All posts containing the tag: "director"
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
The guy who directed "The Notebook" is finally experiencing the kind of sadness that he made us endure -- the kind of sadness that only a couple million dollars could cure.
Nick Cassavetes -- who's also a prominent movie writer -- has just filed a lawsuit against New Line Cinema claiming they baited him into a big-time project only to drop him right before it was set to go into production.
Cassavetes claims he was originally supposed to "supervise the script" for a movie originally titled "Elephant Orphanage" -- which was later changed to "Peaceable Kingdom." Nick says he agreed to take $275,000 for the job -- along with a promise that he'd get "several million dollars" to later direct the film.
But Nick says the simple "supervision" turned into a complete rewrite -- a service he usually charges $750,000 to do.
In the lawsuit, Cassavetes claims when he finished the script, New Line dropped him as a director ... and then refused to pay him a single penny.
Now, Nick wants $1,050,000 for services he already performed -- plus the "several million dollars" New Line originally promised him for directing.
See, Hollywood really is like "Entourage."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: alpha dog, AlphaDog, director, lawsuit, new line cinema, NewLineCinema, nick cassavetes, NickCassavetes, rewrite, script, the notebook, TheNotebook
Posted Aug 6th 2009 4:43PM by TMZ Staff
John Hughes has died of a heart attack.
Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family.
He directed such '80s hit films as "The Breakfast Club," Weird Science," "Sixteen Candles" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
He was 59.
Story developing...
Filed under: R.I.P.
Tags: dead, death, dies, director, heart attack, HeartAttack, john huges, JohnHuges, nyc
Posted Jun 10th 2009 4:20AM by TMZ Staff
Here's "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke at some award show in Hollywood the other night (left) -- and "Real World: Brooklyn's" transgendered roommate Katelynn Cusanelli back in April (right).
One of them recently lost their job and was replaced by a man.
We're just sayin'.
Filed under: We're Just Sayin', Twilight
Tags: Catherine Hardwicke, CatherineHardwicke, director, Katelynn Cusanelli, KatelynnCusanelli, twilight
Posted May 11th 2009 2:25AM by TMZ Staff
J.J. Abrams pulled off one serious star trick this weekend at LAX -- by fooling our photog with one of the best "you've mistaken me for someone else" routines we've ever seen.
In our guy's defense, it's not like there was a huge "Abrams/McGrath" tag -- his wife's last name is McGrath -- hanging from J.J.'s bag or anything.
Oh, right...
Tags: director, duping, galaxy, J.J. abrams, J.j.Abrams, JJ, jj abrams, JjAbrams, lax, McGrath, star trek, StarTrek, video
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 7:01PM by TMZ Staff
Barack Obama wants change -- his top economic advisor just wants a nap.
Lawrence Summers, Director of the White House's National Economic Council, was caught dozing off during a meeting with credit card officials on Thursday.
Looks like someone needs a more stimulating stimulus plan...
Filed under: Politix
Tags: advisor, asleep, Barack Obama, BarackObama, director, Lawrence Summers, LawrenceSummers, National Economic Council, NationalEconomicCouncil, sleep, sleeping, washington dc, WashingtonDc
Posted Mar 19th 2007 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
Kim Kardashian wasn't the only person who enjoyed Ray J's X-rated stylings.
TMZ has learned that Brandy's little bro has been offered a four-picture deal by the adult entertainment company releasing the upcoming Ray J / K-Dash messterpiece ... however, the deal wouldn't require Ray J to drop his drawers, at least on camera.
Vivid Entertainment claims that they're after Ray J to direct ... and that the singer is actually entertaining the offer. Ray could be the next Steven Squealberg or M.Night Shyamalan-a-ding-dong!
Company CEO Steven Hirsch tells TMZ, "Our first conversations were very uncomfortable, but after continuing to talk, the possibility was definitely in the air."
Reps for Ray J were unavailable for comment.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Tags: director, kim kardashian, KimKardashian, ray j, RayJ
Posted Nov 21st 2006 11:56AM by TMZ Staff
Robert Altman, the man behind the lens on "M*A*S*H," "Nashville" and "The Player," died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.
The cause of death was not disclosed, but a news release is expected later today, Associated Press reports.
Altman was nominated for an Academy Award five times for directing, most recently in 2001 for "Gosford Park." He was given a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 2006, where Altman revealed in his acceptance speech that he had a received a heart transplant a decade earlier.
Altman's most recent film was "A Prairie Home Companion," starring Meryl Streep.
Filed under: Movies
Tags: director, gosford park, GosfordPark, mash, robert altman, RobertAltman
