Hollywood: March 2007 Archives

Katharine McPhee, the runner up on the last season of "American Idol," is the celeb profiled on this weekend's episode of "My Celebrity Home." The show will give a tour of the house she recently bought and then use her Asian-fusion bedroom as the inspiration for a redo in a San Dimas house. Still got McFever? Check it out, 9 p.m. Saturday on the Style Network.

What exactly were the ramifications of the high number of foreigners among this year's Academy Awards nominees? That it signifies international unity as members of the entertainment community clasp hands, sing and sway around a naked golden guy? That the U.S. trade deficit may creep ever higher, thanks to entertainment product from outside our borders selling really well here? That the awards show might get higher ratings in Barcelona or Budapest?
All I know is it makes for either a stimulating challenge or a whopping bore for reporters in the press room where winners come back to chat and show off their new hardware.
Here is -- I kid you not -- the official academy transcript of all but one question-and-answer exchange with "Pan's Labyrinth" cinematographer Guillermo Navarro:

Q. Spanish?
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A. Spanish.

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Hello, information? Berlitz, por favor.

From the Hollywood court files comes word that screenwriter Paula Neiman is suing the producers of "The Bible Experience," a wildly popular audio version of the New Testament with characters voiced by Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett and other stars. In the suit filed by the late Johnnie L. Cochran's firm, Neiman contends she has not been paid the 5% of the gross she is due.
My question is, if it comes time to take an oath in the legal proceedings, do those testifying swear on a stack of CDs?