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'No Country' Claims Gold Again
4 February 2008 (WENN)
Acclaimed Coen Brothers movie No Country For Old Men picked up another top film prize in Hollywood on Saturday when it claimed gold at the Producers Guild of America gala. The Oscar-nominated film, starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones, beat fellow Academy Award hopefuls There Will Be Blood, Juno and Michael Clayton. Ethan Coen and Joel Coen were on hand to collect the prestigious Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of The Year award. The film is a front runner to claim gold at the Oscars on February 24. after picking up the Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild Best Film prizes, among a string of honors. Meanwhile, another Oscar favorite, Ratatouille, was named Best Animated Film, and TV honors went to the producers of 30 Rock, The Sopranos and Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. Michael Moore's Sicko claimed the Best Documentary honor.

Stars Fight To Keep Ledger Drug Video Off TV
1 February 2008 (WENN)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Josh Brolin and Natalie Portman were among the stars who bombarded the producers of news show Entertainment Tonight and urged them to drop a damning Heath Ledger video. The footage, taken at a Hollywood party in 2006, reportedly features the late actor drinking and taking drugs. The news show aired teaser footage during its Wednesday night broadcast and producers planned to show the full tape on Thursday. But angry phone calls from the stars and harsh criticism from Ledger's publicists made them think again - and eventually axe the news item. In one angry open letter, Ledger's representative Mara Buxbaum wrote, "This is not journalism, it is sensationalism. It is a shameful exploitation of the lowest kind."

Brolin To Play George W. Bush?
22 January 2008 (WENN)
Legendary director Oliver Stone is set to make a movie about U.S. president George W. Bush - and he's appealing to Josh Brolin to take the title role. Stone, who has previously made movies about former presidents John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Richard Nixon (Nixon), is currently in talks with No Country For Old Men star Brolin and hopes that he will sign on for the currently untitled project. The 61-year-old moviemaker insists Brolin will be perfect for the role of the Republican president. He says, "Josh (Brolin) is actually better looking than (George W.) Bush but has the same drive and charisma that Americans identify with Bush, who has some of that old-time movie-star swagger. I want a fair, true portrait of the man," The director aims to begin production in April as the script - which was penned by Stanley Weiser, co-writer of Stone's 1987 film Wall Street - was completed before the start of the Hollywood writers strike in November.

Spielberg To Be Honored With DeMille Prize
15 November 2007 (WENN)
Steven Spielberg will become the first director to claim the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award this century when he claims the prize at the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will honour Spielberg at the event on January 13. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is usually handed to actors and actresses for their "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." Spielberg was named the 2008 recipient at a Wednesday morning press conference hosted by actor Josh Brolin. The six-time Golden Globe winner and 12-time nominee will join Warren Beatty, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Williams, Michael Douglas, Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, Al Pacino and Barbra Streisand as the recipients of the honor since 2000. Nominations for the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced on December 13. Meanwhile, in other Golden Globes news, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis has been selected as 2008 Miss Golden Globe. The teenager will assist in the Golden Globes ceremony. The role of Miss Golden Globe is given to the daughter of a well-known celebrity each year; Jack Nicholson's daughter Lorraine filled the position earlier this year.

Cannes Selections Announced
19 April 2007 (StudioBriefing)
The Cannes Film Festival confirmed today (Thursday) that Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, starring Jude Law, Ed Harris, Norah Jones and Natalie Portman, will open the 60th annual festival on May 16. In something of a surprise, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez "double bill" Grindhouse, which was expected to compete for the top Palme d'Or prize, will only be represented by the Tarantino half of the feature, Death Proof, which is being expanded to one hour and 50 minutes. Among the other 21 films selected for the competition are the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, and Javier Bardem; David Fincher's Zodiac, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr.; James Gray's We Own the Night, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg; and Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, starring mostly first-time actors. Serbian director Emir Kusturica, a two-time winner at Cannes and the chairman of the jury in 2005, will again be represented in the competition with the comedy Promise Me This. Among films screening out of competition will be Michael Moore's documentary Sicko (about the U.S. health system); Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Thirteen; Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie as the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's wife Mariane; and Ken Burns's The War. The latter film will presumably be compiled from Burns's upcoming documentary series about World War II for PBS. It is the only film on the Cannes list whose length is not indicated.

