Name: Ashton HolmesAge: 30
You know him because: He played Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence.
Up next: A co-starring role in Smart People.
Photo: New Line Cinema (A History of Violence).
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
One Day You Are In…The Next You Are Out
After four seasons as one of Bravo’s signature series, the über-successful Project Runway is sashaying to Lifetime.
The Golden Girls’ longtime home – oh, did you hear they’re leaving for the Hallmark Channel? – has picked up Project Runway and will air the sixth season in November.
Yeah – that sound you hear is the sound of Heidi Klum going “Auf Wiedersehen.”
(The Weinstein Company already has begun pre-production on the fifth season for Bravo, which is scheduled to air in June.)
The move has prompted legal action by NBC/Universal, Bravo’s parent company, because it essentially asserts it got the shaft at the negotiation table.
The counsel to The Weinstein Company, meanwhile, believes “this lawsuit is without merit.”
All I know for sure is the catfight’s on. Meow.
After four seasons as one of Bravo’s signature series, the über-successful Project Runway is sashaying to Lifetime.The Golden Girls’ longtime home – oh, did you hear they’re leaving for the Hallmark Channel? – has picked up Project Runway and will air the sixth season in November.
Yeah – that sound you hear is the sound of Heidi Klum going “Auf Wiedersehen.”
(The Weinstein Company already has begun pre-production on the fifth season for Bravo, which is scheduled to air in June.)
The move has prompted legal action by NBC/Universal, Bravo’s parent company, because it essentially asserts it got the shaft at the negotiation table.
The counsel to The Weinstein Company, meanwhile, believes “this lawsuit is without merit.”
All I know for sure is the catfight’s on. Meow.
Photo: StyleITOnline.com.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Be Careful with Your Heart
In director David Gordon Green’s searing Snow Angels, a tight-knit Pennsylvania community is drawn closer together when tragedy befalls one of their own.
Just to put in an immediate state of alarm, Green opens his film with a pair of ominous gun shots. Then, he flashes back several weeks.
Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale play Glenn and Annie, an estranged couple and parents to 4-year-old daughter Tara.
Glenn and Annie are each trying to pick up the pieces of their broken marriage. He’s a born-again Christian who drinks too much; she’s a waitress who is having an affair with a co-worker’s philandering husband.
They are not good people. To say that they’re flawed is easy – they are each other’s flaw, and each is so consumed by what they feel they need and want, neither realizes the effect their actions have on those around them.
Michael Angarano (a.k.a. Jack’s son on TV’s Will & Grace) plays Arthur, an outsider-ish high school student in the throes of a first romance dealing with his parent’s separation.
If he isn’t careful, Arthur risks making a mess of his life, just like his parents or like Glenn and Annie.
In director David Gordon Green’s searing Snow Angels, a tight-knit Pennsylvania community is drawn closer together when tragedy befalls one of their own.
Just to put in an immediate state of alarm, Green opens his film with a pair of ominous gun shots. Then, he flashes back several weeks.Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale play Glenn and Annie, an estranged couple and parents to 4-year-old daughter Tara.
Glenn and Annie are each trying to pick up the pieces of their broken marriage. He’s a born-again Christian who drinks too much; she’s a waitress who is having an affair with a co-worker’s philandering husband.
They are not good people. To say that they’re flawed is easy – they are each other’s flaw, and each is so consumed by what they feel they need and want, neither realizes the effect their actions have on those around them.
Michael Angarano (a.k.a. Jack’s son on TV’s Will & Grace) plays Arthur, an outsider-ish high school student in the throes of a first romance dealing with his parent’s separation.
If he isn’t careful, Arthur risks making a mess of his life, just like his parents or like Glenn and Annie.
While his father (Who’s That Girl’s Griffin Dunne), who has left his family, struggles to figure out what he wants, his mother warns Arthur not to bottle up his feelings. This after he’s made a tragic discovery…you know, the one that leads to those two gun shots.
Snow Angels, which premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in March, plays like quite a first-rate soap-opera, but it really is a heartbreaking story of good love gone bad…of warning signs.
Snow is beautiful. It blankets everything, providing everyone a clean slate.
But it can be dangerous as well. You have to be careful; it can make everything cold.
Green, the man behind All the Real Girls and Undertow (a film I have yet to rent), directs it in a way that makes the audience feel as though they’re intruding in these people’s lives. The effect is unsettling, but oddly, quite captivating.
Rating ***1/2
Photo: Warner Independent Pictures.
An Independent Spirit
I said it once before and I’ll say it again: As an actress, Mandy Moore thrives in roles that call for her to be slightly wicked, like in American Dreamz or Saved!, you know.
Just recently I rented Dedication, an independent film directed by Justin Theroux in which Moore plays a less-than-sunny children’s-book illustrator.
The film isn’t the best film we didn’t watch last year, but it certainly showcased Moore’s range in a way that neither Because I Said So or License to Wed did. Hollywood is doing everybody a disservice by pigeonholing her in romantic comedies.
As evidenced by the risks she’s taken in her recording career – eschewing the pop star track (which boasted “I Wanna Be With You,” among others) to put out a CD of covers; releasing the folky and underappreciated Wild Hope – Moore likes a challenge. So I say give it to her.
Moore is ready to be extraordinary, so have a little faith in her.
I said it once before and I’ll say it again: As an actress, Mandy Moore thrives in roles that call for her to be slightly wicked, like in American Dreamz or Saved!, you know.Just recently I rented Dedication, an independent film directed by Justin Theroux in which Moore plays a less-than-sunny children’s-book illustrator.
The film isn’t the best film we didn’t watch last year, but it certainly showcased Moore’s range in a way that neither Because I Said So or License to Wed did. Hollywood is doing everybody a disservice by pigeonholing her in romantic comedies.
As evidenced by the risks she’s taken in her recording career – eschewing the pop star track (which boasted “I Wanna Be With You,” among others) to put out a CD of covers; releasing the folky and underappreciated Wild Hope – Moore likes a challenge. So I say give it to her.
Moore is ready to be extraordinary, so have a little faith in her.
Photo: PhotoBucket.com.
Friday, April 04, 2008
All…That…Football
Anyone who knows me knows I don’t know much about football, so I’ll just say Leatherheads fumbles a bit in the beginning but ultimately scores a touchdown.
That’s all the football talk I’ve got.
George Clooney directs this story about the sport’s early years. It’s 1925, and it’s a time in which college football’s everything, and professional football’s nothing.
Clooney stars as Dodge Connolly, a charming but scrappy football ol’ timer who is determined to guide the Duluth Bulldogs from bar brawls to packed stadiums. Only problem is no one really cares about them, not even their sponsor.
With the entire league facing certain collapse, Dodge convinces the golden boy of college football, Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski, a.k.a. Jim on TV’s The Office), a beloved war hero, to join his ragtag ranks.
But this hot shot Rutherford is almost too good to be true, and Chicago Tribune journalist Lexie Littleton (Renée Zellweger) is out to prove that’s the case.
While she digs up the dirt on this It Boy, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections.
And as pro football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams.
Leatherheads is far from perfect, but Clooney makes the movie work. It has a style that is hard to resist – like him, it’s charming, fun, and serious enough when it needs to be.
Zellweger, as we all know from Chicago and Down with Love, simply shines in period pieces that are all about sass, and Krasinski is perfectly cast as the dreamy up-and-comer to watch.
But the movie‘ first and third acts, with their slow setup and spotty conclusion, respectively, drop the ball – a little last minute football talk…ha! – but Leatherheads more than makes up for it with a thoroughly enjoyable…uhh…whatever’s football talk for the in-between.
My Rating ***
Anyone who knows me knows I don’t know much about football, so I’ll just say Leatherheads fumbles a bit in the beginning but ultimately scores a touchdown.
That’s all the football talk I’ve got.George Clooney directs this story about the sport’s early years. It’s 1925, and it’s a time in which college football’s everything, and professional football’s nothing.
Clooney stars as Dodge Connolly, a charming but scrappy football ol’ timer who is determined to guide the Duluth Bulldogs from bar brawls to packed stadiums. Only problem is no one really cares about them, not even their sponsor.
With the entire league facing certain collapse, Dodge convinces the golden boy of college football, Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski, a.k.a. Jim on TV’s The Office), a beloved war hero, to join his ragtag ranks.
But this hot shot Rutherford is almost too good to be true, and Chicago Tribune journalist Lexie Littleton (Renée Zellweger) is out to prove that’s the case.
While she digs up the dirt on this It Boy, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections.
And as pro football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams.
Leatherheads is far from perfect, but Clooney makes the movie work. It has a style that is hard to resist – like him, it’s charming, fun, and serious enough when it needs to be.
Zellweger, as we all know from Chicago and Down with Love, simply shines in period pieces that are all about sass, and Krasinski is perfectly cast as the dreamy up-and-comer to watch.
