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Singer Shakira Won’t Have to Pay Ex Boyfriend Any Dough

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Singer Shakira Won’t Have to Pay Ex Boyfriend Any Dough

Shakira, the onenamed singer from “The Voice” and “Hips Don’t Lie,” has shaken off big possible dependent. According to her publicists, Shakira has had a case brought against her by an ex lover dismissed. Since I don’t follow Shakira, who is with someone else and recently had a baby, I will convey to you the statement just released:

“A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the pop star Shakira by her former boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua.  The California lawsuit was one of three that de la Rua has filed against Shakira seeking to claim a “partnership” interest in Shakira’s income, and all three have failed. Shakira commented:  “I am very grateful that the courts are not allowing these groundless lawsuits to proceed.  I have moved on in my life and could not be happier now.  I hope this harassment will now come to an end.”

“In the Los Angeles action, Shakira moved to dismiss the case on the ground that California was an improper forum to hear a dispute between Colombian and Argentine citizens, particularly in light of a prenuptial agreement the two signed in 2006, at a Colombian consulate, by which they agreed that de la Rua would have no claim to Shakira’s future income as an entertainer.  A Swiss judge, ruling in a case de la Rua filed in Geneva, recently held that the 2006 agreement “decisively” compelled the conclusion that Shakira and de la Rua were never legal partners.”

And now we know all about that.

Joy Behar Gets One Hour Exit Special from “The View” While Hasselbeck was Simply Ejected

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Joy Behar Gets One Hour Exit Special from “The View” While Hasselbeck was Simply Ejected

Joy Behar gets a one hour exit special from “The View” on August 9th, next Friday. It was taped yesterday. Mario Cantone hosts. Tony Bennett sings. Alan Alda and Joan Rivers are among the guests. I love Joy and think she deserves this. But it’s funny considering three weeks ago Elisabeth Hasselbeck came in, gave notice and left the same day. I wrote about it: here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?

Hasselbeck did not return for Behar’s special. I don’t think her name has ever been uttered again since her abrupt departure. She did not get a special. I’m not sure she got cab fare. Behar’s sixteen season run is unprecedented. She outlasted Meredith Vieira (who did come by), Rosie O’Donnell, that blonde girl from MTV who was on in the beginning, and cadres of guest hosts.

Joy is witty, smart, literate, funny, fast. I hope she gets another show at CNN or HLN. She was the bright spot on the HLN roster during her run there with a nighttime show.

Jenny McCarthy arrives in the fall, added to Whoopi and Sherri. One more yakker will be added, too. And as Barbara Walters glides into retirement, Whoopi Goldberg becomes the senior sage. She will keep McCarthy in line if the former MTV host starts squawking about autism and inoculations.

Flashback Exclusive: There Will Be Three Avatar Sequels– from June 2012

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Flashback Exclusive: There Will Be Three Avatar Sequels– from June 2012

I told you back in June 2012 that James Cameron would make three “Avatar” sequels, turning the whole thing into a four parter. Someone announced it today. But readers of this column knew about it 14 months ago. http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/06/26/james-cameron-will-film-three-avatar-sequels-at-the-same-time. I told you he’d shoot them at the same time. This is why Sigourney Weaver couldn’t do more “Political Animals.” And it’s why she’s left “Vanya and Sonia…” on Broadway early, ceding her role to Julie White. The time has come to make the films. So just in case you read this all now as “exclusives” you can say, Hah! I knew about it a long time ago.

Life Goes on at “Glee”: Lea Michele Returns to Work and Tweets About It

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Life Goes on at “Glee”: Lea Michele Returns to Work and Tweets About It

Lea Michele has gone back to work on “Glee.” Life goes on, doesn’t it? She’s Tweeted about it, too. Cory Monteith died three weeks ago. It seems like an eternity. By the Tweets, it does seem like her character, Rachel, will in the first two episodes.

 

Anthony Weiner Fesses Up to Being “Carlos Danger” on Spanish TV

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The video exclusive from Spanish TV starts at around the 10:30 mark. Weiner tries out Spanish and is not very convincing. The reporter gets right to the heart of the matter and makes Weiner admit to the pseudonym of Carlos Danger, his personal fantasy porn name he uses on the internet to entice young women as he emails them pics of his genitals. “Can you tell us the sex scandal is over?” the reporter asks.

Weiner says, “I can’t say that nothing from past won’t come back to haunt me.” That’s what just you want a New York mayor to say, right? As for Carlos Peligroso: the anchor (I hope someone emails and tells me who she is, she’s excellent) really socks it to him.

The clock is winding down on Carlos and Huma, the Boris and Natasha of New York politics. He remains disgusting. She is just delusional.
 

 

 

 

SNL’s Bill Hader on Anthony Weiner: “SNL Couldn’t Make Carlos Danger Up–It is Pure Comedy Gold”

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SNL’s Bill Hader on Anthony Weiner: “SNL Couldn’t Make Carlos Danger Up–It is Pure Comedy Gold”

HBO had the premiere of the very funny Larry David film “Clear History,” last night in LA.  The film costars the equally humorous Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Bill Hader, Amy Ryan and Danny McBride.

