• Matt Damon will star in Hereafter, a supernatural thriller in the vein of The Sixth Sense directed by Clint Eastwood. Too bad Eastwood isn't starring. Grumpy old Clint seeing ghosts would be the best movie of all time.
• Set photos have surface of Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith in The Kung Fu Kid. So they really are remaking The Karate Kid. It wasn't just a cruel joke.
• Pundits predict Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will take the top spot at the box office this weekend despite its hefty budget. Which means it's only a matter of time before How to Eat Fried Worms gets the CGI treatment.
• The first trailer for From Paris With Love, the upcoming John Travolta action film movie the director of Taken, has been released. Travolta bald and sporting a goatee is something no one should be exposed to.
• Screenings for Twilight: New Moon are already selling out nine weeks in advance. It's the most anticipated film of the holiday season. Well, besides Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
• Star Trek 2 could have a contemporary political relevance according to director J.J. Abrams and co-writer Roberto Orci. Get ready for a lot of strained Gitmo metaphors involving Klingons.
Katzenberg offers Hollywood a challenge
from Variety.com
Film News: DreamWorks Animation guru delivers keynote -- In his morning keynote at the 3D Entertainment Summit, DreamWorks Animation topper Jeffrey Katzenberg challenged Hollywood to make more live-action 3D movies and exhibitors to be bolder about charging more for 3D tickets.
Peter Bart addresses 3D summit
from Variety.com
Film News: Warns that movie industry facing crisis situation -- Addressing the 3D Entertainment Summit this morning, Variety veep and editorial director Peter Bart warned that the movie industry is facing its biggest crisis since the early 1970s and must embrace 3D and other big ideas.
Host of stars expected at Mipcom
from Hollywood Reporter by By Rebecca Leffler
Cannes will roll out its red carpets once again at the 25th annual Mipcom TV market where international talent attending will include Lisa Kudrow, Joan Rivers, Morgan Spurlock, Matt Groening and Jerry Seinfeld, organizers Reed MIDEM said Thursday.
Canadian b'casters rebalance in tough times
from Hollywood Reporter by By Etan Vlessing
Recovery from the recession by a battered Canadian media
sector continued this week with a series of delicate rebalancing acts.
FESTIVALS
My Toronto Film Festival diary
from Film News from Times Online
The Toronto Film Festival: 271 movies, 50-something Hollywood stars, a dozen serious A-listers (George Clooney, Matt Damon and Keanu Reeves among them), plus Oprah Winfrey. All of whom are here to thump the tub for films that, according to tradition -- from American Beauty to last year's Slumdog Millionaire -- will begin their critical journeys here and climax with an awards season bonanza on Oscar night.
Middle East Conflict Comes to the Toronto Film Fest
from Paste Magazine
Usually, nothing is less controversial than Canada, but heated political conflict has arisen this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 10-19.
Video:
2009 Toronto Film Festival: Colin Farrell's 'Triage'
from Access Hollywood - Movies
Colin Farrell talks about how he lost weight for his role in "Triage" and how much he enjoyed gaining the weight back.
Natalie Portman: Pretty In Pink At 'Love And Other Impossible
Pursuits' Screening
from Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com by The Huffington Post News Team
Natalie Portman turned heads in a pretty pink mini-dress at the Toronto Film Festival screening of her new movie, 'Love and Other Impossible Pursuits,' a Don Roos-directed adaptation of the Ayelet Waldman novel of the same name.
Hugo Weaving, Last Ride at the Front of TIFF's Underdog Pack
from Movieline
Few countries outside the U.S.-European movie axis had quite the year Australia has had in Toronto, where the 2009 festival programmed an unprecedented 17 films from Down Under.
Growing up alone: Girls on film at Toronto festival
from Reuters: Entertainment News
TORONTO (Reuters) - Three hard-edged movies about young women screening this week at the Toronto film festival depart from Hollywood formulas by avoiding sentimental or romantic cliches that often define movies about teenagers.
Talent, movies to sparkle at San Sebastian
from The Hollywood Reporter - Awards by By Pamela Rolfe
Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, Ian McKellen, Naomi Watts and Robert Duvall are a few of the famous faces expected to spice up the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival, which kicks off Friday and runs through Sept. 27.
