Saturday, April 3, 2010

Harry Potter' Script Found In British Bar

A top-secret script for the final Harry Potter movie was found abandoned in an English pub after the film's crew left it behind on a boozy night out. A reveler discovered the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in a bar in Hertfordshire, England - near to the studio where the final installment of the wizard franchise is filmed.

The script, which features dramatic changes to the book's narrative and was stamped as 'Private and Confidential', was handed to reporters at Britain's The Sun newspaper - who then returned it to movie bosses at Warner Bros. studios.
According to the publication, studio executives have launched an immediate investigation into how the top-secret script was casually left behind in a public place.

A source tells the newspaper the crew was celebrating in the pub after catching up with delayed filming. The insider says, "They'd got behind schedule in filming but then caught up, so they went out for a celebratory drink which led to many more.

"There was a huge group. They were here all night, laughing and joking, chucking back beers. They usually come down for a session on a Friday, but because it was Easter they were in a day early.

"Daniel Radcliffe is the only member of the cast who has been known to come down and have a laugh with them, but he wasn't there that night."

The man who found the script adds, "I couldn't believe my eyes. I know guys that work on the film drink in the pub, but it's very embarrassing that someone could just leave it there. I'm glad I've helped to stop any surprises being leaked."

A rep for Warner Bros. says, "We are grateful to The Sun for the safe return of this script."
by:starpulse.com

Kim Kardashian: Poolside Sexy


Now that she’s single, Kim Kardashian is flaunting her sexy body for potential new gentleman callers. And yesterday (April 1) she looked quite hot in her swimwear.

The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” babe sported a few different bikinis as she relaxed by the pool at her friend Loren Ridinger’s Miami Beach mega mansion.

And in one of the greatest April Fool’s jokes in recent memory, Kim’s Twitter account was hacked by pal Nicole Richie and her sister Khloe.

Richie (posing as Kim) wrote, “Sometimes I think I am a lesbian because HOT DAMN I think Nicole Richie is fffooooiiinnneee!”

When a concerned friend asked if it was really Kim posting the messages, Richie wrote back, “Doll WHAT are you talking about its me Kim! I'm just not myself because I've had diarrhoea all day so I'm dehydrated.”

Khloe and her friend Jonathan Cheban hammed it up by writing concerned messages like, “Are you ok? Kim honestly I hate it when you drink! You get so pushy!”

When the cat was out of the bag, Kim tweeted, “Nicole Richie hacked my Twitter everyone!!!! That was hands down the funniest April Fools!!!”


by:celebrity-gossip.net

John Forsythe, Dynasty Patriarch, Charlie's Angels Voice, Dies


The identity of the actor supplying the voice of Charlie on Charlie's Angels was supposed to be a secret. "Well, it proved as big a secret as Pearl Harbor," John Forsythe once recalled.

Forsythe, the rare star who was recognizable to audiences whether he was seen presiding over Dynasty catfights or unseen doling out assignments on Charlie's Angels, died Thursday of pneumonia amid a yearlong battle with cancer, his family said today. He was 92.

Dynasty foe Joan Collins remembered Forsythe as "one of the last true gentlemen of the acting profession." Daughter Brooke Forsythe said her father "died as he lived his life, with dignity and grace."

Forsythe's career endured for more than 50 years and more than one hair color—though famous to latter generations for his head of distinguished silver, the actor could've competed strand for strand with Don Draper in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry and on his first prime-time hit, the comedy Bachelor Father.

Though not well-known today, Bachelor Father made such an impression back in the day that Forsythe considered it a coup to have been cast against sitcom-type in Dynasty. As it was, he was a last-minute sub for George Peppard (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The A-Team), who was originally cast as the steely but principled oil magnate Blake Carrington.

"Audiences don't want to see you playing anything different," Forsythe told the Los Angeles Times in 1985. "I beat the system with this show."

Along with Dallas, Dynasty was the premiere 1980s prime-time soap—all glitz, glamour and shoulder pads. Forsythe was its center and sexagenarian sex symbol; Linda Evans and Collins were its warring factions as Carrington's good wife, Krystle, and bad ex-wife, Alexis, respectively. The series ran from 1981 to 1989; Forsythe's work earned him three Emmy nominations and two Golden Globes.

From 1976 to 1981, Forsythe phoned it in, in a good way, as Charlie Townsend, the no-profile, pool-lounging investigative agency owner on Charlie's Angels. Producer Aaron Spelling, with whom Forsythe would also work on Dynasty, asked his friend to handle the voice-only role in the pilot.

"I read it, and was not overly impressed," Forsythe told the Associated Press in 1977. "But I agreed to do it. They paid me a modest fee, and I thought it would be shelved and pushed into oblivion."

Forsythe ended up not appearing in more than 100 episodes. He also lent his voice to Drew Barrymore's two Charlie's Angels big-screen adventures.

