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Wild About Movies Blog Your Hollywood Gossip Page - 2007 By Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson September 22, 2007
TODAY ONLY September 20, 2007 Brett Somers, "Match Game" Star - Dead at 83 September 18, 2007 If bad things happen in threes, perhaps Richard Dawson should watch out. Earlier this year, one of TVs first openly gay comdians, Charles Nelson Reilly, of "Match Game," passed away. (His film - "The Life Of Reilly" - hits theaters later this year.) September 17, 2007 Meanwhile,
ThinkFilm won the war for "Battle in Seattle", acquiring all U.S. rights for about $2 million. "Battle in Seattle" had its world premiere Saturday night at the Toronto Film Festival and marks Stuart Townsend's directorial debut. The film is set amid the protests and riots that surrounded the World Trade Organization's 1999 meeting in Seattle. September 16, 2007 During its 32 years only two (2) Toronto Film Festival Best Picture winners have gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar; 1999's "American Beauty" and 1981's "Chariots Of Fire." It's way to early to tell whether or not "Eastern Promises" will even get a Best Picture Oscar nomination, let alone win the coveted award. But, if my gut is correct, "Eastern Promises" doesn't have a chance at even a Best Picture Oscar nomination. CLICK HERE for CURRENT "2007 MOVIE BOX OFFICE" "Stardust" - Most Poorly Marketed & Under-rated Movie of 2007 September 14, 2007 "Stardust." Have you seen it? Never mind. You probably have not even heard of one of this year's best movies. WAM absolutely loved it and there's plenty of buzz on the web complaining about why it didn't do well when it was released in theaters, by Paramount, over one month ago. Why is "Stardust" the most under-rated, most misunderstood and most under-marketed major studio movie for 2007? Perhaps the new incompetents, Michael Vollman, and Christine Batista, who hijacked Paramount publicity, when they moved over in the now second guessed Dreamworks - Paramount merger, couldn't quite figure out what sort of movie it was or what genre "Stardust" should have been pigeon-holed into. "Stardust" won't even end up with $40 million in the United States, for a theatrical gross. But, released just a week ago in Russia, the film has earned more than $7 million - and in foreign markets, overall, over $18 million. Guess the Paramount foreign publicists are really worth their rubles.
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"Redacted," Brian DePalma's' latest, won the Best Director award last week at The Venice Film Festival. And it is one of the most popular movies of the week at WAM. Just go to Google.com and type in REDACTED TRAILER and see where the WAM page is ranked. What I find kind of funny is that Bill O'Reilly, (someone who I either love or hate, depending on what he is saying, since I am the bipolar type), who hasn't seen "Redacted," is getting so worked up about a movie that quite possible may become one of the most popular mockumentaries, if we can call "Redacted" that, ever made by an A-list director. I am the believer in there is no such thing as bad publicity. So, even though O'Reilly (whose dirty laundry has been aired in public, yet who suffered nothing for it), is calling for the imprisonment of Brian DePalma for making the movie "Redacted," he is doing more harm to his cause by even having mentioned the movie on his highly rated and much watched nightly news program on the FOX News Channel. We report. You Decide. Read up on "Redacted" and see what Bill O'Reilly says - about a movie he hasn't seen. And register to win passes to see it for free, before it comes out... (continue) Viggo Mortensen Nude - Full Frontal In Wrestling Scene - "Eastern Promises" September 10, 2007
We thought we would alert fans to the first famous men-fighting-in-the-nude scene in cinema, Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE in 1969, which caused a huge brouhaha when it came out, so to speak. But Viggo is fighting for his life. The two men in WOMEN IN LOVE are fighting, but not for their lives, and we want to know what's wrong with this picture... (continue) Oscar Winning Director Ang Lee's NC-17 Rated "Lust, Caution" Wins Best Picture At Venice Film Festival September 9, 2007
"Lust, Caution" is a World War Two thriller set in Shanghai featuring long and sometimes violent sex scenes which Lee has hinted were real. The film has been rated NC-17 by the MPAA and no one under 17 will be allowed to buy a ticket to the film. (Of course, with most theaters staffed with 17 year olds, and no theaters ripping tickets at each auditorium, rather just at the entrance, nothing will, at all, prevent any horny person under the age of 17 from walking into "Lust, Caution," after buying a ticket for, say, "The Simpsons Movie.") Most U.S. theater chains, including the largest, AMC Theaters, foolishly refuse to show NC-17 films - at the moment. Will the tide turn with this film, which many consider a front runner for Best Picture and Director Oscar nominations? Brian De Palma, whose "Redacted" shocked audiences in Venice with its brutal reconstruction of the real-life rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers, won the Silver Lion award for best director. For "Mr. Magorium" September 4, 2007
Toronto Film Festival VIPS Even In Hotels September 1, 2007 Owen Wilson Attempts Suicide Now At Cedars-Sinai In 90210 UPDATE
August 27, 2007 R-Rated Red Band Mel Gibson Praised In Court Over DUI Arrest By Presumably Christian Judge
Cinema Paradiso Director Mugged In Rome PRINT PASSES - FOR TONIGHT Print passes for screenings of "Sydney White," Amanda Bynes upcoming movie, including many tonight. Over 50 Free Screenings this and next week of Sydney White to which you can immediately print passes to. Enjoy. Your girls will love the film if they are between the ages of seven and thirteen. Also, watch the "Sydney White" trailer so you know what you and your girls are in for... (continue) to PRINT PASSES
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August 21, 2007 "High School Musical 2"also shattered the previous basic cable record for an entertainment program, surpassing the 12.5 million viewers who saw the 2001 premiere of the TNT Western Crossfire Trail. "For months we've been asking kids 'What time is it?' and it's exciting to finally get the answer ... it's time for record-breaking ratings," said Anne Sweeney, president of Disney Television Group. You'll all remember that Cruise, when confronted about being homosexual (which many allege he is) said it is "totally untrue." And that when Katie Holmes was allegedly with (his) child, (even though doctors have speculated that Cruise shoots duds), that they claimed pregnancy reports were "totally untrue," which may have been true, since it took so long for Baby Suri to materialize after she was allegedly born. Two months before the first photo? We think Baby Suri is adopted or an alien, if not kidnapped from some Asian country - she does look Asian, or at least a little retarded - or is 'touched' a more civil word in these ridiculously politically correct days when it comes to describing a child who looks a bit mongoloid? Nonetheless, don't put any faith in the "totally untrue" remark by Cruise when it comes to Baby Suri and Baby Gap. We're betting we see Baby Suri on TV in the first ever Baby Gap commericials in the next six months! Do stay tuned. Escape From New York August 16, 2007 Don Imus Merv Griffin August 12, 2007 Prostate cancer that spread to other organs in an "unexpected and immediate'' manner caused his death, said doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, according to a statement released by a spokeswoman for the Griffin Group/Merv Griffin Entertainment. Griffin was in the midst of his first week of production of a new game show, "Merv Griffin's Crosswords,'' when he was hospitalized a month ago. He lived on a mountaintop estate in La Quinta, California, near Palm Springs. "The Merv Griffin Show'' aired for 23 years and helped jump-start the careers of George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, Whitney Houston and Jerry Seinfeld. Griffin taped more than 5,500 shows and interviewed 25,000 guests, including four U.S. presidents, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon when he was still a Beatle. Never heard of Anton Yelchin? Well, then, you're either (A), not a nerd; (B), not into hot, sexy boys; (C) have never watched Law & Order and/or Without A Trace. Anton Yelchin thought he was going to have his big break - his first starring role in a major motion picture - this month, in "Charlie Bartlett." Well, as usual, MGM fucked up, as they have for the past umpteenth of their films and "Charlie Bartlett," even though four, yes, 4, "Charlie Bartlett" posters were created by MGM, with an August 2007 release date attached, "Charlie Barlett' is now scheduled for release TBD 2008. At this point, it seems Anton Yelchin doesn't give a rat's ass. Why, you ask? Because J.J. Abrams has just cast him in a coveted role in "Star Trek 11." What's Anton Yelchin's story, you wonder, silently or aloud? ... (continue) Ed Zwick's latest film "Defiance" has just nabbed Jamie Bell (not Jewish) for its cast. Daniel Craig (not Jewish) and Liev Schreiber (Jewish) are also starring in the drama. The film revolves around three Jewish brothers who escape Nazi occupied Poland to join a team of Russian resistance fighters. Their one goal is to save the lives of other Jews. The script of "Defiance," written by Ed Zwick, is based on a true story. Craig, Schrieber, and Bell will be playing the three brothers. The film is set to go into production before the end of the year. We're just sure, however, that neither Bell, nor Craig will be showing their penises in the film - because..., well, as you know, Jews are circumcised, and as we know from seeing Bell on stage in the West End production of "Equus," he is uncut. And we're assuming the same about 007, Craig. Talk about a Best Makeup Oscar winning movie, if the two non-circumcised, in fact, which we have heard, will be baring it all. According to a press release sent out today by Lionsgate, (the studio that has released many of this year's biggest and bloodiest bombs - "Skinwalkers", "The Condemned," "Hostel 2," "Captivity"), they, Lionsgate, and the American Red Cross announced a formal partnership for the Fourth Annual Saw "Give Til It Hurts" blood drive benefiting the Red Cross. The blood drive will coincide with the Halloween premiere of "Saw 4," which opens nationwide on October 26, 2007. The announcement was made jointly by Lionsgate Co-Presidents of Theatrical Marketing Tim Palen and Sarah Greenberg and Gregory S. Ballish, Senior Vice President, Biomedical Services, American Red Cross. We're sure that most of the blood donated from this campaign will have to be destroyed because - we think - most donors solicited from this campaign will be stoners, cokeheads and STD carriers, and their blood will be condemned! Jessica Simpson's Debut as Lead Actress - Relegated to DVD - Skipping Theaters Comic Con 2007 July 30, 2007
This year, Wild About Movies was provided with First Looks of numerous upcoming films, some not in theaters until 2009, including "Star Trek XI," "Watchmen," "Sweeney Todd," "Stardust," "Indiana Jones 4," "Doomsday," "The Dark Knight" and "Resident Evil 3," to name just a few movies. The most interesting fact - we think - is that Paramount Pictures (who - Thank God- probably will be severing their relationship with the dreadful Dreamworks clan - Sumner Redstone has gone on the record as being very unhappy with Brad Grey's 'coup' last year), released posters of "Star Trek 11," and "Indiana Jones 4," with just the titles "Star Trek" and "Indiana Jones," not indicating whatsoever that the movies are sequels. Check back every day this week, as WAM will be adding more posters and trailers from movies showcased at this year's Comic-Con convention in San Diego. (Click Here)
