Britney Spears will no longer face charges after running over the foot of a photographer last year.
Los Angeles police officials have determined the pop star was not at fault and the evidence doesn't prove that Spears left the scene of the accident, as the paparazzo claimed in his police report.
In documents obtained by TMZ, authorities rule the singer had no idea she had run over a photographer's foot.
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Thursday, 19 June 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
‘Spelling Bee’ Queen Celia Keenan-Bolger on Playing Pregnant in ‘Saved,’ the Musical
Photo: Joan Marcus
As Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Celia Keenan-Bolger not only charmed audiences with her rendition of "My Friend, the Dictionary" but picked up a Tony nomination. Now, following a performance as the pregnant Mary in Juno (the Encores! production, not the Ellen Page movie), she's starring in Off Broadway's Saved as … well, a pregnant girl named Mary. In this musical adaptation of the 2004 Christian-satire movie, which opens tonight at Playwrights Horizons, Keenan-Bolger steps into Jena Malone's role as a high schooler seeking redemption for her gay boyfriend. She spoke with Vulture about playing a teen at 30, her own high-school experience, and the challenges of starring in Juno (the other one).
Have you seen the movie version of Saved!?
I watched it for the first time about a year ago, when they said they would be interested in me doing the play. And I haven’t actually seen it since — I thought about revisiting it when we were in rehearsals, but then I just got too nervous. Because I remember thinking Jena Malone was so good, and I was like, "You know, it won’t be useful. It will get in my head, and I’ll probably end up doing an imitation of her."
It seems like some of the characters have softened up compared to their versions in the film. Do you think Mary is different at all?
Whenever you have characters singing, all of a sudden you’re getting an interior that you would never get in a movie because essentially the songs are an expression of an emotion that you wouldn’t capture in a lens. I also feel like in New York City to make a musical about Christians that are crazy is kind of easy. Your audience is so built into that; people are happy to get on that train. Something that drew me to the project was that they were trying to put everyone in a fair light.
What was your own high-school experience like?
I went to public school in Detroit so I was one of like two white kids in my entire high school. It was a performing-arts school so it was much more out there than a normal high-school experience. But because I was a minority, I was always a little on the outside. I remember getting to college, and being like, "Whoa, there are a lot of white people here."
And now you’re 30. What’s it like to play an adolescent?
It’s interesting, I think when I first started doing the show, I was so self-conscious about it and so interested in making people believe that there was some plausibility in me being in high school, and by the fourth preview I totally abandoned that. I think high school is such a crazy time because so much is happening around you, so much is changing, and you’re filled with questions, whether you’re religious or not. I’ve just tried to focus on that part of it as opposed to playing the age.
As we were watching the show, we kept thinking about Juno — the movie, not the musical you were just in. It's also a high-school student who gets pregnant after her first time. Was there any discussion of that?
Well, we started working on this before Juno came out. But what I started thinking was, Why is this? Why are pieces of art being made about this? There is this sort of surge. And I suppose you could just say it’s just coincidence, but I would like to think it’s a little bit deeper than that. At one point the writers had a line, when I had the sonogram, which was like, "What’s with the sea monkey? Are you, like, having a sea monkey?" And someone was like, "No, you can’t say that line — that line’s in Juno." And we were like, "Oh my God."
And in the other Juno, you just played a pregnant Mary. Was that a coincidence?
[Laughs.] I have no idea what that’s about. And in a musical called Juno, where everyone was constantly asking me, "They made that into a musical already?"
—Lori Fradkin
As Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Celia Keenan-Bolger not only charmed audiences with her rendition of "My Friend, the Dictionary" but picked up a Tony nomination. Now, following a performance as the pregnant Mary in Juno (the Encores! production, not the Ellen Page movie), she's starring in Off Broadway's Saved as … well, a pregnant girl named Mary. In this musical adaptation of the 2004 Christian-satire movie, which opens tonight at Playwrights Horizons, Keenan-Bolger steps into Jena Malone's role as a high schooler seeking redemption for her gay boyfriend. She spoke with Vulture about playing a teen at 30, her own high-school experience, and the challenges of starring in Juno (the other one).
