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Rude Tiger Woods jokes omitted from Oscars script

March 8, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New York, Mar 8 (ANI): Tiger Woods jokes were omitted from the Oscars script read by hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, it has emerged.

Seemingly, Academy Awards bosses felt the jokes were too rude.

“Some of the Tiger jokes were deemed too rude,” the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

Meanwhile, the golfer’s alleged mistress Joslyn James has received an invite to invite to one of Hollywood”s top Oscar parties.

She will attend Norby Walters” Night of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel with her attorney Gloria Allred.

Woods publicly apologized for his mutiple affairs last month. (ANI)

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Alec Baldwin has ‘body double for 30 Rock role’

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 12 (ANI): Actor Alec Baldwin has a body double for his 30 Rock role, as he can’t spare enough time to film it himself, it has emerged.

The star apparently works just three days a week, as he needs to travel back to Los Angeles to spend time with his daughter Ireland.

According to sources, such a situation has led to the comedy show’s creator and star, Tina Fey, organizing rehearsals and scenes around Baldwin’s absence, by using a stand-in.

“Tina saves Alec’s speaking lines for his arrival on set, but everything else is shot with a stand-in,” Fox News quoted an on-set source as saying.

Most shots featuring Baldwin’s character are shot from behind or sideways.

The insider said: “Those [body double takes] make it into the final cut of the show. There are many back shots and side shots that don’t show Alec’s face, because it is his stand-in on Alec’s days off.

“The goal is to have everything ready to shoot Alec when he’s there, with as little stress as possible.

“He does not have the desire to be tied to a set six or seven days a week, and Tina was willing to work it so that he could get everything he wanted. Alec can pretty much do anything he wants at ’30 Rock’.” (ANI)

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Body double does most of Alec Baldwin’s role in 30 Rock

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 12 (ANI): Actor Alec Baldwin has a body double for his role in hit TV Show 30 Rock, as he can’t spare enough time to film it himself, it has emerged.

The star apparently works just three days a week, as he needs to travel back to Los Angeles to spend time with his daughter Ireland.

According to sources it has led to the comedy show creator and star, Tina Fey, organizing rehearsals and scenes around Baldwin’s absence, by using a stand-in.

“Tina saves Alec’s speaking lines for his arrival on set, but everything else is shot with a stand-in,” Fox News quoted an on-set source as saying.

Most shots featuring Baldwin’s character are shot from behind or sideways.

“The goal is to have everything ready to shoot Alec when he’s there, with as little stress as possible.

Baldwin was spotted at the U.S. Open this week watching tennis. (ANI)

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Melanie Griffith | Academy Award Nominee | Melanie Griffith American Actress | Golden Globe Winner

August 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melanie Griffith | Melanie Griffith American Actress | Academy Award Nominee | Golden Globe Winner

Melanie Griffith was born in New York City on August 9, 1957 is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas.

She skipped a grade and graduated from Hollywood Professional School when she was just 16 years old.

Her first major role was in Night Moves ,1975, in which she did several racy nude scenes at the age of 17. Griffith reportedly turned down many parts in some popular movies, including the role of Iris in Taxi Driver, the lead role in Carrie, Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon and Sarah Connor in The Terminator.

Griffith’s career gained momentum in 1984 when she played a porn star in the Brian De Palma thriller Body Double. The film won her the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and led to her starring role in Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild 1986. She achieved mainstream success when Mike Nichols cast her as a spunky secretary named Tess McGill in the hit 1988 film Working Girl, with Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Griffith’s performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Griffith’s most recent mainstream film was Stuart Little 2 (2002) in which she voiced the character of Margalo. Since then, she has acted in several independent films.

Griffith currently has two feature films in production.

Griffith made her stage debut at the Old Vic in London, England, where she acted with Cate Blanchett in the Vagina Monologues. Four years later, in 2003, she made her Broadway debut playing Roxie in the musical Chicago.

