With kids, career, no time to direct, says Brad Pitt

May 23rd, 2012 - 

CANNES, France (Reuters) – Brad Pitt, in Cannes to promote his latest movie “Killing Them Softly”, has no intention of following fiancee Angelina Jolie into directing, he told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Second Travolta accuser drops suit, hires celebrity attorney

May 17th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The second masseur who accused John Travolta of sexual battery dropped his lawsuit against the Hollywood star on Thursday and hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who said she may file a new complaint in a different court.

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Lawyer says John Travolta vindicated by dropped sex lawsuit

May 16th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit on Tuesday, but the lawyer for the second man said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success. The unidentified man, referred to as John Doe No

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Second masseur accuses John Travolta of sexual battery

May 10th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A second unidentified masseur has joined a $2 million lawsuit against John Travolta claiming the actor sexually assaulted the men in two separate incidents during private massages, according to amended court documents filed on Tuesday.

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Mel Gibson fires back at anti-Semitism claim

April 12th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mel Gibson fired back Thursday at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas for accusing the “Braveheart” star of anti-Semitism, calling the writer’s comments “utter fabrications” and saying he was angry over a rejected film script. Gibson, who has been dogged by similar criticism since making an anti-Semitic statement in 2006 to police in a drunken rant, had been working with the “Basic Instinct” screenwriter on a movie about the ancient Jewish hero Judah Maccabee.

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Cape worn by Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra" sold

March 31st, 2012 - 

DALLAS (Reuters) – A gold cape worn by Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film “Cleopatra” sold at auction for $59,375 in Dallas on Friday. The cape had been wrapped in tissue and stored in a cedar closet for years, the female owner of the garment told officials at Heritage Auctions

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The fairy tale life of "Mirror Mirror" star Lily Collins

March 29th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With her dark eyes, dark hair and pale skin, actress Lily Collins certainly fits the bill to play ‘the fairest of them all’ in the new retelling of classic Snow White tale in the upcoming film, “Mirror Mirror.” The movie, which comes out on Friday, sees an exiled Snow White teaming with seven rebel dwarfs and one prince (Armie Hammer) to defeat an evil Queen (Julia Roberts), take back her kingdom and restore it to its former glory before Snow White’s father died. …

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The gag’s on Eddie Murphy in ”A Thousand Words”

March 9th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES, March 8 (TheWrap.com) – There’s nothing wrong with making a wacky comedy that ultimately wants to deliver the message that family is what’s important. Unless, of course, it involves an actor — even one as talented as the great Ruby Dee — actually saying out loud, “Family is what’s important,” which is a cue to leave the theater and spend one’s valuable time teaching a nephew to fly a kite rather than wasting two hours on another sanctimonious Hollywood feel-good movie. …

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Review: ‘Silent House’ an impressive gimmick

March 7th, 2012 - 

Let’s just get something out of the way off the top: “Silent House” creates the illusion that it’s a haunted-house thriller crafted in one long, continuous shot. The camera follows Elizabeth Olsen around a creepy, creaky lake house that’s under renovation and we’re right there with her for every bump, jump and thump of her heart.

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Michel Hazanavicius wins directing Oscar for "The Artist"

February 28th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Frenchman Michel Hazanavicius won the Oscar for best directing on Sunday for “The Artist,” a homage to Hollywood’s silent era that starred the filmmaker’s wife. The silent, black-and-white movie which also took the best picture award focuses on a fading star who finds redemption through the love of a woman just as silent movies are being taken over by talkies. It was Hazanavicius’ first Oscar nomination and his first win.

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