Drew Carey Movie Junkets EXPOSED 20th Century Fox Today is day 10 of the Chicago Film Critics Assn. boycott on all Fox and Fox Searchlight films. The stand taken by the critics is in protest against the studio's practice of limiting online critics' access to screenings. And now, critics from all over are pledging solidarity, says the Los Angeles Times. Critics in Washington, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and several cities in Florida answered Chicago's call for support. But, a solution may be imminent as Fox publicity executives considered a proposal Thursday. For a Behind The Scenes look (only at Wild About Movies) at "The Simpsons Movie," 20th Century Fox's upcoming - potential - blockbuster... (continue) "Caligula" X-Rated Film Aging Jewess, Barbra Streisand, July 19, 2007 "Shrek 4 Movie" and "Shrek 5 Movie" Click here for the complete list of theaters and list of Free Summer Movies courtesy of "National Amusements," "Showcase Cinemas," and the "SHADE Foundation." Ben Affleck Behind The Camera "10,000 B.C." Trailer Premiere Right Here, at WAM July 11, 2007 "01-18-08" aka "Cloverfield" Movie Trailer For more about "Hounddog"... (continue)
John Travolta Takes Gay Activists To Town Joel Siegel: July 3, 2007 Bitchiest Publicist in Hollywood, Liz Rozenberg, Gets The Shaft! What Goes Around... July 1, 2007 Lions For Lambs FIRST LOOK AT TRAILER & TEASER POSTER June 28, 2007
Long before Jennifer Connelly won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award (opposite Russell Crowe, in "A Beautiful Mind"), she appeared alongside singer David Bowie, in his most popular film - "Labyrinth." We wondered why Sony Pictures was re-releasing the film this summer, beginning this Friday in Boston and NYC and in additional Top 20 markets during the next few weeks. Official answer, from a Sony rep, " I think just for fun. No one has given me a reason. But it is a new print." If you missed "Labyrinth" on the big screen, in theaters or weren't even born, in 1986, here's most likely your only chance. While babysitting, teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) makes a terrible wish—that her baby brother (Toby Froud) would be taken by goblins. Her wish comes true when Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie) whisks the boy off to his castle to be goblinized. Now Sarah must rescue him, and that means getting into the Goblin Castle. But between Sarah and the castle stands a magically mesmerizing world of mysterious mazes known as the Labyrinth. A stunning vision of childhood fears and fantasies, written by Terry Jones (Monty Python), produced by George Lucas (Star Wars) and directed by Jim Henson (The Dark Crystal). UPDATE: It's fun sifting through e-mail, the hundreds of nonsensical ones we get each day. However, once in a while one captures our interest like no other. Yesterday, of course a weekend, non working day, in Hollywood, we received a correspondence from someone who claims to work at Sony Pictures - and who attached an alleged copy of the 'teaser' poster of the 22nd James Bond movie, due in theaters November 2008. We'll try to get to the bottom, the truth, by end of business, today. According to the official report, what we know so far, other than the film's release date, is that Abbie Cornish, the homewrecker of the Mr. Reese Witherspoon household, along with former E.R, star Goran Visnjic, have parts. As always, stay tuned. Harry Potter's Final Page? If you aren't interested in reading the book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," in July, when it hits bookstore shelves, and want to take a look at the hack job. Whoever the alleged hacker is does not have a comprehensive grasp of the English language. The post could have been written by a three year old Albanian girl. We dare to believe it is a hoax of monstrous proportions but if you wish to see for yourself... (continue)
"Sicko" In Theaters Tomorrow!
Rosie O'Donnell
Just think, if O'Donnell, who is forty-five, manages to last 35 years as host of TPIR, she would still be younger than Bob Barker was when he retired; eighty-three. However, O'Donnell will look a LOT more like (a fatter) Johnny Olson, as the years progress.
Angelina Jolie: TONIGHT Projectionist/Critic Chastised By 20th Century Fox & Theater As a fellow critic, who worked at the Copley Theater in Boston from 1987-1990, I find this outrageous. Granted, I wrote for my highschool paper at the time, but remember after attending a Robocop 3 screening, I was 'banned' from all promotional, press and trade screenings because I had written a bad review of the movie, that at most, 1,000 people had read. Only until Peter Guber's brother Charlie, a friend of my family, stepped in and talked to the local advertising agency was I added back to the press screening list - but told that I was to never attend a trade screening again, because 'they are not for critics.' Trade screenings, are held especially for bookers and owners of movie theaters, well in advance of press screenings. What's ironic is that the trade people, those who were invited to and that attended trade screenings, were allowed into 'press screenings' if they happened to have missed a trade screening, without a bat of the eye by the movie studio publicists. But god forbid if any movie critic, even that late David Brudnoy, tried to sneak into a trade screening. Thankfully, for me, an avid movie lover, someone who, especially as a teen, wanted to see Rain Man, Mississippi Burning and Child's Play, well before the critic's screenings, I was friends with the manager of the theater I worked at and at which the movies screened for the trade. All I needed to do was sit up in the projection booth, on a tall stool, or stand, and watch the movie while the thousands of feet of film unspooled from one tray to another. Unfortunately, The Copley Place theater in Boston was demolished two years ago, and trade screenings were moved to the Showcase Randolph theater - about 20 miles away. And in the Copley Place Theater's space? A Barneys of New York. There are certainly many ghosts of movies past floating around in that space, today!
Sopranos June 14, 2007 Joshua Jackson: In our mind's eye, we never could have seen Brad Pitt in the lead. With D-lister Jackson as the star and D-list (at best) director Steve Pink (who helmed the absolutely dreadful 2006 film "Accepted"), behind the camera, the movie is bound to become a hit of Chevy proportions. Word has it Chevy Chase has refused to appear in a cameo. Word, is, since the play was such a Tony success, Hollywood is greenlighting the movie remake - this time a musical, as was the stage production - but sans Tony winning actresses Wilson and Ebersol. Who is attached to play 'Little" Edie? Well, the real life ditz Drew Barrymore. (If she inhabits the role, she just may win her first Oscar!) And as the hyesterically demented old tart 'Big' Edie? Oscar winner Jessica Lange. What A Difference A Weekend Can Make!
Paris Hilton: Back to Jail?
PARIS HILTON Dirty Drunk Slut Loser Frost/Nixon
Dirty Disney Reilly died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times. Reilly began his career in New York City, taking acting classes at a studio with Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page and Hal Holbrook. In 1962, he appeared on Broadway as Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." The role won Reilly a Tony Award. Reilly's openly gay television persona was ahead of its time, and sometimes stood in his way. He recalled a network executive telling him "they don't let queers on television." Hughes, his only immediate survivor, said Reilly had been ill for more than a year.
For over eleven hours of non-stop continous "Match Game" laughs...run out or log on to Ebay, Barnes & Noble or Amazon to purchase your, “The Best of Match Game” DVD Box Set, which features 30 of the show’s greatest episodes, uncut and digitally transferred from their original masters. The series not only reminds people of the days before political correctness hit the airwaves, but is also a nostalgic look back at bawdy humor, as well as the plaid-panted, brightly colored disco fueled fashion of “Me Decade.” Plus, all the fan favorites from that era are featured, including Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White, Fannie Flagg, Avery Schreiber, Elaine Joyce and the Prince of pontificating poetry, Nipsey Russell. Additional celebrity guest stars include Michael Landon, Jack Klugman, William Shatner, Vicki Lawrence, Mama Cass, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gary Burghoff and Kirstie Alley. What Wild About Movies wonders... is... what is inscribed on Charles Nelson Reilly's tombstone? We know he's resting in peace but can't even begin to imagine what he had planned. Perhaps: Charles Nelson Reilly was so gay that he was the first gay person to (BLANK) on national television. Fantastic Four 2: (Above photo): The enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction.
Warner Bros. has released the first photo of Heath Ledger in Joker character. Well, at least a close up of his face. The second Christopher Nolan helmed Batman film, The Dark Knight, is in theaters Summer 2008. Shrek To Star As "Walter Mitty"
"24" Prequel Pirates 3
Free Movie Screenings & Free Movie Passes - Run Of Engagement - Every City Warner Bros. Bans Free Advance Movie Screenings in Canada: Other Studios To Follow Suit? Liv Tyler Assuming Jennifer Connelly Role Night At the Museum - Kicks Ass On DVD May 4, 2007 Disney: Going To The Rats! "2007 MTV Movie Awards" The biggest box office hit of 2007, thus far, 300, and the second Pirates, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest are leading the nominations for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards with five and four nods apiece. Both films have been nominated for the Best Movie award, alongside Blades Of Glory, Borat and Little Miss Sunshine. 300 star Gerard Butler is up for Best Performance and Best Fight, while Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro have been nominated for Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain, respectively. Pirates Of The Caribbean 2actors Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley have also both picked up nods for Best Performance, while Bill Nighy is up for Best Villain. The nominations for the "2007 MTV Movie Awards" are: Best Movie: 300, Blades of Glory, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Best Performance: Gerard Butler - 300; Johnny Depp - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Keira Knightley - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls; Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls; Will Smith - The Pursuit Of Happyness Breakthrough Performance: Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada; Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine; Lena Headey - 300; Columbus Short - Stomp The Yard; Jaden Smith, The Pursuit Of Happyness; Justin Timberlake - Alpha Dog Best Comedic Performance: Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada; Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat; Will Ferrell - Blades Of Glory; Adam Sandler - Click; Ben Stiller - Night At The Museum Best Kiss: Cameron Diaz & Jude Law - The Holiday; Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen - Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby; Columbus Short & Meagan Good - Stomp The Yard; Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks - Invincible Marlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel - Little Man Best Villain: Tobin Bell - Saw III; Jack Nicholson - The Departed; Bill Nighy - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Rodrigo Santoro - 300; Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada Best Fight: Jack Black & Hector Jimenez vs. Los Duendes (Wrestling Match) - Nacho Libre; Gerard Butler vs. 'The Uber Immortal' (The Spartan/Persian Battle) - 300; Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ken Davitian (Naked Wrestle Fight) - Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan; Will Ferrell vs. Jon Heder (Ice Rink Fight) - Blades of Glory; Uma Thurman vs. Anna Faris (Super Girl Fight) - My Super Ex-Girlfriend Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet: Evan Almighty; Fantastic Four 2; Hairspray The Movie; Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; Rush Hour 3; Transformers The Movie. May 1, 2007
"Billy Elliot," Jamie Bell, has grown up just as fast as "Harry Potter." Actually, faster. The twenty-one year old British lad, Jamie Bell, is a full four years older than "Harry Potter's" Daniel Radcliffe, and is assuming the role on the stage in London's West End, after Radcliffe puts on his pants for the last time - sometime late summer 2007. Jamie Bell naked - That is the headline, today! No pictures, yet. But as soon as they are available, www.wildaboutmovies.com will be here, as we were with the naked pictures of Daniel Radcliffe - on stage in Equus.
