Archive for March, 2008

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been offered a lucrative deal with top fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, according to reports.

The Back To Black hitmaker is alleged to be on the verge of signing a contract with the Italian fashion mogul - meaning she would receive a constant supply of his garments in return for her agreeing to wear them to public functions and gigs.

David Schwimmer would turn down the opportunity to bring back his hit show Friends, because he is convinced it ended the right way.

Schwimmer is still best known for his role as Ross Gellar - four years after Friends ended - but he has no desire to play the paleontologist ever again.

Streven Spielberg has donated $50,000 to a fund established in his Jaws star Roy Scheider’s name.

The moviemaker has handed over the cash to the Stella Adler Studios in New York, where the late actor has been honoured with his own scholarship endowment fund charity, which will help finance wannabe filmmakers’ studies.

Scheider died in February.

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Pirates Of The Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer is set to give 1956 classic The Lne Ranger a Disney twist in a modern remake.

Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the screenwriting pair behind the Pirates trilogy, are in final talks to reteam with Bruckheimer and Disney to bring the masked hero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Quincy star Jack Klugman is suing TV executives at NBC in America, claiming they owe him royalties from his beloved medical drama.

The actor insists he’s still owed profits from the hit show 25 years after it last aired - insisting the studio is lying about the show’s worldwide profits.

Klugman claims he is entitled to 25 per cent of all “net profits” from the show, and that NBC bosses haven’t been paying him.

Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz has revealed he has spent the past two years battling crippling depression.

The Mr. Jones singer admits he has only recently had his disorder diagnosed, and it has answered a lot of questions about his strange behaviour.

Duritz said: “I’ve been dealing with mental illness, but I didn’t want to say anything for a long time. I went crazy. It was scary.”

Sarah Michelle Gellar was too tired to perform a sex scene in her 2006 movie Southland Tales - because she had just feasted on turkey.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress plays a porn star in the movie, but was disappointed when she couldn’t partake in an intimate scene with full gusto, because all she wanted to do was sleep.

Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum has taken a step towards becoming an international environmental campaigner - holding talks with a group of influential activists.

The Jurassic Park star has reportedly held a meeting with the chief executive of ClientEarth - a group of lawyers seeking “Justice for the planet” by campaigning on issues such as coal power stations and airport expansions.

Goldblum, 55, has previously declared his dedication to environmental issues by advertising Toyota’s petrol-electric hybrid Prius car.

Kojak Creator Dies

Oscar-winning screenwriter and Kojak creator Abby Mann has died. He was 80.

Mann died of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia-born writer started his career working on TV shows, but shot to fame in 1961 when he scooped an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Judgement at Nurenberg - which starred Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster.

David Schwimmer has turned his back on acting - to concentrate on his career as a director.

The former Friends star is enjoying life behind the camera after making his directorial debut with 2007’s hit movie Run, Fatboy, Run.

And the 41-year-old - who earned $40 million from his 10-year stint as Ross Geller on the beloved TV sitcom - admits he was so involved in the process of making the Simon Pegg comedy, he didn’t even consider taking a starring role in the film.

American Idol star Paula Abdul is desperate to show off her dancing skills as part of hit US TV show Dancing With The Stars.

The Straight Up singer approached Dancing host Tom Bergeron during the first elimination round on the sixth season of the celebrity talent contest, and went public with her plans.

Mark RonsonSuperproducer Mark Ronson has snubbed an offer to produce Lindsay Lohan’s new album - because he prefers to work with real musicians.

The musician has refused to work on the actress/singer’s album, even though the Mean Girls star is a longtime pal of his sister Sam - insisting Lohan’s musical wares are “not my thing”.

Troubled songstress Amy Winehouse is reportedly considering going back into rehab - fearing life in London holds “too much temptation”.

The Back To Black star was admitted to a clinic in January to finally kick her drug addiction - but checked out after just two weeks.

Veteran funnyman Gene Wilder has called on Hollywood to cut back on excessive swearing in films.

The Stir Crazy star is fed up with hearing curse words in modern movies, and wishes writers would try and pen less predictable dialogue that relies more on invention than vulgarity.

Superproducer Mark Ronson upset Hollywood superstar Charlize Theron at a recent party - after he snubbed her requests to play reggae music.

The producer was performing a set in Milan, Italy, and was twice approached by a member of the Monster star’s entourage stating the star wished to listen to her favourite genre.

But Ronson refused the requests, insisting the slow-beat musical style would ruin the party atmosphere he had struggled to create.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been appointed as an ambassador for the Save The Children charity.

The Shakespeare In Love star will play an active role in the organisation’s three-year plan to reduce the number of kids dying from preventable diseases around the world.

Paltrow - who has two children, Apple, three, and Moses, one, with husband Chris Martin - recently announced she’s “putting movies on the backburner” to spend more time at home.

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