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Bill Murray and George Clooney with firefighters as they tour the earthquake damage in Italy. (Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press) |
Celebrity News
Hilton trial opens
July 10, 2009
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Paris Hilton hated her 2006 movie “Pledge This!’’ and refused for months to make promotional appearances for it despite a contract requiring her to do so, lawyers for the film’s investors said as the trial opened yesterday in an $8 million lawsuit against her. But her attorney Michael Weinstein insisted she did numerous appearances for the movie but was unavailable to meet many requests by the film’s producers because of her schedule. The lawsuit seeks $8.3 million to recoup the money spent to make and distribute the film. It was filed by attorney Michael Goldberg, a court-appointed receiver for a now-defunct Miami company that was the movie’s key investor. That company was shut down as a $300 million Ponzi scheme by the Securities and Exchange Commission, with its operator now living in Brazil. (AP)
Hometown pays tribute to Jackson
The mayor of Gary, Ind., says Michael Jackson’s father will attend today’s memorial service for the pop icon in the family’s hometown. Mayor Rudy Clay said yesterday that along with Joe Jackson, the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will be at the event at the Steel Yard baseball park in Gary, a couple miles from Jackson’s boyhood home. (AP)Jackman, Craig are Broadway bound
Hugh Jackman, best known as the superhero Wolverine in the “X-Men’’ movies, and Daniel Craig, the new James Bond, will star together on Broadway in “A Steady Rain,’’ a play about two Chicago policemen. The pairing, announced by the play’s publicists yesterday, is the latest in a string of shows headlined by Hollywood celebrities to hit the Great White Way. The play begins previews Sept. 10. (Reuters)Michael Moore’s ‘Love Story’
Michael Moore’s latest documentary now has a title - and a theme that resonates with recession-weary audiences. Moore’s look at the consequences of big business will be called “Capitalism: A Love Story,’’ due in theaters Oct. 2. (AP)Clooney to make film in quake area
George Clooney toured the ruins of Italy’s recent earthquake and told the survivors yesterday he’ll shoot a film in their mountain region. The actor inspected crumbled buildings during a visit on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in L’
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