Hollywood.TV is your source for all the latest celebrity news, gossip and videos of your favorite stars! bit.ly – Click to Subscribe! Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Celebrities and teachers gathered at Nokia Live for a concert to celebrate teachers. Country singer Garth Brooks opened the “Teacher’s Rock” concert and received ovation. Other famous faces there included Joe Montegna, Viola Davis, Pauley Perrette and celebrity chef Curtis Stone. Hollywood.TV is the global leader in capturing celebrity breaking news as it happens. We cover all the major Hollywood events including The Golden Globes, The Oscars, The Screen Actors Guild Awards, The Grammy’s, The Emmy’s and the American Music Awards, as well as all the red carpet movie premiers in Los Angeles and New York. HTV is on the streets 24/7, at all the industry events and invited by the stars to cover their every move in Hollywood, New York and Miami. Hollywood.TV is currently the third most viewed reporter channel on www.youtube.com YouTube with almost 400 million views, and our footage is seen worldwide! Tune in daily for all the latest Hollywood news on www.hollywood.tv and http like us on Facebook!
Hollywood.TV is your source for all the latest celebrity news, gossip and videos of your favorite stars! bit.ly – Click to Subscribe! Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! It was a sea of pink at Petit Ermitage last night. the stars celebrated the LOFT “Live in Pink” clothing and accessories collection. Celebs attending included 90210 star Shenae Grimes and Twilight star Nikki Reed with husband Paul McDonald. Hollywood.TV is the global leader in capturing celebrity breaking news as it happens. We cover all the major Hollywood events including The Golden Globes, The Oscars, The Screen Actors Guild Awards, The Grammy’s, The Emmy’s and the American Music Awards, as well as all the red carpet movie premiers in Los Angeles and New York. HTV is on the streets 24/7, at all the industry events and invited by the stars to cover their every move in Hollywood, New York and Miami. Hollywood.TV is currently the third most viewed reporter channel on www.youtube.com YouTube with almost 400 million views, and our footage is seen worldwide! Tune in daily for all the latest Hollywood news on www.hollywood.tv and http like us on Facebook!
Melky Cabrera, the 2012 All-Star Game MVP and one of the best players in baseball this season, has failed a test for performance enhancing drugs and been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball. The San Francisco Giants outfielder registered high levels of testosterone – and didn’t deny the reason behind it. “My positive test was the result of my use of a substance I should not have used,” Cabrera said in a statement released by the players’ union. “I accept my suspension under the Joint Drug Program and I will try to move on with my life. I am deeply sorry for my mistake and I apologize to my teammates, to the San Francisco Giants organization and to the fans for letting them down.” In his first season as a Giant, Cabrera is batting .346 with 11 home runs and 60 RBI. He will miss the remaining 45 games of the regular season and the first five of the postseason, if San Francisco qualifies. Otherwise, he will sit to start the 2013 season. “We were extremely disappointed,” the team said. “We fully support Major League Baseball’s policy and its efforts to eliminate performance enhancing drugs from our game.”
English comedian Leigh Francis really, really likes boobtastic Brit babe Kelly Brook — so much so, he wrote a part for her in his new movie Keith Lemon: The Film (in UK cinemas August 24 ) just so he could make out with her on screen. Funny, we tried that with Kelly and all we got was a restraining order… Leigh and his alter ego, Keith Lemon , are largely unknown outside of the UK, but they got a whole mess of international exposure when a clip featuring Kelly strutting her stuff down a crowded hallway in bra, panties and garter belt hit the ‘net a few days ago. That’s really all you need to know, so without further a boob – gentlemen, we are proud to present Kelly Brook SKIN motion after the jump!
