It takes diplomacy to film at U.N.
As the first director allowed to make a movie inside the United Nations, Sydney Pollack had to keep the floors protected and officials happy while filming “The Interpreter.” Pollack told The Associated Press that while U.N. officials didn’t have script-approval powers, they could toss out cast and crew if they didn’t like what they saw.
Pollack appealed to Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.N. committee initially rejected his request to film inside its headquarters on New York’s East Side.
The director said he was excited to be the first person to shoot scenes inside the General Assembly. “It was magic,” he said.
The Canton, Ohio, City Council may rename a street for The O’Jays, the Associated Press reported.
Councilman Thomas West has proposed renaming a portion of Mahoning Road in tribute to the singing group that got their start in Canton.
The O’Jays, whose songs include “Back Stabbers,” “Love Train” and “For the Love of Money,” were inducted last month into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Spanish class at Lincoln (Neb.) East High School became a music lesson when Clay Aiken showed up to invite a pair of sisters to “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Twin seniors Britney and Bethany Wekesser boarded “The Oprah Winfrey Wildest Dreams” bus Monday as their classmates watched and a camera crew filmed the event for an upcoming show.
Several classes went outside to see the bus pull up, thinking Winfrey would be inside, according to the AP. Aiken, an “American Idol” runner-up, stepped out instead, asking the girls to come to Chicago for the taping of Winfrey’s show.
Karen Wekesser, the twins’ mother, said they are to go to Chicago next week.
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It’s a girl for singer Carnie Wilson and husband Rob Bonfiglio.
The AP reports Lola Sophia was born last Friday in Los Angeles and weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. The couple’s first child was born in the company of Wilson’s father, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, while the band’s “Pet Sounds” played in the background.
Lucas to visit “O.C.” galaxy
The force is with “The O.C.” George Lucas will guest star as himself on the May 12 episode, Fox Broadcasting has announced.
The “Star Wars” creator will express interest in the graphic novel of the main character, Seth Cohen (Adam Brody). Brody’s character, an avid “Star Wars” fan, frequently has the good fortune of meeting his heroes.
