“Playing Ledger’s Part Is a Painful Honor” - Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell has confirmed he’ll be among the stars acting out scenes tragic Heath Ledger never got to shoot in his final film, confessing it’ll be an “incredibly painful tribute.” The Irish actor, Jude Law and Johnny Depp will help director Terry Gilliam complete the film he started with the late Ledger.
The superstar trio will pick up the role Ledger was playing in The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus before he accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs last month. And Farrell admits he was flattered to be asked to help Gilliam complete Ledger’s last film. He tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper, “I will be honored to be part of that. It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much and to get into it really here, but it’s an incredibly painful honor… and an honor I wish wasn’t bestowed (on me), but an honor none-the-less. It’s about getting Heath’s work out there… He’s too good for any of his work not to be seen, you know, and I’m really keen and looking forward to doing it and just doing the best job I can do.”
The film, about a magical traveling theatre, also features movie veteran Christopher Plummer. Production on the London set has been suspended since just before Ledger’s death.
Source:WENN
Bruce McLaren - The Movie
A proposed movie about the life of the famous Formula One racing driver Bruce McLaren has taken another step further today when Barrie M. Osborne confirmed that he will be producing the movie. Osborne has produced The World’s Fastest Indian andThe Matrix and was involved in many other movies including Godfather II, Cotton Club and Apocalypse Now.
Matthew Grainger is developing a script on the man who overcame a crippling joint problem in his youth to win a Formula One race at the age of 22, the youngest ever winner at that time. He died in a car accident just ten years later, in 1970, while he was at the peak of his career on a record breaking winning run for the McLaren team.
His name lives on in Team McLaren which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 19 world championships.
Emma Watson wants out but stays
Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, has stated that she’s not sure about signing on for the last two harry Potter films. She told Newsweek that “Every film is such a huge production, and it’s a long time.” Saying yes would mean she’d be playing the studious Hermione until she’s 20.
“Daniel and Rupert seem so sure. I love to perform, but there are so many things I love doing.” Pause. “Maybe that sounds ungrateful. I’ve been given such an amazing opportunity, but I’ll just have to go with the flow.”
Maybe she is learning from the cases of previous child stars who have spent most of their chidhood working - Fred Savage, Neil Patrick Harris, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Are there any actors you would like to add to this list?
Brosnan Junior says Craig will fail
Chris Brosnan fears Daniel Craig will fail as his father’s James Bond successor. Brosnan Jr says, “They’ve gone for a dirtier, uglier, grittier Bond with him which will be very different to dad. “They’ve taken a big risk in choosing him for the part and I only hope it pays off.”
Chris Brosnan is the son of Cassandra Harris and Dermot Harris and the adopted son of Pierce Brosnan, who was married to Cassandra from 1977 until her death on 28 December, 1991. Chris Brosnan is a Music Video Director and was the assistant director for ‘Tomorrow Never Dies‘ and ‘The World Is Not Enough‘.
Jackie Chan plays real-life ‘Drunken Monkey’
Jackie Chan attended a concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee and exchanged insults with the audience. He is quoted as saying onstage that he was drunk.
Jackie suddenly jumped on the stage and demanded a duet with Lee. He then tried to conduct the band but stopped and restarted the music several times. As this continued, the audience started to heckle Chan and what does he do? He insults them and tries to go on.
Jackie, have you heard of Karaoke bars?
Dolly Parton has her own theme park?
I have just discovered that Dolly Parton has had her own theme park since May 3rd, 1986!! (To those who knew about this earlier, I am sorry for being ignorant towards Country Singing Stars and their lives). It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, just off US 441 between Gatlinburg and Sevierville.
She is planning to upgrade Dollywood by adding a $17.5 million steel roller coaster called “Mystery Mine” in 2007.
“I’ve had to keep my big mouth shut about the Mystery Mine, but I can tell you now,” Dolly said. “It’s the most exciting thing to come out of these hills in a long, long time.” (Hills?? what is she talking about?)
