March 30, 2005

Comedian Billy Crystal got one at the 16th Annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards held on March 28, 2005 for his 1977 gay history playing Jodie Dallas of the ABC satire "Soap."

Meanwhile, actor Alan Cumming won the Vito Russo Award, an honor reserved for openly out artists, for his roles in "X2: X-Men United," "Spy Kids," and most of all for his Tony for "Cabaret" that created the most buzz at the event.

Sexy actress Scarlett Johansson is suffered from crippling shin-splints during the filming of her latest movie "The Island", which demands her to cope with the extremely tiring physical work she couldn't cope indeed.

Had previously limited her screen work to dramatic roles, Johansson reluctantly finished work for the mega-budget sci-fi thriller "The Island" with painful muscles.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi asked Richard Gere; "Shall we dance?" when the actor is in Japan to promote his latest film, the Hollywood remake of the Japanese box-office hit "Shall We Dance." And so Gere insisted to be the man before they twirled for a few seconds in Koizumi's office.

At the same moment both persons talked about their mutual affection for the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, and "the Japanese Richard Gere" Koizumi also discussed his love of movies. Praising the prime minister as "charming" and "spontaneous" Gere said "It's a great honor for me to have the moments I've had with the prime minister. He's very generous. "

"The Pirates Of The Caribbean" actor Orlando Bloom has confirmed his recent negotiations to play in "Young 007" and said his interest to the movie idea, which he said far more adventurous and can give him 'space' to do more stunts. "This is as near as I think I will get to playing the grown up James for the next 20 years," he adds.

The first "Young 007" movie will be based on new novel entitled Silverfin and will be set in the 1930s, years before Bond discovered he likes his Martinis shaken, not stirred. Moreover, the film will follow the young Bond from school at Eton, England, to his uncle's house in the west Highlands.

"American Psycho" star Christian Bale is thrilled after his wife Sibi gave birth to his first, yet-unnamed daughter, on Sunday night March 27, 2005 at the Santa Monica hospital in California. Bale, who tried to keep his wife pregnancy secret, could not hide his excitement of becoming a father that he was eager to spread the news soon after the baby was born.

Two months after they were both arrested, rapper Master P and his brother Vyshonn King Miller were charged Monday March 27, 2005 with carrying unregistered loaded guns. Police patrolling the University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, firstly stopped the car driven by Vyshonn because it did not have license plates.

What they eventually found inside the car was a gun near the driver's seat, and another one under the front passenger seat, where Master P was sitting. A police spokesperson confirmed the siblings were freed on $35,000 bail each and were scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, where both are expected to be arraigned on the felony gun charge.

Christina Applegate's "Sweet Charity" which recently been canceled due to the poor ticket sales, will reopen on Broadway this spring, two weeks late than its original schedule. The show producer Barry Weissler said Tuesday that he had re-hired Walter Bobbie's production, taken the sets out of storage, and prepared the show for an April 12 first preview and a May 4 opening.

The reopened show noted as one of only three musicals eligible for the Best Musical Revival Tony Award will perform its original headliner, Christina Applegate, who had gotten the OK from her doctors to return in mid-April to the role of dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine.

The 40-year-old Sandra Bullock is so excited when she was granted a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on March 24, 2005. Bullock says that since receiving the honor, she is determined to "turn legitimate."

To add, Bullock's name has been placed next to Keanu Reeves', who starred alongside her in "Speed," the 1994 movie that propelled Bullock to stardom.