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Actress MARPESSA DAWN, the star of 1960’s Best Foreign Film Oscar ORFEU NEGRO (BLACK ORPHEUS), has died at her home near Paris, France.
The American-born actress, who played Eurydice in the classic Brazilian movie, suffered a heart attack.
Ironically, Breno Mello, her co-star in the Marcel Camus film, which also claimed the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival in France, died in July (08).
Dawn, born Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor, worked as an actress in England before landing her role in Orfeu Negro. Her film career flopped after the Camus movie and she moved to France, where she became a nightclub singer and a governess.

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LOU REED is campaigning to have a New York street named after him.
The 66-year-old rocker was born in Brooklyn and has spent all of his life living in Manhattan, where he was once nicknamed the Bard of the East Village.
Reed is fiercely proud of the city, and hopes a future mayor will recognise him - in the same way punk star Joey Ramone was honoured when the 2nd Street East Village block where he once lived was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
Reed says, "Lou Reed Way would be nice. Any little street would do."

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Playing blind is nothing new for actor DANNY GLOVER, who loses his sight in new movie BLINDNESS - he wanders around empty theatres with his eyes closed to prepare for stage roles.
The Lethal Weapon star admits he calms his nerves backstage before plays by closing his eyes and walking around.
He explains, "There’s another kind of humility for me whenever you close your eyes and trust all the other senses that you often don’t use as much like hearing, and smell.
"I began to notice the difference from when I was going from outside to inside the building (without seeing) - the way the air feels. I always had a practice when I started doing theatre work. I’d close my eyes and walk from my dressing room to the stage and feel around; to get a sense of where I am the moment before I step on the stage.
"It’s a kind of tool I played around with to calm my body and provide a certain level of openness in saying that I’m giving myself to this energy in a sense."

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TV serial killer MICHAEL C. HALL has learned enough from his role on DEXTER to get away with murder in real life.
Hall plays a cop with a murderous streak, who disposes of bad guys, in the hit show.
Hall’s Dexter has escaped undetected for three seasons, and the actor is convinced he has the perfect plan to commit a real unsolvable murder.
He tells the New York Post, "(I) stand a better chance of not being caught.
But I’m not going to tell you how I’d kill someone."

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Moviemaker DEBORAH KAMPMEIER is still defending her controversial movie HOUNDDOG a week after it was banned by a leading U.S. cinema chain, insisting her young star DAKOTA FANNING’s rape scene didn’t even include physical contact.
The writer/director has been blasted by family groups for featuring provocative scenes with child star Fanning, who plays a nine year old in the film.
But Kampmeier, who has been cleared of child exploitation accusations by officials in North Carolina - where the film was shot, insists she took the utmost care to protect her young stars in all the scenes that have upset critics.
And the controversial rape scene was nothing more than careful editing.
Kampmeier tells WENN, "When you take a shot of Dakota coming in the door, her foot tripping, a boy moving towards the camera, her face saying ’stop,’ and you put them together in the editing room you get a rape scene. We never rehearsed a rape scene. She never acted out a rape scene; it’s all so technical.
"I was a foot away from her face when we were shooting her face, which is all we have, other than her hands, in the rape scene. I was a foot away saying, ‘Hold your breath, hold your breath, don’t make a sound. Hold it, hold it, don’t make a sound.’ And then we’d go into the editing room and we’d remove my voice saying that and have her do an additional dialogue recording session.
"Why is it that people see heads blown off in movies all the time and no one says, ‘Oh my God, did they really have their head blown off?’" And Kampmeier insists another provocative scene, in which Fanning appears to be naked, was not what it seemed either.
She adds, "She had a full piece body suit on that was a nude colour. All you really see is her shoulders.
"Of course she was not naked. I have a daughter; I am a daughter. I cherish and honour the souls of girls and women. If I did anything to harm Dakota or anything exploitative, that would be betraying the whole reason I made this film."

