2008 January News

Hayden Panettiere Save The Whales Campaign in NYC

Hayden Panettiere led the rally against commercial whaling in Washington, D.C., this past weekend. Hayden who is no longer an unusual face in anti-whaling rally, is a spokesperson for the Save the Whales Again! campaign. Save the Whales again campaign is to call on the United States to stand up for whales at the International Whaling Commission and take diplomatic and economic action against whaling countries.

Hayden, speaking without notes, told the crowd, “Not only are these animals being cruelly slaughtered, the meat is contaminated by huge levels of mercury,” reports The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column.

Continued Panettiere at the rally: “And we’re not taking a stand because Japan is one of our biggest allies in the war on terror, but Australia is an ally and they’ve told Japan what they think, and good on them!”

She also appeared on CNN talking about saving the whales.

Click Here to watch Hayden Panettiere’s interview with CNN.

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Batman Director’s Moving Tribute to Heath Ledger

Christopher Nolan director of this summer Batman franchise, The Dark Knight where Heath Ledger starred as Joker has written a touching tribute to the departed actor. Nolan shared these memories he had with Ledger.

“One night, as I’m standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for “The Dark Knight,” a production assistant skateboards into my line of sight. Silently, I curse the moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup. I’d fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members. If you’d asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work, they would have answered honestly that they didn’t know. That’s real charisma—as invisible and natural as gravity. That’s what Heath had.

Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren’t many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.

Those nights on the streets of Chicago were filled with stunts. These can be boring times for an actor, but Heath was fascinated, eagerly accepting our invitation to ride in the camera car as we chased vehicles through movie traffic—not just for the thrill ride, but to be a part of it. Of everything. He’d brought his laptop along in the car, and we had a high-speed screening of two of his works-in-progress: short films he’d made that were exciting and haunting. Their exuberance made me feel jaded and leaden. I’ve never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents. That night I made him an offer—knowing he wouldn’t take me up on it—that he should feel free to come by the set when he had a night off so he could see what we were up to.

When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I would visualize the screening where we’d have to show him the finished film—sitting three or four rows behind him, watching the movements of his head for clues to what he was thinking about what we’d done with all that he’d given us. Now that screening will never be real. I see him every day in my edit suite. I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly.

Back on LaSalle Street, I turn to my assistant director and I tell him to clear the skateboarding kid out of my line of sight when I realize—it’s Heath, woolly hat pulled low over his eyes, here on his night off to take me up on my offer. I can’t help but smile.”Rest in Peace Heath Ledger

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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 Winners

Motion Picture Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
No Country for Old Men

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Julie Christie - Away From Her

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Ruby Dee - American Gangster

Primetime Television Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Kline - “As You Like It”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Queen Latifah - “Life Support”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini - “The Sopranos”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Edie Falco - “The Sopranos”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey - “30 Rock”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“The Sopranos”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“The Office (US)”

Lifetime Achievement Award

Charles Durning

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Angelina Jolie Covered Up At SAG

As Angelina Jolie’s pregnancy speculation begins to heat up, all the eyes were on her belly when she attended the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards with husband Brad Pitt on Sunday night.

Unfortunately, Jolie did well covering up everything as she did when she had baby Shiloh. She’s probably trying to keep the news in a low profile state.

Do you think Angelina is pregnant again?

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Adnan Selling New Britney Videos

Adnan Ghalib is selling out on Britney Spears again.

Shortly after selling his story to Entertainment Tonight and The Insider(last week), Britney’s paparazzo ex-boyfriend is now trying to sell six home videos of the mentally unstable star for $2 million.

So what can we really expect from these home-made-videos? The News Of The World got a preview of the clips, and here’s their breakdown on the video:

CLIP No1 shows Britney sitting on her bed wearing a nightie. She talks about herself in the third person and rambles about her childhood. She’s heard saying:”When Britney was a child, she had to work really hard. When she was 13 years old, she won all the beauty pageants.”

CLIP No2 shows Brit wrapped in a white bath towel, again perched on the edge of the bed. Talking to thin air, she mumbles:

“Britney has an angel looking out for her, don’t you, angel?”

CLIP No3 sees a Britney talking to Adnan, who’s holding the camera, and calling him by his pet name Bubba.

She smiles: “I’m really happy. Bubba’s here for me now. It’s all good.”

Adnan is still withholding CLIP No4 and CLIP No5 but CLIP No6, filmed last week, shows Britney crying hysterically after a night out.

Mascara stains her cheeks as she wails: “Britney wants to live. I’m not crazy. I miss the kids and I did love Kevin.”

Click Here to watch video of Adnan Ghalib exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight last week.

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Hogan Divorce Got Ugly

Hulk Hogan (real name, Terry Bollea) and his wife Linda Bollea divorce have just got uglier.

The soon to be former pair have been going through divorce proceedings since November.

Just this week, Linda requested a local judge to freeze all of Hulk’s account to stop him from spending any of the $10 million he received in the sale of one of their homes.

Linda is accusing the former wrestling star of trying to trick her into signing a post-nuptial agreement and other “legal shenanigans.”

As a result, Linda Bollea reportedly removed $1.5 million from the couple’s accounts, although she said she has not spent it. Linda Bollea’s petition for divorce in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court seeks half of the couple’s assets. They were married in 1985.

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Rihanna Debuts Makeover at NRJ Music Awards

Rihanna debuted her new short cut at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on Saturday.

Later that night, Rihanna performed her latest single Don’t Stop The Music at the award show.

Click Here to watch Rihanna perform Don’t Stop The Music at NRJ Music Awards in France.

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Nicole Richie Lost Baby Weight

Nicole Richie manage to get rid of her baby weight just two weeks after giving birth to her baby daughter Harlow Winter.

Joel Madden and Nicole, joined Lionel Richie at a birthday bash Friday for Richie’s manager Benny Medina in Los Angeles.

Nicole was dressed in a black hip-hugging dress appears to have regained her curves.

Lets hope Nicole stays at a healthy weight.

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