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Let’s not rob Mick Jagger? |
| September 5th, 2006 under ABC, Rolling Stones. [ Comments: none ]
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The world-famous rock star was supposed to appear as a semi-regular guest star in a new caper comedy – first called "Let’s Rob Mick Jagger" but later toned down to "The Knights of Prosperity." Jagger was one of the biggest selling points at ABC for the comedy from the executive producer of David Letterman’s "Late Show," Rob Burnett. Now it seems that Jagger will not appear in the show after the brief cameo he makes in the first episode. And word is that the producers may be looking for a new star to rob. Insiders concede that they have not been able to get Jagger to make himself available for more camera time. There is not even the vague promise of filming being possible any time soon. The show has already proved itself willing to go just about anywhere, any time to shoot the 63-year-old star. Producers were able to get a few scenes with Jagger on tape during a five-hour break from the Stones’ Bigger Bang Tour pit stop in New Zealand last spring. Those scenes were all used in the show’s pilot – about a group of down-and-out friends who plot to break in to Jagger’s Manhattan penthouse and rob it while the singer is out of town. The planning of the heist will stretch out over the entire season, according to ABC. Discussions about who – if anyone – could replace Jagger could not be confirmed immediately. Both the producers and the network declined requests for interviews late last week. But reports last week from Los Angeles-where the show is shot – indicated that the network and producers were at least exploring the possibility of a new celebrity "victim." The show, starring Donal Logue as the ringleader, is set to debut Oct. 17. MICK Jagger’s much-talked about career as a sitcom star may be over before it even begins.
NY Post
They should do Cher and then the producers can buy her stuff from the upcoming auction and use it for props!
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Vanished gets 3 script pickup |
| September 5th, 2006 under Fox. [ Comments: none ]
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Fox is giving "Vanished" an early vote of confidence, ordering three additional scripts of the new missing-person drama.While no guarantee of a full-season pickup, move is a sign that net execs are encouraged by the show’s early ratings. Skein inched up a tad in its second airing Aug. 28; its third episode aired last night.Josh Berman created "Vanished," which hails from 20th Century Fox TV.
Variety
This means nothing because Fox also ordered additional scripts for Reunion and they cancelled that show. There is also a rumor Gale Harold will be replaced by Eddie Cibrian, if that is the case I am done with Vanished.
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Joe Eszterhaus dishes on Madonna, Warren Beatty and more |
| September 5th, 2006 under Madonna, Sharon Stone, Val Kilmer. [ Comments: none ]
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Joe Eszterhas wrote "Basic Instinct," "Flashdance," "Showgirls" and "Jagged Edge" and once got $4 million for a four-page outline. But now, the superscripter has written "The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God," in which he dishes about the stars with whom he’s worked as he doles out tips on his craft. To wit:
"Liv Tyler did an interview in which she said she was the inspiration for ‘Showgirls.’ She said I had become obsessed with her after seeing her play a stripper in an Aerosmith video. She said, ‘He tried to get me to take the lead in the movie, but I didn’t want to get into that kind of thing.’ It was news to me. I’d never seen the Aerosmith video, I’d never met or spoken with Liv."
"Val Kilmer is an imbecile. Asked by the Academy to nominate the three best film moments of the century, Kilmer nominated three of his movies. One of them was ‘Batman Forever.’"
"For many years, Robert De Niro, always brilliant onscreen, couldn’t even say two words on his own. He’d sit there, not speaking – woefully, miserably, pathetically lost without the words of a script."
"Michael Douglas, in my experience, is not brilliant and may very well, in some cases, be dumb. This is the guy who wanted to change the ending of ‘Basic Instinct’ because it wasn’t ‘redemptive.’ Douglas didn’t like that he was the star of the movie and that [Sharon Stone] ‘one-ups me at every turn.’"
Meanwhile, "Sharon’s ‘prima donna’ behavior so annoyed the crew on one of her movies that they relieved themselves into a bathtub before Sharon got into it for her scene."
