.
The most notable surprise nod was perhaps for Lewis Colick's adaptation for the critically lauded (but mostly overlooked) "October Sky."
One notable snub came in the form of "The Hurricane," which last month took University of Southern California's annual Scripter Award for best film adaptation. While a fast-starter on the buzz front, the movie has come under attack of late for flying fast and loose with the story of wrongly imprisoned boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
The guild's East and West Coast voting bodies decided upon nomin
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2000 -- Hollywood expects to be thrown for a loss on the box office gridiron this Super Bowl weekend.
Neither of the weekend's two new wide releases is tracking well, according to distribution insiders.
"'Eye Of the Beholder' is 3% first choice, 'Isn't She Great' is 2% first choice," one studio executive said, referring to mid-week tracking data. "I really liked the trailer for ('Great'), but I guess it doesn't matter. It has zero unaided awareness. Nobody cares."
"Great," opening via Universal at about 750 theaters, is an R-rated drama about the life of best-selling author Jacqueline Susann. Directed by Andrew Bergman, it stars Bette Midler and Nathan Lane.
"Beholder," opening via Destination Films at 1,672 theaters, is an R-rated thriller written and directed by Stephan Elliott and stars Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd. Its
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2000 -- The report on "Minority Report?" Likely a go.
We told you Sunday that Tom Cruise hopes the sci-fi thriller will be his next project. Now it looks like Steven Spielberg is confirming the same.
Cruise, a Golden Globe winner over the weekend for "Magnolia," addressed the project backstage, saying, "We're gonna make that movie -- Steven and I have been meeting and talking about it, and we really want to work together and we really want to make 'Minority Report.'"
And Spielberg's response? There're two versions. While trade papers report today that "Minority Report" is among the likely candidates (the children's book "Harry Potter" and the sci-fi flick "A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)" being the others) the acclaimed director is considering to tackle, the New York tab, on the other hand, is reporting that a Spielberg/Cruise "Report" i
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2000 -- Hollywood was suffering from the box office blahs over the weekend, just as Hollywood insiders anticipated. For the first time since Oct. 22, no films cracked double-digits.
Miramax's PG-13-rated teen-appeal romantic comedy "Down To You" managed to top the chart with only an estimated $8.30 million at 1,971 theaters ($4,211 per theater).
Written and directed by Kris Isacsson, it stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles.
"I think it's great," Miramax Senior Vice President, Marketing, David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "Freddie Prinze Jr. cannot deny the fact that he has a following. He really can do a great job of opening a picture.
"I think our (marketing) materials were good, and it just looked like a fun movie for its core audience of young girls. There hasn't been anything for them for a while.
"The PG-13
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 18, 2000 -- Milestone haircuts worked for Mia Farrow (see: "Rosemary's Baby") and Gwyneth Paltrow (see: "Sliding Doors"). But chopping off one's long locks did nothing for Keri Russell, star of the WB's "Felicity."
In fact, according to a network exec, the cut hurt the fledgling series, which won raves -- and a Golden Globe for Russell - in its first season. WB entertainment chief Susanne Daniels told reporters Monday that the reaction to Russell's crop top was "so overwhelmingly negative" that it hurt the show, which arguably was already suffering from creative drought. But Daniels won't dismiss the hair's factor in the downtrend. And just to play it safe, she says, "Nobody is cutting their hair again."
The 23-year-old Russell reportedly got tired of the long, corkscrew mane that became synonymous with her identity (and that of her show's lead
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 26 — At the holiday weekend box office, Oliver Stone's homage to football scored, while Jim Carrey's homage to Andy Kaufman fumbled.
Director Stone's "Any Given Sunday," released by Warner Bros. and starring Al Pacino, and Cameron Diaz, was No. 1, grossing $14.2 million Friday through Sunday, studio estimates say. The film opened Wednesday in 2,505 theaters and averaged $5,669 per screen over the weekend, and has pulled in an estimated $21.3 million in its first five days.
But perhaps the biggest story of the weekend was all the money "Man on the Moon" didn't pull in. The Andy Kaufman biopic, starring Jim Carrey as the late "Taxi" comedian, is not expected to earn more than about $9 million for the Friday-Sunday weekend and $13.8 million for the week. (Like the Stone film, "Man on the Moon" opened Wednesday.)
"I think we pretty much exp
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It looks like tough sledding for Hollywood this pre-Christmas weekend, according to distribution executives with an eye on tracking study data.None of the three new wide releases appears likely to open impressively.
"It doesn't look too exciting in terms of the openings," said one studioexecutive. "The first choice on 'Bicentennial Man' is running only like 8%. Now, admittedly, it's (only mid-week) but I would think they would like to have been in double digits by now."
Buena Vista/Touchstone and Columbia Pictures' PG-rated sci-fi fantasy "Bicentennial Man," directed by Chris Columbus and starring Robin Williams, opens Friday at about 2,200 theaters.
While 2,200 theaters is certainly a wide break, it's not as wide as last weekend's theater count for "Toy Story 2" (3,257), "The Green Mile" (2,875), "The World Is Not Enough" (3,063), "End Of Days" (2,652) or "Sleepy Ho
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The awards season has officially kicked off, and "American Beauty" has its first trophy on the mantle.
The dark satire was named Best Film of the year Dec. 8 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Directed by first-timer Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, "Beauty" was released in September to widespread acclaim and solid box office.
Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient," was named Best Director for "The Talented Mr. Ripley," starring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow, which was reportedly shown to the board in an unfinished print.
Best Actor honors went to Russell Crowe for his portrayal of tobacco industry whistle-blower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand in "The Insider," co-starring Al Pacino, and British actress Janet McTeer was named Best Actress for the mother-daughter film "Tumbleweeds."
After "Americ
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2000 -- The Super Bowl sacked Hollywood over the weekend with a gross of only about $6.2 million being enough to grab first place.
There was a close race for top honors among Destination Films' opening of its thriller "Eye Of the Beholder," Universal's Oscar contender "The Hurricane" and New Line's urban-appeal comedy sequel "Next Friday." As always, Monday's actual numbers could reverse today's estimated results.
Although Destination's "Eye" appeared to have the weekend's best score with about $6.2 million, it was not an impressive one.
"There was no No. 1 film in 1999 lower than $9 million," one studio distribution president said Sunday morning, looking back at the record books. "That was 'The Best Man' (the weekend of) Oct. 22-24, 1999, with $9.03 million. In 1998, the lowest-grossing No. 1 film was 'He Got Game' (the weekend of)