• The fifth Rambo installment has been greenlit. Sylvester Stallone will return as star and director, despite almost being eligible for Social Security.
• The Final Destination topped Halloween II at the box office with $28.3 million. So get ready for The Absolute Final, We Mean It This Time Destination in 2010.
• Halloween 3D has been slated for summer 2010, without current director Rob Zombie. Look out! It's the very slow and lumbering Michael Myers! And he's coming right at you!
• The first poster for the CGI Smurfs movie has been released. So that's where James Cameron got the idea for the weird blue Avatar aliens.
• Columbia has hired a writer to develop a Bad Boys 3 script. Now who will get Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, and Michael Bay in the same room to actually make the thing?
• Guillermo del Toro is producing an adaptation of the Deadman comic book. Does he just snatch up anything with "hell" or "dead" in the title?
Big screen evolves to compete with small
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By MARTHA IRVINE
CHICAGO (AP) -- Today, young movie-watchers look increasingly like Molly O'Connor. A junior at the University of Dallas, she still goes to the cinema occasionally, but is often just as happy to hunker down on a bed or a couch with friends to watch a downloaded movie on a laptop that's perched on a nearby desk or a chair....
Sony B.O. reaches $1 billion overseas
Film News: 'Angels & Demons,' 'Terminator' top draws -- Sony's international box office has reached the $1 billion box office mark for 2009, marking the seventh time in last nine years it's gone past the milestone.
FESTIVALS
William Shatner on his toes for doc fest
from Hollywood Reporter by By Etan Vlessing
William Shatner's "Gonzo Ballet" will open the DocFest Stratford festival in October.
Montreal World Film Festival under way
from The Hollywood Reporter - Awards by By Etan Vlessing
The Montreal World Film Festival looks to have its mojo
back, as it enters its first weekend.
AWARDS
`The Bold and the Beautiful' wins drama series
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Bold and the Beautiful"
won drama series honors at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday, the CBS soap opera's
first such victory in 22 years on the air....
FILM
Weekend Box Office: August 28-30, 2009
from Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
The Final Destination tops the box office with an estimated $28.3 million
'Final Destination' No. 1 at box office
For many, the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question. But when the history of Hollywood's 21st century embrace of 3-D is written, it very well may point to this weekend as the moment when the format definitively established its commercial power at the box office.
Box Office: "September" Skyrockets; Finds 5th Best Doc Debut
Ever
from indieWIRE News
R.J. Cutler's Anna Wintour doc "The September Issue" made a very fashionable entrance into theaters this weekend.
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Chris Nashawaty
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. After watching his Halloween II get spanked by The Final Destination in 3-D this weekend, Weinstein Company co-chairman Bob Weinstein told the Los Angeles Times that the next chapter in the Michael Myers saga would be in 3-D, too.
Stallone readies for fifth 'Rambo'
Film News: Nu Image/Millennium Films greenlights pic -- John Rambo's officially readying for a fifth mission.
Judge: 'Extract' offers boss view of work
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. director Mike Judge says his new film "Extract" approaches work from a boss's point of view compared with the employee viewpoint in "Office Space."
from Hollywood Reporter by By Borys Kit
Columbia Pictures is developing a third installment of the high-octane "Bad Boys" franchise, tapping Peter Craig to pen the screenplay.
High-def 'Wizard of Oz' comes to theaters Sept. 23
Coming to a big screen near you Nearly everyone has seen "The Wizard of Oz" but not many in the way it was intended -- on the big screen. The opportunity is coming: On Sept. 23, NCM Fathom will present the classic film in a high-definition broadcast at more than 400 movie theaters across the country, including at least 21 in Southern California.
District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Talks Sequel Possibilities
from Paste Magazine
District 9 has only been in theaters for two weeks, but
critical
buzzsizable box-office returns has made everyone, including
director Neill Blomkamp, mighty excited about the possibility of a sequel to
the summer's sci-fi success story. combined with
'Batman 3' Rumors, 'Arkham Asylum' Reviews And 'Magneto'
Updates: It's The Back-Issue Bin!
from Splash Page by Rick Marshall
Another week, another set of great stories from the world of comics and comic
book movies--mostly involving Batman this time around.
