Director Patty Jenkins Exits Marvel’s ‘Thor 2′
13 hours ago | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Director Patty Jenkins is leaving Thor 2. Best known for directingCharlize Theron to an Oscar in Monster and the pilot of AMC’s The Killing, Jenkins had been set to helm the film in late September. I’m told that Marvel Studios is already talking to agencies as it canvasses for a new director, something that is expected to happen quickly. Her exit had to do with creative differences, but the feeling is that she’ll probably end up working on one of these superhero films, but perhaps not on a sequel. Marvel will have to move fast because it has to meet a November 15, 2013 release date for the sequel, which brings back Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding superhero, and Thor co-writer Don Payne is writing the script. The Kenneth Branagh-directed original grossed $448 million worldwide and launched the star of Hemsworth, who reprised Thor in The Avengers »
- MIKE FLEMING
Alec Baldwin Kicked Off a Plane for What?!
15 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Alec Baldwin may have just inadvertently inspired an upcoming episode of 30 Rock. Twitter exploded this afternoon with tweets and retweets of claims that the actor was kicked off a flight from Lax to JFK just before the plane was about to take off at about 1 p.m... "On an AA flight at Lax. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate," former MTV executive Michael J. Wolf tweeted. "Terrible that everyone had to wait." Another passenger tweeted, "#Alec Baldwin is getting kicked off of AA flight as I tweet this!" But why? Baldwin tweeted, "Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing Words W Friends while we sat at the gate, not »
Sponsored Links (What's This?)
Martin Scorsese to Receive Critics Choice Music+Film Award
21 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Cue the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," or maybe the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter."Martin Scorsese, whose iconic use of those songs (in "Mean Streets" and in a couple of different films, respectively) has made him one of the most rock 'n' roll savvy of all directors, has been named recipient of the second Music+Film Award by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The award will be presented to Scorsese at the Critics Choice Movie Awards on Thursday, January 12 at the Hollywood Palladium. The award, according to the Bfca press release, "honors a single »
- Steve Pond
Law & Disorder: Terrence Howard's Wife Secures Restraining Order Against Him
11 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Where's the dramatic chung-chung sound when you need one? Terrence Howard's estranged wife, Michelle Ghent, secured a temporary restraining order against the former Law & Order: Los Angeles star this morning, claiming he consistently abused her throughout their short marriage and threatened to kill her. In turn, Howard counterfiled paperwork denying her allegations and accusing Ghent of threatening to go public with "private materials" unless he paid her money. Ghent filed for divorce in February, seven days after their first wedding anniversary. It was the third marriage for Howard, who married the mother of his three children twice. Howard is not allowed to contact or go »
David E. Kelley, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Team for TNT Medical Drama
12 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
TNT is trying its hand at another medical drama. Mere months after pulling the plug on HawthoRNe, the Turner network has ordered a pilot for Chelsea General, a new medical series from producer David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope) and practicing neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, M.D. Kelley penned the pilot, which is based on Gupta’s upcoming novel Monday Mornings. The book follows the lives of five surgeons as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings. It uses as its backdrop their hospital’s weekly morbidity and mortality conference, when doctors gather
read more
»
- Lacey Rose
Dexter Costars Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter Officially Divorced
16 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
It's been almost a year since we heard that Jennifer Carpenter was calling her marriage with Michael C. Hall kaput, and now the dunzo duo are legally single. According to papers obtained by E! News, the Dexter costars' divorce dissolution was officially granted on Dec. 2. The couple married Dec. 31, 2008, and officially separated in August 2010.. Four months later, Carpenter filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. And no, we already established that Julia Stiles had nothing to do with the split. Well, at least, that's what she told us. The couple have since reached a confidential stipulated agreement regarding spousal support, division of community property, attorney »
