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| Russell Brand-Katy Perry 14-month marriage over Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:50 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British comedian and actor Russell Brand called it quits on his 14-month marriage to "Teenage Dream" singer Katy Perry on Friday, filing for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Brand, 36, star of the movie "Get Him to the Greek", and U.S. pop star Perry, 27, met in 2008 and married on October, 2010 in a lavish wedding in India. The irreverent, former drug addict and the perky Christian-raised singer of international hits like "California Gurls" and "Firework" seemed an unlikely match, but they quickly became one of the most high-profile couples in the entertainment industry. In recent weeks however, celebrity media reported that their marriage was in trouble. They spent the Christmas holidays apart, with Brand being photographed in England, and Perry spotted in Hawaii -- both without their wedding rings. "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I'll always adore her and I know we'll remain friends," Brand said in a statement on Friday, after filing divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court. No separation date was given. Perry's representatives did not return calls for comment on Friday. Brand, who starred in the 2011 box-office flop "Arthur", dismissed rumors earlier this month that the couple were planning to split. "I am married to Katy perpetually. Until death do us part was the pledge. I am still alive," the comedian told U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in a December 2 interview. Perry, who first tried a career as a gospel music singer, transformed herself from what music critics thought might be a one hit wonder with the single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008 to become one of the world's biggest pop stars. Her "California Dreams Tour 2011," played up her carefully cultivated bubblegum pop image with sex appeal. But she told Reuters in an interview earlier this year she was able to stay away from the wild, party life with the help of honest people around her, including Brand, himself a recovering drug addict who is now clean and sober. Brand rose quickly through the ranks of Hollywood. His antics include being forced to resign as a BBC radio host in 2008 after making lewd, prank phone calls before appearing in break-out role as a music pop star in the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and repeating the character for "Get Him to the Greek." Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Spike Lee reprises Mookie role in 'Red Hook Summer' Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:35 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Spike Lee is returning to familiar territory for his latest movie - er, joint. ''Red Hook Summer,'' which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22, depicts a diverse set of characters sweating out the summer in Brooklyn, according to a new synopsis released by the festival. But it's not just summer in Brooklyn that Lee is going back to. He also reprises his role as Mookie from 1989's ''Do the Right Thing,'' which launched Lee into the ranks of major filmmakers. One of the main characters in the movie, which doesn't yet have a theatrical release date, is a boy named Flik, according to the new synopsis. His mother sends him from their well-to-do life in Atlanta to spend the summer with his grandfather in a Brooklyn housing project called Red Hook. Flik has never met his grandfather, who is played by Clarke Peters of ''The Wire.'' Flik is ''bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior,'' according to the synopsis. Flik becomes involved with Chazz, a girl from Enoch's church, and romance presumably ensues. The film also stars Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, Nate Parker, James Ransone, Keke Palmer, James Ransone and Thomas Jefferson Byrd. ''Red Hook Summer'' is produced by Lee and James McBride, who collaborated together on the script. Lee is also working on an American remake of the 2003 South Korean thriller ''Oldboy.'' Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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