Patrick Swayze, 55, isn’t letting pancreatic cancer get in the way of his life and career. The actor is set to start filming for an A&E TV series, The Beast. He said, “I have searched for quite a long time to find a character that is this multi-layered, unpredictable and downright entertaining, as well as a project this current and cutting edged.” Swayze will play veteran FBI agent Charles Barker, who is assigned to teach his rookie partner his undercover crime-solving methods while secretly being investigated by Internal Affairs. The show will premiere early 2009.
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Rapper Warren G, 35, was arrested this weekend after the car he was a passenger in ran a red light. Ryan Butler, 29, and Warren were pulled over Sunday at 1:40am in Hollywood. After a search of the car officers found enough marijuana to make them think it was intended for sale. A police spokesperson didn’t know the exact amount seized. They have been charged with “suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to sell”. The men each posted $20,000 bail and were released.
Larry Birkhead is moving back to his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. He and baby Dannielynn will be moving from their home in L.A. to a home that was modeled after a Sicilian church and it was never completed. Apparently it has 40 foot ceilings, needs a lot of work, Larry says it “looks like a haunted house.” But he insists he loves it. He said, “When I walked in, I said to myself, ‘This is our home.’” He adds, “I have always thought that it would be great for Dannielynn to grow up in her mother’s home; however, there is no yard as it is over a canyon.”
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Charles Wuorinen will compose an opera based on the film “Brokeback Mountain.” The opera is scheduled to premiere at the New York City Opera in spring 2013.
“Ever since encountering Annie Proulx’s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so,” Wuorinen said.
