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SMG
STOOPS TO DO SCOOBY DOO
21.01.2001 - After
claiming that she wouldn't stoop to do such a movie, SMG appears to have
signed on to do the lame-sounding Scooby Doo live action movie
after all.
The BBC Buffy
website (is this really a good use of the licence fee?) reports Buffy
co-producer Doug Petrie saying that the production team are working out a
schedule with SMG to enable her to spend time on both projects during the
coming weeks.
According to Petrie, the
involvement of SMG - who will play purple-clad goddess Daphne in the film
- will mean the demise of the Scooby Gang nickname. "We can't
use it any more," he said. "She is literally part of the
Scooby Gang in what I'm sure I'm sure will be a hit motion picture, so
we're screwed with that!"
Presumably then, if the
film bombs, we can expect the moniker to remain in use... Back
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"...RUDE
AND ARROGANT"
17.01.2001 - Thanks to 'methodman'
for posting this snippet from Ceefax's Backchat section into
AngelBuffyUK -
Viewers were asked to
send in their highlights of 2000 and Miss Cage (17, from Birmingham) said,
"My highlight of 2000 was meeting Nicholas Cage in Hollywood.
He was such a lovely bloke and very friendly. The low point was
meeting Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was rude and arrogant." Back
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CRUEL
INTENTIONS 2
15.01.2001 - Not strictly
Sarah related, or indeed, at all Sarah related really, but this seems as
good a place as any to run this one.
Remember Manchester
Prep - the TV series prequel to Cruel Intentions that Fox
cancelled before a single episode even aired? Well, the footage that
was shot (including an infamous scene where a teenage girl gets aroused
while riding a horse) has been edited together as Cruel Intentions 2
and well air in the US on Cinemax at 10pm on 21 January.
Buffy fans might
recognise Amy Adams who plays the SMG character from the film from her
role as Beth in season five's Family. She also played Maggie
Murphy in the Charmed episode Murphy's Luck. Back
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WANDA
ON GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION
02.01.2001 - According to
Eonline's Wanda, Sarah is pretty much a dead cert for the Best
Actress Golden Globe -
"Apparently the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association is deeply moved by the heart-wrenching
emotion conveyed by [Jessica] Alba's left eyebrow (the only part of her
face that really moves.
"What's really
disturbing is that Pouty stole thunder from the nominee who truly deserves
big buzz: Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was finally recognised for her
outstanding work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
I can't bemoan the HFPA too much, though, because Sarah's nomination is
such a divine surprise. And unlike Alba, she has a good chance of
taking home the award. Sela Ward, Lorraine Bracco and Edie Falco are
all fab, but the Golden Globes aim to be hip and edgy - and also try to
avoid the last Emmy winner (Ward, in this case). The slayer should
be a shoo-in. Back
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SMG
GETS GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION
21.12.2000 -
Personally, I think that Shiri Appleby or Holly Marie Combs are far more
deserving, but Sarah has been nominated in the Best Actress - Drama
category in the 58th Golden Globe awards which will be handed out on 21
January.
Also nominated were
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel), Lorraine
Bracco (The Sopranos), Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Edie
Falco (The Sopranos) and Sela Ward (Once & Again).
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SMG
TO PLAY HERSELF ON GROSSE POINTE
18.12.2000
- In a recent online chat with Eonline's Wanda, Grosse Pointe
creator Darren Star said that Sarah will be playing herself in her guest
appearance on the show. Back to the top
SMG
IN COSMOGIRL
 11.12.2000
- The December/January issue of CosmoGirl lists the magazine's
eight CosmoGirl!s of the Year.
Apparently this means
the winners are "someone who has the courage to stand up for what she
believes in - she chooses her own path, no matter how difficult it may
seem." Apparently this description fits Sarah perfectly since
she was so determined to get the role of Buffy - even though her agent
warned her that she should stick with the safety of All My Children
- that she endured more than 10 gruelling auditions.
The magazine's website
includes this clip
of Sarah to inspire its readership because apparently Sarah's
"dedication and drive are a major inspiration for anyone who has ever
wanted something MORE. And she's proven that she's a role model in
other ways, too. Last year she got really involved with Habitat for
Humanity, literally shovelling and hammering to build homes in
underdeveloped regions. It's pretty clear why CosmoGIRL! has
chosen her to be their first CosmoGIRL! of the year."
A few snippets from theWB.com:
CosmoGIRL!:
We think that you are amazing, but it's clear that Buffy is a pretty big
inspiration to millions of girls, too. Why do you think she's such a
huge role model?
