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British Producer Parsons Dies

21 August 2009 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Award-winning movie producer Clive Parsons has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 66.

Parsons, who produced and developed 20 feature films with partner Davina Belling, passed away on 12 August in his native England.

His work on 1974 film Inserts, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Bob Hoskins, began a string of production credits including Britannia Hospital, Scum, Breaking Glass, A Business Affair, True Blue, I Am David and director Franco Zeffirelli's films Tea With Mussolini and Callas Forever.

Parsons also served as president at Kings Road Productions in the U.S. and later moved to Warner Bros, Europe as head of business affairs.

In 1971, Parsons and Belling formed Film and General Productions, continuing to pursue movie projects while also producing childrens' British TV series The Queen's Nose and The Giblet Boys, which won a BAFTA award for Best Children's Drama for 2005/2006. »

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Cher and Aguilera to work 'Burlesque'

23 June 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

In what will be her first screen role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in "Burlesque," a contemporary musical for Screen Gems. Cher last starred in "Tea With Mussolini" in 1999.According to Variety, Steven Antin will direct from a script he wrote that was revised by Susannah Grant.Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to shine.Cher will sing onscreen. While her voice has been heard in many films, "Burlesque" will mark the first time she'll be seen singing »

- Adnan Tezer

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Cher and Christina Aguilera Star in Burlesque

23 June 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

In what will be her first movie star role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in "Burlesque," a contemporary musical for Screen Gems. Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to shine. Cher will sing onscreen. While her voice has been heard in many films, "Burlesque" will mark the first time she'll be seen singing in a film she stars in. Cher last starred in "Tea With Mussolini" in 1999. "She brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story," said Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper. "The only person who was more excited than I am is Christina." »

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Cher Teams with Christina Aguilera for 'Burlesque'

22 June 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

In what will be her first movie role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in Burlesque, a contemporary musical for Screen Gems, reports Variety.

Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to shine.

Cher will sing onscreen. While her voice has been heard in many films, Burlesque will mark the first time she'll be seen singing in a film in which she also stars. Cher last starred in Tea With Mussolini in 1999. The film will be directed by Steven Antin (Troy of Goonies fame) from a script co-written by Antin and Susannah Grant (The Soloist).

"She brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story, »

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Cher vs. Xtina

22 June 2009 6:09 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Well it looks like Cher's film career isn't quite over, while Christina Aguilera's is just beginning. The Steven Antin-directed Burlesque will feature Cher in her first role since 1999's Tea With Mussolini and will also mark the first time that she sings in a film. As if that wasn't enough to get you guys to the theatres, our favorite pop vixen Christina Aguilera will make her film debut opposite Cher as an ambitious small-town girl who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club in Hollywood.... »

- Daniel Barna

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2009 | 2008 | 1999

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