Reclusive French-Swiss director film Jean-Luc Godard will skip a gala Hollywood dinner next month where he will be awarded an honorary Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Monday. Godard, 79, was invited to the November 13 ceremony to accept an honorary Oscar marking his 50 years as “one of the [...]
New Line Cinema confirmed Friday that it is considering filming the two-part, US$500 million “Lord of the Rings” prequel “The Hobbit” outside of New Zealand due to the actions of unions. “The actions of these unions have caused us substantial damage and disruption and forced us to consider other filming locations for the first time. [...]
Beyonce and Jay-Z, who married in 2008, will welcome their first child next year, Usmagazine.com reports. She was rumored to be pregnant back in March, but that report turned out to be false. The pregnancy reportedly surprised Beyonce, who planned to have children but wanted to finish another album and a world tour first, a [...]
Warner Bros on Friday said it abandoned plans to convert the next Harry Potter movie to 3-D, bringing mixed reactions from box office watchers and fans of the multibillion-dollar blockbuster franchise. The Hollywood studio said it was unable to produce a 3-D version of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” in time for [...]
Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland. Vargas Llosa, 74, has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including “Conversation in the [...]
UKPA- Tony Curtis was buried with some of his favourite possessions – a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favourite novel, Anthony Adverse – as more than 400 celebrities, fans, friends and family members gathered to say goodbye to the Hollywood legend at a public funeral in [...]
Google TV, the latest service to offer Internet content on TV screens, holds the promise of making all the living room’s media as searchable as the Internet’s text, but that promise requires at least some cooperation from media companies. And many have been reluctant to help. Their caution was underscored when Google announced on Monday [...]
Hudson, NH (PRWEB) September 29, 2010 Steve Yeager Jr., founder of www.autovol.com and son of former LA Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager has announced the release of a new iPhone App- “AutoVol”. AutoVol is designed to save users from embarrassment and possible hostile situations that arise from having your ringer volume set inappropriately. This application is [...]
Old Mama grizzly herself Sarah Palin, ex Alaska governor and U.S. vice presidential candidate, will be watching in the audience for the first episode in support of her daughter, Bristol Palin, as she tries out her moves on “Dancing With The Stars” Bristol Palin said on the “Tonight Show” that she is “leaning on her [...]
Liza Niemi Swayze, wife of the late actor Patrick Swayze continues to fight against pancreatic cancer in fulfillment to her husband’s wish. “Be a Hero in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer: Know it. Fight it. End it.” These are the last words of actor Patrick Swayze during his struggle against the disease when he was [...]