Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” Lawsuit.

Quentin Tarantino is now being sued by a man who claims Q.T. ripped-off his concept to create “Kill Bill.”  In a lawsuit filed today, Dannez Hunter claims in 1999 he submitted a treatment to Miramax, about a fictional character named Ren. Short story — he says eventually Miramax, Harvey Weinstein and Q.T. ripped-off his work, including the “concept/character name Ren.” He claims Q.T. pilfered Ren witnessing her mother’s sadistic murder, the knife through the mother’s abdomen, and on and on.

And there’s this. Hunter, who says he was from the inner city, applied for a job at Miramax but “was never given a return phone call, as numerous similar situated less qualified Jewish and White people were bestowed job after job after job.” Hunter continues his Jews-run-Hollywood themed lawsuit by alleging he was denied royalties in the “Kill Bill” franchise compared to similarly situated Whites and Jews.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Academy Snubs Farrah Fawcett During Memorial Tribute; Ryan O’Neal Speaks Out.

Farrah Fawcett’s longtime partner, Ryan O’Neal, has joined other Hollywood figures including Jane Fonda and Roger Ebert in expressing dismay that Fawcett was left out of the “In Memoriam” segment of Sunday’s Academy Awards. “There is no comment other than we were disappointed that she was not included,” a rep for O’Neal says. Fonda and Ebert both Tweeted about the snub during the broadcast. “No Farrah Fawcett in the memorial tribute? Major fail,” Ebert wrote. “And where was Farrah Fawcett? She should have been included #oscars #FAIL,” wrote Fonda.

The “In Memoriam” portion of the broadcast features a montage of film-industry figures who have passed away in the previous year. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger says the segment can only honor so many people.  “Every year it’s an unfortunate reality that we can’t include everybody,” she tells the Associated Press. BullSh*t!!! Even before the show, Academy executive director Bruce Davis spoke about the difficult process of creating the segment. “It is the single most troubling element of the Oscar show every year,” he told AP last week. “Because more people die each year than can possibly be included in that segment.”  Davis explained that he and a small committee narrow an initial list of more than 100 people down to about 30. “It gets close to agonizing by the end,” he said. “You are dropping people who the public knows. It’s just not comfortable.”

Fawcett, who died last June at age 62, was primarily a TV actress, though she did appear in a number of feature films.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

‘PRECIOUS’ WINS!!! Adapted Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress.

Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. This makes Mo’Nique the fifth Black woman to win an Academy Award for acting! She joins the ranks of Hattie McDaniel, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry and Jennifer Hudson.  Mo’Nique thanked Hattie McDaniel, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, her BET family, the Academy and said, “First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics.”  Congratulations Mo’Nique!

Adapted Screenplay:
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire The first-time an African-American has won this award (third African-American nominated.

Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Animated Feature Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Original Song:
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine, Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Original Screenplay:
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, Up

Documentary Short:
Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Sound Editing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Cinematography:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Sound Mixing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Original Score:
Avatar, James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes, Hans Zimmer
Up, Michael Giacchino

Documentary Feature:
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Film Editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Actress:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia.

Director:
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air.

Best Picture:
Avata
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

MAJOR UPSET: “The Hurt Locker” Wins For Best Picture!

Shutting down ALL the Big Mouth “Know- It- Alls” who just KNEW “Avatar” would win, The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers. “There’s no other way to describe it. It’s the moment of a lifetime,” Bigelow said. “It’s so extraordinary to be in the company of my fellow nominees, such powerful filmmakers, who have inspired me and I have admired, some of them for decades.”

Among those Bigelow and “The Hurt Locker” beat are ex-husband James Cameron and his sci-fi spectacle “Avatar.” Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.

Cameron was seated right behind Bigelow at the Oscars and joined a standing ovation for her, clapping vigorously and saying, “Yes, yes” after she won.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Mariah Carey Said To Have “BIG NEWS” On The Way!

Mariah Carey was her usual fabulous diva self backstage at the Film Independent Spirit Awards — tottering around on skyscraper heels so high she couldn’t walk and having security prop her up all night.

Celebrating without husband Nick Cannon backstage, Carey did nothing to stop rumors that she’s pregnant or ready to adopt, telling us, “I have a lot of new acting projects coming up. I am talking to [‘Precious’ director Lee Daniels] about at least three movies. But there’s also something else very special on the way. I can’t say any more.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

‘Precious’ Wins BIG At 41st Annual NAACP Awards!

Gritty movie Precious has swept the board at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People‘s annual Image Awards in Los Angeles.

The film tells the story of the abused, illiterate Harlem teenager Precious, who is expecting her second child.

It won six awards including best movie, best independent movie and best actress for its star Gabourey Sidibe.

An emotional Sidibe dedicated her award to “all the Precious girls everywhere. This is for you.”

Lee Daniels, who won best director, recalled how Hollywood studios repeatedly rejected the film. “No-one wanted to see a movie about a 350-pound black girl who is struggling and who has HIV,” he said.

