Hey all you rabid Brad Pitt fans - it's time to picket the city of Grosse Pointe Park. According to the Metro Times, the upcoming Pitt project "Meet Joe Black," a remake of the classic black comedy "Death Takes A Holiday," was scheduled to shoot a great deal of scenes at the palatial Edsel Ford Estate on the shores of Lake St. Clair. But the city swiftly turned down the request, citing the potential crowding due to paparazzi and stargazers. The film also stars renowned crowd-drawer Anthony Hopkins.
It turns out some people are actually more trouble than they're worth. According to Entertainment Weekly, troubled actor guy Robert Downey Jr left his costarring role in John McTiernan's "Wild Things" on March 20, after the producers asked Downey to foot the bill for the insurance premium required because of his past drug abuse. Another troubled actor guy, Matt Dillon, is expected to replace Downey.
If you had tickets to see singer/ songwriter Vic Chesnutt any time in the last week or so you might have been surprised to hear that the show was canceled without much explanation. Chesnutt was forced to cancel the remaining 13 dates on his current U.S. tour due to what a publicist at Capitol records told The Michigan Daily was "exhaustion."
Trent Reznor has tapped a who's-who of techno artists to remix "The Perfect Drug." The track, from the Reznor-produced soundtrack to David Lynch's "Lost Highway" movie, will get a new face from The Orb, Space Time Continuum, Plug, Aphrodite and Meat Beat Manifesto. According to an Interscope Records publicist, no release date for the remixes has been set yet.
Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan was arrested March 27 for possession of hard drugs, according to Addicted To Noise. Police busted Lanegan early Thursday morning in San Francisco's seedy Tenderloin near Eddy Street, in the vicinity of the Phoenix, the hotel where the Trees were staying.
After three years of virtual silence on the musical front (barring some infrequent live shows and appearances on behalf of the anti-censorship group JAMPAC), the world will finally hear from former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic again this August, according to Addicted To Noise. The self-titled debut from Novoselic's band, Sweet 75, will arrive in late summer with a wide variety of sounds that will surprise anyone expecting more grunge-redux from the politically active Novoselic and his compadres.
The Chili Peppers are slated to appear at Mt. Fuji for a music festival this summer.