day 22

ruffalo bro dies at 39

mark ruffalo, the well known romcom actor, and his family, are mourning the death of mark's brother scott today. scott died today from a gunshot wound to the head he suffered last week.  and, with the news of his death, news of how scott was shot has come out today.  scott was allegedly a chronic cocaine abuser and played russian roulette on a regular basis. on the night of his shooting, scott apparently lost his last game of the deadly game, shooting himself.  at least this is what the woman who was arrested, shaha mishaal adham, and charged with the murder is hoping the general public will believe.  this so called "friend," through her lawyer, has said she was simply picking up some keys at the time of the shooting.  however, if adham really was a friend, wouldn't she have wanted to help ruffalo in some way? why would you want someone to continue down that kind of path? i don't know, but this sounds all sorts of shady to me.  

hudson heads back to the hollyhood

jennifer hudson, after being in hiding since her family's deaths in october, is heading back to work.  the american idol alum is set to shoot the video for her next single, "if it isn't love," over the next couple of days in los angeles.  originally, hudson was to begin shooting around the time of her mother, brother, and nephew's tragic deaths; however, under such circumstances, her label postponed the shoot.  click here to listen to the song.  hudson was recently nominated for four grammys, including one for grammy for best r&b record for jennifer hudson.  

new moon gets some direction

summit entertainment is in talks for chris weitz to helm the twilight sequel, new moon.  weitz is known for his work on american pie, as well as directing about a boy and the golden compass.  his work on the latter is apparently what grabbed the studio's attention, as it is a fantasy adventure in a series. but, since the compass series never took off, and the twilight series is already established as a hit, weitz looks to be the studio's new golden boy.  another possible option would be to bring catherine hardwicke back to direct the third and have weitz do the fourth.  as hardwicke wants more time to develop her next project, the time it would take to make the second film plus the time in between the releases, would giver her plenty of time to develop eclipse.  

big changes coming to grey's?

tr knight, who plays new resident george on the hit abc show grey's anatomy, is apparently trying to get out of his contract.  sounds like some very katherine heigl-esque behavior.  too bad tr doesn't have a movie career to fall back on if he gets out of his contract.  the actor has apparently been unhappy on set since the isiah washington scandal last season, in which washington called knight a slur of homophobic slurs.  while knight's spokesperson has denied the rumors, fans of the show have noticed his absence in recent storylines; allegedly, the writers of the show have been minimizing his screen time because of his diva antics on set.