Writer-director Chris Rock is not Andre Allen, the stand-up comedian turned movie star lead of "Top Five." But, it's almost impossible to watch his latest effort, a cutting comedy about showbiz, creativity and ambition, and not wonder...
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Man gets jail for taking part from Paul Walker car
SAN FERNANDO, California (AP) " A man who stole part of the Porsche that "Fast and the Furious" actor Paul Walker died in has been sentenced to six months in jail.The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says 26-year-old...
Five things the gossip mags swear are true
Victoria Beckham in tears over shock divorce A "distraught" Victoria Beckham features on the cover of this week's New Idea . Divorce? What? Beckham fans have no need to worry; the divorce that the Spice Girls star is crying over...
Man gets jail for taking part from Paul Walker car
SAN FERNANDO, California (AP) " A man who stole part of the Porsche that "Fast and the Furious" actor Paul Walker died in has been sentenced to six months in jail.City News Service says 26-year-old Anthony Janow was sentenced Tuesday...
Review: 'Exodus' plagued by casting, script issues
To what do we owe the second coming of the biblical epic?A genre that was once as moldy as stale communion wafers has been reborn this year, first with Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and now with Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods & Kings."...
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Addams Family star Ken Weatherwax dies aged 59
Ken Weatherwax has died at the age of 59.The actor passed away following a heart attack during his sleep at his California home, according to Examiner.com.Weatherwax was known for playing Pugsley on the Addams Family TV series,...
Joan Rivers' will taps daughter to handle trust
NEW YORK (AP) " Joan Rivers left her daughter in charge of her fortune in a revocable trust.Rivers' 2014 will was filed in New York state Surrogate's Court. In it she made her only child, Melissa Rivers, the executor with "the broadest...
Newsroom writer 'kicked out' over rape plot objections
A female writer on Aaron Sorkin's series The Newsroom claims she was "kicked out" of the writers' room when she objected to a storyline about a rape, during an episode which airs in New Zealand this week.Sorkin, the West Wing...
Kanye, Usher Phylicia Rashad to get BET Honors
NEW YORK (AP) " Someone other than Kanye West is confirming his visionary status.The superstar rapper will receive the Visionary Award next month at the BET Honors. West " who has called himself a visionary and more " will be one...
Joaquin Phoenix's brief 'engagement' on Letterman
NEW YORK (AP) " Chalk up another oddball appearance with David Letterman for actor Joaquin Phoenix, who announced his "engagement" on the CBS late-night host's talk show only to say hours later on Tuesday that it was a joke.Before...
Avril Lavigne asks fans to pray for her
Avril Lavigne is reportedly experiencing "health issues" and has asked fans to pray for her.The Complicated singer - who is married to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger - hasn't been seen in public since September.She reportedly...
At 84, Rowlands dances back onscreen in 'Lessons'
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) " Don't get Gena Rowlands started on the bulk of film roles she gets offered these days: a lot of grumpy and ill-fated old women."I can say, for sure, I die," the actress noted, smiling. "But I have had...
Tour news: Get your air guitars ready - Dragonforce are coming
Start warming up your air guitars - the band responsible for one of the most complicated songs to perform on Guitar Hero is coming to New Zealand.Dragonforce will play three New Zealand sideshows on the back of their appearance...
Paul Thomas Anderson on Altman, Phoenix and 3-D
During a recent interview, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson reflected on some of the inspirations to his latest movie, the Thomas Pynchon adaptation "Inherent Vice," and how his previous films changed him as a filmmaker.ON ROBERT...
Anderson goes back to Cali for 'Inherent Vice'
NEW YORK (AP) " The numbers are unavoidable. Paul Thomas Anderson has made seven feature films and he has made seven films set in California."It's just there, isn't it?" sighs Anderson. "If there was ever any kind of intention to...
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves...
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