But the movie‘ first and third acts, with their slow setup and spotty conclusion, respectively, drop the ball – a little last minute football talk…ha! – but Leatherheads more than makes up for it with a thoroughly enjoyable…uhh…whatever’s football talk for the in-between.
My Rating ***
Photo: Universal Pictures.
Hangin’ Tough
Well, it’s happening…the New Kids on the Block are reuniting.
The five Kids – Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Jonathan Knight – made it official on Today this morning, looking very sharp and all grown up in their suits, when they appeared on the show to announce that they are, indeed, getting back together.
“No turning back now,” Wahlberg said upon being greeted by screaming fans.
They said they’ve been in the studio since August, and that on May 16, they will return to Rockefeller Plaza for their first live performance in 15 years as part of Today’s summer concert series.
Uh – call your school chums and plan a reunion in NYC.
NKTOB will release an album this summer, and they'll launch a limited tour this fall (yes, there will be dancing).
Well, it’s happening…the New Kids on the Block are reuniting.The five Kids – Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Jonathan Knight – made it official on Today this morning, looking very sharp and all grown up in their suits, when they appeared on the show to announce that they are, indeed, getting back together.
“No turning back now,” Wahlberg said upon being greeted by screaming fans.
They said they’ve been in the studio since August, and that on May 16, they will return to Rockefeller Plaza for their first live performance in 15 years as part of Today’s summer concert series.
Uh – call your school chums and plan a reunion in NYC.
NKTOB will release an album this summer, and they'll launch a limited tour this fall (yes, there will be dancing).
Photo: People.com.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Goody Goody Gum Drops!
One of my favorite TV shows, the very funny 30 Rock, has well-earned itself a 2007 Peabody Award.
One of my favorite TV shows, the very funny 30 Rock, has well-earned itself a 2007 Peabody Award. Yet another sweet victory for Tina Fey (pictured at right)!
Also being singled out for the year that was were Dexter, Mad Men, Project Runway, and The Colbert Report.
The Peabodys will be presented at a June 16 luncheon hosted by Brian Williams.
30 Rock returns with the first of its post-writers strike episodes on April 10.
Photo: NBC.com.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Just Like a Bomb
Leona Lewis is about to explode.
Her smash single “Bleeding Love” not only has climbed to a top spot in my heart, it’s made it all the way to No. 3 on iTunes (as of today) – and I bet it’s not done climbing.
Earlier this week, she had a chat with Miami’s Y-100.7 FM’s morning show, and they played her “I Will Be,” a total torch song that makes me weak in the knees.
Lewis’ debut, Sprit, hits shelves on April 8.
Leona Lewis is about to explode.Her smash single “Bleeding Love” not only has climbed to a top spot in my heart, it’s made it all the way to No. 3 on iTunes (as of today) – and I bet it’s not done climbing.
Earlier this week, she had a chat with Miami’s Y-100.7 FM’s morning show, and they played her “I Will Be,” a total torch song that makes me weak in the knees.
Lewis’ debut, Sprit, hits shelves on April 8.
Photo: PhotoBucket.com.
Old People Are Fun
Opening in limited release on April 9, Young@Heart follows a New England senior citizen chorus that delights audiences worldwide with their covers of everyone form James Brown to Coldplay to the Ramones.
The documentary was a hit at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
And how could it not. As one of Young@Heart‘s subjects puts it, “A lot of life. That’s what we have – a lot of life.”
Opening in limited release on April 9, Young@Heart follows a New England senior citizen chorus that delights audiences worldwide with their covers of everyone form James Brown to Coldplay to the Ramones.The documentary was a hit at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
And how could it not. As one of Young@Heart‘s subjects puts it, “A lot of life. That’s what we have – a lot of life.”
Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Simply Irresistible, Pt. 27
Yeah, I have a Madonna problem. Jealous?
At long last, the Queen of Pop’s hot new video, for “4 Minutes,” which features Justin Timberlake, will debut later this week.
DrownedMadonna.com has posted an exclusive set of screen caps that are just gorgeous.
I love it when M does effortless. Her hair looks airy and bouncy and fun.
I’m going to watch the video before it debuts, but I already know this look she’s rocking is one of my favorites, even rivaling the one she rocked in the video for “Beautiful Stranger.”
Yeah, I have a Madonna problem. Jealous?At long last, the Queen of Pop’s hot new video, for “4 Minutes,” which features Justin Timberlake, will debut later this week.
DrownedMadonna.com has posted an exclusive set of screen caps that are just gorgeous.
I love it when M does effortless. Her hair looks airy and bouncy and fun.
I’m going to watch the video before it debuts, but I already know this look she’s rocking is one of my favorites, even rivaling the one she rocked in the video for “Beautiful Stranger.”
Photo: DrownedMadonna.com.
Update 1: Do you know who else has a Madonna problem? Jack Johnson, Regina Spektor, and Sonic Youth, among others. Click here to listen to their covers of some of M’s classics.
Update 2: You can preview the “4 Minutes” video here. You know you want to.
Two Inevitable Things
Opening in limited release on April 4, Sex and Death 101 stars Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Julie Bowen (TV’s Ed), Dash Mihok, and Leslie Bibb.
The film, which reunites Ryder with Heathers writer Daniel Waters, tells the story of one man…one list…and 101 women.
Roderick Blank (Baker) is a successful executive and ladies man, who has finally found “the one,” and is getting married in a little over a week.
His life, however, is turned upside down when he receives a strange e-mail detailing the names of everyone with whom he’s had sex – and with whom he ever will have sex.
As you may have guessed, the list, which doesn’t end with fiancée’s name, throws Roderick for a loop.
His situation goes from bad to worse when he meets a mysterious femme fatale who’s a bit of an urban legend…because she targets men guilty of sex crimes against women. Fun.
I’m just glad to see Ryder back on the big screen. Are you?
Opening in limited release on April 4, Sex and Death 101 stars Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Julie Bowen (TV’s Ed), Dash Mihok, and Leslie Bibb.The film, which reunites Ryder with Heathers writer Daniel Waters, tells the story of one man…one list…and 101 women.
Roderick Blank (Baker) is a successful executive and ladies man, who has finally found “the one,” and is getting married in a little over a week.
His life, however, is turned upside down when he receives a strange e-mail detailing the names of everyone with whom he’s had sex – and with whom he ever will have sex.
As you may have guessed, the list, which doesn’t end with fiancée’s name, throws Roderick for a loop.
His situation goes from bad to worse when he meets a mysterious femme fatale who’s a bit of an urban legend…because she targets men guilty of sex crimes against women. Fun.
I’m just glad to see Ryder back on the big screen. Are you?
Photo: Overture Films.
Monday, March 31, 2008
HTML
Note to self: Cosmopolitans and cupcakes and lollipops and Smarties do not mix well.
Spotted: Yours truly, turning into an HTML at Friday’s Winter Music Conference single launch party for Madonna’s “4 Minutes” at The A/X Lounge in the penthouse of The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach.
(An HTML – abbreviation of Hot Tranny Mess Lollipop – always has a fun time, but usually pays the piper after the taxi ride home. The term is a variation of this.)
The party featured remixes of M’s hit single, featuring Justin Timberlake, by Junkie XL, Tracy Young, and Bob Sinclar.
It was, clearly to some, quite a lot fun – as was the tall glass of water and long night of beaming sleep that followed.
Note to self: Cosmopolitans and cupcakes and lollipops and Smarties do not mix well.Spotted: Yours truly, turning into an HTML at Friday’s Winter Music Conference single launch party for Madonna’s “4 Minutes” at The A/X Lounge in the penthouse of The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach.
(An HTML – abbreviation of Hot Tranny Mess Lollipop – always has a fun time, but usually pays the piper after the taxi ride home. The term is a variation of this.)
The party featured remixes of M’s hit single, featuring Justin Timberlake, by Junkie XL, Tracy Young, and Bob Sinclar.
It was, clearly to some, quite a lot fun – as was the tall glass of water and long night of beaming sleep that followed.
Photo: Confidential Source.
Update: I just remember this bit of scoop: Save May 1 on your calendar. That’s when tickets for M’s upcoming tour will go on sale, or so I was told. Or perhaps that’s just when something we’ll be announced. Remember – HTML....
Friday, March 28, 2008
You Gotta Bet Big to Win Big
21, an Ocean’s Eleven for the post-MTV generation, is based upon the true story of how a handful of the brightest young minds in the country took Las Vegas for millions.
Ben Campbell (Across the Universe’s Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who, needing $300,000 to pay for med school, realizes his entire future just may be in the cards – literally.
He is recruited by Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), an…unorthodox…math professor and stats genius, to join a team of gifted students that flies out to Sin City on weekends, armed with fake IDs and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor.
By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, they can beat the casinos big time.
Seduced by the money, the lifestyle, and by his very smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth, looking better than she has in the last two of years), Ben begins to push the limits.
Although counting cards isn’t illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos’ menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne), who is not amused he’s being replaced by state-of-the-art technology.
21 is adequate entertainment, but its main problem is it needed to be tighter, more precise.
