Daily entertainment news covering King Kong en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/15/celebrity_birthdays_september_126 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 137179@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to:

"8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/24/king_kong_creature_to_join_universal_stu_2011 Sun, 24 May 2009 16:00:00 EST Entertainment News 123733@http://www.starpulse.com/news King Kong, among the screen’s most powerful and enduring icons, will re-emerge on the famed and newly upgraded Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour in summer, 2010 as a thrilling and ground-breaking

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/27/anjelica_huston_calls_for_fake_apes_in_n Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:53:25 EST Entertainment News 108945@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ape lover Anjelica Huston has penned a letter to The Mummy director Stephen Sommers in a bid to keep real monkeys out of his new Tarzan movie.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/28/celebrity_birthdays_august_90 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 94297@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer LeAnn Rimes (1982), "King Kong" actor Jack Black (1969), "90210" star Jason Priestley (1969), Scottish actor Billy Boyd (1968), Canadian country singer Shania Twain (1965),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/30/hollywood_history_auction_huge_success Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 82705@http://www.starpulse.com/news A Hollywood auction featuring Michael Keaton's Batman costume and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park franchise has proved a huge success - raising a staggering $4.1 million. The 31st Profiles In History auction's top seller was a rare King Kong six-foot film poster, one of only three known to exist, which sold for $345,000 - over $100,000 more than the reserve price.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/20/batman_s_costume_to_go_under_the_hammer Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:20:00 EST Entertainment News 81667@http://www.starpulse.com/news Michael Keaton's Batman costume and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies are to go under the hammer with the first-ever Irving G. Thalberg memorial Oscar at the 31st Profiles In History Hollywood memorabilia auction.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/movie_review_be_kind_rewind_has_a_clever Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:39:42 EST Entertainment News 78528@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Be Kind Rewind,'' the latest fantasy from the exceedingly fertile imagination of writer-director Michel Gondry, contains a wonderful nugget of an idea that will appeal to both regular moviegoers and hardcore film geeks alike.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/18/point_counterpoint_should_hollywood_stop Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:45:24 EST Entertainment News 74895@http://www.starpulse.com/news Over the years many classic movies have been remade. Don't get me wrong, some of those remakes have been really good. But the majority of the movies have been really bad.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/10/movie_remakes_hearbreak_kid_fails_while_ Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:54:13 EST Entertainment News 63155@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Heartbreak Kid, the latest collaboration between Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers, debuted in second place this past weekend with a modest $14 million haul at the box office. The last Stiller-Farrelly project, 1998's There's Something About Mary, pulled in $176.5 million that year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/15/celebrity_birthdays_september_50 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 58238@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Prince Harry of Wales (1984), "8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979), Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson (1976), football legend Dan Marino (1961), movie director Oliver Stone (1946), "Man of the House" star Tommy Lee Jones (1946), actor Henry Darrow (1933),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/28/celebrity_birthdays_august_59 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54449@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer LeAnn Rimes (1982), "King Kong" actor Jack Black (1969), "90210" star Jason Priestley (1969), Scottish actor Billy Boyd (1968), Canadian country singer Shania Twain (1965), actress Amanda Tapping (1965), daytime actress Emma Samms (1960), "City Slickers" actor Daniel Stern (1957), baseball player/manager Lou Piniella (1943), actor David Soul (1943), Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison (1942; d. 1995), actor Ben Gazzara (1930), and Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828; d. 1910).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/13/sony_confirms_it_s_in_talks_with_church_ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:40:00 EST Entertainment News 46847@http://www.starpulse.com/news TOKYO (AP) - Sony's video game unit said Wednesday it is talking with the Church of England about a complaint that a famous cathedral is the scene of a violent shooting game for the new PlayStation 3 console.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/12/stars_recall_first_trips_to_the_movies Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:46:20 EST Entertainment News 29056@http://www.starpulse.com/news Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are among the Hollywood stars reminiscing about their first cinema experiences in a series of new film interviews shot by Gwyneth Paltrow's moviemaker brother Jake.