Have you seen the movie version of Saved!?
I watched it for the first time about a year ago, when they said they would be interested in me doing the play. And I haven’t actually seen it since — I thought about revisiting it when we were in rehearsals, but then I just got too nervous. Because I remember thinking Jena Malone was so good, and I was like, "You know, it won’t be useful. It will get in my head, and I’ll probably end up doing an imitation of her."
It seems like some of the characters have softened up compared to their versions in the film. Do you think Mary is different at all?
Whenever you have characters singing, all of a sudden you’re getting an interior that you would never get in a movie because essentially the songs are an expression of an emotion that you wouldn’t capture in a lens. I also feel like in New York City to make a musical about Christians that are crazy is kind of easy. Your audience is so built into that; people are happy to get on that train. Something that drew me to the project was that they were trying to put everyone in a fair light.
What was your own high-school experience like?
I went to public school in Detroit so I was one of like two white kids in my entire high school. It was a performing-arts school so it was much more out there than a normal high-school experience. But because I was a minority, I was always a little on the outside. I remember getting to college, and being like, "Whoa, there are a lot of white people here."
And now you’re 30. What’s it like to play an adolescent?
It’s interesting, I think when I first started doing the show, I was so self-conscious about it and so interested in making people believe that there was some plausibility in me being in high school, and by the fourth preview I totally abandoned that. I think high school is such a crazy time because so much is happening around you, so much is changing, and you’re filled with questions, whether you’re religious or not. I’ve just tried to focus on that part of it as opposed to playing the age.
As we were watching the show, we kept thinking about Juno — the movie, not the musical you were just in. It's also a high-school student who gets pregnant after her first time. Was there any discussion of that?
Well, we started working on this before Juno came out. But what I started thinking was, Why is this? Why are pieces of art being made about this? There is this sort of surge. And I suppose you could just say it’s just coincidence, but I would like to think it’s a little bit deeper than that. At one point the writers had a line, when I had the sonogram, which was like, "What’s with the sea monkey? Are you, like, having a sea monkey?" And someone was like, "No, you can’t say that line — that line’s in Juno." And we were like, "Oh my God."
And in the other Juno, you just played a pregnant Mary. Was that a coincidence?
[Laughs.] I have no idea what that’s about. And in a musical called Juno, where everyone was constantly asking me, "They made that into a musical already?"
—Lori Fradkin
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Doctor Who - Russell T Davies To Leave Doctor Who
Russell T Davies is to step down as executive producer of the BBC hit show Doctor Who.
Davies brought the cult show back on to British television in 2005, breathing new life into the character and casting Christopher Eccleston as the time-travelling doctor.
Steven Moffat will succeed Davies as the lead writer and executive producer for the fifth series due to be aired in 2010.
Moffat has previously worked on the hit show and picked up a Bafta for his writing on previous episodes.
"It's a huge honour to be following Russell into the best – and the toughest – job in television," he said.
Davies returned the praise of his successor, claiming: "It's been a delight and an honour working with Steven, and I can't wait to see where his extraordinary imagination takes the Doctor. Best of all, I get to be a viewer again, watching on a Saturday night."
Jane Tranter, controller of BBC Fiction, paid tribute to both men, saying: "As lead writer and executive producer, he has overseen the creative direction and detail of the 21st century re-launch of Doctor Who and we are delighted to have his continued presence on the specials over the next 18 months.
"But the challenge and excitement of the fifth series is now being handed to Steven Moffat. The Tardis couldn't be in safer hands. Steven's talents on both Doctor Who and beyond are well known. He is a writer of glittering brilliance, comedy and depth, with an extraordinary imagination and a unique voice."
Davies is set to remain in charge of the four special episodes to be broadcast in 2009.
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