Sharon’s Global Celebrity Update

Actress Brittany Murphy had  left her husband out of her will.
Murphy, who passed away, aged 32 on December 20 2009 – left her entire estate to her mother Sharon Murphy, and nothing to British screenwriter Simon Monjack, it has been claimed.
Her husband, Simon is happy with the way his wife’s assets have been divided, insisting [...]

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Jean Simmons,- one of Hollywood’s- mid-century film icons, has died of lung cancer at age 80.
The actress, who sang with Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls; co-starred with Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk Douglas; and played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet, died Friday at her home in Santa Monica.
A stunning beauty at only 14, [...]

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Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has taken out the top prize at Flickerfest 2010 19th International Short Film Festival in Australia which qualifies the film for consideration for the 2011 Academy® Awards.
The film has won the ‘Cooper Award’ for ‘Best Short Film’ at the International Film Festival which [...]

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Hollywood actor George Clooney is to host a telethon on MTV next week to raise funds for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
The event will be broadcast on all MTV Network channels on Friday, January 22, when Clooney is expected to be joined by as yet unnamed pop music and movie stars.
Haiti-born musician Wyclef Jean [...]

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Peter Jackson’s New Film Premiere
Peter Jackson’s newest film, The Lovely Bones is to premiere this evening in Wellington.Naturally the stars of the movie also arrive at Embassy Theatre.!
Thousands are expected to turn out to see Jackson, American Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Ireland’s Saoirse Ronan, along with the movie’s kiwi co-stars Rose McIver and Carolyn [...]

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New Zealand’s Top 50 Films of the Decade
New Zealand’s leading online movie website Flicks.co.nz has compiled a comprehensive list of the
‘Top 50 Films of the Decade’.
Nine of New Zealand’s most respected film critics painstakingly selected the fifty films from every cinematic release in New Zealand between 2000 and 2009.
These nine contributors hail from – deep [...]

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Hollywood Returns To Wellington
Hollywood is returning to Wellington with the announcement of another red carpet premiere for the city.
Mayor Kerry Prendergast said she was delighted with the news that the New Zealand premiere of Peter Jackson’s film The Lovely Bones will be held in Wellington on Monday 14 December.
“It’s fantastic news. Wellington does these things [...]

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New Hit Film “2012″ Beats Estimate By $5 Million
Disaster movie 2012 wreaked even more havoc at the box-office than expected, Columbia Pictures said on Monday, taking in $230.4 million (137 million pounds) worldwide on its opening weekend.
Sony said the movie that uses the Mayan calendar and other end-of-days prophecies to depict the world’s demise came [...]

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Posh- Singer-Fashion Designer-Now in a Movie
Former Spice Girls’ singer Posh -Victoria Beckham’s Hollywood career is taking off – the fashion designer has landed a role in the next Madagascar movie.
She had made a cameo appearance in Ugly Betty and provided a voice-over for hit kids show Spongebob Squarepants.
Now Victoria has landed her first Hollywood [...]

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Madonna -the new face of Dolce and Gabbana
Madonna (51) is the new face of Dolce and Gabbana.
Stefano Gabbana – one half of the Italian designer duo – is thrilled the Celebration singer has taken part in a campaign, which was shot over the weekend, and can’t wait for it to come out.
The 51-year-old star will [...]

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