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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012<br />
Michael Keaton<br />
Keaton cast as<br />
‘RoboCop’ CEO<br />
in remake<br />
Michael Keaton is joining the cast of the upcoming<br />
remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 cultclassic,<br />
“RoboCop,” for MGM and Columbia Pictures, MGM<br />
announced Wednesday. Keaton will play the CEO of the corporation<br />
that builds RoboCop. He joins previously announced<br />
stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Samuel L Jackson in the<br />
film, which is being directed by Jose Padilha.<br />
The project is due to begin filming next month, and is scheduled<br />
to be released on August 19, 2013. Recent reports noted<br />
that British actor Hugh Laurie was in the running to take on the<br />
role, as was Clive Owen. The film is set in a crime-ridden city in<br />
which a wounded cop returns to the force as a cyborg haunted<br />
by his memories.<br />
“Michael is the final addition to the amazing cast we have<br />
assembled for this film and it is so great to have the last puzzle<br />
piece in place,” said Padilha. “We’ve got a great script, a great<br />
cast, some killer ED-209’s and I can’t wait to get Alex Murphy<br />
back on the streets.” —Reuters<br />
Trey Songz’s latest<br />
‘Chapter’ takes Billboard No. 1<br />
R&B artist Trey Songz topped the Billboard 200 album chart<br />
on Wednesday with his latest album “Chapter V,” edging<br />
out three other new entries on the chart this week. Songz’s<br />
fifth studio album sold 135,000 copies according to Nielsen<br />
SoundScan, pushing last week’s chart-topper “Based On A T.R.U.<br />
Story” from rapper 2 Chainz to No. 2 with 48,000 copies.<br />
DJ Khaled’s sixth studio album “Kiss The Ring” debuted at No. 4<br />
with 41,000 copies sold, behind the compilation of various artists<br />
on the “Now 43” album, which dropped one spot to No. 3 this<br />
week with sales of 45,000 units. Electronic-indie act Owl City (real<br />
name Adam Young) debuted at No. 7 with his fourth studio album<br />
“The Midsummer Station,” selling 30,000 copies in its first week,<br />
fueled by his hit single “Good Time” featuring Carly Rae Jepsen.<br />
Christian music band Tenth Avenue North had the fourth<br />
debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart. Their third studio<br />
album, “The Struggle,” came in at No. 9 with 26,000 copies sold.<br />
Justin Bieber’s “Believe” took No. 5 in its 10th week in the chart,<br />
while Maroon 5’s “Overexposed” notched No. 6, Rick Ross’ “God<br />
Forgives, I Don’t” dropped from No. 3 to No. 8, and One<br />
Direction’s “Up All Night” rounded out the top ten. Over on the<br />
Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift safely held onto the No. 1 position<br />
as her latest hit. —Ruters<br />
Oscar-winning US actor Tommy Lee<br />
Jones will receive an award in honor<br />
of his career at the San Sebastian<br />
film festival in Spain next month, festival<br />
organizers said yesterday. The 65-year-old<br />
“Men in Black” star will collect one of the<br />
festival’s Donostia Awards, “awarded to a<br />
great film personality in recognition for their<br />
work and career”, at a ceremony on<br />
September 28, they said in a statement.<br />
Festival organizers praised Jones as “one of<br />
the most acclaimed and accomplished<br />
actors in Hollywood”, who has had “a brilliant<br />
career spanning four decades”.<br />
Jones won the Oscar for Best<br />
Supporting Actor in 1994 for his portrayal of<br />
determined US Marshall Sam Gerard in the<br />
box office hit “The Fugitive”. His latest film<br />
“Hope Springs”, in which he co-stars opposite<br />
Meryl Streep, will be screened out of<br />
competition at the festival. Scottish actor<br />
Ewan McGregor and US director Oliver<br />
Stone will also receive a Donastia Award at<br />
San Sebastian this year. Previous recipients<br />
of the prize include Julia Roberts, Glenn<br />
Close, Ian McKellen, Richard Gere and<br />
Woody Allen.<br />
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian<br />
film festival, the oldest and most prestigious<br />
event of its kind in the Spanish speaking<br />
world, will take place between September<br />
21 and 29. — AP<br />
Lifestyle<br />
Tommy Lee Jones to get<br />
award at Spanish film festival<br />
Beanie Sigel<br />
Beanie Sigel<br />
arrested for drug,<br />
gun possession<br />
Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested on<br />
Wednesday on drug and gun possession charges,<br />
celebrity website TMZ.com reported, days before he<br />
was headed to prison for tax evasion. The rapper, whose real<br />
name is Dwight Grant, was arrested during a traffic stop during<br />
which police found prescription pills, marijuana, a gun and<br />
cash in his car, TMZ.com said.<br />
Sigel, 38, best known for his collaborations with rapper Jay-Z<br />
and R&B artist R Kelly, was sentenced to prison last month after<br />
owing more than $728,000 in back taxes to the Internal<br />
Revenue Service, Philadelphia’s local Fox affiliate said. A judge<br />
ordered Sigel to pay all taxes, penalties and interest, which officials<br />
said he failed to do. The rapper was due to report to prison<br />
on Sept 12. Representatives for Sigel and the Philadelphia<br />
police could not be reached for comment.—Reuters<br />
Tommy Lee Jones<br />
Poster girl for<br />
women’s boxing is now<br />
Bollywood muse<br />
India’s latest Olympic hero is hoping that a Bollywood<br />
movie on her life isn’t just about the sweat, tears and<br />
grime. Mary Kom, five-time women’s boxing world champion,<br />
won a bronze medal at the London Games, and her<br />
exploits will now be captured on the big screen. “I hope they<br />
show some romance in the film,” the 29-year-old told<br />
Reuters in a phone interview. “That’s also important, right?”<br />
The mother of two is married to Onler Kom, who is also her<br />
manager, and hopes director Omung Kumar depicts that<br />
part of her life in the film as well.<br />
Mary Kom<br />
“They will show my struggle and how difficult it was, but I<br />
don’t know who will play me-that is up to them,” she said.<br />
Bollywood isn’t really known for its sports films, but movies<br />
such as “Lagaan”-a historical epic revolving around a cricket<br />
match that was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar in<br />
2002 — and “Chak De India”, centered around the Indian<br />
women’s hockey team, have found box-office success.<br />
This year, film-maker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is working<br />
on “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”, a biopic on Milkha Singh, one<br />
of India’s greatest track athletes. Kom was first approached<br />
by Omung Kumar last year, but the director hadn’t found a<br />
producer at the time. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, one of<br />
Bollywood’s best known film-makers, has now been roped in<br />
to produce the biopic. “At first, I thought he (Kumar) was joking<br />
but then he did some research around my village and<br />
spoke to people, so I knew he was serious,” she said. Kom<br />
met both Kumar and Bhansali in Mumbai this week, but said<br />
she never considered playing the lead role in the project. “I<br />
cannot act, I can only box.” —Reuters
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