TATUM WRITING MUSICAL

September 26th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is venturing into TV shows with a series documenting the development of a Broadway musical. The Jurassic Park director's ambitious project will chronicle every aspect of the stage show's preparations, starting with script-writing through to the production's opening night, reported femalefirst.co.uk Spielberg is said to be in negotiations with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who composed the music and wrote lyrics for a live adaptation of the filmmaker's 2002 thriller Catch Me If You Can.

September 26th, 2009 LONDON - Steven Spielberg is set to work his magic on television with a series documenting the development of a Broadway musical. The acclaimed director was said to be in talks with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for the yet-to-be-titled show.

September 17th, 2009 Meyers says Palin was 'fastball' for 'SNL' writersNEW YORK — Sarah Palin may not be around as a font of comic material this year, but Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" doubts he'll be starved for things to poke fun at. The "SNL" season begins this week with the first of three NBC's "Weekend Update Thursday" specials this fall.

September 10th, 2009 Broadway musical in the works about WoodstockNEW YORK — First it was an iconic concert, then an acclaimed documentary. It was followed by countless books and recordings, not to mention a recent film by Ang Lee.

September 2nd, 2009 Newlyweds JENNA DEWAN and CHANNING TATUM are celebrating the early months of marriage by writing a screenplay together. The loved-up couple, who starred together in dance film Step Up, has started work on a movie musical.

August 7th, 2009 G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA star CHANNING TATUM will always be red faced when he bumps into co-star SIENNA MILLER - because he dropped her during an action scene. The hunk lost his balance in a water sequence and the Brit slipped from his grip and slumped to the floor.

August 4th, 2009 Newlyweds CHANNING TATUM and JENNA DEWAN were forced to cut short their honeymoon last month (Jul09) - after they were struck down with food poisoning in their first days as man and wife. The Step-Up co-stars escaped to Bali for a romantic break after their 12 July (09) nuptials but scrapped plans to stay on the Indonesian island after a bad meal left them incapacitated.

August 3rd, 2009 RYAN O'NEAL is still fuming about his estranged daughter TATUM O'NEAL's decision to publish her controversial 2004 autobiography - accusing the actress of making money out of her family troubles. Tatum, the 45-year-old daughter of O'Neal and first wife Joanna Cook Moore, admits her dad "had every right to be angry" after she came forward with shocking revelations about her relatives in her book A Paper Life.

August 3rd, 2009 FARRAH FAWCETT's longterm partner RYAN O'NEAL accidentally flirted with his daughter TATUM O'NEAL at his late partner's funeral - because he didn't recognise her. O'Neal said his final goodbyes to the Charlie's Angels star at her Los Angeles memorial service in June (09), after the actress lost her long battle with anal cancer.

July 13th, 2009 This almost seems to be rip off from a fairytale plot where the prince (read Channing Tatum) and the princess (Jenna Dewan) meets, falls in love (as if by fate) and settle in to blissful matrimony happily. In a fairy tale set up wedding in Malibu, California, held on Saturday, July 11, the two love birds pledged their wedding vows.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - An incredible picture of a 24-year-old Michael Jackson, apparently enjoying a concert with then beaming young actress Tatum O'Neil in blissful anonymity, has resurfaced. The snap was taken in 1982, when Tatum was just 18.

July 3rd, 2009 James Frey writing teen science fiction novelsNEW YORK — James Frey (FRY) is writing for young people, and Hollywood has signed on. Frey, a former screenwriter best known for his discredited memoir "A Million Little Pieces," is collaborating on a four-book series of teen science fiction novels that HarperCollins will publish.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actress Tatum O'Neal has been roped in to play the role of teen starlet Dakota Fanning's mother in new film The Runaways. The Oscar winning actress is the daughter of Ryan O'Neal and stepdaughter of Farrah Fawcett.

June 22nd, 2009 'Memphis' musical coming to Broadway in OctoberNEW YORK — The musical "Memphis" is coming to Broadway. It will open Oct.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - If rumours are to believed, Guy Ritchie is set to direct a remake of classic musical 'Guys And Dolls'. According to sources, Ritchie has been given the green light by studio bosses in tinsel town to embark on a casting mission to fill the roles of Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit - played by screen legends Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra in the original.