The scenes in Las Vegas are obviously the most fun, but it’s a bit of a drag that once Ben and the team go back to M.I.T., he has to deal with the consequences of his actions.
That’s real, and necessary, but the filmmakers should’ve stepped away from the editing booth while they were ahead. Like in blackjack, there’s a limit they should’ve kept in mind.
Or, at the very least, they should’ve hidden their wild card (a twist I saw coming quite early on) a lot better.
My Rating **1/2
21, an Ocean’s Eleven for the post-MTV generation, is based upon the true story of how a handful of the brightest young minds in the country took Las Vegas for millions.
Ben Campbell (Across the Universe’s Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who, needing $300,000 to pay for med school, realizes his entire future just may be in the cards – literally.He is recruited by Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), an…unorthodox…math professor and stats genius, to join a team of gifted students that flies out to Sin City on weekends, armed with fake IDs and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor.
By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, they can beat the casinos big time.
Seduced by the money, the lifestyle, and by his very smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth, looking better than she has in the last two of years), Ben begins to push the limits.
Although counting cards isn’t illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos’ menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne), who is not amused he’s being replaced by state-of-the-art technology.
21 is adequate entertainment, but its main problem is it needed to be tighter, more precise.
The scenes in Las Vegas are obviously the most fun, but it’s a bit of a drag that once Ben and the team go back to M.I.T., he has to deal with the consequences of his actions.
That’s real, and necessary, but the filmmakers should’ve stepped away from the editing booth while they were ahead. Like in blackjack, there’s a limit they should’ve kept in mind.
Or, at the very least, they should’ve hidden their wild card (a twist I saw coming quite early on) a lot better.
My Rating **1/2
Photo: Sony Pictures.
The Wicked Mind of the Married Man
Fickle pickle Felicity Porter (Felicity – own all four seasons, out now on DVD) was once told by her counselor that sometimes it is better to be kind than honest. This after she’d revealed she may have cheated on her boyfriend.
To understand why I said “may” you’d have to be a fan of the show, so go…become a fan.
But I digress.
That kind-honest pearl of wisdom resonated with me way back when I first heard it, and again when I read the synopsis of director Ira Sachs’ Married Life.
Chris Cooper stars as Harry, the center of the film, which earlier in March premiered at the Miami International Film Festival. Harry is a typical 1950s man: hard-working, caring…and conflicted.
Torn between two women, he has decided he must kill his wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), in order to be with his much-younger girlfriend, Kay (Rachael McAdams, pictured at left with Cooper).
For Harry, his situation is a “sometimes it is better to be kind than honest” situation. He loves Pat too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Killing her down, he believes, is the best thing he can do for her.
When he shares his outrageous plan with his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan), he’s met with disbelief, natch, but also with curiosity…and with quiet encouragement. (Richard has meet Kay, and he has decided he’s going to let Harry go ahead with his plan because he now has fallen for her.)
Ah – a love square.
As the four are overwhelmed by their passions – oh yeah, the women have secrets, too – and they struggle to avoid hurting one another, Married Life stylishly captures an era, and reveals stirring commentary on the nature of marital commitment.
Cooper told me he was attracted to the role of Harry because he was trying not to repeat himself.
“I thought he was a very interesting character,” he said. “I thought there were aspects I thought no one would see. It’s kind of comforting – it’s the security blanket that I put over myself as far as an internal life for the character. I just hoped some of that might come through.”
For her part, the lovely Clarkson – I told her so, just as italicized as I wrote it, by the way – felt there was a true sense of mystery about all four characters.
“I think they are filled with intrigue and that’s what actually gives the movie greater suspense. They are truly multifaceted people. And they are real. You can almost reach out and touch Harry, and yet he’s trying to murder his wife for a very specific reason. It’s so interesting to me.”
There certainly is a sense of pathos to Married Life a grown-up audience will enjoy. The film is an intimate piece; like the relationships it portrays, it isn’t perfect, but it’s worth sticking by it.
On a related note, and this is FYI, natch: Cooper also told me when we met that he had just decided that morning he is next “going to do New York, I Love You with Robin Wright,” while Clarkson’s “gonna work with Scorsese. I’m going to do Shutter Island.”
My Rating ***
Fickle pickle Felicity Porter (Felicity – own all four seasons, out now on DVD) was once told by her counselor that sometimes it is better to be kind than honest. This after she’d revealed she may have cheated on her boyfriend.
To understand why I said “may” you’d have to be a fan of the show, so go…become a fan.But I digress.
That kind-honest pearl of wisdom resonated with me way back when I first heard it, and again when I read the synopsis of director Ira Sachs’ Married Life.
Chris Cooper stars as Harry, the center of the film, which earlier in March premiered at the Miami International Film Festival. Harry is a typical 1950s man: hard-working, caring…and conflicted.
Torn between two women, he has decided he must kill his wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), in order to be with his much-younger girlfriend, Kay (Rachael McAdams, pictured at left with Cooper).
For Harry, his situation is a “sometimes it is better to be kind than honest” situation. He loves Pat too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Killing her down, he believes, is the best thing he can do for her.
When he shares his outrageous plan with his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan), he’s met with disbelief, natch, but also with curiosity…and with quiet encouragement. (Richard has meet Kay, and he has decided he’s going to let Harry go ahead with his plan because he now has fallen for her.)
Ah – a love square.
As the four are overwhelmed by their passions – oh yeah, the women have secrets, too – and they struggle to avoid hurting one another, Married Life stylishly captures an era, and reveals stirring commentary on the nature of marital commitment.
Cooper told me he was attracted to the role of Harry because he was trying not to repeat himself.
“I thought he was a very interesting character,” he said. “I thought there were aspects I thought no one would see. It’s kind of comforting – it’s the security blanket that I put over myself as far as an internal life for the character. I just hoped some of that might come through.”
For her part, the lovely Clarkson – I told her so, just as italicized as I wrote it, by the way – felt there was a true sense of mystery about all four characters.
“I think they are filled with intrigue and that’s what actually gives the movie greater suspense. They are truly multifaceted people. And they are real. You can almost reach out and touch Harry, and yet he’s trying to murder his wife for a very specific reason. It’s so interesting to me.”
There certainly is a sense of pathos to Married Life a grown-up audience will enjoy. The film is an intimate piece; like the relationships it portrays, it isn’t perfect, but it’s worth sticking by it.
On a related note, and this is FYI, natch: Cooper also told me when we met that he had just decided that morning he is next “going to do New York, I Love You with Robin Wright,” while Clarkson’s “gonna work with Scorsese. I’m going to do Shutter Island.”
My Rating ***
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics.
Teasing the Video
This just in: Madonna has a sense of humor.
Like, duh.
I’ve just been told that in her video for “4 Minutes,” which features Justin Timberlake, Madonna rips off his shirt– and then he rips part of her bustier.
How does she come up with this stuff? (Ha!)
I’m also told the video, which was directed by French duo Jonas & François, may be available for purchase, on iTunes, before it debuts on MTV et al. on April 7.
I guess we are still living in a material world, after all. And I love it.
This just in: Madonna has a sense of humor.Like, duh.
I’ve just been told that in her video for “4 Minutes,” which features Justin Timberlake, Madonna rips off his shirt– and then he rips part of her bustier.
How does she come up with this stuff? (Ha!)
I’m also told the video, which was directed by French duo Jonas & François, may be available for purchase, on iTunes, before it debuts on MTV et al. on April 7.
I guess we are still living in a material world, after all. And I love it.
Photo: Osoblog.TV.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Rock the Boat
I’ve allowed a week to pass since the last installment in the completed-before-the-writers-strike batch of eight episodes of Lost, “Meet Kevin Johnson” aired. You know…to process it.
This winter finale – the show comes back on April 24 (now at 10 p.m.) – marked the return of Michael (Harold Perrineau), who was…uh…revealed to be Ben’s “man on the boat.”
It tried to fill in the gaps of what happened to the character since he and his son Walt were allowed to leave the island, and featured not one but two deaths (one very shocking by the way, although the editing was so off I couldn’t help but call it as soon as the first scene was shown).
This episode felt rushed – that’s why I said “tried” – and the only sense of urgency it provoked was the one I now feel for a new, better one.
And that’s the dumbfounding beauty of Lost. It leaves us wanting more, more, more.
I’ve allowed a week to pass since the last installment in the completed-before-the-writers-strike batch of eight episodes of Lost, “Meet Kevin Johnson” aired. You know…to process it.This winter finale – the show comes back on April 24 (now at 10 p.m.) – marked the return of Michael (Harold Perrineau), who was…uh…revealed to be Ben’s “man on the boat.”
It tried to fill in the gaps of what happened to the character since he and his son Walt were allowed to leave the island, and featured not one but two deaths (one very shocking by the way, although the editing was so off I couldn’t help but call it as soon as the first scene was shown).
This episode felt rushed – that’s why I said “tried” – and the only sense of urgency it provoked was the one I now feel for a new, better one.
