He Wants The Film To Be Just Like ‘Hudson Hawk’ Whoopi
One of the challenges of acting is crying on cue.
Bruce Willis may find it hard to coax tears, but only from himself. Seems he’s pretty good at pulling them from others.
It all began when the former television star took over the reins of the in-production film “Broadway Brawler” and fired virtually everyone in charge.
That included director Lee Grant; her husband, producer Joe Feury; and cinematographer William Fraker. As co-producer, Willis enlisted Cinergi Pictures head Andy Vajna in the purge.
“It was like a tornado,” Grant said. “It came out of nowhere. I was absolutely stunned. We met the next day and grown men were crying.”
Loose talk
Goldberg on the perception that she prefers to date only white men (as reported by the Philadephia Inquirer): “My first husband was a black man… I’ve been out with lots of black doctors and Puerto Rican guys.”
Who won’t be starring in a remake of ‘Rocky’?
Sharon Stone turns 39 today.
From the let-them-eat-cake file…
Writes San Francisco Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik: “Appearing at a Planet Hollywood opening in Toronto this week, Demi Moore told the Toronto Sun that she was glad to be there because she doesn’t often have the chance to mix with ‘regular people.”’
The story should have been printed in Car & Driver
Esquire editor Ed Kosner nixed a David Leavitt short story scheduled for the magazine’s April issue, and literary editor Will Blythe then quit. Why did all this occur? The New York Observer reports that the story was killed because it involved having sex in a Jeep, and Chrysler, which makes Jeeps, was one of the issue’s advertisers.
We haven’t talked about the goddess Uma in a while
While pitching a forthcoming movie about cloning, Danny DeVito got all excited about his co-star, 6-foot-tall Uma Thurman. “Talk about genetic engineering!” DeVito said. “This is Uma!”
Some people call it Oscar, we call it Billy Bob
Some actors would kill to win an Academy Award. But not Billy Bob Thornton, nominated twice (Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay) for the independent film “Sling Blade.” “I’m terrified of that whole deal,” Thornton said on Entertainment Tonight. “The idea of walking in front of all those people, falling down, having mustard on my collar.”
Finally, though, we just can’t laugh at this one
Toni Braxton recalled the goofiest pickup line ever used on her for YM magazine. “His name was P-nut,” the singer said. “He was like, ‘I know you got a lot of money and all, but I’d like to take you out to dinner. You have to make sure it’s after Wednesday, though, because I get paid on Wednesday.’ And he gave me his card. I still have it.”
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