BITS AND PIECES 02/02
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--IT'S bad-behavior time on the sets of a trio of movies now being
shot. Chris Tucker, the star whose large paycheck and ego have been
well-documented, has been demanding script changes in "Rush Hour 3."
"He won't come out of his trailer until the script is up to his
standards," giggled one spy on the set in Santa Ana. "What, $25
million isn't enough to just do your job and act?" A rep for Tucker
didn't return calls. On the same set, horndog director Brett Ratner
"sends an assistant named Scott around to every female extra,
collecting phone numbers in a too obvious, not-so-suave way," the
source said. "Scott commands these $150-a-day actress-hopefuls to give
him their phone numbers simply because 'the director wants it.' " A
rep for Ratner, who has dated Rebecca Gayheart and Serena Williams,
said, "That's ridiculous. If Brett wants a phone number, he'll get it
himself."
--IT looks like Mary-Louise Parker has split from her "Weeds" co-star
Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Page Six spotted Parker and Morgan last December
looking very much together at Soho House, but they were seen arguing
last week at Nobu Next Door. "She was trying to hold his hand and get
his attention," said our source. "But he was ogling a cute, petite
blonde through the whole meal." Parker seems to have already moved on.
We spotted her locking lips Wednesday night with a dark-haired man at
Lower East Side eatery Good World.
--THE U.S. Postal Service has a weird idea of what "sex" is. Chez
Josephine owner Jean-Claude Baker designed postcards featuring a 1926
drawing of his famous mom, Josephine Baker, dancing topless, to
promote his Theater Row eatery's 21 years in the business. But the
post office refused to mail the cards, citing regulations against
handling "sexually oriented" ads. Baker told us: "Of course, it's
ridiculous. It is 2007, and this drawing was on the cover of a
magazine back in 1926." He's now putting a piece of tape with the word
"censored" over his mother's breasts.
--DESIGNER Marc Bouwer is the latest to cave to PETA pressure. Bouwer,
who once used fur and leather, will an nounce at his Bryant Park show
today that not only has he stopped using ani mal skins, he's even
pulling wool from his next collec tion - due to the belief that sheep
are maimed in the process of shearing. PETA, which once bullied him,
is now sponsoring the show and got PETA-friendly celebs Eve, Katharine
McPhee, Victoria Traina and model Petra Nemcova to sit front-row.
--Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart, who star in the upcoming
food flick "No Reservations," will try to stay in character as
presenters of the first annual Food Network Awards in Miami Beach on
Feb. 23. Joining them onstage at the Food Network South Beach Wine and
Food Festival will be culinary idols Nigella Lawson, Giada De
Laurentiis, Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray and Emeril La gasse, who will
serve as master of ceremo nies. The 90-minute event will air on the
Food Network on April 15.
--SHARON Stone and Juliette Binoche devouring Kobe beef with Amarone
at Nello.
--HBO's brilliant hit "Rome" has inspired a new club, Arena, opening
tomorrow one block from Bryant Park, featuring 20-foot ceilings, LED
lighting, a stage for concerts and wait staff in togas.
--Lydia Hearst filled 25 "garbage" bags with designer clothes and
accessories, including 100 pairs of jeans, for the Society of Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Thrift Shop at 81st and Third. The 22-
year-old model, who is chairing the Designers for Darfur event at
Roseland on Feb. 9, had been collecting the clothes since high school.
NY POST/CINDY ADAMS...
--PROSECUTOR on the Charles Man son murder trial, Vincent Bugliosi, a
name from headlines past, was DA in L.A. eight years. He also wrote
award-winning crime books like "Helter Skelter," "Till Death Do Us
Part" and "Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With
Murder." He's at it again. Not prosecuting. Writing. Bugliosi's just
written a 1,600-page, 1,500,000-word book. The thing's larger than
most coffee tables. Start it in junior high, you'll finish as a senior
citizen. The title: "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of
President John F. Kennedy." So, why? He's setting the record straight
forever and always. The man takes apart every single theory ever
perpetrated. He follows the Oswald line, Ruby line, conspiracy line,
every line ever even sniffed at. Following each to its nth degree with
every twist around every corner behind every tree down every alley
inside every crevice, he's five years late delivering the manuscript.
This book's like a train hurtling through a tunnel because his
ultimate conclusion? The final revelation? There ain't no revelation.
