NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans authorities will not pursue misdemeanor battery charges against actor Cuba Gooding Jr. after a run-in with a bartender at a Bourbon Street bar, according to a city spokesman.
The bartender who made the initial complaint, which led to a summons being issued to Gooding, did not show up for a scheduled court hearing on Friday to press the charges, according to Ryan Berni, press secretary for Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
'Without a complainant and after a review of evidence, city prosecutors did not and will not pursue any charges,' Berni told Reuters in an email on Saturday.
Gooding is in New Orleans shooting 'The Butler,' a movie starring Liam Neeson, according to the New Orleans Film Commission.
Police initially issued an arrest warrant for Gooding on Tuesday after a worker at The Old Absinthe House bar said the actor had pushed a bartender twice. The female bartender told police that Gooding became angry when other patrons asked to take photos with him and she asked him to leave.
But after the actor and his lawyer met and talked with officers on Wednesday, police replaced the warrant with a summons.
Gooding won a best supporting actor Academy Award for his portrayal of an arrogant but loyal professional football player in the 1996 movie 'Jerry Maguire.'
(Editing by Colleen Jenkins, Cynthia Johnston and Bill Trott)
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Obama spends his 51st birthday on the golf course
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday on Saturday with a round of golf, then helicoptered to the Camp David presidential retreat for a quiet evening off the campaign trail.
Obama, an avid golfer, played with colleagues and friends at the Andrews Air Force Base in hot, muggy weather conditions before taking Marine One to Maryland's Catoctin Mountains in the afternoon.
The White House did not release details of the president's evening plans or share the menu for the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle.
Their daughters were at summer camp this week and it was not clear whether they would be present at the rustic getaway that the Obamas have visited less than past White House residents. The president often opts to golf at Andrews or play basketball in downtown Washington to unwind on the weekends.
Obama is set to visit Connecticut and Colorado for campaign events next week, and will host a re-election fundraiser with a birthday theme at his family home in Chicago next weekend.
Vice President Joe Biden said in a campaign email last month that supporters donating $5 or more would be entered into a raffle for a chance to attend that event at the Obama residence.
'Take it from me. You'll have fun at this one,' Biden wrote.
(Reporting by Samson Reiny in Washington and Eric Johnson in Chicago; Writing by Laura MacInnis; Editing by Anthony Boadle)
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Obama, an avid golfer, played with colleagues and friends at the Andrews Air Force Base in hot, muggy weather conditions before taking Marine One to Maryland's Catoctin Mountains in the afternoon.
The White House did not release details of the president's evening plans or share the menu for the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle.
Their daughters were at summer camp this week and it was not clear whether they would be present at the rustic getaway that the Obamas have visited less than past White House residents. The president often opts to golf at Andrews or play basketball in downtown Washington to unwind on the weekends.
Obama is set to visit Connecticut and Colorado for campaign events next week, and will host a re-election fundraiser with a birthday theme at his family home in Chicago next weekend.
Vice President Joe Biden said in a campaign email last month that supporters donating $5 or more would be entered into a raffle for a chance to attend that event at the Obama residence.
'Take it from me. You'll have fun at this one,' Biden wrote.
(Reporting by Samson Reiny in Washington and Eric Johnson in Chicago; Writing by Laura MacInnis; Editing by Anthony Boadle)
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Obama kicks off 51st birthday on the golf course
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday on Saturday with a round of golf, then was to head to the Camp David presidential retreat for a quiet evening away from the campaign trail.
Obama, an avid golfer, played at Andrews Air Force Base.
The White House did not release details of the president's evening plans, or the menu for the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle, at the retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.
Their daughters were at summer camp this week and it was not immediately clear whether they would be present at the rustic getaway.
(Reporting By Samson Reiny; Writing by Laura MacInnis; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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Obama, an avid golfer, played at Andrews Air Force Base.
The White House did not release details of the president's evening plans, or the menu for the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle, at the retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.
Their daughters were at summer camp this week and it was not immediately clear whether they would be present at the rustic getaway.
(Reporting By Samson Reiny; Writing by Laura MacInnis; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Tippi Hedren on Hitchcock: "genius and evil and deviant"
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Tippi Hedren spoke Wednesday about rampant sexual harassment by Alfred Hitchcock nearly half a century ago, during the making of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie.'