She Received Taormina International Film Festival — Diamond Award (2000) ,Cannes Film Festival — Lifetime Achievement Award (2001) awards.

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Actor Alec Baldwin gives ‘serious thought’ to political bid

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 9 (ANI): Alec Baldwin is considering swapping his acting career with a political one in the US, saying he is giving “a lot of serious thought” to the bid.

The 30 Rock star, in an article on his blog, said that serving voters was “a sacred trust” and that he had the “desire” to run for office.

The 51-year-old Democrat, who has two Golden Globes and an Emmy award to his credit, said that he was yet to decide on a specific political office, reports the BBC.

The actor told Playboy magazine that he would not leave his hometown for a political career, saying: “I’m a carry-me-out-in-a-box New Yorker.”(ANI)

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Local law firm keen to back Alec Baldwin as Ohio’s Governor

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Jul 1 (ANI): American actor Alec Baldwin has revealed that he was made a proposition by a local law firm in Ohio, who are keen to support him, to run for Governor.

Baldwin, 51, had spoken out about his political aspirations, and after he made public his plans to retire from acting in 2012, he was approached by a group of leading Ohio businessmen who want him to consider running for office there.

“A law firm in a liberal Democratic bastion in Ohio state politics sent me a binder with a cover letter that read: ‘Mr. Baldwin, here’s who we represent, the kinds of cases we handle, our credentials in Ohio state politics. We want you to move to Ohio and run for Governor. We will launch your career’,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling Playboy magazine.

And Baldwin admits that he has been tempted by the offer to join the ranks of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura and become a celebrity Governor – or simply run for political office elsewhere.

“The desire is there,” he added. (ANI)

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Alec Baldwin to pen parenting book

June 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 22 (ANI): Alec Baldwin is planning to pen a parenting book as the actor fears parents may be going too soft on their kids.

The 30 Rock star, who previously revealed that he had become suicidal after his private voicemail to his daughter calling her a “rude little pig” was leaked, said that he was stunned at the way kids were being handled nowadays.

The 51-year-old explained that some parents opted to treat their children kindly at all times since they themselves were yet to get over their harsh past at the hands of their own parents.

“It will be ironic for some people, but I’m going to write a parenting book,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling Playboy magazine.

“We’re at… an awful place right now in terms of parenting. People are raising their children with the belief that we need to be friends with our children.

“Kids have too much power and call too many of the shots, telling their parents what they will and won’t do,” he added. (ANI)

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Actor Alec Baldwin sets retiring date

June 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 18 : Actor Alec Baldwin has hinted at his plan to retire from acting.

The actor, whose stint on TV show 30 Rock ends in the next three years, has said that he plans to quit in 2012.

“In March 2012, I’ll wake up and say, ‘What am I going to do now? Am I done?’ I think I will be done. I may finish a play or something, but I’m retiring at the wrap party,” The Daily Express quoted him as telling Playboy magazine.

The Cooler star is looking forward to a peaceful family life after he calls it quits.

“I have this silly fantasy; I get married again, I have a kid. I’d love another shot at that, with everything I’ve learned.

“My kid’s, like, eight, comes home and says, ‘Dad, Jimmy’s mom says you were a famous actor on TV and in the movies. Is that true?’ And I go, ‘Yes, Johnny, dad was famous.’ I whip out my scrapbooks and my DVDs and say, ‘Believe it or not, that’s your dad.’ And my kid’s like, ‘You used to be on TV and everything? And now you stay home and just clean the house all day while mom works?’ ‘That’s right, son,’” he added.

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All-stars’ charity video on ’30 Rock’ becomes YouTube sensation

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 16 (ANI): A video-song by Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones and Michael McDonald, originally meant to poke fun at charity singles on U.S. TV comedy ’30 Rock’, has now become a YouTube sensation.

