Voo Voo & other: June 2008

Monday, 23 June 2008

Frank Darabont’s LaBeouf-less ‘Indiana Jones 4’ Screenplay Leaks Online

Courtesy of Paramount
The script for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wasn't born terrible — during its two-decade development, it went through multiple revisions and writers before George Lucas finally deemed it bad enough to shoot. And now, Frank Darabont's 2003 draft (called Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods) has hit the Internet! According to reports, Steven Spielberg loved it and Lucas hated it, which probably means it's fantastic. We haven't read it yet, but we skimmed it; Crystal Skull's killer ants are in there, and Indy, Marion, and Professor Oxley still implausibly survive a boat trip over four waterfalls (also — SPOILER ALERT! — knowledge is still their treasure). What's different? Among other things, Shia LaBeouf's character is nowhere to be found, which means nobody swings Tarzan-style through the jungle surrounded by CGI monkeys (CGI monkeys do make an appearance, but, on the page at least, they seem relatively non-annoying). Oh, what might've been!

Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods [CloneWeb]
Did Darabont's 'Indiana Jones' Script Leak Online? [Cinematical]

Monday, 16 June 2008

Denise Richards - Richards Asks Sheen To Be Civil

DENISE RICHARDS has offered an olive branch to her ex-husband CHARLIE SHEEN - pleading with the star to stop publicly bashing her now he has re-married.

The former couple divorced in 2006 and has since been embroiled in a bitter dispute over custody of their two daughters, three-year-old Sam and Lola, two.

And they have taken any opportunity open to them to showcase their distaste for each other, with Sheen accusing the beauty of sending him emails begging him to donate his sperm so that she could carry another one of his children.

The claim infuriated Richards, who slammed the star, saying, "I don't want Charlie's prostitute-tranny-infested sperm", when defending herself to New York's gossip column Page Six.

Sheen also blasted their time as husband and wife after his recent marriage to Brooke Mueller, saying, "It feels like my first real marriage (to Mueller). The first one (to Donna Peele) was a show, the second (to Richards) was a con, and this one is the real deal."

But, now, Richards claims she is tired of their public feuding, and is hoping her former partner will act "civil" towards her now that he has a new wife.

She says, "He loves to trash me in the press and discredit me and has tried to sabotage my show. I can't change that, so I just keep living my life.

"I hope that now that he's married, he can move forward and be civil."

U.S. reality series Denise Richards: It's Complicated first aired on (25May08), just days before Sheen and Mueller tied the knot in a Los Angeles ceremony (30May08).

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Sunday, 8 June 2008

Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75

Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as the beleaguered police chief Martin Brody in 'Jaws', has died. He was 75.
The two-time Oscar nominee died of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Hospital spokesperson Leslie Taylor said the actor had been treated there for the disease at different times over the past two years.
New Jersey-born Scheider earned his first Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor) in 1971 for 'The French Connection'.
Eight years later he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 'All That Jazz'.
Among his other credits were 'Klute', 'Marathon Man', 'Still of the Night' and the TV adventure series 'SeaQuest DSV'.

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Jennifer Lopez welcomes twin babies

Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony are celebrating the birth of twin babies in New York.
According to People magazine, the babies, a girl weighing 5lbs 7oz and a boy weighing 6lbs, were born early this morning.
Lopez's manager Simon Fields confirmed the news to the magazine, saying: "Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon."
The twins are the first children for the couple, who married in June 2004. Anthony already has three children.

Cbs - Cbs Buys Internet Publisher Cnet For 18 Billion

In a move that lifts it into the forefront of Internet publishers, CBS has agreed
to acquire CNET Networks for about$1.8 billion in cash -- representing a 45-percent
premium over CNET's current share price. In a statement, CBS chief Les Moonves said,
"There are very few opportunities to acquire a profitable, growing well-managed Internet
company like CNET Networks. ...CNET Networks will add a tremendous platform to extend
our complementary entertainment, news, sports, music and information content to a
whole new global audience."

15/05/2008

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Britney can't make her own decisions

Melbourne (ANI): Troubled pop star Britney Spears is still incapable of making decisions for herself, the Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner reviewing her case has ruled. The 26-year-old singer's court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham, and attorneys for the pop star's father and conservator, Jamie Spears, spent 90 minutes in Commissioner Reva Goetz' chambers, reports the Daily Telegraph. Ingham told the court his client's medical condition is 'fluid' because her treatment is changing. The 'Toxic' singer's probate case is slated to go to trial July 31, but her attorney said that it could be 'harmful' for her to participate.

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Fascinating Fact 5393

Theatre impresario SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER has revealed the name of his much-anticipated PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sequel. PHANTOM: ONCE UPON A TIME will hit London's West End theatres in time for Christmas next year (09).

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EastEnders star attacked leaving nightclub

'EastEnders' star Lacey Turner returned to filming in London today after getting caught up in a fight when she left a nightclub.
The 19-year-old actress, who plays love cheat Stacey Branning in the hit BBC1 soap, was on her way home from a night out with co-star Aaron Sidwell (Steven Beale), also 19, when she was hit.
Turner did not report the incident, which took place at 2am at a supermarket car park near the Destiny club in Watford, Hertfordshire.
The actress' spokeswoman said: "She was literally walking back into a car park when a fight broke out and she got clipped.
"She was in the wrong place at the wrong time but she's fine. She and Aaron were not involved in the fight.
"She had a day off yesterday because she was off schedule and she's back filming today."
Turner joined the soap in November 2004. Her feisty character has recently been searching for her husband Bradley after he disappeared when he found out she had been cheating on him with his father.

Bailey Rae's husband is found dead

The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae was found dead in Leeds on Saturday from a suspected drugs overdose.
West Yorkshire police said that they were called to an apartment in the Hyde Park area of the city where they found the body of a 31-year-old man, later identified as Jason Rae.
Police said that a 32-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of supplying drugs and freed on bail.
A post-mortem on the body of Jason Rae, a saxophonist with the group the Haggis Horns, proved inconclusive, and police are awaiting toxicology reports.
In a statement, Bailey Rae's record label EMI said: "EMI Records would like to offer its sincere condolences to Corinne Bailey Rae and the Rae family at this tragic time. We ask that the media respects Corinne's privacy and that of her entire family."

Ray Winstone - The Things The Say

"One day maybe, when my legs ain't working properly anymore. Trouble is, I'm impatient. If actors started f**king around I'd probably lose it, you know. British hardman RAY WINSTONE doesn't think he has the patience to be a director.

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