And that’s the dumbfounding beauty of Lost. It leaves us wanting more, more, more.
Photo: ABC.com.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Meet Snake Eyes
Paramount Pictures has released two photos of Ray “Darth Maul” Park’s character in the upcoming G.I. Joe, Snake Eyes.
“He’s the world’s greatest ninja, but he’s also next-generation,” director Stephen Sommers told USA Today. “He’s not afraid to use a sword one second, and a split-second later he’s pulling out his Glock.
“His chief nemesis is arguably the world’s other great ninja, Storm Shadow. The two grew up together, were blood brothers, and now are mortal enemies.”
G.I. Joe, co-starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, and Sienna Miller, opens in August 2009.
Paramount Pictures has released two photos of Ray “Darth Maul” Park’s character in the upcoming G.I. Joe, Snake Eyes.“He’s the world’s greatest ninja, but he’s also next-generation,” director Stephen Sommers told USA Today. “He’s not afraid to use a sword one second, and a split-second later he’s pulling out his Glock.
“His chief nemesis is arguably the world’s other great ninja, Storm Shadow. The two grew up together, were blood brothers, and now are mortal enemies.”
G.I. Joe, co-starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, and Sienna Miller, opens in August 2009.
Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Let’s Get Political
One of the most beautiful and exciting and talented actresses working today, Elizabeth Banks, is going to the White House.
Banks is close to signing on the dotted line to be the Laura Bush to Josh Brolin’s George W. Bush in W, Oliver Stone’s biopic on the life and presidency of the best POTUS ever. Not!
Production will begin late next month in Louisiana.
Stone has said he plans to make “a fair, true portrait” of Bush, focusing on his relationship with his father, President George H.W. Bush, his wild youth, and his conversion to Christianity.
Banks recently was seen in Definitely, Maybe. Up next is Meet Bill and Kevin Smith’s comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
One of the most beautiful and exciting and talented actresses working today, Elizabeth Banks, is going to the White House.Banks is close to signing on the dotted line to be the Laura Bush to Josh Brolin’s George W. Bush in W, Oliver Stone’s biopic on the life and presidency of the best POTUS ever. Not!
Production will begin late next month in Louisiana.
Stone has said he plans to make “a fair, true portrait” of Bush, focusing on his relationship with his father, President George H.W. Bush, his wild youth, and his conversion to Christianity.
Banks recently was seen in Definitely, Maybe. Up next is Meet Bill and Kevin Smith’s comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Photo: WireImage.com.
With a Name Like...
In his next film, Meet Bill (a comedy about someone you know), Aaron Eckhart plays the titular role of a man whose life is less than impressive.
Obviously, this is going to be a stretch for this talented tall glass of water.
Anyway, Bill has had it – he’s had it! – with his job and his cheating wife (Elizabeth Banks), so he rather reluctantly accepts to mentor a rebellious teen – and that’s when his own life begins to turn.
The film, which co-stars Jessica Alba, opens in limited release on April 4.
In his next film, Meet Bill (a comedy about someone you know), Aaron Eckhart plays the titular role of a man whose life is less than impressive.Obviously, this is going to be a stretch for this talented tall glass of water.
Anyway, Bill has had it – he’s had it! – with his job and his cheating wife (Elizabeth Banks), so he rather reluctantly accepts to mentor a rebellious teen – and that’s when his own life begins to turn.
The film, which co-stars Jessica Alba, opens in limited release on April 4.
Photo: WorstPreviews.com.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Day the Music Died
Chapter 27, the long-delayed film about Mark David Chapman, finally opened in limited release last Friday.
The film (the title of which comes from The Catcher in the Rye, which was an obsession of Chapman’s – and ended at chapter 26) has received mixed reviews at best.
It unfolds over the three days in December 1980 when Chapman stood outside the Dakota apartment building in New York, waiting for John Lennon to emerge so he could shoot him, and the friendship he developed with a young fan played by Lindsay Lohan.
Jared Leto, who gained 60 lbs. to play Chapman, is equally praised for his physical commitment to the role as he is criticized for certain choices (like the “annoyingly gimmicky whisper-scream he uses for his interior monologues”).
The kindest thing a review of Chapter 27 I just read said was, believe or not, about Lohan, calling the film “a bittersweet snapshot of a simpler time for the magnetic young actress.”
See – she’s still got it (I just hope she can keep it).
Chapter 27, the long-delayed film about Mark David Chapman, finally opened in limited release last Friday.The film (the title of which comes from The Catcher in the Rye, which was an obsession of Chapman’s – and ended at chapter 26) has received mixed reviews at best.
It unfolds over the three days in December 1980 when Chapman stood outside the Dakota apartment building in New York, waiting for John Lennon to emerge so he could shoot him, and the friendship he developed with a young fan played by Lindsay Lohan.
Jared Leto, who gained 60 lbs. to play Chapman, is equally praised for his physical commitment to the role as he is criticized for certain choices (like the “annoyingly gimmicky whisper-scream he uses for his interior monologues”).
The kindest thing a review of Chapter 27 I just read said was, believe or not, about Lohan, calling the film “a bittersweet snapshot of a simpler time for the magnetic young actress.”
See – she’s still got it (I just hope she can keep it).
Photo: Peace Arch.
Monday, March 24, 2008
MJB Da MVP
Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z kicked off their anticipated “Heart of the City Tour” at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, and I just had to be there.
I needed to be there – I needed it like a heart needs a beat.
And boy if MJB wasn’t the beat, the hope, the passion I needed.
She’s the undisputed Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for a mighty good reason, people: She has a voice that just won’t quit.
Her performance on Saturday was nothing short of amazing. She had on her sparkly opening number, her big sunglasses and oversize hoop earrings, her high-heeled boots – she felt like a woman and she was letting everyone know it.
Complemented by a 22-member band that included a 12-piece string-and-horn ensemble, MJB belted out hit after hit after hit. She didn’t need to change into dazzling costume after dazzling costume or even have a drink of water. Her batteries were charged.
If only she’d done “Smoke” and “Come to Me (Peace),” especially, I’d call her 90-minute set quite perfect.
Yeah, tears formed behind my eyes (but I did not cry) when I realized the night wouldn’t include what has been my favorite song since Christmas – or anything that that entails – but I wasn’t disappointed. Thanks to her, I was at peace.
Jay-Z did great, too, but I’m just not that into him. He’s Jay-Z, and he’s good and fun, with or without special guests Kanye West and Timbaland, but this was MJB’s night.
I made a memory on Saturday – and I never say silly things like “I made a memory.”
Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z kicked off their anticipated “Heart of the City Tour” at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, and I just had to be there.I needed to be there – I needed it like a heart needs a beat.
And boy if MJB wasn’t the beat, the hope, the passion I needed.
She’s the undisputed Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for a mighty good reason, people: She has a voice that just won’t quit.
Her performance on Saturday was nothing short of amazing. She had on her sparkly opening number, her big sunglasses and oversize hoop earrings, her high-heeled boots – she felt like a woman and she was letting everyone know it.
Complemented by a 22-member band that included a 12-piece string-and-horn ensemble, MJB belted out hit after hit after hit. She didn’t need to change into dazzling costume after dazzling costume or even have a drink of water. Her batteries were charged.
If only she’d done “Smoke” and “Come to Me (Peace),” especially, I’d call her 90-minute set quite perfect.
Yeah, tears formed behind my eyes (but I did not cry) when I realized the night wouldn’t include what has been my favorite song since Christmas – or anything that that entails – but I wasn’t disappointed. Thanks to her, I was at peace.
Jay-Z did great, too, but I’m just not that into him. He’s Jay-Z, and he’s good and fun, with or without special guests Kanye West and Timbaland, but this was MJB’s night.
I made a memory on Saturday – and I never say silly things like “I made a memory.”
Photo: DotSpotter.com.
Update: MJB performed “Come to Me (Peace)” in her episode of VH-1’s Storytellers.
Obviously, the song is an emotional one for her – she had to take a moment during her introduction.
I can only imagine how she would’ve shaken the AAA had she performed it there.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Is Our Show Headed to Broadway or the Silver Screen, Buffy Fans?
The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – including star Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Seth Green, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Michelle Trachtenberg, and the show’s mastermind, Joss Whedon – reunited for the first time since 2004 yesterday at the William S. Paley Television Festival.
So that’s where I should’ve been last night.
Gellar reminisced about being cast on the show – after auditioning 11 times.
“All my friends felt sorry for me because I was on a midseason replacement on a network no one had heard of on a show based on a movie that wasn’t all that,” she said.
For his part, Whedon said he has spent “time daydreaming” about bringing BtVS to the Great White Way someday.
Can I book my ticket now?
He also acknowledged that “so many stars would have to align” in order to pull off a possible BtvS movie. “But,” he added, “I think it would be really cool.”
The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – including star Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Seth Green, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Michelle Trachtenberg, and the show’s mastermind, Joss Whedon – reunited for the first time since 2004 yesterday at the William S. Paley Television Festival.So that’s where I should’ve been last night.
