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LE Newsletter - March 27, 2008

Angela Bassett Gets Star

Excerpt from www.eurweb.com  

(March 21, 2008)*To paraphrase Ice Cube, Thursday was a good day for actress Angela Bassett. But, it didn't start out that way for her.  "Do you ever have one of those days? I woke up and the sun wasn't really shining but then it burst through the clouds and it was glorious. Hallelujah!" Bassett spoke those words to the crowd gathered to watch her accept her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the ceremony, the Yale University trained and Oscar nominated actress was joined by her husband Courtney B. Vance, their children and guests Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne and Rick Fox, her co-star in the new film "Meet the Browns." "You get a lot of no's in this business and you have to have that desire and determination which is what Angela has," Fishburne shared. Whitaker said that Bassett was "a powerful artist, a beautiful person, a mother, a wife, a friend who illuminates my life." Bassett received the Walk of Fame's 2,358th star.

Actor Cera Slated For Lead In Graphic-Novel Movie

Excerpt from www.globeandmail.com - Liam Lacey

(March 21, 2008) Toronto — Canadian actor Michael Cera, who recently shot to prominence thanks to his work in Juno and Superbad, is in final talks to team up with Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright for a graphic-novel adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter says.  Cera would take on the titular role in Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, an adventure romance based on a work by Bryan Lee O'Malley, the Reporter says. Right now, Cera is co-starring with Jack Black in the Harold Ramis film Year One.

Singleton's 'A-Team' Gets A Release Date

Excerpt from www.eurweb.com  

(March 21, 2008)*Twentieth Century Fox has set June 12, 2009 as the release date for "The A-Team," its feature adaptation of the 1980s TV series co-starring Mr. T, reports Daily Variety. As previously reported, John Singleton will direct the remake from a script by writing partners Michael Brandt and Derek Haas ("3:10 to Yuma").  The storyline will follow Hannibal Smith and his team of former Special Forces soldiers, who have been set up for a crime they didn't commit.  While casting has yet to be announced, there were rumours that Ice Cube had been offered the part of Bosco "B.A." Baracas, played in the original TV series by Mr. T.     Also set to open on June 12, 2009 is Paramount's Eddie Murphy comedy "Nowhereland."