Monthly Archives: March 2008

Scoop: Madonna dances around subject of Britney

As the 5th anniversary of Madonna and Britney Spears’ kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards nears, it seems fair that the subject of Spears would come up in the course of Madonna’s Vanity Fair interview.

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Review: `Leatherheads’ Lacks Game Plan – AP

Maybe the best offense in a real football game is a good defense. Not so in a movie about the early years of the sport, when pro football was a poor cousin to the college game.

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Jazz singer Nancy Wilson has collapsed lung

Wilson’s lung was being reinflated at Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree and she was in good spirits, Devra Levy told The Associated Press.

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ND/NF ’08 INTERVIEW | “Soul Carriage” Director Conrad Clark and “Japan Japan” Director Lior Shamriz – indieWIRE

In the third installment of short interviews spotlighting emerging filmmakers in the current series New Directors/New Films, indieWIRE received remarks from “Soul Carriage” director Conrad Clark on his story of urbanization set against the backdrop of an evolving China as … Continue reading

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Woody Allen sues company for using his image

Woody Allen asked a federal court on Monday to strip a clothing company known for its racy ads featuring scantily clad models of at least $10 million for using his image.

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Wayans Brothers Drop Oakland Studio Bid – AP

The Wayans brothers have dropped their bid to build a movie studio and shopping center at the former Oakland Army base over conflicts with the nearby port of Oakland.

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Hollywood Auction Fetches $4.1 Million – AP

An oversized six-sheet poster for the 1933 film classic “King Kong” fetched $345,000 to top all items at a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia.

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Acclaimed director Jules Dassin dies at 96

American director Jules Dassin, whose Greek wife Melina Mercouri starred in his hit movie “Never on Sunday” and six more of his films, died late Monday at an Athens hospital, officials said. He was 96.

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Jessica Simpson hospitalized over the weekend

Simpson was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday for a “minor kidney infection” and was released Monday, Simpson’s representative Lauren Auslander said.

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Indonesian president urges calm over Dutch film – Reuters

Indonesia's president urged his predominantly Muslim nation on Monday not to use violence in protests at a film on Islam by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker, and said world leaders had a moral responsibility to take action.

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