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Yeoh Ready to Play Chinese Legend
Michelle Yeoh has agreed to produce and star in THE MASKED CRUSADER, film described as a "female Robin Hood." The story is based on China's legendary crusader for the poor and downtrodden, Wong Ngung. Yeoh's version will be set in 2009. Jingle Ma will direct and Thomas Chung will co-produce through his Han Entertainment. Filming will begin in January in Honk Kong and continue throughout various parts of China and Japan.
Women's Group Blasts TV, Calls it Sexist
In its third annual report on how women are portrayed in prime time TV, the National Organization for Women (NOW) is vilifying the six top networks, accusing them of pandering to an "adolescent boy's fantasy world." According to the study, the networks employ 134 more men than women. They also criticized the nets for those women being in the beauty standard of Jennifer Aniston (FRIENDS), i.e. "young, thin and white." "Network programming sends a distorted, often offensive image of women, girls and people of color brought to you through the point of view of white men and boys," said NOW Foundation president Kim Gandy. "Television remains very much a man's world, with women serving primarily as eye candy." Most of the networks say they have not seen the report yet and therefore do not have a comment.
BABY AND THE CITY!
Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick welcoming a baby boy early Monday morning in Manhattan, the actress' publicist says. The tyke weighed in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces. No word yet on the child's name.
Seinfeld to Unveil New Comedy Routine on Letterman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Superstar comedian Jerry Seinfeld plans to try out an all-new routine this Thursday on the CBS "Late Show with David Letterman," his first TV stand-up performance since his last visit with Letterman in March 2001.
Seinfeld's most recent "Late Show" appearance comes as the former television sitcom star promotes his newly released film "Comedian," a behind-the-scenes look at the stand-up circuit from his perspective and that of up-and-coming comedy talents.
Seinfeld recently appeared with Letterman's NBC rival, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," to talk about his movie and the release of his illustrated children's book, "Halloween." And while he showed a clip from the movie in which he and Leno were seen joking together, Seinfeld did not perform any stand-up on the show.
Seinfeld's previous "Late Show" visit in March 2001 marked his return to television stand-up comedy after nearly three years. Prior to that, he had last performed TV stand-up during his August 1998 HBO comedy special, "I'm Telling You for the Last Time."
His self-titled NBC sitcom, starring Seinfeld as a New York comedian hanging out with three of his pals -- Elaine, George and Kramer -- was one of the biggest prime-time hits of the 1990s and was ranked this year by the editors of TV Guide magazine as the greatest television show of all time.
CBS is owned by Viacom Inc. and NBC is part of General Electric Co.
Wild and Whacky 'The Osbournes' Returns to MTV
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - They've met the Queen of England and President Bush. They've won their first Emmy Award, battled cancer, taken in another teenager and more dogs. Now television's wildest family is ready again for prime time.
British rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his raucous, foul-mouthed clan will return to the tube on Nov. 26, kicking off a second season of MTV's highest-rated show, the Viacom Inc.-owned cable music network said on Tuesday.
The future of "The Osbournes," which became an overnight media sensation last season, was thrown into doubt after Osbourne's wife and manager, Sharon, was diagnosed with colon cancer over the summer.
But the family decided to pick up where they left off last spring with 10 new episodes chronicling their lives in Beverly Hills as they simultaneously adjust to heightened fame and Sharon Osbourne's illness.
"We are excited to invite the world into our home for another dose of Osbourne insanity," Sharon Osbourne said in a statement issued by MTV. "This season the show takes on a whole new meaning as we share the highs and lows of the last six months with our viewers. With the Osbournes, you never know what you're gonna get."
The first season followed the daily exploits of the 53-year-old heavy metal legend in his off-stage role as a befuddled father puttering around his house, forever cleaning up after his incontinent dogs, taking orders from his wife, and sparring with their teenage children, Kelly and Jack.
The bleep-filled series became MTV's biggest hit, earned an Emmy as television's best "reality" series and turned the family into instant pop culture figures.
Ozzy-mania even extended to Buckingham Palace, where rock's heavily tattooed "Prince of Darkness" was introduced to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II earlier this month at the Golden Jubilee pop concert in her honor.
This season, the show will feature a new member of the clan, 18-year-old Robert Marcato, a family friend whose mother recently died of cancer and has moved in with the Osbournes. They are in the process of legally adopting him.
Melinda the nanny also will return, along with an ever-expanding collection of dogs and cats and various other characters who drift in and out of the Osbourne household.
The show also will incorporate scenes from Ozzy's touring schedule over the summer, a trip to Washington last May to dine with the president, and Kelly's bid to launch a recording career as a singer.