The new Superman: Vote for your favorite!

Image Credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos; Wild1/PR Photos; Chris Hatcher/PR Photos; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Landmark/PR Photos ; Rick Stephens / PR PhotosOff of the news this week that director Zack Snyder has officially taken the reigns of the new Superman movie — produced by Christopher Nolan and penned by David S. Goyer — I looked at the pros and cons of ten actors who could potentially don the big red S. A few of these suggestions you really liked; thanks to Smallville, I figured there’d be a lot of Tom Welling fans out there, but I had no idea that Superman Returns‘ Brandon Routh had such a committed following. Some of my ideas you weren’t so keen on; “I love Nathan Fillion,” wrote Joshua in the comments, “but Captain Mal is just not Supes.” And y’all had several suggestions of your own; I was especially tickled by the unconventional idea of Joseph Gordon-Levitt (though he may have a leg up given how vocally impressed Nolan was with his work in Inception), and I’m kicking myself for not thinking of White Collar‘s impossibly pretty Matt Bomer.

So let’s put it to a vote! The following six actors stood out as your top choices for the man best suited to fly faster than a speeding bullet (or be shot in front of a green-screen and then later made to look in post like he’s flying faster than a speeding bullet): Bomer, The Tudors‘ Henry Cavill, Gordon-Levitt, Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm, Routh, and Welling. Vote for your favorite below, and then defend your choice in the comments. May the best man (of steel) win!

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Heartache as Kelsey Grammer's girlfriend Kayte Walsh suffers miscarriage - Daily Mail

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:35 PM on 9th October 2010

Frasier star Kelsey Grammer's girlfriend Kayte Walsh has suffered a miscarriage.

The 29-year-old former air hostess lost the baby six weeks ago, MailOnline can confirm.

They confirmed the sad news by releasing a joint statement, thanking people for their condolences and saying they need time to 'heal'.

Sad news: Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh pictured back in August in New York

'We lost our unborn child about six weeks ago,' the short statement said.

'We would like to thank all of those who expressed kindness and concern but we needed a little time to heal, time to find some solace before we publicly acknowledged our loss.'

The Daily Mail broke the story back in August that Grammer, 55, and Walsh, 29, were expecting a baby together.

And the couple confirmed the reports a few weeks afterwards.

Kate's father, Alan Walsh, told the Daily Mail how happy he was about his daughter's new relationship.

The 53-year-old Bristol City coach said ‘It’s great news and we are very pleased for them both.

Before the split: Kelsey pictured here with his estranged wife Camille Donatacci and their two children Jude and Mason, seen here back in 2008

‘I don’t know how long they have been together and I have not met him yet, but I’m looking forward to it. We just found out about her pregnancy a couple of days ago.

‘I think they met in New York socially because she works for Virgin Airways and often stops over in America.

‘The main thing is for them both to be happy and they are – they have just hit it off together.’

The Frasier actor  publicly voiced his happiness with his new lady and their prospective future in September, at The Romantics film premiere in New York.

He said: 'We are really happy and in love.

'We're looking for new apartment together in New York but we haven't found a place yet. We're waiting for the perfect place.'

And he told TMZ that he was 'very, very happy' about impending fatherhood and that 'a wedding with Walsh 'makes sense, but I have some other stuff I have to clear up first'.

Grammer and his estranged wife, former Playboy model Camille Donatacci have two daughters together, Mason, 8, and Jude, 5. She filed for divorce from him earlier this year.

Grammer also has two older daughters, Spencer, and Greer, from previous relationships.

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Eminem doesn’t allow swearing at home? Holy $@#%!

The venerable 60 Minutes will air Anderson Cooper’s interview with Eminem this Sunday, but they already teased what will surely be the most newsworthy clip: that the proudly potty-mouthed rapper does not allow profanity in his house around his daughters. At one point Eminem says, “I mean, how would I really sound, as a person…walking around my house [saying] ‘Bitch, pick this up…” At which point we all think: You’d sound like one of your videos! Interview clip after the jump:

We could get on his case for the hypocrisy of the statement. I mean seriously, how many kids have uttered their first swear rapping along to his tracks? But honestly, I reacted as I often do when I hear about his discordant life as a dad — I find it kind of endearing. Eminem as a hardass at home? Do you buy it? Perhaps you find it less endearing than I?

