Dangerfield's widow sues over film footage
Rodney Dangerfield's widow says that even in death the comedian can't get any respect.
Joan Dangerfield filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop the airing of a videotape of Dangerfield in his later years that his widow says was never intended for the public.
The comedian, whose catch phrase was “I don't get no respect,” was 82 when he died in October 2004.
The suit claimed that producer David Permut, a former friend, has more than 200 hours of video footage of Dangerfield taken at his home during the last few years of his life. The material is “highly private, extremely sensitive and very personal,” according to the lawsuit.
Much of it shows the comedian in ill health and “was never intended to be made available for viewing by the public,” the suit said.
It's a girl for Salma Hayek and fiance
Salma Hayek has given birth to a baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault, her publicist announced Friday.
“Mother and child are doing well,” publicist Cari Ross said in a statement. No other details were released.
The Mexico-born actress, 41, is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault.
Hayek has starred in films such as “Frida,” “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over” and “After the Sunset.” She is one of the executive producers of ABC's “Ugly Betty” and the chief executive of Ventanazul, a production company she formed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Dafoe returns to home state of Wisconsin
Willem Dafoe returned home to Wisconsin, where he said seeing childhood friends reminded him of the importance of old ties.
“That's what remains the most important,” said Dafoe, 52. “That's what started the most important, and then I think everybody goes away from that for a little while. And then they come back to that. It's like a primitive impulse.”
The two-time Oscar nominee, known for roles in the “Spider-Man” trilogy and “Platoon,” spoke briefly at the Milwaukee International Film Festival on Friday night after the world premiere of his new movie, “Anamorph.”
Dafoe said he had to “get out of town” after adolescence, so he moved to Milwaukee upon graduating from Appleton East High School. He studied drama at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before joining the avant-garde theater group, Theatre X.
He hasn't been back to Appleton in more than 20 years, but planned to go for a visit.
The film festival also showed two other of Dafoe's movies on Friday, “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Shadow of a Vampire.”
- From wire reports
Joan Dangerfield filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop the airing of a videotape of Dangerfield in his later years that his widow says was never intended for the public.
The comedian, whose catch phrase was “I don't get no respect,” was 82 when he died in October 2004.
The suit claimed that producer David Permut, a former friend, has more than 200 hours of video footage of Dangerfield taken at his home during the last few years of his life. The material is “highly private, extremely sensitive and very personal,” according to the lawsuit.
Much of it shows the comedian in ill health and “was never intended to be made available for viewing by the public,” the suit said.
It's a girl for Salma Hayek and fiance
Salma Hayek has given birth to a baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault, her publicist announced Friday.
“Mother and child are doing well,” publicist Cari Ross said in a statement. No other details were released.
The Mexico-born actress, 41, is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault.
Hayek has starred in films such as “Frida,” “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over” and “After the Sunset.” She is one of the executive producers of ABC's “Ugly Betty” and the chief executive of Ventanazul, a production company she formed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Dafoe returns to home state of Wisconsin
Willem Dafoe returned home to Wisconsin, where he said seeing childhood friends reminded him of the importance of old ties.
“That's what remains the most important,” said Dafoe, 52. “That's what started the most important, and then I think everybody goes away from that for a little while. And then they come back to that. It's like a primitive impulse.”
The two-time Oscar nominee, known for roles in the “Spider-Man” trilogy and “Platoon,” spoke briefly at the Milwaukee International Film Festival on Friday night after the world premiere of his new movie, “Anamorph.”
Dafoe said he had to “get out of town” after adolescence, so he moved to Milwaukee upon graduating from Appleton East High School. He studied drama at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before joining the avant-garde theater group, Theatre X.
He hasn't been back to Appleton in more than 20 years, but planned to go for a visit.
The film festival also showed two other of Dafoe's movies on Friday, “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Shadow of a Vampire.”
- From wire reports
