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Friday, March 15, 2002 - 7:20 p.m. Pacific |
IN THE BEDROOM
Seen, heard, said: The latest from Hollywood
March 15, 2002
Got March 24 free? Nicole Kidman needs a date to the Oscars.
She told the glitterati at the Oscar luncheon this week: "I don't really have anyone to bring at the moment. I'm still looking."
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March 11, 2002
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton have adopted a baby, says her dad, Jon Voight.
"Angelina adopted a Cambodian baby. I'm a grandfather today," Jon told reporters at the Oscar luncheon yesterday honoring nominees (he's up for supporting actor in "Ali").
The new grandpa said Angelina received the baby Sunday in Africa, where she is filming a movie. He said Billy Bob was in the U.S.
The new parents' reps were not available for comment.
(Yes, we know you're dying to make a crack about those vials of blood. Restrain yourselves.)
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March 11, 2002
As the Oscars loom and other awards have cited "The Lord of the Rings," news comes from Middle-earth about a "Rings" trilogy that might have been — three decades ago.
OK, it's not from Middle-earth. It's from the New York Daily News. According to the paper, "A Hard Day's Night" associate producer Denis O'Dell says Paul McCartney and John Lennon wanted to film "Rings" 30 years ago but couldn't find the right director.
Paul would have played Frodo, and John would have been Gandalf.
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March 8, 2002
Russell Crowe has apologized for his tirade at the British TV producer who edited his best-actor acceptance speech for the delayed telecast of a British film-awards show. The producer's rep says Russell called him over the weekend.
When the Australian Broadcasting Corp. showed the broadcast of those same Brit film awards, they cut Russell's speech in the same place. London's Sun says he'd been assured the speech would be intact — and was hosting a party to watch the telecast. How embarrassing.
Russell's apology apparently wasn't enough to adjust his karma. He was supposed to have dinner with Bill Clinton — yes, that Bill Clinton — in Melbourne, says the New York Daily News, but the ex-prez didn't show. One report says Russell, his parents and his girlfriend waited until 5 a.m. for Clinton to show. A Clinton rep tells the Daily News that one of his aides "called Russell Crowe's assistant to tell him he wouldn't be able to visit him and his parents." The rep didn't know exactly when the aide received the RSVP.
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March 8, 2002
"Lord of the Rings," up for a lucky 13 Oscars, has raised the bar on special effects. But one effect was solved the old fashioned way: Shoot the profile. People mag reports that Viggo Mortensen presented "Rings" director Peter Jackson with the challenge after Viggo went surfing and banged up the right side of his face so badly it couldn't be disguised. Apparently no amount of pancake makeup can hide a swollen-shut eye. So Peter did what any Oscar-nominated director would do: he shot all Viggo's scenes from his left side.
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March 8, 2002
Ian McKellen is having great fun with his "Lord of the Rings" Oscar nomination. He told the New York Daily News:
"I had bodyguards the other day. They just turned up. They were keeping back the crowd of eight people."
He’s in the Big Apple to host "Saturday Night Live" March 16. He told the paper he was still working on his opening monologue, but he’s playing with the idea "that I’ve had enough of being a gay icon! I’ve had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career’s taken off. I want a quiet life! I’m going back into the closet. But I can’t get back into the closet, because it’s absolutely jam-packed full of other actors!"
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March 8, 2002
Jude Law may not be nominated this year, but he still has something to be excited about: He and wife Sadie Frost are expecting their third child in August.
— Janine Dallas Steffan
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