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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

'Dirty Dancing' to get Hollywood remake: Original film's choreographer, Kenny Ortega, has signed on




The classic 1987 film "Dirty Dancing" is getting a remake, adding songs from the 1960s and brand new compositions to some of the original music, film studio Lionsgate said on Monday.

The beloved coming of age movie, starring the late Patrick Swayze as smoldering dance teacher Johnny Castle in a forbidden romance with teenager Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman, will be modernized for a new generation, producers said. Slideshow: Patrick Swayze on film 
Kenny Ortega, the film's original choreographer and the director of the Michael Jackson concert movie "This Is It" and "High School Musical", will direct the new version which has not yet been cast.

"Amazingly it has been almost 25 years since the original film was released, but the fans remain legion, and engaged more than ever with a brand that is special and vital to them. We believe that the timing couldn't be better to modernize this story on the big screen, and we are proud to have Kenny Ortega at the helm," Lionsgate film group president Joe Drake said in a statement.

Swayze died in 2009 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57. Grey hit the headlines again in 2010 when she won the TV show "Dancing With the Stars".


"Dirty Dancing" won Oscars for best music and best original song for its emotional closing number "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", and has sold more than 10 millions units on DVD, as well as inspiring a hit stage show in London and six other countries.

A "Dirty Dancing" Facebook page has more than 10 million fans, cementing the 1987 movie's status as one of the most beloved movies of modern times.

"Dirty Dancing" is the latest iconic dance film to be revisited. A much-delayed remake of the 1984 film "Footloose" starring newcomer Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough is due to arrive in movie theaters in October, while an updated version of the 1980 musical "Fame" was a critical flop in 2009.

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Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters

Friday, August 5, 2011

Happy 100th Birthday LUCY, we #love you!

Unseen Lucy

LIFE.com released never-published photos of the legendary comedienne from its archives in honor of her 100th birthday on Aug. 6.

Awaiting her break

John Florea / Time & Life Pictures

Lucille Ball looks cautiously over her shoulder at the future in this outtake from John Florea's 1942 photo essay on the entertainer, which touted her as being on the brink of fame after a decade of kicking around Hollywood. (This photo, and the next four in this gallery, has never before been published.)

Life.com: Lucille Ball -- unpublished photos

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Honorary Oscars for Oprah, James Earl Jones: makeup artist Dick Smith also on short list to pick up career and humanitarian awards

IMAGE: Oprah Winfrey
Julie Jacobson  /  AP
She's got one nomination for "The Color Purple," but now Oprah Winfrey will be able to add another prize to her trophy shelf: An honorary Oscar.


Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith will be getting Oscars.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says the three will be honored with Oscar statuettes at the Governors Awards in November. The academy's Board of Governors voted Tuesday to recognize the entertainment industry veterans.
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Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which honors philanthropic and humanitarian contributions. The 57-year-old media mogul, who was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar for 1985's

"The Color Purple," supports various charitable and educational causes, including her own namesake foundations and Academy for Girls in South Africa.

Jones and Smith will receive honorary Oscars for their outstanding careers.
 
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Jones has appeared in more than 50 films. The 80-year-old actor — voice of Darth Vader — was nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 for "The Great White Hope." His other credits include "Field of Dreams," "Patriot Games" and "The Hunt for Red October."

Smith was NBC's first makeup man when he started his career in 1945. He won an Oscar in 1984 for his work on "Amadeus" and was nominated again in 1989 for "Dad." Known as the "godfather of makeup," he also worked on "The Godfather," "The Exorcist" and "Taxi Driver." Smith also helped train many of today's top movie makeup artists.

Smith, Jones and Winfrey will receive their statuettes on Nov. 12 at the 3rd annual Governors Awards dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, just above the Kodak Theatre, where the Academy Awards are presented.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Helen Mirren has Best Body, beats out Jennifer Lopez, poll finds

Helen Mirren arrives at the 83rd annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times / February 27, 2011)

Helen Mirren's bod is hotter than Jennifer Lopez's, according to a new poll.

