Experts say Wilson's film career shouldn't suffer
Owen Wilson's film future remains bright despite his apparent personal problems.
Hollywood insiders say that the 38-year-old actor, who was hospitalized Sunday after police responded to a report of an attempted suicide at his Santa Monica home, should continue to enjoy big-screen success.
His box-office track record - “Wedding Crashers” topped $200 million, “Cars” brought in almost $250 million - plus his on-screen image as an affable everyman who can charm the ladies while boozing with the boys has made him a favorite with both filmmakers and filmgoers.
“He's loved,” Bernie Brillstein, a veteran Hollywood manager who worked with John Belushi and Chris Farley, said Tuesday. “It's serious, but it's a singular case. Anyone can have a bad day, a very bad day.”
Could Wilson face the same potential producer alienation that threatens other troubled stars such as Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears?
Jim Carrey cries out for ‘unsung hero'
Jim Carrey has made a straight-to-YouTube video. And it's not funny at all.
The 45-year-old actor-comedian - in rare serious mode - appears in a new public service announcement on behalf of the Human Rights Action Center and the U.S. Campaign for Burma. The goal: To free Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been confined by the Burmese government for 11 of the last 17 years.
“Even though she's compared to a modern-day Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, most people in America still don't know about Aung San,” Carrey says in the filmed message, posted Tuesday on YouTube.
“And let's face it: the name's a little difficult to remember. Here's how I did it: Aung San sounds a lot like `unsung,' as in unsung hero. Aung San Suu Kyi is truly an unsung hero.”
Geena Davis sues advocacy for stealing idea
Geena Davis has sued the owners of a Minnesota-based advocacy group for allegedly taking her idea for a charitable foundation and promoting it as their own.
The actress filed her lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Joseph Kelly and Nancy Gruver of the Dads & Daughters nonprofit organization, seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Kelly is president and Gruver is executive director of the organization.
Davis, 51, said in court papers that she came up with the idea for the See Jane foundation, which encourages balanced gender representation in entertainment for children, in 2004.
- From wire reports
Hollywood insiders say that the 38-year-old actor, who was hospitalized Sunday after police responded to a report of an attempted suicide at his Santa Monica home, should continue to enjoy big-screen success.
His box-office track record - “Wedding Crashers” topped $200 million, “Cars” brought in almost $250 million - plus his on-screen image as an affable everyman who can charm the ladies while boozing with the boys has made him a favorite with both filmmakers and filmgoers.
“He's loved,” Bernie Brillstein, a veteran Hollywood manager who worked with John Belushi and Chris Farley, said Tuesday. “It's serious, but it's a singular case. Anyone can have a bad day, a very bad day.”
Could Wilson face the same potential producer alienation that threatens other troubled stars such as Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears?
Jim Carrey cries out for ‘unsung hero'
Jim Carrey has made a straight-to-YouTube video. And it's not funny at all.
The 45-year-old actor-comedian - in rare serious mode - appears in a new public service announcement on behalf of the Human Rights Action Center and the U.S. Campaign for Burma. The goal: To free Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been confined by the Burmese government for 11 of the last 17 years.
“Even though she's compared to a modern-day Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, most people in America still don't know about Aung San,” Carrey says in the filmed message, posted Tuesday on YouTube.
“And let's face it: the name's a little difficult to remember. Here's how I did it: Aung San sounds a lot like `unsung,' as in unsung hero. Aung San Suu Kyi is truly an unsung hero.”
Geena Davis sues advocacy for stealing idea
Geena Davis has sued the owners of a Minnesota-based advocacy group for allegedly taking her idea for a charitable foundation and promoting it as their own.
The actress filed her lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Joseph Kelly and Nancy Gruver of the Dads & Daughters nonprofit organization, seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Kelly is president and Gruver is executive director of the organization.
Davis, 51, said in court papers that she came up with the idea for the See Jane foundation, which encourages balanced gender representation in entertainment for children, in 2004.
- From wire reports
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