14th annual event runs Sept. 17-21
"The Flyboys," directed by Rocco DeVilliers and starring Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore, will kick off the 14th annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival, which runs Sept. 17-21 at the Movie Experience Theaters at Tower Plaza Center in Temecula, Calif.
Other titles screening during the course of the fest include "Camille," starring Sienna Miller and James Franco; "The Last Lullaby," stellar Sizemore; and "Forever Strong," directed by Adam Abel and Ryan Little.
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Saturday, 23 August 2008
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Bernie Mac dead at 50
Bernie Mac, 50, died at a Chicago-area infirmary Saturday morning time (8/9), afterward suffering complications from pneumonia.
His daughter, Je'niece Childress, said Mac's family line had expected him to fully convalesce when he first entered Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the center of July. However, she told the Chicago Tribune that as time passed, she and her mother braced for the hypothesis that her father, whose real name was Bernard Jeffrey McCollough, could die.
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Mac's health first gear became an issue in 2004, when he halted production on "The Bernie Mac Show" due to exhaustion. A year later, Mac aforementioned he had contracted sarcoidosis, a rarefied autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs. However, the comic had publicly aforementioned his condition had gone into remitment in 2005. This late bout of pneumonia was unrelated to the sarcoidosis, his publicist said.
Mac first gained national attention at age 32, when he began getting regular gigs on telecasting shows such as HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" after winning a Miller Lite comedy search. He shortly began fashioning movies, which included a bit portion in 1992's "Mo' Money," and a small part as Pastor Clever in the furore classic "Friday." Mac as well appeared in his have HBO Special, "Midnight Mac."
Mac--along with Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer--starred in the Spike Lee-directed stand-up comedy film "The Original Kings of Comedy," which Lee shot during the enormously successful tour of the same name.
In 2001, the comedian began starring in Fox television's award-winning programme, "The Bernie Mac Show." He went on to appear in several movies including "Ocean's Eleven," "Bad Santa," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Transformers." Though he continued to tour of duty, Mac lately said he was finish his bristle career to focus more on film.
He has 2 movies scheduled for sack later this year: "Soul Men" with Samuel L. Jackson, and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa." Mac as well will come along with Robin Williams in "Old Dogs," scheduled for a 2009 release.
Mac, a resident of Frankfort, IL, is survived by his wife of more than 30 age, Rhonda McCollough, their daughter, Je'niece, and one granddaughter, Jasmine.
A populace memorial celebrating Mac's life is scheduled for noonday Saturday (8/16) at the House of Hope in Chicago. Donations in Mac's honor crataegus laevigata be sent to the Bernie Mac Foundation for Sarcoidosis, 40 E. ninth St., Suite 601, Chicago, IL 60605.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Whose Star Will Shine on the Big Stage?
Over the next 12 months, an eclecticist group of top stars is expected to trample the boards on Broadway and, in a few cases, abroad. Some get substantial stage experience; others, well, don't. None are guaranteed rave reviews � ask Julia Roberts or Denzel Washington � or massive ticket sales. USA TODAY asks celebrity editorialist and culture vulture Michael Musto to assess several celebs' chances.
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Katie Holmes
Project: Mrs. Tom Cruise makes her Broadway debut co-starring in a revivification of Arthur Miller's post-World War II drama "All My Sons," set to open Oct. 16. The ensemble cast features John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson.
�Prospects: "I never thought that "Dawson's Creek" and Arthur Miller would be a good touch," Musto quips. But Holmes, 29, has proven herself to be a "game actress" in a variety of films, he adds, and it will be "interesting to see if she has the chops" that Nicole Kidman, Cruise's former wife, demonstrated a decade agone in London and Broadway productions of David Hare's "The Blue Room."
Daniel Radcliffe
Project: The "Harry Potter" star, 19, will reprise his role as a less-than-stable stable son in a revival of Equus, which was a hit on the "West End" last year. Tony Award victor Richard Griffiths ("The History Boys") too returns as his psychiatrist in the Broadway product, which opens Sept. 25.
� Prospects: Musto thinks Potter's enduring popularity, combined with the "sensationalism of being naked" � Radcliffe's character appears in the buff in one scene � "testament be irresistible to fans of a certain age."
Drew Lachey
Project: Nick's child bro, 31, and fellow boy-band ammonia alum, who made his Broadway debut in Rent a few years back, stepped into Spamalot in June.
� Prospects: "The younger Lachey might not be Sir Ian McKellen," Musto says, but ""Spamalot" has already established itself as not being above teen-idol stunt casting. So having 'the brother of the cat who was married to Ashlee Simpson's sister' won't be that much of a blemish on its rep."
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