Lewis telethon to help Gustav victims
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The annual Muscular Dystrophy fundraising telethon will ask viewers to help victims of Hurricane Gustav, host Jerry Lewis said Sunday in Las Vegas.
Lewis, the Muscular Dystrophy Association national chairman, said in a news release he would use the annual Labor Day telethon to encourage families registered with MDA who are being evacuated from their homes to seek out MDA services when they reach shelters or other destinations. MDA said it has almost 5,000 registered families in the areas affected by the Gulf Coast evacuation.
Lewis said he will ask viewers of the 43rd Annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon not only to donate to the telethon, but also to give to the Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services, the statement said.
The nationally televised fundraiser was to begin at 9 p.m. EDT Sunday at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas.
Lewis will be joined by anchor Ed McMahon and a roster of co-hosts including Tom Bergeron, Norm Crosby, Billy Gilman and Tony Orlando.
Celine Dion, Kid Rock, Sugarland, Ludacris, Reba McEntire and Joshua Bell were among the entertainers scheduled to perform.
'Pineapple Express' edited for UK run
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Actor and writer Seth Rogen says a scene in his drug-themed Hollywood comedy "Pineapple Express" is being changed before its British release.
The film, which was a hit in the United States this summer, is to open in England Sept. 12. In it, Rogen plays a marijuana-smoking process server who goes on the lam with his pot dealer, played by James Franco, after witnessing a murder.
"We had to remove stuff from the movie to get the rating that we needed. We're actually more responsible in the U.K. than we are in the States," Rogen told the BBC.
With an R-rating in the United States, the film is restricted to those who are 17 and older or viewing the film with an adult. In the United Kingdom, only those 15 and older will be allowed to see the movie, the British broadcaster said.
"There's a scene in the movie when we sell (drugs) to high school kids -- that's still in there I assume," Rogen explained. "But in the American version of the scene we also smoke weed with them and hang out. It's a really explicit scene of us getting high with these 11-year-olds. I think for the U.K. they've kind of softened it a bit."
'Hot' Monroe footage to be auctioned off
MELBOURNE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Candid film footage featuring Marilyn Monroe on the set of the classic movie "Some Like It Hot" is going up for sale, Australia's Leski Auctions said Monday.
The 2 1/2 minute-long, amateur 8mm film was shot in early 1959 -- three years before Monroe's death from a drug overdose -- by a young naval officer she met while visiting his base in San Diego. The actress later invited him to visit the "Hot" set at the nearby Hotel Del Coronado.
The footage he shot was discovered by his daughter after his death.
"Marilyn Monroe memorabilia is always in demand, but rarely do we get one-off material like this," auctioneer Charles Leski said in a statement. "It is also extremely rare for such important archival footage to be auctioned outside of the U.S. before its domestic release, and for that we are extremely proud."
Still in its original Kodak box, the film includes candid images of Monroe, "Hot" co-star Tony Curtis and the film's director, Billy Wilder.
The lot including CD and DVD copies, along with the original film, will be sold by Leski Auctions in Melbourne Sept. 25.
The purchaser also acquires full commercial rights worldwide, the auctioneer said.
Reporter proposes to Theron at film fest
VENICE, Italy, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A journalist reportedly proposed to screen star Charlize Theron while she was promoting her new movie "The Burning Plain" at the Venice Film Festival.
"I would like to ask you something Charlize Theron," Usmagazine.com quoted the gutsy reporter as saying at a press conference last week. "First of all, I really like you so much and have a lot of respect for you, but I would like to marry you -- and I have a question: which side (of the bed) do you prefer to sleep (on)?"
Usmagazine.com said Theron was a good sport and quickly replied, "The side that you are not on," a remark that prompted the journalist to sigh, "Oh, then I think it doesn't work."
"Security! Security! Security!" Theron joked, feigning distress. "The man with the red... you are very cute, but you know my boyfriend will kill you. Yeah, I am married, I am taken, whatever. How much money do you have?"
"I am poor," the reported admitted.
"See, we are gonna have to talk about that," Theron replied.
Theron, who won an Oscar for her stunning performance in the drama "Monster," has dated Irish actor Stuart Townsend for years.
