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*The April 2009 hijacking of container ship MV Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates has been made into a film starring Tom Hanks as the vessel’s kidnapped captain Richard Phillips. Due this fall, Columbia’s “Captain Phillips” will detail how the Massachusetts native and his crew of 20 became the first American cargo ship to be [...]
*It’s been a while since Halle Berry had a hit film. There was hope that the big budget sci-fi fantasy “Cloud Atlas,” also starring Tom Hanks, would change things, but unfortunately it bombed at the box office this weekend It appears that mixed reviews and general confusion about the movie’s premise brought the project’s momentum [...]
*Perhaps underscoring the “everyone is connected” theme of her latest film “Cloud Atlas,” Halle Berry found out that somewhere on the distant branches of her family tree sits the former GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “In some twisted way (we are related),” the Oscar winner told Extra. “Somebody sent [...]
*The plot of Halle Berry’s upcoming film “Cloud Atlas” is already confusing enough, but throw in the fact that she’s playing multiple characters of different races and genders, being directed by – not one, not two, but three filmmakers (one of whom just underwent a sex change), and that the story spans several centuries. Somehow [...]
*The TV promo for Tom Twyker and Andy and Lana Wachowski’s “Cloud Atlas” has arrived. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The centuries-spanning tale based on the novel by David Mitchell stars Halle Berry along with Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, Jim Sturgess, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The official synopsis for “Cloud Atlas” is [...]
*Holly Robinson Peete, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine and Stevie Wonder were among those who helped celebrate the life of Michael Clarke Duncan during a nearly four-hour memorial service Monday marked by heartfelt speeches, rousing gospel performances and photos of the always-smiling star, reports the Associated Press. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Former reality TV [...]
*A group of former military and C.I.A. officers launched a campaign to trash President Barack Obama over alleged security leaks by appearing on seven TV shows on Thursday – all to draw attention to their 22-minute video that has been viewed about 400,000 times since it posted Wednesday on YouTube, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [...]
*Actor Tom Hanks is the latest liberal actor targeted by conservatives online. The actor narrates a recently released 17-minute documentary promoting the re-election of President Barack Obama, which has led to political ridicule from the right-leaning Daily Caller, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The publication dug up video from an event in 2004 that some [...]
*The trailer for “The Road We’ve Traveled,” the new 17 minute short film about President Obama’s first term in the White House, has been released ahead of next week’s full premiere. [Scroll down to watch.] The mini-doc is directed by Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar winning helmer of Al Gore’s global warming film “An Inconvenient Truth” [...]
*Halle Berry was scheduled to present during Sunday night’s Academy Awards, but at the last minute decided to cancel, according to Academy Awards producer Brian Grazer. Berry injured her foot months ago while filming “Cloud Atlas” in Spain. At the time, Warner Bros. stated that the accident happened in September while “walking in Majorca on [...]
*Barack Obama has his eye on nearly 200 celebrity supporters – ranging from Jay-Z to Harvey Weinstein – whose endorsement he wants during his campaign for re-election, according to a list obtained by the Tennessean. The list, dated Dec. 5 but released on Friday, includes a variety of actors, musicians, politicians and others. Some are [...]
*When Taraji P. Henson heard that Tom Hanks personally requested her for his latest directorial effort “Larry Crowne,” she agreed to the project without even knowing what the film was about. “Apparently, Tom wanted me involved. So he called my manager and my manager called me and said, ‘Tom Hanks really wants you to be [...]
*While in Hollywood Monday to film an episode of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly,” First Lady Michelle Obama joined a panel of military family members in an event hosted by AFTRA, DGA, PGA (the Producers Guild), SAG and WGA in Los Angeles to promote her initiative supporting military families, the Joining Forces program. “The wars are coming to [...]
*It’s the final stretch of the Oprah show and wowing performances are making sure the talk show host goes out with a bang. Among appearances on Monday were Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Halle Berry, Diane Sawyer, Madonna, and Beyonce. Speaking of the superstar artist, Beyonce really strut her stuff on stage wearing a [...]
*A number of outlets live-blogged Oprah Winfrey’s first of two star-studded surprise shows at Chicago’s United Center – an extravaganza that included Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, Madonna, Halle Berry, Beyonce and much more – including a Steve Carell/Tina Fey taped piece on Oprah’s infamous “ugly cry.” Oprah nearly went into it herself after guest Aretha [...]
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