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Friday, February 19, 2010 - Posts

Sean Penn charged over photographer attack (AFP)
AFP - Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn was slapped with criminal charges on Friday after allegedly attacking a photographer in Los Angeles last year, city prosecutors said. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:51 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Blood" a bloodless telling of civil rights episode
A little-known chapter of the civil rights era gets well-deserved exposure in this film based on Tim Tyson's best-selling book. Unfortunately, real-life events, especially when faithfully rendered, don't always make for good storytelling, and "Blood Done Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:51 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Documentarian's family saga a dreary tale
Maybe it's something in the water in Long Island's Queens and Nassau counties, but such documentaries as "51 Birch Street," "Capturing the Friedmans" and "Crazy Love" have introduced us to seemingly familiar New York-area families, only to reveal corners Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:51 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Hilary Duff engaged to NHL player
Here's something for "Gossip Girl" to talk about. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:51 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Lil Wayne reportedly undergoes 8 root canals
The rapper’s jail sentence was delayed for dental surgery — and the rapper made sure he used it to have everything taken care of all at once. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 8:10 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Ellen, Kara offer hand to ousted ‘Idol’ hopeful
Angela Martin was shockingly axed from “American Idol” just one place shy of the Top 24, and on Friday, she opened up about getting cut on “The Ellen DeGeneres” show. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 8:05 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Parents angry at ‘American Idol’ contestant
The success of one hopeful is causing a stir among parents who are complaining they never got refunds for performance fees in a failed musical production Todrick Hall wrote and directed. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 7:49 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

No TV? No problem! Conan may hit the road
O'Brien's exit deal with NBC bars him from TV appearances for several months. He is weighing a tour that would take him directly to his fans, according to a person familiar with the proposal. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 7:39 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

‘Family Ties’ actor Bosnall arrested again
Former "Family Ties" actor Brian Bonsall has been arrested again in Colorado, this time on a charge of using marijuana in violation of the terms of his release. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 7:29 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

‘Deadliest Catch’ star arrested for DUI
"Deadliest Catch" star Jake Harris has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence and being in a hit and run accident. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 7:29 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Judge: Jackson’s dad can get his medical files
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled that Joe Jackson can receive his son's medical records from the hospital where he died. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 5:44 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Depardieu charms as anti-hero in French tragi-comedy
French veteran Gerard Depardieu charmed audiences in his latest film "Mammuth" with his depiction of a lumbering, hairy anti-hero who re-discovers the poetry in life after retiring. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 4:58 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Snipes asks 'What's new?' about IRS plane crash
- Actor Wesley Snipes, who has tax problems of his own, had a blunt reaction to news about a software engineer who crashed his plane into an office building with nearly 200 IRS employees inside. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 4:18 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Too much technology hampered 9/11 security: film
A documentary that explores gaps in U.S. security from the point of view of a whistleblower who had spotted problems before the 9/11 attacks made its debut on Friday at the Berlin film festival. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 4:13 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Penn charged over dustup with photog
Actor-director Sean Penn was charged Friday with battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation with a photographer in Brentwood last fall. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:53 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

‘Family Ties’ actor Bosnell arrested again
Former "Family Ties" actor Brian Bonsall has been arrested again in Colorado, this time on a charge of using marijuana in violation of the terms of his release. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:53 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Snipes on plane crash into IRS building: 'What's new?'
- Actor Wesley Snipes, who has tax problems of his own, had a blunt reaction to news about a software engineer who crashed his plane into an office building with nearly 200 IRS employees inside. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:48 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Sean Penn charged with battery in Los Angeles
Actor-director Sean Penn was charged Friday with battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation with a photographer in Brentwood last fall. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:03 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Hulk Hogan settles suit from son’s car crash
Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit with the family of a young man critically injured in a car crash caused by the celebrity wrestler's son. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:58 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Penn faces charges over dustup with photog
The actor faces battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation last fall in which he kicked a photographer. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:48 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

A closer look at how celebrities have apologized
Tiger is just one of many public figures to offer an apology for their bad behavior. See how many times the golfer, Bill Clinton, A-Rod and others used certain words in their confessions. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:48 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Penn face charges over dustup with photog
The actor faces battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation last fall in which he kicked a photographer. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 1:37 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Tiger gets to the truth about pitfalls of fame
Across the vast spectrum of celebrity apologies, few in the spotlight ever admit, as Woods did Friday, that they felt entitled to break the rules. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 1:27 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Calif. prosecutor: Penn to be charged with battery
California prosecutors say Sean Penn faces battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation with a photographer in Brentwood last fall. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 1:17 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

I could've been a yakuza: Japan film maker Takeshi Kitano (AFP)
AFP - Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano, who brought the yakuza gangster genre to a global public, says he could have made his life in the underworld had it not been for his mother. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:52 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Depardieu rejects claims he's too white for Dumas
Gerard Depardieu has rejected the discussion over his right to play mixed-race author Alexandre Dumas because he is a blue-eyed blonde. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:52 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Going small is a tall challenge on ‘Runway’
I did not have high hopes for this episode when I saw the promos. More to the point, a fashion show that would be of interest to the head buyers of Kids R Us is not what we signed up for. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 11:46 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

