'Will & Grace' star Debra Messing has joined the cast of a new family drama-comedy called 'Humboldt Park'.
Variety reports that the cast of the film also includes John Leguizamo, Alfred Molina, Freddy Rodriguez, Jay Hernandez, Mercedes Ruehl, Luis Guzman, Melonie Diaz and Vanessa Ferlito.
'Humboldt Park' tells the story of three siblings who return to the family home for a festive visit.
Messing will play the wife of Leguizamo's character.
Shooting on the Alfredo De Villa-directed film begins next week in Chicago.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Charlie Sheen - Sheen Rejects Wedding Gifts
Generous CHARLIE SHEEN and BROOKE MUELLER are refusing to accept gifts at their wedding this month (30May08) - they want guests to make a donation to their favourite charity instead.
Invitations for Sheen and Mueller's 30 May (08) nuptials include the request "no gifts, just donations to Chrysalis - an organization in Los Angeles that is dedicated to changing lives through jobs", reports the New York Post.
A source tells the newspaper, "Charlie (Sheen) has been working with the group, which gets people off skid row, for many years, and the money will go towards the charity's big annual gala, the Butterfly Ball."
Sheen and Mueller met at a party in early 2006, just after Sheen had separated from his then-wife, Denise Richards. The actor proposed to the real estate agent-turned TV personality last summer (Jul07).
This will be Sheen's third marriage and Mueller's first.
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Corrie's Liam set for dramatic exit?
'Coronation Street' heartthrob Rob James-Collier is reportedly set to quit the show when his current contract expires at the end of this year.
According to Digital Spy, the 31-year-old actor, who plays factory boss Liam Connor in the show, is leaving because of "typecast" fears.
A show source reportedly told the News of the World: "Nobody was expecting this and it's bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans."
"He won Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him."
"They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas."
According to the report, a 'Coronation Street' spokesperson late confirmed the actor's planned departure, saying: "We've known for some time that Rob would be leaving at the end of his current contract."
"It's given the writers time to pen a really good exit storyline for his character, Liam."
"Rob will remain filming with us until around October and he will bow out on screen at the end of the year."
According to Digital Spy, the 31-year-old actor, who plays factory boss Liam Connor in the show, is leaving because of "typecast" fears.
A show source reportedly told the News of the World: "Nobody was expecting this and it's bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans."
"He won Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him."
"They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas."
According to the report, a 'Coronation Street' spokesperson late confirmed the actor's planned departure, saying: "We've known for some time that Rob would be leaving at the end of his current contract."
"It's given the writers time to pen a really good exit storyline for his character, Liam."
"Rob will remain filming with us until around October and he will bow out on screen at the end of the year."
Kerry girl Jessie loses BBC show final
Kerry singer Jessie Buckley has come second in the final of the BBC One talent show 'You Could Be Nancy'.
Following the elimination of Samantha Barks in the first part of the final, Buckley and Jodie Prenger were pitted against each other for the coveted role of Bill Sykes' girlfriend in the musical 'Oliver!'.
Prior to the result, three of the five judges - Cameron Mackintosh, Barry Humphries and Andrew Lloyd Webber - said that Buckley was the singer they wanted to win.
But Prenger won the public vote and will star in the West End show.
During the final Buckley sang 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 'Truly Scrumptious', 'Maybe Someday', 'As Long As He Needs Me' and 'The Man Who Got Away'.
Following the elimination of Samantha Barks in the first part of the final, Buckley and Jodie Prenger were pitted against each other for the coveted role of Bill Sykes' girlfriend in the musical 'Oliver!'.
Prior to the result, three of the five judges - Cameron Mackintosh, Barry Humphries and Andrew Lloyd Webber - said that Buckley was the singer they wanted to win.
But Prenger won the public vote and will star in the West End show.
During the final Buckley sang 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 'Truly Scrumptious', 'Maybe Someday', 'As Long As He Needs Me' and 'The Man Who Got Away'.
Tom Morello Talks Obama, Not Rage Against The Machine, On Set Of Anti-Flag Video
It's a weeknight in Glendale, California, and Tom Morello — guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and the man they call the Nightwatchmen — is standing inside Moonlight Rollerway, a fake moustache that looks more like a woolly bear caterpillar resting across his upper lip. Around his neck, there's a long string attached to a silver whistle. He's holding a clipboard, and there's a red headband on his forehead that matches the red wristbands he's rocking.
Across the back of his red, white and blue track suit read the words "Coach Tom." He mutters to himself, "Ah, the things I do for Anti-Flag."
No, Tom's not switching careers — he's shooting a cameo for the Pittsburgh political punkers' new video. Morello will be featured prominently in the band's upcoming clip for "The Bright Lights of America," the title track and first single off the band's eighth studio LP, which hit stores last week.
As the cameras roll, Morello — playing the irritable coach of "Team USA," during a global roller-derby battle royale — springs into character, acting every bit the epitome of the amped-up, steroid-chomping Little League dad. He pumps his fists in the air and barks at the derby girls who skate past him: "Move your ass! That's not good enough! Not on my time, ladies!"