AWARDS
Comedy Central revives American Comedy Awards
from The Live Feed by hollywoodreporter
Sibling network MTV has already mastered the art of the modern awards show
BET Award nominations announced; will top nominee Kanye show?
from The Music Mix by Leah Greenblatt
The collective universe (current and former presidents
included) may still be hard at work condemning Kanye West's actions at this
past Sunday's VMA Awards, but someone still loves him.
FILM
Daily Box Office: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
from Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself tops Wednesday's box office with $1.0 million
'New Moon' sells out 63 showtimes 64 days before opening
"The Twilight Saga" sequel is scaring up some big business pretty earliy.
"Precious" Director on Bringing Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz to
the Big Screen
from Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Karen Bliss
By the time Mariah Carey appears in a pivotal scene in the movie Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire, it's easy to forget she's a glamorous chart-topper with flawless makeup and designer tastes.
Video:
'Capitalism: A Love Story' LA Premiere (September 15, 2009)
from Access Hollywood - Movies
Michael Moore hits the red carpet at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., for the premiere of "Capitalism: A Love Story." Plus, Olivia Wilde and Larry King tell Access why they think Michael Moore is a great director.
Rom-com 'Love Happens' accidentally takes a sad turn
from USATODAY.com Life - Top Stories
Love Happens is an oddly upbeat title for a movie that is surprisingly sad.
Woody Harrelson-Starring Superhero Flick 'Defendor' Picked Up
By Sony
from Splash Page by Josh Wigler
Woody Harrelson is about to try his hand against a pack of vicious flesh-eaters
in "Zombieland," but that's not the only tremendous feat the actor is
facing down -- he's also set to don the tights in superhero flick "Defendor."
'Tron: Legacy' going day-and-date in Imax
from Hollywood Reporter by By Etan Vlessing
Giant screen exhibitor Imax said Thursday that it will release Walt Disney's 3D adventure pic "Tron: Legacy" day-and-date with its wider theatrical release on Dec. 17, 2010.
Jesse Eisenberg Speaks About Playing Facebook Founder Mark
Zuckerberg In 'The Social Network'
from MTV Movies Blog by Eric Ditzian
Who will ultimately step into the flip-flops of billionaire Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for "The Social Network," the David Fincher-directed, Aaron Sorkin-scripted biopic about the company's founding?
Preview:
'The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee'
from Access Hollywood - Movies
Based on the popular novel, Robin Wright Penn plays a housewife who explores her buried sensuality after her husband falls for a younger woman. The film also stars Blake Lively, Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder.
TELEVISION
from Movieline
Pour yourself an afternoon highball and dust off that accordion!
'Talent' finale tops Wednesday ratings
TV Ratings: 'Jay Leno,' 'Glee' remain strong draws -- NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" remained strong Wednesday, roughly matching its Tuesday outing thanks in part to a strong lead-in from the finale of "America's Got Talent." Fox's "Glee," meanwhile, held up pretty well in its second week but CW's "The Beautiful Life" struggled in its bow.
Henry Gibson, 'Laugh-In' star, dies
from EW.com: Movies
By Clark Collis
Clark Collis remembers the late actor, particularly his role in Robert Altman's
''The Long Goodbye''
TV dance show makes peace with U.S. gay community
from Reuters: Entertainment News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popular reality TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" has made peace with America's gay community by putting a same-sex Latin ballroom couple into a new round of competition and appointing an openly gay judge.
Stevie Wonder to perform in 'Divas' show
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- India.Arie, Stevie Wonder and The Rickey Minor Band have been added to the roster for the "VH1 Divas" concert in New York, VH1 said.
Lisa Ling to sub as a co-host on ABC's 'The View'
from USATODAY.com Television - Top Stories
Lisa Ling, a former co-host of The View, will be back as a
guest co-host for two days next month.
from /Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
All the big names are going to cable. We just reported on Martin Scorsese's work on an HBO series called Boardwalk
EmpireSpike Lee and Robert De Niro are producing a series called Alphaville,
with Lee directing the potential pilot episode. (starring Steve Buscemi) and now two other giants of the New York filmmaking
scene are heading to showtime:
Fox's 'Fringe' finds its footing
from L.A. Times - TV News
And creator J.J. Abrams is eager to give it free rein. 'The
rhythm of show is clear now,' costar Blair Brown says.