The party was typical HBO terrific, with a carnival, Ferris wheel and to top it off, the great band “Chicago,” played for the VIP crowd. The band is a running joke, albeit very sexually naughty, throughout the film. The film was shot around David’s summer home in  Martha’s Vineyard.

When you think of Anthony Weiner, you think that the recently departed SNL veteran  Bill Hader would play him the best.  But Bill was diplomatic about the whole deal and gave kudos to SNL’s current cast.

Hader said: “There are a lot of people on the show now who are so talented and could play him. Taran Killam could do it, others can. But really, it’s kind of hard to parody something that is so out there, meaning completely crazy,  already.  SNL couldn’t make Carlos Danger up.  Truly, you just can’t make this stuff up. It’s pure comedy gold.”
We asked about working with Larry David.

Bill replied: “I thought he would be intimidating cause he’s a comedy God , but I was happy to find out he’s such a great audience, he laughs a lot on set. There is nothing like making Larry David laugh.”

Jeff Garlin started the night off with the biggest unintentional laugh as the red carpet was shown on the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood as the audience waited for the movie to start.  Jeff wandered on the carpet and beamed into the camera making Larry David, who was inside, along with the audience, howl with laughter.  Jeff later told us, “All I have to say is that anytime I’m even near Larry David, it’s an honor.”
Larry David bopped to the band and told us that, “I had great, great time making this movie. Fun to work with everybody.  Good to do!”
The talented Director Greg Mottola told us that: “We all did this a labor of love to work with Larry. When it comes to comedy, he’s a true genius in every sense of the word.”
Clear History premieres on HBO This Saturday at 9 pm.

Ben Stiller’s “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Gets Centerpiece Gala at NY Film Fest

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Ben Stiller’s “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Gets Centerpiece Gala at NY Film Fest

I feel like Ben Stiller’s “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” has been on the dockets for most of my adult life. However, here it comes. And the remake of the classic Danny Kaye movie is getting the centrepiece gala at the New York Film Festival. (Maybe it will get the same at the London Film Festival!) Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Patton Oswalt and Sean Penn co-star. The movie opens Christmas Day.

Stiller says in a press release:”I am incredibly honored and excited to have THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY premiere in the New York Film Festival. When I first heard, I wanted to make sure it was the one at Lincoln Center and not one in Utica or somewhere. Making this film has been a wonderful collaboration with a really special screenwriter, Steve Conrad, and all the extremely talented cast and crew who worked on this movie. Having grown up a few blocks away on Riverside Drive, I couldn’t be happier to have it premiere here.”

Exclusive Flashback: Denzel Washington Cast Is Named for Broadway “Raisin”

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Exclusive Flashback: Denzel Washington Cast Is Named for Broadway “Raisin”

This is so boring. Today, the trades are saying “it’s been reported” who the cast is for Denzel Washington’s Broadway return in “A Raisin in the Sun.,” Yes, told you on July 19th and the 23rd, exclusively, that Diahann Carroll, Sophie Okenedo and Anika Noni Rose are joining the Kenny Leon production for a March 2014 assault on the Tony Awards.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/07/23/broadway-diahann-carroll-to-play-denzels-mother-in-raisin-in-the-sun

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/07/19/denzels-broadway-raisin-gets-rumored-cast-members

Vanity Fair: Facebook Founder’s Cheesy Wedding in the Shire

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Vanity Fair: Facebook Founder’s Cheesy Wedding in the Shire

Even I don’t know what to say, so here it is: Sean Parker, the guy who destroyed the music business with Napster and then went on to help start Facebook, had this colossally nervy wedding in Big Sur. It resulted in all kinds of fines and donations to nature conservancies totaling $2.5 million. Now Vanity Fair has the story and pics from the Middle Earth bacchanal. Sting, as well as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetones, was hired to preform. (Ka ching!).

The guests included “friends” like Emma Watson, Olivia Munn, and Sean Lennon. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg did not attend. Mark Seliger took portraits of the guests, which are very nice. The pictures of the setting are astonishing, and frankly the whole thing looks like “Lord of the Rings: Walmart Edition.” But it’s quite a scoop, and a tale of American Gatsby in 2013. www. vanityfair.com.

Now the Parkers and their baby settle into their $25 million carriage house in the middle of my block here in Greenwich Village, where their mega SUVs are the constant topic of conversation from neighbors who are dealing with alternative side of the street parking. Like? Follow?

London Film Festival Picks Tom Hanks Film to Open, Same as New York

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London Film Festival Picks Tom Hanks Film to Open, Same as New York

I don’t get this at all. But hey, whatever…Tom Hanks’ movie “Captain Phillips” is opening the London Film Festival. The Paul Greengrass movie about Somali pirates taking over the Maerska Alabama will have already opened the New York Film Festival a couple of weeks earlier, in September. With all the good films coming this fall, you’d think the Brits would have chosen something else. But there is is. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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