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Levi's Playgirl Shoot Involves 'Hockey Stick'
13 November 2009 6:04 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Levi Johnston's Playgirl shoot involved props.
Johnston's manager Tank Jones tells Usmagazine.com the 19-year-old posed with a hockey stick during part-one of his saucy shoot Thursday.
Adds Jones, "The shoot was fantastic! ... People are going to see more of Levi than they thought. There was a hockey stick involved."
See the week's hottest celeb photos
He says Johnston -- who fathered baby Tripp with Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol -- wasn't nervous at all. »
Producer Kenley Dies At 103
11 November 2009 5:41 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood producer John Kenley has died, aged 103.
Kenley passed away on 23 October in Cleveland, after a battle with pneumonia.
He began his entertainment career performing for late modern dance pioneer Martha Graham in the Greenwich Village Follies.
In 1940, Kenley became a summer theatre producer, and went on to launch the Kenley Players in Dayton, Ohio, attracting stars including Burt Reynolds, Robert Goulet, Mae West and Gypsy Rose Lee to his stage. He also opened theatres in several other Ohio towns.
Kenley moved into the Playhouse Square Center in downtown Cleveland in 1984. »
Reynolds' Pals Fear Drug Relapse
11 November 2009 11:01 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Burt Reynolds' close friends fear the actor will suffer a relapse in his sobriety battle after his longtime love refused to take him back.
The Hollywood icon, 73, underwent a 30-day treatment programme for a dependency on prescription painkillers at a rehabilitation centre in Florida in August after a nasty fall at his home in Hobe Sound.
His manager Erik Kritzer claimed Reynolds sought professional help after having painful surgery on his back.
He has since managed to stay off the prescription medication and has been trying to convince his former girlfriend Pam Seals he is a changed man.
But, according to the National Enquirer, Reynolds' attempts at a reconciliation have been snubbed and pals are concerned the setback in his love life will trigger a relapse.
A source tells the tabloid, "Even though Burt is sober now, Pam can't face going back to his mood swings and violent temper.
"I don't think Burt ever stopped loving Pam. Burt made calls to Pam and asked friends to speak to her for him. She always took such good care of him, and he wanted her back...
"Burt isn't good at taking rejection, and we're holding our breath hoping it won't push him over the edge."
The actor, who previously confessed to a reliance on sleeping pills, first dated Seals in 1993 after splitting from his then-wife Loni Anderson. They fell out in 2004 and sued each other amid claims of domestic violence, but they are said to have reconciled earlier this year before breaking up again in the summer. »
Birthday Suit: Shapeshifters
6 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Sing your favorite stars a happy birthday in the privacy of your own home.
Maybe not out loud.
Happy birthday to Ethan, Rebecca and Mike
11/06
Today's filmic / famous birthdays.
If it's your own birthday shout it out. It's your day, after all.
1882 Thomas H Ince actor who became a lifeguard then an actor again until he was a pioneering film director who became a studio mogul until he morphed into Cary Elwes having an affair with Kirsten Dunst ... and then died mysteriously.
1903 June Marlowe lovely brunette who became the Warner Bros proclaimed "Most Beautiful Girl On Screen" and eventually settled in as Our Miss Crabtree
1931 Mike Nichols Second City Improv founder who became a comedian then morphed into one of the most celebrated film directors of the second half of the 20th century. The filmography is kind of uneven, though, right?
poll by twiigs.com
1946 Sally Field a little Pasadena »
- NATHANIEL R
Matthew Perry talks about his new sitcom deal, riffs on a 'Friends' reunion scenario
26 October 2009 2:01 PM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
Is ABC getting Friend-lier or what? Matthew Perry has signed a deal with the network that airs Courteney Cox’s Cougar Town to star in, executive produce, and co-write a potential comedy series about a self-consumed 40-year-old manager of a second-rate sports arena who's reluctantly learning to be a nicer guy. “We’re trying to do a show that’s really, really funny and can slow down and play some heartfelt moments,” Perry tells EW.com. “All of this stuff originally came from watching a lot of Alan Partridge and the British Office, and just wanting to go be funny again. »
- Dan Snierson
Actress Wilcox Dies
22 October 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actress Collin Wilcox has died of brain cancer, aged 74.
The star, most famous for her role as rape victim Mayella Ewell in the movie version of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, passed away earlier this month at her home in Highlands, North Carolina.
