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Hollywood power couple Heidi Klum and Seal announced Sunday night that their storybook marriage is coming to an end.
Aretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all: She's called off her engagement.
A statement released Monday by her representative said Franklin's wedding to Willie Wilkerson wasn't going to happen.
"Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast, and there were a number of things that had not been thought through thoroughly. There will be no wedding at this time," Franklin said. "We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends."
Franklin, a 69-year-old Memphis native, announced shortly after New Year's Day that she was getting married.
Jackson pushing faster film speed
Peter Jackson is making his hobbits and dwarves march double-time in his "The Lord of the Rings" prequel, which he's shooting in a faster film speed than the Hollywood standard.
Jackson hopes the 48-frames-a-second rate -- twice the 24 frames that has been the custom since the 1920s -- will help bring about a gradual transition to faster speeds that can bring more lifelike images and action to the screen.
Jackson said he hopes there will be a fair number of theaters equipped with digital projectors that can handle the faster film speeds by December, when Warner Bros. will release "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first chapter in his two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic.
"You shoot at 48, project at 48, and you get an illusion of life that's remarkable. You don't realize just how strobing and how flickery 24 frames is," Jackson said at the Sundance Film Festival, where he presented the documentary "West of Memphis," produced by him and his wife, "Hobbit" co-writer Fran Walsh. "You look at something at 48 frames, and it looks gorgeous. It looks like real life. It's amazing."
Briefly
Seal and Heidi Klum have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end of the runway. In a statement Sunday night, the Hollywood power couple announced their separation after rumors swirled over the weekend that a divorce was imminent. ... The publicist for comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor suffered from a combination of exhaustion and altitude when he collapsed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Morgan is attending Sundance in connection with the comedy film "Predisposed," in which he plays a drug dealer named Sprinkles.
-- From Our Press Services
Today's birthdays
Actor Ernest Borgnine, 95; Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw, 76; singer Ray Stevens, 73; singer Aaron Neville, 71; singer Neil Diamond, 71; comedian Yakov Smirnoff, 61; actress Nastassja Kinski, 53; actress Tatyana Ali ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"), 33; actress Mischa Barton ("The O.C."), 26.
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