Saturday, 14 June 2008
Sunday, 8 June 2008
'Star Trek' veteran George Takei and partner plan to wed in September
WASHINGTON - George Takei, best known for playing Sulu on "Star Trek," will never forget the first time he saw Brad Altman, the man he plans to marry, more than two decades ago.
They were working out in a running club and he couldn't take his eyes off Altman, who had a "lean, tightly muscled" body, the 71-year-old actor said in an interview.
Takei said he asked Altman to help him train for a marathon, they fell in love, and now they've been living together for 21 years.
Altman said he proposed by getting down on one knee in their kitchen while Takei was eating a sandwich, after seeing on TV that the California Supreme Court had legalized same-sex marriage. It surprised Takei, who thought he would be the one who popped the question.
They bought each other turquoise and silver wedding rings.
Takei and Altman plan to marry Sept. 14 in the Democracy Forum at the Japanese National Museum in Los Angeles.
Walter Koenig, who played Chekov in "Star Trek," will be the best man and Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, will be the matron of honour.
Castmate Leonard Nimoy will be among the 200 guests but probably not William Shatner. Takei has said Shatner didn't treat him and most of the cast very well.
Takei, who had a recurring role on NBC's "Heroes" last year, and Altman plan to honeymoon for a month in South America.
As for what they'll wear on their big day, Altman said they'll both walk down the aisle in white tuxedoes, which seemed to catch Takei off-guard.
"Well, now that you've announced it on the air, I guess it's settled," he said.
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Friday, 30 May 2008
Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker Sign On As MTV Movie Awards Presenters
What do comic book superheroes, jungle warriors and Playboy playmates all have in common? This year, they'll be onstage at the MTV Movie Awards.
Well, sort of.
Previously announced Hollywood megastars like Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan and Steve Carell will be joined at this year's ceremony by a newly announced crop of presenters, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Presenter Robert Downey Jr. will be making a cameo appearance as Tony Stark in "The Incredible Hulk," but audiences needn't wait until then to see Iron Man and the Hulk together, as the "smashing" pair of Edward Norton and Liv Tyler have also confirmed that they'll present at the awards show, broadcast live this year on Sunday, June 1, from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
Also joining the fun are Emma Stone and Katharine McPhee from "The House Bunny."
The new presenters can mingle on the red carpet with stars Mark Wahlberg, Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Rumer Willis, Brendan Fraser and Danny McBride, all of whom will be handing out Golden Popcorns to the lucky winners.
This year, the top nominees include films like "Superbad" (five nominations), "Juno" (four noms), "Transformers," "Enchanted," "Knocked Up" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (three noms each).
The 17th annual MTV Movie Awards will be hosted for the second time by comic Mike Myers, and will include live performances from both Coldplay and the Pussycat Dolls.
Don't' forget to vote for you favorite nominees by visiting MovieAwards.MTV.com by May 23.
The MTV Movie Awards will air live on MTV on Sunday, June 1. All the latest updates on nominees, presenters, performers, voting, contests and much more can be found on MovieAwards.MTV.com. And check out Movies.MTV.com for the latest movie news, trailers, photos and more!
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more - updated around the clock - visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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Friday, 2 May 2008
Eminem recovering from pneumonia
Eminem recovering from pneumonia
Rapper Eminem is recovering good at his Wolverine State home after he was hospitalised during the festive season for heart problems arising from a bout of pneumonia.
The Thin Shady star, real number name George Catlett Marshall Mathers Ternary, has been excruciation from multiple heath problems of late, and reports claim the lead has piled on the pounds as a solvent - he today weighs over 90.7 kilograms.
"O'er the holidays, E. G. Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor's maintenance at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia," the rapper's publicist, Dennis Dennehy, confirmed.
Eminem's malady first was reported by renown Web situation TMZ.com.
Eminem, 35, rose to stardom thanks to a phone number of best-selling CDs, personal lyrics and a starring role in the hit 2002 celluloid '8 Roman mile.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Arcade Fire to sue TV station?
Arcade Fire to sue TV station?
Arcade Fire ar reportedly considering taking legal action mechanism against the George Fox TV web for victimization their music without permit during Sunday's Superintendent Bowl in Arizona.
According to music web site Pitchfork, Fox did not ask the Canadian River band if it could usage their attain 'No Cars Go' on the hang for the Subject Football League, which aired during the half time show.
The band's representatives ar presently considering whether they should pursue the matter.
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Da Brat
Artist: Da Brat
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Limelite, Luv and Niteclubz
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Da Holy terror was one of the first gear of a modern plow of hard-edged female person MCs to arrive at the hip-hop tantrum during the '90s. Although sexual urge was sure as shooting office of her figure of speech, it wasn't as authoritative to her as it was to Lil' Kim or Foxy Brown; instead, Da Brat made her call as a knotty, layperson versifier whose hardcore mental attitude and lyrical skills were never in incertitude. Da Bratwurst was natural Shawntae Benjamin Harris in Stops in 1974, and started rapping at years 11. Still a teenager, she was observed by producer Jermaine Dupri in 1992, when she north Korean won an amateur tap contest and got a probability to get unitedly Dupri's protégés Kris Kross. With their second, Dupri signing her to his So So Def ticket and produced her debut album, Funkdafied, which was released in 1994. The title caterpillar tread was an enormous remove, going to identification number devil on the R&B charts and spending virtually 3 months on top of the whang singles chart. Its success -- as well as that of the followup singles Fa Whole Y'All and Give It 2 You -- helped Da Holy terror turn the first female person doorknocker of all time to ingest a platinum-selling record record album. Funkdafied likewise strike number i on the R&B album graph, a staggering achievement for a debut spill by a distaff knocker.
For her 1996 followup, Anuthatantrum, Da Little terror took greater ascendence of her euphony and mental image, marking hits with Sittin' on Cover of the World and Ghetto Love. The record album was some other commercial message success, returning her to the R&B Top Five and the pop out Height 20. In its waken, Da Holy terror made high profile cameo appearances on records by the likes of Mariah Carey, Miss "Infraction" Elliott, Amount, Dru James Jerome Hill, and Lil' Kim, among others. She likewise made her celluloid debut in 1996 in the Shaquille O'Neal drollery Kazaam. Just prior to the release of her third base album in 2000, Da Brat was arrested on rape charges subsequently allegedly pistol-whipping about other womanhood during an altercation at an Battle of Atlanta nightspot. She later on pled shamed to a lesser charge of heedless carry on, and was allow away with a exquisitely, probation, and community of interests divine service. Meanwhile, her album Unrestricted appeared in the boundary of 2000, and nominate her sporting a jolly sexier paradigm. It became non exclusively her guerrilla R&B chart-topper, merely alike her biggest album on the pop charts to date, mounting into the Top Five. She besides enjoyed hits with the singles That's What I'm Looking For and What'Chu Like. In 2001, Da Brat returned to the freehanded screen in Mariah Carey's doomed moving painting Scintillate, and issued her solo follow-up Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz in 2003.