KEVIN SPACEY SHARES HIS LOVE FOR MINNIE – THE DOG
I have had a dog now for 12 years. Her name is Minnie. She’s actually what you call a Patterdale which is a mix between a Jack Rusell and a terrier.
I got her at a great place in London called the Battersea Dogs Home which is a fantastic rescue home for dogs and she’s with me all the time.
I love having dogs. I drive my friends slightly crazy because when I’m walking down the street and see a dog I will stop and say hello to it.
To find out more about the Battersea Dogs Home, just visit their site at http://www.battersea.org.uk
HFPA FILES SUIT AGAINST DCP TO PROTECT GOLDEN GLOBES
The HFPA today filed a lawsuit accusing Dick Clark Productions, which has produced the Golden Globe Awards show since 1982, of identity theft and breach of contract.
REWARD OFFERED IN CHASEN SLAYING
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| Ronni Chasen with director Danny Boyle |
While police were taking computer hard drives, compact discs and boxes of files from the home and office of slain Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen in search of clues, a fellow publicist was establishing a reward fund for information leading to an arrest and conviction related to her death.
Michael Levine says his goal is to raise $25,000 in the next week. “We must do everything possible to assist the Beverly Hills police in solving this horrific crime,” he told Daily Variety. “Ronni gave the utmost for her clients and this industry.”
Chasen, who had close ties to the Hollywood Foreign Press and, since the early 1970s had coordinated interviews for members with her clients, was driving home from the Burlesque premiere and party when she was shot five times in the chest.
When news of the slaying broke, some studios cancelled meetings and conference calls that had been scheduled to strategize their Oscar campaigns—Chasen’s specialty.
A funeral service will be at 11am on Sunday at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary.
UPDATE: RONNI CHASEN KILLED AFTER PREMIERE
Police are investigating the death of Ronni Chasen, 64, a longtime Hollywood publicist with strong ties to the Hollywood Foreign Press, who was found shot in her car in Beverly Hills.
Authorities said she had multiple gunshot wounds.
She was on her way home after Monday’s night’s premiere of Screen Gems’ Burlesque at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. She was working for the studio on the Oscar campaign for the film’s soundtrack and had been escorting songwriter Diane Warren, a longtime client who worked on “Burlesque,” around the premiere.
Chasen, head of PR firm Chasen and Co., had been a fixture in showbusiness since the early 1970s, and coordinated many interviews for the HFPA.
RONNI CHASEN KILLED AT AGE 64
Ronni Chasen, a longtime Hollywood publicist with strong ties to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was shot to death today in Beverly Hills, California. She was 64.
Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis dies at age 91
Legendary Italian film producer, Dino De Laurentiis, explaining why he approved of the death of Hollywood’s most beloved primate in the classic film King Kong.
De Laurentiis passed away November 10, 2010, at the age of 91.
ROBERT DE NIRO TO RECEIVE CECIL B. DeMILLE AWARD
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| Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver |
Robert De Niro, who is considered one of the greatest actors of his time, is to receive the Cecil B. De Mille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes ceremony on January 16.
The announcement was made today at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills by five time Golden Globe nominee Kevin Spacey.
The 67-year-old actor, who won a best actor Golden Globe for his role as boxer Jake La Motta in 1980′s Raging Bull and has been nominated five other times, has appeared in more than 80 movies and has produced 30.
Since his movie debut in 1965′s Three Rooms in Manhattan, he has gained a reputation as being one of hardest working and most meticulous actors in the business, paying close attention to the smallest details.
Born in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, he trained at the famed Actors Studio with Stella Adler and, after appearing in several low budget films directed by Brian De Palma, he earned critical praise for his performance as a baseball player dying from Hodgkin’s Disease in Bang The Drum Slowly.
Then came Mean Streets, the first of many landmark collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, and he cemented his stature with The Godfather, in which he starred as a young Vito Corleone. He gave a seminal performance as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and has continued to work steadily in a wide variety of movies, ranging from thrillers (Ronin, 1998), broad comedy (Analyze This, 1999) and drama (The Good Shepherd 2007,which he also directed.)
He recently starred as a correctional officer in Stone and will next be seen in Little Fockers.
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| Robert De Niro and Jake La Motta on the set of Raging Bull. The role earned De Niro a Best Actor Golden Globe Award. |
KEVIN SPACEY TO ANNOUNCE CECIL B. DEMILLE RECIPIENT
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| Previous recipient Barbra Streisand |
On Tuesday, November 9, Golden Globe Award nominated actor, Kevin Spacey will announce the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
HFPA HELPS RESTORE LA DOLCE VITA
Martin Scorsese has flown from London where he is filming the 3D mystery movie Hugo Cabret to unveil the digitally restored copy of Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita at the Rome film festival.
