1: Renner back to work after axe incident
Jeremy Renner returned to work on The Bourne Legacy just a few weeks after he was involved in a barroom brawl in Thailand in which a member of the group he was in was struck with an axe. (
TMZ)
2: Cynthia Nixon shaves head for new role
Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon has shaved her head for her new Broadway play Wit. The actress debuted her new look on the Live With Kelly show in the US. She plays a poetry professor who undergoes treatment for cancer in her new play. (
huffingtonpost)
3: Garth Brookes wins law suit against hospital
Country-music legend Garth Brookes has won a law suit against an Oklahoma hospital after it emerged that the $500,000 he donated in his late mother’s name was funneled out of the woman’s health centre that Brookes had donated the money for. (
eonline)
4: The Hangover 3 could net stars $15 million each
The Hangover stars - Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms - are reportedly showing a united front as they negotaiate their salaries for The Hangover 3. It has been reported that the actors are looking for $15 million (€11.5 million) each and it is believed that they will receive this sum following the success of the first two films. (
hollywoodreporter)
5: Will Smith and Simon Cowell collaborate on new show
Simon Cowell and Will Smith’s respective companies, SYCO Entertainment and Overbrook Entertainment, are collaborating on a new international reality TV show to find the world’s greatest DJ. Will’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith will work with Cowell to develop the show. (
deadline)
6: Ed Burns reckons life is easier as an actor
Ed Burns, who starred in 27 Dresses and directed last year’s Newlyweds, reckons it’s easier acting in front of the camera than running the show behind it. "The filmmaker, the director, you've got the entire world to worry about, so any time I get an acting job - I don't want to say it's easy by any stretch, but it's a little bit of a relief,” said the man who had one of the best recurring roles in hit-show Entourage. (
independent)
7: Desperate Housewives character to be killed off
A major character from the hit show Desperate Housewives is to be killed off in the coming weeks. The scenes in question are to be shot in the next few weeks and will be aired in March with the show coming to a permanent end in March. (
RTE)
8: Geoffrey Rush named Australian Of The Year
Geoffrey Rush (60), star of The King’s Speech and The Pirates of the Caribbean films, has been named Australian Of The Year in honour of his service to and success in the arts. He became the first Australian-born actor to win an Oscar, he won for the movie Shine.
(BBC)
9: Cole may be back on X Factor
Cheryl Cole has been given the green light to return to The X Factor. Show boss Simon Cowell is paving the way for the beauty to be reinstated as a judge on the next series. And he cheekily reckons she’ll take the job because she “misses” him. (
Irish Daily Star)