Posts with tag "orson welles"

Danes and Efron Bond Over Teen Success

Posted Nov 25th 2009 at 01:07 PM by Bryan Alexander

It's still not clear if the world will ever let Zac Efron move on from his 'High School Musical' days. While we ponder this question, Efron found some serious kindred spirits working on his latest movie 'Me & Orson Welles.' His co-star Claire Danes and director Richard Linklater are still breaking away from their teen-favorite cult hits as well. "We all were involved in these teen cult ...

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Relive the 'War of the Worlds' Scare

Posted Oct 29th 2009 at 02:39 PM by PopEater Staff

In 1938, Orson Welles scared the crap out of millions of people by reading 'War of the Worlds' on the radio as if it were an actual newscast, causing wide spread panic. Tomorrow, the H.G. Wells book will be read again on air -- to promote the Zac Efron movie 'Me and Orson Welles.' The broadcast begins at 8PM on Oct. 30 -- which is exactly 71 years and one minute after the first time the ...

Celebrity Hoaxes: All the News That Is Fit to Fake

Posted Oct 19th 2009 at 04:16 PM by PopEater Staff

Hoaxes prove that sometimes the best stories are the ones that are made up. And who would make a better fictional story than a celebrity? Because isn't that what celebrity is all about? Image making. Story telling. Dream inpiring. To celebrate the hoax that is the Balloon Boy, here are some celebrity hoaxes perpetrated against us, the trusting and loyal, make that gullible, public. "Paul is ...