It was what it was. It wasn't more than it was. A nut killed the
president of the United States, and that's it, period. Bugliosi
originally wanted this in separate volumes but that was - pardon the
expression - shot down because readers usually buy only one. While no
human alive will stick through to the end, it'll sell to every
library, archive, historical society, etc. Publisher Random House,
price $50, pub. date May 19.
--This week Julie An drews got two Lifetime Achievement Awards - from
SAG and Child magazine. With the statuettes in her L.A. home office,
we talked of her career as a children's book writer. "I have seven
grandchildren, so I try out my new tales on them. I think this ability
came from 'Mary Poppins,' 'The Sound of Music,' all those children's
musicals I did. Young adults need more of this today. Interactive
video games do not engage them personally." As for "Mary Poppins," the
answer pops out as smooth as creamy peanut butter: "I saw the London
production, not yet the one here. It's darker but no less valid."
About the book on her own life, which is 10 years in coming: "No title
for it yet. My deadline is April 1, and it's already been delayed.
Always difficult with an autobiography to decide what to put in, what
to leave out. I've decided to tell the early days. I'll give a slice
of history. Of English vaudeville life." So nothing about the loss of
her voice? "No. I couldn't do all that. It would be too long."
--VP Cheney's former aide Scooter Libby would have fallen on his baton
and taken the rap for this CIA agent Valerie Plame outing were he
facing only a few months. He'd lose the usual few pounds in jail, do
the outdoor yard exercise routine, be the ultimate good soldier. But
hearing the sentence could be years in prison, he decided uh-uh.
--THE "Lips & Ears" show on Fox & Friends is going great guns at the
Roger Ailes network. I was there taping this week, and whom did I run
into? One of my favorite shrinks, Dr. Melfi of "The Sopranos," better
known as the fab actress Lorraine Bracco. Lorraine says her work on
this classic drama is almost finished up, even though we don't see the
final season until it begins again April 8. "Oh, it's so sad to be
winding down. We have become such a family. But I am working on my
Bracco Wine, and I'm developing something for Lifetime, and I'm
reading scripts." Lorraine was out plugging the Campbell's Soup push
for the American Heart Association. She even had the talented Michael
Vollbracht's red dress for the Bill Blass label with her. Lorraine is
encouraging all women to wear red for February and fight the disease.
Monday through Feb. 15 many items will be auctioned off on
GoRedWithCampbells.com. Lorraine's parents are battling heart disease,
and she is out doing her bit.
NY POST/LIZ SMITH...
--LOVERS OF luscious Latinas were in seventh heaven the other eve at
Il Sole eatery in Hollywood. There they were - the triumphant Penelope
Cruz and her mentor, "Ugly Betty" producer Salma Hayek. The actresses
were minding their waistlines. Both had the Dover sole. (And while we
keep referring to the bodacious Ms. Hayek in connection with a TV hit,
let's not forget that a few years ago she was Oscar-nominated herself
for the movie "Frida.") Because the rumors of their being lovers has
been bruited from coast to coast, I should tell you both Penelope and
Salma find this deliciously funny. They aren't going to let it damage
their friendship. Hey, you can now get the new DVD of "Bandidas," a
film co-written by Luc Besson. Hardly ever released in theaters, it
stars Cruz and Hayek as gun-toting bandits of 100 years ago. A cross
between "Viva Maria!" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," it's a
dream come true for millions of men who have mixed feelings about the
words "Hands Up!"
NY DAILY NEWS/RUSH AND MOLLOY....
--John Lennon fans are calling for a boycott of a movie about his
killer, Mark David Chapman, even as producers left Sundance without a
distributor. Two thousand people so far have signed an online petition
pledging not to see Jarrett (J.P.) Schaefer's "Chapter 27," which
stars Lindsay Lohan and a 60-pounds-heavier Jared Leto because "it
fulfills Chapman's own prophecy of becoming famous through murdering
Lennon" in 1980. Lohan has said she has gotten death threats, and
Lennon's son Sean told TV's "The Insider": "Lindsay was my friend. I
don't want to hurt her feelings by talking about it in public, but I
think it's a bit of a tacky idea." The film got raves from critics
like Andrew O'Hehir, who said on Salon.com: "Leto veers from paranoid
arrogance to painful flashes of reality," while "Schaefer ... creates
[his] own highly compelling world, which is pretty much the prime
directive in filmmaking." "I think it's nonsense," executive producer
John Flock told us of the boycott. "The people who are calling for a
boycott more likely than not haven't seen it. It's not a sympathetic
portrayal. He comes off as a monster in the end. "And I think it was
the single best individual performance at Sundance. I think he's going
to be nominated for an Academy Award." Flock added that "distributors
are circling." Lohan, meanwhile, has decided to drop out of "A Woman
of No Importance," the Oscar Wilde story she was to star in with
Annette Bening. Lohan's spokeswoman Leslie Sloane Zelnick said the 20-
year-old "decided not to push herself," and is already working on "I
Know Who Killed Me" on an outpatient basis from the Wonderland rehab
center.