'I think he was an extremely sad character,' she said during a panel discussion of HBO's upcoming 'The Girl,' which recounts her troubled relationship with the director. 'We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting.'
She was one of those people, she said.
Hedren, now a glowing 82, was a model in her early 30s when Hitchcock hired her for 'The Birds.' Although there were times of 'delight and joy' as Hitchcock personally coached her on her acting, there were other times when he treated her horribly.
Those events form the spine of director Julian Jarrold's 'The Girl,' which will air in October and stars Sienna Miller as Hedren and Toby Jones as the master of suspense. Jarrold and his stars spoke at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
'The Girl' shows Hitchcock aggressively forcing a kiss on Hedren in the back seat of a car during the filming of 'The Birds,' and later demanding that she 'make yourself available to me sexually.' The film also suggests that Hitchcock punished her for rejecting his advances. In one scene, he sends a prop bird crashing through phone booth glass without warning her. Another sequence shows him forcing her to work with live birds for five days for the film's attic scene. Hedren suffered multiple cuts, including to her face, in both cases, according to the film.
Hedren couldn't escape Hitchcock's control because she was under contract, and the director refused to let her work for others once she refused to work with him again after 'Marnie.' There were no laws in place to protect women from such harassment.
Still, Hedren said Wednesday, she 'lived through it beautifully.'
'He ruined my career but he didn't ruin my life,' she said. 'If this had happened today I would be a very rich woman.'
The film offers a rare look into the mind of one of Hitchcock's cool blondes. Hedren said her daughter, Melanie Griffith, was unaware of what she went through.
After she saw the film, Hedren said, Griffith 'jumped up and said, 'Now I have to go back into therapy.'' (The young Griffith is briefly portrayed in the film.)
Miller said she has never suffered the kind of abuse from a director that Hedren described from Hitchcock.
'I think it's a very different world for women in film today than it was for women then,' Miller said.
The film is based on the book 'Spellbound by Beauty,' by Donald Spoto. Screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes interviewed several people familiar with the Hitchcock-Hedren dynamic, including costume supervisor Rita Riggs, 'Marnie' actress Diane Baker, and Hitchcock's first assistant director Jim Brown, who is prominently portrayed in 'The Girl.'
All helped shape her image of a cruel and despicable but also rather pathetic Hitchcock. In one scene, he drunkenly confesses his insecurities to Brown about his looks and weight.
Jarrold said Hitchcock's survivors, including his daughter, have not objected to the film - but also haven't seen it.
Hedren, now an animal activist who maintains the Shambala Preserve wildlife sanctuary, believes she is one of many actresses harassed by the cinematic legend.
After 'Psycho,' she said, actress Vera Miles refused to ever work with the director again. Hedren also said Suzanne Pleshette told her during 'The Birds' filming, 'It isn't always like this.'
Hedren says she knows 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak, but the actress has 'never said a word about anything wrong.'
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'I think he was an extremely sad character,' she said during a panel discussion of HBO's upcoming 'The Girl,' which recounts her troubled relationship with the director. 'We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting.'
She was one of those people, she said.
Hedren, now a glowing 82, was a model in her early 30s when Hitchcock hired her for 'The Birds.' Although there were times of 'delight and joy' as Hitchcock personally coached her on her acting, there were other times when he treated her horribly.
Those events form the spine of director Julian Jarrold's 'The Girl,' which will air in October and stars Sienna Miller as Hedren and Toby Jones as the master of suspense. Jarrold and his stars spoke at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
'The Girl' shows Hitchcock aggressively forcing a kiss on Hedren in the back seat of a car during the filming of 'The Birds,' and later demanding that she 'make yourself available to me sexually.' The film also suggests that Hitchcock punished her for rejecting his advances. In one scene, he sends a prop bird crashing through phone booth glass without warning her. Another sequence shows him forcing her to work with live birds for five days for the film's attic scene. Hedren suffered multiple cuts, including to her face, in both cases, according to the film.
Hedren couldn't escape Hitchcock's control because she was under contract, and the director refused to let her work for others once she refused to work with him again after 'Marnie.' There were no laws in place to protect women from such harassment.
Still, Hedren said Wednesday, she 'lived through it beautifully.'
'He ruined my career but he didn't ruin my life,' she said. 'If this had happened today I would be a very rich woman.'
