Heidi Klum Picks Up a Peabody Award
Heidi Klum Picks Up a Peabody Award
German supermodel Heidi Klum styled up the press line at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday (June 16), hitting the black carpet in a sexy white dress and black heels.
The luncheon ceremony was hosted by 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, as she filled in for NBC News anchor Brian Williams, who opted to spend time with his NBC colleagues in the aftermath of Washington bureau chief Tim Russert’s death.
During the course of he event, producer Harvey Weinstein got onstage to accept an award for Project Runway - “insisting that Miss Klum get up onstage with himself, Tim Gunn and other executives for the show.”
Other cable Peabody winners this year included: Comedy’s Central’s The Colbert Report; BBC America for White Horse; Showtime for Dexter; HBO for To Die in Jerusalem; Sundance Channel for Nimrod Nation; and mtvU for Half of Us.
Alchemist Finally Fuses Together
Two decades after Paulo Coelho's bestselling novel was published, it's finally headed for the big screen.
Producer extraordinaire Harvey Weinstein confirmed while making the Cannes Film Festival rounds that the Weinstein Co. would produce the adaptation, to star and be directed by Laurence Fishburne.
The book, which was released in 1988, sold 30 million copies and become a bestseller in 18 countries, chronicles the journey of Santiago, a Spanish shepherd boy, who heads off to Africa in search of treasure only to have his purpose altered after meeting an alchemist, to be played by Fishburne, along the way.
"This is a special project that now has a special team behind it to ensure that its path to the big screen is handled with the proper care it deserves," the actor said.
The film has been given a $60 million budget and will begin shooting next year around the globe, in Europe, the Middle East and north Africa.
It's already earned the seal of approval from the author himself.
"I am very happy that my book will be filmed in the way I intended it to be, and I hope the spirit and simplicity of my work will be preserved."
Javier Bardem off Cloud Nine
It's one thing to drop out of a movie project. It's another to drop out of a movie project that your girlfriend is still attached to.
Javier Bardem has done just that, though, backing out of the long-gestating and oft-postponed Rob Marshall-directed musical Nine, blaming post-awards season exhaustion and leaving better half Penélope Cruz among the international A-list beauties still signed on.
Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren are also on board, while Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are reportedly in talks to join the musical spin on Federico Fellini's seminal film 8½.
But there are no hard feelings between Bardem and the Weinstein Co., which is producing the film.
"Javier personally asked me if we could move production to February, but we just couldn't do it," honcho Harvey Weinstein told Variety. "He is an amazing talent and I know we'll work together in the future, very soon."
We know they will, too. What Harvey wants, Harvey gets.
Trivia: Harvey Weinstein Had Plans To Open a Chain of Jack Rabbit Slims
Pulp Fiction was featured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills as part of the Academy’s newest 17-week “Great To Be Nominated” series.
It was revealed that Miramax kingpin Harvey Weinstein had plans to open a chain of Jack Rabbit Slims restaurants after Pulp Fiction became such a huge success. Apparently Quentin Tarantino had to talk him down, explaining that the restaurant in the film was actually goofing on the trend of popular theme restaurants of the early ’90s. But Tarantino acknowledged that the five-dollar milkshake is no longer just a joke, but a reality in most diners and restaurants.
The Jack Rabbit Slim sequence in Pulp fiction was actually filmed at the Famous Mel’s. In the film, Mia (Uma Thurman) takes Vincent (Travolta) to the restaurant. The waitstaff and entertainers resemble 1950s personalities such as Ed Sullivan (the maître d’), Buddy Holly and Marilyn Monroe (both of whom are waiters). Besides regular seating, patrons can also sit in a replica of a 1950s automobile, which has a table and seating inside the car. The food is also named after personalities from the 1950s or earlier - when asked what kind of milkshake Mia would like, she’s offered a choice of Amos and Andy (Chocolate) or Martin and Lewis (Vanilla). Vincent orders the Douglas Sirk Steak, while Mia has the Durward Kirby Burger. Both are given the option of having their meat “burnt to a crisp” or “bloody as hell”. A few restaurants, bars and bands across the world have since adopted the name.
Other Juicy tidbits revealed during the panel include:
- The role of Butch the boxer (Bruce Willis) was originally written for Matt Dillon.
- Daniel Day-Lewis was interested in playing Vincent Vega (John Travolta’s role).
- Laurence Fishburne was originally pegged for Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson’s role), but Fishburne thought he was above supporting roles at that point in his career.
source: pajamasmedia