The Oscar winning actors Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker have had another reason to celebrate: they have picked up awards at the 38th edition of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards ceremony, which took place in Los Angeles. Like at the Oscars, Forest Whitaker has been chosen Best Actor for his playing Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland” and Jennifer Hudson has been elected Best Supporting Actress for her role from “Dreamgirls”.
Hudson has stated that “There is nothing like being recognized and honoured by your own.”, while Forest Whitaker has said that this role allowed him to “go back to Africa and touch” his roots.

Another winning actor at this year’s NAACP Image Awards gala has been Isaiah Washington. He has been chosen Best Actor for a Drama Series for his role from “Grey’s Anatomy”. “The first time I was up here I felt deserving of something. This time I feel privileged.” has said Washington.

Other winners of the night have been Keke Palmer, who has been named Best Actress for her role in “Akkelah and the Bee” and Djimon Hounsou, Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Blood Diamond”. “The Pursuit of Happiness”, the movie starring Will Smith, has won Best Film, while “Ugly Betty” has won at the Best TV Comedy Series category. Vanessa Williams has been awarded the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy prize for her role from the famous comedy show.

At this year’s gala the comedian Bill Cosby has been inducted into the NAACP’s Hall of Fame, while the Chairman’s Award has been given to Bono from U2. Prince has been awarded the Best Male Music Artist prize.

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“The Lives of Others”, the German movie that won the Oscar at the Foreign Language Picture category, has been decided to be adapted into an English-language version. This remake is to be directed by Anthony Minghella, also an Oscar-winning director.
The adaptation is to come as part of a production deal between Anthony Minghella and the leading independent film outfit The Weinstein Company.
“The Lives of Others” is a story from the days of the East Germany’s communist regime involving a romantic intrigue and ideological confusion among actors and the secret police.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Could Appear in “Terminator 4”
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who’s now Governor of California could be on his way back to acting. He may appear in “Terminator 4”, the upcoming sequel to the successful movie starring Schwarzenegger and directed by James Cameron.
The news of this possible come-back role for Arnold Schwarzenegger has come during MGM Studio President Harry Sloan’s visit to Boston. Sloan has said hat they will need a new actor, but “Arnold may do a cameo. I think it’s in his contract.”

Charlotte Church Confirms She Is Pregnant
The British singer and recently television host Charlotte Church has confirmed the rumors. She is indeed pregnant with Gavin Henson’s child. The couple has been forced to announce that they are expecting a baby because of the rumors. The announcement has been posted on Charlotte Church’s web site.
The newspapers have been speculating the singer may be expecting, because of her not drinking alcohol during her recent birthday party. Charlotte and her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson have been dating for two years.

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The body of late Anna Nicole Smith is now to finally find its peace. The funeral of the former model has taken place in Bahamas, after the almost endless fight over her body and not only.
Anna Nicole Smith’s coffin has been carried down a red carpet by pallbearers in pink ties. The former Playboy model herself has been buried in a pink gown and also a tiara. Anna Nicole Smith has been buried near her son Daniel’s grave, as she seems to have wanted.
Aged 39, Smith died on the 8th of February 2007 in a Florida hotel room. The cause of death has not been found yet. However, the tragic event has triggered also endless battles on two main fields: the custody of Smith’s little daughter, who could inherit an important amount of money and the fighting over Smith’s body.
It seems that time has solved one of the problems: Anna Nicole’s body had to be buried. About three hundred people have attended the private funeral from the Mount Horeb Baptist Church. Hundreds of tourists and islanders have tried to watch the guests behind the police-guarded barricades.
Pink has been the main color of the funeral. Pink seems to have been the most suitable color for the personality of late Smith, whose both life and death have been very much like a soap opera.

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A Vietnamese adoption official has said that actress Angelina Jolie and her partner, actor Brad Pitt, have filed papers for adopting a Vietnamese child. Vu Duc Long is the head of his country’s international adoption department. He said he received the papers in which the Hollywood stars were asking permission to adopt the child a few days ago.
Vu Duc Long has added that they will consider Angelina Jolie like any other American person who wants to adopt a Vietnamese child. Because the actress is not yet married, “the file was from her individually. It will take a few months for us to consider this.” – has also said the Vietnamese official.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spent their Thanksgiving holiday in an orphanage near Ho Chi Minh city. They played with the children. This added to Jolie’s statement from June 2006, when she said she had plans to adopt again. The actress has first adopted a child in 2002. Cambodian-born Maddox is now five years old and he has other two baby sisters: Ethiopian-born Zahara and Namibian-born Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
The Vietnamese child would be the forth child that Angelina Jolie will have adopted and only the second since she is Brad Pitt’s partner.

