Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 8, 2009 under People | 
Adam Yauch is feeling “healthy, strong and hopeful” that he has beaten cancer, the Beastie Boys member shared in a message to fans this week as reported by the Washington Post. Yauch is also the owner of the film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Pictures, releasing such films as the Michelle Williams’ Wendy and Lucy and the basketball documentary Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, which Yauch himself directed.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 4, 2009 under Film Festival, People, drama |
Mo'Nique stars as 'Mary' in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE. Photo credit: Anne Marie Fox .
Actress Mo’Nique was again a no-show at the New York Film Festival screening of “Precious” where it received a rare standing ovation. According to reports, after promising to attend the festival premiere of ‘Precious,’ Mo’Nique decided she was not being paid enough to attend.
Last night the excuse given was that it was the birthday of her toddler twins. Her publicist Tresa Sanders reportedly quit right after announcing her client wouldn’t be making it to the film festival.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 18, 2009 under People, Politics |
Louie Psihoyos, director of the award-winning documentary “The Cove” plans to attend the film screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival but he could be arrested.
Japanese police say Psihoyos, who is also a National Geographic photographer, and other members of his crew violated trespassing laws when they documented the hunt in the seaside town of Taiji, where 2,000 dolphins are killed every year, mostly to be sold as meat.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 14, 2009 under Film Festival, Legal, People |
Gerald Green and Patricia Green, Los Angeles-area film executives, were found guilty late last Friday of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and money laundering laws of the United States, as well as substantive violations of the FCPA and U.S. money laundering laws in relation to a sophisticated bribery scheme that enabled the defendants to obtain a series of Thai government contracts, including valuable contracts to manage and operate Thailand’s yearly film festival, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California George S. Cardona.
Patricia Green was also found guilty of falsely subscribing U.S. income tax returns in connection with this scheme. The Greens were found guilty by a federal jury in the Central District of California on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, after a two-and-a-half week trial.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 10, 2009 under Foreign Film, People |
Canadian actress Lisa Ray, who starred in the films “Bollywood/Hollywood” and the Oscar-nominated best foreign language film “Water,” announced on her blog this week she has incurable cancer.
Ray revealed that she was diagnosed on June 23, and began chemotherapy treatment within days for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells within bone marrow.
She has two films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. “Cooking With Stella,” a new comedy by director Dilip Mehta, and Peter Stebbings’ “Defendor,” which stars Woody Harrelson and Kat Dennings.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 9, 2009 under People, R.I.P. |
Veteran Australian actor Ray Barrett, last seen on screen as Nicole Kidman’s father in Australia, has died at the age of 82, his agent has confirmed. He died in hospital from a brain haemorrhage after falling over at home, his agent Jane Cameron said.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 3, 2009 under People, R.I.P. |
Dick Berg, a longtime television and motion picture writer and producer, who helped launch the careers of directors Sydney Pollack and Mark Rydell, died Tuesday from a fall at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on June 19, 2009 under People |
Lindsay Lohan recently landed a role in the independent movie, “The Other Side,” and told producer Kent Harper she would be “serious” and “committed” to the project, which starts filming in October. So what does a bored Lindsay do in the meantime? The actress, 22, sent out a topless picture of herself with long, blonde extensions strategically covering her chest on Twitter.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 29, 2009 under Coming Soon, People |
Lucy Punch has replaced actress Nicole Kidman in the new Woody Allen film. The British actress, a relative unknown, who starred on the CBS series “The Class” and had roles in “Hot Fuzz” and “Ella Enchanted,” reportedly wowed the writer-director with a screen test. Punch joins Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins in the untitled project.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Industry, People |
New York Ch. 4 movie critic Jeffrey Lyons has been shown the exit reports Page Six of the NY Post. Lyons was the host of the nationally syndicated show “Reel Talk.” Also canned were co-host Alison Bailes and executive producer Michael Avila. A rep for NBC tells Page Six of the NY Post “We appreciate the insight and intelligence that both Jeffrey and Alison, along with the show’s producers, have brought to ‘Reel Talk’ and shared with viewers in New York and across the country for the last several years.