Academy Award winner Sir Michael Caine was once stopped and searched at a U.S. airport after triggering security alerts for possible terrorists. The actor blames the incident on travelling under his real name Maurice Mickelwhite - which renders him anonymous - and on his wife for taking all their bags with her the day before. Caine explains to GQ magazine, "I was stopped in Texas once. My wife had gone home the day before with all the luggage. I asked, 'What profile do I have that makes me a terrorist?' "He said, 'You have no luggage. You're a foreigner. You're in first class. And you're the last to board. That is the profile of all the 9/11 fliers."
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Friday 27 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
Caliban VS Heaven Shall Burn
Artist: Caliban VS Heaven Shall Burn
Genre(s):
Alternative
Discography:
The Split Programm
Year:
Tracks: 10
Heaven Shall Burn Vs. Caliban The Split Program II
Year:
Tracks: 11
Thursday 12 June 2008
Disunion Over SAG "Solidarity"
Although it was scheduled to hold a "solidarity" rally in Los Angeles this morning (Monday), the Screen Actors Guild was being accused of disruptive tactics aimed at dominating union affairs in the industry in general and those of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in particular. "SAG Goes to War Against AFTRA," headlined Daily Variety, citing SAG's efforts to encourage members who hold joint membership in AFTRA to vote down the recent pact signed by AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Reporting on SAG's strategy the Los Angeles Times accused the union of "attempting to throw a monkey wrench" into the agreement with AFTRA. The newspaper quoted Paul Christie, a former president of SAG's New York local and a current member of the union's national board, as saying, "Asking dual cardholders to vote down a contract for one of the unions that they work under is possibly the most idiotic course to date." Today's Hollywood Reporter said that AFTRA President Roberta Reardon is planning to discuss SAG's reported decision to spend $75,000 to "educate" dual members about the AFTRA deal. Reardon and AFTRA national executive director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth called SAG's tactics "unprecedented interference" and warned "that we would view any attempt by SAG or its leadership to undermine or interfere with our ratification process as a violation of both the law and the AFL-CIO constitution." Summing up SAG's recent course of action, veteran industry journalist Alex Ben Block, wrote on his Hollywood Today website, "The Screen Actors Guild is becoming the Hillary Clinton of the Hollywood labor movement. ... Like Hillary Clinton, SAG won't give up even though it has become clear it can't win the battle on the terms it has laid out. Instead of looking for a graceful exit, and a deal that will keep its members working and the industry going, SAG leaders still beat the war drums."
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Friday 6 June 2008
Former Idol star McPhee gets married
Singer and actress Katherine McPhee has married producer Nick Cokas in a ceremony in Beverly Hills.
According to People magazine, the former 'American Idol' star's representative confirmed the couple had married in a Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old singer reportedly wore a strapless ivory Manuel Mota gown to the ceremony, which was attended by over 300 guests.
McPhee met 42-year-old Cokas in 2005 when they performed together in a Los Angeles production of 'The Ghost and Mrs Muir'.
According to People magazine, the former 'American Idol' star's representative confirmed the couple had married in a Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old singer reportedly wore a strapless ivory Manuel Mota gown to the ceremony, which was attended by over 300 guests.
McPhee met 42-year-old Cokas in 2005 when they performed together in a Los Angeles production of 'The Ghost and Mrs Muir'.
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