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…
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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…
The Morning Feed: Jean-Luc Godard: “I am not an auteur, well, not now anyway.”
Tweet Jean-Luc Godard’s latest work, Film Socialisme, self-described as a “symphony in three movements,” that unfolds on a Mediterranean cruise ship and a gas station in rural Switzerland, continued its slow and steady, worldwide expansion since playing film festivals last…
The Morning Feed: Superhero blockbuster ‘Captain America’ Changes Its Name Overseas
Tweet Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios made two titles available to foreign buyers of their upcoming superhero blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger in order to sidestep any possible dips in box office in faraway lands where the word “America”…
The Morning Feed: Cy Twombly Dies At Age 83
Tweet American abstract painter Cy Twombly, one of the influential painters of the New York School, died today at age 83 according to the art online forum Hyperallergic. Born in Lexington, Virginia in 1928, Twombly arrived in Manhattan in 1950…
The Morning Feed: Katie Couric to launch Daytime Talk Show at ABC
Tweet Katie Couric, after becoming the first woman to helm a U.S. network TV newscast, announced Monday that she was joining the Disney/ABC Television Group to launch a daytime talk show in September 2012 as well as join the ABC…
The Morning Feed: Judge Denies Tattoo Artist’s Request To Stop Release of ‘Hangover 2’
Tweet Tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill, who inked boxer and Hangover supporting actor Mike Tyson with a tribal tattoo around his eye in 2003, filed a lawsuit in federal court April 28 claiming Warner Bros. violated his copyright by giving…
The Morning Feed: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’ Wins Cannes Palme d’Or
Tweet The 64th Cannes Film Festival came to a close yesterday and according to The Guardian Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, a drama about a 1950s Texas family, starring Brad Pitt as a somewhat stern father and Sean Penn…
The Morning Feed: Lars von Trier Says He’s Proud of Cannes Ban
Tweet The biggest news out of the 64th Cannes Film Festival continued to be Danish director Lars von Trier. Not Von Trier’s competition film Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst as a bride preparing for her wedding while a planet hurtles towards…