Malaysian airliner film trades one offensive plotline for another

FILM DIRECTOR Rupesh Paul, who sparked anger earlier this year with plans for "The Vanishing Act," a love triangle-themed movie about the Malaysia Airlines plane disappearance, says he's changing the plot to a thriller so he won't offend the families of the missing.

Yeah, that should do it. Can't imagine why a grieving relative wouldn't appreciate that thoughtful gesture.

"We respect the sentiments of all those who experienced loss due to the tragedy, and the intention was never to benefit out of it," the Indian director said. "I am a filmmaker, and I would like to loosely base the film on one of the most baffling mysteries which has remained unanswered."

The movie was to be out by fall, but assistant director Sritama Dutta said the change in the plotline led to a delay. That, and the film hasn't been cast yet.

The filmmakers hope to show the movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

We wouldn't be surprised, however, if it's a vanishing act.

Attorneys say that Joan Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, is "outraged" by findings that errors were made at a Manhattan clinic where Joan suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure.

A statement on behalf of Melissa, a Penn alum, says she'll work to ensure the safety of future patients.

The Department of Health and Human Services has given Yorkville Endoscopy until Jan. 7 to correct deficiencies or risk losing Medicare accreditation.

A state report released Monday said that the clinic "failed to identify deteriorating vital signs and provide timely intervention."

Rivers, who was 81, died Sept. 4 of brain damage due to lack of oxygen. She'd stopped breathing during an endoscopy days earlier.

The clinic said that it has submitted a plan to state and federal agencies addressing all issues raised. It said that the physicians involved no longer provide services there.

"The doctors who killed Joan Rivers no longer work here" doesn't strike us as much of an advertising slogan.

Newlyweds Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy will open up their relationship to TV cameras.

Thank goodness we bought a plasma television.

They will star in "Donnie Loves Jenny," a 10-episode docuseries for A&E, to premiere next year.

Donnie and Jenny will co-executive produce the series under their new production company, D&J Productions. And what an original idea their first production is.

Jenny, 42, is a best-selling author, TV personality and radio host of "Dirty, Sexy, Funny with Jenny McCarthy" on SiriusXM.

Donnie, 45, is an actor on the CBS police drama "Blue Bloods," is one of the New Kids on the Block and also appears in the A&E reality show "Wahlburgers," so obviously he needs more work and another paycheck.

* Nicki Minaj is apologizing for a video that some feel uses Nazi imagery.

Nicki tweeted yesterday that she didn't create the concept for the video for her song "Only." She wrote: "[I] take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I'd never condone Nazism in my art."

The animated video, which debuted Friday, features a swarm of soldiers with red armbands featuring a logo that has been compared to a swastika. The logo also appears on Nicki's chest in the clip.

The logo features the acronym "YM," which stands for Young Money (and not Young Master Race), the rap group featuring Minaj, Lil Wayne and Drake, who are featured on the song, along with Chris Brown.

Nicki also tweeted that the video's producer and the "person in charge" of overseeing the video are both Jewish.

Nicki also faced criticism earlier this year on a song's artwork, when she used a photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposed it with a racial slur.

* Jennifer Lawrence will never see Nicki's tweeted apology because she's not on Twitter and has no plans to join.

"I cannot really keep up with emails, so the idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me," Jennifer said on the BBC's "Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw," explaining for the first time why she hasn't been answering Tattle's emails.

"I don't really understand what it is; it's like this weird enigma that people talk about. It's fine, I respect that, but no, I'll never get Twitter."

Once you start reading @DNTattle, Jen, we think you'll change your mind.

"If you ever see a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that says it's me, it most certainly is not me," she added.

Lawrence told Grimshaw she felt this way because the Internet had scorned her and she felt like she was back in high school.

That's why people get on Facebook, Jennifer. To get back at the people who scorned them in high school.

- Daily News wire services

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