Forsythe retired after Dynasty. Briefly. He went on to appear in Dynasty reunion shows and star in the 1992-1993 political sitcom The Powers That Be, featuring a preteen Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the end, Forsythe, who also appeared in In Cold Blood, …And Justice for All and Topaz, yet another film for Hitchcock, made it all look easy. Perhaps too easy.

"I don't think I'm a soaring Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott," Forsythe told Parade in 1984, "but I do think I'm a better actor than I've been given credit for."

by:Joal Ryan, eonline.com

More Dancing Drama—Erin Andrews Faces Death Threats

We won't blame the Dancing With the Stars curse on this. Just one big sicko.

Erin Andrews, who helped send her candid-candid creep to prison last month, now has another freak to deal with.

Her lawyer announced today that at least a dozen sometimes threatening emails and phone calls have been directed at the DWTS hoofer and ESPN reporter since September. The threats were made to an unspecified media outlet, which passed them to Andrews' reps this week.

"As soon as we learned of them, the FBI was notified,'' attorney Marshall B. Grossman said. "They are on the case. Erin and her family are protected.''

To that end, security at DWTS has also been beefed up, according to Grossman, and Andrews has no intent to quit the competition.

The attorney says that the messages alternated between sexually explicit and violent, and made reference to Michael David Barrett, who was sentenced to two and half years in federal detention for stalking and videotaping Andrews.

Grossman says the messages appear to be the work of a man believed to live on the East Coast. While Grossman did not name the suspect, he said the person had been ID'd by the FBI.

"It is unfortunate that there are sick people who prey on the fears and threaten the well being of others,'' Grossman said.

"Erin is not alone among those who have to deal with such predators. Erin is looking forward to the future and will keep all of her commitments, including her appearance on Dancing With the Stars."

by:Marcus Errico, eonline.com



Ivanka Trump's Accused Stalker Freed On Bond


New York (AP) - A self-described celebrity stalker obsessed with Ivanka Trump threatened to kill himself in her jewelry store and "commandeer" her husband's newspaper in e-mail and Twitter messages to the couple, prosecutors said Thursday.

"I won't just be ignored," Justin Massler wrote in an August e-mail to the newspaper, The New York Observer, according to a court complaint filed at his arraignment Thursday.

He added in another message that unless he got an autographed photo, he would commit suicide at The Ivanka Trump Collection boutique to damage its reputation, "or my only other option will be to simply stalk Ivanka Trump in a maniacal manner for this picture by becoming nothing other than a deranged celebrity stalker," according to the court documents.

Massler, 27, didn't enter a plea. His lawyer, George Vomvolakis, said the messages didn't amount to crimes, and Massler "at no point intended to follow through with any of these comments." Massler was released on $10,000 bond, with orders to get psychiatric care as he awaits trial at his mother's home in Reno, Nev.

Trump, the daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump, declined to comment. She co-hosts NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" and is a vice president at her father's real estate company. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is the publisher of The New York Observer and an executive at his family's real estate business, the Kushner Cos. The couple got married in October. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Lucrece Francois told a judge that Massler had stalked Trump for about two years.

In Twitter messages directed at Trump, Massler said his "dream in life" was to marry her but also called her "a diseased elitist," according to the court complaint. In e-mails to Kushner and the Observer, he demanded that Kushner "surrender" a Fifth Avenue office tower, asked where Kushner lived so he could "talk some sense into him" and discussed "commandeering" the newspaper, the documents said.

Vomvolakis said Massler never came closer to Trump than trying unsuccessfully to send her an $800 pair of earrings he'd bought online from her store. Massler, who had his name legally changed to Cloud Starchaser, has grappled with psychiatric problems for years and spent time in a mental hospital, his attorney said.

"He's got a very eccentric sense of humor, and he thinks it's funny, declaring himself a celebrity stalker," Vomvolakis said.

Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer

by:starpulse.com

Eva Longoria Parker Backs Cancer Charity




Eva Longoria Parker is asking fans to help her favorite charity win a $250,000 grant. The Desperate Housewives star is a long-term spokeswoman for Padres Contra El Cancer and she's eyeing a cash prize for the organization.

The charity is just one of many competing for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Everything initiative - and Longoria Parker is determined to win the money on behalf of the organization.

In a post on her Facebook.com site, she writes, "OK guys, I need your support in helping kids with cancer! We are competing for a grant from Pepsi for the Padres kids."

"Tell your friends and family to vote and share my link with everyone through your Facebook and Twitter accounts! You can also add a daily reminder to your Outlook Calendar or Phone and vote. Thank you for your support!"

by:starpulse.com


Andrea Roth Welcomes New Daughter


TV star Andrea Roth is a new mom after welcoming a baby girl. The Rescue Me actress gave birth to daughter Ava Reese on Monday at Pennsylvania Hospital, according to People.com.

The new arrival, who weighed six pounds, 14 ounces, is the first child for Roth and her fiancé, producer Todd Biermann.

Roth's rep says, "Andrea has never been happier. She waited until she met the perfect man to start her family and it couldn't have turned out better as she and her fiancé are the proud parents of a gorgeous baby girl."
by:starpulse.com