The studio has announced that New Moon will be directed by Chris Weitz, the guy behind The Golden Compass. He also co-directed American Pie with his brother. Pre-production is expected to start as early as Monday.
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This is very scary!!
An actor portraying a suicide bid in an Austrian play accidentally slashed his own throat on-stage following a prop mix-up.
Daniel Hoevels, 30, collapsed with blood pouring from his neck after using a real blade instead of the blunt stage knife.
He was taken to the hospital after the dramatic scene at Vienna's Burgtheater.
The audience had been raptured, unaware the actor was facing his own demise for real.
But when he failed to greet their applause for the show's spectacular special effects with a bow they separated fact from fiction.
Police are now investigating whether the mix-up was murderous.
Officers have refused to rule out the possibility that a jealous rival may have switched the blades.
The knife had been bought at a local store and police are asking if props staff forgot to blunt the blade for the performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart, about Mary Queen of Scots.
"The knife even still had the price tag on it," said a police investigator.
The theater's props manager has been quizzed by police about the weapon, Austrian daily Osterreich reported.
The actor recovered after emergency treatment and even appeared on stage the next night with a bandage around his neck.
"If Hoevels had hit an artery or cut only slightly deeper, he would have died on stage," a doctor said.
Wow. If this really was an attempted murder, I am so excited to see the Lifetime movie that gets made from it.
Thanks Jamie! />This is very scary!!
An actor portraying a suicide bid in an Austrian play accidentally slashed his own throat on-stage following a prop mix-up.
Daniel Hoevels, 30, collapsed with blood pouring from his neck after using a real blade instead of the blunt stage knife.
He was taken to the hospital after the dramatic scene at Vienna's Burgtheater.
The audience had been raptured, unaware the actor was facing his own demise for real.
But when he failed to greet their applause for the sh...
Awwwww.
Heart. Melting. />...
The Golden Globes are typically a good indicator of what's going to happen for the Oscars. The nominees were announced today. Here are the biggies:
FILM CATEGORIES:
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
· Frost/Nixon
· The Reader
· Revolutionary Road
· Slumdog Millionaire
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
· Burn After Reading
· Happy-go-lucky
· In Bruges
· Mamma Mia
· Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST ACTOR: DRAMA
· Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
· Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
· Sean Penn, Milk
· Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
· Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA
· Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
· Angelina Jolie, Changeling
· Meryl Streep, Doubt
· Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
· Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
· Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
· Sally Hawkins, Happy-go-lucky
· Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
· Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia
· Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
· Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
· Colin Farrell, In Bruges
· James Franco, Pineapple Express
· Brendan Gleeseon, In Bruges
· Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
· Amy Adams, Doubt
· Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barecelona
· Viola Davis, Doubt
· Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
· Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
· Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
· Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
· Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
· Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
· Heath Ledger,The Dark Knight
TELEVISION CATEGORIES:
BEST DRAMATIC TV SERIES
· Dexter
· House M.D.
· In Treatment
· Mad Men
· True Blood
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
· Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
· Michael C. Hall, Dexter
· Jon Hamm,Mad Men
· Hugh Laurie, House M.D.
· Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
· Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
· Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
· January Jones, Mad Men
· Anna Paquin, True Blood
· Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
BEST TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
· Californication
· Entourage
· The Office
· 30 Rock
· Weeds
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
· Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
· Steve Carell, The Office
· Kevin Connolly, Entourage
· David Duchovny, Californication
· Tony Shalhoub, Monk
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
· Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
· America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
· Tina Fey, 30 Rock
· Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
· Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Discuss. />The Golden Globes are typically a good indicator of what's going to happen for the Oscars. The nominees were announced today. Here are the biggies:
FILM CATEGORIES:
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
· Frost/Nixon
· The Reader
· Revolutionary Road
· Slumdog Millionaire
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
· Burn After Reading
· Happy-go-lucky
· In Bruges
· Mamma Mia
· Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST ACTOR: DRAMA
· Leonardo DiCaprio,...
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Naviyd joins older brother Usher Raymond V, who turned 1 on Nov. 26. The parents married in 2007. Tameka, 37, also has three sons from a previous relationship.
Holy shit, this chick has birthed five boys in a row?
What are the odds?
I...
How many times have I said that Kate Walsh and her stupid quickie husband wouldn't last a year?
Okay, I was wrong. They lasted just over a year. Why must Hollywood be so predictable?
Kate's husband, Alex Young, petitioned for divorce in November, citing irreconcilable differences.
Thank God.
I know this is horrible to say, but Kate Walsh's life was seeming a little too fairytale there for my tastes.
But I wonder why it was the hubby filing for divorce. I thought for sure she'd dum...
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TEAM ANISTON!!!...
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Ya know, without a shitload of professionally applied makeup and a fancy hairdo, Jessica Alba doesn't really look all that impressive. I mean, she's not unattractive, but you wouldn't be all like "WOW!" if you saw her like this. She just looks like a normal, semi-cute girl.
At the grand opening of The Conga Room in LA. ...