The biggest question, here in the United States, is --- who will drop trou if and when the current production of Equus makes its way to Broadway??? Will the production want to stick with a young, naked Brit, for 'integrity' sake? We can't picture, (nor do we want to), the sight of Haley Joel Osment naked, on stage, even if he is now nineteen! Spiderman 3 17 Uses of "Fuck" Despite 17 uses of the word "fuck," the MPAA's Ratings Review Board gave a PG-13 rating to ThinkFilm's documentary "The Hip Hop Project" after its R rating was appealed by director Matt Ruskin and the film's rapper subject, Chris Kazi Rolle. The film, executive produced by Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah, follows the once-homeless rapper as he helps a group of poor New York teens deal with their frustrations by making a hip-hop album. "The Hip Hop Project" follows their four-year journey, including studio time funded by Willis and producer Russell Simmons. Six of the panel's eight members agreed to change the rating, which was issued for the film's language. "We decided to appeal the R rating to allow teenagers access to see this film because they are the ones who need it most," said Rolle, founder of the offscreen Hip Hop Project. "After years of working with teens, I know you have to reach them when they are young. Just as I didn't have a parent to take me to the movies when I was a teenager, many of the young people who would benefit most from this film would have been denied access if the R rating stood." Ruskin told the board, "This motion picture is a call to end the destructive forces of violence, misogyny and criminality that dominate the music our children are listening to." It doesn't seem, however, that there was ever any intention of the director editing the foul language out of the film. In a recent statement from his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Simmons called for the elimination of the words 'nigger,' "ho" and "bitch" in rap lyrics. Seems, though, that 'fuck' is all by itself. No one really gives a fuck, anymore, about the word that once was considered the most vulgar in the English language. Jack Valenti Dead At 85 April 27, 2007
Paula Abdul: "Disturbia" Retains #1 Spot at Box Office - For Second Straight Weekend April 24, 2007 Tobey Maguire - "Spiderman 3" Blockbuster Gaining on Netflix April 21, 2007 Cannes 2007
Among the other 21 films selected for the competition are the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, and Javier Bardem; David Fincher's Zodiac, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr.; James Gray's We Own the Night, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg; and Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, starring mostly first-time actors. Serbian director Emir Kusturica, a two-time winner at Cannes and the chairman of the jury in 2005, will again be represented in the competition with the comedy Promise Me This. Among films screening out of competition will be Michael Moore's documentary Sicko (about the U.S. health system); Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Thirteen; Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie as the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's wife Mariane; and Ken Burns's The War. The latter film will presumably be compiled from Burns's upcoming documentary series about World War II for PBS. It is the only film on the Cannes list whose length is not indicated. Antonio Banderas Bombs on "American Idol" Eric Bana Goes Back & Time "The Hulk Movie" Revisited: Shia LaBeouf: Grindhouse Getting Severed April 12, 2007
Larry Birkhead is Baby's Daddy John Travolta Turned Down Oscar Winning "Forrest Gump" Role Jared Padalecki: April 9, 2007
Sean Connery: Bobcat Goldthwait: TONIGHT ONLY April 7, 2007 Wild About Movies had a long chat with the comedian and brings you the interview - later today. For the moment, get up to par on his latest film, "Sleeping Dogs Lie." Mr. Bean's Holiday Mr. Bean's Holiday, Rowan Atkinson's latest addition to the Mr. Bean franchise, (not in U.S. theaters until August), trounced competition overseas last weekend to take in $33.3 million in 26 countries. The film earned $12.8 million in the U.K. alone in just 512 theaters - or an average of $25,000 per theater. For more about the "Mr. Bean's Holiday"... "Sweeney Todd Movie" April 5, 2007
Johnny Depp may be talking about a "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" movie but he returned to the set of the "Sweeney Todd Movie." The film is being directed by Tim Burton. Paramount Pictures, the film's distributor, will have another chance next year, we think a better one, at the 2008 Oscars, with this movie based on a Broadway musical, than they did at this year's Oscars with "Dreamgirls." For more about the "Sweeney Todd Movie"... (continue) "X-Files 2 Movie" Coming Soon Pirates of the Caribbean 4? Aqua Teen's April's Fool "Captivity" Given A Spanking By the MPAA The MPAA on Thursday disciplined After Dark Films for its controversial outdoor advertising campaign for the upcoming "Captivity" by imposing a monthlong suspension of the ratings process for the horror film, which has not yet been rated. The move could make it difficult for the film to bow on its scheduled release date of May 18. In an uncharacteristically harsh reprimand, the MPAA -- which had not approved After Dark's ads for general audiences -- also said that After Dark and its distribution partner, Lionsgate, will be required to clear all the "Captivity" promotional materials it uses going forward in addition to the locations and venues of all advertising buys relating to the film. It is the first time the MPAA has imposed such a sanction, though some observers questioned whether the MPAA will be able to monitor all the ad buys. While the MPAA will review After Dark's promotional materials before May 1, "Captivity" will not be eligible for consideration by the ratings board until then and will not be given priority scheduling at that time. There is no set time period for how long it takes the MPAA to issue a rating. That is dependent on the number of films lined up for a rating. The sanction doesn't give After Dark much time to recut or re-edit the film if the company is not satisfied with the initial rating issued. "The sanctions in this case are severe because this was an unacceptable and flagrant violation of MPAA rules and procedures," MPAA senior vp advertising Marilyn Gordon said.
Mark Wahlberg and M. Night Team Up
Book 7: "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" Cover Debut
"Transformers: The Movie" POSTERS DEBUT March 27, 2007
Wild About Movies is the first movie website to reveal the teaser poster for the highly anticipated July 4, 2007 release "Transformers Movie" starring Shia LeBeouf. Why highly anticipated? (We hate the phrase, actually!) Well, for starters, Paramount Pictures thinks its going to be "the" movie of the summer. Will it be? We'll have to wait and see, but we're betting on it being a dud. How many adults who watched "The Transformers" cartoons when they were kids will want to see the movie? And how many of their kids will want to? Very few? Tomorrow, check back on how to go about getting your Free Advance Movie Screening passes to "Transformers Movie." Peter Cullen, the original voice in the cartoon, voices Prime, leader of the Autobots, "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" star Hugo Weaving lends his voice as Prime's nemesis, Megatron. For now, take a look at the enhanced "Transformers" poster and trailer. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has said he plans for two sequels, though they will depend on the July 4, 2007, "Transformers Movie" box office success.
"The Kingdom" POSTER DEBUT Wild About Movies is the first movie website to reveal the teaser poster for the highly anticipated September 28, 2007 release "The Kingdom," starring Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper, "Alias" star Jennifer Garner and helmed by actor cum director Peter Berg. Why highly anticipated? (We hate the phrase, actually!) Well, for starters, Wild About Movies was on the set the day one of the crew was killed. And was the first to report it was not an accident, according to our sources. For much, much more than just a look at the enhanced "The Kingdom" poster and trailer... (continue)
Only at Wild About Movies March 23, 2007
Wild About Movies is the first movie website to reveal the teaser poster for the highly anticipated (at least by gay boys and musical lovers, OK and John Waters lovers, even though he didn't direct this version of the film) July 20, 2007 theatrical release, "Hairspray The Movie" starring John Travolta (in drag) as Edna Turnblad. For much, much more than just the "Hairspray The Movie" poster, such as what John Travolta recently told us, and what the cowriter of the movie and play on which the film is based (Tony winner Mark O'Donnell) tells us, keep reading. Oh! And look above. Nicole Blonsky is now going by Nikki, as we predicted she would be doing after hearing so from the grapevine nearly six months ago. Edward Speleers did the same thing for "Eragon," i.e. cutened/shortened his name, to Ed. But it didn't help his star rise, nor the success of the theatrical release of "Eragon." Google Nicole Blonsky and then Nikki Blonsky. A trillion more entries come up for Nicole Blonsky than Nikki so, we think New Line should have stuck with the name everyone knows Mizz Blonsky by... (continue) Paramount Pictures' Response From: Kim, Judy - Paramount <Judy_Kim@paramount.com> This will reply to your email. Paramount works with many different media outlets to support our motion pictures, and these outlets may vary from film to film. Promotional screenings are often available through various print, radio, television and online outlets, depending on the particular market and the particular film. Check with your local radio stations, newspapers, television and online outlets to learn how to receive advance screening passes. Keep emailing. 7,000 of you have, so far. Don't stop. Because this campaign is NOT ending until WAM (READ our 100,000+ readers) are once again treated like first class citizens by Paramount/Dreamworks! The next step is a boycott of all Paramount theatrical movies and DVDs.
