Almodovar and Cruz Forever

Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar will reteam with Penelope Cruz for his next project, according to reports.

The pair most recently collaborated on the acclaimed Volver and will make El Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In) together in the near future.

According to Variety, the project is a very loose adaptation of Thierry Jonquet's 1995 novel Mygale, about a plastic surgeon's vendetta against the men who have raped his daughter.

"My next film will be totally different from the previous sixteen," Almodovar told Spanish newspaper El Pais. "It's a very tough story about revenge. It has nothing to do with Volver or my life."

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Remember "The English Patient"?

Producer Saul Zaentz on Thursday filed a $20 million lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. and its Miramax Films unit, accusing them of failing to share profits from his 1996 best picture Oscar winner "The English Patient."

"Like Enron, Tyco and WorldCom, Miramax has used fraudulent and unfair accounting and business practices to deprive (Saul Zaentz Co.) of its

profit participation," according to the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Zaentz created a joint venture with Miramax to co-finance the picture and share in its profits, the suit states. Using inappropriate accounting practices, Miramax has attempted to show that it has yet to recoup costs associated with the acquisition, distribution and marketing of the film, it alleges.

Among the practices cited, the suit claims that Miramax listed as theatrical marketing expenses $34 million in marketing costs, even though "a significant portion" of those outlays actually were associated with a home video campaign for the title.

The suit sets production costs of "The English Patient" at $35 million and worldwide receipts at $100 million.

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"Virgin Mary" Snubbed by the Vatican

Mary's pregnant, and it couldn't have come at a worse time. Tongues are wagging and she'll have to be a tough young woman to raise this child.

That's the ancient story -- and the modern one, too.

Keisha Castle-Hughes, the young actress of Maori descent who two years ago received a best-actress Oscar nomination for her role in the New Zealand-based film "Whale Rider," stars as Mary in "The Nativity Story." After the movie was completed, rumors about a possible pregnancy led Castle-Hughes to confirm in early October that she is, as biblical accounts would put it, "with child."

She's 16. The father is 19, a longtime boyfriend she met at school in Australia, where she now lives. They're not splitting up, but they're not immediately marrying, either.

Vatican officials were not as understanding. According to news reports, they are not thrilled to have the issue cloud their enjoyment of the movie. So Castle-Hughes was dropped from the invitation list for the Vatican's world premiere of the movie today.

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Nicole Kidcome Gets The Big Bucks

Nicole Kidman was Hollywood's highest-paid actress in 2006, nudging America's sweetheart, Julia Roberts, from the top spot for the first time in five years, according to an annual showbiz earnings list.

Kidman's acting fee still falls short of the $20 million per movie earned by fellow Oscar winner Roberts, 39, before the "Erin Brockovich" star put her blockbuster film career on hold to marry and have children.

Send me some money hotness.

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Robert Altman Dead

Robert Altman, 81, director for such classics as M*A*S*H, The Player and Gosford Park died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital. The cause of death was not disclosed as of the moment.

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Queen to Attend Bond Premiere Tonite

The Queen (Not Elton John but the real one) and the Duke of Edinburgh are to attend the world premiere of the new James Bond film, Casino Royale.

The premiere will take place in London's Leicester Square tonite.

Oh dear, the traffic this will cause just to watch Daniel Craig. I wonder if the Queen has seen him in his movie "Love Is The Devil". Just wondering.

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Gay Hollywood discussion at LGBT Center in NYC

Event date: November 15, 2006

New York City's LGBT Community Center will host an evening of readings regarding queer fascination with the allure of Hollywood on Wednesday, November 15, at 6 p.m. Going Down in La-La Land author Andy Zeffer will moderate a discussion panel including author Rob Byrnes (When the Stars Come Out), filmmaker Casper Andreas (Slutty Summer), and playwright Jamie Morris (Mommie Queerest).

The event is open to the public, and admission is $15, which includes an open bar. For more information visit www.gaycenter.org or call (212) 620-7310.

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Heath Goes Commando

At a screening last week of his new film Hard Candy, Heath Ledger had no trouble laughing along with the audience when his character in the film tells his girlfriend he couldn’t turn gay tricks to support his heroin habit because "I wouldn't know what to do. [Gays] want muscle hunks. I'd be hopeless."

The movie "needs some comic relief,” he told audience members during a Q&A, according to New York Daily News gossips Rush and Molloy. Ledger also gamely took on a question from a gay man in the crowd who asked if the Aussie hunk was wearing underwear. "I'm going commando right now," Ledger teased.

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Jack Bauer Coming Soon To Big Screen

Talking about a forthcoming movie-version of the hit series, Kiefer tells In Touch Weekly magazine: "I'll be filming 24 until May, then hopefully we'll have a script for 24, the film, but that is the one film that I will do this year."

So like I don't watch "24" but I do promise to watch it as soon as my time permits. "24" is on my list to "what to watch on a weekend".

NYC Most Dangerous City in the US.... NOT!!!!!

Nope it's not NYC..... we haven't had the luxury of being one since ages ago..... The winner is St. Louis, MO.... This annoucement was made in the new edition of City Crime Rankings, an annual reference book of crime statistics and rankings slated for publication next week.

The Top Five Most Dangerous Cities are:

01) St. LOuis, MO
02) Detroit, MI
03) Flint, MI
04) Compton, CA
05) Camden, NJ

And of course, the Top Five Safest Cities are:

01) Brick, NJ
02) Amherst, NY
03) Mission Viejo, CA
04) Newton, MA
05) Troy, MI

Buffy Returns!!!1