Sunday, April 6, 2008

Hometown's hometown, after all.



George Clooney, one of the most stylish & sexiest actor in Hollywood, currently directed and acted in a film called Leatherheads.


The film is mainly about a professional football team in 1920s...and it could be categorized as a comedy+romance+sports.





What's more interesting or rather surprising is that Clooney chose his very own hometown Maysville, Kentucky for the premier of this film.
The co-actor, Renee Zellweger, also accompanied him there.


A bit of his birth biography? He wasn't actually born in Maysville, but he was born in Lexington & he grew up in Augusta_25km west of Maysville.


No wonder Maysville has quite an influence on him.
Imagine yourself growing up in a suburb near New York City or Paris, you'll see what I mean here.


The movie was shown at the Washington Opera Theatre, Maysville last week. But unfortunately, it could only hold 300 seats.


"It was a huge part of my life, this town. I'm just like them. I just happen to be a little more famous," he told the Louisville Courier-Journal, the local paper.


"Leatherheads" was released officially on 4th April...in the US.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Chinese Clash With Hollywood



Beijing Jeboo Interactive Science & Technology, a Chinese online movie firm, sued 5 Hollywood studios (including Disney, Columbia and Universal) and the Motion Picture Association America for falsely accusing it of piracy.

"Services like Jeboo have profited from copyright infringement," said Frank Rittman, vice president of MPAA.

Jeboo was accused of pirating 20 popular films including "Pirates of the Carribean2" & "Hitch".

However, the oriental firm Jeboo denies this accuse, by explaining that pirated movies did not originate from it.
Furthermore, it claims itself to be China's largest distributor of non-pirated videos.