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/03/halloween_horror_movie_guide Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:49:40 EST Entertainment News 17507@http://www.starpulse.com/news It’s that time of year again … leaves start changing colors, homes fill with the scent of wood burning stoves, and movie buffs head to the theaters and video stores to watch gory, bloody and disgusting horror films. This October, scary movie fans can catch three spine-tingling classics-in-the-making: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Grudge 2 and Saw III. For a list of retro horror films and other scary movies, check out the "Starpulse Halloween Horror Movie Guide" ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/15/celebrity_birthdays_september_15 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 15395@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Prince Harry of Wales (1984), "8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979), Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson (1976), football legend Dan Marino (1961), movie director Oliver Stone (1946), "Man of the House" star Tommy Lee Jones (1946), actor Henry Darrow (1933), bandleader Cannonball Adderley (1928; d. 1975), "Superman" actor Jackie Cooper (1922), actress Penny Singleton (1908; d. 2003), "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (1907; d. 2004), country singer Roy Acuff (1903; d. 1992), "Murder on the Orient Express" author Agatha Christie (1890; d. 1976), 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft (1857; d. 1930), and Italian explorer Marco Polo (1254; d. 1324).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/28/celebrity_birthdays_august_28 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:00:34 EST Entertainment News 13657@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer LeAnn Rimes (1982), "King Kong" actor Jack Black (1969), "90210" star Jason Priestley (1969), Scottish actor Billy Boyd (1968), Canadian country singer Shania Twain (1965), actress Amanda Tapping (1965), daytime actress Emma Samms (1960), "City Slickers" actor Daniel Stern (1957), baseball player/manager Lou Piniella (1943), actor David Soul (1943), Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison (1942; d. 1995), actor Ben Gazzara (1930), and Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828; d. 1910).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/19/samantha_morton_will_tie_the_knot Fri, 19 May 2006 10:17:32 EST Entertainment News 7156@http://www.starpulse.com/news Minority Report star Samantha Morton is getting married. The British actress - who is best friends with Kate Moss - accepted fiance Harry Holm's proposal when he asked her to marry him last Saturday. Morton said: "We're over the moon. We're very much in love and looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/03/02/king_kong_set_to_sweep_empires Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:08:11 EST Entertainment News 3837@http://www.starpulse.com/news King Kong is set to sweep the board at this year's Empire awards - after receiving five nominations. After being snubbed by the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the Bafta's, the remake of the 1933 monster movie has been nominated for a host of top honors, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Crash', and 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' also faired well with four nominations each.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/14/naomi_watts_on_screaming_for_king_kong Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:18:00 EST Entertainment News 1203@http://www.starpulse.com/news Naomi Watts didn't practice her scream for her role as the damsel in distress in King Kong. The stunning actress plays the giant gorilla's captor Ann Darrow - famously played by "Scream Queen" Fay Wray in the original 1933 movie - in the blockbuster remake, and was told by director Peter Jackson her "pipes" needed to be loud and in perfect working order.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/14/new_in_theaters_today_king_kong Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:00:30 EST Entertainment News 962@http://www.starpulse.com/news Peter Jackson's King Kong is the second big-screen remake of the 1933 classic. Set in the 1930s, the film follows a group of advantageous American adventurers who travel to a secluded island in search of a fabled giant ape. Not only do they find the 25-foot primate, they're also faced with an assortment of prehistoric creatures previously thought to be long extinct.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/07/peter_jackson_didn_t_want_king_kong_to_d Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:46:40 EST Entertainment News 1072@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Peter Jackson refused to edit King Kong's iconic death scene in the movie because he had become too emotionally attached to the giant gorilla to watch his demise. Jackson has re-told the classic ending of the previous Kong films, in 1933 and 1976, which sees the humongous ape fall to his death from the top of New York City's Empire State Building.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/07/naomi_watts_troubled_meeting_with_king_k Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:20:51 EST Entertainment News 1067@http://www.starpulse.com/news Naomi Watts had a terrifying first encounter with veteran actress Fay Wray before the silent screen star died last year because the aged star insisted she wasn't good enough to romance King Kong. Wray played Ann Darrow in the original 1933 movie and took exception to an Australian playing the part in Peter Jackson's new blockbuster.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/28/an_exclusive_look_at_king_kong Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:42:56 EST Entertainment News 805@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Peter Jackson's $207 million remake of King Kong is three hours long, a difference from the 1933 original, which was 100 minutes. "A few people have already asked me why we're taking twice as long to tell essentially the same story," Jackson tells Newsweek. "And I don't really know. We've been asking that ourselves. I'm going to have to come up with a better answer."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/09/get_an_exclusive_4_minute_look_at_king_k Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:06:13 EST Entertainment News 493@http://www.starpulse.com/news An unedited sequence of never-before-seen footage from King Kong, directed by triple Academy Award winner Peter Jackson, will debut during NBC's broadcast of Shrek on Sunday, Nov. 27. This broadcast event will treat viewers to an exclusive look at Universal Pictures' upcoming dramatic adventure more than two weeks before it is released in theaters on Dec. 14.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/10/28/ape_size_length_and_budget_for_jackson_s Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:15:45 EST Entertainment News 286@http://www.starpulse.com/news Peter Jackson’s King Kong is three hours long, a half hour longer than originally expected. The remake’s running time is nearly double the 1993 version. The production costs have also swelled from $175 million to $207 million due to extra digital effects.

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