The Hollywood Sign Might Be Gone
The iconic Hollywood sign may be making a move out of California, James Bond's Car Is Totaled, Plus JK Rowling Suing Her Biggest Fan?!? Your Entertainment Update From Getthedaily.com - Your Online Source For News.
Step 1: The Hollywood Sign
The iconic Hollywood Sign may be making a move out of California. Suerpstar MovieNews is up next. Hey guys, welcome to Getthedaily.com. I'm Dana Ward here with all of the latest in Hollywood. Can the movie and celebrity mecca survive without the ever famous Hollywood sign?
Step 2: Stars to save Hollywood sign?
It seems that the land that has hosted the larger than life sign since 1923 is up for grabs. While the letters were initially put up to promote real estate in the area, those big white letters spelling out Hollywood have inarguably become a Social icon.
An investment group purchased 138 untouched acres of land from the estate of billionaire Howard Hughes just about five years ago for $1.5 million. And now the group is offering the land for 22 million bucks. Even with the public standing behind the Hollywood sign preservation, it may take some serious star power to keep these 45 foot letters from being torn down.
Step 3: Bond car totaled
And another symbolic icon exists no longer. It's James Bond's famous Aston Martin, that a driver acidentally plunged into a lake when on set in Northern Italy. The driver wasn't even racing for a scene, for the newest Quantum of Solis 007 film, but he was simply delivering the stud vehicle to the set during heavy rain over the weekend. The driver had minor injuries from the fall into Lake Garda, and Bond's car was smashed and totaled.
Step 4: J.K Rowling sue's fan:
Harry Potter founder JK Rowling sues her story's biggest superfan for getting too wizardly. Apparently, Steven van der Ark began working with a boutique publisher to get his online encyclopedia of Potter knowledge transferred to hard cover, and according to Rowling, it interferes directly with a project of her own already in the works. Van der Ark's internet catalog of spells, personalities and make believe is so intense and thorough that in the past Rowling gave the an award to the Harry Potter Llexicon and admitted to checking the site for references. Van der Ark became known as the HP expert, being interviewed for articles, speaking at conventions, as well as being a guest on NBC's Today Show and even appearing in a special feature documentary for one of the films in the series.
The trail, questioning if the internet site violates copyright law, started this week, and the Harry Potter side is not letting down. The judge said he could go either side of the ruling, but he actually suggested not only a quick settlement between the two parties, but possibly a collaberation.That's it for now, thanks for watching Get the daily, I'm Dana Ward.
