Farrah Fawcett “In Dying Days”
Reuters is now reporting that actress Farrah Fawcett is near death. (And involved in some kind of complicated lawsuit, it seems.)
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Watching Angels & Demons is “like being waterboarded by exposition”
The Chicago Tribune doesn’t love it:Three years later the major players are back for more grandiloquent hackery. Hanks returns to the dullest role of his career, under the direction of Howard, who takes the material as seriously as a kidney stone on the way out.
Celebrity Photos Galore
We’ve got ’em!204 celebs and counting, from Bar Refaeli to Amelia Earhart to the always sexy Gordon Brown.(And R2-D2!)Thanks to Mike Duffy and Adam Duvander in the Who2 boiler room for making it all happen. And thanks to our new parters at WENN for providing the fascinating photos. We’ll be adding many more in the weeks to come.
Forget the Romulans: Fear the Stuntmen
On my first day of shooting I ended up breaking a stunt guy’s nose on the second take. A word of caution to any young actor out there: Do NOT hurt stuntmen because they will pay you back in kind. The next take after that, this big stunt guy kicked me in the stomach. He said it wasn’t on purpose, but I don’t know.Chris Pine learns the Hollywood way while filming Star Trek.
Transplant Patient Shows Her Face
Speaking of Van Gogh’s ear… the Ohio woman who got an entirely new face last year has revealed herself. (Photos not for the squeamish.)She also revealed the terrible story behind her disfigurement: Her own husband shot her in the face with a shotgun.What a story. Modern medicine!
Van Gogh’s Ear
Did Vincent Van Gogh really cut off his own ear? That’s what we’ve always been told.But this news story says two researchers have a different theory: Van Gogh’s ear was cut off by fellow artist Paul Gauguin.
Our Loose-Cannon Critics
Weird: MSNBC has a “pre-pan” of Chris Pine as Captain Kirk… by someone who admittedly hasn’t seen the movie yet.Only William Shatner can fill Kirk’s boots, that’s the message. We all love Shatner, but… wha–?
Christian Bale Joins the Missing Finger Club!
A dirt-bike accident did the trick.Bale can proudly join Daryl Hannah, and Rahm Emanuel in our loop on Celebs Missing Fingers, which is possibly why he staged the accident in the first place.
Business Cards of the Rich and Famous
A slideshow. The Walt Disney and the Bill Gates original Albuquerque card (shown) are the liveliest.
Mini-skirts, Cigarettes and Poetry
Duffy remembers an idyllic period when she was a teenager working as a Saturday girl, sweeping up in a hairdressing salon, at the same time as Penguin was publishing a series of books by modern poets at half a crown a time. “I’d be in my leather mini-skirt and boots up to here.
The Knockout
British light welterweight Ricky Hatton was KO’d in the second round by Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao last night in Las Vegas.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Here’s a new trailer for the next big movie based on the J.K. Rowling series of Harry Potter novels.
Why Does David Souter Hate America’s Capital?
Justice David Souter will retire from the Supreme Court when its current session ends in July.After his two decades on the Court, the news seems to be all about how much Souter hates Washington, D.C.
Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur Sing About… What??
Well, it’s a weird one: The late Bea Arthur and actor Rock Hudson sing a Dixieland duet about drugs on an unidentified 1970s television show. Enjoy!
Google Salutes Samuel Morse
Nifty logo tribute from Google to Morse Code inventor Samuel Morse on his 218th birthday.
The Late Bea Arthur
Dead at 86. Everyone knows her big credits, but I didn’t know she was the original matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. And — Fosse connection alert — her first husband produced All That Jazz.
Those Monkey-fighting Snakes!
A wonderfully cleaned-up version of Samuel L. Jackson’s famous line from the movie Snakes on a Plane:
Snoop Waxx
Rapper Snoop Dogg poses with his new wax replicant at Madame Tussaud’s in Las Vegas. (That’s the real item on the left.)More photos here.(Photo credit: Judy Eddy / WENN.com)
J.G. Ballard, 1930-2009
British writer J.G. Ballard has died at the age of 78.He wrote Empire of the Sun and Crash, both of which were made into movies. The Crash based on his book is the 1996 cars-n-sex one that starred Holly Hunter and James Spader, not the 2004 L.A. race relations one with Sandra Bullock and Don Cheadle.
Is This Cleopatra’s Tomb… and Nose?
Archaeologists in may have found the Egyptian tomb of Cleopatra — buried, perhaps, next to her lover Marc Antony.