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 "Avatar" director-activist James Cameron says Alberta's tarsands are a ``black eye'' to Canada's environmental image.The Canadian-born filmmaker says many people have expressed concern about the damage being done by the Athabasca oilsands project. He says, "I think it's bad, I think it's the wrong solution. For us to be doing greater and greater environmental damage pursuing a dead-end paradigm, which is fossil fuels, instead of spending those billions... We should be spending billions on building wind turbines." Cameron's 3-D epic "Avatar" is set for release on D-V-D and Blu-ray tomorrow, which is also Earth Day.
Britney Spears' new single, GIMME MORE, has become a big hit with music downloaders - the song has climbed to number one on the iTunes singles chart.
Kiefer Sutherland, as agent Jack Bauer on Fox TV's "24," has seen some pretty tough nemeses. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, amid the Hilton circus, declared that he didn't "care to be DUI judge to the stars."
In a revelation that will warm the hearts of tongue-tied lotharios everywhere, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has revealed the chat up line that actor Michael Douglas used to snare her. In an interview with US magazine Parade due out this Sunday, Zeta-Jones, routinely voted one of the world's sexiest women, relates how Douglas wooed her with the some would say cheesy line, "I want to father your children." "Months later, we were dating, and I was already in love with him," she told the magazine. "But there was one thing I had to be sure of. I turned to him and said, 'Do you really want children?' And I thought, for that one minute, he was going to say, 'I already have a son, Cameron,' and I would have to say goodbye. "I remember saying defiantly, 'I cannot live without having children.' And he went, 'Me too'." Zeta-Jones, who at 37 is exactly 25 years younger than her husband, 62, married Douglas in 2000. The couple now has two children. Paris Hilton will be on the Larry King Live program Wednesday night. CNN says it is not paying Hilton for the interview.ABC and NBC had both been in the running for Hilton's first post-jail interview. But the networks had been embarrassed by reports they were willing to pay the Hilton family for materials related to an interview. CBS said it wasn't interested. Hilton is expected to be released tomorrow, the 24th day since she surrendered to authorities to begin serving her sentence. The publicist for actress Kristy Swanson has confirmed that Swanson was arrested Saturday night in an alleged assault on the ex-wife of her boyfriend, figure skater Lloyd Eisler, in Kingston, Ont. Michael Sands, Swanson's publicist, said the actress was released on bail and flew back to Los Angeles on Sunday night.Paris Hilton's publicist says the celebutante's three-week jail sentence will give her time to reflect. The 26-year-old Hilton entered a Los Angeles jail last night to begin serving what's expected to be a three-week sentence for violating probation in a reckless driving case.Hours earlier, she attended the M-T-V Movie Awards presentation and was skewered by host Sarah Silverman. The comedian delivered a string of one-liners at Hilton's expense and when she announced that Hilton was about to go to jail, the crowd broke into cheers and applause. Hilton told reporters before the show that she was ``scared'' but ``trying to be strong.'' For the time being, she's traded in her designer finery for a jail jumpsuit, and for her first meal enjoyed cereal, bread and juice.  David Hasselhoff can be with his kids again. An attorney says a judge has restored Hasselhoff's right to visit his two teenage daughters. That right had been suspended after that videotape showing Hasselhoff apparently drunk on the floor trying to eat a burger. Outside court, Hasselhoff said the hearing went very well. His lawyer says the suspension order had been lifted Friday after being implemented on May 7th. It had been set to expire yesterday. ``Shrek the Third'' is Amy Poehler's second number-one movie in a row. The first was ``Blades of Glory.'' Poehler speaks for Snow White in ``Shrek the Third.'' She says she made Snow White a ``Type-A'' personality because she has a lot of employees meaning the seven dwarves. 
The sale of actor John Schneider's General Lee automobile, made famous in the Dukes of Hazzard TV series, for nearly $10 million on the eBay auction site appeared to be in doubt Tuesday as the highest bidder, identified as William Fisher of Laguna Hills, failed to deliver a scheduled deposit. Ebay had said that only "qualified bidders" would be permitted to bid on the vehicle but did not indicate how it would determine the qualifications. Today's (Wednesday) Ventura County Star reported that Fisher had "backed out of the deal" and that Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the TV series, plans to take legal action against him. Over the years Paris Hilton has gotten more than her share of "exposure" on the Internet... now the socialite has found an outrageous amount of support online in her legal battles... There's an online petition calling for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon Paris Hilton! Last week the heiress was sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving while her license was suspended and the judge vowed she would do time. The Govenor's Office says it has also received both for and against cutting Hilton a break. Her lawyers have filed an appeal. Check out the petition site, but do humanity a favour and please, don't sign it: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition.PH21781 Hawaiian officials are preparing for a big crowd on Waikiki Beach today, for a final farewell to Don Ho. As many as 25-thousand people are expected to attend the sunset memorial service for the singer who was the voice and face of Hawaii for decades. Honolulu officials say that would make it one of the largest crowds ever at Waikiki. The city is arranging extra buses, parking and traffic control. The memorial will begin with a private service.The Indian judge who issued an arrest warrant against Richard Gere for kissing an actress in public has been transferred from his job. The Times of India reports that the judge was sent to work in a small town several hours a way. Gere's public display of affection upset many people in India.You can see what David Hasselhoff looks like drunk as a skunk in a video he asked to be filmed.``Extra'' will air the video. It shows Hasselhoff with his shirt off, incoherent, sitting on the floor of a hotel room. He is so drunk he can't even eat a burger. Hasselhoff says he's seen the tape has ``learned from it'' and is back on his game.Could Paris wind up in the pokey? Prosecutors in Los Angeles want to throw Paris Hilton in jail for 45 days for violating terms of her probation. She was put on probation last January after pleading no contest to reckless driving. About a month later, she was pulled over again for speeding and driving without headlights. She was charged with violating probation. In addition to a jail term, prosecutors want Hilton to have to wear a monitoring device that would make sure she stays away from booze for 90 days. Car-theft charges against Daniel Baldwin have been dropped. A judge dismissed the charges when the prosecution asked that the case be dumped. Authorities had accused Baldwin of stealing an SUV from a friend, Ken Smith. But Baldwin had said it was a misunderstanding. He said Smith reported the car missing since he didn't know his cousin had lent Baldwin the keys. Baldwin's attorney says Smith recently met with prosecutors and told the arrest was a mistake. Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn has a new last name. It's Birkhead. Her daddy, Larry Birkhead, has changed the name on her birth certificate. And he took the name Howard K. Stern off it. And a court in the Bahamas has cleared the way for Birkhead to leave the country with Dannielynn. London police say actor Hugh Grant has been arrested for allegedly throwing a can of baked beans at a photographer. London cops don't identify suspects who haven't been charged, but say a 46-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of assault and released on bail. Grant's lawyers had no comment. Mike Tyson's biggest days of fame may be behind him, but when the former boxing champ comes to India to promote a Bollywood film, he demands to be treated like the celebrity he once was. Among his conditions for the visit: No media; no spicy Indian food; and not one other person staying on the same floor of his hotel. Such behaviour may not be unheard-of among American celebrities, but for Bollywood it's a whole new level of prima donna. |
