What more has Courtney Love possibly got to share with us, and how will Steve McQueen fare at the Oscars? These are just a few of the topics that will set tongues wagging in the new year
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Courtney Love's memoir
The question is not so much "what will be in Courtney Love's book?" as "what could possibly be in Courtney Love's book that she hasn't already spoken/ranted/raved about?" Still, her self-titled autobiography has been described as "too crazy not to be true" and should provide her definitive take on her time with Hole and her doomed relationship with Kurt Cobain. It will also, hopefully, spill previously unspilled beans on her relationships with Billy Corgan and Steve Coogan. Oh, and according to an interview she did with Rolling Stone, it was inspired by Russell Brand's My Booky Wook. The mind boggles. Tj
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Courtney Love's memoir
The question is not so much "what will be in Courtney Love's book?" as "what could possibly be in Courtney Love's book that she hasn't already spoken/ranted/raved about?" Still, her self-titled autobiography has been described as "too crazy not to be true" and should provide her definitive take on her time with Hole and her doomed relationship with Kurt Cobain. It will also, hopefully, spill previously unspilled beans on her relationships with Billy Corgan and Steve Coogan. Oh, and according to an interview she did with Rolling Stone, it was inspired by Russell Brand's My Booky Wook. The mind boggles. Tj
Everything to...
- 1/1/2014
- by Mark Lawson, Andrew Dickson, Lyn Gardner, Oliver Wainwright, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Tim Jonze, Henry Barnes, Stuart Heritage, Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor will donate the sustantial damages he received from News International to Hacked Off campaign for press reform
Hugh Grant has received substantial damages from News International after settling his claim for phone hacking by the News of the World.
The actor and press reform campaigner's solicitor confirmed on Friday the settlement for an undisclosed amount had been reached with Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary which published the Sunday tabloid until its closure last year.
Grant will donate the money to the Hacked Off campaign for press reform, of which he is a prominent backer, along with an additional personal donation, said his solicitor, Mark Thomson.
"Hugh Grant has today settled his claims for damages and other legal remedies arising out of the unlawful activities of News of the World journalists and others over a number of years," said Thomson. "News Group Newspapers have agreed...
Hugh Grant has received substantial damages from News International after settling his claim for phone hacking by the News of the World.
The actor and press reform campaigner's solicitor confirmed on Friday the settlement for an undisclosed amount had been reached with Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary which published the Sunday tabloid until its closure last year.
Grant will donate the money to the Hacked Off campaign for press reform, of which he is a prominent backer, along with an additional personal donation, said his solicitor, Mark Thomson.
"Hugh Grant has today settled his claims for damages and other legal remedies arising out of the unlawful activities of News of the World journalists and others over a number of years," said Thomson. "News Group Newspapers have agreed...
- 12/22/2012
- by John Plunkett, Lisa O'Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
London (AP) — Actor Hugh Grant has settled his phone hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid for a "substantial" but undisclosed sum of money, his lawyer said Friday.
Mark Thomson said that the "Notting Hill" star would donate cash from the settlement, as well as an additional payment, to media reform group Hacked Off, which is campaigning for stricter oversight of Britain's scandal-tainted press.
Thomson said in a brief statement that Grant's claims arose from "the unlawful activities of News of the World journalists and others over a number of years," but didn't go into any further detail.
Grant was one of the first celebrities to turn on Murdoch's powerful tabloid as it emerged that journalists there had hacked the phones of people in the public eye, rifling through their private communications in search of stories. The ensuing scandal rocked Murdoch's media empire, leading to...
Mark Thomson said that the "Notting Hill" star would donate cash from the settlement, as well as an additional payment, to media reform group Hacked Off, which is campaigning for stricter oversight of Britain's scandal-tainted press.
Thomson said in a brief statement that Grant's claims arose from "the unlawful activities of News of the World journalists and others over a number of years," but didn't go into any further detail.
Grant was one of the first celebrities to turn on Murdoch's powerful tabloid as it emerged that journalists there had hacked the phones of people in the public eye, rifling through their private communications in search of stories. The ensuing scandal rocked Murdoch's media empire, leading to...