It’s an awkward time to promote Polanski
To say the least, it can be difficult releasing a film when your star director is confined to his Swiss chalet awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. for a sex crime committed in the 1970s. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 11:31 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Hugh Jackman tackles Chinese in Shanghai
He's mastered the role of a mutant with metal claws — but foreign languages are a tall order for Hugh Jackman. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 11:26 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Rapper: Swing at Romney was in self defense
A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him — and not the other way around — during a confrontation aboard a taxiing Air Canada flight. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 11:06 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Woods makes his case as millions watch
Dozens of broadcast networks, cable news outlets and online streams carried his prepared statement live, allowing a global audience to see and hear from Woods for the first time since his public image went into free fall nearly three months ago. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:56 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Polanski film released in awkward circumstances
To say the least, it can be difficult releasing a film when your star director is confined to his Swiss chalet awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. for a sex crime committed in the 1970s. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:51 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

New Polanski film released in awkward circumstances
To say the least, it can be difficult releasing a film when your star director is confined to his Swiss chalet awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. for a sex crime committed in the 1970s. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:41 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

New twist in Palin vs. ‘Family Guy’ saga
It turns out the actress who voiced the teen girl with Down syndrome  — the one who said her mom was the ex- governor of Alaska — has Down syndrome herself. And she wants Palin to back off. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:35 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

British actor and director Lionel Jeffries dies
British actor and film director Lionel Jeffries, who wrote the screenplay for and directed "The Railway Children," has died at the age of 83, his agent said on Friday. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:25 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

British actor Lionel Jeffries dies at 83
Lionel Jeffries, whose numerous film roles included Grandpa Potts in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," has died at age 83. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 10:00 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Avatar, Hurt Locker, An Education lead BAFTA race
Mirroring the Oscars, Britain's top film awards the BAFTAs pit 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" against low-budget Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker," directed by former husband and wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow respectively. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 9:30 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Winterbottom defends graphic violence in new film
British director Michael Winterbottom has defended graphic scenes of violence in his latest movie "The Killer Inside Me" which prompted dozens of people to walk out of a press screening in disgust. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 9:18 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Cable renewal scorecard: What’s in, what’s cut
Anxious to know where your favorite cable shows stand? Michael Ausiello rounds up a list of shows that have been renewed, cut or are still in limbo. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 8:13 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Judgment day nears for some TV series
It's getting down to the wire for "Smallville," "Community" and other network series stuck in Nielsen purgatory — with just weeks go before final verdicts on their fates are decided. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 8:13 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Lohan complying with probation, judge says
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel said Thursday that "everything looks good" with Lohan's progress in a court-ordered drug and alcohol education program. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 8:08 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Mellencamp for Senate drive building steam
An online effort to draft Hoosier rocker John Mellencamp to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Indiana's Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is building up steam. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 7:53 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Avatar", "The Hurt Locker", "An Education" lead BAFTA race
Mirroring the Oscars, Britain's top film awards the BAFTAs pit 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" against low-budget Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker", directed by former husband and wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow respectively. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 4:17 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

PR firms shift tactics in post-merger Hollywood
It's not just Hollywood studios and talent agencies that get roiled and restructured by mergers. The spin-meisters themselves, whose billings are under pressure and whose star clients' lives are under ever-increasing scrutiny, are undergoing their own Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:32 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Berlin critics back Russia, Romania, Polanski films
Fittingly for a festival where low-budget movies jostle with big Hollywood names, three small eastern European entries and Roman Polanski's picture starring Ewan McGregor are favorites for the main prize in Berlin. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 3:32 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Italy considers "Avatar" 3D glasses a hygiene risk
Fans of the blockbuster "Avatar" applaud the film's use of 3D technology, but the Italian government believes it may also present a health risk. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:40 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Owen Wilson signs on for new Woody Allen film
Owen Wilson is attached to star in the new Woody Allen movie that will shoot this summer. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:30 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Academy vetoes Borat as Oscar host
Credit the producers of next month's Oscar ceremony for thinking way outside of the box. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 2:30 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Avatar" faces tough rivals for tech Oscars
To nobody's surprise, "Avatar" dominates the tech race at this year's Oscars. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 1:13 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Five simple rules for winning an Oscar nomination
Forget the rules of awards season, we were told. Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:41 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Producer eyes success ... "Without Really Trying"
Producer Grant Turck has optioned film rights to the late Shepherd Mead's satirical guidebook "How to Succeed With Women Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to the Birds and Bees." Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:31 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Streep, Bullock provide rare Oscar suspense
Meryl or Sandra? Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:20 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Oscar documentary nominees push for social change
Will it be the cows or the dolphins? Read More

posted Friday, February 19, 2010 12:20 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments