40th Anniversary of the Charles Manson Murders: PHOTO
It was 40 years ago this weekend that a group of young people led by Charles Manson sent a wave of terror through The Hills and valleys of the Los Angeles area. Manson, then 34, and a group of followers known as the Family were convicted for killing seven people, including Hollywood starlet Sharon Tate, who was more than eight months pregnant with husband's Roman Polanski's son. On Aug. 8, 1969, Manson instructed Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten to kill everyone at the...

40th anniversary of Manson killings
Los Angeles, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Charles Manson , one of the most notorious killers in U.S. and California history, remains behind bars 40 years later with almost no prospect of release. Actress Sharon Tate , the pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski , and three guests, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, her boyfriend, writer Wojciech Frykowski, and hairstylist Jay Sebring, and Steve Parent, a teenager visiting the caretaker on the Los Angeles property, were killed on Aug. 9, 1969. The next day,...

Flashback: Sharon Tate Murdered
During the summer of 1969, when gay rights were being demanded, and peace, love and understanding was expressed at Woodstock, a public nightmare happened in a small canyon in Beverly Hills. A group of hippies from Charlie Manson family descended upon the house that Roman Polanski had rented form Doris Day’s son Terry Melcher.  While Polanski was in London, his 26-year-old, 8-months-pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was there with coffee heiress Abigail Folger and her lover, Voytek...

Charlie Manson Murders: 40 Years Ago: PHOTO
Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - It was 40 years ago today that America's worst fears of the hippie generation crystallized when Sharon Tate and four others were slaughtered by Charlie Manson's "family" in her rented Benedict Canyon home. On Aug. 9, 1969, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski, Jay Sebring, Steven Parent and Tate -- who was 26 years old, eight months pregnant and married to film director Roman Polanski -- were slain "to instill fear into the establishment," one of the...

'Bruno' Paris Premiere: A Rave Review, Glittery Hotpants And Roman Polanski (PHOTOS)
Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Bruno' had its Parisian premiere Monday night as an early review gave it a rave. As always, Cohen was in character in Paris as the flamboyant fashion journalist.

Polanski propels 'Pompeii'
Roman Polanski's next directing effort will be his biggest undertaking yet in terms of scale, subject and budget. "Pompeii" is a dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of Mt. Vesuvius just before and during its eruption. The budget is projected to be $130 million, the director said. It is based on the bestseller of the same name by "Fatherland" novelist Robert Harris, who is writing the script. Filming will begin in Italy this summer. "Pompeii" will be produced by Polanski and Robert...

Focus Features boards 'Dubber'
Focus Features has boarded "The Dubber," a buddy comedy with French thesp Alain Chabat attached to play the title role. Pic centers on a man who provides the French dubbing voice for a top Hollywood star. When the A-lister has an on-set meltdown and goes missing, the dubber travels to the U.S. to help find him. The original idea for "The Dubber" was hatched by former Los Angeles Film Festival director Richard Raddon and filmmaker Marina Zenovich ("Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"). The duo...

Focus Features boards 'Dubber'
Focus Features has boarded "The Dubber," a buddy comedy with French thesp Alain Chabat attached to play the title role. Pic centers on a man who provides the French dubbing voice for a top Hollywood star. When the A-lister has an on-set meltdown and goes missing, the dubber travels to the U.S. to help find him. The original idea for "The Dubber" was hatched by former Los Angeles Film Festival director Richard Raddon and filmmaker Marina Zenovich ("Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"). The duo...

HBO's Roman Polanski problem.
Rewind: Tonight, HBO airs Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, a documentary that, according to the HBO press materials, raises "lasting questions about … the U.S. legal system." Without being exactly sympathetic to Polanski, the message of the film is clea

Polanski won't appear in U.S. court
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Polanski's lawyer told a judge Monday the fugitive film director won't appear at a hearing this week to seek dismissal of the decades-old sex case against him. Attorney Chad Hummel argued in a court document that Polanski's personal appearance in court is irrelevant to the question of whether judicial and prosecutorial misconduct violated his constitutional rights. He said there is no legal precedent to support a finding by Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza that...

Manson follower ends her silence
Former Manson accomplice Linda Kasabian tells full story of bloody night which ended decade of love

Timothy Hutton sees Polanski’s ‘Ghost’
Timothy Hutton has been cast to play an American lawyer in director Roman Polanski’s new film ‘The Ghost’ based on the book by Robert Harris. Hutton will star along side Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi, Kim Catrall, Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Wowsers! That’s one helluva cast!

TMI On The PDA From Jennifer Love Hewitt & Jamie Kennedy - Weekend Roundup: PHOTO
Jennifer Love Hewitt and boyfriend Jamie Kennedy engaged in a long loving lip lock while vacationing in Hawaii. That’s just some of what happened in Celebrityville over the weekend. Here’s what else you missed:PHOTO GALLERY: Mark Wahlberg Marries Girlfriend Rhea DurhamAttack Of The Bedazzler: Katie Price’s Disco Ball BoobsWho’s...

WE HEAR . . .
August 10, 2009 -- THAT friends are worried Janet Jackson is eating her troubles away, having lots of food delivered each day to the Atlanta set of the Tyler Perry movie, "Why Did I Get Married Too." next item >

Abstinence: The "Sexy" Way [Sex Vs. Sexy]
The Candie's Foundation claims that its mission is "to educate America's youth about the devastating consequences of teenage Pregnancy." So why, then, is it pushing abstinence, and "sexy" abstinence, at that, as an ideal solution?

'The View' star Hasselbeck has 3rd child, a boy - Yahoo! News
New YORK – Elisabeth Hasselbeck of "The View" is the mother of a third child. Hasselbeck gave birth Sunday afternoon in a New York hospital to a boy, named Isaiah Timothy. She's married to former NFL player Tim Hasselbeck . It's the couple's second son . Grace Elisabeth is 4, and Taylor Thomas is 20 months old. Isaiah weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces. The New dad reports: "Elisabeth and Isaiah are doing great." ___ ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co . ___ On the Net:...

Hair Wars: Kelis & Keyshia Cole: PHOTO
Fresh off of delivering a healthy baby boy, trendsetter Kelis is finally back on her style game with a new hair do . She recently ditched the blue hair that she wore during her Pregnancy for shades of pink and purple. Remember back in the day people use to dye their hair with packs of kool-aid? ….or was that just my hood? The Life Files posted this pic of Keyshia Cole who has recently jumped on the bandwagon and shaved her head. What has Cassie started? From this particular angle, it...

Natalie Portman And Michelle Williams In: Scenes From A Catfight [Michelle Williams]
If you've ever yearned to see Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams writhe on top of each other, you're in luck: so has Roman Polanski, and he filmed it.The trailer above is just a sampling of the vaguely lesbionic tussling that can be found in Polanski's short film Greed, which is exclusively showing over at Dazed Digital. The project is the latest work from artist Francesco Vezzoli, who's known for creating trailers, premieres, and now a perfume ad for products that don't actually exist (you...

Tim & Elisabeth Hasselbeck Welcome Third Child, Baby Boy (Photos)
Tim Hasselbeck and “The View” host Elisabeth Hasselbeck welcomed their third child, a healthy baby boy named Isaiah Timothy Hasselbeck (7 lbs., 7 oz.) at 2:49 p.m. Sunday (August 9) in New York City. “Elisabeth and Isaiah are doing great and we’re excited about the addition of another baby boy into our family,” Tim Hasselbeck said in a phone interview posted on “The View” site. Elisabeth and the former quarterback have been married for seven years and have another son,...

So who's Kathy Griffin "dating" now?: PHOTO
That would be Sarah Palin's grandbaby's daddy, Levi Johnston There's a new love in my life. Age is just a number people. Source Watch your back Kathy, Sarah can creep on you all the way from her house. ( Post a new comment ) youcantfoolus 2009-08-09 11:22 pm UTC ( link ) lmao i love her ( Reply to this ) dannyha 2009-08-09 11:22 pm UTC ( link ) he looks bloated, but usually he is hottt ( Reply to this ) sarahbo_bara 2009-08-09 11:22 pm UTC ( link ) Don't get pregnant! ( Reply to this ) bob80...

News Bites: Interviewing Faye Dunaway, Sports Heroes, and 'The Shield'
Filed under: Drama, Sports, Casting, Deals, Celebrities and Controversy, ScriptsCelebrity interviews can be pretty nerve-wracking. The ante is upped even more when the interviewee doesn't give many interviews. You hope for the best, but sometimes that's not what you get. Xan Brooks got a chance to interview Faye Dunaway for The Guardian, and things didn't go so well. It started with a list of ixnayed topics, but one was left off the list -- Roman Polanski and rumors about Chinatown. He asked if it was true

Wall Street - Langella Joins Wall Street: PHOTO
The upcoming Wall Street sequel is turning into a star-studded affair - Oscar-nominee Frank Langella is the latest big name to join the cast. Michael Douglas will reprise his Academy Award-winning role as ruthless financial player Gordon Gekko in the new picture, which is tentatively titled Money Never Sleeps. Transformers star Shia LaBeouf is set to play an ambitious trader who is engaged to Gekko's daughter and Charlie Sheen is rumoured to be in talks to reprise his role as Bud Fox, alongside...

Gerard Butler - Butlers Marriage Fears: PHOTO
Scottish actor Gerard Butler longs to get married and have children - but fears he has left it too late to settle down. The 300 star turns 40 in November (09) and is currently single. Butler recently admitted his love life is "pretty miserable" because he has problems finding a suitable mate. And he is convinced he needs to sort his relationship issues out soon - before misses his chance at marriage. He tells Britain's Red magazine, "I would love to have a wife and kids, but you can't magic...

The Bachelorette Producer on Ed Swiderski Rumors: Booyah!: PHOTO
Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski have been the subject of much speculation ever since they got engaged on The Bachelorette - and even prior to the finale. The issue? Rumors that Ed Swiderski was two-timing a pair of women before, during and after the show (and cheating on Jillian even after getting engaged). They appeared on Good Morning America last week to put and end to the rumors that they are breaking off their engagement and that Ed cheated on Jillian. But rumors of Ed's philandering,...

¡Feliz cumpleaños Brian De Palma!
Hoy 11 de septiembre, a siete años de haber sucedido el ataque terrorista hacia las torres gemelas, el conocido director y guionista Brian De Palma cumple 68 años. ¡Felicidades Brian! Nació el 11 de septiembre de 1940 en Newark, Nueva Jersey. Hijo de un cirujano, desde muy temprana edad se interesó sobre todo por las ciencias y la técnica; en dos ocasiones ganó la “National Science Fair Competition” (Concurso Nacional de Ciencias). Mientras estudiaba la carrera de Física, descubrió