Gellar reminisced about being cast on the show – after auditioning 11 times.
“All my friends felt sorry for me because I was on a midseason replacement on a network no one had heard of on a show based on a movie that wasn’t all that,” she said.
For his part, Whedon said he has spent “time daydreaming” about bringing BtVS to the Great White Way someday.
Can I book my ticket now?
He also acknowledged that “so many stars would have to align” in order to pull off a possible BtvS movie. “But,” he added, “I think it would be really cool.”
Photo: SecretUnderseaCity.WordPress.com.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Perfect-ish Score
The oh-so-studly Jason Statham stars in the based-on-a-true-story heist movie The Bank Job.
I wanted to mention this fact right off the bat because it surprised me how much The Bank Job just was not the typical adrenaline-crazy entry in Statham’s oeuvre I anticipated it to be.
The actor plays Terry, a car dealer with a dodgy past, a wife, and two daughters, who always avoided major-league scams.
Saffron Burrows plays Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood who offers him the lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street.
After mulling it over, Terry recognizes this is the opportunity of a lifetime – Martine just gave him the key to a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry…how could he refuse, right?
What he and his crew don't realize, however, is that the boxes contain a major mother lode: dirty little secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London’s criminal underworld, countless high-ranking British government officials, and the Royal Family itself.
The Bank Job is the true story of a heist gone wrong...in all the right ways.
It reminds me of The Italian Job (in which Statham also appeared), but the historical context (it is set in the 1970s) gives it another dimension.
The script, I thought, was quite cheeky. I found this a wee bit odd, but in the end the movie worked, although it could have been a few minutes shorter. This one is For Entertainment Only.
My Rating ***
Photo: Lionsgate Films.
The oh-so-studly Jason Statham stars in the based-on-a-true-story heist movie The Bank Job.
I wanted to mention this fact right off the bat because it surprised me how much The Bank Job just was not the typical adrenaline-crazy entry in Statham’s oeuvre I anticipated it to be.The actor plays Terry, a car dealer with a dodgy past, a wife, and two daughters, who always avoided major-league scams.
Saffron Burrows plays Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood who offers him the lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street.
After mulling it over, Terry recognizes this is the opportunity of a lifetime – Martine just gave him the key to a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry…how could he refuse, right?
What he and his crew don't realize, however, is that the boxes contain a major mother lode: dirty little secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London’s criminal underworld, countless high-ranking British government officials, and the Royal Family itself.
The Bank Job is the true story of a heist gone wrong...in all the right ways.
It reminds me of The Italian Job (in which Statham also appeared), but the historical context (it is set in the 1970s) gives it another dimension.
The script, I thought, was quite cheeky. I found this a wee bit odd, but in the end the movie worked, although it could have been a few minutes shorter. This one is For Entertainment Only.
My Rating ***
Photo: Lionsgate Films.
Have Your Heard, Buffy Fans?
In May, Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Michelle Trachtenberg will sink her teeth into a multi-episode role on The CW’s addictive Gossip Girl.
In May, Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Michelle Trachtenberg will sink her teeth into a multi-episode role on The CW’s addictive Gossip Girl. Trachtenberg will play Georgina Sparks, a character who appears in the novels on which the show is based. She will roll into Manhattan from rehab, shaking up the life of It Girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively).
I’m so glad good the writers strike is over and TV has reclaimed the season.
Photo: ImageShack.us.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Meanwhile, Across the Pond…
Iron Man co-star Gwyneth Paltrow showed off her new shorter do during an appearance yesterday at The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards in London.
And that concludes the most must-have-been-a-busy-day post I ever wrote.
Iron Man co-star Gwyneth Paltrow showed off her new shorter do during an appearance yesterday at The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards in London.And that concludes the most must-have-been-a-busy-day post I ever wrote.
Photo: People.com.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
MC=Guilty Pleasure
And now, a confession: I like Mariah Carey.
I know of at least one BFF who just died a little.
The truth is I own a couple of her CDs, and although I’m not going to rush to get her latest, E=MC², when it comes out next month, I wouldn’t mind owning a copy of the super-successful The Emancipation of Mimi.
Her latest single, “Touch My Body,” has proven to be a grower, not a shower. Seeing her perform it on SNL last weekend even made like her version more than the piano-only I found on YouTube, which, by the way, is rather gorge.
So yeah – I’m one of her “lambs.” (That’s what she calls her fans. Cute? Condescending? Discuss.)
You have to admit, Carey has a good set of pipes, and she’s looking infinitely hotter than she has in years.
All those years of jumping into pools (when instead, as Sandra Bernhard put it, she should have been swimming out into the ocean) have paid off.
And now, a confession: I like Mariah Carey.I know of at least one BFF who just died a little.
The truth is I own a couple of her CDs, and although I’m not going to rush to get her latest, E=MC², when it comes out next month, I wouldn’t mind owning a copy of the super-successful The Emancipation of Mimi.
Her latest single, “Touch My Body,” has proven to be a grower, not a shower. Seeing her perform it on SNL last weekend even made like her version more than the piano-only I found on YouTube, which, by the way, is rather gorge.
So yeah – I’m one of her “lambs.” (That’s what she calls her fans. Cute? Condescending? Discuss.)
You have to admit, Carey has a good set of pipes, and she’s looking infinitely hotter than she has in years.
All those years of jumping into pools (when instead, as Sandra Bernhard put it, she should have been swimming out into the ocean) have paid off.
Photo: HecklerSpray.com.
R.I.P. Talented Mr. Minghella
The filmmaking world has lost one of its best and brightest stars.
Fifty-four-year-old Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning British director of films such as The English Patient (which earned him the honor), The Talented Mr. Ripley (co-starring Jude Law, pictured at right with his director), and Cold Mountain, has died.
Details are not yet available.
Minghella’s last completed film is The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, which he shot in Botswana.
The filmmaking world has lost one of its best and brightest stars.Fifty-four-year-old Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning British director of films such as The English Patient (which earned him the honor), The Talented Mr. Ripley (co-starring Jude Law, pictured at right with his director), and Cold Mountain, has died.
Details are not yet available.
Minghella’s last completed film is The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, which he shot in Botswana.
According to IMDb.com, he was at work on New York, I Love You, and set to begin work on The Ninth Life of Louis Drax.
Photo: Miramax Films (Cold Mountain).
Monday, March 17, 2008
Missing Patrick Wilson
I very recently got to thinking about Little Children, and consequently, naturally, about the hotness that is Patrick Wilson.
I very recently got to thinking about Little Children, and consequently, naturally, about the hotness that is Patrick Wilson. I miss PW. He was so underserved by Evening last year. I trust that’ll change in the next few months.
This fall, Wilson will star in Life in Flight, and in Lakeview Terrace alongside Kerry Washington as an interracial couple targeted by an LAPD officer played by Samuel L. Jackson.
And then next year, he’ll appear in Watchmen, a graphic novel adaptation that’s sure to be a big hit.
Photo: TheCellarDoorBlog.blogspot.com.
Where in Madonna’s World is Guy Ritchie?
With a new album about to debut, Madonna has been stepping out quite a bit lately, but someone has been conspicuously not at her side at recent events like her star-studded benefit for Raising Malawi and UNICEF or her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
That someone is her husband, Guy Ritchie.
A quick search on WireImage.com revealed the last time Ritchie and the missus where photographed together was back in December (meeting Gwyneth Paltrow for dinner in New York).
Is there trouble in paradise? I hope not. They appear so happy here, don’t you know, don’t you know.
After all, Madonna did say, in I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, that her husband defined true love for her.
“It’s not easy having a good marriage,” she said. “But I don’t want easy.
“Easy doesn’t make you grow. Easy doesn’t make you think.
“I thank God every day that I’m married to a man that makes me think.
“That’s my definition of true love.”
I feel as though Ritchie certainly has made the singer a better woman, so I’d be sort of sad if she were keeping him “Miles Away,” which is, by the way, the name of a Hard Candy song she debuted on Japanese TV over the weekend.
Jeez – talk about a non sequitur.
Good.
But can they please go on a date soon? They’re only going to get busier, and the proof is in the pudding.
Update 4: The Ciccone-Ritchies took my unasked-for advice and went out on a date the day after I suggested it. And now all is well in the world.
With a new album about to debut, Madonna has been stepping out quite a bit lately, but someone has been conspicuously not at her side at recent events like her star-studded benefit for Raising Malawi and UNICEF or her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.That someone is her husband, Guy Ritchie.
A quick search on WireImage.com revealed the last time Ritchie and the missus where photographed together was back in December (meeting Gwyneth Paltrow for dinner in New York).
Is there trouble in paradise? I hope not. They appear so happy here, don’t you know, don’t you know.
After all, Madonna did say, in I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, that her husband defined true love for her.
“It’s not easy having a good marriage,” she said. “But I don’t want easy.