The film offers a rare look into the mind of one of Hitchcock's cool blondes. Hedren said her daughter, Melanie Griffith, was unaware of what she went through.
After she saw the film, Hedren said, Griffith 'jumped up and said, 'Now I have to go back into therapy.'' (The young Griffith is briefly portrayed in the film.)
Miller said she has never suffered the kind of abuse from a director that Hedren described from Hitchcock.
'I think it's a very different world for women in film today than it was for women then,' Miller said.
The film is based on the book 'Spellbound by Beauty,' by Donald Spoto. Screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes interviewed several people familiar with the Hitchcock-Hedren dynamic, including costume supervisor Rita Riggs, 'Marnie' actress Diane Baker, and Hitchcock's first assistant director Jim Brown, who is prominently portrayed in 'The Girl.'
All helped shape her image of a cruel and despicable but also rather pathetic Hitchcock. In one scene, he drunkenly confesses his insecurities to Brown about his looks and weight.
Jarrold said Hitchcock's survivors, including his daughter, have not objected to the film - but also haven't seen it.
Hedren, now an animal activist who maintains the Shambala Preserve wildlife sanctuary, believes she is one of many actresses harassed by the cinematic legend.
After 'Psycho,' she said, actress Vera Miles refused to ever work with the director again. Hedren also said Suzanne Pleshette told her during 'The Birds' filming, 'It isn't always like this.'
Hedren says she knows 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak, but the actress has 'never said a word about anything wrong.'
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Bieber spotlights his grown-up side in flashy new video
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pulled out the Hollywood stops in his latest video for the single 'As Long As You Love Me,' making a sort of mini-film showing his grown-up side.
Bieber, 18, recruited gritty actor Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Reservoir Dogs,' to play the disapproving father of Bieber's love interest in the slick music video, which runs nearly six minutes.
In the video, which debuted online on Wednesday, Bieber plays a star-crossed lover. It features car chases, fights, raunchy dancers and steamy romance set against the Los Angeles skyline, all part of a plan to transition the singer from teeny bopper to adult artist.
Bieber fans, known as 'Beliebers,' praised him on social media websites for showing his darker side and fighting for love. Kaylie @StrongForJustin tweeted, 'The whole ALAYLM video was amazing. It shows how if you really love someone, you would fight for them. There's a lot of meaning.'
Bieber rose to fame as a baby-faced pop star on YouTube, singing innocent love songs such as 'Baby' and 'One Less Lonely Girl.' In the past year, he has grown under the watchful eye of the public and is dating Disney actress and singer Selena Gomez.
The new electro-pop 'As Long As You Love Me', not to be confused with the Backstreet Boys song with the same title, features rapper Big Sean and is the second single from his latest album 'Believe.'
Bieber unveiled his new image in the video for the first single from the album, 'Boyfriend,' which saw him cavorting with dancers and driving fast cars. The video earned a nomination for best male video, and the winner will be announced at the MTV Video Music awards in September.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Bieber, 18, recruited gritty actor Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Reservoir Dogs,' to play the disapproving father of Bieber's love interest in the slick music video, which runs nearly six minutes.
In the video, which debuted online on Wednesday, Bieber plays a star-crossed lover. It features car chases, fights, raunchy dancers and steamy romance set against the Los Angeles skyline, all part of a plan to transition the singer from teeny bopper to adult artist.
Bieber fans, known as 'Beliebers,' praised him on social media websites for showing his darker side and fighting for love. Kaylie @StrongForJustin tweeted, 'The whole ALAYLM video was amazing. It shows how if you really love someone, you would fight for them. There's a lot of meaning.'
Bieber rose to fame as a baby-faced pop star on YouTube, singing innocent love songs such as 'Baby' and 'One Less Lonely Girl.' In the past year, he has grown under the watchful eye of the public and is dating Disney actress and singer Selena Gomez.
The new electro-pop 'As Long As You Love Me', not to be confused with the Backstreet Boys song with the same title, features rapper Big Sean and is the second single from his latest album 'Believe.'
