Buzz News Roundup, 3/26


Updated 03/26/08 8:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 2 comments

Buzz News Roundup, 3/26

According to Variety, a celebrity-studded version of Family Feud will be coming to primetime. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Shekhar Kapur will direct the late Anthony Minghella's last project, a short film for the anthology New York, I Love You. Hugh Jackman and TV writer/producer Marc Guggenheim are co-creating an original comic book series titled Nowhere Man, ComingSoon reports. Zap2It Read more

Director Anthony Minghella Dies at Age 54


Updated 12/03/08 1:18 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 7 comments

Director Anthony Minghella Dies at Age 54

Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella died today at the age of 54 of a hemorrhage following surgery. He won the Best Director Oscar in 1997 for The English Patient, and was later nominated for his work on The Talented Mr. Ripley. He also directed Cold Mountain and the 2006 drama Breaking and Entering. According to the AP, "Minghella's publicist, Jonathan Rutter, said the filmmaker died at Read more

Sugar Bits — Director Anthony Minghella Passes Away at 54


Updated 03/18/08 5:11 PM · Posted by · 17 comments

Director Anthony Minghella Passes Away at 54

Film director Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for The English Patient, died early this morning at the age of 54. He suffered a brain hemorrhage following routine surgery at a hospital in London. — PopSugar UK Soleil Moon Frye and her husband, Jason Goldberg, welcomed their second daughter, Jagger Joseph Blue, yesterday. — lilsugar Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are denying the Read more

HBO Has Female-Driven Programming On Deck


Updated 07/18/08 6:41 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 6 comments

New HBO Shows — Ladies' Detective Agency, Driving Around With Joni

This year we've seen two network TV shows, Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, that have tried to recreate the magic of HBO's Sex and the City, with mixed results. By contrast, HBO itself is moving on, leaving SATC for the big screen and once again developing interesting and unexpected female-driven projects. Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose will star in Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's Read more

Jude Law's Breaking and Entering


Updated 10/27/06 12:23 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Jude Law's Breaking and Entering

Jude Law & Robin Wright Penn were promoting their latest movie, Breaking and Entering. Robin is looking much better than her heart throb co-star these days. We love RWP and wish she worked more, but when she does we know it's going to be a great film. In this movie, Jude's character takes a fatherly interest in a young thief who keeps breaking into his firm and is forced to re-evaluate his Read more

Sarah Jessica Parker Parties With Harvey Weinstein and Hits the Carpet in Cannes


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Sarah Jessica Parker at Cannes Film Festival Pictures

Sarah Jessica Parker dazzled in a white Dolce & Gabbana gown at The Weinstein Company's Vitamin Water-sponsored soiree in Cannes last night. Harvey Weinstein presented previews of their upcoming slate including My Idiot Brother, which debuted at Sundance, and My Week With Marilyn, which is out later this year and stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe. Sarah Jessica took the stage to Read more