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Posted on 06 September 2008


‘Bangkok Dangerous’? More like tedious

Posted on 05 September 2008

The Pang brothers remake their own 1999 film about a hitman (Nicolas Cage) who goes to Bangkok for a job and falls in love with a local woman. Neither Nicolas Cage nor his frighteningly awful hair-do arouses much excitement in this clichéd crime thriller

McCain, Obama close in TV audiences

Posted on 05 September 2008

Rosario Dawson poses, Trace Adkins sings, Jon Voight signs.In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat.

Heart says RNC’s ‘Barracuda’ use is fishy

Posted on 05 September 2008

Heart singers Ann and Nancy Wilson said a “cease-and-desist” letter has been sent to the Republicans asking them not to use the song.

Butler doesn’t let a cold stop his love scenes

Posted on 05 September 2008

Gerard Butler attends a screening of the film "RocknRolla" during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 4 in Toronto. Starring as a street-smart mobster named One Two, at one point in the film Butler’s character finds himself in a hot on-screen romp with Newton — one that happened despite Butler having a cold.

Lohan turns down $700,000 from Playboy

Posted on 05 September 2008

From cute child actor to svelte blonde to redheaded bombshell and Hollywood star.To mark Playboy’s 55th anniversary in January, the magazine has approached Lindsay Lohan about doing a nude pictorial, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Fans line up to see ‘Rent’ one last time

Posted on 05 September 2008

Set in New York’s East Village in the late 1980s and conceived as a modern-day version of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Boheme,” “Rent” is a story about relationships between friends living a bohemian life under the shadow of AIDS.After the final performance on Sunday night, “Rent” will have played 5,124 performances and 16 previews, making it the seventh longest running show in Broadway history.

Jonas Brothers set to rock new TV series

Posted on 05 September 2008

The Jonas Brothers performed at the New York State Fair on Friday, Aug. 29. The Jonas Brothers will begin filming a new Disney Channel series in mid-September, Joe Jonas told ELLEgirl magazine.

U2 pushes release of new album to early 2009

Posted on 05 September 2008

Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2’s next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material.

Hollywood to Stand Up to Cancer tonight

Posted on 05 September 2008

Christina Applegate, who recently underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer, is among those set to help deliver the message Friday.Entertainment-industry execs and more than 60 of their famous friends will Stand Up to Cancer, an unprecedented, star-studded live telethon airing simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS on Friday night at 8 p.m. ET.