No casualties and few serious injuries in emergency touchdown By Matthew B. Zeidman NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 1/15/09 – In what was described by New York Gov. David Patterson as a miraculous landing, all 155 crew members and passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 were pulled from the wrecked jet that was forced into New [...]

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Crisis? What Crisis? Well, Wall Street, yet UI research links creativity, economic growth in Iowa By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 9/17/08 — You don’t have to live in NY, LA or Paris to have your creativity benefit your personal prosperity or that of your community. According to a new report, the farm belt [...]

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Stefani’s reps have not confirmed the happy news, but grandpa Rossdale couldn’t contain his joy By Stacey Silberman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/29/08 – There’s no doubt about it, pop star Gwen Stefani has a bun in the oven with rocker husband Gavin Rossdale, which will give little Kingston a sibling sometime soon, to share [...]

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Spears is deposed for two long hours, answering pointed questions posed by Federline’s attorney By Stacey Silberman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/22/08 – Tabloid pop star Britney Spears finally succumbed and followed the court’s order by appearing for her most recently scheduled deposition Monday in the bitter custody between herself and ex-husband Kevin Federline. Spears, [...]

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“Atonement” and “Sweeney Todd” take a backseat as the nominees for the Producers Guild of America awards are announced By Jonathan Zipper HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/14/08 – Don’t expect a lot of writers at their awards dinner Feb. 2, but the Producers Guild of America announced its nominees for this year’s PGA prizes, considered [...]

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Things quickly fell apart for the networks covering the Golden Globes Award live By Alicia Hollinger HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/13/08 — Television coverage of the 2008 Golden Globes was as uncomfortable as the award press conference itself. As said on the TV Guide post-show about the winners’ announcements, “The only way to describe it [...]

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Gittleman gets two years probation and $3,000 fine for his role in the Cruise-Holmes wedding photo scheme that ended in suicide for conspirator Schmidt By Stacey Silberman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/12/08 – Marc Lewis Gittleman thought he’d make some quick cash after getting his hands on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ Italian wedding pics [...]

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Art house films dominate the list of WGA nominees who will learn the winners on Feb. 9. The annual gala awards dinner has been cancelled, but may be revived after the strike. By Alex Ben Block HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/10/2008 – Another Hollywood kudofest is a victim of the Writer’s Guild strike, but this [...]

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The actress joins the cast of an independent film adaptation of Noel Coward’s play “Easy Virtue.” By Jonathan Zipper HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/10/08 – Actress Jessica Biel has signed on to play the lead in a film version of playwright Noel Coward’s “Easy Virtue.” Biel will star opposite Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas [...]

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Directors Guild of America also fete Clayton and Diving Bell By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/8/08 — The Directors Guild of America Award nominations were announced today with kudos going out to gritty, independent films, at least in spirit if not in distribution. Paul Thomas Anderson is included for his take on a [...]

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Broadcast Film Critics ‘Critics Choice Awards’ give stars another difficult choice even though it’s not being picketed By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/5/08 — The Broadcast Film Critics Choice Awards Monday Jan. 7 could very well join the Golden Globes as a causality of the ongoing Writers Strike. Though the BFCA show with [...]

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The FBI is going digital with its warning and search system helping them to find their most wanted violent criminals, terrorists, child abductors and bank robbers By Stacey Silberman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 12/30/07 – Gone may be the days of going incognito in the city — because big brother is not only watching but [...]

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