Cuthbert Splits from Hockey Beau
Former 24 star Elisha Cuthbert has split from her ice hockey player boyfriend Sean Avery, according to media reports. The couple started dating in 2005 after the blonde actress ended her engagement to Trace Ayala - best friend and business partner of Justin Timberlake.
Friends of the couple tell the U.S. edition of OK! magazine that Cuthbert ended the relationship several weeks ago. A pal says, "She's a serial monogamist, jumping from one relationship to another."
--------------------------------Cuthbert Wants Bigger Role in '24' Movie
Actress Elisha Cuthbert is backing plans for a film version of the hit TV show 24, but only if her character plays a bigger part. The Captivity star currently plays Kim Bauer, daughter of Kiefer Sutherland's agent Jack Bauer of the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles, and is keen to reprise the role on the big screen. However, she's convinced the movie would be much better if producers let her share some of the action with her busy on-screen dad.
She says, "There's definitely room for (a movie). But it depends on whether or not Kiefer can take it anymore! The poor guy's been hacking away at Jack Bauer for years. If he's into it, it'll be great, because everything he does is awesome. People love to watch my character Kim, but she's also a bit of a spanner in the works and I wouldn't want her to be that. Three years ago I wanted her to be Jack's partner and kick a**, but to the producers it was like, 'We've got to be realistic about this.' But if the movie comes round and it works to have her there, then I'd love to play her again."
---------------------------------Disturbing new posters advertising horror movie Captivity are to be taken down from billboards in Los Angeles and New York following a string of complaints. Production house After Dark Films and officials at the Motion Picture Association of America were flooded with complaints when the posters went up last week. People felt the images of the abduction, torture and death of a young woman, portrayed by 24 stars Elisha Cuthbert, were too graphic and insisted they be ripped down. The producers insist the billboards went up by mistake, and have agreed to pay for the removal of the ads in both cities.
After Dark CEO Courtney Solomon tells trade paper The Hollywood Reporter the wrong files were sent to the printer, who then passed them on to the billboard company without approval from any executives. The producers were attending the ShoWest industry convention in Las Vegas last week and had no idea the wrong billboards were posted until they started receiving a flood of e-mails and phone calls from angry parents and offended women. Solomon says, "I wasn't going to go with this campaign. I thought it was OTT (over the top). Nothing like this can ever happen again. This was not a malicious act, not a PR stunt. We're truly sorry for anyone we offended." The Roland Joffe film will open in the US in May.