Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 13, 2003 at 11:24:13 AM CEST
Cheeta Named World's Oldest Chimpanzee
Guinness Book of Records Declares 'Tarzan' Star Cheeta to Be the World's Oldest Chimpanzee at 71 Cheeta lives in this desert resort town like a lot of old movie stars, painting, playing the piano and watching his old movies. But as one of Palm Springs' only retired chimpanzees, he stands out.
The last actor to have played the lead chimpanzee role in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s, Cheeta is 71 now the oldest chimp in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 8, 2003 at 6:58:49 PM CEST
MATRIX2
Bullet Time was just the beginning. F/x guru John Gaeta reinvents cinematography with The Matrix Reloaded. I'm sitting in a former naval barracks in Alameda, California, watching the digital assembly of a human face. Bones, teeth, glistening eyes. Layer upon layer. Finally the hair and skin, the creases and tiny scars that make us who we are. The face blinks and breathes. Then it snarls, and my skin crawls.
Agent Smith is back, and he's pissed.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 7, 2003 at 2:19:06 PM CEST
Rasta - Punk Version of Romeo And Juliet
Marley's son to star in Shakespeare film
A son of reggae legend Bob Marley is to star in a British-made movie which pitches Romeo And Juliet in modern day Jamaica. The love story features Ky-Mani Marley who plays the hero in a version of the classic Shakespeare tale. One Love – named after one of the late music legend’s posthumous hits – is being made by Don Letts, a long-time collaborator of The Clash.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 4, 2003 at 12:46:35 PM CEST
Matrix sequel set for Cannes debut
The Matrix Reloaded is to receive its world première at this year's Cannes Film Festival - the world's leading movie showcase.
The sequel to the The Matrix will be shown out of competition on 15 May, the second day of the festival and the day the film is released worldwide.
The eagerly-awaited second movie sees Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles, with Jada Pinkett Smith as a newcomer to the cast.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 28, 2003 at 11:55:33 PM CET
How George Harrison saved Monty Python
Monty Python's The Life of Brian was the most controversial film of its time, incurring the wrath of religious zealots across the world. But, as Robert Sellers reveals, the publicity only helped the film - and its principal backer, George Harrison. Out in Tunisia, a couple of sand dunes along from where George Lucas shot Star Wars, the Monty Python team were preparing their own little contribution to late 20th-century culture - Life of Brian.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 28, 2003 at 11:48:56 PM CET
Charges dropped against Toronto woman charged after whistling near movie set
Mary Fish whistled a happy tune Wednesday.
The 54-year-old woman saw charges against her dropped, ending a 29-month ordeal that began Oct. 16, 2000 when she was arrested after whistling near a Toronto movie shoot.
The charges were stayed after lawyer Robert Rotenberg argued Fish's rights were violated because of the delay in bringing the case to trial, slated to start Wednesday.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 28, 2003 at 3:29:47 PM CET
Schande über Bush und Bin Laden
Seine flammende Rede bei der Oscar-Verleihung ("Shame on you, Mr. Bush") sei teilweise durch die Recherche für sein nächstes regierungskritisches Film-Projekt motiviert gewesen, sagte Moore. Einen Geldgeber für "Fahrenheit 911", eine Dokumentation, die sich mit den Ereignissen in Amerika nach dem 11. September 2001 beschäftigt, habe er direkt im Anschluss an die Oscar-Verleihung gefunden.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 24, 2003 at 9:11:56 AM CET
75th Annual Academy Awards
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 23, 2003 at 8:07:17 PM CET
Ungewöhnliches Friedenssymbol
Wenn bei der Oscar-Verleihung von Sonntag auf Montag US-Stars mit Klebebändern auftreten, ist damit nicht gemeint, dass ihnen der zu regierungskritische Mund zugeklebt wurde. Ganz im Gegenteil: In der US-amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit hat sich das Band in den letzten Tagen zum bissigen Anti-Kriegs-Zeichen entwickelt. Das ungewöhnliche Symbol hat sich die Bush-Administration aber selbst zu verdanken.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 21, 2003 at 10:10:04 PM CET
Boycott the Oscars
As they said during the Vietnam era, "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" So think of the significance, with this insoluble invasion of Iraq coinciding with the insipid Oscars, if they gave the biggest awards show in the world and nobodies came.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 13, 2003 at 11:24:24 AM CET
Hollywood returns to McCarthyism
Oscars blacklist stars in bid to prevent peace protest speeches
THE backlash against prominent stars opposing any attack on Iraq has impacted on this year’s Oscars, with organisers drawing up a blacklist of people who will not be allowed a platform to air anti-war views.
Meryl Streep, Sean Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, George Clooney, Dustin Hoffman and Spike Lee are among those who will not be speaking, amid fears they could turn the ceremony into an anti-war rally.
In a move denounced by some as a return to McCarthyism, star presenters have been ordered to stick to scripts, while winners, who the producers have no control over, could find their acceptance speeches cut if they say anything much more than a brief thank you.
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Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 10:15:35 PM CET
Miami Vice star under investigation for money laundering
Sonny Crockett in $8bn mystery
Miami Vice star Don Johnson is being investigated by German customs after he was stopped with documents relating to money worth $8bn (€7.25bn), officials said today.
They are trying to discover the origin of the money and whether there is a case for a money laundering probe, said a spokesman for the Customs Investigations Office in Cologne said.
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