Archive for 'Now U Know'
Who and Who Want To Play Liz Taylor?
Posted on18. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Check out this celebrity buzz: Lindsay Lohan is competing with Megan Fox to play Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie for “Lifetime” about the star’s life called “Liz and Dick,” reports Deadline. Because of Lindsay’s Sapphic ways, this could mark the first time that Lindsay was associated with “Dick.” This also marks the greatest case [...]
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Movie Awards: 2011 Year of the ‘Artist’
Posted on16. Jan, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
Last night’s Golden Globes winners confirmed that frustrated movie lovers should not stop advocating for quality filmmaking and serious, entertaining stories for grown-ups. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out chunks of hardware to “The Descendants,” a story of a distant father fighting to reconnect with his children and keep the family going after a [...]
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Will “Man on a Ledge’s” plot effect its box office ledger?
Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Here’s a potential forehead slapper: The non-money-making film “The Ledge“ which co-starred Liv Tyler (no, it’s not about her Dad falling off of the ledge like he falls off of the wagon) was released in 2011 and even streamed live by Sundance. One year later, it’s being released with a different cast (but very similar plot) [...]
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Power Lunch: Spike Jonze auctions himself
Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by Henry-K.
Not Ryan Gosling, but director Spike Jonze (“Where The Wild Things Are”) is putting himself up for an auction, treating the winner to a lunch date. Now before you say “who?” let us up the profile of your potential date by pointing out: he is a critically acclaimed, Oscar nominated filmmaker who is not just [...]
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That Dark Horse Named Elizabeth Olsen Is A Winner
Posted on08. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
FINALLY, It is a pleasure to report that a sister of a famous celebrity family (see “Olsens”) is making news for her drive and/or talent; not who she dates and/or marries (see “Kardashians”). Because Elizabeth Olsen received raves for her starring role in “Silent House” (let’s not forget her in “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene” either), [...]
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Round and Round the Marriage Go-Round with Sinead O’Connor (an update, if you care)
Posted on06. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Proving that absence of common sense makes the heart grow fonder, Sinead O’Connor decided to try to make her three-week marriage to Barry Herridge work…again? Ms. O’Connor tweeted (or more appropriately, “twitted”) that the two were going to give the relationship a try again. No word if one of her three ex-husbands tweeted: “Unlike James [...]
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AKIRA’s ride stopped by WB
Posted on05. Jan, 2012 by Henry-K.
Warner Bros. has shut down the production of “Akira,” (reported by Hollywood Reporter). The studio says no “V’rroom” just yet, ordering the producers and director Jaume Collet-Serra off their bikes, so to speak, sending them off to work out issues with the script. Production insiders report that WB still wants to make this live-action flick, [...]
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The Girl Without Box Office Clout
Posted on04. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Leave it to Hollywood to take a strong novel and wind up with a weak box office. Since its Dec. 20 release, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” has grossed a total of $72 million; which is well short of the movie’s $90 million production budget. Unfortunately, Rooney Mara, the film’s star, hasn’t been a [...]
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Deep Throat: The Hardest Parts To Swallow
Posted on04. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
NEWS FLASH: Adam Brody will play Linda Lovelace’s “Deep Throat” co-star Harry Reems in the upcoming biopic “Lovelace.” Mr. Brody playing Mr. Reems not only goes disproves the saying “there aren’t any small roles, there are only small actors,” but the casting news gets worst: ingenue Amanda Seyfried is in talks to play Linda Lovelace. History and photographs show [...]
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