Archive for August 21st, 2007

Scarlett JohanssonScarlett Johansson and her The Nanny Diaries co-star Donna Murphy are campaigning to take the movie to the stage - as a new musical.

The actresses bonded during the making of the Mary Poppins-esque film, about a struggling New York babysitter, and now they want to turn the project into a sing-along stage spectacular.

“There are references to Mary Poppins in the film and I’d really like to see The Nanny Diaries: The Musical. I hope they cast me in that,” Murphy reveals.

Winehouse And Ronson Up For Award

Troubled songstress Amy Winehouse is up against Lily Allen at this year’s Vodafone Live Music awards to see who will be crowned Best Live Female.

And fellow Jew and Winehouse producer Mark Ronson is also up for an award in the Best Live Male.

The Vodafone Live Music Awards will take place in London on September 19.

Lewis Sacks Publicist

Veteran Hollywood star Jerry Lewis has fired his publicist Rick Saphire after he allegedly demanded $20,000 from the media to interview the funnyman.

The King Of Comedy star, 81, was furious when Saphire allegedly told Newsweek journalist Steve Friess that Lewis had set up an interview fee in recent years in a bid to reduce the amount of media one-to-ones he carried out.

Winehouse Out Of Rehab

Amy WinehouseTroubled singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly quit rehab for the second time.

The 23-year-old singer and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil left the £10,000 per week Causeway Centre in Essex, England on Sunday night.

The couple had booked into the centre earlier this month following Winehouse’s collapse after three days of partying.

They only stayed there for 48 hours, before returning last Thursday (17Aug07) for another attempt.