May 9th, 2008 by admin
Director Rob Choen has criticised British actress Rachel Weisz for refusing to return for the third installment of The Mummy trilogy. The 37-year-old shot to international stardom after appearing in 1999’s original movie The Mummy. And, despite appearing in 2001 follow-up The Mummy Returns, she turned down a role in the forthcoming sequel The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - blaming the location for her decision. Her representative insisted the actress didn’t feel comfortable spending five months shooting in China as her son Henry is not yet two years old. But the film’s director Cohen claims she actually turned down the part because movie bosses had made her character too old. He tells Britain’s Heat magazine, “I got a very angry phone from her agent, saying she’ll never play the mother of a 21-year-old. I said, ‘OK, good, fine, bye.’” Weisz has been replaced by Maria Bello in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, which is due for release later this year (2008).
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May 6th, 2008 by admin
Scarlett Johansson has announced her engagement to actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds. The couple has been dating since February 2007, shortly after Blade: Trinity star Reynolds broke off his engagement to singer Alanis Morissette. The actress’s representative Marcel Pariseau confirmed the news to People.com, revealing, “They’re both thrilled.” He added that no wedding date has been set. Johansson famously keeps her private life under wraps, but previously dated actor Josh Hartnett from 2004 to 2006. The media frenzy surrounding the impending nuptials comes at a great time for Johansson, who is promoting her new debut album of Tom Waits covers, entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head.
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May 3rd, 2008 by admin
For fans of the “Gilmore Girls,” TV viewing as they knew it ended with a final look through Luke’s Diner window and a much too abrupt goodbye to their favorite characters. Since then, fans have been trying, in vain, to find a show that can fill the shoes left empty by the fast-talking mother-daughter duo. But Lorelai Gilmore — known to many as actor Lauren Graham — has no such problem…
Since the finale, she’s been seen co-starring alongside Steve Carell in “Evan Almighty,” breaking hearts in “The Amateurs,” and supporting her recent project with Matthew Perry, “Birds of America,” at the Sundance Film Festival. I was lucky enough to catch up with her while she was in Philly filming her latest project, “The Dream of the Romans.” We talked about the final “Gilmore Girls” episode and her much rumored return to television. To read the whole interview click here
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April 30th, 2008 by admin
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has lambasted critics who like to label her a “harlot” just because her appearance fits the stereotype. The blonde bombshell, who has been likened to late screen siren Marilyn Monroe, thinks the fact she is curvy and has platinum locks lays her open to harsh criticism regarding her sexual morals. But the Lost In Translation star insists she doesn’t sleep around or have any sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). She says, “I have platinum blonde hair, and I’m extremely curvy: I pour myself into a dress and show up and strut my stuff at premieres. “Of course I expect people will have certain ideas but it’s weird if people associate the fact that I sell handbags or wear a bikini with who I am when I wake up in the morning.”People think I’m going to be some brazen harlot, but I’m not out there with every Tom, Dick and Harry or catching hepatitis.”
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April 27th, 2008 by admin
Hugh Jackman has branded new mother Cate Blanchett a “superwoman” for committing herself to a two-day Australian conference - just six days after giving birth to her third child. The X-Men star was in attendance at Australia 2020 summit - where he encouraged native Australian actors working abroad to return home for projects - and was stunned to see the 38-year-old arrive at Parliament House in Canberra with her newborn son in tow. The actress, who welcomed Ignatius Martin Upton on April 13, 2008, handed the child to her playwright husband Andrew Upton, and proceeded to take her place among 1,000 fellow delegates to help moderate a debate during the arts segment of the talkfest. Jackman, 39, says, “Cate Blanchett is superwoman. She is amazing on every level. I think she is flawless as a person.”
The Lord of the Rings star said her attendance at the event was “a measure of my belief in the weekend”. “As you could imagine, I would rather be in bed,” she explained. Blanchett, who can next be seen as Agent Irina Spalko in the fourth Indiana Jones film, said she believed the panel was the start of “a long and meaningful relationship between artists and the government - not as an adjunct to, but as a fundamental aspect of, society”, the Reuters news agency quoted her as saying.
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