Etta James Hospitalized For Breathing Trouble

First Published: December 24, 2011 11:25 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Etta James performs at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois on April 30, 2009RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Etta James longtime manager says the terminally ill blues singer has been hospitalized after experiencing difficulty breathing. Lupe De Leon says James family is with her at a Southern California hospital where she was taken earlier this week. De Leon, who has been James manager for 30 years, says the singer is in pretty bad shape but it remains unknown whether she will be able to be released. He says James was taken to the hospital on Wednesday evening and is on a breathing apparatus. James doctor recently announced that the At Last singer has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia. The Grammy-winner and Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame member is also suffering from dementia. She has been receiving mostly at-home care. A judge on Monday set aside $350,000 for Jamestreatment. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Golden Globes 2012 Nominations: 'The Help,' 'Midnight in Paris,' 'The Artist' and 'My Week With Marilyn' Lead the way in which

Honours months are here. First of all Next: the 2012 Golden Globes! The annual event is going to be held on Sunday, The month of january 15, in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, praising the very best and cleverest both in film and tv. Today, the nominees for that ceremony were introduced by Sofia Vegara, Woodsy Harrelson and Gerard Butler. Who made the ultimate cut? Both Michelle Williams (her third) and Meryl Streep (her 26th!) were nominated for the best Actress, whereas Kaira Pitt (his fifth) and George Clooney (his seventh -- for film) made the very best Actor list. For any full rundown of nominees, browse the complete list ahead. BEST PICTURE, DRAMA 'The Descendants' 'The Ides of March' 'The Help' 'Moneyball' 'Hugo' 'War Horse' BEST PICTURE, COMEDY 'The Artist' '50/50' 'Bridesmaids' 'My Week With Marilyn' 'Midnight in Paris' BEST ACTOR, DRAMA George Clooney in 'The Descendants' Kaira Pitt in 'Moneyball' Leonardo DiCaprio in 'J.Edgar' Ryan Gosling in 'The Ides of March' Michael Fassbender in 'Shame' BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA Viola Davis in 'The Help' Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady' Tilda Swinton in 'We Have to Discuss Kevin' Rooney Mara in 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' Glenn Near the coast 'Albert Nobbs' , COMEDY Jean Dujardin in 'The Artist' Brendan Gleeson in 'The Guard' Owen Wilson in 'Midnight in Paris' Frederick Gordon-Levitt in '50/50' Ryan Gosling in 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY Michelle Williams in 'My Week With Marilyn' Jodie Promote in 'Carnage' Kristen Wiig in 'Bridesmaids' Charlize Theron in 'Young Adult' Kate Winslet in 'Carnage' BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Albert Brooks in 'Drive' Christopher Plummer in 'Beginners' Kenneth Branagh in 'My Week With Marilyn' Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball' Viggo Mortensen in 'A Harmful Method' BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo in 'The Artist' Octavia Spencer in 'The Help' Jessica Chastain in 'The Help' Jesse McTeer in 'Albert Nobbs' Shailene Woodley in 'The Descendants' BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese for 'Hugo' George Clooney for 'The Ides of March' Michel Hazanavicius for 'The Artist' Alexander Payne for 'The Descendants' Woodsy Allen for 'Midnight in Paris' BEST Script 'Midnight in Paris' 'The Ides of March' 'The Artist' 'The Descendants' 'Moneyball' BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 'Rango' 'The Adventures of Tintin' 'Puss in Boots' 'Arthur Christmas' 'Cars 2' BEST FOREIGN FILM 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey' 'Flowers of War' 'The Skin I Live In' 'The Kid Having a Bike' 'A Separation' BEST ORIGINAL SONG 'W.E.' 'The Help' 'Albert Nobbs' 'Machine Gun Preacher' 'Gnomeo and Juliet' BEST SCORE 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' 'War Horse' 'The Artist' 'W.E.' 'Hugo' For full dental coverage plans from the television nominees and much more Globe news, mind to Huffington Publish Entertainment. For additional around the Golden Globes and it is illustrious history, mind to GoldDerby.com to discover some amazing Globe details. 2012 Golden Globe Nominees inside a DramaBest Actor inside a DramaBest Actor inside a DramaBest Actor inside a DramaBest Actor inside a DramaBest Actress inside a DramaBest Actress inside a DramaBest Actress inside a DramaBest Actress inside a DramaBest Actress inside a DramaBest Actor inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actor inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actor inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actor inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actor inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actress inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actress inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actress inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actress inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Actress inside a Comedy/MusicalBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actor'A Harmful Method'Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActressBest DirectorBest DirectorBest DirectorBest DirectorBest Director See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Nominations reaction: Denise Ream, 'Cars 2'

