Traces Of Torpid & other: April 2008

Kidman to play exposed CIA Agent

Nicole Kidman is to work with 'The Bourne Identity' director Doug Liman on a newly drama about the Central Intelligence Agency agent, Valerie Plame, whose identity element was leaked subsequently her diplomat married man questioned evidence used to warrant the war in Al-Iraq.
Speaking to MTV about the picture, Liman said: "I stimulate a in truth, truly insane convey on how to secern it. It's so outrageous."
He continued: "Ultimately, I'd be doing something no one has ever done earlier. Consequently it's automatically appealing to me. I'm just start to explore whether [what I'm planning ] is even possible to do."
Kidman's new film, 'Margot at the Wedding', opens in Irish cinemas on Friday 28 Feb.

Media watchdog to probe X Factor votes

Media watchdog Ofcom is investigation complaints from 'X Factor' fans wHO claim that they could not get through to voting for the show's eventual runner-up Rhydian Bartholomew Roberts.
The Welsh opera vocalist had been favourite to make headway the show but narrowly lost out to Scots stripling Leon Jackson last Saturday night.
Ofcom confirmed that over 700 complaints had been lodged in relation to the telephony ballot for the final exam of the reality show.
A representative for Ofcom said: "They expressed concerns about the mathematical process of the ballot and many said they were struggling to get through."
An 'X Factor' voice yesterday denied any balloting irregularities.
The output company which makes the bear witness, Talkback River Thames, admitted that roughly viewing audience world Health Organization attempted to vote got engaged tones.
The company insisted that this was due to the volume of calls and that the competition was non rigged.
The spokesperson said: "As all numbers go through to the saame lines and voter turnout platform, it is impossible for on that point to be any diagonal in favor or against a detail dissenter."
"Earphone lines were monitored throughout the night and thither were no issues on balloting lines."
"We do get a huge surge of calls and depending on telephone set operators or so callers may have experienced an engaged step or net busy message and consequently may feature to predict back, but these calls should not be charged," the interpreter said.
The ITV web site has reportedly been flooded with complaints from fans of the show wHO attempted to vote for Rhydian Bartholomew Roberts only could not draw through.
Check come out whole the behind-the-scenes action mechanism from 'The X Factor' final examination in our photograph gallery here.

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Superheroes go back to work

Comic-book-hero motion picture company Marvel Studios has reached an meantime correspondence with the Writers Society of America, enabling contact Hollywood writers to go stake to play on their projects.
For Marvel, it means that work tin take up on 'Ant Man', 'Captain America', 'Thor' and 'The Avengers'.
'Hulk' and 'Iron Man' were already in production and were non affected by the walk out; they are set for vent later this year.
Cinema and tv studio Lionsgate, Hollywood's biggest indie producers, has also reached an interim agreement with the club.
Upcoming Lionsgate films include 'Rambo', 'The Eye' and 'Saw 5', while its telecasting series include 'Weeds', 'Mad Men' and a newly show, 'Fear Itself'.
"The writers' takings seems on its way to being solved, and Lionsgate felt it was an important time, specially in view of our TV series, to own our writer partners have back to work," Lionsgate said in a financial statement.
"We look forward to a broad manufacture understanding presently," said a company example.
Writers already have reached interim deals with studios including United Artists, the film production house backed by Tomcat Cruise and The Weinstein Co, be given by media-mogul brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Writers and producers resumed negotiation this week, aimed at ending a nearly three-month hit that has stopped most prime time television production and approximately hope smaller deals will pose pressing on the big studios.

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