Tweet Late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson received an unexpected scare and some unique monologue material when two of his Late Late Show staffers came in contact Tuesday with a mysterious white powder after opening an envelope at his CBS…
Month: August 2011
Box Office Guru: ‘One Day’ Stumbles in its Debut; just like ‘Conan’
Tweet Long after the reporting of the weekend’s top-earning movies became an evening news fixture; past the rising popularity of showbiz websites dedicated solely to box office reporting, I wrote indieWire’s weekly box office column for a couple of years…
The Morning Feed: Sean Penn Slams ‘The Tree of Life’
Tweet Filmmaker Terrence Malick won the prestigious Palme d’Or award for The Tree of Life, a drama about a 1950s Texas family, starring Brad Pitt as a somewhat stern father and Sean Penn in a present-day storyline as the grown…
Get Me Ron Perlman! Christian Bale Reunites with Terrence Malick on New Drama
Tweet The summer 2011 movie season is winding down and this week’s “Get Me Ron Perlman” column, the only casting news column named after character actor par excellence Ron Perlman, starts off with news of a Bridesmaids cast member joining…
The Morning Feed: ‘Paradise Lost’ Filmmakers witness the release of the West Memphis 3
Tweet Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were in a Jonesboro, Ark. court yesterday to witness the release of prison inmates Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelly after 18 years in prison. Known as the West Memphis 3 and…
The Morning Feed: ‘Blade Runner’ Déjà vu — Ridley Scott to revisit his 1982 sci-fi classic
Tweet Ridley Scott continued work on his highly secretive Alien prequel Prometheus, starring Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba among others. The veteran director also agreed to return to another one of his classic sci-fi franchises, his 1982 film…
The Morning Feed: Real-life Maid Loses Case against ‘Help’ Author Kathryn Stockett
Tweet Ablene Cooper, a maid in Jackson, Miss., claimed the character of the wise maid Aibileen (Viola Davis) in Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel The Help was based on her and sought $75,000 in damages over the unpermitted appropriation. Mississippi Judge…
The Morning Feed: Lady Gaga to Decorate Barneys New York Christmas Windows
Tweet After becoming a cover girl for fashion magazines Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar earlier this year, performer Lady Gaga cements her trendsetter status with a deal to decorate the Madison Ave. Christmas windows at Barneys New York. In addition to…
Get Me Ron Perlman! Mike Myers Back for ‘Austin Powers 4’
Tweet The dog days of August are upon us, as well as the closing weeks of the summer movie season, but there are still plenty of Hollywood casting news both silly and serious to fill this week’s “Get Me Ron…
‘The Help’ Review: Bryce Dallas Howard makes a villainess to remember in Civil Rights-era melodrama
Tweet The Help Walt Disney Studios Rated PG-13 Running Time: Minutes Grade: C+ Movie baddies are seldom as delicate and pretty as Bryce Dallas Howard’s Southern belle Hilly Holbrook. Howard (yes, Ron Howard’s daughter) is equally funny and revolting as…