Ashley Judd has starred in films opposite Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman. Now, she's doing what all beloved starlets do once they've conquered Hollywood; She's getting a master's in public policy from Harvard.
In addition to taking on Harvard exams, Judd is going to try her hand at the NPR News Quiz. She'll play a game called "That prize was RIGHTFULLY MINE! MINE!" — three questions about the history of Nobel Prizes.
Miley Cyrus isn’t the only singer to call it quits with Twitter.
Courtney Love’s Twitter page, @courtneylover79, where the former Hole frontwoman had offered streams of difficult-to-interpret rants that landed her in legal trouble recently, had been closed as of Sunday. A second account, @clcobain, was also closed.
According to the New York Times, Courtney was sued earlier this month by a fashion designer after the star lashed out with a string of allegedly defamatory Tweets.
Meanwhile, Miley, who previously released a rap video to explain why she’d quit the micro-blogging site, offered a more serious take on her exit on her private fan Web site, Mileyworld.
“It breaks my spirit to hear that some of you feel neglected since I deleted my twitter. It was a wonderful way to stay connected to you & I really felt like during that time we became very much like friends,” she wrote, according to Perez Hilton. “I love my job so much that it is hard to believe sometimes that it is considered ‘working.’ But, in the end it is still a business and I do need some sort of a ‘normal’ life as well.”
The star went on to acknowledge that by constantly Tweeting, she’d given up part of her personal life.
“I often complain to the ones closest to me that I don’t seem to have much of a private life any more and part of that is my fault,” she wrote. “How can I whine about my life being to public if I am the one telling the world what I am doing? Some things in my life need to say in my life only and not on some gossip site.”
And it’s not just Twitter Miley said she’s cutting back on, advising fans to spend less time online.
“I just think kids all over the world could maybe take a little vacation from Cyberspace,” she wrote. “My problem with the internet is it makes negativity so available. It allows people to anonymously hurt others without any consequences. That is not the real world. Not only that, but if we spent more time enjoying what we are doing besides tweeting about it, we would enjoy our lives a whole lot more.”
Bryan Singer said Sunday he's interested in making another "X-Men" movie and has discussed the possibility with Twentieth Century Fox.
The American director made "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United," but passed on the third installment so he could make "Superman Returns.""Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner ended up shooting that film, "X-Men: The Last Stand." South African filmmaker Gavin Hood made another spin-off, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which was released earlier this year.
"I'm still looking to possibly returning to the 'X-Men' franchise. I've been talking to Fox about it," Singer said at a talk at South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival.
"I love Hugh Jackman. I love the cast," he said, referring to the Australian actor who plays Wolverine.
Singer said he enjoyed making science fiction and fantasy movies because they allowed him to discuss serious issues through entertainment. He said the "X-Men" series, which follows a group of mutants with superpowers who struggle to fit in with humans, is about tolerance and social structures.
He said he likes to "trick audiences into thinking they're seeing fireworks, but they're learning about themselves and listening to what I have to say."
"The excitement about working in science fiction and fantasy is — the stories, if they are good, are about the human condition," Singer said.
Appearing at a panel discussion with South Korean director Kim Ji-woon, the American director also said he appreciated the creative freedom South Korean filmmakers enjoyed to make the final cut, compared to Hollywood, where directors must negotiate with studio executives.
Hollywood movie budgets are so high that "the risk is too great to leave it in the hands of a filmmaker," he said, adding that he "has a responsibility to help studios feel secure in their investments."
Singer made his name with the 1995 critically acclaimed thriller "The Usual Suspects" but later earned a strong following among comic books fans for his adaptations of popular comic book series.
Penelope Cruz did nothing to dispel rumors she’s pregnant with her first child in New York last night — after stepping out wearing a loose-fitting dress!
The actress, who has made seldom few public appearances over the past few weeks, hit the red carpet for the closing night of the 47th Annual New York Film Festival, where they premiered her new movie Broken Embraces.
Highlighting the album that shot him to superstardom, Bruce Springsteen has rocked Giants Stadium in New Jersey for the last time.
Friday night's show — which drew nearly 60,000 people and lasted for more than three hours — was the last concert at the venue in East Rutherford. It will soon be demolished to create parking for a new stadium.
The show was the fifth that The Boss and the E Street Band had performed there since Sept. 30. All featured full-album sets. And like previous shows, the final concert opened with a new song called "Wrecking Ball."
During the show, Springsteen and his bandmates played the "Born in the USA" album from front to back. Overall, they performed 31 songs — including seven encores — and closed the night with "Jersey Girl."