--Mariah Carey looks so steamy in the March issue of Playboy, she
might even be hotter than Eminem's head. "Something is clearly askew
with him," Carey tells the mag, "and I'm not quite sure what it is."
The pair clashed last year when Carey - who doesn't take it all off
for Playboy but still shows a Mimi-licious amount of skin - denied
she'd ever had a relationship with the "Slim Shady" rapper. He
retaliated, calling her a liar on the air and in some mighty foul
lyrics on his December 2006 release, "The Re-Up." "I just heard
something else he recently said about me," Carey says. "I'm curious as
to why he's so obsessed with me. I never got an apology letter, by the
way. ... Then, again, I wasn't exactly searching my mailbox for it."
--Wednesday's AmFAR benefit, which raised $3 million, drew Richard
Gere, Sharon Stone, Beyoncé, Whoopi Goldberg and Garry Shandling.
--The audience screamed as First Lady Laura Bush walked onstage at the
Rachael Ray show yesterday, and they weren't the only ones surprised.
"We had no idea she was coming, probably for security reasons," said
one high-level staffer. The First Lady, a fan of the perky cook, who
once visited her at the White House, shared that she loves beans and
works out to the music of
--B.B. King and Luther Vandross. The two women will walk the runway in
red dresses today to raise awareness of cardio issues for women for
the American Heart Association.
--"American Idol's" most outlandish contestant ever has infuriated
Linda Bell Blue, one of the most powerful women in TV. The
"Entertainment Tonight" executive producer got fuming mad at Ian
Benardo - the New Yorker who infamously asked to see Simon Cowell's
working papers during his audition - after he nixed an offer to appear
on Blue's show and instead opted for competitor "Extra." He was at
"Extra" when he put Blue on speakerphone as she allegedly yelled, "I'm
'ET'! Don't you know how powerful I am?" Benardo tells us. An "ET" rep
said Benardo was fabricating, but several earwitnesses confirmed the
conversation, which Benardo ended with, " 'ET,' phone home."
--Prince backed out of his party at INK in Miami the Sunday of the
Super Bowl because the hot spot's dragon decor offends his religious
beliefs. The singer, a devout Jehovah's Witness, "sent someone for a
walk-through of the space," co-owner Laurent Bourgade tells us. "When
they reported back the prints on the club, he changed his mind."
According to WatchTower.org, the faith's official Web site, "the
highly symbolic Book of Revelation depicts the Devil as 'a great fiery-
colored dragon.' " Bourgade says they're "looking at Justin
Timberlake" as a last-minute replacement. Who wouldn't?
NY DAILY NEWS/RICHARD HUFF...
----"Tell me a little bit about yourself," "Deal or No Deal" host
Howie Mandel said this week to contestant Vicki Montzingo, who boasted
about being the show's first little person player.
http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/////
--It wasn't easy prepping John Travolta for reshoots for his movie
Wild Hogs. The movie is about four suburban guys who hit the road on
bikes looking for adventure and it stars Travolta, Martin Lawrence,
William H Macy and Tim Allen. Hogs wrapped last summer and since then,
John filmed Hairspray, starring in drag as Edna Turnblad. He happily
packed on a few pounds for the hefty Edna character, so when he was
called in for Hog reshoots recently, he didn't look the same. Wardrobe
had to scramble to alter stuff and find clothes that fit and disguised
his size. Travolta's hair was a totally different color so it had to
be re-dyed to match his Hogs hairpiece. Did you know he wears a full
toupee that goes from temple to temple? When he's wearing a baseball
cap it means he doesn't have his hairpiece on. The whole hair process
was done in total privacy behind closed doors - presumably so nosey
people like us won't take a photo.