'Cars 2' "It absolutely was great to find out that (the franchise) remains extremely popular, particularly with fans around the globe thinking about that it absolutely was an international adventure. Like a huge fan of animation also to notice more broadly recieved around the globe is very satisfying."-- Denise Ream, producer, "Cars 2" Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

This Is Where George Lucas Given Chewbacca to Glee

First, George Lucas lent Yoda with a Japanese instant noodle company searching for an advertising face (and understanding highly relevant to ramen). Now, inside an a good deal bigger burn to U.S. Alien fans, the franchise creator has shipped Chewbacca for the number of Glee for just about any one-episode arc. What's our world going to? Prior to deciding to beginning writing George Lucas more tear-stained hate mail though, let’s find out more particulars on Chewbacca’s large break round the Fox song and dance series. Maybe the Alien character will are likely involved so pivotal and existence-changing for Glee’s impressionable youth that fans might have no choice but to assist the cameo. Maybe, following a New Directions endure another brutal act of bullying by their peers, Chewbacca appears in Schue’s class to supply an unintelligible, five-minute fight cry which Puck translates just like a profound statement in regards to the energy of acceptance. After, Chewbacca leads the course in the removed-lower performance of “True Colors.” Okay, scratch that. Matthew Morrison referred to on Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live the Fox series is using Chewbacca for just about any dream sequence through the show’s approaching holiday episode, “Extraordinary Merry Christmas” — the industry “Christmas special within the episode of Glee.” “We referred to as up George Lucas which he gave us Chewbacca,” Morrison, who directed the special Alien-match episode, referred to. “There is simply one guy who is able to formally be Chewbacca, which he lives in Northern California and so they travelled him in. We'd Chewbacca throughout your day, plus it only decided to do well, which we counseled me capturing with him.” Sorry, Alien fans. George Lucas provided Chewbacca for just about any run-of-the-mill dream sequence cameo. Television producers, ensure it is known that Lucas would definitely be ready to lend R2-D2 and C-3PO for sweeps week looks. Chewbacca to Guest Star on Glee’s Christmas Episode! [Us]

Peter Weller, 'Robocop' Star, Joins 'Star Trek 2'

Remember: wherever Peter Weller goes, there he's. Deadline has reported the star of sci-fi classics like 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Over the Eighth Dimension!' and 'Robocop' has became a member of the cast of J.J. Abrams' approaching 'Star Trek' follow up within an unspecified role. Weller were built with a very busy 2010, guest-starring on 'Dexter,' 'Psych' and 'Fringe,' the Abrams-produced sci-fi analysis show on Fox. So when he isn't busy acting (or serving the best Directive), he's busy teaching at Syracuse College and generating a Ph. D in Italian Renaissance art history at UCLA. Casting news for part two continues to be warming up previously couple of days using the gossips that Alice Eve may have the feminine lead, and Benicio Del Toro may be the villain, however it certainly will not be Khan. Trekkies is going to be quick to indicate that Weller made an appearance on 'Enterprise' as Ernest Paxton, the commander of the moon-based colony, who brought an offer to kick all extraterrestrials from Earth. Fans however, most likely should not expect him to reprise the role, thinking about these new movies are centered on restarting the huge 'Star Trek' mythology. So Spock can relaxation easy on that certain. The still-untitled 'Star Trek' follow up will not get to theaters until May 27, 2013 -- sufficient time to obtain really impatient. [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty Images] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Let Lorna Luft Sing in "Whitened Christmas: The Musical" and She's Happy