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Buzz Lightyear is recalled to Taiwan after a series of malfunctions. Learning of a productwide recall, all the toys in Andy's room, under Woody's leadership, head to Taiwan to save Buzz from doom. Indiana Jones 4 - UPDATE Frank Darabont's script, which had been one of the earlier drafts of "Indiana Jones 4," was not chosen as the final draft. Forty-four year old David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," and first "Jurassic Park," turned in the final "Indiana Jones 4" screenplay, based on a story by Jeff Nathanson, who has previously written "Rush Hour 2" and the upcoming "Rush Hour 3." Piranah - Remake Or Not A Remake? March 17, 2007 Aja’s cutting edge vision of this film is an entirely new take on the “Piranha” legacy and will certainly satisfy fans of the genre. “Piranha” takes place at Lake Havasu, Arizona, a small, scenic town whose population explodes during Spring break for fun in the sun and unpredictable desert freedom. This year there's more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from the locals. Havasu sits in a crater and when earth tremors tear open a crack in the lake floor, all hell breaks loose as ravenous razor-toothed Piranhas surface and people start to disappear… Bob Weinstein stated, “It is really exciting to have the chance to work with Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff and Alex Aja, all of whom are extremely talented filmmakers. I am thrilled to be doing this stylized remake with fantastic new special effects and exciting set pieces. We will maintain the fun and thrilling aspects of the original film, but look forward to upping the ante with a modern-day twist.” Alexandre Aja stated, “My goal is not to remake ‘Piranha’ but to create a completely new adventure paying homage to all the ‘creatures’ films that made me fall in love with the genre. It is the ultimate popcorn movie that pits beer soaked sunburned spring breakers against killer, bloodthirsty animals. I am very proud to follow the path of Joe Dante and James Cameron in the ‘Piranha’ franchise and look forward to working with Greg Levasseur, to write, produce and direct such a fun and gory thrill ride.” Then why the fuck call it "Piranah" if you are NOT 'remaking' it? M Night Shyamalan Goes Bollywood
"Across The Universe Movie" March 15, 2007
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Stephen Spielberg: March 5, 2007 2007 Oscar Winner More Paramount Execs Fleeing Melrose Avenue. February 28, 2007 "Star Trek 11" First Time in History - February 26, 2007 More of "24" Dreamgirls: Zero Oscars? "It's a complete disaster there. All the good publicists are leaving. I went there today but couldn't find anyone besides (anonymous) since there are international meetings they (domestic publicists) all have to attend." That, an email to Tim Nasson at WAM, from a senior VP from a competing movie studio, visiting Paramount yesterday, regarding the Paramount Pictures publicity domestic department, which has been hijacked by the Dreamworks staff. On another note, click on the above poster - a Dreamgirls spoof poster, featured on yesterday's Defamer. Wild About Movies is prediciting, today, that "Dreamgirls" ends up with ZERO Oscars when all is sung and danced Sunday night. And don't get us started about the left-wing, nonsensical stories being written in newspapers and on blogs alike, alleging that if "Dreamgirls" doesn't win any Oscars it's because the Academy voters are prejudice! Please! The whole fucking point of the Oscars is to pick the BEST out of each nominated category -- and out of all categories for which "Dreamgirls" is nominated, including THREE BEST SONG OSCARS, none of the entries/entrants are the BEST in said categories. Especially Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson. Is anyone going to claim with a straight face, no pun intended, that the role Murphy plays in "Dreamgirls" is not an extension of his many drug addicted roles he played on SNL nearly 2 1/2 decades ago? Or that "American Idol" fat ass loser Jennifer Hudson, a first time Oscar nominee (without a chance of ever setting foot into the Kodak Theater again on any future Oscar night) is better than Judi Dench, or either of the Best Supporting Actresses nominted for "Babel?" As Oprah Winfrey's Sophia would say in her Oscar nominated, yet loser role in "The Color Purple," "Hells No." The New Brady Bunch February 21, 2007 Three-time New England Patriots Super Bowl Champ, twenty-nine year old Tom Brady, is ready to start his very own Bunch! And not with current gal pal, supermodel Gisele. According to reports from former (three year fling) Bridget Moynahan, Miss Moynahan is with Brady child. Three months pregnant to be exact. While we are sure that the Brady Sperm/Gisele Egg would have produced an even more beautiful human specimen, we are confident that the baby on the way will give baby alien, Suri Holmes-Cruise, a run for her money in the most sought after celeb baby photo category... We don't chide Tom for dumping Moynahan, who is more than six years his senior, but come on Tom, just because she was almost old enough to go through the change, its apparent you should have at the very least - pulled out. How will having a bastard child appear on your previously untarnished, boy-next-door, choir boy reputation? Vanity Fair The 5lbs+ March issue boasts the following cover: COLLECTOR'S EDITION. OUR BIGGEST ISSUE EVER! Woop-dee-doo! Yes, it is the most cumbersome in memory to lug around, but that wouldn't have been a bad thing if, say, there were some great stories to read! Perhaps a 20,000 word book excerpt. A story from Sebastian Junger. Even a revealing interview with one of Hollywood's closet case stars, alleging that they are straight and happily married. Anything but what the magazine managed to do - namely, pull a fucking fast one. Yes, the March 2007 Vanity Fair Magazine is 500 pages. Actually, it is many more pages than that if you include the nonsensical inserts ads, most of them booklet style. One needs to get to page 200, yes, 200, before they find anything remotely editorial, (we're not including the masthead, letters and bullshit letter from the holier than thou Graydon Carter), FANFAIR. It's not until page 228 that we find our first real story, James Wolcott's snore fest about Elia Kazan's "A Face In The Crowd." (That's four pages, interspersed with myriad full page ads.) The best piece in the March 2007 issue is the book excerpt from former Paramount head Robert Evans. But it is a measley (three pages.) Oy! LETTERS FROM BROADWAY, about Kitty Carlisle, (three pages). We're sure their advertisers are hoping that you'll be duped into thinking it really is something worth keeping, so that in ten years, when you're cleaning out your attic and the March 2007 issue falls on top of your head and lands open on page 339, you will run out and buy a bottle of PAMA, the new Pomegranate Liqueur. (The ad in last month's Vanity Fair had a scratch and sniff. You could have gotten drunk off the fumes. But PAMA obviously used up almost all of their limited budget and this month, in the COLLECTOR'S EDITION, all you get is a picture of the bottle.) Bald Britney Spears It's been confirmed. Britney Spears is NOT in rehab. But, she is going the Sinead O'Connor route; bald. See the above photo, taken last night by ABC News.
Soon after reports that she had spent a day in rehab, Britney Spears was spotted in L.A. shaving her head and getting a tattoo.
Derrik Snell, who works at the tattoo parlor, told ABC News that Spears showed up without notice and stayed for about 90 minutes as about 60 fans, photographers and gawkers gathered outside. We just wonder if Spears has ever heard of a wig? They look great on Tina Turner and Beyonce! Paramount Publicity Dept Hijacked
Scarlett Johannson February 16, 2007 Wild About Movies was one of, if not the only media outlet invited to OM Restaurant in Cambridge, MA yesterday afternoon after Scarlett Johannson picked up her Hasty Pudding Award at Harvard University. Brad, Wenworth, Justin?
"Indiana Jones 4" February 6, 2007
Stay tuned to Wild About Movies for "Indiana Jones 4" updates, and of course, interviews with Spielberg, Harrison Ford, and the rest of the "Indiana Jones 4" cast, closer to the film's release date. Martin Scorsese Dont Cha Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, that is, has grown up. A series of publicity photos, which we reveal today, for the revival of the play "Equus" showing 17-year-old Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe nude has angered parents in England, where the play is to be performed beginning later this month. In several of the photos, Radcliffe is seen with co-star Joanna Christie, who also appears topless. They also appear nude in several scenes in the play. The London Daily Mail quoted from letters written to Radcliffe's fan sites. "We as parents feel Daniel should not appear nude. Our nine-year-old son looks up to him as a role model. We are very disappointed and will avoid the future movies he makes," one parent wrote. (His younger fans generally expressed opposite opinions and Wild About Movies wonderd why even though a nine year old looks up to Harry/Radcliffe as a model, how he would even know of Radcliffe's nakedness onstage without his mother's big mouth. Said nine year old most certainly does not read newspapers or go to the theater on his own.)
And from the photos, it appears that Daniel Radcliffe has been working out with a personal trainer for hours each day. Does that mean that we are in for a treat in the final "Harry Potter" movie, not in theaters until 2010? Witnessing a sex scene between Harry and Hermione, perhaps? Or Harry and Malfoy? Or better yet, a threesome? For more revealing photos of Daniel Radcliffe, to watch the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" movie trailer and for more on "Equus," CLICK HERE! The Astronaut Farmer PRINT OUT PASSES January 31, 2007 RENO 911: MIAMI MISS POTTER Janaury 27, 2007
While Renee Zellweger did not receive an Oscar nod for "Miss Potter," that, in alone, is not a reason to not see the charming movie. Wild About Movies is offering you passes to "Miss Potter" Sneak Previews in more than 100 cities, nationwide, tonigt. PRINT OUT YOUR PASSES by clicking on the blue link below. All screenings of "Miss Potter" tonight are at 7:00 PM (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST OF CITIES AND MORE THAN 100 THEATERS AND TO PRINT OUT YOUR PAIR OF "MISS POTTER" PASSES!)
"Hound Dog" doesn't show the actual rape, but it's quite clear, from sources who've seen the film, that as scripted and directed, the scenes in question are going to cause one of the biggest uproars in cinematic history! With the 2007 Oscar nominations announced today, we wonder if Dakota Fanning will be a candidate for Best Actress next year for her performance in "Hound Dog." Do stay tuned.... Unfortunately, or fortunately, however you are biased, "Dreamgirls," the Best Picture winner (Comedy or Musical) at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards, didn't do much extra business, what with its win! We are waiting, with baited breath, to see what movies are nominated for the 79th Academy Awards, Tuesday 23 January! We are hedging our bets that "Dreamgirls" will be deprived of Best Picture & Best Director nominations! And rightfully so, in our humble opinion! "The Hitcher," which Focus Features thought would be the next "The Passion of the Christ" bombed in its first weekend in release, while the negro movie, "Stomp The Yard," surprised George Bush, et al, and retained its #1 spot for two weekends in a row - even without ONE marquee name star! Mamma Meryl Cybill Shepherd Gets Madonna's Cold Shoulder January 12, 2007
The segment ran more than 12 minutes, minus the commercial interruptions. And all that you need to watch is the last minute. Towards the end of the interview Meredith walks Madonna from the studio out onto the sidewalk, through the show's corridors. Among the many inside the building, another "Today Show" guest, Cybill Shepherd, who was on to tout her guest appearances on "The L-Word." As Madonna rushes past her, we hear and see Cybill, yes a woman with many personalities, scream "Hi Madonna. It's Cy. Cybill Shepherd. Hi Madonna," and proceeds to run and grab Madonna, who turns around and says, "Oh! So nice to meet you" and pretty much turns away from a kiss that Shepherd tries to plant on her face, and keeps on walking... "Hairspray The Movie"
What Wild About Movies brings you, today, is a quote from Tony Winner Mark O'Donnell, ("Hairspray"): "Tim: Your readers might be interested to know the studio (New Line) suggested Jack Nicholson and Tom Hanks as Edna before the better idea of John Travolta came up." We can't think of any way, even with the BEST Industrial Lights & Magic special effects, how Jack Nicholson could have ever been considered in a serious way as Edna Turnblad. Not only is Jack Nicholson short, he is not husky, as Divine, Bruce Villanch and Harvey Fierstein all were when portraying Edna on screen or on stage previously. Sam Worthington
"Die Hard 4: Live Free Or Die Hard"
"Hairspray The Movie"
For more on "Hairspray The Movie" and the official "Hairspray The Movie" website, click here. Ben Stiller's "Night At The Museum" remained the #1 movie of the week - and weekend - with school being out. Coming in at #2, Will Smith's "The Pursuit of Happyness," and at #3, "Dreamgirls." In addition to "Night At The Museum" retaining its #1 spot at the box office during the Christmas Vacation holiday week, other family faves, "Charlotte's Web," "Happy Feet" and "We Are Marshall," in their own ways, contributed to the Top 10 at the Box Office. For a complete list of the Top 25 movies at the box office this past weekend, click here! December 31, 2006 During her lit(t)erary career, Kitty Kelley has caused quite a few stirs, and has received hardly a purr from any on the receiving end of her poisonous pen. And Kitty has written unauthorized biographies of numerous A+ list famous people and/or families. Kitty Kelley's first written invective was directed towards Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis. "Jackie Oh!" was an instant NY Times Best Seller. Everyone from Elizabeth Taylor to Frank Sinatra to Nancy Reagan has since been ripped a new one by Kelley! And each of her books have done brisk business - since everyone loves gossip, even if it doesn't have a hint of truth to it? (Do you actually believe Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are a happily married, and sexually satisfied couple. And that Baby Suri is actually has any Tom Cruise DNA in her?) The first time Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson sat with Kitty Kelley was before the release of Kelley's "The Royals," which took on, well, The Royal Family. Nasson again sat with Kelly in September of 2004, just before the release of "The Family," a scathing, yet "brutally honest" (according to Kelley) peek into the lives of the Bush dynasty. Next up for Kelly? She tackles Oprah Winfrey. And she exclusively tells Tim Nasson, "I see Oprah Winfrey as probably the most powerful woman in our society. She has influenced every medium that she's touched. She personifies the American dreama and as such I see this biography as a book of hope and promise and success.... I think those are the virtues Oprah believes in and preaches and encourages her audiences to practice. Everyone has a different 'take' on this marvelously complicated woman so if you know anyone who's known her or worked with her, I'd love to hear from them." There you have it, or do you? If you do have anything on Oprah - good, bad or ugly - e-mail Tim Nasson and if the gossip sounds like it has even a hint of truth to it, he will forward it to Kelley, who just may be calling you!