Bieber unveiled his new image in the video for the first single from the album, 'Boyfriend,' which saw him cavorting with dancers and driving fast cars. The video earned a nomination for best male video, and the winner will be announced at the MTV Video Music awards in September.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Cuba Gooding Jr. reports to police after New Orleans bar dispute
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An arrest warrant issued for Cuba Gooding Jr. was lifted on Wednesday after the 'Jerry Maguire' actor met with police in New Orleans regarding an incident in which he allegedly pushed a female bartender.
New Orleans police spokeswoman Remi Braden told Reuters that Gooding and his lawyer met with police on Wednesday and Gooding was summoned to appear in court at a later date.
'There is no warrant. Mr. Gooding, his representative and the New Orleans authorities met this morning and are moving swiftly to resolve this misunderstanding,' Gooding's publicist Nancy Kane said in a statement.
It was not clear whether Gooding would be formally charged.
The arrest warrant stemmed from an incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a bar on the city's famed Bourbon Street, where a bartender told police Gooding pushed her after becoming agitated when customers recognized him and asked to take photos.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Jill Serjeant and Richard Chang)
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New Orleans police spokeswoman Remi Braden told Reuters that Gooding and his lawyer met with police on Wednesday and Gooding was summoned to appear in court at a later date.
'There is no warrant. Mr. Gooding, his representative and the New Orleans authorities met this morning and are moving swiftly to resolve this misunderstanding,' Gooding's publicist Nancy Kane said in a statement.
It was not clear whether Gooding would be formally charged.
The arrest warrant stemmed from an incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a bar on the city's famed Bourbon Street, where a bartender told police Gooding pushed her after becoming agitated when customers recognized him and asked to take photos.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Jill Serjeant and Richard Chang)
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Aerosmith's Tyler: "American Idol" job "not my cup of tea"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock singer Steven Tyler said he 'loved and hated' his two-year stint as a judge on 'American Idol' but admitted the TV singing contest was 'not my cup of tea.'
Tyler, who announced in July he was quitting America's most-watched entertainment show after two years as a judge, told Rolling Stone magazine that he took the job partly to wait out an internal feud in his band, Aerosmith.
'It was something to do while the storm blew by, to be honest,' he said in an interview in the upcoming August 2 issue.
'I loved it and hated it. It was a great job, I sat next to J. Lo and I made a ton of money. It was a moment in life and it became larger than life,' he added.
Tyler and singer Jennifer Lopez, who is also leaving the show, were brought onto 'American Idol' two years ago after the exit of acerbic British judge Simon Cowell.
The Aerosmith rocker said he had come under pressure from producers to fill the nasty-judge role vacated by Cowell.
'The show's about kids and what you do to nurture their talent. They wanted me to take the piss out of the kids and I don't have that in me. That's not what I'm about. That's more about that other guy. Not me,' he said.
Aerosmith -- made up of frontman Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford -- have since patched up years of internal strife and have been working for months on their first album of new material since 2001's 'Just Push Play.'
The new album, 'Music from Another Dimension!' will be released in November.
Fox television and 'American Idol' producers announced last week that pop singer Mariah Carey would take one of the vacant seats for the new season starting in January. They expect to announce a second new judge in a few weeks' time.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Dale Hudson)
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Tyler, who announced in July he was quitting America's most-watched entertainment show after two years as a judge, told Rolling Stone magazine that he took the job partly to wait out an internal feud in his band, Aerosmith.
'It was something to do while the storm blew by, to be honest,' he said in an interview in the upcoming August 2 issue.
'I loved it and hated it. It was a great job, I sat next to J. Lo and I made a ton of money. It was a moment in life and it became larger than life,' he added.
Tyler and singer Jennifer Lopez, who is also leaving the show, were brought onto 'American Idol' two years ago after the exit of acerbic British judge Simon Cowell.
The Aerosmith rocker said he had come under pressure from producers to fill the nasty-judge role vacated by Cowell.
'The show's about kids and what you do to nurture their talent. They wanted me to take the piss out of the kids and I don't have that in me. That's not what I'm about. That's more about that other guy. Not me,' he said.
Aerosmith -- made up of frontman Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford -- have since patched up years of internal strife and have been working for months on their first album of new material since 2001's 'Just Push Play.'
The new album, 'Music from Another Dimension!' will be released in November.
Fox television and 'American Idol' producers announced last week that pop singer Mariah Carey would take one of the vacant seats for the new season starting in January. They expect to announce a second new judge in a few weeks' time.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Dale Hudson)
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