In Court
Warning to celebrities everywhere: think twice the next time that you stop to sign an autograph. Rap mogul Sean "Puffy" Comb stopped Tuesday to give his John Hancock to fans in New York, only to be entrapped by a process server, according to the New York Post's PageSix.com. Kim Porter, the mother of Comb's youngest son, Christian, is reportedly suing Combs for child support. Porter wants more than the $7,000 a month that Combs currently pays.
"Whatever you do, do NOT refer to this film as a musical." That was the proclamation of British filmmaker Mike Leigh when "Topsy-Turvy" was screened at the New York Film Festival. True, there are large-scale musical numbers, but these set pieces are there to illustrate and, in some cases, advance the plot. Instead, what Leigh has achieved is the most successful integration of theatrical production numbers and comedy-drama since Bob Fosse tackled "Cabaret" in the early 1970s. And like that movie,