Also in Tuesday morning’s round-up of news briefs, John Travolta will receive honors at a Swiss festival this fall. Rebel Wilson heads for a new indie project. And Woody Allen ‘s next film is starting to take shape. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Tomb Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström will direct Stallone and Schwarzenegger will star opposite in The Tomb centered on a professional on structural security who must then escape a prison of his own design, Deadline reports John Travolta to Receive Zurich Film Festival Honors The Zurich Film Festival will present John Travolta with its Lifetime Achievement Award – the Golden Eye – at its festival taking place September 20 – 30. He’ll receive the award opening night ahead of the gala premiere of Oliver Stone’s Savages , THR reports . Rebel Wilson Set for Unicorn Store Bachelorette star Rebel Wilson will star in indie feature Unicorn Store , which Miguel Arteta is set to direct, Variety reports . Interns Expand Law Suit Against Twentieth Century Fox Two interns who last year sued Fox Searchlight over unpaid work on the Oscar-winning film Black Swan are now expanding their legal action to include all internships at parent company Twentieth Century Fox. Alex Footman and Eric Glatt’s latest suit could have a major impact on working practices in Hollywood, where unpaid internships have risen in recent years. Fox itself says it changed its guidelines in July 2010 to ensure that all interns are paid at least $8 an hour, The Guardian reports via THR . Sales for Woody Allen’s Next Film to be Handled by Focus Woody Allen’s next untitled film starring Alec Baldwin, Cate Blachet, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Emerson, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Max Casella and Alden Ehrenreich will be sold through Focus Features International. Principal photography begins in San Francisco and New York next month, Deadline reports .
The Colin Farrell-starring sci-fi remake Total Recall is readying for release this weekend ( read Movieline’s review here ) and while Len Wiseman’s adaptation of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film that mixes up bullets, muscles and abstract notions of Cartesian dualism and the specious present isn’t the worst thing in the world, it is hardly memorable. (A bit of an unfortunate situation, as the whole thing is about memory.) Still, it’s important that we don’t present ourselves as the type of dweebs who get all hung up over sci-fi remakes. Sometimes, they’re damn good, as this list of ten shall prove. 10) War of the Worlds , Steven Spielberg, 2005 No masterpiece, but a thrilling piece of work with some genuinely shocking imagery. Despite the four year gap, this was the first major mainstream film that was able to take 9/11 imagery and have it make sense in an entertainment context. It lacks the cheeseball zip of the 1953 version, but it certainly works on a visceral level. (It is not my top adaption of the H.G. Wells story, however. That will forever go to Jeff Wayne and his 1978 prog rock opera. The dorks in the back know what I’m talkin’ about.) 9) The Omega Man , Boris Sagal, 1971 Charlton Heston is so secure in his house he’s not going to pay those cloaked mutant zombies no never mind! A quick shot of a vaccine prior to the deployment of biological weapons in a Russian-Chinese war keeps Heston alive, but his wits keep him safe. When he discovers he’s not the last person alive, he takes the fight direct to the horrible clan of beasts. The Omega Man is a remake of The Last Man on Earth , but also based on the novel I Am Legend . This was, of course, remade again into a film starring Will Smith which will not be seen anywhere on this list. The Omega Man is also notable for featuring an interracial love story back in 1971. Who said Heston’s politics were wholly predictable? 8) The Wiz , Sidney Lumet, 1978 No one said you’d be able to ease on down this list without some challenges. Look, The Wiz is a cool flick. Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor and music by Ashford and Simpson. Maybe Diana Ross doesn’t have the same je ne sais quoi as Judy Garland, but I’ve found that most friends of Dorothy are friends of the Supremes, too. And, yes, it’s sci-fi. The wizard’s practically steampunk. 7) Solaris , Steven Soderbergh, 2002 While Andrei Tarkovski’s version from 1972 is certainly the heavier of the two, Soderbergh’s streamlined and very slick production is a fascinating tone poem on loss, regret and memory. Those looking for action will find the film almost lifeless, but if you get on its wavelength you may find it quite rewarding. It ranks as one of the best gifts one filmmaker ever gave to another, as James Cameron used his considerable clout as producer to secure a budget that everyone had to know would never be recouped. 