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Oscar winning "Monster," Charlize Theron and gorgeous long-time boyfriend, Stuart Townshend, have declared themselves "married" despite never making the union official. The couple showed off their "wedding" rings at the premiere of Townsend's directorial debut, Battle In Seattle - which stars Theron - at the Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday. Townsend revealed, "We didn't do a church wedding or anything, but we're married. We're husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together. We didn't have a ceremony, I don't need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise. So no there's no big official story on a wedding, but we are married. I consider her my wife and she considers me her husband." 
Quentin Tarantino was horrified when studio bosses suggested he directs the big-screen version of cult '70s show Hawaii Five-O - he hates the series. Warner Bros. Pictures is currently developing a movie version of the Jack Lord-starring TV show, which ended in 1980 after 12 years. Tarantino says, "My producing partner at the time Lawrence Bender was hanging out with some dude from Fox or Warners or whatever, and they said I should stop working on what I was doing, because I'd be so into this." 
Adds Tarantino, "I tried to watch the old TV show, but it sucks. I don't even like Hawaii." Well, he should do a sequel to his half of 
He is known for his comedies but it looks like actor Owen Wilson was feeling far from funny when he landed in a hospital after a failed suicide attempt on Sunday, August 26, 2007. According to multiple news reports, the star of "Meet The Parents," "The Wedding Crashers" and the upcoming 
"Dallas The Movie"
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Oscar winning director and Jew hater Mel Gibson has been praised for his progress by a presumably Christian California judge following his arrest for driving under the influence last year. The Passion of the Chris director, 51, was arrested for drunk driving on July 28, 2006 in Malibu, when he proceeded to verbally abuse arresting officer James Mee with anti-Semitic remarks. In August 2006, Gibson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor drunk driving charges and was sentenced to three years probation, a 90 day alcohol-abuse program and 12 months of Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
Don't get your panties in a bunch yet, but, word is that the two Coreys - Feldman and Haim - will be starring in "The Lost Boys 2." The film was originally slated for a direct-to-DVD release. But yesterday, Wild About Movies learned that Warner Bros. is now 'seriously' considering giving the twenty years in the making sequel its rightful due - a theatrical release... Check back often for "Lost Boys 2" updates!
Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2" sang and danced its way to history Friday night when 17.24 million viewers tuned in, making the original movie's debut the most-watched basic cable telecast of all time. "High School Musical 2," the sequel to the successful 2006 television movie, surpassed the previous record holder, ESPN's Monday Night Football game on Sept. 23, 2006, which averaged 16 million viewers.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have denied claims their (alleged) daughter Suri will front a new advertising campaign by Baby Gap, insisting the reports are "totally untrue." The alleged biological parents of Suri, Cruise and Holmes (DNA tests have yet to prove the child has any relation to either) were reportedly offered a lucrative modeling contract by Baby Gap for their 16-month-old daughter to become the new face of the kids' fashion label. 
Kurt Russell reprised his role as Snake Plissken in the 1996 sequel to Escape From New York, Escape From L.A. Well, more than a decade later, 2009, Len Wisemen, director of this summer's 
Don Imus is planning a radio comeback after reaching a settlement over his multimillion-dollar contract with CBS. Imus was axed from CBS Radio earlier this year after he called the mostly-black Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team 'nappy headed hoes' on his radio show Imus In The Morning. Imus threatened to sue CBS for $120 million in a breach of contract lawsuit but the two parties reached an agreement yesterday. Many insiders put the deal at $20 million. Now Imus is in talks with rivals WABC-AM radio to resume his broadcasting career, some say as soon as tomorrow.
It was announced today that billionaire Mark Cuban's 
Merv Griffin, who worked in front of television cameras as a jovial talk-show host and behind the scenes as creator of two of the longest-running TV game shows, "Jeopardy!'' and "Wheel of Fortune,'' has died. He was 82.
Actor Johnny Depp is bringing Hunter S. Thompson's autobiographical novel "The Rum Diary" to the silver screen - seven years after he was announced as the leading man. Depp was cast to play the role of Thompson in 2000, co-starring with Nick Nolte in the tale of a journalist's adventures as he moves from New York to a San Juan newspaper in Puerto Rico. Benicio Del Toro and Josh Hartnett were also appointed to star in the movie in 2002, but the actors, including Nolte, are no longer involved in the film. The revived project will now be produced by Depp and The Departed filmmaker Graham King - who has acquired the full rights to the book. "The Rum Diary" will be penned and directed by Withnail And I writer Bruce Robinson, with shooting expected to begin after Depp finishes filming his current movie, Shantaram, with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. You'll remember, if you're a Hunter S. Thompson fan and/or know Johnny Depp inside-out, that Depp starred in the Hunter S. Thompson big screen adaptation (which was horrrible) of "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas." 
"Indiana Jones 4"
Lindsay Lohan, who was out on bail awaiting a court hearing on August 24, 2007, was arrested last night after chasing - in her car - her former assistant's mother in Santa Monica. (We couldn't make this shit up if we tried.) Lohan was drunk and in possession of cocaine. Is the former tween movie star's Hollywood career over? What we don't understand is this: Lindsay Lohan was out on bail for a previous arrest, so why she was allowed to post bail AGAIN, and enter a rehab clinic, which obviously is of no use to the girl who is starting to make Paris Hilton look like Lady Godiva. 
Forty-nine year old Drew Carey - star of the sitcom The Drew Carey Show - will replace Bob Barker as the host of the longest running game show in television history - "The Price Is Right."
"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows," the final chapter in the "Harry Potter" saga, (so Ms. Rowling - pronounced row-ling - says), hits bookstore shelves tonight at midnight. Millions of children will be up later than Christmas Eve to retrieve their copy of the #1 selling pre-order book in history. Will Harry drop dead? If so, will he die a virgin? We don't know. We have read the speculative and most likely fraudulent posts on certain internet websites alleging such things - and many others. But we, along with every other die hard Harry, Hermione and Ron fan, will wait until the clock strikes midnight, to grab our copy of the most anticipated book of this millenium, and stay up all night and the next day reading it to find out what happens to hot little Harry and his friends at Hogwarts!
"Caligula," the 1976 film that featured such respected - Oscar nominated or winning - actors at Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, and the late John Gielgud -- all of whom were blindsided when producer Bob Guccioni of Penthouse magazine fame cut x-rated scenes into the movie -- is due to be released on DVD as the Four-Disc Imperial Edition by Image Entertainment on October 2nd. The film has previously been released in versions that were as short as 98 minutes and as long as three hours. In a statement, the company said that the DVD set will include newly recorded, no-holds-barred commentary tracks by McDowell and Mirren. In addition, the set includes two versions of The Making of Caligula, one of which includes deleted and alternate scenes.
Barbra Streisand has shocked hotel staff in a top London hotel by issuing a laundry list of demands during her stay in the British capital. The diva is staying in a $12,000-a-night suite in the city's Dorchester Hotel, (which Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson has stayed at three times during the past ten years for movie junkets, including a recent Harry Potter junket), and has reportedly issued employees with strict rules - including a demand not to look the singer in the eye. A source tells London's Evening Standard, "We were given a list of requirements that had to be met. Her manager said she needed certain things to make her feel like she was at home. She is using her own security team and will hardly set foot in the main areas of the hotel. It is easy to enter and exit the hotel from her suite without ever being seen." A source from the Dorchester Hotel adds, "We are used to famous people here, but Miss Streisand is almost on a different level. Johnny Depp was here a few weeks ago, but was very low key. He just sat with friends in the bar. He was drinking a $1,200 bottle of wine, but he did not expect any special treatment. But we are expecting everything to be different for her." Streisand begins a series of live dates at The O2 in London on Wednesday. And we will keep you posted about any more divaesque demands issued by the aging Jewess, whom we thought had 'retired' during her last tour.
After this year's 
While the release date, theatrical release date, for Dakota Fanning's "art film," "Hounddog" is still up in the air, we finally have a look at the poster and a number of onset photos. Word from the most recent Sundance Film Fest, where "Hounddog" screened, is that "it is utter dreck." We have not seen it, so will reserve judgement until we do. 
Moviegoers attending the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in IMAX theaters will be able to view the last 20 minutes of the movie in 3-D. The process is similar to the one used in IMAX screenings of last year's Superman Returns and requires a painstaking frame by frame conversion. Watch "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Trailer and check out 10 "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" posters... 
New Line Cinema is getting in bed with HBO on “Sex and the City.” (After all, New Line and HBO are both owned by Time/Warner). So is this incest? After much foreplay, the feature version of the long running HBO series is gearing for a fall 2007 start, with New Line nearing a deal to finance and distribute. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are all set to reprise their roles, with longtime executive producer Michael Patrick King directing a script he wrote. King will produce with Parker, John Melfi and Darren Star, the latter of whom hatched the series, based on autobiographical columns written by Candace Bushnell. Fans of the show have clamored for a film version of “Sex and the City” since the series ended. 