Wilcox began her career in theatre, starring alongside Burt Reynolds in 1961 Broadway play Look, We've Come Through. She was awarded the prestigious Clarence Derwent Award in 1958 for her performance in The Day Money Stopped.
Wilcox stepped out of the spotlight in the 1980s to care for her mother in Highlands.
She is survived by her husband Scott Paxton and their children, Kimberley and Michael. »
Free Flick of the Day: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
21 October 2009 2:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Time for your daily AOL /SlashControl fix of deliciously free movies! After Henry Fool and frightening Frogs, I'm going with my second choice for pick numero uno: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Is it weird that this was one of my favorite flicks as a kid? My youthful bad taste not withstanding, I have no idea why or how I saw this flick a number of times as a youngin'. It was rated R after all. My best guess is that I saw 9 to 5, adored it, and somehow convinced one of my family members to let me rent and watch Dolly Parton's next film. In fact, I know I rented it a number of times. Oh, the perks of being an only child who can hide away with saucy Burt Reynolds movies...
Based on the play, the film stars Parton as Mona Stangley, a woman who operates a »
- Monika Bartyzel
1999: A Year In Review (Part Two)
14 October 2009 8:05 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema.
Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released - it’s a brief rundown highlighting interesting films that should be seen (although not always for the right reasons).
You can check out the first part (A-e) here or continue reading to see the other gems that were released in 1999.
Fight Club was a box office disappointment ten years ago, but it has gained a Huge cult following since - and it must have made an absolute mint on DVD. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star in this David Fincher directed adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s now-famous novel. The film is another example of world perspective from a late 90s view point. »
- Niall Browne
Pierce Brosnan named one of the world’s best stepfathers (IrishCentral)
12 October 2009 8:55 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Firstwivesworld.com, a community for divorced women, has named the world’s best celebrity stepfathers, and none other than Irishman Pierce Brosnan tops the list. Divorce expert Jill Brooke dishes on who she thinks wins in the categories of best and worst stepfathers, and the Irish actor comes out head and shoulders above the rest. Brooke provides a rundown of Brosnan’s impeccable fatherly track record, saying: “He was a loving stepfather to his wife Cassandra’s children, Charlotte and Christopher. They also had a son together. When Cassandra died of ovarian cancer, Brosnan took the children as his own. Subsequently he has remarried and has two more sons, Paris and Dylan.” Also on the “good” stepfather list is Paul McCartney, who adopted his first wife Linda’s daughter Heather, and Robert Wagner, who raised Natalie Wood’s daughter Natasha after Wood died. As for the bad, thankfully no Irishmen made the list. »
Boos! and Whoop-doos!: Who Should Star in Board Game: The Movie?
8 October 2009 11:24 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Toys, candy, and board games? Whoop-doo!
In the last few weeks, a ludicrous number of generic sounding movies have been greenlit on the backs of well-known toy store properties. Battleship, Bazooka Joe, and Barbie are just some of the many weird, bland, go-nowhere flicks that have been announced for production. Soon, we'll be inundated with these lame brained franchises, and it's all because of the box office success won by Transformers and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In this new age of socioeconomic depression, a filmmaker has to arrive in his pitch meeting with some sort of name recognition. Otherwise his epic masterwork will forever languish in the recesses of his brain like a trapped prisoner.