“Easy doesn’t make you grow. Easy doesn’t make you think.
“I thank God every day that I’m married to a man that makes me think.
“That’s my definition of true love.”
I feel as though Ritchie certainly has made the singer a better woman, so I’d be sort of sad if she were keeping him “Miles Away,” which is, by the way, the name of a Hard Candy song she debuted on Japanese TV over the weekend.
Jeez – talk about a non sequitur.
Photo: MST.24h.com.vn.
Update 1: I’m told – and this is an obvious rumor! – M already may have told her people to think of ways to spin the news of a split, and that she wants to be moved back stateside within the next 18 months.
Update 2: On an somewhat related note, the Queen of Pop’s newest single, “4 Minutes,” debuted officially today.
Update 3: Oh, snap! Liz Rosenberg, Madonna’s publicist, has shut down the rumor, saying, “I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married.”
Good.
But can they please go on a date soon? They’re only going to get busier, and the proof is in the pudding.
Update 4: The Ciccone-Ritchies took my unasked-for advice and went out on a date the day after I suggested it. And now all is well in the world.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Just Because, Pt. 13
Daniel Craig – so, so, so hot! – almost made a splash as Bond, James Bond, when he jumped from a moving boat while filming Quantum of Solace in Panama yesterday.
So, question: Is production still going to Peru or what? Because I will hop on a plane faster than you can say “restraining order.”
The new 007 adventure arrives in theaters on Nov. 7.
Daniel Craig – so, so, so hot! – almost made a splash as Bond, James Bond, when he jumped from a moving boat while filming Quantum of Solace in Panama yesterday.So, question: Is production still going to Peru or what? Because I will hop on a plane faster than you can say “restraining order.”
The new 007 adventure arrives in theaters on Nov. 7.
Photo: People.com.
Sweet!
The cover for Madonna’s upcoming album, Hard Candy, has been revealed, and I love it.
Uhh…where can I get that belt?
The cover for Madonna’s upcoming album, Hard Candy, has been revealed, and I love it.Uhh…where can I get that belt?
I can’t wait for it to “kick my ass.”
Photo: People.com.
TiVo & Me: Our First Fight
Something terrible happened last night: TiVo failed me.
Like, bad.
Because of a programming mistake, of which I take partial responsibility – my digital recording device did not record “Ji Yeon,” a Jin/Sun-centric episode of Lost.
Instead, it treated me to an episode of Reaper, a show I granted a Season Pass but never watched.
I already told myself and TiVo (I had to reassure it I would not dip it in cold water) this was – alright – my fault, but still – shouldn’t it have known better?
No, it shouldn’t have.
And that is today’s lesson: A machine is a machine is a machine. It cannot think for me, and if I want to watch my stories, I have to make sure it will record them. Or I should just “Quit!”
This is one more thing for me to do in this so-called easiest time of our history.
Something terrible happened last night: TiVo failed me.Like, bad.
Because of a programming mistake, of which I take partial responsibility – my digital recording device did not record “Ji Yeon,” a Jin/Sun-centric episode of Lost.
Instead, it treated me to an episode of Reaper, a show I granted a Season Pass but never watched.
I already told myself and TiVo (I had to reassure it I would not dip it in cold water) this was – alright – my fault, but still – shouldn’t it have known better?
No, it shouldn’t have.
And that is today’s lesson: A machine is a machine is a machine. It cannot think for me, and if I want to watch my stories, I have to make sure it will record them. Or I should just “Quit!”
This is one more thing for me to do in this so-called easiest time of our history.
Photo: Lost.About.com.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Man on the Comeback
So why was Jim Carrey all smiles as he sat in the audience of last night’s American Idol?
Well, perhaps it has got something to do with Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, the sure-to-be-blockbuster opening tomorrow.
It seems that after a couple of flops – like 2005’s Fun with Dick and Jane, and 2007’s The Number 23 – and some projects that were put on hold or scrapped, the funny guy’s back on track.
Later this year he will appear in Yes Man, and he is attached to what I think is a stop-motion – à la Beowulf – remake of A Christmas Carol.
So why was Jim Carrey all smiles as he sat in the audience of last night’s American Idol?Well, perhaps it has got something to do with Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, the sure-to-be-blockbuster opening tomorrow.
It seems that after a couple of flops – like 2005’s Fun with Dick and Jane, and 2007’s The Number 23 – and some projects that were put on hold or scrapped, the funny guy’s back on track.
Later this year he will appear in Yes Man, and he is attached to what I think is a stop-motion – à la Beowulf – remake of A Christmas Carol.
Photo: People.com.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Mama’s the Word
In April 25’s Baby Mama (I love that title), Tina Fey – Tina Fey, how I love you – plays a successful, single businesswoman from New York City who dreams of having a baby.
But when she discovers she’s infertile, she hires a working-class woman from South Philly (Amy Poehler) to be her unlikely surrogate.
Hilarity ensues.
And how could it not, really, with former SNL co-stars Fey and Poehler teaming up for what has to be one of the sleeper hits of spring.
Photo: Universal Pictures.
In April 25’s Baby Mama (I love that title), Tina Fey – Tina Fey, how I love you – plays a successful, single businesswoman from New York City who dreams of having a baby.But when she discovers she’s infertile, she hires a working-class woman from South Philly (Amy Poehler) to be her unlikely surrogate.
Hilarity ensues.
And how could it not, really, with former SNL co-stars Fey and Poehler teaming up for what has to be one of the sleeper hits of spring.
Photo: Universal Pictures.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Basking in the Spotlight
Calling her the “shot in the ass when we really needed it,” Justin Timberlake inducted Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night, in what easily was the highlight of the evening.
At first, the Queen of Pop was so visibly overwhelmed it could not have been cuter.
But then, once she found her confidence, her heartfelt speech got even better – as she reminded us why she can be imitated, but she can never be duplicated.
Her outfit was…questionable…but it was fantastic as usual to see her on a stage.
She thanked many of the people who have helped her along the way, including those who never thought she’d amount to something.
Click here to watch the entire segment. It’s a must for any fan.
Photo: NYTimes.com.
Calling her the “shot in the ass when we really needed it,” Justin Timberlake inducted Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night, in what easily was the highlight of the evening.At first, the Queen of Pop was so visibly overwhelmed it could not have been cuter.
But then, once she found her confidence, her heartfelt speech got even better – as she reminded us why she can be imitated, but she can never be duplicated.
Her outfit was…questionable…but it was fantastic as usual to see her on a stage.
She thanked many of the people who have helped her along the way, including those who never thought she’d amount to something.
Click here to watch the entire segment. It’s a must for any fan.
Photo: NYTimes.com.
Praise Damien Rice
One of my absolute favorites, Damien Rice (pictured at right), performed for Leonard Cohen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last night, and he did an amazing job.
Rice took on Cohen’s “Hallelujah” just after Cohen’s induction. Afterward, he talked to Billboard backstage about what makes the song so special for him.
“There’s an amazing connection between sex and spirituality, and it’s something Leonard Cohen hints at in that song,” he said. “It’s almost like a Buddhist master giving you a hint, but not the whole story. You have to take that hint and go sit with it.”
Click here to watch Rice’s performance.
One of my absolute favorites, Damien Rice (pictured at right), performed for Leonard Cohen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last night, and he did an amazing job.Rice took on Cohen’s “Hallelujah” just after Cohen’s induction. Afterward, he talked to Billboard backstage about what makes the song so special for him.
“There’s an amazing connection between sex and spirituality, and it’s something Leonard Cohen hints at in that song,” he said. “It’s almost like a Buddhist master giving you a hint, but not the whole story. You have to take that hint and go sit with it.”
Click here to watch Rice’s performance.
Photo: ContactMusic.com.
Monday, March 10, 2008
From Justin to Madonna
My beautiful-stranger spy has sent me part of the speech Justin Timberlake will deliver tonight when he inducts Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Want to read it? Want to?
Here’s part of it…. Talk about a frakkin' exclusive.
“You know, I got to co-write and co-produce half the tracks on Madonna’s new record, Hard Candy, working with Timbaland and Danja.
“People are already asking me what it’s really like to work with Madonna. They want to know if she’s a total control freak – as some have said. Well, all I know is that she’s the only Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to ever personally administer a B-12 shot in my butt.
“That’s right – Madonna had B-12 shots with her in a zip lock bag just in case some started to feel ill.
“That’s what’s called being a professional. And maybe that’s what Madonna has been and will continue to be for all of us – a shot in the ass when we really needed it.
“Madonna and I even got to write and sing together on her lead-off single called “4 Minutes To Save The World” and in a sense that’s what Madonna has always done – save the world, one great four-minute song at a time.
“Ladies and gentleman, the world has long been full of Madonna wannabes – and I might have even dated a couple – but there is only one Madonna.
“So right now it is one of the true thrills and privileges of my life to stand on this stage and induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
My beautiful-stranger spy has sent me part of the speech Justin Timberlake will deliver tonight when he inducts Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Want to read it? Want to?