Mo’Nique, who plays Precious’ mother, took best supporting actress just over a week before the Oscars, where she is hot favourite to win the same prize.

Precious, which is up for the Oscar for best picture, also features Mariah Carey as a dowdy social worker and Lenny Kravitz as a delivery room nurse.

Morgan Freeman was named best actor for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Invictus.

R&B singer Mary J Blige won music two awards, for best female artist and best album for Stronger With Each Tear.

Wyclef Jean was given the Vanguard Award for his role in raising funds and awareness after the earthquake in Haiti.

The complete list of winners of the 41st NAACP Image Awards:

— Comedy Series: ”Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

— Actor in a comedy series: Daryl ”Chill” Mitchell, ”Brothers”

— Actress in a comedy series: Cassi Davis, ”Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

— Supporting actor in a comedy series: Lance Gross, ”Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

— Supporting actress in a comedy series: Keshia Knight Pulliam, ”Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”

— Drama series: ”Lincoln Heights”

— Actor in a drama series: Hill Harper, ”CSI: NY”

— Actress in a drama series: Jada Pinkett Smith, ”HawthoRNe”

— Supporting actor in a drama series: Delroy Lindo, ”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”

— Supporting actress in a drama series: S. Epatha Merkerson, ”Law & Order”

— Television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: ”Gifted Hands”

— Actor in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Cuba Gooding Jr., ”Gifted Hands”

— Actress in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Kimberly Elise, ”Gifted Hands”

— Actor in a daytime drama series: Cornelius Smith, Jr., ”All My Children”

— Actress in a daytime drama series: Debbi Morgan, ”All My Children”

— News/information (series or special): ”The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States”

— Talk series: ”The Mo’Nique Show”

— Reality series: ”Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”

— Variety series or special: ”The Michael Jackson Memorial: Celebrating the Life of Michael Jackson”

— Children’s program: ”Dora the Explorer”

— Performance in a youth/children’s program: Keke Palmer, ”True Jackson, VP”

— New artist: Keri Hilson

— Male artist: Maxwell

— Female artist: Mary J. Blige

— Duo, Group or Collaboration: The Black Eyed Peas

— Jazz album: ”He and She,” Wynton Marsalis

— Gospel album: ”Still,” BeBe & CeCe Winans

— World music album: ”Black President,” Sila and the Afrofunk Experience

— Music video: ”I Look to You,” Whitney Houston

— Song: ”God In Me,” Mary Mary

— Album: ”Stronger With Each Tear,” Mary J. Blige

— Literary work, fiction: ”The Long Fall,” Walter Mosley

— Literary work, non-fiction: ”In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past,” Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

— Literary work, debut author: ”A Question of Freedom,” R. Dwayne Betts

— Literary work, biography/autobiography: ”Michelle Obama,” Deborah Willis

— Literary work, instructional: ”Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” Steve Harvey

— Literary work, poetry: ”Bicycles,” Nikki Giovanni

— Literary work, children: ”Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change,” Michelle Cook

— Literary work, youth/teens: ”Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady,” David Bergen Brophy

— Motion picture: ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

— Actor in a motion picture: Morgan Freeman, ”Invictus”

— Actress in a motion picture: Gabourey Sidibe, ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

— Supporting actor in a motion picture: Adam Rodriguez, ”Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself”

— Supporting actress in a motion picture: MoNique, ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

— Independent motion picture: ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

— Foreign motion picture: ”The Stoning of Soraya M.”

— Documentary: ”Good Hair”

— Writing in a comedy series: Halsted Sullivan and Warren Lieberstein, ”The Office”

— Writing in a dramatic series: Shonda Rhimes, ”Grey’s Anatomy”

— Writing in a motion picture: Geoffrey Fletcher, ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

— Directing in a comedy series: Ken Whittingham, ”30 Rock”

— Directing in a drama series: Chandra Wilson, ”Grey’s Anatomy”

— Directing in a motion picture: Lee Daniels, ”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

CONGRATS TO ALL!

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Dad Confirms That Andrew Koenig Committed Suicide.

The desperate search for missing “Growing Pains” star Andrew Koenig ended Thursday with the grisly discovery of his body in a densely wooded area of a Vancouver park. “My son took his own life,” devastated dad Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on the original “Star Trek” TV series, said during an afternoon press conference. “He was obviously in a lot of pain.” Walter Koenig said he and about 10 of Andrew’s friends initiated a private search of Vancouver’s Stanley Park around 9:15 a.m. Thursday “looking for some clue.” A friend found Andrew’s body two hours later off a bridal path and called Walter. The dad, who traveled from Los Angeles to search for his son, was nearby and went straight to the site. Police declined to answer questions about the cause of death but said no foul play was suspected and no weapons were recovered. Walter Koenig broke down crying as he urged others who might be considering suicide to seek help. He said he’d received hundreds of emails from people who said they were depressed. “If you can learn anything from this, it’s that there are people out there who really care,” he said. “Before you make that final decision, check it out, talk to somebody.” Andrew’s mom,  Judy Koenig, said her son was “much loved and had much to contribute in this world” but “didn’t realize” it.” Andrew Koenig, 41, who had a recurring role as a teen in the hit comedy “Growing Pains,” was last seen alive Feb. 14 at a Vancouver bakery. He was clinically depressed and sent a “despondent” letter to his father that arrived Feb. 16, the elder Koenig said. A friend and colleague told the Daily News that Koenig had turned down multiple job offers and cleared out his Venice Beach apartment before heading to Canada to visit friends.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Dad Of Missing “Growing Pains” Actor Makes Tearful Plea For His Safe Return.

