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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2002
Page
8
Courtney Love signs to star as Lady Macbeth opposite Peter Mullan in a film adaptation. She will also appear this fall in the thriller Trapped as her stock rises after recent battles with record companies.
A list of notable birthdays includes actor filmmaker and writer Melvin Van Peebles singer Kenny Rogers newsman Harry Smith guitarist Joe Strummer of The Clash and actresses Kim Cattrall Carrie-Anne Moss and Alicia Witt. The note marks ages such as 46 for Witt and 32 for Strummer.
Public radio humorist Garrison Keillor helped inaugurate the BBC World Service’s reading club at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The group’s first title is Keillor’s Lake Wobegon Days. With 150 million listeners, the service invites readers to submit questions for a Sept. 25 broadcast discussion.
Matthew Perry credits a fierce craving for fame as the driver of his career and his life. He recalls wanting attention and success, while acknowledging past drug and alcohol abuse and a 2001 rehab on the film set of Serving Sara. He says he has not consumed alcohol since that rehab.
At 18 Jessica Andrews joins Tim McGraw on a high profile tour. She describes fans as nuts and notes the 20,000 seat arenas felt like a rock star experience. Earlier she toured with Faith Hill in 1999 and later with Trisha Yearwood and Billy Gilman on various venues.
Whitney Houston struggles to finish her comeback album with multiple missed studio sessions and a canceled video shoot for Whatchalookinat. Insiders say the aborted shoot cost tens of thousands as director, crew, makeup, and stylists were sent home.
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