The National Enquirer and its publisher, American Media Incorporated have reached a settlement with playwright David Bar Katz, who they falsely named as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s gay lover. The tabloid plans on publishing a full-page apology in Wednesday’s New York Times and will fund ”an annual prize of $45,000 for an unproduced play,” according to a report by Jim Dwyer, he confirmed with TheWrap Tuesday. Also read: Philip Seymour Hoffman Friend Sues National Enquirer for $50 Million Over Gay Lovers Claim David Bar Katz’s lawyer Judd Burstein also confirmed Dwyer’s report of the settlement with TheWrap. Burstein had...
- 2/25/2014
- by James Crugnale
- The Wrap
It’s hard to believe that Tom Hanks has never been on Broadway before. But the two-time Oscar winner will make his debut this spring in Lucky Guy, a new play by Nora Ephron, the late writer-director of two of his biggest box office hits (Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail). And this is no one-man vanity project, as you can see from this exclusive first photo from the production, which begins previews March 1 before an official opening April 1 under the direction of two-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe.
In the play, Hanks portays the late New York...
In the play, Hanks portays the late New York...
- 2/7/2013
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
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