Here’s part of it…. Talk about a frakkin' exclusive.
“You know, I got to co-write and co-produce half the tracks on Madonna’s new record, Hard Candy, working with Timbaland and Danja.
“People are already asking me what it’s really like to work with Madonna. They want to know if she’s a total control freak – as some have said. Well, all I know is that she’s the only Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to ever personally administer a B-12 shot in my butt.
“That’s right – Madonna had B-12 shots with her in a zip lock bag just in case some started to feel ill.
“That’s what’s called being a professional. And maybe that’s what Madonna has been and will continue to be for all of us – a shot in the ass when we really needed it.
“Madonna and I even got to write and sing together on her lead-off single called “4 Minutes To Save The World” and in a sense that’s what Madonna has always done – save the world, one great four-minute song at a time.
“Ladies and gentleman, the world has long been full of Madonna wannabes – and I might have even dated a couple – but there is only one Madonna.
“So right now it is one of the true thrills and privileges of my life to stand on this stage and induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
Iggy & The Stooges will perform two songs in honor of the Queen of Pop. Madonna should be inducted around 10 p.m.
Photo: CBSNews.com.
“Hot Mess Tranny,” Indeed
Well, you know you’ve made it when Saturday Night Live lampoons you.
Hands down – or up in applause, actually – the best part about Christian Siriano (pictured at left) winning the fourth season of Project Runway was seeing Amy Poehler play him flawlessly, down to the “hot mess tranny” quotes, last Saturday.
The super-funny sketch, a promo for Fierce: The Hot Mess Make-over Show, Siriano’s would-be new Bravo show, is a hoot and a half. Click here to watch it.
Well, you know you’ve made it when Saturday Night Live lampoons you.Hands down – or up in applause, actually – the best part about Christian Siriano (pictured at left) winning the fourth season of Project Runway was seeing Amy Poehler play him flawlessly, down to the “hot mess tranny” quotes, last Saturday.
The super-funny sketch, a promo for Fierce: The Hot Mess Make-over Show, Siriano’s would-be new Bravo show, is a hoot and a half. Click here to watch it.
Photo: IKnowWhatSucks.WordPress.com.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is quite the just-dahling film about a governess who goes on yet another assignment, and sees her life change forever.
It is the eve of England’s becoming involved in World War II, and Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), a middle-aged woman who is rough around the edges, finds herself once again unceremoniously dismissed from the job.
Without so much as severance pay, she realizes she must – for the very first time in 20 years – live for a day, if anything so she can eat.
While at an unfortunately familiar employment agency, where she is told in no uncertain terms that she unemployable, she does just this when she intercepts an assignment as the new social secretary for Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams).
Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of the American entertainer.
Within minutes, she finds herself swept into a rather heady high-society milieu, and within hours, she finds herself living it up.
Taking her new role to heart, though, she strives to help her new friend Delysia navigate a career and a love life well-complicated by three different men: the one who can help make her career, the one who can keep her in the lap of luxury, and the one who loves her (Lee Pace of TV’s Pushing Daisies).
For her part, Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to a gallant man tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven who senses the social secretary may be out of her element.
Over the next 24 hours, Miss Pettigrew and Delysia will support and empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.
And for 92 minutes, the simply-stunning-to-look-at Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day will make you enjoy a charming time at the movie theater.
It’ll make you laugh, it’ll even make you cry weep perhaps, and it’ll remind you that you should never judge a book by its cover because you risk not learning about the wonders that lie within.
My Rating ***
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is quite the just-dahling film about a governess who goes on yet another assignment, and sees her life change forever.
It is the eve of England’s becoming involved in World War II, and Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), a middle-aged woman who is rough around the edges, finds herself once again unceremoniously dismissed from the job.Without so much as severance pay, she realizes she must – for the very first time in 20 years – live for a day, if anything so she can eat.
While at an unfortunately familiar employment agency, where she is told in no uncertain terms that she unemployable, she does just this when she intercepts an assignment as the new social secretary for Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams).
Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of the American entertainer.
Within minutes, she finds herself swept into a rather heady high-society milieu, and within hours, she finds herself living it up.
Taking her new role to heart, though, she strives to help her new friend Delysia navigate a career and a love life well-complicated by three different men: the one who can help make her career, the one who can keep her in the lap of luxury, and the one who loves her (Lee Pace of TV’s Pushing Daisies).
For her part, Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to a gallant man tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven who senses the social secretary may be out of her element.
Over the next 24 hours, Miss Pettigrew and Delysia will support and empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.
And for 92 minutes, the simply-stunning-to-look-at Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day will make you enjoy a charming time at the movie theater.
It’ll make you laugh, it’ll even make you cry weep perhaps, and it’ll remind you that you should never judge a book by its cover because you risk not learning about the wonders that lie within.
My Rating ***
Photo: Focus Features.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Calendar Girl
Late last year, during Art Basel Miami Beach, I got to meet beautiful Eva Mendes on behalf of Miami Living magazine to discuss her exclusive starring role in the 2008 Campari Tales Calendar.
Hey – somebody’s gotta do it.
FYI: The large-format, limited-edition storybook calendar was shot by photographer Marino Parisotto on location in Rosignano, Italy, over five days last year.
For the actress, the 12-month portfolio was an opportunity to “play all these fantastic characters” and sort of update what it means be a woman in a fairy tale.
That’s just great – you should read all about it in Miami Living, on stands now – but here’s what she told me about what’s coming up for her in 2008.
“I just finished a film called The Spirit with Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. It’s a comic book film, and I play a jewel thief, which was fun,” she said.
“And I did a remake of The Women I’m really excited about. I play the role Joan Crawford played in the 1939 original. We updated the film a little bit to make it more modern. I tried to make my character a little funny because I think women now are different in the sense that we’re more aware. Maybe we’re funnier now, too.”
I cannot wait for this one, but I’ll have to: It doesn’t open until Oct. 10.
Late last year, during Art Basel Miami Beach, I got to meet beautiful Eva Mendes on behalf of Miami Living magazine to discuss her exclusive starring role in the 2008 Campari Tales Calendar.Hey – somebody’s gotta do it.
FYI: The large-format, limited-edition storybook calendar was shot by photographer Marino Parisotto on location in Rosignano, Italy, over five days last year.
For the actress, the 12-month portfolio was an opportunity to “play all these fantastic characters” and sort of update what it means be a woman in a fairy tale.
That’s just great – you should read all about it in Miami Living, on stands now – but here’s what she told me about what’s coming up for her in 2008.
“I just finished a film called The Spirit with Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. It’s a comic book film, and I play a jewel thief, which was fun,” she said.
“And I did a remake of The Women I’m really excited about. I play the role Joan Crawford played in the 1939 original. We updated the film a little bit to make it more modern. I tried to make my character a little funny because I think women now are different in the sense that we’re more aware. Maybe we’re funnier now, too.”
I cannot wait for this one, but I’ll have to: It doesn’t open until Oct. 10.
Photo: Miami Living.
She Is a Fighter and She Ain’t Goin’ Stop
Take a first look at this new photo of Madonna.
I don’t know what it’s for, where or when it’ll appear, or who took it. It was waiting for me in my inbox this morning.
All I know is the Queen of Pop’s ready for a fight – and I’d gladly take a punch.
Take a first look at this new photo of Madonna.I don’t know what it’s for, where or when it’ll appear, or who took it. It was waiting for me in my inbox this morning.
All I know is the Queen of Pop’s ready for a fight – and I’d gladly take a punch.
Photo: Confidential Source.
Update: MadonnaTribe reports that frequent Madonna collaborator Steven Klein took this photo for next month’s Interview magazine.
O Juliet, Juliet!
“The Other Woman,” last night’s Juliet-centric episode of Lost, didn’t offer much action or many answers – I know, shocker! – (although somewhat significant tidbits were thrown, like an update on the status of the kidnapped kids from the tail section of Oceanic 815), but it sure did offer long-simmering passion.
Perhaps a little too long-simmering – the plot seemed to suffer from it, and not even Elizabeth Mitchell’s complex and pitch-perfect and wonderful performance could distract from that fact.
Having said that, next week’s installment sounds like it’s going to be a good one (I think we’ll finally get to meet Ben’s “man on the boat”).
“The Other Woman,” last night’s Juliet-centric episode of Lost, didn’t offer much action or many answers – I know, shocker! – (although somewhat significant tidbits were thrown, like an update on the status of the kidnapped kids from the tail section of Oceanic 815), but it sure did offer long-simmering passion.Perhaps a little too long-simmering – the plot seemed to suffer from it, and not even Elizabeth Mitchell’s complex and pitch-perfect and wonderful performance could distract from that fact.
Having said that, next week’s installment sounds like it’s going to be a good one (I think we’ll finally get to meet Ben’s “man on the boat”).
Photo: ABC.com.
Get Ready To Reset Your (TV) Clock
Fox is reportedly developing a two-hour 24 prequel to help bridge the two-year gap between the show’s sixth and seventh seasons.