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Actor Daniel Radcliffe has signed up to play the teenager wizard in the final two Harry Potter movies. Warner Bros, the studio producing the movies, has said Radcliffe is “very much looking forward to starting filming” the sixth film in September.
The next and final episodes of the Harry Potter saga have been entitled “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
The sixth Harry Potter movie is to be released next year, followed by the seventh and last film of the series, which is expected to be released in 2010.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe won his chance to play Harry Potter back in 2000, when he was only 11 years old. In only one year the first movie of the series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” hit the cinemas. Radcliffe and the other two child-actors co-starring in the movie Emma Watson and Rupert Grint quickly became stars!
The Harry Potter movies are based on J.K. Rowling’s children books. Both the books and the movies have been very successful worldwide. Each book and implicitly each movie cover one school year of the character at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the end of the saga Harry Potter will be about 18 years old. In real life, when Daniel Radcliffe has finished filming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” he will be 21 years old.

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The “Fly” actor Jeff Goldblum has recently received a restraining order against a woman he had met at the acting school where he is a teacher. The actor accused Linda Ransom of showing up unannounced and also invited at his home 20 times in the past month and over 50 times in the past three months; these harassing visits were made although the two did not know each other nor were acquainted.
Jeff Goldblum has said that Linda Ransom has also been sending threatening and harassing letters, accosting and stalking him. What Goldblum has told the Los Angeles Superior Court has been also confirmed by two employees of the security personnel, which attested Ransom’s threatening behavior.
Linda Ransom’s statement has been that she is an aspiring writer who is seeking help for her screenplay from a famous teacher. He has also said that she once unknowingly followed the 54-year-old Goldblum to what she later found out was his residence.
The stalker has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards from the actor.

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Paramount Pictures has announced that the 11th “Star Trek” movie (Star Trek XI), which will be directed by the “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams, is to be released on Christmas Day 2008, in the U.S. The 11th “Star Trek” movie will be focusing on the early lives of Mr. Spock and Captain James T. Kirk. The shooting for the new movie is to begin this autumn.
J.J. Abrams, who also directed the third part of the movie “Mission: Impossible” last year, has said that he want “to make a picture for life-long fans and the uninitiated.” He has also added that it is needless to say that he is honored and excited to be part of this 11th chapter of “Star Trek”.
The original “Star Trek” TV series were created by Gene Roddenberry and they ran between 1966 and 1969. From then on it went on to spawn 10 feature movies, millions of books and computer games and others.
This 11th “Star Trek” movie will be released after “Star Trek: Nemesis” was launched in 2002. The last movie featured the stars of the “Next Generation” TV series. In 2005, it came also to an end the TV spin-off “Star Trek: Enterprise”.
The 11th movie from the series, which has not been named yet, will tell the story of Kirk and Spock’s first meeting at the Starfleet Academy, and also of their first outer space mission.

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The British star from “The Talented Mr. Ripley” has said he has been “speechless” in front of his receiving one of France’s most important cultural honors. The famous actor has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres medal by the French ambassador at a ceremony in London.
French ambassador Gerard Errera has described Jude Law, 34-year-old, as “simply one of the most talented actors today”. The latter has said: “My mum and dad have lived in France for 15 years, so really it is a country I share as my home.”, while Gerard Errera has added that this honor has been given to him not in recognition of what he has done for France, but for what he has done as an actor for the whole world.
Jude Law has thanked the ambassador for his “wonderful words”.
The guests from the Residence de France from London have included also Peter Law, the actor’s father, and director Anthony Minghella.

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After all that waiting for an Oscar, it seems that finally winning the golden statuette hasn’t been enough for the 64-year-old director Martin Scorsese. He has now joined forces with rock star Mick Jagger for making a movie together.
The receiver of the Best Director Oscar for his movie “The Departed”, Martin Scorsese, will now direct “The Long Play”, a movie about two friends and their tumultuous lives in rock music. Rock star Mick Jagger, who is 63 years old, will be the producer of the film, as he had had the idea a few years ago. He will produce “The Long Play” together with his business partner, Victoria Pearman.
The screenwriter of the movie will be William Monahan, who also won an Oscar for his screenwriting the screenplay for “The Departed”.
This won’t be the first time that the famous director and the rock star have teamed up. They recently collaborated on a feature length documentary about The Rolling Stones that should be released later in 2007.
In 2005, Mick Jagger won a Golden Globe alongside Dave Stewart for writing a song for the remake of the movie “Alfie”.