Posted Jan 12th 2007 6:46PM by TMZ Staff
After a week during which both Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore saw their longstanding relationships officially come to an end, fellow angel Lucy Liu might not want to check her text messages for a while. And then there's the Zone, where we find that bad luck generally comes in fives.
Barbara Walters: In her recent two-part TV special "30 Mistakes in 30 Years," Walters expressed real regret at turning down a dinner date invitation from interview subject Clint Eastwood, back in his "Dirty Harry" days. But now, that probably pales in comparison to how she must feel about getting so awkwardly caught in the middle of the five shots -- or is it six? -- exchanged between The Donald and The Rosie. The latter apparently laid into Walters on Monday for not phoning her over the holidays, and for choosing to temper her public comments about Trump. Meanwhile, the beauty pageant gatekeeper is insisting that Babs is not telling the truth. Over the years, Walters has tap danced around heads of state, weepy celebrities and a gaggle of intriguing people. But her handling of this fracas has none of that finesse, and to add insult to injury, Oprah has now eclipsed her with a celeb-interviewing-celeb Oscar special.
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Filed under: The Z List
Tags: Adam Sandler, AdamSandler, Allison Shearmur, AllisonShearmur, Barbara Walters, BarbaraWalters, Bob Shaye, BobShaye, Cameron Diaz, CameronDiaz, Charlie Sheen, CharlieSheen, Clint Eastwood, ClintEastwood, David Spade, DavidSpade, Denise Richards, DeniseRichards, donald trump, DonaldTrump, Dreamgirls, Drew Barrymore, DrewBarrymore, Gail Berman, GailBerman, Heather Locklear, HeatherLocklear, James Brown, JamesBrown, Nicole Kidman, NicoleKidman, Oprah, Peter Jackson, PeterJackson, Richie Sambora, RichieSambora, rosie o'donnell, RosieO'donnell, Tomi Rae Hynie, TomiRaeHynie
Posted Oct 20th 2006 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
Looks like super marine Master Chief will have to eliminate a homicidal alien race without some very powerful allies. The Peter Jackson produced film "Halo" based on the wildly popular Microsoft video game, hit a huge roadblock this morning as Universal and Fox studios both announced that they have officially backed out of the film.
The studios demanded that executive producers, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with Microsoft each reduce their profit participation in the film which included a $5 million upfront payday, obviously their demands were not met.
Some insiders are speculating that the pull-out had to due with budget problems as rumors swirl that the film, originally budgeted for $135 million, had already busted the cap by a whopping $65 million,
Others feel that handing a huge franchise like "Halo" to first time director Neil Blomkamp made the studios way too nervous about the film.
But, fear not Halo-heads -- the project isn't dead yet. Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop is continuing to work on the film while Microsoft locks down another partner.
The copy editor apologizes for offending serious fanboys. He's more of a Tecmo Bowl fan.
Filed under: Movies
Tags: budget, bungie, fox, halo, master chief, MasterChief, microsoft, neil blomkamp, NeilBlomkamp, peter jackson, PeterJackson, pull out, PullOut, studio, universal