--Since the first time Tyra Banks shared a stage with Oprah, she has
wanted to BE her. A younger version of her, of course. Tyra admits
Oprah has been her inspiration and her show is successful so she's
obviously appealing to viewers. Tyra has even gained WEIGHT and made a
big deal out of her body image problems like Oprah. Tyra's cool and
her coworkers like her (like Oprah) but Tyra has a long way to go to
touch Oprah in one department. Oprah is famously generous with her
staffers - she's given them Hawaiian vacations, cars, fat bonuses, and
much more. This Christmas Tyra gave each employee a thank-you note and
a ten dollar gift certifiate for iTunes along with a list of her
recommended songs.
3 A.M. GIRLS...
--ANGELINA Jolie will take Brad Pitt and her family to scatter her
mother's ashes at a secret spot in the Bahamas. Ange's actress mum
Marcheline Bertrand, 56, died last week from ovarian cancer. A source
says: "It was one of her favourite places, so Ange wants this to be
special."
--EVA Longoria isn't Desperate to leave the Housewives in Wisteria
Lane any time soon. The star, 31, is said to be planning to wed US
basketball star Tony Parker, 24, but laughed off rumours she will quit
the show. She told Arena magazine: "No way. We're contracted for seven
more years."
--Russell Crowe is to play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a Robin Hood
film with a twist. The "revisionist" movie will feature the age-old
story but with the Sheriff portrayed as the good guy investigating a
series of murders in which Robin is the suspect. Ethan Reiff, who co-
wrote the screenplay, said: "He's trying to do the right thing but
he's up against Robin Hood, who's becoming heroic while not
necessarily acting in the nicest way." Filming on the movie, called
Nottingham, is expected to start at the end of the year. The project
sees Crowe reunited with producer Brian Grazer, who he worked with on
Cinder-ella Man and the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind. Hollywood's
last telling of the story was Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves in 1991. A second series of the BBC1 version starring Jonas
Armstrong with Keith Allen as the Sheriff starts later this year.
--AFTER more than 40 years rocking, The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has
revealed what keeps him in tip-top tour shape - Kombucha tea. The 62-
year-old singer takes the jelly-like fungus, which gave Chinese
warriors energy in battle 2,000 years ago, as a yeast and bacteria
brew to purify and protect his immune system. He told Virgin radio
yesterday that travelling to gigs can now be tiring, saying: "To be
still doing concerts at my age is brilliant. "But while the shows are
easy, it's the schlepping that's hard. Kombucha keeps us going."
Daltrey plugged the increasingly popular health supplement as he
announced The Who will again perform at this year's Teenage Concert
Trust cancer charity at the Royal Albert Hall.
LAS VEGAS JOURNAL/NORM CLARKE....
--Sammy Davis Jr. will become the first member of the Rat Pack to get
a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars, during ceremonies Feb. 15 in Le
Bistro Room at the Riviera. Fans of the late Bobby Darin are raising
funds to have him honored with a star May 14, which would be his 71st
birthday.
--Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, lounging Thursday in
the new Heart Bar at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood after golf at
Southern Highlands.
--Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., getting a manicure and passing
out $100 tips Thursday at the Nail Shack at Tropicana and Jones.
--At Tangerine (Treasure Island) on Wednesday: actor Laurence
Fishburne, in town for the filming of "21," poker star Phil Ivey and
Philippine actress Aubrey Miles.
L.A. DAILY NEWS/BY MARILYN BECK and STACY JENEL SMITH
--Mandy Moore has been seen getting cozy with Nicole Richie's ex-
fiance Adam Goldstein, a.k.a. DJ AM, in recent pictures, but her
possible new love interest was nowhere to be seen - at least by the
cameras - at the premiere of Moore's new movie with Diane Keaton,
"Because I Said So." Before being rushed into the movie theater to get
to her seat in time, Moore was inundated with questions about her
rumored relationship. The pop star said with a smile, "DJ AM? What?"
She did admit, "I have no Valentine's Day plans," when asked about the
upcoming romantic holiday. For now she said her focus is on her work.
"I just got to make the record I wanted to make, and it's coming out
in May. It's called 'Wild Hope,'" she told us of her recent endeavors.