Lane Auditioned for Mother-in-Law's Movie
6 September 2006 (WENN)
Diane Lane once auditioned for a part in the film Yentl - which would have seen her kissing her future mother-in-law Barbra Streisand. The Unfaithful star auditioned for the part in 1983, with husband Josh Brolin's step-mom. Brolin's father James Brolin has been married to Streisand since 1998. She explains, "I auditioned for Yentl. She's got an audition tape somewhere of me. Amy Irving got the job. It's OK, we're still friends." In the film, Streisand plays a Jewish girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to be able to enter religious training. Lane's character in the film would have been required to kiss Streisand on screen. She adds, "It would have been interesting to make out with her. Can you imagine?"

Lane Loves Shorn Locks
4 September 2006 (WENN)
Diane Lane has no regrets about chopping off her hair on live television and insists she loves her sleek new look. The Hollywoodland star cut her hair earlier this summer live on Today to make a wig for cancer charity Beautiful Lengths. She explains, "I like it short, I kept it short." Lane was especially relieved when husband Josh Brolin approved of her new hairdo adding jokingly, "He loved it, which is convenient, because that's the priority. "It is all about the hair as we know!" Lane insists she has no remorse about deciding to lop off her locks saying, "You know, I thought I would. "Summer was so hot and I had a nice breeze on my neck for a change. I use a lot less product. That's one way to look at it!"

Lane Lops Off Locks for Charity
14 July 2006 (WENN)
Under The Tuscan Sun star Diane Lane chopped off all of her hair on live TV Thursday to help make a wig for a women's cancer charity. The star was supporting the Pantene Beautiful Lengths campaign which encourages people to grow, cut and donate healthy hair to make wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment. Lane appeared on the US morning show Today and had her hair cut by co-host Ann Curry, who also cut off her own hair in March for the children's charity Locks of Love. The Unfaithful star explains, "I've always wanted to cut my hair short and nobody would ever let me. In movies they always want Pantene gorgeous hair. You just want to help people with cancer and you have a natural resource that only you can give. It's for a beautiful, beautiful cause." As the nervous star made her way over to the hair stylist's chair she quipped, "My husband (Josh Brolin) promised that he will still find me cute!" Curry took several minutes to cut her way through Lane's thick stresses, as Lane remarked, "It's still going! This is like a taking down a giant oak!" After eight inches of her hair was chopped off, a delighted Lane said, "Go for it, send in your hair! It's so fun and liberating! I've wanted to do this for years!" An hour after receiving her cut, the star appear on US talk show The View to discuss her new short bobbed hair. She reveals, "I didn't sleep last night! By the time five am rolled around I was like 'Just do it!'" Lane said her step-daughter has also been inspired to cut her hair and that her husband has been completely supportive of their efforts. She added, "His hair is a bit longer than mine now! He hasn't seen it yet - he's doing a night shoot in New Mexico. I left him a voicemail describing it the best I could. I'm loving it!"

Driver Admits Tension with Streisand
13 January 2005 (WENN)
Actress Minnie Driver has finally confessed she had a stormy relationship with former mother-in-law-to-be Barbra Streisand. Driver was engaged to marry Josh Brolin, the son of Streisand's husband James Brolin, before they split suddenly in October 2001. In the build up to the pair's planned wedding, Streisand was reported to have clashed with Driver over preparations for the big day - claims the British star brushed aside, insisting she enjoyed a good relationship with the Funny Girl veteran. But the Phantom of the Opera actress, 34, now concedes the pair experienced a tense relationship. When asked in a recent interview about the prospect of having Streisand as a mother-in-law, Driver said, "It would have been... colorful."