Facts about Dolly Parton:
- One of 12 children; grew up in a 1-room cabin in Tennessee.
- Reportedly has her breasts insured for $600,000.
- The world’s first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was named after Parton.
- Her Oscar nominated song “9 To 5” from 9 To 5 was ranked #78 while her song writing contribution for “I’ll Always Love You” from The Bodyguard came in at #65 on The American Film Institute’s list of “The 100 Years of The Greatest Songs“.
- Her iconic hit song, “I’ll Always Love You“, was voted the No. 1 song on Country Music Television’s “The 100 Greatest Country Love Songs”.
- She was unable to have children of her own because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth control pills when she was younger.
- She and her husband Carl Dean raised five of her younger brothers and sisters.
- Her Duet Islands in the Stream with fellow country singer Kenny Rogers was ranked the #1 duet of all time on CMT 100 greatest country duets of all time.
Hasselhoff wants Bush to cry as well
David Hasselhoff was present at the finals of the American Idol and was watching finalists Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks fight for the title and he broke into a tear when the winner was announced.
He is not embarassed by his emotional display and he said ‘Is it wrong for a grown man to cry? Maybe if we had more emotion in the White House we wouldn’t be in this mess we’re in. ‘
“What moved me was the person sitting next to me is my best friend–he has brain cancer. It was his birthday and this was his present.”
“When Taylor Hicks won I said, ‘Isn’t that cool? A guy gets the American Dream.’ Then I look over at my best friend who says, ‘Isn’t it great to be alive?’
Darryl Hannah arrested for climbing trees
Darryl Hannah climbed a walnut tree and refused to come down . She was fighting to prevent a Los Angeles farm from being destroyed. She spent 23 days guarding the tree, much of it spent 40ft up among the branches alongside John Quigley, the organiser of the protest.
Videos show Darryl Hannah raising her fist in defiance as police officers moved in using chainsaws to cut through branches .
Trivia about Darryl Hannah:
Is missing part of her left hand index finger. She sometimes uses a prosthetic finger in movies.
Was in a serious relationship with John Kennedy Jr. for several years, but never married due to Jacqueline Kennedy’s disapproval of her son marrying an actress.
Since there was no girls soccer team at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, she played on the boys team.
Suffers from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), a phobia she kept secret for many years, fearing it might ruin her acting career
She turned down the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman (1990) because she felt it was denigrating to women. She appeared in Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) as a stripper.
On two occasions has run after and captured muggers in New York City. She says that both men’s faces displayed mixed emotions when they realized who was sitting on their chests, holding them for police.
Steven Spielberg is going back to the place he loves, Space.
After “Indiana Jones 4” & ‘Abe Lincoln‘, Steven Spielberg is going to focus on a movie on space and this movie will deal with wormholes, black holes, and space travel … based on actual science!
From The Hollywood Reporter: “Paramount Pictures and Steven Spielberg will develop a space travel story about a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension. Spielberg hopes to direct the film, which Lynda Obst will produce.
Project, in a nascent stage, is anchored in real science. It was derived from a treatment by Kip S. Thorne, a Caltech physicist who’s an expert on relativity. Thorne is most famous for his controversial theory that wormholes not only exist but can be accessed and used as portals for time travel.”
Mel Gibson sells mansion to get away from Spears
Mel Gibson lives next door to Britney Spears in a gated community in Malibu, California but not for long. Mel Gibson has put his $18 million mansion on the market to get away from her.
Spears has been visited by police and family services this year, and also has a steady stream of fans and paparazzi trying to get a glimpse of her.
Undisclosed sources say that Mel and his wife, Robyn, are tired of the constant commotion and also worried that their kids might get hurt. And they claim that Mel once said, holding his braveheart sword, ‘If I hear her taunt her husband by saying Hit me baby one more time, I will [censored]‘ and then his wife came over to change the subject with a smile.