Tinsel Talk
King is dead, long live King
American stars are flocking to take part in a series of thought provoking ad-campaigns which will help raise money for a Martin Luther-King memorial. In one advert actress Halle Berry is seen walking into a restaurant with two friends-only for the Oscar winning actress to have to sit in the ‘coloured’ section. Other famous names lending a helping hand include veteran actor Morgan Freeman. It is hoped that they will help create the estimated $100m needed to build a memorial in Washington to pay tribute to the civil rights campaigner, who was assassinated in 1968.
The Matrix rehashed
Possibly the most anticipated film of the year, The Matrix Reloaded, premiered recently in Los Angeles. Its stars Keanu Reeves (who plays freedom fighter Neo) Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, all paraded before fans along with Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Bellucci, Will Smith, Demi Moore, Lucy Liu and Sandra Bullock. The original film has become one of cinema’s all-time greats due to its groundbreaking effects of slowed down bullets and gravity-defying fight scenes. The film is being widely tipped to take more money than The Matrix, which has made more than £193m so far.
Greasing up the years
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have apparently been approached to star in another Grease movie. Sources say that the plan is to set the new project in the disco era of the late 1970s, and have the story revolve around the children of the original characters. The original Grease spawned a sequel four years later, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer, but the film failed to gain the same recognition as its predecessor.
Can Penn bada bing bing?
Actor Sean Penn has been told that he does have grounds for suing movie producer (possibly more famous for being Liz Hurley’s ex) Steven Bing after he was dropped from a movie after apparently being anti-war. The Thin Red Line star is seeking $10m (£6.2m) in damages from Bing though the producer said he does not owe Penn ‘one cent’, and he dismissed Penn’s argument as ‘nonsense’.
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