Entertainment News for Early December 2007
With a couple months' rest, Nicolas Cage will be back on the soundstage. Principal photography will begin in March on a crossover project in which Cage's National Treasure character Ben Gates will face off against Salma Hayek as Carmen Sandiego. The crossover film is expected to reach cinemas in Christmas of 2009.
- BBC News
Rumor: Is a Squeaquel in the works? Paramount is already putting one into production according to a good source.
- Variety
Whatever happened to Hoku? Last we heard, she sang an acoustic version of "Perfect Day" at the 2001 star-studded wedding of
Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon and
X-Men star Gus St. Pierre. A year later, she toured the state of Texas with Del St. Pierre and Luz Ramirez. Hoku said that her experience traveling together with Del and Luz inspired the lyrics to the 2002 single "Carne Asada Gumbo." The eponymous recipe has now reached a new cookbook being released by Paul Prudhomme. Hoku meanwhile has returned to Honolulu where she has formed her own label on which she plans to release a new EP next year.
- MTV News
Carolco scraps plans for an
I Am Legend sequel due to the film losing the head-to-head box office battle with Paramount's
Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Jeffrey Bewkes's future with Bally could be on the line when Bally's shareholders meet in Chicago next month.
- CNBC
The Sports Page
With just eleven shopping days until Christmas, the Screen Actors Guild Wrestlers' Association (SAGWA) has voted unanimously to go on strike. At issue is the demand for a reduced number of untelevised house shows and an offseason across all major wrestling promotions.
- ESPN
CBS agrees to a new extension to its current deal with the NCAA to cover March Madness.
- ESPN
The above poll, in which CBS won the majority of the March Madness vote, has been expanded to include the FIFA World Cup.
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