Actresses trade quips ahead of Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES
Serious Emmy candidates don’t feign nonchalance — for them, a peer honor is a genuinely exciting prospect, a fact that became clear during a recent candid discussion with seven of TV’s top actresses. Four are past Emmy nominees: Kyra Sedgwick of TNT’s “The Closer,” Minnie Driver of FX’s “The Riches,” Jenna Fischer of NBC’s “The Office” and Calista Flockhart of ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters.” One is a previous winner: Felicity Huffman of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.”
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All-Star baseball game strikes out in ratings
NEW YORK
When the American and National League face off in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in New York, there will be fewer people watching than there were the last time Yankee Stadium was the host in 1977. Last year’s game drew 12.5 million viewers, the smallest audience for the “Midsummer Classic” since at least 1970. With the exception of the 2006 game in Pittsburgh, which bucked the trend, the ratings have fallen since 2001.
Venezuelan Mendoza crowned ‘08 Miss Universe
NHA TRANG CITY, Vietnam
Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam’s resort city of Nha Trang on Monday. The 22-year-old brunette was given her crown, made of white and yellow gold and precious stones, by last year’s winner, Riyo Mori of Japan, at the pageant finale watched by nearly a billion television viewers worldwide.
Actor Gorham leaves “Ugly Betty”
LOS ANGELES
Christopher Gorham, who plays the endearing accountant Henry on “Ugly Betty,” has left the show to co-star on CBS’ midseason drama “Harper’s Island.” The serialized horror story revolves around a group of friends who meet on an island off the Seattle coast for a destination wedding. Gorham will play the groom-to-be, also called Henry.
John Woo goes into battle with epic “Red Cliff”
HONG KONG
As the first film to re-create the Battle of Chibi in 208 A.D., the most famous military feat in Chinese history, John Woo’s “Red Cliff” is a Pan-Asian project with the word “monumental” written all over it. The 140-minute first half that opened across major Asian territories provides the beams and columns for the narrative framework, but with a few decisive and spot-on action spectacles, it sufficiently kindles expectations for the climactic clash in Part 2. The Western version will be a shorter, condensed one.
Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms drink to “Hangover”
NEW YORK
Ed Helms of “The Office” fame and Bradley Cooper are headed for a “Hangover.” They are in final negotiations to star in director Todd Phillips bachelor-party comedy, about three friends who lose the groom at their Vegas fandango two days before the wedding. The third lead role has yet to be cast for the Warner Bros. film.
“Hellboy II” heavenly at box office
LOS ANGELES
The “Hellboy” sequel sizzled at the weekend box office in North America, while Eddie Murphy bombed with his latest comedy, “Meet Dave,” according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” starring Ron Perlman as a cigar-chomping demon who fights evil, opened at No. 1 after selling about $35.9 million worth of tickets.
RedOctane execs on a roll with “Guitar Hero”
DENVER
There were a lot of questions surrounding the “Guitar Hero” videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful? The answer to all those questions has turned out to be a resounding yes. “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” has sold more than 8 million copies, and the franchise has sold more than 20 million songs through its downloadable content store.
Masked rockers Slipknot bring ‘Hope’ to Mayhem
LOS ANGELES Billboard
The moment is burned into the mind of Roadrunner Records president Jonas Nachsin. It was 1999, and his label had convinced Ozzfest organizers to put its newly signed band, Slipknot, on the festival’s second stage. Curious to see the band in action before the release of its debut album, Nachsin took a drive to New Jersey, where Ozzfest was playing at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. While hard rock acts Black Sabbath, Slayer, Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Deftones and Godsmack attracted the masses, then-unknown Slipknot took the side stage before a respectable audience of about 200.
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