It won't be too long before high-minded folks figure this out, and start using household items to sell their unique and interesting art house flicks or high concept action comedies. There's a wealth of interesting toys, »
Halfway House: Burt Reynolds and Deliverance
5 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
It's not one but two season debuts in one post as the Fall season of Tfe kicks off. Your favorite series return every day this week. Enjoy.
monday monologue showcasing fine combos of actor & screenplay
halfway house (series premiere!) halfway through the day, we stop a movie 'bout halfway through... what do we see?
What to do with a dead body... what to do? That's always a (movie) question. Fifty-three minutes into the classic Deliverance (1972), the shit has hit the fan or, rather, the men have already squealed like pigs. Four increasingly unhinged friends are now freaking out over the fresh corpse in their midst. Drew (Ronny Cox) in particular wants to be done with their time in the woods and turn things over to the law. Burt Reynolds has the answer (as well as an unforgettable rubber vest but let's not get distracted) in arguably his greatest role.
You let me worry about that, »
- NATHANIEL R
Laughter in the Land of Celebrity Self-Love
3 October 2009 11:04 AM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Celebrity Autobiography is screamingly, laugh-out-loud funny. In its fall run, it draws a young, excited audience. The stage is simple, the concept is simple too, but the product is brilliant. First conceived by actor and producer Eugene Pack, the subtitle of the show is “In their own Words,” and that is exactly what occurs on stage. Wonderfully talented actors and comics step up to the mike and read from the published autobiographies of such luminaries as Joan Lunden, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, the Jonas Brothers boy band, Liz Taylor, Lonnie Anderson, and my personal favorite, the ever cool, narcissistic, and horny Burt Reynolds.
Pack claims he used to entertain his friends by reading out loud from such works, and his pals would insist he must be making it up.
read more »
- Victoria Sullivan
Cinematical Seven: Scariest Movie Characters on Wheels
2 October 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
In this week's Whip It, director-star Drew Barrymore shines a loving light on one of the most brutal and devilishly entertaining sports around: roller derby. If you've ever seen a derby match, you know what I'm talking about: 60 minutes of fast-skating, bruising action between players with names like Axles of Evil and Juana Beat'n. In celebration of the badass beauties of the roller derby world and their Whip It counterparts - including Ellen Page as "Babe Ruthless," Kristin Wiig as "Maggie Mayhem," Barrymore as "Smashley Simpson," and Zoe Bell as "Bloody Holly" - here's a Cinematical Seven remembering some of the scariest, fiercest movie characters to ever lace up a pair of roller skates.
1. Rollergirl - Boogie Nights
In Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights, Rollergirl (Heather Graham) is a fixture in Jack Horner's porn family who's up for anything but never, ever takes off those skates. She's young, »
- Jen Yamato
Bye Bye Birdie! Hello, Lada!
18 September 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
. With Paul Lynde on the set of Bye Bye Birdie Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you came of age during the Sixties, you may well remember the name Lada Edmund, Jr. who was one of the original gyrating, mini-skirted go-go girls who danced in a cage on NBC-tv’s music program, Hullabaloo 1965-66. Similar to ABC’s Shindig, Hullabaloo featured a different celebrity host each week to introduce some of the most popular musical performers of the day. However, the show received most of its press not for the rock groups or vocalists that guest starred but for Lada and fellow dancers who bumped, grinded and twisted their way into the homes of teenagers every week. So popular was she that she landed on the cover of TV Guide magazine.
Before she found TV fame, Lada began her career dancing on Broadway. She was one of »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Adventures in 'Celebrity Jeopardy': What is, Get a clue, Wolf Blizter?