According to Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane and bassist Chris #2, the video's concept is inspired by the stories of difficult times faced by the many fans they meet on the road. It's also a statement on the absurdity of extreme ideologies and the future of American society.
"The song focuses on two characters: a girl I met last year who is a cutter, and to feel alive, she has to cut herself. It's also about a boy who has a really hard time in his home life, and to deal with it, he feels he needs to be on drugs all the time," said Sane. "It's very dark content, but in the end, the song is very optimistic. It says we all go through these really hard times, but we have our community, we have each other, to pick ourselves up and be there for each other. It also asks the questions, 'Who are we as Americans?' 'Where is this nation going?' 'Why are so many people on antidepressants?' People can't handle reality. Is this the direction we want our country, or even the world, to be going in?"
Morello has been friends with the Anti-Flag lads for several years now, having enlisted the band as the support act on Rage's Battle of Los Angeles tour back in 1999. "Anti-Flag are a band with a lot of heart, and a band that genuinely cares about its fans," said Morello. "I don't get dressed up in a getup like this for just any band. They are the best punk-rock band of our era, and it's always an honor to share the stage with them or even to be stuck in a roller rink in a goofy outfit with them."
While Morello refused to respond to fast-spreading rumors that Rage Against the Machine (who were just announced as Lollapalooza headliners) are in the studio at the moment working on new material, he did discuss this year's presidential election. And why wouldn't he? This is a member of the most political bands ever to emerge — a band that decided to call it quits at perhaps the worst time possible — just before George W. took office.
"As the half-Kenyan Harvard graduate from Illinois who is not running for office this year, I've got to say, there's been a lot of talk of change in this election year," Morello said. "It remains my belief that change is not made by politicians, but by people. No matter who is elected, we do not abdicate our responsibility to take action, to organize, to struggle and to push who is in office to make change on the ground. You can't wait and hope your vote will turn the system around. You need to take action where you live and where you work."
While Morello hasn't decided who'll be getting his vote just yet, he admitted he has been impressed by Senator Barack Obama's campaign.
"I haven't picked a candidate ... my candidate is the American people, the people who work hard for a living and struggle to make ends meet," he said. "The only time in my adult life that I have ever been impressed by a politician was Barack's speech on race. As someone who has witnessed racism up close his entire life, it's nice to see someone who intelligently, candidly and honestly talked to the American people as if they were adults for a change, that didn't try to get something out of people by using 'freedom, good; evil, bad.' I mean, that's the level of our political discourse, from both parties. And to speak intelligently and honestly about a very uncomfortable topic that has been the curse of the United States of America since its founding was something that was very impressive to me."
But Morello isn't sure what chance Obama stands in the race for the White House.
"Can a country that elected George W. Bush, twice, elect someone who comes across like that is unclear to me," he said. "If America elects [Republican Senator John] McCain, well, then maybe we don't deserve better than McCain. In the most recent congressional election, the Democrats were elected to stop the war, and like cowardly dogs, they failed to do that. No matter who is in office, it's our responsibility to take the wheel of history in our hands, if we want to see a different and better world than the one we live in now."
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Sean Combs - Combs To Sue Cufflink Company
SEAN COMBS is considering suing a cufflink company - because its name is too similar to his.
The rapper's lawyers have told bosses at Cuff-Daddy.com - a family-owned cufflink company - that the business' name was to similar to the star's former moniker, Puff Daddy.
But bosses at the company insist they are not trading on his name and hope to resolve the issue with the star's legal team, reports TMZ.com.
A spokesman for Combs was unavailable for comment.
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Hugh Grant - Damages For Hugh Grant And Liz Hurley Over Tabloid Snaps
Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have been awarded £58,000 in damages after photographs of them were published in Sunday newspapers.
The covert pictures had been taken as the group were holidaying at a private resort in the Maldives and were published in the News of the World and Mail on Sunday.
The three - who were not present at the high court hearing in London - will receive an equal share of the damages paid by Big Pictures (UK) Ltd and Eliot Press SARL after they launched a class action against the agencies, with Associated Newspapers and News Group Newspapers contributing to the damages.
Laura Tyler, representing Grant, his former girlfriend Hurley and Nayar, said the trio had chosen the resort due to its privacy and were dismayed at the publication of the pictures.
"It has been most upsetting for the claimants to have their privacy invaded by these defendants," she told Mr Justice Eady.
"The defendants have accepted that the photographs should not have been taken and that their actions invaded the claimants' privacy."
The photographs were published in the News of the World under the headline 'Liz does the blokey-cokey' while the Mail on Sunday used the banner 'Hugh's that gooseberry?' to accompany the story.
Matthew Nicklin, counsel for the photographic agencies implicated in the case, said: "Through me the defendants offer their apologies to the claimants for any distress which they may have caused."
15/05/2008 12:28:35
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