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On the heels of announcing Adele’s musical performance in the James Bond tribute, the 85th Annual Academy Awards will also feature a tribute to musicals over the last ten years. Chicago, Dreamgirls, and, of course, Les Misérables will be featured in the segment.
“The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance in the last decade,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as seen on Coming Soon. | Full Story
John Travolta has stepped out for the first time in public following a series of shocking claims about his private life. Some weeks ago, the veteran actor had been hit by scandalous accusations including that he had a “secret six-year gay affair with his pilot.”
The Pulp Fiction actor has allegedly been hiding out at a vacation home in the Bahamas since being accused of gay sexual misconduct from numerous male masseurs. | Full Story
John Travolta has responded to accusations of sexual misconduct by an unidentified Los Angeles male masseuse who says the actor sexually harassed him during a massage. Additionally, a second man also revealed similar accusation, and now a third man has come forward claiming Travolta made indecent proposals to him while aboard a cruise ship.
The Pulp Fiction star has released a sketchy photo and receipts that purportedly show he was in New York City on the day he is being accused of making unwanted sexual advances on one of his accusers in a Beverly Hills hotel. | Full Story
John Travolta is upset that a lawsuit filed by two male masseuses, claiming he sexual harassed them, has reopened speculation that he may be living a clandestine homosexual lifestyle.
Now, Travolta’s lawyer, Marty Singer, has accused Okorie Okorocha (the lawyer for both plaintiffs), of seeking “15 minutes of fame” by bringing the suits to court. Singer promises to sue both Okorocha and his clients after getting the cases thrown out.
Both men, who have filed anonymously as “John Doe #1 and #2″, are seeking $2 million dollars in damages. | Full Story
Universal has released a trailer for Savages.
Savages is an upcoming crime–drama movie, which was directed by Oliver Stone. The film is based on the written novel of the same name by Don Winslow, who co-wrote the action script alongside Shane Salerno.
The adaptation of the bestselling book is about two pot growers from Laguna who are muscled by a Mexican drug cartel. When their shared hippie girlfriend, O (Blake Lively), is kidnapped, two marijuana farmers — University of California, Berkeley graduate Ben (Aaron Johnson) and former U.S. | Full Story
John Travolta had his mind set on eating fried chicken, but when he tried getting some from KFC, the fast food restaurant refused to serve him.
Refused?! Well, sort of!
According to sources, while the Hollywood star was in England last week for an annual Scientology meeting, one of his assistants called KFC and asked to reserve a table for Travolta and friends. The employee wasn’t impressed. Travolta’s representative was told, “if he want to dine here, he would have to wait on line like a civilian.”
KFC headquarters released a statement mentioning that they would have handled the situation differently. | Full Story
Its Official, Chazz Palminteri has joined the John Gotti biopic. Palminteri will Play Mafia Don Paul Castellano who in real life was gun down in front of his favorite steakhouse on 47th street in Manhattan New York. A hit order by John Gotti himself. This wouldn’t be a gangster movie if there wasn’t the same amount of drama surrounding the production today. Casting had several hiccups during the process: Lindsay Lohan was signed to star but apparently she is not in the Movie. | Full Story
Ben Foster gets the acting role to play infamous Crime Boss John Gotti’s son Gotti Jr. The film will break into the mob family and show how John Gotti lived and died following the code. Gotti’s son ,who was seasoned to lead the crime family, left that world behind to redeem the Gotti name. Cast includes Al Pacino, John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Joe Pesci.
No news on the location of the production yet but it wouldn’t be a silly guess to say NYC. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
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reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
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