Let Lorna Luft Sing in "Whitened Christmas: The Musical" and She's Happy By Robert Windeler December 1, 2011 Photo by T. Charles Erickson Every August going back 4 years, Lorna Luft has known as her agents to help remind them that you're ready to start booking her right into a year-finish manufacture of happens version of Irving Berlin's "Whitened Christmas." Since 2004 this theatrical adaptation from the beloved 1954 movie is a periodic staple in regional theatersand even made stops on Broadway in 2009 and 2008. Luft, who performed within the show's Uk premiere along with other productions, wouldn't miss showing up inside it somewhere in the holiday season. In the end, the initial performance period always spans her birthday (November. 21), Thanksgiving, and xmas Eve. And also, since her fellow principalsJames Clow (within the Bing Crosby role), Tony Yazbeck (Danny Kaye), Meredith Patterson (Vera-Ellen), and Jill Paice (Rosemary oil Clooney)director Marc Bruni, and choreographer Randy Skinner have crisscrossed among various mountings from the show, are all aware it and each other well. "It's us,Inch states Luft, "and we'll be buddies forever."The 2010 bonus on her would be that the production reaches Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. (November. 16 to 12 ,. 24). The cast people are remaining in NY and meet sometimes Square to consider a chartered bus towards the suburban venue. Finding yourself in NY provides Luft, that has spent the majority of her adult and professional existence working in london and La, an uncommon opportunity to spend the 2 holidays together with her sister, Liza Minnelli ("We are fine"), to determine the Macy's parade again, and to take as much Broadway theater as she will on slow days. "I am proud to stay in e-commerce,Inch she states, "an element of the theatrical communityand it's a community here a lot more than elsewhere."Most significant, Luft intends to spend the relaxation from the winter within the city where her boy was created as well as to think about living here permanently and going after a far more permanent focus on musical theater, "where I originated from.Inch Accordingly, her husband, musical director Colin R. Freeman, will join her in NY later in December, the moment he's finished employed in Palm Springs on "Plaid Tidings," the "Forever Plaid" spin-off, another perennial for that theatrical holidays. The pair will test their survival from the city's winter snowshardly confirmed given that they live in Rancho Mirage, within the California desert, and also the British-born Freeman is particularly antiwhite stuff. But Lorna is positive. "If you're able to survive eight shows per week, you are able to survive anything," she figures.Lengthy Roots Luft made her debut at 11 around the tv program located by her mother, Judy Garland, and mother and daughter performed the Structure when Luft was 16. She was 17 when her mother died in 1969. She made her Broadway debut within the original manufacture of "Promises, Promises" in 1971 and despite forays into movies and television has largely remained onstage, playing in from the U.S. tour from the Jerry Zaksdirected "Men and Dolls" to some staged reading through of "Follies" in Ireland. Going back couple of years, her most typical looks here and abroad will be in her concert "Tunes My Mother Trained Me." She'll even take four slow days from "Whitened Christmas" to sing three performances using the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. "I am very lucky in order to complete these concerts everywhere," she states. Her concert (and it is 2007 recording) resulted from the lengthy re-study of Garland's towering musical legacy and troubled and broadly promoted personal existence, starting with Luft's 1998 memoir "Me and My Shadows." 3 years later it was switched into an Emmy-winning miniseries, which Luft coexecutive created. "I anxiously waited a very long time to complete my live show," she describes, "until I was peaceful enough to consider this unbelievable catalog of music that were left in my experience. During my 20s I had been making my very own actions within the sand during my 30s I had been getting my children.Inch (Boy Jesse, 27, is really a money manager in La, "another high-drama profession," and daughter Vanessa, 21, wants to become a chef, "a level greater drama profession, more cutthroat than show business.") "You do not really become familiar with your folks until you are inside your 40s," she adds. "It required me that lengthy to complete justice to individuals songsand to create buddies having a ghost."Garland had an affinity for that tunes of Irving Berlin, from her starring role within the 1948 movie "Easter time Parade" to numerous recorded and radio renditions of his best-known tunes within the nineteen forties and nineteen fifties. (She seemed to be signed because the original lead within the 1950 film version of his "Annie Get A Gun" and recorded