James Newton Howard replacing Danny Elfman as composer for 'Hunger Games'
18 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Insert joke about musical chairs here: Next year’s hotly anticipated Hunger Games movie has officially swapped composers, with original hire Danny Elfman(Batman, Spider-Man, The Simpsons, a million other things) stepping aside andJames Newton Howard (King Kong, Michael Clayton, Unbreakable, a million other things) taking over. EW has confirmed that Elfman left the project due to a scheduling conflict: He’s currently slated to work on next year’s Dark Shadowsand the Hollywood-consuming amoeba known as Men in Black III. Howard will collaborate on the soundtrack with mega-producer T Bone Burnett, who has been shamelessly teasing the »
- Darren Franich
Giuliana Rancic: Back to Work After Mastectomy Announcement
17 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Talk about putting on a brave face. The evening after she announced on the Today show that she'll undergo a double mastectomy to treat her breast cancer, E! host Giuliana Rancic went back to work, covering the celebrity arrivals at the N.Y.C. premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey. Among the famous faces:Angelina Jolie, whom Rancic interviewed about the film (it's Jolie's directorial and screenwriter debut). It's obviously work as normal for Rancic, who told Ryan Seacrest on his Kiis FM 102.7 show Tuesday that, "I'll be on E! News Monday and then I'll be out »
- Rennie Dyball
J.C. Penney Takes 16.6% Stake in Martha Stewart Living in Strategic Alliance
24 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
New York - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on Wednesday unveiled a strategic alliance with J. C. Penney that will see the retailer take a 16.6 percent stake in the media company for $38.5 million, or $3.50 per share. Mslo is expected to receive in excess of $200 million from J. C. Penney over the initial 10-year contract period of the commercial arrangement that is part of the deal. The retailer will have representation on Mslo's board. The partners said they would work together to "create a unique and comprehensive retail experience featuring Martha Stewartproducts, know-how
read more
»
- Georg Szalai
James Cameron Returns to Titanic for TV Special (Exclusive)
38 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
James Cameron’s obsession with the Titanic is showing no signs of sinking. The director of the $2 billion-grossing epic has made more than 30 dives to the legendary wreck off the coast of Newfoundland. Now he’s teaming with National Geographic Channel on Titanic: Final Word with James Cameron, set to air in April timed to the 100th anniversary of the luxury liner’s demise. Photos: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark Bob Ballard’s Save the Titanic, a new film that looks at the human and natural threats to the wreckage, will share the spotlight
read more
»
- Marisa Guthrie
Giuliana Rancic: 'My Breasts Have Never Defined Me'
38 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Giuliana Rancic knows she'll have scars from her upcoming double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. And she plans to embrace them. "I think scars tell such an incredible story," the E! News anchor, 37, tells People in this week's cover story. "I'll always look at them and think, 'Wow, I made it through that.' " Still, she admits that there are moments as she lays in bed next to her husband Bill, 40, when impact of her shocking cancer diagnosis hits her. "Usually it's 2 in the morning, and I'll turn around from Bill so I don't wake him up, and I just cry, »
- Michelle Tauber
First poster for Will Ferrell's Spanish comedy
1 hour ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
The news that Will Ferrell would be starring in a Spanish-language film caught us all off guard, so it should come as no surprise to learn that the first official poster for Casa De Mi Padre is a thoroughly enigmatic affair. The striking new one-sheet gives us a fresh look at Ferrell as Armando Alvarez, a Mexican rancher who finds himself embroiled in a dispute with the country’s most feared drug lord. Ferrell will be backed up by homegrown Mexican talent including Y Tu Mama Tambien double-act Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, as well...
. »
- George Wales
Scorsese opens up about Silence
2 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
[brightcove]1279464717001[/brightcove] It was rumoured back in 2008 thatMartin Scorsese was intending to adapt Shusako Endo’s novel Silence, the tale of Jesuit missionaries in 17th century Japan. Those whisperings appear to have finally been confirmed now that the director has stated that it is to be his next film. The Raging Bull man, who has once again shown his extraordinary diversity with critically-lauded Hugo, was rumoured to be taking on Jo Nesbo’s thriller The Snowman (definitely not to be confused with the evergreen...