Yes, the sexagenarian (or should we say "sexygenarian"?) was voted as having the best female body by an L.A. Fitness poll of 2,000 people, according to Sky News. Soccer star David Beckham topped the male listings.

With 17.65% of the vote, Mirren trounced J. Lo (6.6%) as well as Kate Winslet (3.9%) and Kate Middleton's younger sister Pippa (4%), whose figure gained fame during the wedding of Prince William and her older sister.

It's true that, whether in an evening gown or a bikini, the 66-year-old Mirren looks fantastic. That's probably why she played a (semiretired) femme fatale in "Red," the most recent Bruce Willis action comedy.

As for what her secret may be, it's unclear -- though the actress did become a spokesperson for Wii in Britain.

For most people, such a look is hard to achieve in youth, let alone in age when muscle mass shrinks, sense of balance fades and bone density diminishes. It's an issue that other star personalities of a certain age have tried to address -- playing on the success of her 1982 hit workout video, Jane Fonda even released a new set of workout DVDs geared toward the senior set.

It can also be hard to find a gym that's senior-friendly. If you're like this crew of silver-haired iron-pumpers, you just make your own.

Follow me on Twitter @LAT_aminakhan.









Mirren beats out Megan Fox in 2010 Esquire poll,
66% to 34%


Thursday, July 21, 2011

Lindsay Lohan returning to Court for case checkup

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time in more than a year, Lindsay Lohan is returning to a Los Angeles courtroom without the expectation of major drama.


The 25-year-old actress is scheduled to appear at a routine case review conference with a judge who is overseeing her probation for drunken driving and misdemeanor theft cases.

Court officials say nothing has been filed indicating Lohan has violated her probation. She has appeared in court numerous times since last July, when she was jailed and ordered into rehab for failing to attend alcohol education classes. Since then, she has been jailed again, arrested for taking a necklace without permission, sent to another rehab and served 35 days on house arrest.


If the "Mean Girls" star stays out of trouble, her probation may end this year.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

@CharlieSheen & his ex, Tiger Woods, @LadyGaga, Marc Antony & JLo, plus MORE! -Get the scoop-

Today's Top Entertainment Stories:
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Charlie Sheen gets a new sitcom and his ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, appears determined to try "extreme rehab" to beat methamphetamines addiction. (eonline.com and iVillage.com)

Tidbits about the record-breaking opening for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows Part 2." (Los Angeles Times)

Tiger Woods' ex, Elin Nordegren, won't spend any time in bread lines. Her new beau, James Dingman, is the son of a billionaire. (Denver Post)

BTW, one of Tiger's lovers, Rachel Uchitel, has repaid most of the hush money he paid her, and is planning to sue Gloria Allred, the attorney who brokered the deal. (TMZ.com)

What's behind the Jennifer Lopez-Marc Anthony split? Months of almost-constant arguing. (People.com)

Big ol' teddy bear Shaun White channels his inner grizzly bear to fume at Justin Timberlake as part of 'Friends With Benefits' cameo. (USA Today)

Lady Gaga talks sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll with Howard Stern. (mtv.com)


Grammy-winning country supergroup Lady Antebellum reveals details of upcoming CD, "Own the Night." (The Green Room PR)

Ricky Gervais developing comedy about atheism. (avclub.com)


 News of the World whistleblower found dead. (Hollywood Reporter)



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Thursday, July 14, 2011

63rd Primetime EMMY AWARDS; the nominees are...



"Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday morning to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce" starring Kate Winslet grabbing a top 21 bids. "Mad Men" has a chance to repeat for a fourth consecutive year as best drama.


"Modern Family," last year's top comedy series, was the most-nominated sitcom with 17 bids, including nods for its stars, Ed O'Neill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara.


Other leading nominees include the Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire" with 18 nominations, "Saturday Night Live" with 16 and 13 bids each for the sex-and-swords fantasy "Game of Thrones" and the sitcom "30 Rock."
 
Video: The nominees for the Primetime Emmys are… (on this page)


"OK, keep it together," a surprised nominations co-announcer Melissa McCarthy said when she realized she was a nominee for her sitcom "Mike & Molly."


