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Penn Badgley Lands Jeff Buckley Biopic Role

‘I’m going to give all I can to this project,’ ‘Gossip Girl’ star says about role in ‘Greetings From Tim Buckley.’ By Jocelyn Vena Penn Badgley Photo: Eugene Gologursky/ Getty Images The rumors are true. Penn Badgley has won the role of Jeff Buckley in a biopic about the singer’s life. The “Gossip Girl” star will play the beloved singer/songwriter in “Greetings From Tim Buckley,” which is set to begin filming in New York City later this summer. The film will tell the story of Jeff Buckley as he preps to play St. Ann’s Church in 1991 during a tribute concert to his father, fellow musician Tim Buckley. “To play a man who was singularly gifted as an artist, greatly misunderstood and mythologized as a human being … It’s something very special and sacred,” Badgley said in a statement about nabbing the part. “I’m going to give all I can to this project.” Though it was originally thought that Badgley was competing with Robert Pattinson for the role, according to The Los Angeles Times, Pattinson was in the running for a completely different biopic about the singer, who drowned at the age of 30 in 1997. While the search for that movie’s Buckley is still under way, the makers of “Greetings From Tim Buckley” are sure about their choice. “We had been searching well over a year for an actor that can come close to Jeff’s spirit while also having the serious musical chops required to authentically tell this story,” Patrick Milling Smith of Smuggler Films, the production company behind the film, said. “Penn’s audition blew us away and we knew we found our star.” The film will be directed by Dan Algrant (“People I Know,” “Naked in New York”). Smith added that the film’s story will show another side of the singer’s life. “In its purest form, this is a father and son story, a rite of passage that is made possible by a romantic journey Jeff finds himself on,” he explained. “We see Jeff accepting who he is to become and laying to rest the ghost of his father while ultimately finding his voice.” Related Artists Jeff Buckley

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Michael Jackson’s Kids Get Schooled

Filed under: Michael Jackson , Paris Jackson , Prince Michael Two of Michael Jackson ‘s kids have taken a big step — leaving homeschool for one of the most exclusive private schools in the country. TMZ has learned 13-year-old Prince and 12-year-old Paris started at The Buckley School in the San Fernando Valley on… Read more

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Lindsay Lohan’s Fingernail Tattoo

After sobbing throughout her sentencing hearing in court yesterday, and swearing this wasn’t a joke to her, Lohan may have some explaining to do. http://www.bittenandbound.com/2010/07/07/lindsay-lohans-fingernail-tattoo/ added by: sumrgurl

Facebook dresses down nipple pics

Facebook is clamping down on nudity after it shut down a page featuring a topless porcelain doll. The doll features on a page advertising exclusive Sydney jewellery boutique, Victoria Buckley Jewellery. Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, which governs its relationship with users and those who interact with the site, specifies strict rules when it comes to risque content. “You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence,” section seven of its safety section states. On Sunday morning business owner Ms Buckley received six messages from Facebook saying: “Images have been removed”. “We have removed your images, you're in violation,” Ms Buckley said she was told. But as Ms Buckley has a number of pages she was confused which images were removed. In a bid not to further breach the social media giant's rules, and lose her business's social media portal with 2,000 followers, she removed all pictures of the topless doll. Ms Buckley made efforts to contact Facebook, but could not track down anyone. She then started a new group called “Save Ophelia – exquisite doll censored by Facebook”, which was almost immediately shut down with no explanation. This was despite her also removing the images from that page after another violation notice. “I'm not trying to slag off Facebook, but I'm frustrated with this process,” Ms Buckley told AAP. “There's not a lot of clarity about what is going on. “I realise the images are a problem for Facebook, but the site was closed down overnight with no warning.” And the images are long gone. The story of Facebook's censorship has since attracted the interest of the world's media – branding it “nipplegate”. Facebook itself does not have a dedicated spokesperson in Australia. AAP spoke to a public relations company which explained the strict rules the site enforces. That person would neither confirm or deny the “nipplegate” incident, but did say that it is easy for images or content to be reported by fellow users. Given there are 400 million Facebook users, it is through that reporting process that breaches were discovered, the public relations person said. Although the Victoria Buckley Jewellery Facebook page still exists, the porcelain doll, which was judged to be showing too much flesh, has now been censored with a bold black rectangle across its tiny bust. added by: eden49

‘One Tree Hill’ Star Robert Buckley Celebrates Renewal News

The CW waited until Tuesday to tell the drama’s stars they’d been renewed for season eight. By Jocelyn Vena Robert Buckley Photo: MTV News “One Tree Hill” is the CW’s version of the little engine that could. Every time it looks like the show is about to get canceled, its dedicated and vocal fanbase come to the rescue, demanding another season. Star Robert Buckley (Clay) told MTV News on the green carpet at the CW upfronts on Thursday (May 20) that he didn’t get the news of their renewal for season eight until this week. “Oh my God! We got picked up. Woo!” he exclaimed, kidding that he just found out on the carpet. “No, I found out on Tuesday morning-ish, and I found out from an Internet website. Just goes to show you the power of the press.” Earlier this week, Buckley stopped by the MTV Newsroom and revealed that he didn’t believe that Monday night’s episode would be the series finale, even though he still wasn’t sure. “It was funny. I did an interview on Monday, before I went to MTV, and they said, ‘Congrats on your pickup!’ And so, yeah, I found out Tuesday, [even though] Monday people were telling me we were picked up and we weren’t.” Despite the kind words from fans and the press on Monday, Buckley didn’t want to jinx anything before he got the official word that they’d be back for more drama. “We were about to go into the interview, and I was like, ‘You need to not say were picked up because were not,’ ” he said. “And how awkward would that be?” The eighth season of “One Tree Hill” will air on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET this fall, followed by the new drama “Nikita,” starring Maggie Q. Are you excited that “One Tree Hill” will be back for more action next season? Tell us in the comments!

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Swine Flue Kills 6yr old British girl.

Parts of Britain are in the grip of a swine flu epidemic today after the first healthy child died of the virus that is sweeping the country.

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