Fighting tears, Walter Koenig looked into the news cameras on Wednesday desperately hoping his missing son was watching.  “I just want to know you’re okay,” he said in the emotional appeal to Andrew Koenig, the Growing Pains star who disappeared earlier this month. “If it means you just want to stay here, that’s okay. You don’t have to come back. Just let us know that’s your intention.”

Walter Koenig, also an actor – he played Mr. Chekov on the original Star Trek TV show and movies – was joined by wife Judith at the televised press conference at the Vancouver Police Department.

Police say the younger Koenig was last seen in the British Columbia city on Feb. 16, the same day his phone and ATM activity stopped. The search most recently went to a Vancouver park he frequented, but mounted officers found no sign of the 41-year-old Koenig.

Koenig, who had long battled depression, cleared out his Los Angeles apartment about three weeks ago before traveling to Vancouver, where he once lived. Constable Tim Fanning says police were hopeful Koenig was still in the area and “doesn’t want to be found.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Kirk Cameron Praying For Co-Star/Friend.

It’s been a long time since they acted together on the set of Growing Pains, but Kirk Cameron has never forgotten costar Andrew Koenig – and now desperately worries about him after he went missing amid signs he was depressed.  “I am praying for his family during this time of distress and for his safe return,” Cameron says in a statement. “Andrew, if you’re reading this, please call me.”

Koenig, 41, who starred as Boner on the show, never returned to his Los Angeles home as scheduled on Feb. 14 after a trip to Canada. His father described him as sounding “despondent” the last time they spoke. Cameron, who played Koenig’s neighbor Mike on the hit ’80s show, says, “Mike and Boner could always work things out when they put their minds to it. I’m praying for you, pal. Hope to hear from you soon.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

New TELL ALL Book By Kymani Marley

Ky-Mani Marley’s book “Dear Dad: Where’s the family in our family, today?” hit book stands and online retailers such as Amazon this week. Although a child of the legendary Bob Marley, he reportedly grew up estranged from the rest of his internationally renowned family, i.e. without the power, wealth, and influence that they enjoyed. Ky-Mani Marley’s new book is sub-titled as “THE STORY THE MARLEY FAMILY APPARENTLY DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW”, and reportedly chronicles his rise from a child in the tough, crime-prone community of Liberty City, Florida, to a Grammy-nominated International recording artiste. Marley is best known for minor hit songs like Dear Dad and Warriors and roles in movies such as One Love, as well as starring in a hit reality show on Black Entertainment Television (BET). But he says his childhood was difficult, even though his father was reggae superstar Bob Marley. “I’ve lived a life many cannot imagine. Many people don’t even know half the things I’ve been through,” Marley told The Sunday Gleaner from his south Florida base. In Dear Dad, he revisits those years of strife. He said he lived with his mother Anita Belnavis in a two-bedroom board house in her hometown of Falmouth, Trelawny, where he was born. Belnavis was a leading table tennis player in the Caribbean in the 1970s, and one of several women with whom Bob Marley had children outside of marriage. Change for the better Marley said things did not improve after he and his mother moved to Miami, Florida, when he was nine years old. They lived in the volatile Liberty City, scene of many riots during the 1980s. “That was another two-bedroom house worse than where we were living in Jamaica,” he said. Life changed for the better in 1994, 13 years after his father’s death from cancer at age 36. He gained a considerable financial settlement from the Marley estate which, among other things, provided for Bob’s ‘outside’ children. “I can tell you that that was a big relief for me, my mother, my auntie. We were living on nothing, really,” Marley recalled. He also comments on his relationship with his father’s wife, Rita, and her children for Marley but stays clear of sensationalism. “I tell the truth; I’m not stepping on toes to create conflict. But I tell no lies,” he said. Dear Dad, which will be distributed in five languages, was done with the assistance of a professional writer. It will be released in association with Dr Farrah Gray, the influential African-American empowerment guru who lives in Las Vegas, on what would have been Bob Marley’s 65th birthday. Several Marley biographies have been written since the singer’s death. Some have raised eyebrows, the most notorious being 1995’s Marley and Me, written by his former manager Don Taylor. Rita Marley’s No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley, was released in May 2004. Like his brothers Ziggy, Stephen, Damian and Julian, Ky-Mani Marley has focused on a music career and has done fairly well. He has recorded four albums, the first being Like Father, Like Son, which was released in 1996. His last studio effort was Radio, which was released in 2007. He also starred in the low-budget action films, Shottas and One Love. His Living The Life of Marley reality show first aired on BET in 2007.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.