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Gospel singer was Grammy Award winner - Washington Post

Albertina Walker, a Grammy Award-winning singer who was crowned the queen of gospel during a career that spanned more than 60 albums and six decades, died Oct. 8 of respiratory failure at a hospital in her native Chicago. She was 81.

As a child, Ms. Walker had been a standout singer at West Point Baptist Church in Chicago. There, she was inspired by entertainers such as Professor Thomas A. Dorsey and Mahalia Jackson, who became Ms. Walker's friend and mentor.

"I wanted to stand up before audiences and deliver the message, win souls for Christ," Ms. Walker told The Washington Post in 2008. "I wanted to touch dying men and slipping women."

In her early 20s, Ms. Walker started an ensemble group, the Caravans, which became one of the country's most popular gospel acts during the 1950s and '60s. The group's early hits included "Mary Don't You Weep," "No Coward Soldier," "Tell the Angels" and "Sweeping Through the City."

The Caravans toured by Cadillac, eventually graduating from performances in churches and schools to theaters and auditoriums. Traveling to venues including Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater and Washington's Constitution Hall, they endured low pay, segregated restaurants and discrimination at hotels and restaurants.

In a Chicago Tribune interview decades later, she recalled confronting a truck driver who yelled a racial epithet at her.

"I told him, 'I'll pull my razor out of my pocket and cut your throat,' " she said. "He was so scared of me, and all I had in my pocket was a pencil. I tell you one thing, he apologized and then called me a young lady."

At first, Ms. Walker led the group with her earthy contralto, but she soon stepped aside and allowed others to shine. The Caravans became known as a collection of talented soloists that launched the careers of notable singers including James Cleveland, Dorothy Norwood and Shirley Caesar.

The group broke up in the late 1960s as its members peeled off to launch solo careers. Ms. Walker made her solo debut with the 1975 album "Put a Little Love in Your Heart." She went on to collaborate with Cleveland on "Please Be Patient With Me" (1979), for which she received her first Grammy nomination.

In a 1973 performance with Cleveland of the song "I Sure Do Love the Lord," Ms. Walker sang "slowly and majestically, sometimes moaning and sometimes soaring joyfully," wrote Post music critic Hollie West. "People shouted and swayed to her exacting beat. Walker's performance was a wonderful display of gospel singing as an art."

Ms. Walker was nominated for at least 10 more Grammy Awards, winning the best traditional gospel album award in 1995 for her record "Songs of the Church - Live in Memphis."

Other well-received albums included "Spirit" (1987) and "I'm Still Here" (1997). In 2006, Ms. Walker reunited with members of the Caravans, including Norwood and Inez Andrews, to produce the album "Paved the Way."

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Warner Bros. opts out of 3-D for first installment of ‘Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows’

Hey all you 3-D haters, you’re in luck. The first part of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows will not be in 3-D. Warner Bros. announced today that the 3-D conversion of the first installment of the final chapter would not be completed in time. “We do not want to disappoint fans who have long anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey,” said the statement. As such, Part 1 will only be in conventional and IMAX theaters.

The move should be applauded as Warner Bros. is the studio behind Clash of the Titans, the Sam Worthington-starrer released in 3-D earlier this year. The movie was one of the first to adopt a post-production 3-D conversion process that was highly criticized in the press and became a poster child for all things wrong with the new technology. It’s clear the studio doesn’t want to be criticized again for another rushed conversion. Director David Yates will now have the time to turn Part 2, which bows July 15, 2011, into a 3-D spectacle worthy of the billion-dollar franchise.

Part 1 of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows opens worldwide on November 19, 2010.

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