Less than two weeks after Danny Masterson received a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted on charges that he raped two women, his wife is seeking to end their marriage.
TMZ and Page Six are reporting that Bijou Phillips, Masterson’s spouse since 2011, has filed to divorce Masterson.
According to court documents obtained by the outlets, Phillips filed divorce papers in a Los Angeles court on Monday, Sept. 18.
Read More: ‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Gets 30 Years To Life In Prison For Rapes Of 2 Women
The news comes as something of a surprise after sources previously claimed that Phillips — daughter of late Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte — was prepared to stand by Masterson.
“She has had a very difficult time since the conviction,” a source told People. “She loves Danny and has no plans to file for divorce. She will be by his side for it all.
TMZ and Page Six are reporting that Bijou Phillips, Masterson’s spouse since 2011, has filed to divorce Masterson.
According to court documents obtained by the outlets, Phillips filed divorce papers in a Los Angeles court on Monday, Sept. 18.
Read More: ‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Gets 30 Years To Life In Prison For Rapes Of 2 Women
The news comes as something of a surprise after sources previously claimed that Phillips — daughter of late Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte — was prepared to stand by Masterson.
“She has had a very difficult time since the conviction,” a source told People. “She loves Danny and has no plans to file for divorce. She will be by his side for it all.
- 9/19/2023
- by Etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Titanic 3D Gary Ross / Jennifer Lawrence / Liam Hemsworth / Josh Hutcherson's The Hunger Games Passes $300m? Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg's American Reunion landed at no. 2 on the North American box office chart, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. At 3,192 locations, the R-rated comedy took in $21.5 million — including $660,000 earned at Thursday midnight screenings. That's quite a bit lower than the $25 million some had been expecting as late as Friday evening, or the near-$30 million predicted by Box Office Mojo a few days ago. If those estimates are correct, Universal will surely claim that American Reunion easily surpassed the $18.7 million earned by the original American Pie at 2,508 sites in 1999. In 2012 dollars, however, American Pie would have earned approximately $29 million. And what that means is: many more tickets were sold for American Pie than for American Reunion. Also, remember that American Reunion cost a...
- 4/8/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
After months of promotion HBO's film on Sarah Palin and the 2008 campaign, Game Change, will air (finally) this weekend. Conservatives (including Palin, who has not seen the movie) claim that the film is completely unfair and mainly fiction, plus a valentine to Obama from Democratic Hollywood. But the filmmakers say it's (sadly) all fact, except that Julianne Moore plays Palin even better than Palin played Palin.
The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin. The truth has been known almost within hours of McCain lifting her out of obscurity back at the end of August 2008. There even persists in some quarters (including elements of mainstream media) the fantasy that Palin actually boosted McCain and drew support from women voters, when the facts (and the polls) always ran in the opposite direction.
Rather than in retrospect, I...
The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin. The truth has been known almost within hours of McCain lifting her out of obscurity back at the end of August 2008. There even persists in some quarters (including elements of mainstream media) the fantasy that Palin actually boosted McCain and drew support from women voters, when the facts (and the polls) always ran in the opposite direction.
Rather than in retrospect, I...
- 3/8/2012
- by Greg Mitchell
- Aol TV.
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality. That much we already knew. What I didn't expect to discover after viewing "Game Change," a new HBO film about the 2008 McCain campaign, was how much sympathy I would feel for Palin, and even more for John McCain.
The movie is largely told from the point of view of two McCain advisers, Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) and Nicolle Wallace (Sarah Paulson). Schmidt was instrumental in the selection of Palin (Julianne Moore) as the running mate of McCain (Ed Harris), and Wallace was another senior adviser. During the campaign, they share their concern as Palin reveals a comprehensive lack of knowledge about current events.
In the days before Palin's selection, it seemed so much simpler.
The movie is largely told from the point of view of two McCain advisers, Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) and Nicolle Wallace (Sarah Paulson). Schmidt was instrumental in the selection of Palin (Julianne Moore) as the running mate of McCain (Ed Harris), and Wallace was another senior adviser. During the campaign, they share their concern as Palin reveals a comprehensive lack of knowledge about current events.