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Actress ROSARIO DAWSON has treated her father to the Harley Davidson motorcycle he has always dreamed of for aiding her big break into acting.
The sexy star was discovered while sitting on the stoop her father built outside the family’s home on the Lower East side of New York City. Her dad actually told his teenage daughter to sit outside and dazzle the film crew.
She did just that and landed a part in Larry Clark’s 2005 movie Kids.
And now she has paid back her dad for giving her the impetus and the stoop to get started.
She says, "I love him so much, but I told him, ‘This is your Father’s Day, birthday, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa present for the next 10 years."

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Actress ROSIE PEREZ has boycotted the subway in her native New York, after a string of incidents left her fearing for her safety.
The 44 year old was born and bred in Brooklyn, New York - but she refuses to go underground anymore.
She tells New York magazine, "I’ve been mugged and harassed and someone actually tried to sexually attack me." The actress recently revealed a lewd mention in Kanye West’s hit Good Morning had turned her into a verbal target for hip-hop fans - and she didn’t appreciate the attention.
She said, "I’m a woman of a certain age (and) if you’re gonna mention me in a song, have a little respect. He mentions my breasts.
"When you walk down the street and you have 15-year-old boys… (and) they’re like, ‘Yo, Rosie, D’s D’s, Rosie Perez,’ it’s no good."

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Country star DOLLY PARTON has confirmed she’s writing a movie and musical about her own amazing life - and she’ll play herself on the big screen.
The singer/actress, who is receiving rave reviews in Los Angeles for writing the stage version of her hit movie 9 To 5, is hoping to follow up that project with a life story double whammy.
Parton reveals three actresses will portray her at different points in her life onstage - and she’d play the current Dolly if the musical is picked up as a movie.
She says, "I’m writing my own life story as a musical. I won’t even probably be in it, but, if I do it as a movie, I would play the later part.
"It would be done with three Dollys I think."

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A New York nightclub boss is taking credit for celebrity DJ SAMANTHA RONSON’s career, insisting her gave her her big break.
Plumm partner Noel Ashman claims he agreed to give Ronson a chance to showcase her talents after her brother Mark pulled out of a gig at his former club Veruka.
Ronson, who was too young to gain access to his club at the time, has been an Ashman regular ever since.
He tells Angeleno magazine, "Mark was supposed to do the gig, and he couldn’t, so he sent his siter. She’s been with me ever since."

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OASIS are to reteam with RYAN ADAMS for another North American tour just three months after guitarist NOEL GALLAGHER was attacked onstage in Canada.
The group scrapped the final dates of the tour to allow Gallagher to recover from injuries he sustained after falling awkwardly into monitor speakers as he tried to escape a lunging Daniel Sullivan during Oasis’ 9 September (08) show in Toronto.
The group has since scrapped further shows in Europe, but plan to honour dates on an upcoming British tour next month (Oct08).
But the incident hasn’t put them off touring in North America - Oasis and Adams will play a series of pre-Christmas shows beginning in Oakland, California on 3 December (08).
The trek will continue to 20 December (08) with dates in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Ontario and New York, where the band will perform at Madison Square Garden.

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Quick-thinking security guards saved FOO FIGHTERS star DAVE GROHL from an onstage attack at the Austin City Limits music festival in Texas on Sunday night (28Sep08) when they wrestled a fan to the ground..
Grohl’s rockers were headlining the last day of the weekend festival when an audience member clambered up onto the stage and ran towards the singer.
Initially startled, Grohl played down the drama by telling the crowd, "He’s just a drunken college dork. I’ve been there," after security staff had tackled the stage invader.
Oasis were forced to scrap a series of concerts in North America and Europe recently when guitarist Noel Gallagher suffered injuries from a stage attack in Toronto, Canada.

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is teaming up with THE VERVE producer YOUTH to release an album as his dance alter ego THE FIREMAN.
The duo has released music sporadically under the name since 1993 and their last album was 1998’s Rushes.
However, the new LP, called Electronic Arguments, will be the first to feature vocals from McCartney.
The disc will feature 13 tracks, all penned by the former Beatle, and will hit U.K. stores on 17 November (08).