Josh Brolin Arrested for Spousal Battery
21 December 2004 (WENN)
Actor Josh Brolin was arrested at his Los Angeles home Sunday on charges of hitting his wife of four months, Diane Lane. The Hollow Man star, 36, was charged with spousal battery and released after posting $20,000 bail, says the couple's spokeswoman, Kelly Bush. Bush says, "There was a misunderstanding at their home," adding that the arrest was "for the lowest-end misdemeanor charge of domestic battery." She adds, "Diane did not want to press charges and asked them not to arrest him, but in cases involving the possibility of any physical contact, the police have to arrest first, ask questions later." Bush says the two are back together in their home "and are embarrassed the matter went this far". Brolin is due back in court on January 13, Los Angeles police officer Grace Brady tells New York's Daily News. The actor, who is the son of James Brolin, married the Oscar-nominated actress in a private ceremony at his California ranch in August. It was a second marriage for both.

Lane and Brolin Wed
18 August 2004 (WENN)
Hollywood stars Diane Lane and actor Josh Brolin have married at a secret ceremony on the west coast of America. The Oscar nominated Unfaithful actress, 39, and her 36-year-old Hollow Man star beau exchanged marital vows at an undisclosed location over the weekend. The marriage marked the second trip to the altar for both screen stars, who live in Los Angeles. Lane has a daughter by her first spouse, actor Christopher Lambert, while Brolin has a son and daughter by his previous marriage to Alice Adair. The couple first met at a premiere for 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, only a few months after Brolin called off his high-profile engagement to Minnie Driver.

Brolin and Lane To Wed
21 July 2003 (WENN)
Hollywood stars Josh Brolin and Diane Lane have announced their engagement. Both have been married before - to Alice Adair and Christopher Lambert respectively. Brolin, stepson of powerhouse Barbra Streisand, also broke off an engagement to British actress Minnie Driver in 2001.

Wedding Bells for Brolin and Lane
28 January 2003 (WENN)
Unfaithful star Diane Lane is planning to walk down the aisle with her boyfriend Josh Brolin. And most happy with the news is Brolin's stepmother Barbra Streisand - because she's the one who got them together at a party last spring. A source tells American tabloid the Star, "Diane and Josh are getting really serious. They're telling friends marriage could be right around the corner. And no one is surprised. They're amazing together." A pal of Brolin says of the actor, "He says he knows he's got a great girl, and he doesn't want to lose her. We're just waiting for him to make it official." Diane, 38, has a nine-year-old daughter, Eleanor, from her six-year marriage to Highlander star Christopher Lambert, and Josh, 34, is divorced from actress Deborah Adair, the mother of his son Trevor, 14, and daughter Eden, eight. Josh was previously engaged to Good Will Hunting beauty Minnie Driver.

Driver Kept Busy With Double Dating
28 January 2002 (WENN)
Hollywood starlet Minnie Driver is dating fellow actress Winona Ryder's ex-boyfriend - despite also romancing Harrison Ford. Minnie, 30, has started a high-profile romance with sugar-daddy Harrison, 59, after splitting from her fiance, actor Josh Brolin. But the busy Brit is enjoying the advantages of single life so much she has also reportedly started dating Winona's old flame, singer-songwriter Pete Yorn.

Harrison And Minnie: 'Like Lovesick Kids'
22 January 2002 (WENN)
New lovers Harrison Ford and Minnie Driver are struggling to keep their blossoming romance under wraps. Recent reports suggest the British actress has been dating Ford, despite him - at 59 - being 28 years her senior. And the couple have now been spotted in public together for the first time, acting like "lovesick teenagers" during a night out at the trendy Divino restaurant in Los Angeles. A fellow diner says, "They were smooching all the way through. Ford couldn't take the smile off his face, understandably, with a new girlfriend almost half his age." Minnie - who last year broke off her engagement to Josh Brolin - recently confessed to having lusted after Harrison for years, and during a TV interview, she described him as a "dream date".

