Tracking Celebrities in Their Native Habitat
Something mutual this way comes, the oddest love hookups this side of tinseltown have finally broken apart.
Typical of a director’s ingénue, Rosario Dawson got close with filmmaker Danny Boyle. The two have dated for almost a year and have now called it quits! Just in time for their movie’s premiere.
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Michelle Williams (not the tennis player) has signed on to play Marilyn Monroe in a new biopic based on the actress’ 1956 London film shoot with Sir Laurence Olivier.
The movie, titled My Week with Marilyn is going into production with The Weinstein Company and is expected to debut in 2011.
The movie follows a week in the life of Monroe during the shoot in which she spent five days talking to a British tour guide during her time on set.
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Films opening this week include Robin Hood (with Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett), Letters to Juliet (Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave), and Just Wright (Queen Latifah, Common). If those don’t interest you, there’s Iron Man 2, which looks as exciting and fast-paced as the first one, and with great graphics to boot. There’s also Clash of the Titans for a bit of Ray Harryhausen-inspired fun, The Losers for a gritty adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name, or A Nightmare on Elm Street, if you want a knuckle-gripping fright.
Upcoming films/ roles include: Mary J. Blige in a bio-pic about singer Nina Simone; both Naomi Watts and Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, in two different films; a third Marilyn pic that explores the possibility that she was murdered; Jason Momoa as Conan; a 3D Judge Dredd; Colin Farrell and Toni Collette in a remake of the vampire flick Fright Night; Colin Farrell in the comedy Horrible Bosses, which might also have Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman; Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard in Cosmopolis; an all-Japanese remake of Ghost; Katherine Heigl in Age of Adaline; Katherine Heigl and Jason O’Mara in One for the Money; Evangeline Lilly and Anthony Mackie in Real Steel; Kurt Russell in Undying; and a Brad Pitt/ Darren Aronofsky project, The Tiger. Oh yeah, and a Broadway musical production of Spider-Man might run after all, after numerous cast exits even before rehearsals.
While they’re mostly not listed here, there sure seems to be a lot of remakes and sequels in the works, as well as film adaptations of Japanese TV anime characters or crappy toys. Aspiring screenwriters might want to sharpen your proverbial pencils and come up with some original materials. And Hollywood wonders why less people want to go to movie theaters where they have the privilege of paying stupidly ridiculous rates for popcorn and other munchies.
When a new roster of stars did a remake of “We Are The World” for Haiti, it was cool. When another set of millennium celebrities recorded “Everybody Hurts” to benefit Haiti earthquake victims, it seemed copycat-ish but still commendable.
In a poignant ceremony Michelle Williams and other mourners bid a final farewell to Heath Ledger by diving into the ocean after the cremation service. “It’s what Heath would’ve wanted.”
Many of them laughed and splashed in the water, but the mood shifted considerably as the sun descended. The crowd headed to the shore, standing in line with linked arms, saying goodbye to one of the most promising — and beloved — actors in Hollywood.
Observing Williams, one mourner said: “The sun goes down on our love, but it will never go down on Heathy.”