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Pop superstar MADONNA has taken a break from her gruelling world tour to enjoy a family day out in Greece.
The Material Girl wrapped up the European leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour at the weekend (27Sep08) in Athens.
And she took a day off from her busy schedule on Sunday (28Sep08) to take in a spot of sightseeing in the Greek capital with her children Lourdes, 11, Rocco, eight, and adopted tot David Banda, three. Husband Guy Ritchie did not join them for the day out.
Madonna will kick off the U.S. and South American stint of her tour this Saturday (04Oct08) with her first show in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Playing a doctor on TV show HOUSE has convinced actor JESSE SPENCER he could take up the profession for real.
The Australian actor also comes from a family of doctors - he has two surgeon brothers and a medical student sister.
But he admits his amateur medical antics frustrates his real doctor during surgery visits.
Spencer tells the New York Post, "I kind of like the blood, guts and gore.
"I love it when they draw my blood. I think I know what I’m talking about, so I’ll try to offer my own opinion. But my doctors just say, ‘Uh, no come on Jesse, you’re an actor.’"

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Shakespearean star KENNETH BRANAGH is the surprise favourite to direct the next big Marvel comic book movie THOR.
The British actor - more famous for his roles onstage - is negotiating with Marvel bosses over the movie, due for release in 2010.
Branagh’s last big-screen directorial outing was 2007’s Sleuth, starring Sir Michael Caine and Jude Law.
But he is most recognised in film for directing 1989 Shakespeare epic Henry V; Robert De Niro in 1994’s Frankenstein, and a 1996 version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with himself in the lead role.
Thor follows the tale of a disabled medical student with the Norse god as an alter ego.

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Letters and cards tragic British royal PRINCESS DIANA sent to her former nanny are to be auctioned off in London.
The candid correspondence to Mary Clarke features the revelation that Diana tried to set her then-future husband Prince Charles up with her older sister, Sarah.
In another letter to Clarke, written six months after she accepted Charles’ marriage proposal, Diana admitted, "Six months of being engaged is quite something and definitely to be avoided!" The four letters and two cards also detail her bout of morning sickness when she was pregnant with Prince William.
One of the letters was written when Diana was just 17.
Officials at auction house Reeman Dansie expect the correspondence to go under the hammer for up to $18,000 (£9,700) on Tuesday (30Sep08).
Princess Diana, her friend Dodi Fayed and their driver died in a car crash in Paris, France in 1997.

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The jury trying former SOPRANOS actor LILLO BRANCATO for murdering a police officer have been told by the slain cop’s partner to ignore his fame and focus on the facts.
Brancato and Stephen Armento stand accused of killing off-duty officer Daniel Enchautegui when he disturbed them while they robbed his neighbour’s house in The Bronx, New York in 2005.
But Enchautegui’s former partner, Detective Robert Korn, is angry so much media attention has been focused on Brancato, a 32-year-old actor who played Robert De Niro’s son in A Bronx Tale and junior mobster Matthew Bevilaqua in The Sopranos.
Korn tells the New York Post, "It gets me kind of heated that people are more concerned for this kid because he came from a good family. So did Danny." The trial is due to begin in New York next month (Oct08).

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Director GUY RITCHIE has defended his box-office flop SWEPT AWAY, insisting it would have been hailed if he had made it before becoming famous.
The 2002 film, which starred Ritchie’s wife Madonna, was pounded by critics and ignored by cinema-goers.
It ‘won’ an unprecedented five Razzie Awards - a prizegiving naming and shaming the worst in the business - and was even described by Sophia Loren as "the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life".
But Ritchie insists his only mistake was to release the movie - and more recent flop Revolver - after finding fame and success with 1998’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and 2000’s Snatch.
He tells Complex magazine, "I like the movie. Both Swept Away and Revolver weren’t supposed to be vastly successful movies. I was already established by then, but those are the kind of movies you should make before you’re established. I went about it all wrong."

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