Archive for June 20th, 2007
Actor Shia LaBeouf is struggling to pump up his physique for the new Indiana Jones movie - because he can’t eat enough to pack on the pounds.
The Holes star, who plays Jones’ sidekick in the new action film, was hoping to appear buff and toned in the movie - but fears he’ll have to settle with “athletic.”
Late rocker Marc Bolan’s unfinished songs will finally see the light of day after they were completed by one of his tribute acts.
In a deal to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the T-Rex’s frontman death in September 1977, the music star’s estate has agreed on a deal with tribute band Hot Love to turn unfinished 39 pieces of music into 15 songs.
West End Goes Live With Jewish Talent
by Caroline Westbrook June 20th, 2007Filed in: Music, Theatre 0 Comments
Jewish stage talent will be celebrated this weekend at London’s biggest free theatre festival West End Live. The event is expected to attract more than 150,000 people, eclipsing last year’s 130,000 people.
Among the shows which will be featured at the event, which takes place on a giant stage in Leicester Square, will be 60s musical Dirty Dancing, which was written by Eleanor Bergstein, the successful adult Sesame Street-style musical Avenue Q, co-created by Jeff Marx, and the Wizard of Oz prequel Wicked, which features music by Stephen Schwartz.
Jewish eco-activists The Yes Men – who have made a name for themselves by highlighting corporate greed and social injustices, have struck again – and this time their target was an oil conference in Canada.
Posing as executives from ExxonMobil and the National Petroleum Council, Mike Bonano and Andy Bichlbaum delivered an outrageous speech – under the assumed names Sheppard Wolff and Florian Osenberg - to delegates at the conference. In the speech, they suggested in deadpan fashion that the industry could “keep fuel flowing” by transforming dead people into oil.