In the days before Palin's selection, it seemed so much simpler.
- 3/6/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Actor Danny Masterson and his longterm girlfriend, actress Bijou Phillips, have wed in Ireland.
The stars, who appeared together in movies including Made for Each Other and The Bridge to Nowhere, married at a private castle in the Tipperary countryside on Tuesday, in honour of Masterson's Irish heritage.
Phillips wore a Zac Posen bridal gown as she walked down the aisle in front of close family and friends, including actors Ben Foster, Mike Pena and Ethan Suplee, their representative confirms to People.com.
Masterson's actor brother Chris served as best man.
The pair, been dating for six years, became engaged in 2009.
The stars, who appeared together in movies including Made for Each Other and The Bridge to Nowhere, married at a private castle in the Tipperary countryside on Tuesday, in honour of Masterson's Irish heritage.
Phillips wore a Zac Posen bridal gown as she walked down the aisle in front of close family and friends, including actors Ben Foster, Mike Pena and Ethan Suplee, their representative confirms to People.com.
Masterson's actor brother Chris served as best man.
The pair, been dating for six years, became engaged in 2009.
- 10/19/2011
- WENN
We might be partial to reviewing CDs of musical tracks, but it is invigorating when a CD falls into our lap that doesn’t consist of instruments and tempos infused with vocals. We might be new to evaluating comedic CDs, but Doug Stanhope’s, Oslo: Burning the Bridge to Nowhere , was a good place to start with our newest career addition. Stanhope’s premiere CD/DVD dropped May 3rd, via Roadrunner Comedy. The biggest mystery of the disc is where it was actually recorded. Clearly, being humorous isn’t within us, but it was worth an attempt. Oslo: Burning the Bridge to Nowhere was recorded in an abandoned factory in the suburb of, drum...
- 5/3/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, Game Change Julianne Moore (not Tina Fey?) as Sarah Palin, the bespectacled creature from the far corners of the world that the Republican party unleashed during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. At that time, Palin's Bridge to Nowhere almost took her to the vice-presidency of the United States; now four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore brings her to life in HBO's upcoming Game Change. A dramatization of the 2008 campaign, Game Change stars Moore as Palin, Ed Harris as John McCain, Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt, McCain’s senior campaign strategist; Ron Livingston as Mark Wallace, another top McCain advisor; and Melissa Farman as Dancing with the Stars contestant Bristol Palin. No word yet on who'll play Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and their advisors. Jay Roach, the director of both HBO's 2008 drama Recount — about the messy 2000 Us presidential election — and Meet the Fockers (!), [...]...
- 4/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Now it’s starting to look like a real reunion. People Magazine has reported actor Chris Klein officially signed on for the sequel “American Reunion.” Klein will reprise his role as Chris “Oz” Ostreicher. Klein’s rep Jaime Primak told People Magazine that he is “very excited to reunite with the original cast.” Last month, it was confirmed Biggs (“Mad Love”), Eugene Levy (“Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind”) and Sean William Scott (“Role Models,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?”) are returning to reprise their roles. Actress Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) just signed on for the film last week. Several actors are still in talks to return including Tara Reid (“The Big Lebowski,” “Van Wilder”), Mena Suvari (“American Beauty,” “Loser,”), Thomas Ian Nicholas (“Rookie of the Year,” “The Bridge to Nowhere,”) and Jennifer Coolidge (“Legally Blonde,” “A Cinderella Story”). Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg...
- 4/19/2011
- LRMonline.com
Roadrunner Comedy is excited to announce that premiere comedian Doug Stanhope will be releasing new live CD/DVD package Oslo: Burning The Bridge To Nowhere on May 3rd, 2011. This is Roadrunner Comedy.s first release.