In a significant breach of security, or rather plain old blabbermouthing from one of the Emmy nominators, the top-ten finalists in each category of the Primetime Emmy Awards were disclosed Monday, and Wild About Movies has the complete (allegedly factual) list. The drama finalists are: ABC's Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy and Lost; NBC's Friday Night Lights and Heroes; Fox's House and 24; Showtime's Dexter; and HBO's Rome and The Sopranos. The comedy finalists are: ABC's Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty; NBC's My Name Is Earl, The Office, Scrubs and 30 Rock; CBS' Two and a Half Men; HBO's Entourage and Extras; and Showtime's Weeds. Somewhat surprisingly, NBC, the lowest-rated network, led all other networks with six shows on the two lists. ABC followed with five and HBO with four. Showtime and Fox landed two shows on the lists. CBS -- the top-rated network -- landed only one. 
We're a little late in reporting that ABC-TV film critic Joel Siegel died Friday, about a week shy of his 64th birthday (July 7), of colon cancer -- a disease that he had battled for more than ten years. However, many of our readers have not heard of the tragic news and will be shocked at his absence on morning television's top rated news show. Siegel's reviews had been regularly featured on ABC's Good Morning America where he appeared as the show's cheerful movie critic for 25 years. He last appeared on the show just two weeks ago. The network aired tributes to Siegel on its evening newscast and the magazine show 20/20 Friday. In one, anchor Charles Gibson said, "Joel's great passion was that people be entertained and that they be enriched by what they see and hear -- whether in a theater, at a concert, in an art gallery, on a television screen or even in their mind's eye." Siegel is the second well known face on ABC to lose his life to cancer during the past two years. ABC News anchor Peter Jennings died of cancer during the summer of 2005.
Celebrities, who are sometimes accustomed to receiving the latest hot gadget in advance of its release in the hope that they'll be photographed with it, have been out of luck when it comes to landing Apple's new iPhone, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Notoriously bitchy celebrity publicist Liz Rosenberg, whose clients include box office bomb Madonna, Liza Minnelli, and former actress Cher, told the newspaper that she had been unsuccessful trying to get an iPhone for Cher. "Doesn't winning Oscars, Grammys and Emmys entitle her to move to the front of the line?" she asked. We'll let you insert your own joke there. Talk about Karma. I remember, about ten years ago, when Madonna was on tour, Liz Rosengerg personally answered her phone when I called requesting a ticket to review the concert and she said, "Tim. I don't have any extra tickets. (Which was a blatant lie, because I ended up going to the concert in Boston with a colleague, who got 2 tickets a day after I put my call in). But if I did, I would rather burn them than give them to you." Goes to show that Hollywood is still all about backstabbing, lying and cheating your way to the top and fucking everyone else in the way to get or stay there. But it doesn't always work. Thankfully for Liz Rosenberg. We actually are embarassed for Cher and are thinking that she may fire Rosenberg for putting her in such an unseemly light. Check back for updates Monday or Tuesday. 
It was the worst of weeks for the television networks last week as they produced some of their lowest numbers since the modern ratings system began some 20 years ago. Surprisingly, the top-rated show of the week was NBC's Monday-night edition of Dateline, the magazine show that has become mostly a place-keeper for shows that have been canceled. But Monday night's show in which Matt Lauer interviewed British princes William and Harry attracted 12.2 million viewers -- the largest number of viewers to tune in since an interview with Amber Frey, the girlfriend of convicted killer Scott Peterson, aired more than two years ago. NBC also scored with its Deal or No Deal game show, which pulled in 12.1 million viewers. Nevertheless, CBS once again led in the ratings with an overall 4.8 average and a 9 share. Fox placed second with a 4.2/8. NBC came in third with a 3.5/6, while ABC trailed with a 2.7/5. 
Box office poison Madonna has paid $12 million for her SIXTH house in London. The 10-bedroom townhouse sits next door to the family's eight-bedroom home in the Marylebone area of the British capital. The non-Oscar nominated Evita star and director husband Guy Ritchie also own two nearby properties for their staff, and two more houses in central London. The couple paid almost twice the amount its former owner, designer/developer Paul Davies, paid in August of last year for their latest. Time Madge give up her US citizenship, we think.
The 'beard' marriage of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is looking for more publicity. Holmes silenced speculation she is pregnant with her alleged second child (we're not sure Suri is a DNA match to either her or Cruise), by showing off her svelte figure in a racy swimsuit on the French Riviera Tuesday. Tom Cruise's third wife, fifteen years his junior, was reported to be in the early stages of pregnancy after she appeared to be sporting a rounded stomach as she left a Madrid, Spain restaurant after dining with celebrity pals David Beckham and Victoria Beckham on Sunday. The couple, who wed last November, allegedly already have a 14-month-old daughter Suri, while Cruise has two adopted children Isabella and Connor, from his second marriage to Nicole Kidman. Following the alleged pregnancy reports yesterday, Holmes flashed her slim figure to onlooking paparazzi as she played with Suri in the sea at the Cap D'Antibes beach resort. The couple's spokesperson says, "They are not expecting their second child." Mmm hmmm. And Tom is not gay! We bet our website on the fact that the fact that he is will come out within the next 10 years! 
Wild About Movies was the first website in the world to bring you the news that Rosie O'Donnell was a contender for the next host of The Price Is Right (
If O'Donnell (who somewhat resembles the late announcer, Johnny Olson), does get the job, we can just picture it: "Imogene. Where is she? Get down here you fat fuck and bid on this refrigerator!" 
For all you nostalgia fans, sadly, today is the final episode of The Price Is Right, hosted by Bob Barker. For 35 years Barker has given away over $700 million in prizes after people have "Come On Down." He has lasted through three annoucers, the late Johnny Olson (died in 1985) and the late Rod Roddy (died in 2003). There is no word if current host Rich Field will continue on as The Price Is Right starts up again this fall on CBS with a new, as of yet, undetermined host. If you missed the daytime version, today, fret not. Tonight at 8EST/7C, CBS repeats the final episode that aired earlier today. Make sure you tape it or TiVo it as it is a keeper.
A Memphis theater projectionist has been suspended for writing an early -- and negative -- review of 
Although HBO can be seen in fewer than a third of U.S. households, its telecast of the final episode of The Sopranos was watched by more people than any other program on the air Sunday night -- 11.9 million. In fact it was watched by more people than any other program aired by the broadcast networks for the whole of last week, except the top-rated show, NBC's America's Got Talent. It was not, however, the most-viewed episode of the mob drama. The season-four premiere in Sept. 2002 attracted 13.4 million, and the closing episode that year attracted 12.5 million. The 2004 premiere was also watched by more than the finale's -- 12.1 million.
Former Dawson's Creek actor Joshua Jackson, who played it gay in the 1999 hit "Cruel Intentions" (opposite Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon), has beaten some of Hollywood's biggest names to land the title role in "Fletch Won." Jackson will play investigative reporter Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher, a part made famous by Chevy Chase in the 1985 comedy "Fletch" and its 1989 follow-up "Fletch Lives." Among the actors previously linked to the role: Oscar nominee Brad Pitt, Jason Lee, Ryan Reynolds and Zach Braff. 
One of the best documentaries ever filmed, the 70s shocker "Grey Gardens, was turned into a Broadway musical starring Christine Ebersol
as 'Little' Edith Bouvier Beale and Mary Louise Wilson as
'Big' Edith Bouvier Beale. (Yes, Bouvier, as in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy-Onassis!) And its two stars, mother-daughter team (as actresses) Wilson and Ebersol stole both the lead and supporting Tony's Sunday night from all of their competitors.
Paris Hilton believes her jail sentence was a message from God to change her party-loving lifestyle and become a positive role model for women who look up to her. In her first interview since she was dramatically sent back to prison last Friday for probation violation in a drink-driving case, Hilton said her imprisonment has served as a life-changing wake-up call. Her comments were made to veteran television journalist Barbara Walters in a phone-call from the hospital facility of the Los Angeles jail where the heiress to the Hilton hotel empire is being held. "I'm not the same person I was," Walters quoted Hilton as saying on her ABC television program 'The View' on Monday. "I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me."Walters said Hilton -- who was reported to be under heavy medication amid concerns for her mental health -- sounded "tired but totally aware of what she was saying."Hilton has said she will not appeal the decision to send her back to prison to serve her 45-day term. She was controversially released after spending only three days behind bars last week, sparking a public outcry and prompting Los Angeles judge Michael Sauer to order her back to jail. Hilton, who was dragged sobbing and wailing from court on Friday, suggested she intends to give up her lifestyle of endless VIP parties, red carpets and pursuing the limelight upon her release. "I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here," she said. "I have become much more spiritual. God has given me this new chance." Hilton said her new-found spirituality had led her to believe that her jail stint was meant to be. "I feel that the purpose of my life is to be where I am," Hilton told Walters. "My spirit or soul did not like the way I was being seen and that is why I was sent to jail. God has released me." Hilton said she was considering pursuing work to raise awareness about breast cancer or multiple sclerosis. Walters also said Hilton had mentioned trying to persuade toy companies to manufacture a Paris Hilton playhouse which could be donated to sick children. Hilton meanwhile described her first days behind bars as a "horrible experience," revealing that she had not eaten or slept at all. "I was severely depressed and felt as if I was in a cage," she said. The primped and pampered celebutante also revealed that her beauty regimen had suffered since her incarceration, saying her skin was dehydrated because of a ban on moisturizer. "It doesn't matter," Hilton said, "I'm not that superficial girl. I haven't looked in the mirror since I got here." 
Paris Hilton's release (from jail) was premature. Yesterday morning, from her LA mansion, she was tossed into the back of a police cruiser, handcuffed, and zipped back to court with an order to return her to the local pen for another month. Will she get another 'rash?' 3:05 PM EST. (The judge ordered Paris Hilton be sent back to the slammer to sit, sleep, wail and sob away the remainder of her forty-five day sentence.) After this horrid news, Paris screamed, shaking uncontrollably, "IT'S NOT RIGHT," and called out to the audience, "MOM!" Check back often. We will keep you updated as things progress, rashes, included.
Paris Hilton's release from jail may not last. Hours after she was sent home under house arrest Thursday for an undisclosed medical condition, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to decide if she should go back behind bars. Hilton must report to court at 9 a.m. Friday, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini told The Associated Press. "My understanding is she will be brought in in a sheriff's vehicle from her home," Parachini said. The celebrity inmate was sent home from the Los Angeles County jail's Lynwood lockup shortly after 2 a.m. in a stunning reduction to her original 45-day sentence. She had reported to jail Sunday night after attending the MTV Movie Awards. She was ordered to finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three-bath home in the Hollywood Hills until next month. Check back later this morning for new pics of Paris and to find out if she's going back to the Hanoi Hilton. 