Sarah: She's
relatable. She's a girl who isn't the most popular, isn't the
prettiest, isn't the smartest, but she found her talent and is okay with
who she is. She gets into situations that everyone's
experienced. Most people think of it as a show with demons and
monsters, but then they're like "Oh wait, that happened in my high
school!"
CosmoGIRL!:
Have you ever had to deal with someone who didn't believe in you?
Sarah: Everyone
has. But you have to be confident with your choices because you're
the only one out there who is going to take care of you. And you
have to live with yourself and stand by your choices - no matter what
people say.
CosmoGIRL!:
So true! What qualities do you like most about yourself?
Sarah: I'm
loyal. I will be there for my friends through thick and thin.
And if I say I'm going be somewhere then I'm going to be there. I
get stuff done when I have to. I'm a person first and an actress
second.
CosmoGIRL!:
You seem so balanced.
Sarah: It's so
important to be well-rounded. You have to be just as comfortable
going to a heavy metal concert as you are going to the opera or the
ballet. I could walk into a room of actors and know I had something
to contribute because I can talk about acting. But I want to be able
to walk into a room of lawyers or doctors and still be able to hold a
conversation and come off as an interesting person.
CosmoGIRL!:
Holy confidence!
Sarah: I'm confident
that I can act and I'm good at what I do. But I'm also confident
that if I couldn't act there are other things that I could do. Back
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SMG
"WOULDN'T STOP TO DO" SCOOBY DOO
10.12.2000
- Further to the Scooby Doo story below, the January issue of Seventeen
asked Sarah about the Scooby Doo movie.
Displaying a
Cordelia-esque degree of tact, Sarah is quoted as saying:
"When doing a
film such as Harvard Man, with that high of content and level, I
doubt any actor would then stoop to do a Disney genre type movie.
Freddie [Prinze Jnr.] has signed on to it, but I haven't even looked over
the scripts." Back to the top
SMG
TO GUEST ON GROSSE POINTE
 03.12.2000
- Zap2it.com reports that Sarah Michelle Gellar and former Beverly
Hills, 90210 star Jason Priestley are to appear in forthcoming
episodes of the WB's Grosse Pointe.
The pair have both
worked with Grosse Pointe executive producer Darren Star
before. Priestley on 90210, where Star was a producer and
Gellar on the HBO series Sex and the City.
"Sarah and I
began talking about her guest starring last fall. It was just a
matter of coordinating schedules," Star said. "I am a long
term fan and am thrilled to be working with her again on Grosse Pointe."
Grosse Pointe,
which debuted on the WB this fall, parodies teen shows, particularly teen
dramas like 90210 and Buffy. Back
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SMG
"DONE DEAL" FOR SCOOBY DOO
02.12.2000 - Cinescape
Online reports that Sarah Michelle Gellar (as Daphne) and Freddie
Prinze Jr. (Fred) and Matthew Lillard (Shaggy) are "done deals" for the
upcoming Scooby Doo movie.
Further to the report
below, it now looks like the possibility of Christina Ricci as Velca has
fallen by the wayside. According to the Hollywood Reporter,
Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks) is in talks to take on the
role.
The film, which will
be directed by Raja Gosnell from a script by James Gunn and John August,
is scheduled to start shooting in February, which still seems likely to
clash with filming of the final episode to Buffy's fifth season if
you ask me. Back to the top
BUFFY
TO JOIN THE REAL SCOOBY GANG?
06.11.2000 - According to the Hollywood
Reporter, Sarah Michelle Gellar may actually sign up to be a part of
the real Scooby Doo gang.
It reports that Gellar
and her real life boyfriend Freddie Prinze Jr. have been
Previously, Jennifer
Love Hewitt was reportedly in the running for the Daphne Role, but
according to Cinescape, nothing came of that. Christina Ricci
is supposedly a strong contender for the role of Velma. Cinescape
also reports that Mike Myers may still be up for the role of Shaggy, but
there have also been rumours that Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans may
be lined up for the part (thanks to Ghosty for the heads up on that one).
Raja Gosnell (Never
Been Kissed, Home Alone 3) will direct the film, production of
which starts in February and which will shoot in Australia. The
timing of this - not to mention that she seems a pretty unlikely Daphne
to me - must make Gellar's participation a long shot as she would still be
shooting Buffy's closing season five episodes and with the
possibility of an actors' strike next summer, the chances of filming being
delayed to accommodate her would be small. Back
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WHERE
WILL THEY BE?
From E! Online's predictions
about what the "hottest stars of 2000 will be up to in the year
2025":
Career Highlights:
Slaying bloodsuckers while wearing stilettos and hot pants, Gellar turned Buffy
the Vampire Slayer into a kick-ass television show. Take that,
Kristy Swanson.