Minnie Driver And Harrison Ford A Couple?
14 January 2002 (WENN)
British actress Minnie Driver and Hollywood hunk Harrison Ford have found solace in each other's arms after their recent break-ups. Ford, 59, is said to have been dating the British actress, who is 30, for a month. Ford separated from his wife of 18 years, Melissa Mathison, in October, and Driver called off her engagement to Josh Brolin at around the same time. It is thought that the pair will make their first public appearance together at the Golden Globe awards, where Ford is to receive a lifetime achievement award. This would not be the first time that Driver has gone for an older man - she is rumored to have had a liaison with Mick Jagger while still a teenager.

Has Minnie Found New Love?
15 November 2001 (WENN)
Just a month after calling off her engagement to Josh Brolin, British actress Minnie Driver has been seen on the arms of another man. The Hollywood babe split with Brolin after 18 months together. The couple were planning to tie the knot next year. At the time, Minnie's pals blamed Josh's stepmother Barbra Streisand for the split, accusing her of trying to interfere with wedding plans. But - in Vancouver, Canada to film new movie New Cardiff - Minnie looked to have forgotten past loves as she sought solace in the arms of hunky American singer Chris Isaak.

Minnie Denies Rolling With Jagger
19 October 2001 (WENN)
Hollywood star Minnie Driver has slammed reports of a fling with rocker Mick Jagger. The 31-year-old actress was reportedly seen "canoodling" with the 58-year-old Rolling Stone in Los Angeles recently. But a spokesman for Driver has denied that the two are or ever were having an affair. The spokesman accepts that the two were spotted at the same restaurant, but says, "She wasn't even at the same table. There wasn't even a partial canoodle." Earlier this month Driver split up with fiance Josh Brolin, the son of Barbra Streisand's husband, actor James Brolin.

No Wedding For Driver And Brolin
4 October 2001 (WENN)
"Minnie Driver and Josh Brolin have decided to cancel their wedding plans. Their decision is mutual and amicable," said Minnie Driver's publicist on Wednesday. Driver and Brolin, who started dating while making the film Slow Burn in 1998, had announced their marriage plans in April, setting off speculation galore in the media regarding the involvement of Brolin's step-mother, Barbra Streisand, in planning the wedding. No further details on the reason behind the cancellation were given by Driver's publicist. (This story was compiled by IMDb staff)

Minnie Insists She's In The Driver's Seat
16 July 2001 (WENN)
Minnie Driver has laughed off reports that her stepmother-in-law-to-be Barbra Streisand will be calling all the shots at her wedding to Josh Brolin. Tinseltown gossip is reporting that Barbra has already set a $750,000 budget for the wedding between her stepson Josh and Minnie. However, Minnie insists she's making all the arrangements. "I am going to be in control - it's nonsense to suggest that I am not involved," she smiles. "We [Josh and myself] are doing it together. I'm drawing pictures and making scrapbooks of different dresses that I love." Minnie grins, "I'm accruing lists of wedding planners, flowers and dresses. So right now I'm in the information-gathering stage, figuring out where and how we are going to do it. "It's not going to be for a while - we haven't set a date."

Minnie's Love War With Sister
7 May 2001 (WENN)
Hollywood sex siren Minnie Driver has always been unlucky in love. First she was dumped by actor Matt Damon live on the Oprah Winfrey TV show. Now the 30-year-old actress confesses that a guy she fell for used her to get a date with her sister Kate, 33, a Hollywood producer. Minnie, now happily engaged to actor Josh Brolin, said, "There was this guy I adored and had been dying for him to ask me out. Eventually, after many flagrant signals on my part, he did and we went to a bar. As soon as we sat down, he asked, 'Is your sister dating anybody?'"

