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Stars Play at the Pumpkin Patch (omg!)
Halle Berry, Dave Grohl, and more take their tots to Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood, California.
Tight security for Brand and Perry’s Indian wedding (AFP)
RANTHAMBORE (AFP) – Tight security was in place on Saturday as British comic-turned-Hollywood actor Russell Brand and US pop star Katy Perry geared up to tie the knot at a luxury resort in western India. A shroud of secrecy surrounded the marriage preparations of the couple who were expected to wed later on Saturday in a Hindu ceremony on the fringes of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan state, according to media reports.
Mel Gibson dropped from "Hangover" sequel (omg!)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – In a highly unusual public rebuke of a former A-list movie star, Warner Bros. has dropped Mel Gibson from the cast of “The Hangover Part II.” Gibson, whose anti-Semitic, racist and misogynist rants have made him radioactive in some Hollywood circles, was to have a cameo as a tattoo artist in the sequel to the 2009 hit.
Kiosk users: Would you pay more than $1 a night for the latest DVDs? (Ben Patterson)
For now, DVD rental kiosks like Redbox and Blockbuster Express are holding the line for nightly movie rentals at a buck — well, aside from a little tinkering here and there . But now comes word that Blockbuster Express and Universal are testing whether customers would pay as much as $3 a night to bring home the studio’s just-released DVDs.
Blockbuster (finally) declares bankruptcy, but will stay in business
As pretty much everyone had been expecting, the struggling Blockbuster movie rental empire filed bankruptcy Thursday. But it won’t be shuttering its 3,000-odd remaining stores — well, not yet.
Clooney and Knightley in London Film Fest entries (AP)
LONDON – In an age of austerity, the London Film Festival is hoping that uncertainty will be good for creativity, and that Hollywood glamour and plucky British filmmaking can be a balm for economic woes. The lineup for the 54th annual festival, announced Wednesday, features fewer world premieres, and perhaps fewer A-list stars, than last year, but has a slate of British and international movies that organizers say is one of the strongest in years.
Ne-Yo says T.I. makes a lot of poor decisions (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it’s time he gets his act together.
Rapper T.I, wife arrested on drug charges (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood on drug charges.` Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy Mark Pope says the arrests for possession of a controlled substance came late Wednesday night during a traffic stop, when officers smelled alleged marijuana smoke coming from their vehicle.
Review: ‘Machete’ serves relentless, bloody action (AP)
Certainly, “Machete” is the best feature-length extension of a fake movie trailer in Hollywood history. Fans who saw the trailer in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 “Grindhouse” double-feature continually asked Rodriguez to turn the make-believe ad featuring Danny Trejo into a real blood-and-guts vengeance flick.
Hollywood ‘Freedom Writer’ Will Speak September 3, 2010 for the United Way and to 1800 Students at the 2010 Teen Unity Rally in Monmouth, IL
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Aug. 31 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — An Original Freedom Writer, Manuel V.