The 'Inception' star announced the death of his brother Daniel Levitt on his Twitter page on October 5, a day after the brother was found unresponsive in his Hollywood home.
"" star is in a great loss. On Tuesday, October 5, Joseph announced the death of his older brother Daniel Levitt who was known as Burning Dan on his Twitter page. The actor wrote, "My super hero brother @burningdan 1974-2010," adding that Dan is "f**king awesome."
Joseph later wrote on his site, "BURNING dAN brightly embodied that bold beastly bliss sometimes referred to as 'the creative spirit.' He was my chief collaborator on the foundational incarnations of hitRECord.org over the years and continues to inspire us ever the more."
"Watching this community blossom into what it has become never ceased to amaze him and me. We would regularly marvel at it and high five. Thank you all for that," Joseph went on. "There he is now pouring heaping hollowed watermelons full of love over each and every one of us. So let's celebrate him, he's f**king awesome." Joseph, however, didn't mentioned the cause of Dan's death on his post.
In an August interview, Joseph stated that it's "wonderful to be mistaken for him." He had nothing but good words for his brother, saying "He taught me to question the relationships other people have with their siblings because he would be my favorite person in the world even if I wasn't lucky enough to know him as my brother."
Daniel Levitt died at the age of 36. He was a fire-spinning artist and flow arts teacher at Flow Temple Arts School in Venice Beach, California. According to People, Dan was found unresponsive in his Hollywood home on Monday morning, October 4.
Dan was later rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. On the day he was found unresponsive, Dan was still able to write a message on his Twitter page, "My cousin Addie told me that for Halloween she's gonna be a 'rock star cowgirl superhero'," and post of him with the little girl.
Image Credit: Lester Cohen/WireImage.comSources confirm Deadline Hollywood‘s report this morning that Emma Stone will receive the coveted offer for the role of Mary Jane Watson in Sony’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise. She will be taking on the role as Spidey’s love interest that Kirsten Dunst has played in three movies.
Image Credit: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty ImagesHave something you’ve been dying to ask Obama? This just might be your chance. On Oct. 14, our 44th president will participate in a live, one-hour youth town hall special on MTV called “A Conversation With President Obama.” (The broadcast will air live and commercial-free on MTV, MTVu, BET, Centric, TR3s and CMT at 4 p.m. ET.) Addressing an audience of about 250 young people, the president will answer questions about his first term, his personal views, and his future plans. Viewers at home can even submit queries live via Twitter.
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If high school English or Shakespeare in Love has taught us anything, it’s that women were denied the right to act on stage back in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But payback, my friends, is a bitch—specifically Helen Mirren’s Prospera, the main, traditionally male character (named Prospero) in the latest film adaptation of The Tempest, which is considered to be the playwright’s last solo work.
Image Credit: Everett CollectionWhen Humphrey Bogart was struggling to make his name on Broadway in the 1920’s, scalpel-wielding theater critic Alexander Woollcott sized him up thusly: he “is what is usually and mercifully described as inadequate.” Harsh. Then, in 1930, the young wannabe with the scarred lip, snarling lisp, and looks that might charitably be called “unconventional” finally landed a contract with Fox. The studio cut him loose after two years. Most actors might have thrown in the towel and started selling encyclopedias at that point. But Bogart’s best years were ahead of him.
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Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABC via Getty ImagesDancing With the Stars has a hallowed tradition of GOP personalities: disgraced senator Tom DeLay, snappy dresser Tucker Carlson, and now Bristol Palin. Bristol’s mother Sarah appeared on DWTS, and is now prepping her own reality TV show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. In fact, as an intriguing article from the L.A. Times argues, the Republican party is embracing reality TV. (John McCain is courting Snooki’s endorsement on Twitter, which is not a sentence anyone ever wants to write.) Are Democrats losing the all-important reality TV vote?
Image Credit: Stephane Danna/Getty ImagesIdris Elba is coolness personified. He was cool as Stringer Bell on The Wire. He was the coolest thing about The Losers and Takers. He’s a DJ: that’s cool! But is he cool enough to take on the role of Luke Cage, the Harlem-based superhero? We might find out soon: In an interview with Total Film, Elba, who’s co-starring in Marvel’s upcoming Thor movie, says that he has a picture deal with Marvel and hints that he might be interested in a film about the original Hero for Hire. “Luke Cage is… very interesting” is all he admits (he also expresses some interest in a rebooted Blade franchise), but it’s enough to get my head spinning.
Image Credit: Merrick MortonWith more than $8 million earnings on Friday night, The Social Network is destined for a first place finish at the weekend box office. How much it earns by Sunday night is still an open question, with estimates ranging from $21 million to $27 million. Even if the result is at the low end of that spread, Social Network will win the weekend easily. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’Hoole, and The Town all have a shot at $10 million for the weekend, with each earning around $3 million on Friday night.
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comUp to now, Justin Bieber has been a sweet, smiling bearer of good cheer — not to mention catchy hooks — in the pop universe. But the 16-year-old star might just be getting ready to show off his mischievous side in a revival of MTV’s Punk’d.
Spoiler alert: Tonight’s episode of Glee is one of the series best and most emotional hours to date. When Finn (Cory Monteith) sees a religious vision in his grilled cheese (the episode ain’t called “Grilled Cheesus” for nuthin’), he inspires the other New Directions teens — and even Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester — to contemplate their own views on spirituality. “I love when people see Jesus in bird droppings on the windows and then there are lines out the door and that seems to happen so often now,” says co-creator Ryan Murphy. “To me, it just shows everybody in our society, particularly young people, are just desperate to believe in something.”
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Albert L. Ortega/PR PhotosI’m hearing Ron Moore—the genius writer-producer responsible for rebooting a little show called Battlestar Galactica—is in the very early stages of developing a remake of the ’60s classic The Wild, Wild West.
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