Biggest Mistake:
Burning her bridges with Susan Lucci. Erica Kane does not easily
forgive or forget.
In 25 Years: After
tripping over a gravestone and breaking her hip, a middle-age Gellar
decides to retire from fighting the forces of evil and goes into
seclusion, à la Greta Garbo. She spends her time relentlessly
watching Buffy reruns and talking to her cats Spike, Angel, Willow,
Freddie and Xander. Back to the top
THE
WRONG BUFFY
Sarah
Michelle Gellar arrested for drunken driving? That's what Fashion
Wire Daily reported (for "about 60 seconds," says the Web
site) before running a corrected version. No, it was the "other
Buffy," actress Kristy Swanson, who first embodied the vamp slayer in
the 1992 movie, who ran foul of the law Friday night.
Even so, Gellar's rep
was fuming to the New York Post about the mix-up, "God!
Don't these people ever watch the news?" she told the tab, which was
glad to seize the opportunity to poke fun at a rival publication.
Firing a shot right
back at the Post, toward's FWD had this to say: "What's
more important: Mixing up Sarah Michelle Gellar with the former Buffy,
Kristy Swanson, or reporting that some of America's greatest soul stars
have attended the birthday party of a long-dead king?"
Citing a Page Six
gossip column in the Post that dishes that "Eartha Kitt, James
Brown and Earth, Wind and Fire were flown to Rabat, Morocco, to perform at
the 37th birthday of King Hassan," the fashion site writes,
"This news would come as a big surprise to the current King of
Morocco, Mohammed VI. He buried his father, King Hassan II, in July
1999."
Sorry, Fashion Wire,
most gossip column readers care more deeply about vampire slayers than
Moroccan kings.
And the only thing
wrong with Gellar is a bad case of the flu, according to the Post,
which made her forfeit hosting duties at Glamour's pre-Emmy party
in Los Angeles. A smiling Sarah graces that magazine's cover this
month. Back to the top
GELLAR'S
GROUCHY SIDE
05.08.2000 - From TV Guide
Online:
Sizzling Sarah
Michelle Gellar was acting every bit the diva last weekend on the set of
indie auteur James Toback's upcoming flick Harvard Man. A
grouchy Gellar arrived on the Cambridge, MA, set with boyfriend Freddie
Prinze Jr. and a full entourage, and fumed, "I missed the Pitt/Aniston
wedding for this?" Gellar, says, our witness, later grumbled to
her bodyguard that a reporter was bothering her by writing in his
notebook. The scribe was told to stop scribbling. The picture
also stars Joey Lauren Adams, Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Stolz.
For a less grouchy
view of Sarah's time on Harvard Man click here.
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PROPHECY
GIRL
Sarah will soon be featured as
a "mystery guest" of dailymysteryguest.com's
Internet book launch party for Elizabeth Haydon's fantasy novel Prophecy:
Child of Earth, as part of a benefit for the Elizabeth Glaser
Pediatric AIDS Foundation. While you can purchase the book when you
hear the snippets, those correctly guessing the mystery reader (previous
guests have included Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Scott Wolf, Dolly
Parton and Orson Scott Card) through August 31st have a chance at all
sorts of prizes.
Prophecy is the
second part of a trilogy begun with Rhapsody: Child of Blood, in
which the beautiful Namer Rhapsody, and her flaming sword Achmed, try to
prevent the fire demon F'dor from waking the Primal Wyrm from its slumber
at the heart of the world. Back to the top
SARAH'S
NOT OFF TO HARVARD
31.05.2000 - Dark
Horizons reports that Sarah has dropped out of Harvard Man,
citing script problems and a clash between the film's shooting schedule
and her commitments on Buffy. Instead,
the Buffster may be starring alongside Ally McBeal's Portia De
Rossi, Tim Allen, Richard Dreyfus and Christian Slater in Cletis Tout
or (probably less likely) the ensemble comedy Big Trouble (according
to the Hollywood Reporter, Katie Holmes is in negotiations to play
Rene Russo's daughter in this one). Back to the
top SARAH'S
OFF TO HARVARD 28.02.2000
- Sarah Michelle Gellar has signed on to play a young Harvard
philosophy professor in James Toback's semi-autobiographical feature Harvard Man.
In the contemporary tale based on Toback's 1960s
misadventures, Gellar's character has an affair with a student basketball player
(originally Toback wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play the male lead but his post-Titanic
asking price would be a bit too steep).
Toback has been developing the idea for five years, basing
it on some of his experiences at college during the 1960s, including an LSD overdose.
Shooting is scheduled to being this spring while Sarah is
on hiatus from Buffy. Back
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