Archive for October, 2007

Petition seeks top sentence for Garrison (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Lane Garrison, the 27-year-old former 'Prison Break' television series actor, arrives at the Beverly Hills, Calif., courthouse in this  Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, for an expected sentencing for an alcohol-related crash that killed a teenage passenger. He pleaded guilty in May to vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving. Friends of a teenager killed in Garrison's drunken driving crash tried to submit a petition Tuesday asking the judge to send the former 'Prison Break' actor to a real lockup for nearly seven years.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Friends of a teenager killed in actor Lane Garrison’s drunken driving crash hope to submit a petition to send the former “Prison Break” actor to a real lockup for nearly seven years.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell visits Chavez (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

In this photo released by Miraflores Press office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks to English model Naomi Campbell during a meeting at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Francisco Batista)AP - British supermodel Naomi Campbell met privately with President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a series of celebrities hosted by the Venezuelan leader.

Angel Ball Raises $5 Million for Cancer Research (Fashion Wire Daily)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

FWD155  Denise Rich arrives at the 2007 Angel Ball to benefit The G&P Foundation for Cancer Research in New York on Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)Fashion Wire Daily - ‘Tis the fall, and the season of the ball…the Angel Ball, that is. The annual charity event, founded in 1996 by Denise Rich to fund cancer research in memory of her daughter Gabrielle’s untimely death at the age of 27 from leukemia, is always a star-studded affair, and this year’s ball, held on October 29, was no exception.

NBC exec says Leno out as planned in '09 (AP)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and host Jay Leno chat during the taping of 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.  NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker says Conan O'Brien will take over 'The Tonight Show' in 2009.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - If “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn’t share them — at least not publicly.

NBC exec says Leno out as planned in '09 (AP)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and host Jay Leno chat during the taping of 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.  NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker says Conan O'Brien will take over 'The Tonight Show' in 2009.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - If “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn’t share them — at least not publicly.

NBC exec says Leno out as planned in '09 (AP)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and host Jay Leno chat during the taping of 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.  NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker says Conan O'Brien will take over 'The Tonight Show' in 2009.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - If “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn’t share them — at least not publicly.

Ving Rhames takes "Punch" for Liston movie (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Reuters - Ving Rhames is stepping
into the ring as heavyweight fighter Sonny Liston in the biopic
“Phantom Punch,” which began production Monday in Toronto.

Dylan documentary shows genius in the making (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Bob Dylan performs in a file photo. With all due respect to 'I'm Not There,' Todd Haynes' imaginative and often dazzling meditation on the pop-culture mythology of Bob Dylan, there ain't nothing like the real thing. (David Rae Morris/Reuters)Reuters - With all due respect to
“I’m Not There,” Todd Haynes’ imaginative and often dazzling
meditation on the pop-culture mythology of Bob Dylan, there
ain’t nothing like the real thing.

Kline, Garner have a nose for Broadway (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Reuters - The latest revival of
Edmond Rostand’s 1897 “Cyrano de Bergerac,” in an adaptation by
Anthony (”A Clockwork Orange”) Burgess, opens Thursday at the
Richard Rodgers.

Hollywood writers rush to finish scripts (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Reuters - There is no such thing
as writer’s block in Hollywood this week.