Producer pair to 'Apologize'

Richard Gladstein, Daryl Roth to produce comedy-drama

NEW YORK -- Film producer Richard Gladstein and theater producer Daryl Roth are teaming to produce "Apologize, Apologize," a comedy-drama based on Elizabeth Kelly's novel about an eccentric New England family.


The project centers on Collie, a boy who grows up on Martha's Vineyard surrounded by a set of colorful characters, including an activist mother and a mogul grandfather. Kelly, who is repped by Sylvie Rabineau, will adapt the screenplay from her own book, which is set to come out next year from Jon Karp's Twelve imprint.pls leave names in if we can, thanks.


Gladstein is behind such hits as "The Cider House Rules," "Finding Neverland" and "The Bourne Identity," with Kelly's voice said to contain echoes of the prose of John Irving, who of course penned the novel on which "Rules" is based. Gladstein will produce through his Film Colony banner.


Roth is a theatrical producer with a knack for producing Pulitzer- and Tony-winning plays: Over the years she's been behind such productions as "Wit" and "Proof" and also produced the 2008 best play Tony winner "August: Osage County." "Apologize" marks her first expansion into film, with other projects expected to follow.


She acquired films rights to Kelly's novel after being asked to read it for a jacket blurb, then brought the project to Gladstein.

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Actress BRITTANY SNOW has confessed she harbours secret same-sex desires for fellow Hollywood star NATALIE PORTMAN.

The 22-year-old Hairspray star is struggling to find love with a member of the opposite sex, so she's turned her attentions to the stunning Star War beauty.

Snow says, "I have a huge girl crush on Natalie Portman... I was at this Oscar party and I saw her and I was walking up to her. I was introduced to her by a friend and she had a little bit of spinach on her collar bone, and I reached over and picked the spinach off her dress. Totally creepy."

But Snow insists she's learned her lesson since the embarrassing incident, adding, "She's (Portman) probably so weirded out by this... Note to self: don't ever do that again."

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Celtas Cortos

   
Artist: Celtas Cortos

   Genre(s): 
Celtic
   

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Discography:


   
 20 Soplando Versos

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 30


   
 C'est La Vie

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12


   
 Tienes La Puerta Abierta

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 15


   
 Nos Vemos en Los Bares CD2

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 13


   
 Nos Vemos en Los Bares CD1

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 12

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Spanish ska dance orchestra Celtas Cortos was formed in 1986 by students from a Valladolid establish, reunited to participate in a music contest called Colectivo Eurofolk. After coming in first position, the danton True Young musicians decided to persist in the circle, recording their debut album, Salida de Emergencia, in 1989, followed by Gente Impresentable, presented alive piece the band was touring the country in 1990. After cathartic Cuentame Un Cuento, the chemical group affected to England to make Tranquilo Majete, released in 1993. On February 6 and 7, 1997, Celtas Cortos recorded Nos Vemos En Los Bares alive, which compiled their best songs.

Alice Cooper creeps back to life with 'Spider' tour

Veteran shock-rocker Alice Cooper [ tickets ] has revealed dates for a lengthy summer/fall tour in support of his forthcoming new album, "Along Came a Spider."The singer/songwriter and, more recently, radio DJ, will kick off the run July 31 in Redmond, OR. The 35-city trek will consist of a US outing running through early September, followed by an extensive Canadian leg before the tour winds down in Upstate New York in late October. All dates are below.Cooper will also tackle a slate of European dates in July. Consult the singer's official website for his full international itinerary.Cooper's backing band for the tour will feature guitarists Kari Kelli and Damon Johnson (Brother Cane), bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Eric Singer (KISS)."Along Came a Spider," Cooper's 25th studio album, will be a concept album, featuring a storyline that centers on a serial killer named Spider, Cooper told Billboard.com last month. "Every song is sort of a letter to the police. They think they're investigating it from the outside, but he's actually woven them into the whole thing."The album, due for release this August, is about 75% complete, Cooper added. The new set follows "Dirty Diamonds," which hit stores in 2005. Born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, Cooper broke into the music business in the late '60s, releasing his first album, 1969's "Pretties For You," as lead singer of the band that bore his name. He scored his first hit with the cut "I'm Eighteen," featured on 1971's "Love It to Death."