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| Wentworth Miller says he's gay Posted: The Prison Break actor comes out of the closet, turning down an invite to a Russian film vestival. Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller, best known for his leading role in the Fox television drama Prison Break, came out as a gay man yesterday in a letter declining an invitation to attend a Russian film festival in light of Moscow's recently adopted anti-gay laws. Miller, 41, turned down an offer to attend the St Petersburg International Film Festival as a "guest of honour" in a letter posted on the website of advocacy group GLAAD, which monitors media representation of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people and issues. "Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline," Miller wrote to festival director Maria Averbakh. Miller wrote that he was "deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government", and did not want to attend a festival in a country where "people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly". Russia's parliament banned the spread of gay "propaganda" among minors in a law passed in June, which includes imposing fines on those holding gay pride rallies. The move has attracted international condemnation. Miller, who played incarcerated structural engineer Michael Scofield in Fox's Prison Break from 2005 to 2009, has recently turned his hand at screenwriting, penning the script for this year's dark thriller Stoker, starring Nicole Kidman. Miller's letter comes after Bravo channel host and executive producer Andy Cohen told E! News last week that he would not be co-hosting Donald Trump's Miss Universe pageant this year in Moscow because he "didn't feel right as a gay man stepping foot into Russia." — Reuters |
| Posted: Sylvester Stallone is in talks to do a Rambo television series. Sylvester Stallone could soon be blowing stuff up and mangling people on the small screen. The actor is in negotiations to take part in television series based on his iconic movie Rambo. Entertainment One is co-developing the project. Should Stallone sign on, he would be involved on a creative level, and could potentially reprise his role as Rambo. Entertainment One is developing the project with Avi Lerner – the producer behind the 2008 film Rambo and the The Expendables movie series, which also stars Stallone – and Nu Image. Under the agreement, they will collectively develop the series and shop it to broadcasters in the US and internationally. "I'm happy to be partnering with a prolific company like Entertainment One who has a track record of creating high quality programming for their broadcast partners around the world," Lerner said. "And I'm excited by the prospect of collaborating again with my good friend Sly for an encore in this next phase of the Rambo legacy." — Reuters |
| Posted: Marg Helgenberger is staging a return to the crime lab for the 300th CSI episode. Catherine Willows is back on the case ... at least for one night. Former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Marg Helgenberger, who played Willows on the series until her departure from the series last year, will return for the CBS drama's 300th episode, which will air Oct 23 in the United States. On the episode, Willows will help solve a cold case that has haunted the team for 14 years. The episode will be a call-back to the show's beginnings, as the team investigates a homicide in the home of a reclusive former casino mogul who was a suspect in a similar crime in 2000. The CSI team recalls who they were and where they were in order to solve the cold case. Helgenberger stars in the network's upcoming drama Intelligence, a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation returns for its 14th season on Sept 25 in the US. — Reuters |
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