SHORT CUTS
Hollywood scribes and major studios are expected to return to the bargaining table today after wrapping a day of "very intense negotiations." The Writers Guild of America's contract expired at 12:01 am/PT Wednesday... British filmmaker
Ken Hughes (
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) has died at the age of 79...
Titanic director
James Cameron and wife
Suzy Amis are the parents of a new baby, born a month ago,
Access Hollywood reports. No other details were given... MTV is
thisclose to ordering 13 episodes of
Clone High, USA, an animated comedy series set at a high school populated by such famous clones as
Abraham Lincoln,
Cleopatra,
Marilyn Monroe and
Elvis Presley, according to
The Hollywood Reporter...
Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick, currently starring in Broadway's
The Producers, will host the 55th annual Tony Awards, airing June 3 on CBS. Nominations will be announced Monday.
— Michael Ausiello