Archive for July 7th, 2007
Efron Wants To Make Musicals ‘Cool’ Again
by Jewtastic Staff July 7th, 2007Filed in: Film, Celebrity 1 Comment
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Actor Zac Efron is desperate to make musicals “cool” again - and insists he’s on a mission to bring the film genre to a new generation of youngsters.
The 19-year-old star, who has appeared in song and dance-filled movies High School Musical and Hairspray, admits he will do as much as he possibly can to raise the status of musicals.
Winehouse Ignores Friends’ Advice
by Jewtastic Staff July 7th, 2007Filed in: Music, Celebrity 1 Comment
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Jazz songstress Amy Winehouse reportedly stormed out of a restaurant after ordering huge amounts of alcohol and ignoring her friends’ attempts to encourage her to seek medical help.
The Rehab hitmaker ditched her pal’s birthdays celebrations at a swanky London eatery after her request for nothing but vodka and champagne left her friends persuading the troubled star to book herself into rehab.
Hoffman Makes Directorial Debut
by Jewtastic Staff July 7th, 2007Filed in: Film 0 Comments
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Veteran actor Dustin Hoffman is to direct his first movie, 30 years after his last attempt at filmmaking led to him firing himself.
Hoffman was the original director of the 1978 film Straight Time, in which he also starred, but became so disenfranchised with simultaneously acting and directing, he handed over the movie’s reins to Ulu Grosbard.
He recalls: “I tried to direct Straight Time. I fired myself.”