- 12/21/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Splash News gives Tinglan Hong high court undertaking not to pursue or harass her, in ruling that could help protect celebrities
The mother of Hugh Grant's baby has received a high court undertaking from a picture agency not to pursue or harass her, in a ruling that could give celebrities new protection against paparazzi photographers.
Mr Justice Tugendhat has issued an order accepting the "permanent undertakings" from celebrity news agency Splash News "not to doorstep, pursue or harass Tinglan Hong or her child with paparazzi photography or place either of them under surveillance or approach within 100 metres of their home".
The order is the latest stage in Grant's legal campaign to get photographers banned from outside Hong's home.
Last year Hong told the high court how her life has been made "unbearable" by the constant pursuit by photographers, including "a tall man in his 30s" driving a black Audi...
The mother of Hugh Grant's baby has received a high court undertaking from a picture agency not to pursue or harass her, in a ruling that could give celebrities new protection against paparazzi photographers.
Mr Justice Tugendhat has issued an order accepting the "permanent undertakings" from celebrity news agency Splash News "not to doorstep, pursue or harass Tinglan Hong or her child with paparazzi photography or place either of them under surveillance or approach within 100 metres of their home".
The order is the latest stage in Grant's legal campaign to get photographers banned from outside Hong's home.
Last year Hong told the high court how her life has been made "unbearable" by the constant pursuit by photographers, including "a tall man in his 30s" driving a black Audi...
- 7/18/2012
- by Lisa O'Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
The arrest of four Sun journalists threatens to open a fresh phase of the scandal surrounding News International
On Saturday morning, the police arrested four journalists who have worked for Rupert Murdoch. For a while, it looked as though these were yet more arrests of people related to the News of the World but then it became clear that this was something much more significant.
This may be the moment when the scandal that closed the NoW finally started to pose a potential threat to at least one of Murdoch's three other UK newspaper titles: the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times.
The four men arrested on Saturday are not linked to the NoW. They come from the Sun, from the top of the tree – the current head of news and his crime editor, the former managing editor and deputy editor.
Nothing is certain. No one has been convicted of anything.
On Saturday morning, the police arrested four journalists who have worked for Rupert Murdoch. For a while, it looked as though these were yet more arrests of people related to the News of the World but then it became clear that this was something much more significant.
This may be the moment when the scandal that closed the NoW finally started to pose a potential threat to at least one of Murdoch's three other UK newspaper titles: the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times.
The four men arrested on Saturday are not linked to the NoW. They come from the Sun, from the top of the tree – the current head of news and his crime editor, the former managing editor and deputy editor.
Nothing is certain. No one has been convicted of anything.
- 1/30/2012
- by Nick Davies
- The Guardian - Film News
From the 'toothlessness' of the Pcc to Hugh Grant's middle name, we round up what 10 days of testimony has taught us
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
- 12/1/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor tells Leveson inquiry of provocation by paparazzi, adding she accused friends and family of leaking stories to papers
Sienna Miller has told the Leveson inquiry that she was "spat on" and "verbally abused" by photographers.
The actor told Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry at the high court on Thursday that photographers would go to almost any lengths "to provoke a reaction" at a time when she was the subject of intense press scrutiny.
She said she was followed every day by 10 to 15 men. Recalling that she had been chased down streets on dark nights by photographers, the actor said: "It's very intimidating [but] because they have cameras it's legal."
Miller described how a picture of her playing with a young boy at a charity event was sold to the Daily Mirror and doctored to make it appear that she was drunk. She had been photographed pretending to be shot, she said.
Sienna Miller has told the Leveson inquiry that she was "spat on" and "verbally abused" by photographers.
The actor told Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry at the high court on Thursday that photographers would go to almost any lengths "to provoke a reaction" at a time when she was the subject of intense press scrutiny.
She said she was followed every day by 10 to 15 men. Recalling that she had been chased down streets on dark nights by photographers, the actor said: "It's very intimidating [but] because they have cameras it's legal."
Miller described how a picture of her playing with a young boy at a charity event was sold to the Daily Mirror and doctored to make it appear that she was drunk. She had been photographed pretending to be shot, she said.
