Patrick Swayze recently struck a pose not found in dance class on the set of his new television show "The Beast" in Chicago. Defying earlier reports by People magazine and others that he had terminal pancreatic cancer, Swayze put that baby in a corner with chemo sessions at Stanford and is set to star in the '09 series as a FBI agent whose new partner has a hidden agenda.
Is Chicago the new Vancouver in this economic climate? With the Canadian dollar around 97 cents to a Washington, high-profile projects like "Public Enemies," a '30s gangster epic starring Johnny Depp, have been taking advantage of the Second City. It doesn't hurt that the city just stood in for Gotham, either.
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan already has an offer for her summer vacation: Oscar nominee Johnny Depp wants her to come over--to his private island! Depp bought Little Hall's Pond Cay, a mile-long island in the Bahamas, in 2004 and uses it when he, longtime girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and their two children need to get away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. (We like to imagine he wears full pirate gear and staggers around with a bottle of rum.)
Depp extended the offer after he ran into Lohan backstage at the MTV Movie Awards last weekend--except he calls his lil' corner of paradise "Fuck-off Island." Oh wait, that kind of sounds like the place you send people you don't like.
Hopefully Lindsay can work in a trip around the filming of her next movie, the '20s tango romance "Dare to Love Me." We just wonder where Woody Harrelson fits into all this...
When director Michael Mann was looking for a place to shoot his next movie, about the John Dillinger crime spree, he could have gone to Canada or Mexico or even the Russian steppes to recreate the Wild West where the great robber made his fortune. Instead, he's going to... Wisconsin! The project, with the working title "Public Enemies," secured some sweet tax credits thanks to a new state law that went into effect January 1.
Looks like the film's stars Christian Bale and Johnny Depp will be packing their bags for a Midwestern spring. (Hint: Sometimes even May brings snow to Wisconsin!) By the way, Dillinger did hide out with his gang in the northern part of the state before meeting--spoiler!--his eventual demise in Chicago.
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