William Shatner Out To Beat Josh Brolin
6 April 2001 (WENN)
Star Trek star William Shatner is locked in mortal combat with actor Josh Brolin. In 1978, Shatner competed against and lost to Josh's actor father James Brolin in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California, part of the festivities surrounding the annual grand prix race Toyota sponsors there. Brolin's son is returning this year to repeat his dad's victory - but Shatner is warning he's going to drive him out of sight. Shatner vows, "I have a blood feud with Josh. I've got Josh in my sights." But Josh remains complacent. He laughs, "He hit me once during practice out in Willow Springs. He doesn't like people passing him. He's a stubborn guy."

Has Minnie Driver Split With Josh Brolin?
11 October 2000 (WENN)
Minnie Driver was seen with another man on a cinema visit recently. The 30-year-old actress is dating actor Josh Brolin. Yet, she arrived to see the new British hit Billy Elliot (2000) at a Fulham cinema accompanied by a rather hunky mystery date. She pulled off the old look-at-me celebrity trick of dressing to avoid attention, with a baseball hat hiding her trademark curls and pulled down to shade her face. This only served to attract more stares as she waited in line for a large tub of popcorn.

Minnie In Appendix Drama
24 August 2000 (WENN)
Hollywood star Minnie Driver was rushed to hospital from the set of her new movie suffering from appendicitis. The actress collapsed with abdominal pain on the set of High Heels and Lowlifes (2001), a gangster comedy directed by Mel Smith, and was forced to have immediate surgery. The British star is too ill to leave the hospital but has been visited by her fiance Josh Brolin. A source says, "She was in terrible agony. It was totally unexpected and she was so shocked by the amount of pain she was in. Minnie is resting up and is so relieved that it is all over and they located the problem. She was so scared that something really serious was wrong."

Minnie Driver Will Never Return To Britain
11 August 2000 (WENN)
Minnie Driver admits she'll never move back to her native Britain - because she has an American boyfriend. Minnie says because of her 2-year relationship with Josh Brolin she has now accepted that California is her home - although she is currently filming new movie High Heels and Lowlifes (2001) in London. She explains, "When you fall in love with someone from another country, you put a root of some sort down in that country. I always thought I'd go back but Josh's kids are in California and so is their mother, so we couldn't live in England." She adds, "But I do want to have a place for us to go there, so we can have a real change."

Driver, Asked About Boyfriend, Walks Out Of Interviews
5 April 2000 (StudioBriefing)
Minnie Driver is apparently determined to keep her professional and private life separate and, in an effort to do so, has walked out of two recent interviews when she was asked about her relationship with singer Josh Brolin, the London Daily Express reported today (Wednesday). The newspaper quoted her as saying, "People like Harrison Ford have made a point of not discussing their private lives and I don't want to be known just for who I happen to be going out with."

Minnie Gives Up On Brits
5 April 2000 (WENN)
English rose Minnie Driver has given up on British men - because they are all scoundrels. The Ideal Husband, An (1999) star, who is currently dating Barbra Streisand's stepson Josh Brolin, has had enough of the Brit's bizarre ways. She says "They take you to MCDONALD'S, make you pay and ask if anyone is dating your sister.. There was one chap whom I adored and I had been just dying for him to ask me out. When he did we went to this bar and he asked me if my sister was dating anyone. It was my date from hell." Driver, 29, is currently promoting her latest film, the romantic comedy Return to Me (2000), in which she plays a heart transplant recipient who falls in love with the husband of the dead woman whose heart she receives.

Minnie Driver's Engagement Mix-Up Caused By Gems
30 March 2000 (WENN)
The Hollywood buzz that Minnie Driver and Josh Brolin have become engaged was sparked off by the pair's common interest - in gems. The couple were spotted visiting New York jeweller Fred Leighton recently, fuelling reports that British actress Driver is set to become Brolin's bride - and Barbra Streisand's stepdaughter-in-law. But Minnie insists the trip was just part of a gem fact-finding mission. She says, "We're not engaged. We both, for some reason, are madly interested in learning about gems, so we were looking at diamonds. If someone sees me running, it does not mean I'm entering the 2000 Olympics."