Entertainment News 081806
Last week when we talked about the new World Trade Center movie, Craig made the point that it wouldn't be long before someone made a movie about the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. Good call. And you won't have to wait for long. Spike Lee is getting ready to premiere When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts will air in two two-hour segments on TV next week. The film will be shown in its entirety on HBO on 29 August, the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Spike has been criticized by some who saw previews of his film for not including more representation from Mississippi Gulf Coast residents, or the New Orleans white population. He says there is diversity in the film "but because of the historical significance, we chose to focus here. That was my vision. I wanted to concentrate on New Orleans". Thousands flocked to the New Orleans Arena for the premiere of the four-hour documentary, which Spike calls "incomplete at the moment".
When Denis Leary isn't playing a firefighter on "Rescue Me," he's doing something to help real-life firefighters. Earlier this week, the actor was in Boston as his Leary Firefighter Foundation donated a $250,000 fire boat to the Boston Fire Dept. In the six years it's been around, Leary's foundation has raised $7 million. The money has bought equipment and training for firefighters in New Orleans, New York, Worcester, Mass., and Boston. In 1999, Leary's cousin, who was a firefighter, was killed with others while fighting a fire in a Worcester warehouse.
Sad news from Morgantown, West Virginia..."Survivor" star Richard Hatch is finding it difficult to adjust to life in prison. The 45-year-old Hatch arrived July 25 at the minimum-security facility in Morgantown to begin serving a 51-month prison sentence for failing to pay his taxes like the rest of us. Hatch said he has secured a job within the prison and will be tutoring inmates, helping them to earn their GEDs and hone their job-hunting skills. Hatch's release date is Oct. 7, 2009.
News broke yesterday that YouTube is in talks with major record labels with the express goal of offering every music video ever created for free. They want to get this done in a mere 18 months.
Yesterday afternoon, Mel Gibson plead no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving and received three years probation, prosecutors say.
When Denis Leary isn't playing a firefighter on "Rescue Me," he's doing something to help real-life firefighters. Earlier this week, the actor was in Boston as his Leary Firefighter Foundation donated a $250,000 fire boat to the Boston Fire Dept. In the six years it's been around, Leary's foundation has raised $7 million. The money has bought equipment and training for firefighters in New Orleans, New York, Worcester, Mass., and Boston. In 1999, Leary's cousin, who was a firefighter, was killed with others while fighting a fire in a Worcester warehouse.
Sad news from Morgantown, West Virginia..."Survivor" star Richard Hatch is finding it difficult to adjust to life in prison. The 45-year-old Hatch arrived July 25 at the minimum-security facility in Morgantown to begin serving a 51-month prison sentence for failing to pay his taxes like the rest of us. Hatch said he has secured a job within the prison and will be tutoring inmates, helping them to earn their GEDs and hone their job-hunting skills. Hatch's release date is Oct. 7, 2009.
News broke yesterday that YouTube is in talks with major record labels with the express goal of offering every music video ever created for free. They want to get this done in a mere 18 months.
Yesterday afternoon, Mel Gibson plead no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving and received three years probation, prosecutors say.
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