Paris Hilton is struggling after a little over five days in jail, sobbing to family members over the phone and complaining she isn't sleeping or eating. The heiress has served less than a week of her 23 day sentence for violating her parole following a 2006 drink-driving arrest. But, according to reports, the 26-year-old is close to crumbling. Sources from the jail (guards) say she has no appetite and is struggling to sleep in her noisy and "freezing cell" with just three small blankets and no pillow. Hilton's fellow inmates have extended her a warm welcome according to the sources, who claim other prisoners chanted "Paris! Paris! Paris!" as she passed them - as well as offering her gifts and words of support. FYI - Paris is in secluded, in a private cell, because she is a 'celebrity.' Even Martha Stewart had to do arts and crafts and cook in jail. Paris, according to our sources, has no daily tasks. We also hear that Paris, whose cell phone was put in a plastic bag containing her 'personal belongings' upon arrival at the jail, had no idea how to make a 'collect' phone call. Our spies at the jail said they had to explain to Hilton the procedure. (In jail, for those of you who have never been, the pay phones do not allow for coin deposits. One picks up the phone and listens to a recording, and dials a number, says their name, first and last, and the phone rings to the number called. On the other end, a recording, to the recipient, asks if they would like to 'accept the charges from the jail.' At least, for now, people are accepting Paris Hilton's calls. But, keep in mind, calls from jail pay phones do not patch through to cell phone numbers. So, all of Paris Hilton's friends and family need to be 'waiting' by their land line phones for her calls.) To shed an extra tear, well, go rent her dreadful movie, "House of Wax." Her first and most likely last ever Hollywood film. If you're desperate, feel free to download the 
Kevin Bacon has joined Frank Langella in the upcoming film version of stage play "Frost/Nixon." "Frost/Nixon" is a dramatic reenactment of U.S. President Richard Nixon's famed 1977 TV interview with David Frost, and has wowed audiences in both London's West End and on Broadway. Langella (nominated for a Best Actor Tony - the Tony's are this Sunday, 10 June), and Michael Sheen are reprising their stage roles as Nixon and Frost respectively in the film adaptation, to be directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard. Bacon will play Nixon's chief of staff Jack Brennan.
A musical adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind," to be directed by Trevor Nunn, will open in London's West End in April 2008 with tickets to go on sale in September. It will eventually, if successful in London, make its way stateside to Broadway. Nunn is regarded as one of the top theatrical directors of recent times. His credits include Les Misérables, Cats, Starlight Express, Nicholas Nickleby, and Sunset Boulevard. A press release stated that the "Gone With The Wind" production, featuring music and lyrics by unknown composer Margaret Martin, has been in development for three years. It quoted producer Aldo Scrofani as saying that it would "remain true to Margaret Mitchell's original story and characters while also revealing its relevance to our lives today." No word yet on how damn long the musical version will clock in at. The 1939 movie adaptation of Mitchell's book is the most successful movie of all time when one factors in tickets sold, and not box office receipts.
It's hard to believe that it has been TEN years since Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet graced the big screen with their presence in James Cameron's "Titanic." (Or that James Cameron hasn't made a major movie since!). Well, we have some Kate & Leo news. They are teaming up again, beginning shooting this week in Connecticut, in Sam Mendes 1950s period soap, "Revolutionary Road." Frank and April Wheeler (DiCaprio and Winslet), purchase a new home from Mrs. Givings (Kathy Bates), who introduces them to the town. During the couple's stay, their relationship begins to fall apart due to arguing and jealousy. The movie is based on the Richard Yates novel. We wonder, though, if DiCaprio/Winslet relationship, now reincarnated, will "go on and on." 
A device being handed out to select patrons at 144 Regal theaters, including Regal Fenway in Boston, that will summon a manager if fellow patrons disturb them has received a mostly positive reception in its initial roll-out, published reports said yesterday. The device, labeled a Guest Response System, can also alert management if a problem occurs with the picture or sound or if someone is spotted camcording a movie. But one moviegoer told the Boston Herald, "[GRS] isn't going to stop disturbances from occurring. ... You'll only accomplish making a bigger disturbance when the theater staff come to 'fix the problem.'" Meanwhile, New York Magazine has suggested the addition of several other buttons on the device, including one labeled, "Plot/Cinematography."
Before Sean Hayes swished across television screens, making wanting a raging queen to be your best friend every straight person's secret fantasy, Charles Nelson Reilly was queening it up on television's long running 70s game show, "The Match Game." Charles Nelson Reilly, who before "The Match Game," won a Tony Award for "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying," has died.
Robert Rodriguez has signed on to direct Barbarella, a new feature adaptation of the classic sci-fi comic book series that Universal Pictures is fast-tracking for a 2008 worldwide release. The character was immortalized in a 1968 movie starring Jane Fonda. Dino De Laurentiis, who produced the original film, will produce the update with Martha De Laurentiis. Barbarella tells the story of a female mercenary who roams across the universe of a distant future, undertaking missions that require physical fearlessness, ingenuity and sensuality. The character debuted in 1962 in a French graphic magazine written and illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest and was known for her many adventures, often involving sex. There also was a musical produced in 2004. According to reports, Robert Rodriguez said, "Dino De Laurentiis came to me and said, ' Barbarella is a world where you are completely free to unleash all your fantasies, creativity and imagination -- where the possibilities are limitless, ' "I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I'm truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe."
Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson spent the past weekend in Los Angeles, schmoozing with Hollywood VPs and securing, for you, our and the movie industry's bread and butter, exclusive Free Advance Movie Screening promotions AND, for cities not represented with Free Advance Movie Screenings, the opportunity to register for Free Run Of Engagement Passes...
Following reports that many -- if not most -- new movie releases are camcorded in Canada, then reproduced and pirated abroad, Warner Bros. announced Monday that it will no longer hold preview screenings in Canadian cities. In a statement, Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman said, "We regret having to cancel our screenings in Canada, but our studio must take steps to protect not only our branded assets but our commitment to our filmmakers and to our distributors." Twentieth Century Fox has indicated that it may go one step further, the delay of opening films in Canada unless the country passes legislation that would ban camcording in theaters.
Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel "The Lovely Bones" has found a home at Dreamworks. Dreamworks acquired the package late Friday, beating out Warner Bros. Pictures, Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures. "The Lovely Bones", which went out to the town last Monday, generated a lot of heat because of Jackson's name but came under intense scrutiny for the way it was being sent to market. Jackson and his team shopped the script with a budget in the $80 million range, complete with a start of production date and, uniquely, a focus on marketing. Integral to the deal were conversations about release dates and what other films the winning company will have in the same quarter, because Jackson wanted to know how time and attention will be divided between his movie and others. Dreamworks acquired the package with Film 4, which originally acquired the project, then developed it with Jackson. Jackson will direct the supernatural drama from a screenplay he co-wrote with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, his co-writers on King Kong and the The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Liv Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, will star opposite Edward Norton in Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk, signing on to play Betty Ross, the longtime love interest of Dr. Bruce Banner/the Hulk. Louis Leterrier is directing the movie, which is being produced by Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd and Kevin Feige. Ross, a classic Hulk character from the comic book's beginning in 1962, is Banner's fellow scientist and an ally in his quest to rid him of his lurking monster deep inside. The movie will unfold with Ross estranged from Banner (Norton), but with the pursuit of the Hulk heating up and Banner on the run trying to cure his condition, Ross finds herself swept back into his life. Jennifer Connelly played the character in the 2003 movie Hulk, directed by Ang Lee. Filming on the new Hulk is slated to begin in the summer in Toronto. Universal Pictures is distributing. 
20th Century Fox's 
Jack Valenti, a former presidential aide who became Hollywood's emissary to Washington and developer of the U.S. movie rating system, died on Thursday at age 85, his longtime spokesman, Warren Cowan, of Hollywood PR firm Rogers and Cowan, said. Valenti served as an aide to President Lyndon Johnson before heading the Motion Picture Association of America as the movie industry's No. 1 lobbyist for 38 years. He retired in August 2004.
We're not insinuating that she's ugly. She's far from it. But she, Drew Barrymore, is hardly 'the' most beautiful woman, in or out of Hollywood. Drew Barrymore was born with her acting family's classic beauty, but she credits her fun-loving approach to life for her No. 1 spot on People magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People" list. "I just think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period," she tells the magazine. "Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness." Barrymore, 32, graces the cover of the issue that hits newsstands tomorrow. It's her fourth time on the list, but first as cover girl.
American Idol judge Paula Abdul reportedly threw a "diva-like" tantrum while boarding an airplane recently, telling fellow passengers she was "too famous" to wait in line. Abdul was boarding a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to Burbank, California, when she allegedly demanded to be given special treatment and board the aircraft first. Eyewitnesses claim the star pushed her way to the front of a line of waiting passengers as one disgruntled commuter shouted, "You're no Sanjaya (American Idol contestant popular for his lack of talent)! You have to board like everyone else." A source tells The Scoop, "She pulled a major diva trip. The other passengers were not amused. She asked to be let on the plane and seated first." Abdul's spokesman has refused to comment...
Three of the biggest movies of the past decade - "Shrek," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Spiderman" - see the third in their series in release this May, in theaters. Spiderman 3 has the honor of being the first out of the gate, May 4th. Will it be the best of the Spiderman franchise, thusfar, and/or the biggest movie at the box office this year? What we know for sure is that Tobey Maguire is ready to step back into the Spiderman suit for sequels 4, 5 and 6. Maguire untangled his newest spider's web, his third, for Wild About Movies this past weekend in Los Angeles... 
Netflix saw its shares tumble nearly 10 percent this week after saying that it expects to end up with about 7.3 million subscribers by the end of the year, 13 percent fewer than it had forecast in January. Shares in the company have fallen 26 percent over the past year. Netflix apparently was hit hard by a rival service from Blockbuster that allows customers to receive movies in the mail, then exchange them in Blockbuster stores.
The Cannes Film Festival confirmed yesterday that Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, starring Jude Law, Ed Harris, Norah Jones and Natalie Portman, will open the 60th annual festival on May 16. In something of a surprise, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez "double bill" Grindhouse, which was expected to compete for the top Palme d'Or prize, will only be represented by the Tarantino half of the feature, Death Proof, which is being expanded to one hour and 50 minutes. (Wild About Movies, previously, brought you the news that Harvey Weinstein will be rereleasing the "double bill" Grindhouse film, "Death Proof" and "Planet Terror," as separate feature films, later this year.) 