The controversial sitcom "The Kennedys," which was dropped by the History channel and given a second chance by the lesser-known ReelzChannel, received 10 nominations, including best miniseries.

Familiar faces have a chance to claim — or reclaim — Emmys, including last year's lead comedy actress winner Edie Falco of "Nurse Jackie" and Jim Parsons, best actor for a comedy for "The Big Bang Theory." Both were nominated this year.

AMC: Jon Hamm was nominated for an Emmy for best drama series
for his work as Don Draper in AMC's "Mad Men."

Jon Hamm received his fourth lead acting bid for "Mad Men," and this time the competitor who denied him the award three times before isn't in the category. Bryan Cranston and "Breaking Bad" weren't eligible for this year's awards because the series took a break between seasons.


Steve Carell earned a best comedy actor for his final season of "The Office," his last chance to win an Emmy statuette for his role as TV's most clueless boss.

FOR THE FULL LISTING OF NOMINEES, CATEGORIES, AND MAKE YOUR OWN PICKS CHECK OUT Emmy Awards: the Nominees are...

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Lohan's lawyer: 'She didn't get a special deal' - 'People think celebrities get it easier and a break, but the converse is true,' says Holley

  Frederick M. Brown  /  Getty Images
Lindsay Lohan leaves the Airport Branch Courthouse after a probation hearing on June 23, in Los Angeles.

By Gina Serpe

If those walls could talk.

We speak, of course, of the walls enclosing the office of Shawn Holley, the go-to defender of Young Hollywood's most notorious troublemakers, who's fast become a boldfaced name of her own. And who, most recently, has proven to the world that she just can't quit Lindsay Lohan.

Not that she hasn't tried a couple times.

In any case, the woman whose brain the celeb-watching world would most like to pick (and whose continued ability to keep a client out of jail the celeb-defending world would most like to steal) sat down exclusively with E! News Special Correspondent Allison Hope Weiner and told all—and we mean all—on her star clients.  Including who among them got most royally screwed by the legal system.

"People think celebrities get it easier and a break, but the converse is true," Holley, who at one point or another has kept Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian under her legal wing. "With someone in the spotlight, there is a lot of attention on the sheriffs and prosecutors, and they don't want people to know deals are being made."
Which is exactly what she was battling against to secure Lindsay's recent house arrest sentence, given in lieu of jail time. Holley denied claims that it was any sort of backdoor deal or that any special treatment was given.

"Anyone with her background would have gotten house arrest, she didn't get a special deal. I worried perception would harm her...But everyone--the judge, the courts--were professional, so it was fair. It was difficult in my mind. I believed public pressure would make the powers that be behave differently but she got what everyone would have."

What everyone wouldn't get is a skintight white minidress to don in court or show up in front of a notoriously no-nonsense judge with " F--k U" written on their nails.

Not that Holley seems all that upset by her client's manicure habits.

"No one was aware of it. The judge wasn't aware of it, the D.A. wasn't aware of it, I wasn't aware of it, I sat next to her all day, you could barely see it. Only a zooming in telephoto lens could see it and then broadcast it. No one in the court system saw it or knew about it at all."

The power lawyer was equally unfazed by LiLo's curious choice of courtroom attire.
"
We have talked in the past about wardrobe. I didn't see the white dress before she wore it," Holley explained. "I have mixed feelings about that...was it the most appropriate dress for court? Probably not, but the reality is she's a young beautiful starlet.

"That's probably conservative by her standards," she laughed. " It sold out. I'm sorry, I won't tell her to dress in an argyle sweater all buttoned up. That's transparent and phony, too."

We take it that today's black slacks and a button-down oxford shirt pass her phony test.

Still, while Holley isn't there to play the role of parent, she does consider herself something of a protector and says she offers up advice when needed.

"People want to live their life," Holley said. "I have to give my best advice, but they make the decisions...but I try to be as mature as I can and not say I told you so."  Which must be trying at the best of times.


"I hearken back to the last time in court with [Lindsay], she was remanded into custody and there were huge news trucks with satellites and people yelling at her, and there was this sense of foreboding, people wanting something bad to happen," Holley recalled. "I feel it's an honor to be there as her protector."

