Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has been named the most powerful person in Hollywood. Premiere magazine’s June issue says the 43-year-old New Zealand-born director is one of the few “one man band productions that are changing the grid of the power structure” in Tinseltown. [More]
Month: May 2005
Ok, so we may be a little late…and you’ve got to be living under a rock recently to not know this…but Orlando Bloom’s (and Marton Csokas’) latest film ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ is out today in North America. [Showtimes USA] [Showtimes CAN]
Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are in negotiations to star in the long-gestating adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which David Fincher is directing. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are co-financing the project, with Paramount handling domestic rights and Warners taking international. [More]
Charmed Sister writes: I received this info today about a Renee Fleming concert in Montreal and thought you might want to post it. From the website: A private evening in support of Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts, including a champagne reception and dinner by moonlight, and featuring world-renowned opera singers. [More]
Celebrities and Good Charlotte are set to take over Skywalker Ranch for a special edition of MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL) in celebration of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which hits theaters worldwide on May 19. TRL’s Star Wars special — airing on May 13th at 5:00 p.m. (ET/PT) — is hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey and La La Vasquez, and features a special performance by Good Charlotte, who are also passionate Star Wars fans…Some of the invited celebrity guests include Elijah Wood and many others. [More]
Tomorrow (Fri, May 6th) ABC’s ’20/20′ will be doing a feature on Dominic Monaghan’s show ‘Lost’, from the 20/20 website: Elizabeth Vargas goes on location with the stars of “Lost,” and learns the secrets behind the success of the pop culture phenomenon. [20/20]