6) 1984 , Michael Radford, 1984 The 1954 version with Edmond O’Brien is a good enough adaptation, but this gem of new wave cinema really captured the essence of Orwell’s dystopian universe. This movie tends to get forgotten, overshadowed by Terry Gilliam’s Brazil , with which it shares many story and formal similarities. Nevertheless, John Hurt’s sympathetic portrayal of Winston Smith is one of his great performances, and the heavily washed out cinematography from Roger Deakins is quite extraordinary. The Eurythmics’ soundtrack album did a number on me as a kid, as well. 5) Invasion of the Body Snatchers , Phillip Kaufman, 1978 Leonard Nimoy as a sexed-up pop psychologist in ’70s San Francisco. I think it’s a given this should be on ALL the top ten lists. Loaded with lots of gratuitous nudity and plenty of icky gore, you’ll be shocked when you discover this one was actually rated PG. 1978! It’s got Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright owning a groovy mudbath parlor and that iconic last shot of the very hirsute Donald Sutherland pointing at the camera, making THAT SOUND. Dammit, I’m gonna go on a limb and say this is a remake that’s better than the original. 4) 12 Monkeys , Terry Gilliam, 1995 A riff on Chris Marker’s miraculous short film of still images, La Jetee , this fatalistic time-travel tale is bursting with visual creativity but stays on course as a gripping, propulsive doomsday race. Bruce Willis lets his tough guy guard down a bit and no matter how many times I see this it, the ending always gets to me. By Gilliam standards, it’s his least weird movie; by Hollywood standards, a real standout. 3) Battlestar Galactica , Michael Rymer, 2003 Wait, who said anything about including TV? Well, when the material is this good you make special considerations. Besides, the 1978 BSG did have a theatrical release, and the miniseries that aired on 2003 ranked with the best entertainment that came out that year. (The fact that the original played in theaters then went to TV, as opposed to a TV show that went to the movies, is the reason that Star Trek isn’t on this list. In my mind, it makes sense.) This whacked-out Mormon parable (some say) was the perfect science fiction treatment for the onset of Bush’s War on Terror. There has probably never been a more paranoid show on television and its interplanetary setting oftentimes led to a more constructive forum in which to discuss the issues of the day. Our heroes’ attitudes swung left and right, but loyalty never wavered. I swear to you I’d still take a bullet for Edward James Olmos if the old man needed me. If you’ve been putting it off (or were scared away by some naysayers who didn’t like the conclusion), check out the 2003 miniseries. Then take the week off as you blaze through the rest of the seasons. 2. The Thing , John Carpenter, 1982 I’ve seen The Thing at least ten times. And every time, during the blood testing sequence, I jump. If John Carpenter bills himself as The Horror Master, I think we can safely call this his masterpiece. Some forget it is a remake of Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World , a fine film, but Carpenter’s version is a bubbling cauldron of great tough guy characters and outstanding set pieces that’ll have you cheering and puking at the same time. 1. The Fly , David Cronenberg, 1986 It was close, but this one squeezes ahead just a little bit. It’s Goldblum that makes it, really – the way he calmly remarks “That’s disgusting” as he discovers his new way of eating sugar. (If you haven’t seen it, words won’t do justice.) And the fact that he can sell lines like “Drink deep, or taste not, the plasma spring!” Apart from its nifty high concept and groundbreaking special effects, The Fly is a true transcendent work in the way it treats its characters. Who’d have ever expected you’d be crying at the end of what looked like just another gross-out? Certainly no one who’d only seen the ’58 version with Vincent Price. — So there are our ten. If we’ve done our job, we’ve pissed you off. Feel free to let us have it in the space below. Just go easy on The Wiz , is all I ask. Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the 2011 World Tour. First of all, I’ve never seen the craziness over tickets because of Justin. The page to buy tickets on the internet failed. My cousin and I were in line for hours waiting to buy a ticket in the store and we couldn’t cause they had to close, every girl cried, we were all disappointed. The next day I was trying on the internet and finally I got the tickets to see Justin in concert. We were so happy. Days later, a contest was announced by a record label where you could meet Justin. I signed up for my sister, my cousins and I, just once. My cousins didn’t even want to enter the contest cause they thought they’d never win. I said “Justin says never say never, you’re beliebers, right? So come on, there’s always a chance.” On Thursday (the concert was on Saturday), I was in a chemistry laboratory and my cell phone was ringing and ringing, it was an strange number. I asked the teacher to go out so I called the number back and a guy told me that I was one of the two girls that won a M&G with Justin! I was shaking, I always thought that one of us could win and it was me. The day of the concert, I had to go to a specific place with other winners (Bieber fever, radios…) and we had to wait about 2 hours. Then a guy with a list started to give the wristbands. While I was waiting, I saw Kenny, Scooter, Alfredo and the dancers. Was my turn to enter with four more girls, I was the first one of my group. I saw Justin sitting on a chair without moving, it was like a mannequin . He was