Recorded in an abandoned factory in the Grünerløkka suburb of Oslo, Norway, the performance is as spontaneous and unhinged as anything Stanhope has ever done. Originally a sewing machine factory converted to a German WWII bunker, the setting forOslo is anything but conventional. Whereas most comedy specials are filmed on an elaborate stage, Stanhope and Nikon Norway filled a dilapidated industrial space with lights and folding chairs, ultimately allowing the material be the focus of this release.
Oslo.s madcap backdrop mimics the process that led to the recording: Bjorn Opsahl, one of Norway.s most notorious photographers, planned only to do a portrait session with Stanhope in Long Beach. The shoot went so well...
Recorded in an abandoned factory in the Grünerløkka suburb of Oslo, Norway, the performance is as spontaneous and unhinged as anything Stanhope has ever done. Originally a sewing machine factory converted to a German WWII bunker, the setting forOslo is anything but conventional. Whereas most comedy specials are filmed on an elaborate stage, Stanhope and Nikon Norway filled a dilapidated industrial space with lights and folding chairs, ultimately allowing the material be the focus of this release.
Oslo.s madcap backdrop mimics the process that led to the recording: Bjorn Opsahl, one of Norway.s most notorious photographers, planned only to do a portrait session with Stanhope in Long Beach. The shoot went so well...
- 4/18/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Was there any doubt? Actress Alyson Hannigan will reprise her role as Michelle Flaherty in “American Reunion.” Her character married Jason Bigg’s Jim Levenstein character in “American Wedding.” According to Deadline, her return was questionable due to the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.” She will work on the film before her return to the television show. Last month, it was confirmed Biggs (“Mad Love”), Eugene Levy (“Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind”) and Sean William Scott (“Role Models,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?”) are returning to reprise their roles. Several actors are still in talks to return including Tara Reid (“The Big Lebowski,” “Van Wilder”), Chris Klein (“Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” “We Were Soldiers,”), Mena Suvari (“American Beauty,” “Loser,”), Thomas Ian Nicholas (“Rookie of the Year,” “The Bridge to Nowhere,”) and Jennifer Coolidge (“Legally Blonde,” “A Cinderella Story”). Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (“Harold & Kumar...
- 4/12/2011
- LRMonline.com
The "Help Nathan Fillion buy 'Firefly'" campaign isn't going anywhere. And we mean no disrespect to Joss Whedon, "Firefly" or its fans when we say this, but...
Duh.
Blastr (via Movieline) takes a look at the progress of some die-hard browncoats' attempts to buy the rights to the series from 20th Century Fox (so Nathan Fillion, who made an offhand remark about doing just that if he won the lottery, could revive the deceased series), and it looks as though the death knell has come down directly from Camp Whedon.
"Dollhouse" and "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" writer -- and bride of Whedon's brother Jed -- Maurissa Tancharoen broke the news to fans with what some might interpret as a dismissive tweet. "Guys, no one in the Whedonverse is in support of www.helpnathanbuyfirefly.com," she writes, "Please save your money!"
Naturally, everyone involved took this very well and dropped the subject.
Duh.
Blastr (via Movieline) takes a look at the progress of some die-hard browncoats' attempts to buy the rights to the series from 20th Century Fox (so Nathan Fillion, who made an offhand remark about doing just that if he won the lottery, could revive the deceased series), and it looks as though the death knell has come down directly from Camp Whedon.
"Dollhouse" and "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" writer -- and bride of Whedon's brother Jed -- Maurissa Tancharoen broke the news to fans with what some might interpret as a dismissive tweet. "Guys, no one in the Whedonverse is in support of www.helpnathanbuyfirefly.com," she writes, "Please save your money!"
Naturally, everyone involved took this very well and dropped the subject.
- 3/11/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
For sportswriters, the big game means a clash of the titanic cliches-even if the teams don't look so super. How does Buzz Bissinger go the distance to give his 110 percent for Sunday in Big D?
It is the sportswriting version of the Bataan Death March, The Longest Yard with the score still tied, the Bridge to Nowhere.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Many Americans Know the Star Spangled Banner?
