American actress Winona Ryder was taken to hospital after becoming ill on a flight to London.

A spokesman for Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge, west London, said the 37-year-old was treated by medics directly off the plane at Heathrow Airport.

A spokesman for British Airways said: “The captain of BA282, which was travelling from LA to Heathrow, requested a priority landing as a female passenger required medical attention.

“The passenger was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The plane touched down shortly before noon UK time.

BA also said their crew looked after her as much as they could whilst on board, and passenger service staff accompanied her to hospital.

Source: Press Association

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Actress Winona Ryder was taken to hospital on Wednesday after falling ill on a flight from Los Angeles to London, but her spokeswoman called it a “precautionary measure” and she was quickly discharged.

The 37-year-old star was taken to Hillingdon Hospital in west London, according to British media.

“She did fall ill on a flight and as a precautionary measure, was taken to a hospital,” said a spokeswoman for Ryder. “She was there maybe an hour and was released. The bottom line is she is in good health.”

Source: Reuters

Winona will be tomorrow in Spain, to receive a prize offer by Marie Claire, called “Icono Fashion”. The event will take place in French embassy.

Tomorrow we have dinner with Winona Ryder. She’s the godmother of the “Prix Marie Claire”. Plus she had recently receive the “PRIX MARIE CLAIRE ICONO FASHION”.

Have passed more than 18 years of “Edward Scissorhands”, but designers are still thinking of her constantly. That’s why in the last New York Fashion Week, she was one of the celebrities invited of the front row of DKNY. Her 164 cms tall are so glamorous.

She left behind “The Age of Innocence”. She’s 37 years old, a non innocence 37 years at all: “Bad Girl” from Hollywood, she comes back with two films waiting for a soon release, and still being a “FASHION ICON”.

Gothic Teenager from Tim Burton’s hands. Eternal Girlfriend of Jerry Lee Lewis in “Great Balls of fire”. Desired for Coppola’s Dracula, she can role a “Little ‘Woman’”, and also a Robot in “Alien 4″.

With a Star in the Hollywood Hall of Fame, with more than 3.000.000 entries on google, with sues for stealing and drugs consume, or appearing nude to get funds against skin cancer, we only can exclaim the same as Johnny Depp’s tatoo in his arm said during years: “Winona Forever”.

See here the announcement (in spanish) about the prize, with a video.

Thank you SO much newland for the heads up in Winona Ryder Film Page.
Let’s just wait for hundred of pictures tomorrow, crossing fingers!

As it stands, Ain’t It Cool News received early word on the upcoming trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, which is apparently playing on some loop over at the Paramount lot. The trailer, along with a new trailer for Watchmen, is expected to be in front of Quantum of Solace this weekend and one of the folks that saw it this weekend gave AICN some info based on what they saw.

Here you can read the whole description, but mainly about the Winona’s part, we can see a woman holding a baby Vulcan, saying: “”You will always be a part of two worlds.”

The trailer ins’t available yet, so we don’t have any images about Winona as Amanda. Unfortunally, we will need to wait.

Hollywood actor CHRISTIAN SLATER is desperate to return to the big screen alongside WINONA RYDER in a sequel to their hit film HEATHERS, calling the potential project a “dream come true”.
Slater starred alongside Ryder and Shannen Doherty in the popular 1989 comedy about four girls who form a clique at a suburban high school.
And he admits he and Ryder have been itching to pair up again for a follow-up to the movie.
Slater tells AOL Television, “Yeah, sometimes I see Winona (Ryder) and she’s like, ‘Are you ready to do Heathers 2?’ And I’m like, ‘Sure!’ I would do it in a heartbeat. I would totally love to do that character again – J.D… That would be like a dream come true for me. So we’ll see. If they want to put something together, I’d be thrilled.”

Source: ContactMusic

Warner Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) on 16th September 2008 priced at $34.99 SRP. The colourful, wildly imaginative family adventure from Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Winona Ryder debuts on Blu-ray, newly remastered and packaged in a lenticular o-sleeve. Extras are somewhat limited however with only three Beetlejuice cartoons from the TV series which was produced by Burton and David Geffen.

Beetlejuice Cartoon Episodes:

• A-Ha
• Skeletons In The Closet
• Spooky Boo-tique

The Blu-ray will also include a soundtrack sampler CD.

OMG, can’t wait!!!

Films featuring Winona Ryder, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston and Paul Giamatti will be among those competing for top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.

The lineup announced Tuesday for Sundance, the main U.S. showcase for independent film, also included documentaries on writer Hunter S. Thompson, musician Patti Smith and filmmakers Roman Polanski and Derek Jarman.

Taking place Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah, Sundance has chosen 16 films in its dramatic competition for American fictional films, including director Geoff Haley’s “The Last Word,” starring Ryder, Wes Bentley and Ray Romano in a romance about a reclusive writer who crafts suicide notes for other people.

Last week TrekMovie.com revealed that Spock’s parents will be appearing in the new Star Trek movie. And now Variety is reporting that Winona Ryder has landed the part of Spock’s human mother Amanda Grayson, a role originally played by the late Jane Wyatt. The Oscar-nominated veteran of dozens of films may be the best known member of the Star Trek cast so far. At 36, Ryder is only six years older than Zachary Quinto who plays Spock. It is possible that Ryder (and perhaps the actor playing Spock’s father Sarek) will be seen in some sort of flashback to Spock’s childhood or adolescence.

Wyatt and Ryder…the original and new Amanda Graysons

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Actress to play Spock’s mother in Abrams film

“Star Trek” is beaming up Winona Ryder.

Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto).

Scripted by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film revolves around the Starfleet Academy days of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Chris Pine has been set to play Capt. Kirk, Simon Pegg will play Scotty, Karl Urban is Dr. McCoy and Eric Bana will play the villain, Nero.

Ryder recently wrapped “The Informers,” a Gregor Jordan-directed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, and the Geoffrey Haley-directed “The Last Word.”

She is in pre-production on the Rebecca Miller-directed “Private Lives of Pippa Lee.”

EW.com – Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, and Winona Ryder will star in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Elevation Filmworks and Plan B Entertainment’s movie adaptation of Rebecca Miller’s novel. Wright Penn will play the title character in the film, which goes through Pippa’s past and present as a methamphetamine-addicted mother whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. The newly single character experiences a number of erotic adventures while heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. Miller is also directing. She previously directed The Ballad of Jack and Rose, also produced by Elevation. Shooting on Pippa is scheduled to start in April. Wright Penn recently signed on to join Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Jason Batemen in Universal’s movie adaptation of the British miniseries State of Play. She will next be seen in Beowulf and the Barry Levinson-directed comedy What Just Happened?.

Directed by Kirsten Dunst – Starring John Hawkes, Lexi Jourden, Winona Ryder

Synopsis: When Bill, Cynthia and their daughter Alice move into a new house, they are confronted with an unexpected occupant. However, as they decide what to do, the Johnson’s learn that sometimes, living peacefully means learning how to get along with anyone – or anything…

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