"The joke in Hollywood is that Warren Beatty, the ‘great auteur,’ can turn a ‘go’ movie into a development deal. He’ll get involved, work with six writers rewriting your script, then pull out of the project."
"You don’t want Edward Norton to star in your movie. He now rewrites all the scripts he agrees to act in."
And Eszterhas claims that when Madonna was trying to get the part in "Desperately Seeking Susan," she went to the office of Orion production chief Barbara Boyle, "dropped to her knees and said, ‘I’ll do anything to get this part.’ Boyle said, ‘I’m happily married and I’m straight,’ to which Madonna replied, ‘You should try everything once.’"
Rush & Molloy
I am sure most of it is BS, but it is still a fun read
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Like father, like son: Mel Gibson’s son busted for DUI |
| September 5th, 2006 under Mel Gibson. [ Comments: none ]
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Mel Gibson’s son Christian is apparently a chip off the old block – he, too, has been busted for drunken driving.Two and a half weeks after his father copped a plea in California for driving under the influence, the latest Star magazine reports Gibson’s 24-year-old son was arrested last year.Budding actor Christian Gibson, one of seven children of Mel and his wife, Robyn, was a student at the University of Colorado when he was pulled over by a cop in Boulder.A police report said the younger Gibson was spotted Feb. 7, 2005, at 1:55 a.m. making an illegal turn in his Chevy Blazer.The officer said a strong smell of alcohol came from the SUV, which was also carrying four passengers."I saw Gibson had red, watery eyes and slow, slurred speech," the officer said in his report. "I asked Gibson to step out of the vehicle and walk on the sidewalk."The cop said the "Braveheart" actor’s son offered to perform "voluntary roadside maneuvers," including placing a finger to his nose and walking a straight line.Allegedly unable to deliver on those promises, Gibson was promptly arrested. Cops searching his Blazer also found several shotgun casings, which Gibson said were left from a "hunting vacation."Gibson, who had a starring role in the 2004 flick "Billy’s Day Out," spent five hours in the Boulder County Jail. He later underwent residential substance abuse treatment at the expensive Cirque Lodge in Sundance, Utah.
NY Daily News
At least he avoided blaming the Jews.
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Meat Loaf explains the Jim Steinman lawsuit |
| September 5th, 2006 under Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman. [ Comments: none ]
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Rock singer Meat Loaf says he hired a vocal coach to learn how to better sing without vibrato as demanded by his new producer for his third "Bat Out of Hell" album.Meat Loaf, whose real name is Michael Aday, said that producer Desmond Child – who has worked with Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Ricky Martin – wanted a new vocal sound with less vibrato. Aday said he worked with Child because his previous producer and frequent collaborator Jim Steinman was ill – and not because of their recent legal dispute over ownership of the phrase "Bat Out of Hell." Aday filed a US federal lawsuit against Steinman in late May to challenge Steinman’s ownership of the phrase.Aday distanced himself from the lawsuit while promoting the latest album in Hong Kong."It’s about managers. I think Jim Steinman’s manager is the devil. Jim Steinman thinks my manager is the devil, so we had to communicate through managers," he said.Aday said he sued Steinman and his manager, whom he did not name, because the manager refused to "sign some papers we needed."He said the real target of the lawsuit was the manager, not Steinman."I didn’t really sue Jim Steinman. I sued the manager. You just had to name him (Steinman). The lawsuit was over in three weeks," Aday said.The singer said he decided to work with Child, instead of Steinman, on the third installment of "Bat Out of Hell" because he couldn’t afford to wait until Steinman recovered from two strokes and a heart problem."If you look at my life as a gas tank on an automobile, I got a quarter of a tank left," Aday said. "I made a selfish decision that said, ‘No, I can’t wait because I’m running on a quarter of a tank."’Aday said Steinman and Child will co-produce another musical project involving himself, but declined to give details. He said it wouldn’t be the fourth installment of "Bat Out of Hell."
AAP
I am interested to see how this album will turn out without Jim Steinman.
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