While Eric Bana lost out to Edward Norton for The Hulk follow up, Bana and Rachel McAdams will be time-challenged lovers in "The Time Traveler's Wife", New Line Cinema's adaptation of the Audrey Niffenegger novel. More a love story than a fantasy, the book tells the story of a dashing librarian (Bana) at Chicago's Newberry Library who has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel forward and backward. During one of his episodes, he falls in love with a woman (McAdams), but the problem is that while the man's age darts back and forth depending on his location in time, the woman's progresses in a normal manner; thus, the two are often out of sync. Sound like the recent Sandra Bullock stinkers "The Lake House" and "Premonition?" We think so, but somehow Eric Bana going back and forth in time sounds a lot more exciting...
We're not quite sure why the movie, "The Hulk," is getting remade. The movie that Ang Lee made before his Oscar winning "Brokeback Mountain" was "The Hulk," with Eric Bana starring as the Green monster. Universal Pictures announced that they have signed Edward Norton, of all people, to play "The Hulk," in what they are 'officially' calling a sequel to the Eric Bana "Hulk." No one from the original returns. The film was written by Zack Penn, whose 'talent?' was behind the bomb "Elektra" and "X-Men 3." Directing this time around, relative unknown
Louis Leterrier, who helmed Jet Li's "Unleashed" and "The Transporter 2." We're betting this "Hulk Movie" will be a bigger flop than the Ang Lee/Eric Bana version. But we'll have to wait until Summer 2008 to find out how well our predictions are! 
Since we brought you some Tom Hanks envy news yesterday (see below) about John Travolta, we thought it would be fitting to bring you some confirmed Tom Hanks news today. According to Wild About Movies spies, (a publicist in Hollywood), Tom Hanks has signed on for another go 'round as Dr. Robert Langdon in "Angels & Demons," which is the prequel to "The DaVinci Code." Expect the prequel, yes, directed by "DaVinci's" Ron Howard, to hit theaters during the summer of 2008. We truly hope that the do that Hanks ends up with for "Angels & Demons" is a little more stylish than in "DaVinci Code."
Howard K. Stern is out on his ass. He tried to control Anna Nicole Smith's life, and insisted that he was Baby Anna's daddy. However, today, DNA tests have conclusively proven that Larry Birkhead is the real baby's daddy. Dannielynn now has a new last name, Birkhead.
"Gilmore Girls" and "Supernatural" television star Jared Padalecki has been cast as Thomas Kinkade alongside Peter O'Toole in Lionsgate's "The Christmas Cottage", based on the life of Kinkade and his painting of the same name. Michael Campus will direct the film, which goes into production this month in Vancouver and Whistler. Jared Padalecki will play Kinkade, one of America's most collected living artists who used his gift as an artist to portray his life-affirming values and explore the world around him. O'Toole will play a painter named Glen Wessler, based on one of Kinkade's mentors. A holiday release is planned. The film is part of an intended three-picture deal between Lionsgate and Kinkade. The next two films, also planned with Jared Padalecki as Kinkade, will be based on other paintings and reflect different points in Kinkade's life.
David Duchovny has confirmed a sequel to The X-Files movie is in the works - with himself and Gillian Anderson reprising the characters that made them famous. The actor, who played Agent Fox Mulder in both the cult TV series and 1998 movie, reveals X-Files creator Chris Carter and writer Frank Spotnitz are busy working on a script for the new film...
Are Brad Grey's days at Paramount numbered? We think so. It seems ALL Paramount employees are either being fired or quitting, en masse. And Brad Grey, current Paramount CEO, just may be the next to take a short walk - back. Yes, to his old stomping grounds. Brad Gray Television and Plan B productions (with Brad Pitt.) If you're a loyal friend and true of Wild About Movies, and we have over 100,000, nationwide, with the number growing exponentially each day, you are aware of the controversy surrounding Paramount Pictures, whose publicity department has been hijacked by the vile, incompetent Dreamworks transplants. Over 7,000 WAM devotees have e-mailed Paramount for the past three weeks, expressing not only their displeasure but disgust at Paramount's audacity of knocking Wild About Movies off the Paramount junket and Promotional Screening lists - because of what seems to be gay discrimination. To read the most ridiculous letter that went out to a few WAM readers yesterday, from Paramount lawyer Judy Kim - a letter only a lawyer could write, evading all important facts of the case.
According to sources, in an appearance during Disney's annual shareholder meeting in New Orleans, John Lasseter, head of Pixar, said: "We are finally in production on 'Toy Story 3,'" adding the film is scheduled to come out in 2010. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are back on board to voice Buzz Lightyear and Woody. The screenplay is by Michael Arndt, who just won the original screenplay Academy Award for 
Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones adventures. Shia LeBeouf also has signed on. He is one of Hollywood's hottest under 21 year old male actors right now, what with his starring roles this spring and summer in "Disturbia," "Surf's Up," "Transformers." Harrison Ford already has boarded the project, which will be produced by Lucasfilm and directed by Steven Spielberg. With David Koepp's screenplay shrouded in secrecy, it is unclear what character Blanchett will play. However, sources said the Oscar-winning actress has landed a starring role. As we reported last month, shooting will begin in June in Los Angeles and continue throughout worldwide exotic locales. 
Dimension Films emailed us yesterday, pleased to announce that Alexandre Aja (“The Hills Have Eyes”) has signed on to write and direct a new “Piranha” movie, almost 30 years after the 1978 hit film of the same name. Should anyone really care? Let's see how well "The Hills Have Eyes 2" does at theaters next weekend. Fox is NOT screening the movie for critics or promotional audiences. The email went on to babble, on and on and on:
Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), whose stock in Hollywood reportedly fell through the floor following the disastrous failure of his last film, Lady in the Water, has found a Bollywood production company to help foot the bill with 20th Century Fox for a new film, The Happening, which will reportedly star Mark Wahlberg. In a video news conference on Wednesday, Shyamalan, who was born in India but raised in suburban Philadelphia, said that he had approached Mumbai (Bombay)-based UTV to finance half the $57-million budget of the film "so that I can have ownership rights over the movie rather than just selling it to the studio." Ronnie Screwala, CEO of UTV, who agreed to participate in the venture, said, "It's going to be a huge budget, but it will be fantastic if there was an Indian connection on both sides." He said his company also partially financed Chris Rock's 
A Norman Rockwell work stolen from suburban St. Louis more than three decades ago was found in Steven Spielberg’s art collection, the FBI announced Friday. The painting, Rockwell’s ”Russian Schoolroom,” was snatched during a late-night burglary at a gallery in Clayton, Mo., on June 25, 1973. The multi Oscar-winning filmmaker purchased the painting in 1989 from a legitimate dealer and didn’t know it was stolen until his staff spotted its image last week on an FBI Web site listing stolen works of art, the bureau said in a statement. The painting is valued at over $700,000. 
On a recent transcontinetal flight there was nothing better for me to do (in the interest of bringing you a great Blog piece) than flip every page of the current Vanity Fair magazine - and count the actual pages that had content. 
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Recent separate cover photos of three A-listers seem much too similar to be coincidental. Perhaps the person doing the photoshop on Brad Pitt, Wentworth Miller and Justin Timberlake on each of their covers thought they were the same person?
Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marrying an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died Thursday after collapsing at a South Florida hotel, one of her lawyers said. Details still unfolding. Stay tuned...
Steven Spielberg, whom Wild About Movies interviewed two summers ago, before the release of his version of "War of the Worlds," starts shooting the fourth, and presumably final, installment of "Indiana Jones," starring Harrison Ford, in June 2007. Yesterday, Spielberg informed the world that "Indiana Jones 4" will hit theaters on Memorial Day 2008, nearly twenty years after "Indiana Jones 3," "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" was released.
Frank Darabont's script, which had been one of the earlier drafts of "Indiana Jones 4," was not chosen as the final draft. Forty-four year old David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," and first "Jurassic Park," turned in the final "Indiana Jones 4" screenplay, based on a story by Jeff Nathanson, who has previously written "Rush Hour 2" and the upcoming "Rush Hour 3."
After a half dozen nominations, Martin Scorsese finally picked up the Director's Guild of America Award for directing "The Departed." The DGA is the usually the precursor to which director will win the Oscar. Out of 58 DGA ceremonies, 52 of the winners have gone on to claim the Best Director Oscar. Will Martin Scorsese be the 53rd out of 59th? Do stay tuned. As for the previous movies for which Martin Scorsese has been nominated for the Oscar and DGA; "Raging Bull," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Goodfellas," "The Age of Innocence," "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator." 
Dismissed from NASA's space program, former astronaut-in-training Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) pursues his lifelong dream by building his own rocket in The Astronaut Farmer. On the eve of his launch, he must battle foreclosure on his ranch, a small-town community of disbelievers, the FAA, and FBI agents who want to shut him down in the name of Homeland Security but remains determined to reach his goal and instill in his children the courage to pursue their own dreams, no matter the odds. If you live in one of two select cities, print out your passes to tonight's (Wednesday 31 January) The Astronaut Farmer Free Advance Movie Screening. To watch the trailer and to enter for passes to future screenings in cities not participating tonight 
Without a doubt, the most controversial film heading to this month's Sundance Film Festival concerns the rape of a 12-year-old girl while Elvis Presley is heard singing in the background. In "Hound Dog," written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, the character played by 13-year-old actress Dakota Fanning, who made her mark six years ago in "I Am Sam," is raped onscreen. 
Wild About Movies brings you the Top 35 movies of the weekend. And we can tell you that the only movies that were helped at the box office, courtesy of Golden Globe Awards, were "The Queen" and "The Last King Of Scotland." Incidentally, the Golden Globe winning screenwriter of "The Queen," also penned "The Last King Of Scotland."
Golden Globe winner Meryl Streep (Best Actress 2007 Golden Globe Awards, "The Devil Wears Prada"), has signed on to star in the lead of "Mamma Mia: The Movie." So, Meryl Streep, the dancing queen. That's what you'll see on screen this coming Christmas and if all goes according to plans, Streep will earn her 15th Oscar nomination for that role at the 2008 Academy Awards, since she will obviously earn her 14th Oscar nomination for "The Devil Wears Prada." Nominations are live, right here at WildAboutMovies, Tuesday 23 January at 8:30AM EST. 
It was announced yesterday that Aussie hunk Sam Worthington will star in the next James Cameron film, "Avatar," set for a 2009 release. "Avatar" is the first feature film to be directed by James Cameron since his "Titanic," the all-time highest grossing movie in history, in 1997. "Avatar" will be released on a new 3D system Cameron has developed for theaters. Filming of "Avatar" begins in the United States in April of 2007, with a budget of over $245 million.
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Kitty Kelley vs. Oprah
