All about Marlene

  • 2004-06-03
Gwyneth Paltrow will star in and produce a new biopic about Marlene Dietrich, according to Variety magazine. The DreamWorks production is apparently being made with the full support of the Dietrich estate.

The German legend, who was born in 1902, started out as a cabaret singer in Germany but went one to become one of the most iconic female leads in Hollywood history, starring in classics such as "Blonde Venus" and "A Touch of Evil." Paltrow, who recently gave birth to a daughter called Apple, is in need of some box office success, as her last three films all bombed.

Jim Caviezel has admitted turning down a series of commercial endorsements worth some $75 million following his latex-laden turn as Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ." One of the products was a new clothesline called Heavenly. Caviezel, who is a devout Catholic, said that he was tempted by the offer but managed to resist. "I would never have been able to forgive myself," he said.