Hellboy director: I would’ve been a bank robber
Posted by admin on Jun 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro has had it with the beautiful people of Hollywood. It’s monsters — or bank robbers — he wants to see.
The Mexican director, whose latest movie “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” opens next month, said Thursday night that monsters have a inherent beauty that not enough people appreciate.
“We live in a world that’s constantly trying to tell you what (expletive) products to use to diminish your ugliness, ... read more
Family, friends gather to mourn director Pollack
Posted by admin on Jun 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Friends, family and show business colleagues gathered to remember late Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack at a private memorial service, according to a person with knowledge of the service.
The person insisted on anonymity because the family wanted details of the service on Saturday to be kept private and the person was not authorized to release any information.
The 73-year-old director, producer and actor died of cancer on May 26 ... read more
Mel Ferrer, actor-director, husband of Audrey Hepburn, dies
Posted by admin on Jun 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A family spokesman says actor-director-producer Mel Ferrer, who starred in scores of movies and directed his late wife, Audrey Hepburn in numerous others, has died at age 90.
Mike Mena says Ferrer died Monday at his ranch near Santa Barbara, surrounded by family and friends.
Known for his good looks, Ferrer starred in such films as “Lili,” “War and Peace” and “The Sun Also Rises.
In 1967, he produced the film classic ... read more
Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73 in Los Angeles
Posted by admin on May 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy “Tootsie” and the period drama “Out of Africa” while often dabbling as a television and movie actor, has died. He was 73.
Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, said publicist Leslee Dart. Pollack had been diagnosed ... read more
‘Sex and the City’ director addresses death rumor
Posted by admin on May 21, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Will “Sex and the City” have a “Death in the City”? It’s been a persistent rumor in cyberspace as the buzz kicks into overdrive for the film opening later this month.
If you want the rumor to remain in play, stop reading now.
But director Michael Patrick King is ready to free us from some of our worst fears. Namely, that Mr. Big, Carrie Bradshaw’s longtime, on-and-off love played by Chris Noth, will somehow kick the ... read more
‘Hellboy’ Director to Take on ‘The Hobbit’ movies
Posted by admin on May 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is directing “The Hobbit” and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday.
The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson.
Del Toro wrote and directed “Pan’s Labyrinth,” which earned six Oscar nominations in 2006 and won three awards. He is also the director of the upcoming sequel “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” whose ... read more