- 11/24/2011
- by James Robinson, Josh Halliday, Lisa O'Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
Author Jk Rowling, actor Sienna Miller, lawyer Mark Thomson, former F1 chief Max Mosley and 'Hjk' to appear at high court
'Hjk'
An anonymous member of the public who had a relationship with an unidentified celebrity. The barrister David Sherborne told the Leveson inquiry that a newspaper doorstepped Hjk out of the blue in 2006, and that the News of the World subsequently hacked their phone. "The effect on Hjk was profound," Sherborne said. "The story about the quintessentially private relationship almost hit the headlines, but was displaced by another story which, thankfully, blew up the same day." Hjk was also followed by a photographer who took pictures shortly after they had been diagnosed with a serious illness, prompting them to fear newspapers had obtained sensitive medical information. "Hjk would not be the first to have suffered such a fate," Sherborne said. Hjk will be giving evidence in private.
Sienna Miller...
'Hjk'
An anonymous member of the public who had a relationship with an unidentified celebrity. The barrister David Sherborne told the Leveson inquiry that a newspaper doorstepped Hjk out of the blue in 2006, and that the News of the World subsequently hacked their phone. "The effect on Hjk was profound," Sherborne said. "The story about the quintessentially private relationship almost hit the headlines, but was displaced by another story which, thankfully, blew up the same day." Hjk was also followed by a photographer who took pictures shortly after they had been diagnosed with a serious illness, prompting them to fear newspapers had obtained sensitive medical information. "Hjk would not be the first to have suffered such a fate," Sherborne said. Hjk will be giving evidence in private.
Sienna Miller...
- 11/24/2011
- by James Robinson, Lisa O'Carroll, Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
Tinglan Hong granted anti-harassment order by the high court after being besieged by photographers
Tinglan Hong, the mother of Hugh Grant's daughter, has been forced to seek an anti-harassment order against paparazzi who she says have been harassing her since the birth of her baby.
An order granted on Friday by Mr Justice Tugendhat at the high court of justice in London means that anyone harassing Hong or her baby daughter – or encouraging or helping others to do so – risks being imprisoned, fined or having their assets seized.
Mark Thomson, the solicitor acting for Hong, said: "The means that some of these photographers have used to get pictures for the tabloids are utterly appalling.
"Today's injunction stops paparazzi pursing her, doorstepping her, harassing her, following her or putting her under surveillance."
It is understood that the detailed, five-page injunction also forbids photographers approaching within 100 metres of Hong's home or...
Tinglan Hong, the mother of Hugh Grant's daughter, has been forced to seek an anti-harassment order against paparazzi who she says have been harassing her since the birth of her baby.
An order granted on Friday by Mr Justice Tugendhat at the high court of justice in London means that anyone harassing Hong or her baby daughter – or encouraging or helping others to do so – risks being imprisoned, fined or having their assets seized.
Mark Thomson, the solicitor acting for Hong, said: "The means that some of these photographers have used to get pictures for the tabloids are utterly appalling.
"Today's injunction stops paparazzi pursing her, doorstepping her, harassing her, following her or putting her under surveillance."
It is understood that the detailed, five-page injunction also forbids photographers approaching within 100 metres of Hong's home or...
- 11/12/2011
- by Amelia Hill
- The Guardian - Film News
Paper offers 'sincere apologies' in high court for intercepting voicemail messages intended for actor
The News of the World on Tuesday issued a detailed formal apology for phone hacking for the first time, to actor Sienna Miller.
A lawyer for News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the News of the World, read a statement in the high court expressing regret for intercepting voicemail messages intended for Miller.
Ngn's QC, Michael Silverleaf, said his client offered its "sincere apologies" to Miller for "the distress caused to her by accessing of her voicemail messages, the publication of the private information in the articles and the related harassment she suffered as a consequence".
Silverleaf added that Ngn "acknowledges that the information should never have been obtained in the manner it was, the private information should never have been published and that the first defendant [Ngn] has accepted responsibility for misuse of private information,...
The News of the World on Tuesday issued a detailed formal apology for phone hacking for the first time, to actor Sienna Miller.