so unreal. First I thought that was a wax figure but then it was started to moved and I was in front of him. He stood up and I hugged him so tight. His hair was so blond and delicate, his face pale, he was like a little angel. I said to him that I love him and it seems he said “I know.” Then a bodyguard pulled me out so Justin could say “Hi” to the other girls. Then I took a seat (I’m the first one in the picture) and I realized that Justin’s hand was on my left shoulder, I couldn’t stop staring at him and then I looked at the photographer and he took the picture. We had to go but I had to give to Justin a gift. I said, “I brought you a little flag”, and Justin stretched his hand and I gave him the little flag. Then a bodyguard pulled me out (again) cause I was the last one girl and there were more people to come in. Excerpt from: I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the…
Also in Wednesday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, Tribeca Film has nabbed North American rights to a SXSW premiere. A popular Austin, TX theater is San Francisco-bound. And China’s Wanda gets the final go-ahead to take over a top American theater chain. Tribeca Warms to Somebody Up There Likes Me North American rights to the deadpan comedy have been picked up by Tribeca Film, the distribution label of Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Enterprises. Starring Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, and Jess Weixler, the film centers on Max (Poulson), his best friend Sal (Offerman Parks & Recreation ) and the woman they both adore, Lyla (Weixler, Teeth ) who stumble through thirty-five years of seemingly mandatory but unfulfilling entanglements. The film features an original score from Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio. Tribeca Film plans a theatrical Spring 2013 release day and video-on-demand offerings, as well as iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, VUDU, Xbox and Samsung Media Hub following a U.S. and Canadian film festival estival run. Alamo Drafthouse Set for San Francisco The popular Austin-based exhibitor will open a location in the Mission, and will feature five screens of new release movies. Alamo offers food and drink and noted its new location will be similar to the Alamo Ritz location in Austin with a mix of classic film programming, alternative content, live events, foreign films, independent films as well as some studio films. Around the ‘net… Alex Pettyfer Headed to Cali with Kristen Stewart The Magic Mike star is in final talks to play Stewart’s love interest in Nick Cassavetes’ gritty action pic Cali . The film follows a couple who sell fake snuff and snatch the cash but Stewart “returns from the dead” years later to save her younger sister, Variety reports . Vince Vaughn Picks Up The Risk Agent The Ridley Pearson novel will star Vaughn who will produce with his Wild West Pictures Show Productions. The novel, which is a China-set thriller, was published last month, Deadline reports . China’s Wanda Gets OK to Buy AMC Entertainment The $2.6 billion deal has been cleared by regulators in the U.S. and China, Deadline reports .
Francis Lawrence’s Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire has nabbed yet another notable name for film fans in Amanda Plummer, the stage/TV/film veteran perhaps best known as the diner-robbing “Honey Bunny” in Pulp Fiction as well as for her roles in The Fisher King and So I Married an Axe Murderer . Plummer will take the role of a Tribute and former Games winner whose eccentricity belies an uncanny intelligence as she competes with Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss & Co. in the arena. Plummer will play Wiress, an older Tribute called to compete in the Quarter Quell, the all-star death match of sorts that propels the second installment of the series. She joins fellow cast newcomers Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee and Jena Malone as fellow Tribute Johanna Mason in the sequel, slated for release on November 13, 2013. [ THR ]
Osar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been cast to play Plutarch Heavensbee, Head Gamemaker for The Hunger Games, studio Lionsgate said. Hoffman recently wrapped his gig playing Willy Loman on Broadway in the revival of Death of a Salesman , which earned him a Tony Award nomination. He will next been seen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master and indie film A Late Quartet , also starring Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken. The second installment of The Hunger Games franchise is based on Suzanne Collins’ smash hit series of novels that have sold 36 million copies in the U.S. Francis Lawrence will direct the latest pic, which also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Jena Malone, Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci. Lionsgate released its latest synopsis of the film, which it will release November 22nd: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever. Lionsgate appears to be going all the way with The Hunger Games series, and why not? The first one has made over $404 million in the U.S. alone. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is likely to follow Catching Fire and a fourth installment may follow.