18 September 2009 11:45 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Andy Richter killed on Celebrity Jeopardy, but uh, Wolf Blitzer? Wolf Blitzer did not kill at all. He misidentified a picture of a bowl of pasta as fettuccine (it was mostaccioli, which looks really really different), said "Julia Childs" instead of Julia Child, and then things took a turn for the even-worse. In the E Times 3 category -- where all the words have three Es -- Wolf had a few choice answers: Answer: King David and Jesus both hailed from this town. Wolf: What is Jerusalem? ("O little town of Jerusalem..." Come on, dude.) Answer: An accused person in court, along with his counsel Wolf: What is a defendant? (One E too few, Wolf. Try defense.) Answer: Selected some material from a larger work Wolf: Annotated. (He didn't even have the "what is" in there. And that's not what annotated means, and it only has one E. So, three-fer. »
- Margaret Lyons
Burt Reynolds Into Rehab For Pain Killer Addiction
18 September 2009 3:43 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Burt Reynolds is the latest Hollywood star to enter rehab. His agent says Reynolds is addicted to pain killer pills, the result of a back injury. Reynolds, who used to do many of his own stunts, suffered many injuries during his career, including a severe blow administered by a stuntman during the making of City Heat that almost ended his career. For more click here »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Reynolds Vows To Inspire Addicts
18 September 2009 1:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood icon Burt Reynolds has thanked his fans for their continued support following his battle with drug addiction.
The 73-year-old actor was admitted to the Hanley Center in Florida last month after a nasty fall at his home in Hobe Sound led him to realise he had a dependency on prescription painkillers.
He was discharged from the drug rehabilitation centre this week (begs14Sep09) after completing a 30-day detox treatment programme.
Reynolds' manager, Erik Kritzer, confirmed the rehab stint, insisting the star only relapsed after undergoing painful surgery on his back and "checked himself into rehab in order to regain control of his life."
The actor previously confessed to a reliance on sleeping aid Halcion after turning to the drug to ease the terrible pain he felt from temporomandibular joint disorder (Tmj) in the 1980s.
And Reynolds hopes going public with his personal struggle will help ease the stigma surrounding drug addiction.
In a statement, he says; "I felt that in spite of the fact I am supposedly a big tough guy, I couldn't beat prescription drugs on my own. I've worked hard to get off of them and really hope other people will realise they need to seek professional help, rather than ignoring the problem or trying to get off of the prescriptions on their own.
"This has been a challenging time for me personally, and I really appreciate the outpouring of love and support from my fans, friends and family. I am looking forward to getting back to teaching and working." »
Chevy Chase returns to television in new NBC sitcom 'Community' (PopWire)
17 September 2009 1:20 PM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »
McClatchy Newspapers -- Pasadena, Calif. — Chevy Chase, who never thought he would be involved with a situation comedy, finds himself in the cast of the new NBC show "Community." He's got an explanation. "I honestly think that the films lately aren't as good as most of the stuff on TV," Chase says during an NBC party in August to promote the network's new fall shows. In the 1980s, movies were good to Chevy Chase. The 17 feature films he made took in more than a half-billion dollars and made him a bigger draw than Burt Reynolds, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood and Arnold… »
- By Rick Bentley
Burt Reynolds reveals struggle with addiction
17 September 2009 1:17 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Los Angeles - Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds revealed Thursday how his dependence on prescription drugs forced him into a rehab facility for a month. Reynolds, 73, told People magazine that he failed to conquer the habit on his own and appealed for other addicts of prescription painkillers to seek help. 'I felt that in spite of the fact I am supposedly a big tough guy, I couldn't beat prescription drugs on my own,' Reynolds said. 'I've worked hard to get off of them and really hope other people will realize they need to seek professional help, rather than ignoring the problem or trying to get »
Rehabbing Burt Reynolds Knew He Needed Help
17 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Burt Reynolds may be known for his macho roles, but the veteran leading man, who is rehabilitating from an addiction to prescription drugs, says he sought help because he couldn't do it by himself. "I felt that in spite of the fact I am supposedly a big tough guy, I couldn't beat prescription drugs on my own," Reynolds, 73, told People Thursday. "I've worked hard to get off of them and really hope other people will realize they need to seek professional help, rather than ignoring the problem or trying to get off of the prescriptions on their own. Related: Burt »
- Linda Marx
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