But for all her problems, Holley doesn't believe it was Lindsay who got the rawest deal. That (dis)honor goes to none other than Paris Hilton.

"Paris was without a doubt treated harsher," she said. "I don't know if it was public pressure...It was outrageous. What I'm saying is a fact, honestly. No one gets that. No one gets treated like that."

Guess getting the celebrity treatment isn't always a good thing.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Lindsay Lohan Ordered Back to Court for Emergency Hearing


KTLA News

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan has been ordered back to court Thursday for an emergency hearing to determine if she violated her probation in a 2007 DUI case.

There are unconfirmed reports that Lohan may have tested positive for alcohol while under house arrest in her jewelry theft case.


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District Attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons says Lohan's case is expected to be called at 10 a.m.

The actress will have to make an appearance, Gibbons said.

The 24-year-old actress was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service back in May.

She was allowed to serve 35 days in home confinement due to overcrowding at the L.A. County Jail, sheriff's officials said.

Lohan issued a statement after the sentencing hearing, saying in part, "I am glad to be able to put this past me and move on with my life and my career."

"I support the judge's decision and hold myself accountable for being in this situation."

According to Judge Stephanie Sautner, Lohan violated the terms of her probation when she left a Venice jewelry store in January wearing a gold necklace, which she failed to return until she learned that detectives were about to search her house.

360 hours of community service will be performed at the Downtown Women's Center, and the remaining 120 will be done at the L.A. County Morgue.

"We have community service workers all the time," said Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the coroner's office. "They do janitorial tasks. They clean up and sweep up."

Lohan will be treated like any other community service worker assigned to the office by the courts, Winter said.

"I hope to be able to fulfill my obligation without any press attention," Lohan said in her statement. "I think the media spotlight should be on issues such as homelessness and domestic violence instead of on me."

Once Lohan's community service is completed, her probation on the DUI case will be terminated. She will still be on 3 years probation for the jewelry theft case.

The actress also has to complete psychological counseling and a 'Shoplifters Alternative' class.

The actress rejected a plea deal in March and decided to take the case to trial.

Lohan had two choices: accept a plea deal and go to jail for 90 days or refuse the plea deal and demand a trial on the felony grand theft charge.

The actress refused to consider any time in jail, continuously insisting she never took anything intentionally.

The judge eventually reduced the felony theft charge to a misdemeanor and transferred the case to the City Attorney's office.


Sautner said Lohan has received a lot of punishment for her DUI charge four years ago, and admitted she wanted "to give her an opportunity."

Sautner said Lohan should have notified the store about the necklace sooner, but instead waited until police were about to serve a search warrant at her house.

Lohan pleaded not guilty March 23 to charges she stole the $2,500 necklace from Venice jewelry store Kamofie and Co.

During several hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing, the owner of the Venice jewelry store took the stand.

Sofia Kaman testified that she noticed Lohan had left with the necklace about 10 minutes after she closed her store on Jan. 22.

She said Lohan had tried on the necklace, looking at it in the mirror for almost a half-hour, but did not buy it.

Kaman also said she had not given Lohan permission to borrow the piece.

Kaman testified that she reported the alleged theft to police the next day, after reviewing tapes from her security camera.

She also alleged Lohan covered the store's necklace up with her own necklace as she was walking out.

Kaman also spoke about her decision to license the security video. She said a lawyer had advised her to put out an "authentic" version of the video, and that the store had received no money from licensing of the video.

Kamofie and Co. employee Tinelli Comsookri testified about another incident involving Lohan that happened just four days before the alleged necklace theft.

Comsookri said that Lohan tried on a pair of diamond earrings on Jan. 18, and nearly walked out with one of them still in her ear.

She said Lohan apologized and removed the earring. Comsookri then emailed her bosses to inform them about what had happened.

Lohan has appeared before a judge 10 times in the past year. Presumably eager to get the legal drama behind her, Lohan is set to go back to work. She's been cast in the "Gotti" movie, which is set for production in October.
SouthFlorida.com