January 2008 - Posts

Good... But Has The Lesson Taken At All? by The Hot Blog

Entertainment Tonight/The Insider decided NOT to run the Heath Ledger tape. I was traveling, so I haven't heard the on-air excuse. But I read this AP story and while I think the choice was right, that's still about the only thing that was. From...
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Bernard and Doris and Colin and Richard by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik There may be uncertainty about its theatrical pipeline but pay no attention -- HBO Films has done it again. Colin Callender's longstanding production unit is attached to a movie (in this case, an acquisition) that brings the......
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'Fool's' Flock to Hollywood by Variety On the Town

The event: "Fool's Gold" premiere The details: Wednesday at Grauman's Theater The guest list: Pic's Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, helmer Andy Tennant and Warner Bros.' Alan Horn, Jeff Robinov and Kevin McCormack. The decor...
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BYOB - Jan 31 by The Hot Blog

It's yet another travel day... here is some room to roam...
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Lunch With... Jacqueline Bisset by The Hot Blog

One of Hollywood's storied beauties, she continues to fight for more challenging work... and found it as a Holocaust surviving shrew of a mother in the Sundance title, Death In Love . We chatted.
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You Know... by The Hot Blog

I didn't think I was actually going to get angrier after watching Entertainment Tonight promote their ongoing rape of Heath Ledger's dead body. But I did. Because they were doing something even worse that I saw coming. They are trying to position...
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Why Is The Best Feature About Iraq Still Without US Distribution? by The Hot Blog

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How Ugly Will It Get? by The Hot Blog

Sadly, I seem to be spending more and more time gagging on the tabloidization of the entertainment media. We've always been a whorehouse, but every hour wasn't spent trying broadcast the tv-safe version of the Dirty Sanchez. Now this, in defense...
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Money, Money, Money, It's a Rich Man's World (Unless You're in Slate Financing) by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik How nervous are slate financers about their investments and the general performance of slate pictures? So nervous -- so teeth-chatteringly, knee-knockingly, swallow five-Tums-and-still-reach-for-the-bourbon nervous -- that Risky Biz...
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Hannah Montana Stampede by The Hot Blog

I normally consider Fandango's releases about their ticket sales nothing but self-hype that should be allowed to linger, unpublished, in the inbox. Like 98% of internet stat-making, they are invariably irrelevant. But the details on the Hannah Montana...
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THR Dives Into The Toilet With The Rest... by The Hot Blog

"Now we all deserve to die Even you Mrs. Lovett...even I Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief For the rest of us death will be a relief We all deserve to die." The Top Story Online...
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The Diving Bell and the Drunken Fly by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

Poor Julian Schnabel. Even when he's trying to play it straight, it hits him in the face. As you've no doubt heard, the candid painter-auteur and in-jokey obsession of the New York media was genuinely trying to thank the DGA... Read More...
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BYOB - Jan 29 by The Hot Blog

Before I leave it to you, a couple quickies... 1. All this talk about the WGA talks being tied to Oscar is ticking me off. Does anyone really think that The Oscars are more important to The Writers than that little thing called, "going back to work...
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Lunch With... Amy Ryan by The Hot Blog

The Oscar nominee sits down to talk about the work in Gone Baby Gone , her next film (for Paul Greengrass and with Matt Damon), and life as a working actor turned media phenom almost overnight.
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Universal Welcomes 'Roscoe' by Variety On the Town

The event: “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” premiere The details: Monday at Mann's Chinese Theater The guest list: Universal's Ron Meyer, Marc Shmuger, David Linde, helmer Malcolm D. Lee and pic's Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo'Nique, Martin Lawrence...
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