Meanwhile, Moore's co-stars in the flick that opens today also hit the
red carpet - including Lauren Graham, a disoriented-looking Piper
Perabo, Stephen Collins, Gabriel Macht, and Keaton, who looked
fantastically casual in jeans and a white button-up blouse. According
to director Michael Lehmann, Keaton really went for it when playing an
overbearing mother who refuses to stop meddling in her daughter's
life. "7th Heaven's" Collins, who plays Keaton's love interest, points
out that unlike her character, Keaton herself is "incredible with
kids. I don't get what anybody would call a classic maternal vibe from
Diane. I have a feeling she's a really good mother in real life, but
she has such a unique personality. She's Diane Keaton, you know?"
--Engelbert Humperdinck sets out on a North American tour Feb. 13 that
will keep him doing concert dates in the United States and Canada into
May - continuing this year's 40th anniversary celebration of his
breakthrough hit, "Release Me." "It's a strange date to be beginning a
tour, but I've never thought of 13 as unlucky for me," says the
British singer, whose career includes four Grammys and more than 130
million albums sold, not to mention the popular "Beavis and Butt-Head
Do America" movie soundtrack tune "Lesbian Seagull." First, he'll be
seen on the Hallmark Channel this Super Bowl Sunday - hosting a half-
hour show timed to half-time of the big game. "Whole Lotta Love - Full
Contact Edition" is a retrospective of Hallmark's commercial spots
through the decades, obviously for those looking for something, well -
sniff, sniff - a little more sentimental between the Bears and Colts
attacking each other. "They're heart-rending spots. Three or four of
them - like the one with a girl teaching her father to read - brought
tears to my eyes, I'm not kidding you," says Humperdinck. "I'm a
softie, you know." In a couple of months, he'll be releasing an as-yet-
untitled album for the U.S. market - a celebration of Brit songwriters
from Sting and Eric Clapton to James Blunt. He also has a double album
about to drop in the U.K. with five new songs on it, including one
called "Totally Amazing" that he wrote with his daughter Louise and
her fiance. Humperdink's son, Brad, suggested the British collection.
Both Louise and Brad "are instrumental in giving me ideas, putting
things together for me." They also used to appear with their dad
onstage, but "I told them, 'You've got to start doing your own thing,
get on with your own lives and be independent of me as performers.'
It's a difficult deal when your father or mother is an international
performer."
--"CD USA" co-host John Wynn has been going to the mat - literally.
"I'm going to play a senior wrestler in high school who's coming to
terms with the fact he's been adopted in a film called 'Beyond the
Mat' in March," explains the Asian-American hottie. "It's a real
physical film so I've been doing my training hanging out at Santa
Monica High School on weekends." When he first arrived in the gym, the
25-year-old Wynn says, "This, like, 16-year-old kid walked in, picked
me up and, before you know it, had his elbow in my chest. He was like
'Go back where you came from, actor boy!'" He had to convince others
to wrestle with him seriously. "One guy was like, 'I don't really want
to hurt you right now. My sisters might get mad at me if you go on set
with a black eye.'" However, Wynn says it didn't take him long to get
up to speed. "I wrestled in high school, and I'm in good shape, but
it's the quickness you lose over time, and these kids are so fast. I'm
building up on the speed. I feel like it's my responsibility to make
the role look authentic. When someone's watching the wrestling in the
film, I don't want them to think 'Oh, they faked that.'" Still, he
admits, "I've definitely been sore ... Mondays are usually a very
painful day for me."
--So, now that he's done "The Apprentice" out in these parts, what
does Donald Trump have to say when comparing and contrasting business
people on opposite sides of the country? "There's very little
difference" between New York and Hollywood executives, according to
him. "They're all sharp, smart, tough and energetic. The only real
difference is the way they dress."
NY POST/MICHAEL STARR....
--Personally, I wish Tyra Banks would shut up with the weight thing
already. Enough. We get it. But what do I know? "The Tyra Banks Show"
channel on youtube.com was the most-viewed channel on the site
yesterday - and is eighth among the most-viewed channels there this
week. Three clips from "Tyra Confronts Her Fat Tabloid Photos" are
posted on the site - and culled nearly 500,000 views as of late
yesterday. The second run of "Tyra," by the way, now airs today.
--Montel Williams gets a workout today courtesy of LL Cool J, who's
got a new exercise book, "Platinum Workout." They pump some iron at
Club H.
--"Supernanny" Jo Frost guest-co-hosts on "The View" Feb. 13. Can she
get Joy, Elisabeth and Rosie to play nicely in the sandbox?
--"ET's" Mary Hart walks the runway at Bryant Park today during the
Red Dress Collection Fashion Show (American Heart Month). It's
sponsored by Woman's Day. Mary emceed last night's Red Dress Awards.
