BLOGS OF THE DAY: Spike reaches Kickstarter goal of $1.25million
US film director Spike Lee struggled to make his target through Kickstarter but finally succeeded
Spike Lee has funded his next film thanks to donations on Kickstarter, but it ended up being a close call.
With five days to spare, the project called The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint reached its $1.25 million goal.
Lee, who has made 21 feature films over the last three decades, acknowledged that finding funding on the website was far from a sure thing, despite the fact that he's built up a rather legendary body of work.
In a video posted to YouTube, Lee gets emotional when describing the process.
"I don't want to focus on the negative, but a lot of people did not bet on the mule," Lee said of his film production company, which is called 40 Acres and a Mule.
On his Kickstarter page, Lee says "THANK YOU, JESUS!" the website is changing the way films get financed.
"Welcome to the world of crowd funding. Whether you like it or not it is not going away. The future is here."
The director said earlier that the crowd funding successes of Zach Braff and the creators of Veronica Mars inspired him to give it a shot. - theverge.com
Fergie changes surname
The 38-year-old who was born Stacy Ann Ferguson, decided to put her stage name and married name together.
The 'Big Girls Don't Cry' singer will be now officially known as Fergie Duhamel.
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No doubt her decision to change her name was inspired by the impending birth of her first child with her Transformers actor husband, Josh Duhamel.
Fergie and Josh tied the knot in a Catholic ceremony in 2010. And like most celebrities, the singer announced she was pregnant via Twitter back in February 2013. - entertainmentwise.com
Dog over suitor
Amanda Seyfried would rather have her dog than a "suitor". The Lovelace actress is happily single and gets all the company she needs from her pet pooch, Finn.
In an interview with The Times newspaper, she said: "I'm single. I'm just happy being alone and having a dog. Instead of a (expletive) suitor."
Amanda, 27, is a huge fan of taxidermy and while she has an assortment of stuffed animals at home, wouldn't like to see Finn mounted after he dies.
She added: ''If it's done well, taxidermy is a beautiful thing. I love animals. - azcentral.com