Green Hornet Pushed to December 2010
from News in Film by Jeff Leins
In a move that should be surprising to no one, Sony has quietly relocated the
Seth Rogen action/comedy The Green Hornet to December 17, 2010.
TELEVISION
'Jay Leno Show' announces first week guests
from The Live Feed by hollywoodreporter
Jay Leno has lined up Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Miley Cyrus
Jenna
Bush Hager signs on to 'Today'
from Politico Top Stories by Becca Milfeld
In the tradition of other daughters of prominent Republicans, Jenna Bush Hager wades into the media waters.
from L.A. Times - TV News
A major character returns, then dies at the start of a new
version of the series. This isn't your '90s show.
Actress puts the 'Mad Men' in their place
from Reuters: Entertainment News
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For all the attention heaped on Jon Hamm and the male cast of "Mad Men," now in its third season on AMC, Elisabeth Moss is arguably the heart of the drama.
from Variety.com
Remakes: 'Melrose,' 'Eastwick' use name recognition to launch -- If "Melrose Place" was never "Hamlet," it was always uniquely "Melrose Place." But now, you can't even say that.
'Reading Rainbow' to end after 26 years
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. TV series "Reading Rainbow" is set to go off the air after 26 years of entertaining children throughout the United States, a TV official says.
MTV planning original TV movies
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable television network MTV says it is releasing a slate of original movies crafted specifically for its audience.
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Jennifer Armstrong
FX's Rescue Me will end in 2011, with a final 19 episodes to
come, Variety reports.
'Project Runway' ratings ease back in Week 2
from The Live Feed by hollywoodreporter
After last week's record-setting premiere, it's no surprise Lifetime's "Project Runway" fell its second week.
from EW.com: TV
By Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker's getting hooked on the radio personality's dishier than a cereal
bowl approach to TV talk
Neil Patrick Harris 'shattered dreams' on 'Idol'
from MSNBC.com: Reality TV
The "How I Met You Mother" star was intimidated by Simon Cowell, but wasn't
afraid to tell the auditioners when they were terrible.
Jesse Williams cast in 'Grey's Anatomy'
from Hollywood Reporter by By Nellie Andreeva
Jesse Williams has been cast in a multi-episode arc for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."
Noel Gallagher explains why he quit Oasis
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ...
LONDON (AP) -- Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher claims "verbal and violent intimidation" led to his decision to leave the "Britpop" band....
DJ AM autopsy inconclusive; more tests planned
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By JENNIFER PELTZ
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, a medical examiner's office spokeswoman said Saturday....
Thousands attend Jackson birthday bash in New York
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By SUZANNE MA
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of Michael Jackson fans danced the rain away in a Brooklyn park on Saturday at a party hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee, marking what would have been the 51st birthday of the late pop star....
Twain tells fans she's OK post-separation
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. country music singer Shania Twain says she is doing well more than a year after her split from her husband, producer Robert "Mutt" Lange.
Adam Lambert reveals album details
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Kate Ward
In an interview with People.com, Adam Lambert revealed details of his upcoming debut album. According to the Idol runner-up, the debut will be "quite eclectic."
Police Review Rolling Stone Brian Jones' Death 40+ Years Later
from Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com by The Huffington Post
News Team
Police are reviewing the death of Rolling Stone Brian Jones -- 40 years after his
body was found at the bottom of a swimming pool.
from Reuters: Entertainment News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years," Whitney Houston sings on what is, in fact, her latest comeback album.
Lost Elliott Smith song, 'Grand Mal,' discovered
from The Music Mix by Simon Vozick-Levinson
One small consolation for those who, like me, continue to mourn late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith nearly six years after his untimely death has been all the material he left unreleased.
Film News: Advocate turns in first fiction book -- Ralph
Nader's gone Hollywood. Sort of.
from FT.com - Media
Fashion after the fall: Despite being described as the most powerful player in the business, new economic realities could undermine the famously aloof Vogue editor
Danza to teach high school in Pa.
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Actor and TV personality Tony Danza this week took part in orientation sessions to prepare for his new teaching role in the Philadelphia School District.
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt engaged
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Kate Ward
Today, John Krasinski's rep confirmed to People that The Office actor and Emily Blunt will soon walk down the aisle. The couple had been dating since November 2008.
