Following is a summary of current people news briefs.
Robert Pattinson looks for danger after “Twilight”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Pattinson has set young
hearts aflutter as the teen vampire Edward Cullen in the
“Twilight Saga” films, but as the sun sets on the franchise
that launched his career, the actor is looking for more
grown-up and “dangerous” roles. “Breaking Dawn – Part 2,”
released this week, is the fifth and final in the series, and
Edward’s character shifts from brooding, tormented lover to a
contented husband and father who must protect his family from
an ancient vampire clan.
Lindsay Lohan pushed for Elizabeth Taylor TV role
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lindsay Lohan so wanted to play
Elizabeth Taylor in the upcoming film “Liz & Dick” that she cut
out the middle man and went straight to the producer herself,
the tabloid-favorite star said in an interview on Friday.
Lohan, 26, plays Taylor in an upcoming television movie that
dramatizes the long love affair between the late Hollywood
legend and actor Richard Burton.
French mayor ends hunger strike after crisis aid
PARIS (Reuters) – A French mayor who went on hunger strike
a week ago to demand emergency aid for his town ended his
protest on Thursday and packed up the tent he had been sleeping
in outside parliament after the government met his demands. “I
regret that things came to that but it was necessary,” Stephane
Gatignon, mayor of Sevran, a poor town on the outskirts of
Paris, told Reuters.