. »
- Charlie Whately-Smith
Benicio Del Toro turns down Star Trek 2
2 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Benicio Del Toro has reportedly turned down the opportunity to star in J.J. Abrams Star Trek 2, after failing to agree terms with Paramount. But although it might be back to the drawing board in terms of casting the villain, we do now know who that villain is going to be. Vulture reports from an inside source that the part Del Toro turned down was that of Khan Noonien Singh, the villain initially played by Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. A genetically engineered human tyrant, Khan cropped up in the TV episode Space Seed...
. »
- George Wales
Lady Gaga Packs on the Pda with Taylor Kinney in L.A.
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Guess she's not so single! Lady Gaga and buzzed-about beau Taylor Kinneywere spotted sharing some backstage Pda at the Kiis-fm Jingle Ball at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre. The two kept their hands to themselves in public, but they were spotted embracing in the privacy of the hallway backstage. While some of the actor's Vampire Diaries costars were at the show, and even walked the red carpet, he stuck by Gaga for her headlining performance, and onlookers later spotted the two holding hands and acting like a couple. Next: Sacha Baron Cohen & Isla Fisher Chat Up Johnny Depp's »
Steven Spielberg insists 'War Horse' is not one of his 'war' movies
3 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
New York - Horses aren't anything new to legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg. No, it's not because of helming the installments of "Indiana Jones" that foundHarrison Ford jumping on a horse to save the day or escape chasing Nazis. Instead, it turns out Spielberg's youngest daughter Destry is actually a competitive jumper and their family stable has 8 horses ready to ride. It also means he didn't have to walk far to begin researching his latest film, "War Horse." "When I realized i was going to commit to direct 'War Horse' I actually went out there and just was photographing them »
Breaking: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame picks Guns N' Roses, Rhcp and Beastie Boys
4 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Welcome to the Rock Hall, baby: the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will will induct Guns N’ Roses as one of its six honorees for the class of 2012. Joining them will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers,Beastie Boys, ‘60s folksinger Donovan, singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, and the Small Faces. An artist is eligible 25 years after his or her first album or single comes out. Guns N’ Roses’ selection will immediately get tongues wagging on whether Slash and the other original members, including Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler, will reunite on stage with co-founder Axl Rose, who »
Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers Among 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
4 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Ian MacLagan of the Small Faces and Faces put it best: "There's going to be some rock 'n' roll up on that stage" at the 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions, taking place April 14 in Cleveland. MacLagan's bands will be joined in a Rock Hall class of 2012 by Guns N' Roses, theRed Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys, along with the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro and the British troubadour Donovan. The late bluesman Freddie King will be inducted as an Early Influence, while writer and producer Don Kirshner will receive posthumously the
read more
»
- Gary Graff
Red Red Mao-pets! Beware Kermit, Piggy and their hidden agenda
6 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The interwebz has been roaring in the wake of Eric Bolling’s “Follow the Money” segment that accused the creators of “The Muppets,” Roland Emmerich and Hollywood at large of brainwashing the minds of the kids of America. According to the program, the film is doing its part to spread the red (subliminal Marxist programming) by luring the wee ones in with the endearing felt-made friends, and the charm of Jason Segel, only to unleash the grander liberal agenda when they are distracted by unmitigated delight. The Fox Business Network and Media Matters show explained that the selection of a “successful business »
- Roth Cornet
HitFix Interview: Andy & Tommy talk 'The Amazing Race'
6 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Next Sunday night, the 19th installment of "The Amazing Race" will be won by either Ernie &Cindy, Jeremy & Sandy or Marcus & Amani. Chances are good, though, that when fans of the show look back on the season, most of the memories will center on snowboarders Andy Finchand Tommy Czeschin. Andy & Tommy won six of the season's first 10 Legs and in the 11th, they held what turned out to be too prohibitive of a lead when they approached the final clue before the Pit Stop. A misinterpretation of the message conveyed by a group »
- Daniel Fienberg
No comments:
Post a Comment