a number of its tunes before she was changed by Betty Hutton.) Berlin's music and lyrics initially attracted Luft for this stage version of "Whitened Christmas," by which his original score is augmented by a few of the composer's other evergreens, for example "Blue Skies," "How Deep May be the Sea?" and "I Really Like a Piano," which Garland sang in "Easter time Parade." Although Luft's bossy Vermont innkeeper character, performed by Mary Wickes within the movie, did not reach sing whatsoever, Luft here sings in 2 trios plus some ensembles and provides a knockout solo on "Allow Me To Sing and I am Happy," which Berlin authored for Al Jolson in 1928 but which Garland, Crosby, yet others sang an era later.Luft's delivery from the song is similar to her mother's style. "I do not hear that myself," she shrugs, "but when it's there it's in my genes. I can not help it to. I had been handed a type of torch, and that i do wish to make certain that her musical legacy isn't forgotten."Lorna switched 59 a week ago. "You have not had 'Happy Birthday' sang for you until it has been sang with a Broadway-style cast, with all of individuals harmonies," she notes. But there will not be any slowing down lower on her in the near future. Feb 2012 is really as reserved every month in her existence has have you been, and she or he continues to have a vocal coach, David Sabella-Mills, with whom she studies on Skype"so you can now study all over the world. You cant ever be too old to understand in order to study, and you will never enter into the mindset you know everything. I have been sober for 28 years, and that i still believe I have received another chance. And So I take good proper care of myself, and I awaken every single day, grateful." Let Lorna Luft Sing in "Whitened Christmas: The Musical" and She's Happy By Robert Windeler December 1, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT T. Charles Erickson Every August going back 4 years, Lorna Luft has known as her agents to help remind them that you're ready to start booking her right into a year-finish manufacture of happens version of Irving Berlin's "Whitened Christmas." Since 2004 this theatrical adaptation from the beloved 1954 movie is a periodic staple in regional theatersand even made stops on Broadway in 2009 and 2008. Luft, who performed within the show's Uk premiere along with other productions, wouldn't miss showing up inside it somewhere in the holidays. In the end, the initial performance period always spans her birthday (November. 21), Thanksgiving, and xmas Eve. And also, since her fellow principalsJames Clow (within the Bing Crosby role), Tony Yazbeck (Danny Kaye), Meredith Patterson (Vera-Ellen), and Jill Paice (Rosemary oil Clooney)director Marc Bruni, and choreographer Randy Skinner have crisscrossed among various mountings from the show, are all aware it and each other well. "It's us,Inch states Luft, "and we'll be buddies forever."The 2010 bonus on her would be that the production reaches Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. (November. 16 to 12 ,. 24). The cast people are remaining in NY and meet sometimes Square to consider a chartered bus towards the suburban venue. Finding yourself in NY provides Luft, that has spent the majority of her adult and professional existence working in london and La, an uncommon opportunity to spend the 2 holidays together with her sister, Liza Minnelli ("We are fine"), to determine the Macy's parade again, and to take just as much Broadway theater as she will on slow days. "I am proud to stay in e-commerce,Inch she states, "an element of the theatrical communityand it's a community here a lot more than elsewhere."Most significant, Luft intends to spend the relaxation from the winter within the city where her boy was created as well as to think about living here permanently and going after a far more permanent focus on musical theater, "where I originated from.Inch Accordingly, her husband, musical director Colin R. Freeman, will join her in NY later in December, the moment he's finished employed in Palm Springs on "Plaid Tidings," the "Forever Plaid" spin-off, another perennial for that theatrical holidays. The pair will test their survival from the city's winter snowshardly confirmed given that they reside in Rancho Mirage, within the California desert, and also the British-born Freeman is particularly antiwhite stuff. But Lorna is positive. "If you're able to survive eight shows per week, you are able to survive anything," she figures.Lengthy Roots Luft made her debut at 11 around the tv program located by her mother, Judy Garland, and mother and daughter performed the Structure when Luft was 16. She was 17 when her mother died in 1969. She made her Broadway debut within the original manufacture of "Promises, Promises" in 1971 and despite forays into movies and television has largely remained onstage, playing in from the U.S. tour from the Jerry Zaksdirected "Men and Dolls" to some staged reading through of "Follies" in Ireland. Going back couple of years, her most typical looks here and abroad will be in her concert "Tunes My Mother Trained Me." She'll even take four slow days from "Whitened Christmas" to sing three performances using the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. "I am very lucky to have the ability to do these concerts everywhere," she states. Her concert (and it is 2007 recording) resulted from the lengthy re-study of Garland's towering musical legacy and troubled and broadly promoted personal existence, starting with Luft's 1998 memoir "Me and My Shadows." 