A lawyer for News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the News of the World, read a statement in the high court expressing regret for intercepting voicemail messages intended for Miller.
Ngn's QC, Michael Silverleaf, said his client offered its "sincere apologies" to Miller for "the distress caused to her by accessing of her voicemail messages, the publication of the private information in the articles and the related harassment she suffered as a consequence".
Silverleaf added that Ngn "acknowledges that the information should never have been obtained in the manner it was, the private information should never have been published and that the first defendant [Ngn] has accepted responsibility for misuse of private information,...
- 6/7/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Lawyers for interior designer Kelly Hoppen claim material 'drives coach and horses' through News International's defence
The Metropolitan police have been accused of misleading behaviour in the phone-hacking scandal after handing over evidence they had twice claimed did not exist.
The latest embarrassment for Scotland Yard was disclosed in the high court in the case of Sienna Miller's stepmother, Kelly Hoppen, who claims that a News of the World journalist, Dan Evans, attempted to hack into her voicemail. The court heard she was a tabloid target because of her friendships with the former England footballer Sol Campbell and with Madonna's former husband, film director Guy Ritchie.
The case also threatens to embarrass the NoW because the alleged hacking occurred in June 2009 – three years after the arrest of its then royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, who was jailed with the paper's private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, on the basis that he...
The Metropolitan police have been accused of misleading behaviour in the phone-hacking scandal after handing over evidence they had twice claimed did not exist.
The latest embarrassment for Scotland Yard was disclosed in the high court in the case of Sienna Miller's stepmother, Kelly Hoppen, who claims that a News of the World journalist, Dan Evans, attempted to hack into her voicemail. The court heard she was a tabloid target because of her friendships with the former England footballer Sol Campbell and with Madonna's former husband, film director Guy Ritchie.
The case also threatens to embarrass the NoW because the alleged hacking occurred in June 2009 – three years after the arrest of its then royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, who was jailed with the paper's private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, on the basis that he...
- 2/18/2011
- by Nick Davies
- The Guardian - Film News
Katie Mitchell made her name directing difficult, bleak drama for adults. But since the birth of her daughter, Edie, when she was 41, she has discovered a knack for madcap, fast-paced kids' shows
Katie Mitchell, theatre's harbinger of doom, "the princess of darkness", is known for being one of the most serious and uncompromising of British theatre directors. Her productions – Bruckner's Pains of Youth, say, or Euripides' Women of Troy – involve intense rehearsal periods and scour the depths of human emotion and behaviour. She enjoys using the word "rigorous" and mentioning Stanislavski and "complex psychological ideas". She is inspired by eastern European theatre, in particular the work of Pina Bausch; her favourite film is Tarkovsky's plotless The Mirror (1975); she cites Rothko as her favourite artist. So she is not necessarily the first person you would imagine directing a children's show, Beauty and the Beast (age group eight to 12), complete with insect orchestras and goldfish-swallowing,...
Katie Mitchell, theatre's harbinger of doom, "the princess of darkness", is known for being one of the most serious and uncompromising of British theatre directors. Her productions – Bruckner's Pains of Youth, say, or Euripides' Women of Troy – involve intense rehearsal periods and scour the depths of human emotion and behaviour. She enjoys using the word "rigorous" and mentioning Stanislavski and "complex psychological ideas". She is inspired by eastern European theatre, in particular the work of Pina Bausch; her favourite film is Tarkovsky's plotless The Mirror (1975); she cites Rothko as her favourite artist. So she is not necessarily the first person you would imagine directing a children's show, Beauty and the Beast (age group eight to 12), complete with insect orchestras and goldfish-swallowing,...
- 11/27/2010
- by Sabine Durrant
- The Guardian - Film News
Lily Allen has won undisclosed damages after a magazine article falsely claimed that she had insulted Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham. The piece in French sports magazine So Foot featured a fake interview with Allen, where the singer seemingly mocked Cole, Beckham and their then footballer husbands. Allen previously won an apology and £10,000 from The Sun after the newspaper repeated the claims. In a statement read out in London's High Court today, Allen's lawyer Mark Thomson said: "The second defendant [So (more)...
- 10/7/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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