Seth MacFarlan is donating $5 to the Entertainment Community fund. According to The Hollywood Reporter as part of the gift, ECF and MacFarlane have teamed to launch a $10 million initiative in the hopes of attracting more donors during the work stoppage that has left thousands unemployed. The Family Guy Creator already donated $1 million to ECF in July for its efforts in supporting industry professionals amid Hollywood’s dual strike.
Michael Caine is ready to retire. The two-time Oscar winner told The Independent, “I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that. I sort of am retired now.” If that’s true, his final film will be The Great Escaper, the story of a Navy veteran who vanished from his retirement facility at age 89.
Crossroads will return to theaters for a limited time. Variety reports the 2002 Britney Spears vehicle will play for two nights, on Oct 23th and 25th, as part of a fan event tied to Spears’ upcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me,” which drops on Oct. 24. “Crossroads” will play in 875 locations across 24 countries and will include a bonus sing-along of two Spears songs that were part of the film.
