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'Twilight's' Kellan Lutz Was Nearly Arrested In Mozambique
Twilight star Kellan Lutz risked arrest daily while shooting mini-series Generation Kill in Mozambique because local militia hated the idea of having American actors on their doorstep.
The actor and his castmates had to pack wads of cash whenever they left the security of their living quarters, so they could bribe soldiers to leave them alone and not arrest them.
He reveals, "In Mozambique, they'd just had their civil war about 10 years and we're walking down the street and there are guys strapped with AK-47s (guns) and we're American. If we left the hotel we'd get arrested. They'd ca...
READ MOREThe actor and his castmates had to pack wads of cash whenever they left the security of their living quarters, so they could bribe soldiers to leave them alone and not arrest them.
He reveals, "In Mozambique, they'd just had their civil war about 10 years and we're walking down the street and there are guys strapped with AK-47s (guns) and we're American. If we left the hotel we'd get arrested. They'd ca...
Emmy Voters, Please Recognize These Shows & Stars!
The 2009 Emmy nominees will be announced Thursday morning and despite recent changes to the voting system, Emmy voters just can't seem to stray away from the same old outcome. Sure, 30 Rock gets showered with love, but how many more times does Mariska Hargitay need to make the cut?
Here are some names we'd like to see on the roster this year (in alphabetical order):
Big Love (HBO) - Ok Emmy voters, it's been three seasons. It's time to get over your aversion to the icky polygamy premise and embrace the TV bliss that is "Big Love." After a two year break (damn writers' strike!) the sh...
READ MOREHere are some names we'd like to see on the roster this year (in alphabetical order):
Big Love (HBO) - Ok Emmy voters, it's been three seasons. It's time to get over your aversion to the icky polygamy premise and embrace the TV bliss that is "Big Love." After a two year break (damn writers' strike!) the sh...
TV Year In Review: The Best, The Worst & The In Between
In a year that saw the writers strike bring forth more reality TV than we ever thought possible and reduce quality drama to a war of attrition, the boob tube still managed to deliver quality drama series at an impressive clip.
BEST TV DRAMAS OF 2008
5. "BREAKING BAD" (AMC) - The aforementioned strike meant we only got seven episodes of former "X-Files" writer Vince Gilligan's masterful meth-strewn series, but after enduring its visceral fury, could we have really taken anymore?
Unlike another suburban drug dealing series, the torpid "Weeds", "Breaking Bad" offers a modern-d...
READ MOREBEST TV DRAMAS OF 2008
5. "BREAKING BAD" (AMC) - The aforementioned strike meant we only got seven episodes of former "X-Files" writer Vince Gilligan's masterful meth-strewn series, but after enduring its visceral fury, could we have really taken anymore?
Unlike another suburban drug dealing series, the torpid "Weeds", "Breaking Bad" offers a modern-d...
New TV On DVD, Dec. 16
Generation Kill, a seven-part HBO miniseries, follows the Marines of First Recon Battalion as they attempt to survive the first forty days of the Iraq War. Also on DVD: Swingtown season one.
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