Sissy Spacek to join 'Big Love'
from Los Angeles Times - Celebrity News
She'll play a powerful Washington D.C. lobbyist in a multi-episode arc starting in the third episode of next season.
ABC's 'Nightline' Continues to Do Well Against Letterman, Conan
from mediabistro.com: TVNewser
For the week of September 7, ABC's "Nightline" again topped CBS'
"The Late Show" and NBC's "The Tonight Show" in Total
Viewers.
Jay-Z, Muse set to dominate albums chart
from The Hollywood Reporter - Music by By Keith Caulfield, Billboard
Jay-Z may make it a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week as his "Blueprint 3" could fend off some hot competition from two just-released sets, along with a diva's surging album.
Mary Travers dies at 72; folk singer performed with the trio
Peter, Paul and Mary
from Los Angeles Times - Celebrity News
The group's harmony-laden recordings of politically minded
songs by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger ushered them to the top of the sales charts
in the 1960s.
Madonna, 'Revolver': hear the new single feat. Lil Wayne here
from The Music Mix by Joseph Brannigan Lynch
Stop whatever you're doing, Madge-aholics! Madonna's new single from her upcoming Celebration hits collection (featuring Lil Wayne!) debuted online today in full.
Kanye West's Behavior At VMAs 'Completely Uncalled For' Says
Jimmy Carter
from MTV News
Former president also commented that West's 'punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show.'
Experts Weigh In On Kanye West's Post-VMA Career Recovery
from MTV News
What can the rapper do to recover from the Taylor Swift incident?
Rob Zombie unleashes 'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' tour
from Top Stories from LiveDaily.com
For the first time since 2007, Rob Zombie [ tickets ] will embark on a headlining tour, this time in support of his forthcoming solo set, "The Hellbilly Deluxe 2."
Iconic `90s indie rock band Pavement to reunite
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pavement, one of the most influential indie rock bands of the `90s, will reunite....
Report: Lavigne and Whibley split up
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Canadian-born pop star Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 front man Deryck Whibley have broken up after three years of marriage, a source told Usmagazine.com.
'Feeling' holds fast to No. 1 chart spot
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Black Eyed Peas's "I Gotta Feeling" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a 12th week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
Coldplay plagiarism suit dismissed
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. District Court judge in New York has dismissed guitarist Joe Satriani's plagiarism lawsuit against the British rock band Coldplay, legal records show.
'Glee' tracks liven up Billboard 100
from Hollywood Reporter by By Ayala Ben-Yehuda and Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard
The top six songs on the Billboard Hot 100 hold steady this week, but the new season of Fox's "Glee" brings joy to the chart.
Cat Stevens Announces First Tour Dates in 33 Years
from Paste Magazine
For awhile there, it seemed like Cat Stevens was gone
forever.
Lady Gaga's Style 'Fascinating' Says Vera Wang
from MTV News
'I think she knows who she is,' the designer says at New York's Fashion Week.
Ex-Clash stars re-record song to aid convicts
from Reuters: Entertainment News
LONDON (Reuters) - Former members of The Clash, Mick Jones and Nicky "Topper" Headon, have recorded together for the first time in almost 30 years by reworking a version of the punk rock band's 1978 song "Jail Guitar Doors."
Smashing Pumpkins to give away new album one song at a time
from Top Stories from LiveDaily.com
Billy Corgan has begun recording the next Smashing Pumpkins [ tickets ] album, which will be delivered in a variety of "unique and exciting" ways, according to a statement posted at the band's website.
Weezer Announce 'Raditude' Tracklisting
from Spin magazine's Daily Noise by Matt Kiser
Their giant-dog-flying-through-a-window album cover might be abstract, but the
tracklisting for the new Weezer album is no longer a mystery: Raditude,
out Oct. 27, will have 10 songs, plus an array of extra tracks available with
special versions of the album.
Court jester: LeBron James to appear in comedy
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By TOM WITHERS
CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James is leaving Cleveland - for Hollywood.
'Dirty Dancing' town plans Swayze memorial
from USATODAY.com Life - Top Stories
The residents of a North Carolina community where much of Dirty Dancing was filmed are planning a memorial service for star ...