3 years later it was converted into an Emmy-winning miniseries, which Luft coexecutive created. "I anxiously waited a very long time to complete my live show," she describes, "until I had been peaceful enough to consider this unbelievable catalog of music that were left in my experience. During my 20s I had been making my very own actions within the sand during my 30s I had been getting my children.Inch (Boy Jesse, 27, is really a money manager in La, "another high-drama profession," and daughter Vanessa, 21, wants to become a chef, "a level greater drama profession, more cutthroat than show business.") "You do not really become familiar with your folks until you are inside your 40s," she adds. "It required me that lengthy to complete justice to individuals songsand to create buddies having a ghost."Garland had an affinity for that tunes of Irving Berlin, from her starring role within the 1948 movie "Easter time Parade" to numerous recorded and radio renditions of his best-known tunes within the nineteen forties and nineteen fifties. (She seemed to be signed because the original lead within the 1950 film version of his "Annie Get A Gun" and recorded a number of its tunes before she was changed by Betty Hutton.) Berlin's music and lyrics initially attracted Luft for this stage version of "Whitened Christmas," by which his original score is augmented by a few of the composer's other evergreens, for example "Blue Skies," "How Deep May be the Sea?" and "I Really Like a Piano," which Garland sang in "Easter time Parade." Although Luft's bossy Vermont innkeeper character, performed by Mary Wickes within the movie, did not reach sing whatsoever, Luft here sings in 2 trios plus some ensembles and provides a knockout solo on "Allow Me To Sing and I am Happy," which Berlin authored for Al Jolson in 1928 but which Garland, Crosby, yet others sang an era later.Luft's delivery from the song is similar to her mother's style. "I do not hear that myself," she shrugs, "but when it's there it's during my genes. I can not help it to. I had been handed a type of torch, and that i do wish to make certain that her musical legacy isn't forgotten."Lorna switched 59 a week ago. "You have not had 'Happy Birthday' sang for you until it has been sang with a Broadway-style cast, with all of individuals harmonies," she notes. But there will not be any slowing down lower on her in the near future. Feb 2012 is really as reserved every month in her own existence has have you been, and she or he continues to have a vocal coach, David Sabella-Mills, with whom she studies on Skype"so you can now study all over the world. You cant ever be too old to understand in order to study, and you will never enter into the mindset you know everything. I have been sober for 28 years, and that i still believe I have received another chance. And So I take good proper care of myself, and that i awaken every single day, grateful."

New Regency Signs Len Wisemans Sketch Films To First-Look Creating Pact

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has signed a 2-year start looking creating cope with Len Wiseman and David Bernardi’s Sketch Films. The offer is made by New Regency Boss Kaira Weston, whose mandate under Arnon Milchan would be to turn New Regency right into a director-driven enterprise. Wiseman isn't any stranger to New Regency’s distribution partner twentieth century Fox he elevated the Die Hard franchise with 2007′s Live Free Or Die Hard, which made $383 million worldwide. Wiseman just directed Colin Farrell within the The new sony Pictures remake Total Recall, which is launched next August. Wiseman’s breakthrough arrived the Underworld film franchise, cowriting and pointing the very first two films. He’s a producer and author around the approaching Underworld Awakening, which will get release in The month of january. Wiseman created Sketch Flms with Bernardi, who's an old leader of Scott Rudin Productions, and before which was a producer and professional at Imagine Entertainment. He hasn’t done a film yet for brand new Regency, but that's prone to change. Stated Weston: “Len is experienced in large event moviemaking, and that he and David are welcome inclusions in our growing group of filmmakers. They'll be key gamers once we develop a slate of images.” Wiseman’s repped by CAA.