It's always like this in the two weeks leading up the Super Bowl. Jack be Nimble Jack be Quick, stories about the Super Bowl are mostly shit.
Truth be told, you hit a dry gulch right off the bat. You know you don't have an arrow in the quiver. You know the word bag is as empty as Mother Hubbard's cupboard during a grocery strike. But a sportswriter has to do what a sportswriter has to do. When the going gets tough,...
It is the sportswriting version of the Bataan Death March, The Longest Yard with the score still tied, the Bridge to Nowhere.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Many Americans Know the Star Spangled Banner?
It's always like this in the two weeks leading up the Super Bowl. Jack be Nimble Jack be Quick, stories about the Super Bowl are mostly shit.
Truth be told, you hit a dry gulch right off the bat. You know you don't have an arrow in the quiver. You know the word bag is as empty as Mother Hubbard's cupboard during a grocery strike. But a sportswriter has to do what a sportswriter has to do. When the going gets tough,...
- 2/5/2011
- by Buzz Bissinger
- The Daily Beast
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre is staging an elaborate new theatrical version of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece Jane Eyre for the holiday season! The production opens on December 3rd in the Charity Randall Theatre at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland, and runs through December 20th.
Young Jane Eyre is abandoned by cruel relatives and left to her fate at the harsh and imposing Lowood School. She grows into a plain but intelligent young woman, and travels to the mysterious Thornfield Hall to work as governess. The Byronic master of the gothic mansion, Edward Fairfax Rochester, sweeps her off her feet -- but a dark secret from his past threatens to tear them apart. Will true love overcome all obstacles? Written in 1847, Jane's inner strength and determination to overcome adversity make her one of the most endearing heroines of classic literature.
A family-friendly adaptation by Pict Associate Artist Alan Stanford...
Young Jane Eyre is abandoned by cruel relatives and left to her fate at the harsh and imposing Lowood School. She grows into a plain but intelligent young woman, and travels to the mysterious Thornfield Hall to work as governess. The Byronic master of the gothic mansion, Edward Fairfax Rochester, sweeps her off her feet -- but a dark secret from his past threatens to tear them apart. Will true love overcome all obstacles? Written in 1847, Jane's inner strength and determination to overcome adversity make her one of the most endearing heroines of classic literature.
A family-friendly adaptation by Pict Associate Artist Alan Stanford...
- 12/3/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Blair Underwood will be stirring things up on ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money".
He is in final negotiations to join the cast of the upcoming drama as a regular, playing a wealthy nemesis to Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland).
Also coming on board the ABC Studios series as recurring is Tamara Feldman.
"Money" centers on an idealistic lawyer (Peter Krause) who goes to work for Darling, the patriarch of one of New York's richest families.
Feldman will play the former best friend of the youngest Darling, who comes back and causes controversy for the family.
Underwood has been busy in TV lately. He co-stars on HBO's upcoming half-hour drama series "In Treatment" and has been recurring on the CBS sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine." He is set to continue his role on "Christine".
Underwood, who is in postproduction on his feature directorial debut -- the indie "The Bridge to Nowhere", starring Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips and Ving Rhames -- is repped by Paradigm and Thruline Entertainment.
He is in final negotiations to join the cast of the upcoming drama as a regular, playing a wealthy nemesis to Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland).
Also coming on board the ABC Studios series as recurring is Tamara Feldman.
"Money" centers on an idealistic lawyer (Peter Krause) who goes to work for Darling, the patriarch of one of New York's richest families.
Feldman will play the former best friend of the youngest Darling, who comes back and causes controversy for the family.
Underwood has been busy in TV lately. He co-stars on HBO's upcoming half-hour drama series "In Treatment" and has been recurring on the CBS sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine." He is set to continue his role on "Christine".
Underwood, who is in postproduction on his feature directorial debut -- the indie "The Bridge to Nowhere", starring Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips and Ving Rhames -- is repped by Paradigm and Thruline Entertainment.
- 7/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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