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Sarah Jessica Parker to Spin Like Butter

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:53:00

Sarah Jessica Parker stars in Spinning Into Butter, a racially-charged drama which has just been picked up by Screen Media Films for North American Distribution. Parker also produced the film, which is an adaptation of a play by Rebecca Gilman. In the film, Parker portrays the liberal dean of a college in New England who confronts issues such as ...more
Diddy Pairs Up With 'Survivor' Producer

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:57:51

Hotshot reality TV producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?) has teamed up with Sean "Diddy" Combs for a new MTV series called StarMaker. Set to hit the network in early 2009, it'll pit Diddy-picked solo artists against one another, as well as put them all through a "boot camp" that includes lessons on ...more
Paul McCartney Reboots Fireman Side Project

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:52:24

Paul McCartney and Killing Joke co-founder Martin "Youth" Glover have completed their third album as Fireman. Due out November 17 through McCartney's MPL imprint, Electric Arguments is the first Fireman LP to feature vocals and straight-up songwriting. (The others veered into ambient/dance-music territories.) According to a statement from the ...more
Break It Down: The Spinto Band

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:04:38

While most bands are born from a meeting of musical minds, The Spinto Band sprung from a chance encounter with a Cracker Jack box. Inspired by the ruminations his grandfather, guitar player Roy Spinto, had scrawled inside a package of the caramel-covered treats, Nick Krill gathered a band and got to work penning songs. Over a decade after the ...more
Interview: Stuart Townsend and Martin Henderson

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:15:17

Creating lasting change is seldom an easy task. Just ask the more than 40,000 people who protested the Word Trade Organization’s 1999 summit in Seattle. The WTO is a coalition of international big businesses and other organizations that largely control the economic fate of the world. Their policies decide the political destinies of third world ...more
Kanye West Adds Santogold to European Tour

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:04:36

Santogold has added a number of supporting dates with Kanye West to her previously announced fall tour. The pair will hit Europe throughout November, beginning with a stop in Belfast on November 8 and winding down in Rotterdam on November 26. Santogold also has some shows with Mates of State at the moment, as well as an Australian run in late ...more
Wal-Mart Pairs Up With AC/DC For Exclusive 'Rock Band' Promo

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:51:46

AC/DC has added yet another special Wal-Mart promotion to the November 2 rollout of their new record, Black Ice. Available in Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Wii versions for $40 and a Playstation 2 version for $30, AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack includes 18 songs from the band's 1991 release, Live at Donington. Among the certified jams are "Back in ...more
Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel to Co-Headline Obama Benefit

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:47:59

Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel have signed on for an intimate Barack Obama benefit at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. According to Billboard.com, the "Change Rocks" show happens on October 16 and will also feature other "exciting guests." They better—tickets for balcony seats are $500, premiere spots are $2,500 and lounge seats are $10,000, with ...more
Caribou Scoops Up Polaris Prize

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:24:52

Caribou's bedroom-bred Andorra album has won Canada's third annual Polaris Music Prize. Nominees such as Kathleen Edwards, The Weakerthans and Black Mountain all performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre ceremony last night in Toronto. Caribou, real name Dan Snaith, earned $20,000 Canadian (or $19,096 American; thank you very much, fledgling ...more
Heath Ledger's Estate Goes To Daughter

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:21:06

The estate of late actor Heath Ledger has been bequeathed to Matilda Rose, his two-year-old daughter with actress and former fiancee Michelle Williams. Ledger, who passed away in January due to accidental prescription drug overdose, signed a will on April 12, 2003, long before the birth of his daughter. He left everything to his parents and ...more
DreamWorks Toons Division Staying with Paramount

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:11:16

While DreamWorks Films and its head honcho Steven Spielberg are packing their bags and taking the company elsewhere, DreamWorks Animation will remain with Paramount, the parent company Spielberg is splitting with. DreamWorks Animation has a distribution deal with Paramount that runs through 2012. Despite sharing the same name, DWA will have no ...more
Stephen Sommers to Direct Tarzan for Warner Brothers

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:42:33

Director Stephen Sommers, who has helmed adventure flicks like Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Van Helsing, and next summer's blockbuster-to-be G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, will direct a remake of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes for Warner Brothers. Summers will write the screenplay with Stuart Beattie, who worked on Collateral as well as G.I. Joe. ...more
Nicolas Cage Celebrates the Season of the Witch

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:23

Nicolas Cage continues to accept a slew of new roles. The actor is reteaming with his Gone in Sixty Seconds director, Dominic Sena, for Season of the Witch, a supernatural thriller. In the period film, Cage will portray a 14th-century knight who is dispatched with the task of transporting a girl suspected of being the witch who started the ...more
Rachel Bilson Waiting for Forever

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:09:15

Rachel Bilson certainly is enjoying her post-O.C. life. The brunette actress has signed on to star in Waiting for Forever, an indie romance directed by James Keach. The film will begin production next month in Salt Lake City, Utah. The film is about a young man, played by Tom Sturridge, who's happily unemployed and heads to Hollywood to spend ...more
Interview: Screenwriter Jenny Lumet of Rachel Getting Married

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:08

Jenny Lumet may have a recognizable surname, but in penning Rachel Getting Married she has forged a creative identity wholly her own. The film stars Anne Hathaway as a recovering drug and alcohol addict wrestling with the weight of a horrible accident which altered the fabric of her family life. While Hathaway is earning the most vocal critical ...more
Robert Plant Downplays Led Zep Rumors

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:32:00

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has posted an official statement about the band's rumored reunion on his website, www.robertplant.com. "Robert has no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years," it reads. "Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin. ...more
Asobi Seksu Wrap Up New Record

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:46

While they're currently putting the finishing touches on their third album (and Polyvinyl debut) with Les Savy Fav/The Walkmen producer Chris Zane, Asobi Seksu have confirmed a fall tour that starts at Bard College on October 17 and wraps up in LA on Halloween. The new dates mark the band's first full-on tour in more than a year. Their new single, ...more