The show, which did not air at all this year because of the writers strike, will return in its traditional 24-episode format next January.
Eight episodes were in the can before the strike began, but Fox decided against airing a partial season and breaking up the flow of the real-time drama, opting instead to hold them, with the prequel set for fall to whet fans’ appetites.
Production on the remaining episodes of the seventh season, which features the show's first female president, played by Cherry Jones, will resume next month.
Anything that brings Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) back to TV is fine with me – just as long as the masterminds behind the show have found a way to make up for the major suckage of the sixth season.
Fox is reportedly developing a two-hour 24 prequel to help bridge the two-year gap between the show’s sixth and seventh seasons.The show, which did not air at all this year because of the writers strike, will return in its traditional 24-episode format next January.
Eight episodes were in the can before the strike began, but Fox decided against airing a partial season and breaking up the flow of the real-time drama, opting instead to hold them, with the prequel set for fall to whet fans’ appetites.
Production on the remaining episodes of the seventh season, which features the show's first female president, played by Cherry Jones, will resume next month.
Anything that brings Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) back to TV is fine with me – just as long as the masterminds behind the show have found a way to make up for the major suckage of the sixth season.
Photo: Sarjaopas.com.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
She’s Not Coming Out, Buffy Fans, But…
As every Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan knows, Buffy Summers’ great adventures have translated from life as a cult classic on TV to life as a cult classic as a comic – the Joss Whedon-overseen Season 8 is currently underway.
Yesterday, issue No. 12 came out – and what do you know, so did Buffy. A little.
You read that right: In the new issue, Buffy sleeps with a fellow slayer named Satsu.
The story line, Whedon says, “evolved naturally.”
And lest you think Whedon doesn’t know what he’s doing – has he ever disappointed? – he is quite clear his team knows where this is headed.
“We’re not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she’s not. She’s young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?”
Note to self: I have got to get my hands on this comic for once and for all.
Photo: NYTimes.com.
As every Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan knows, Buffy Summers’ great adventures have translated from life as a cult classic on TV to life as a cult classic as a comic – the Joss Whedon-overseen Season 8 is currently underway.Yesterday, issue No. 12 came out – and what do you know, so did Buffy. A little.
You read that right: In the new issue, Buffy sleeps with a fellow slayer named Satsu.
The story line, Whedon says, “evolved naturally.”
And lest you think Whedon doesn’t know what he’s doing – has he ever disappointed? – he is quite clear his team knows where this is headed.
“We’re not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she’s not. She’s young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?”
Note to self: I have got to get my hands on this comic for once and for all.
Photo: NYTimes.com.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Leona Queen
Last week, a BFF and I were having Mexican food after the gym – don’t you judge us – when this song came on the radio, right.
We were both like, “I know this song,” but neither of us could name it.
The next day, I was having breakfast, watching VH-1, when the video for the song came on – it was Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love,” which you can find on her debut, Spirit.
I had heard about how this Brit (the winner of the third season of the U.K.’s television talent show The X Factor) was like, the best thing since sliced bread, but I hadn’t gotten around seeking out any of her songs until now.
I’m sort of infatuated, I have to say.
Last week, a BFF and I were having Mexican food after the gym – don’t you judge us – when this song came on the radio, right.We were both like, “I know this song,” but neither of us could name it.
The next day, I was having breakfast, watching VH-1, when the video for the song came on – it was Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love,” which you can find on her debut, Spirit.
I had heard about how this Brit (the winner of the third season of the U.K.’s television talent show The X Factor) was like, the best thing since sliced bread, but I hadn’t gotten around seeking out any of her songs until now.
I’m sort of infatuated, I have to say.
Photo: Top40.About.com.
Nostalgia, Pt. 19
“I was yours /
You were mine /
It seemed we’d last forever, oh yea /
I’d be the one you need /
You would be the one I marry /
And I’m just trying to invite my way back in your heart /
And I'm telling you to... /
Come to me /
I’ll restore freedom /
I’ll carve away the worries in your heart.”
I cannot wait for March 22. And yeah – I am totally this song’s bee-yotch.
“I was yours /You were mine /
It seemed we’d last forever, oh yea /
I’d be the one you need /
You would be the one I marry /
And I’m just trying to invite my way back in your heart /
And I'm telling you to... /
Come to me /
I’ll restore freedom /
I’ll carve away the worries in your heart.”
I cannot wait for March 22. And yeah – I am totally this song’s bee-yotch.
Photo: RMPMagazine.com.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
That’s So Iggy, M
Alright, so Madonna will not perform at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 10, after all, but Iggy & The Stooges have been tapped to pay tribute to the Queen of Pop during the show.
My beautiful-stranger spy tells me the band will play two songs – a really, really hot one from Madonna, her first album, and a really popular one from her Grammy Award-winning Ray of Light.
Think about it.... Think about it....
Now, what’s the connection between Madonna and Iggy Pop’s band?
Well, aside from the formative years spent as struggling musicians in Manhattan’s Lower East Side – they both come from the same musical influence: punk – both are Detroit natives, and he opened for her at the Dublin date of her “Re-Invention Tour” in 2004.
Among the other performers scheduled for the induction ceremony are Damien Rice (for Leonard Cohen), Patti LaBelle (for Gamble & Huff), and John Mellencamp and the Ventures, both of whom are being inducted.
Photo: RollingStone.com.
Update 1: So have you figured it out? “Don’t put me off ‘cause I’m on fire.”
Update 2: My, it’s “Burning Up” and “Ray of Light,” of course.
Alright, so Madonna will not perform at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 10, after all, but Iggy & The Stooges have been tapped to pay tribute to the Queen of Pop during the show.My beautiful-stranger spy tells me the band will play two songs – a really, really hot one from Madonna, her first album, and a really popular one from her Grammy Award-winning Ray of Light.
Think about it.... Think about it....
Now, what’s the connection between Madonna and Iggy Pop’s band?
Well, aside from the formative years spent as struggling musicians in Manhattan’s Lower East Side – they both come from the same musical influence: punk – both are Detroit natives, and he opened for her at the Dublin date of her “Re-Invention Tour” in 2004.
Among the other performers scheduled for the induction ceremony are Damien Rice (for Leonard Cohen), Patti LaBelle (for Gamble & Huff), and John Mellencamp and the Ventures, both of whom are being inducted.
Photo: RollingStone.com.
Update 1: So have you figured it out? “Don’t put me off ‘cause I’m on fire.”
Update 2: My, it’s “Burning Up” and “Ray of Light,” of course.
Simply Irresistible, Pt. 26
The producers of the new TV show New Amsterdam call him “the Great Dane,” and from the looks of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, they have good reason to do so.
Although the show hasn’t had the smoothest of rides toward its premiere tonight, the Copenhagen-born actor, who plays John Amsterdam, an immortal cop who has called the New York area home for 366 years, deserves our tuning in because…well, because he’s just so hunky.
Color me shallow, already. And stay between the lines.
He also is quite charismatic (I still remember him stealing scenes in Wimbledon), and talented, I’m sure.
But let’s face it – if you want to buy a new car, you kick the tires. If you want to commit to a new TV show, you must a have an at-first-sight reason.
The producers of the new TV show New Amsterdam call him “the Great Dane,” and from the looks of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, they have good reason to do so.Although the show hasn’t had the smoothest of rides toward its premiere tonight, the Copenhagen-born actor, who plays John Amsterdam, an immortal cop who has called the New York area home for 366 years, deserves our tuning in because…well, because he’s just so hunky.
Color me shallow, already. And stay between the lines.
He also is quite charismatic (I still remember him stealing scenes in Wimbledon), and talented, I’m sure.
But let’s face it – if you want to buy a new car, you kick the tires. If you want to commit to a new TV show, you must a have an at-first-sight reason.
Photo: SciFi.About.com.
Monday, March 03, 2008
It’s Hard Out Here for a Robot
Meet WALL-E, the star of the new Disney/Pixar animated film, WALL-E (opening on June 27).
In the film, we are asked to wonder what if mankind had to – uh oh – leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?
WALL-E, spends every day doing what he was made for, but soon, he will discover what he was meant for as he ventures across the galaxy chasing his dream.
Meet WALL-E, the star of the new Disney/Pixar animated film, WALL-E (opening on June 27).In the film, we are asked to wonder what if mankind had to – uh oh – leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?
WALL-E, spends every day doing what he was made for, but soon, he will discover what he was meant for as he ventures across the galaxy chasing his dream.
Photo: Disney/Pixar.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Saving the World One Hot Track at the Time
OMG, Madonna’s “4 Minutes,” featuring Justin Timberlake, has leaked on French radio.
OMG, Madonna’s “4 Minutes,” featuring Justin Timberlake, has leaked on French radio. Vive la France, y’all.
This track is sooo hot it might as well be summer. (How gorge does she look on the cover of the latest Dazed & Confused, by the way?)
It’s totally making me want to get up and do my thing.
Photo: TamzDaily.blogspot.com.
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