The foursome, along with the Beastie Boys, Maroon 5′s Adam Levine, Mary J. Blige and Cyndi Lauper, performed a ‘We Are The World’-type song as part of a plotline on the hit show.

It was Alec Baldwin’s TV executive character, Jack Donaghy, who brought the stars together for his charity ‘Kidney Now’, reports Contactmusic.

The charity aims to boost kidney donations so his long-suffering father, played by Alan Alda, can get the organ he needs to live.

The hilarious all-celebrity video to accompany the song ‘He Needs a Kidney’ shows all the pop, rock and R andB stars with a straight face.

The song has become a big hit on YouTube after airing on TV on May 15, and is also up for sale as a download on iTunes.com.

All the proceeds from the sales will go to the National Kidney Foundation. (ANI)

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Cameron Diaz to star in comedy ‘Bobbie Sue’

April 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): Actress Cameron Diaz has been roped in for Warner Bros. legal comedy titled “Bobbie Sue.”

The story of the film revolves around a hard-charging female ambulance chaser whose mindset makes her the ideal candidate to be the face of a prestigious law firm when a powerful client is sued in a sexual discrimination case, reports Variety.

Warner Bros. bought the spec script by Russell Leigh Sharman, Owen Egerton and Chris Mass in the fall.

The screenplay is being polished by Dana Fox.

Diaz will be seen next in New Line drama “My Sister’s Keeper” with Alec Baldwin and Abigail Breslin. (ANI)

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Alec Baldwin dating 20 years younger journalist?

April 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): While many actors prefer staying away from journalists, Alec Baldwin is reportedly dating one-a fashion editor more than 20 years his junior.

According to reports, the ’30 Rock’ star took along 29-year-old Johanna Cox to the New York premiere of his new movie ‘Lymelife’ last week.

Cox won the 2008 reality TV show ‘Stylista’.

And onlookers have said that that the duo acted like a lovey-dovey couple on the date, which took place two days before Baldwin’s 51st birthday on April 3.

“They acted like a couple. They were holding hands,” Contactmusic quoted a source as saying.

Baldwin has been single since divorcing ex-wife Kim Basinger back in 2002.

However, he has been romantically linked to actresses Kristin Davis and Jennifer Love Hewitt, lawyer Nicole Seidel and interior designer Anna Rothschild. (ANI)

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Salma Hayek thinks of boyfriend during on-screen lip-locks

February 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Mexican/American actress Salma Hayek has revealed that she uses her on/off beau Francois-Henri Pinault as an inspiration while doing kissing scenes.

The 42-year-old star, who appeared in a cameo role as Alec Baldwin’s girlfriend in 30 Rock said that she thought about her billionaire beau while locking lips with Baldwin in the hit NBC series

“I keep telling Francois, ‘I Imagine I was kissing you,’ ” People quoted Hayek as saying.

The ‘Desperado’ star said that she really enjoyed working with Baldwin.

“I have so much fun with him. He is just so precious, I love him,” she added. (ANI)

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Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet and Slumdog bag SAG Awards

January 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire shone again at the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Ledger, who died form an accidental prescription drug overdose on January 22 last year, won yet another posthumous award for his role in The Dark Knight.

The SAG award for the best supporting actor was accepted by his co-star Gary Oldman on his behalf.

Kate Winslet bagged the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘The Reader’.

Both actors recently received the Golden Globe award in the same categories on Jan 11, reports People.

However it was ‘Slumdog Millionare’-the story of an Indian boy making a fortune in a reality show-that swept off the gong for Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture.

While Sean Penn was named the best actor for his performance in ‘Milk’, it was Meryl Streep who took home the gong for Best Actress in a motion picture for her role in ‘Doubt’.

As far as television awards are concerned, Alec Baldwin accepted the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series for 30 Rock, and Tina Fey won the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in 30 Rock.

Sally Field has accepted the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Brothers and Sisters.

House star Hugh Laurie won outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series.

The Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labour union representing working actors. (ANI)

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