--"GMA" weather man Sam Champion live from Paris this morning to cover
the release of the global warming report.
--Joey Bishop turns 89 tomorrow in New port Beach, Calif.
--THE "Grey's Anatomy" gay-slur saga has been a big boost to the
ratings of the entertainment news magazines. "Access Hollywood" has
seen its largest audiences in nearly three years, according to
reports. "Entertainment Tonight" saw a two-year high in its ratings -
and "Inside Edition" has had its best numbers all year.
http://www.popbitch.com...........
--media_whore writes..."My friend's daughter attended the David
Beckham football academy in Greenwich last week. It's set in an
aircraft hanger-sized building and costs £165 for three days. After a
day of running around in shorts the kids were pretty cold so the
parents asked if it would be OK for them to bring tracksuits on the
next day. They were told "no". The children could only wear Official
Beckham Academy training suits, available for £50. Cameras were also
banned. The only photo you could have was the official team shot,
which cost £25. And we thought this had been set up for
underprivileged kids?"
--10,000 residents in Juneau, Alaska, lost power last weekend after a
bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into a power transmission
system.
--Residents of Santos, Brazil, have a bigger star than Beckham coming
to the children's soccer school in their town. Pele has said he will
be a coach there, as he's put his son in charge of the football
academy. Pele's son Eddie, an ex-goalie, is on temporary release from
jail, where he is awaiting trial on charges of drug possession and
having financial ties to major drug cartels.
--Joan Jett is back in the news thanks to rumours that she and Carmen
Electra are lovers. We prefer to remember Joan from a late 1980s BBC
daytime show, The Garden Party, where Joan had been booked to judge an
air guitar competition. When told the only toilets were the public
conveniences across the road Joan asked for a paper cup, nipped behind
a portaloo, and then just handed her steaming cup of pee to the
bemused floor manager.
--K-Pop superstar U Nee committed suicide last week aged 25. Heo Yoon,
aka U Nee, started her career as an actress and teen pop star but
industry bosses persuaded her that she would gain greater fame and
success with a sexier image. Plastic surgery gave her a westernised
appearance - slimmed-down nose and huge silicone breasts - yet album
sales slumped. Instead she was marketed in men's magazines and pushed
towards appearing in Playboy. U Nee was diagnosed with depression and
started taking medication but could not cope with her new career and
the relentless internet attacks from ex-fans who didn't approve of her
transformation. She hung herself in the bedroom of her family home.
RIP Heo Yoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS3AeLS5-rA
--Eric Clapton became the first musician to play at Mission Bay
Vineyard, Hawkes Bay, NZ in 15 years not to allow a special bottle of
wine to be named after him. As a recovering alcoholic Clapton thought
this was inappropriate (yet thought a gig at a vineyard was fine).
Eric was surly throughout the concert, which did little to endear him
to fans: http://go.popbit.ch/25
ASSOCIATED PRESS...
--LOS ANGELES - Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood will
receive the Motion Picture Association of America's inaugural
humanitarian award, the association announced Thursday. Eastwood, 76,
will be presented the Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award at a private
dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. "For decades, (Eastwood) has
exemplified the decency and goodness of spirit in his moviemaking,"
said MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman, lauding the filmmaker for his recent
pair of World War II-themed works, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters
from Iwo Jima." "These films exemplify the true power of movies to
tell human stories and inspire national conversation," Glickman said.
Eastwood is nominated for an Academy Award for directing "Letters from
Iwo Jima." The film is also up for best picture. The humanitarian
award was named after the MPAA's longtime chief, Valenti, who helped
choose Eastwood as its inaugural recipient.
Lily
get Joy, Elisabeth and Rosie to play nicely in the sandbox?>>
Okay, somebody has to say it, so I'll get it over with.
I hope Nanny Jo brings a strong enough Naughty Chair.
Lily
bella
> <<"Supernanny"Jo Frostguest-co-hosts on "The View" Feb. 13. Can she
I'd like to think she could put loud-mouthed Rosie in her place, but
Jo's gotta suck up to other celebrities to keep getting invites.
Besides, inspite of having a girlfriend, I think Rosie's got the hots
for Jo. I couldn't help but notice it a couple of weeks ago when Jo
was on as a guest and Rosie just couldn't get enough of her. Literally.
Agent Smith
news:1171171764....@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
She also looks like a domineering fat dyke.