‘Fury’ leaves LaBeouf with one tooth less
Los Angeles, Oct 16 (IANS) Actor Shia LaBeouf says he got a tooth removed for his role in the forthcoming movie “Fury”.
Month: October 2014
‘Modern Family’ actress Elizabeth Pena dies at 55
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Pena, the versatile actress who shifted between dramatic roles in such films as “Lone Star” and comedic parts in TV shows like “Modern Family,” has died. She was 55.
‘7th Heaven’ actor faces new sex crime investigation over 1983 incident
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff is investigating actor Stephen Collins on an allegation of indecent exposure or molesting a teenage girl three decades ago, the department said on Wednesday. The alleged incident happened in the summer of 1983 in West Hollywood, Calif., while the victim was 13 years old, the sheriff’s department said, a week after the Los Angeles Police Department said they were reviewing a past case against the “7th Heaven” star. …
‘Modern Family’ actress Elizabeth Pena dies at 55
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Pena, the versatile actress who shifted between dramatic roles in such films as “Lone Star” and comedic parts in TV shows like “Modern Family,” has died. She was 55.
Michael Keaton flies high as has-been actor in ‘Birdman’
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Keaton hung up his “Batman” cape more than two decades ago, but the versatile actor soared to new heights with a high-octane performance as a has-been trying to revive his career in comedy-drama and early Oscar favorite “Birdman.” In the film by Mexican director and Academy Award-nominee Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu (“21 Grams,” “Babel”), which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, Keaton plays actor Riggan Thomson, who like himself found fame playing the superhero in an action franchise he left years ago. …
Hong Kong police use pepper spray on protesters, anger simmers over beating
By Clare Baldwin and Carlos Barria HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police used pepper spray early on Thursday to stop pro-democracy protesters from blocking a major road near the office of the city’s embattled leader amid public anger over the police beating of a protester a day earlier. At police headquarters in the nearby district of Wan Chai, hundreds of people gathered outside into the early hours of the morning to express outrage at the beating, with dozens queuing to lodge formal complaints over the incident. …
How I Met Your Oscar? Neil Patrick Harris to host Academy Awards
By Piya Sinha-Roy and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Neil Patrick Harris, popular with younger TV viewers as the star of the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” has been tapped to host next year’s Academy Awards ceremony, the organizers of Hollywood’s biggest night said on Wednesday. Harris, 41, best known as Barney Stinson on the long-running CBS series, has also hosted TV’s Emmy Awards. He has won three Emmys for hosting theater’s Tony Awards. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is eager to draw a greater number of younger viewers to the TV broadcast of the 87th Oscars. …
Huma wants to follow in Jolie’s footsteps
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi says she wants to follow in Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s footsteps and direct a film when she grows older.
New investigation opened into ‘7th Heaven’ actor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran television actor Stephen Collins is being investigated by Los Angeles sheriff’s detectives after a woman reported the former “7th Heaven” star exposed himself to her in the early 1980s.
Day of the Dead comes alive in colorful Mexican tale ‘Book of Life’
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Growing up in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, animator Jorge Gutierrez waited to see his people appear in Hollywood’s animated fare. “I never saw myself or my family or my friends up on the screen in animation,” Gutierrez said. “I kept waiting for the Latina princess to show up, and she never did.” Gutierrez embarked on a 14-year journey to make “The Book of Life,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, drawing on Mexican art and wooden puppets to animate a colorful love story rooted in the Mexican Day of the Dead festivities. …