Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Emory Expells Revenge of the Nerds

Emory Expells Revenge of the Nerds
   It seems that some people like to see the payout before seeing what they are being paid for. Those at Emory University seemed to have jumped to that conclusion when agreeing to let the Revenge of the Nerds remake shoot their footage on their grounds. Cinematical Spots:According to THR, Emory University booted the production after only two weeks, reportedly because they didn't appreciate the...

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Bruce Lee to Star in a NEW Movie!

Bruce Lee to Star in a NEW Movie!
   We have debated about who the next big action star is, and now we know. Bruce Lee. All the people who feared that George Lucas creating too many digital characters would lead to actors being replaced by CGI have come true. Movie Hole says:Rob Cohen, director of 1993?s ?Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story?, is planning on making another film about the legendary martial artist ? only this time, he...

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New Spiderman 3 Poster

New Spiderman 3 Poster
   As if we need MORE incentive to get excited about Spiderman 3. Movie Web shows us: I REALLY like this design. This is by far the BEST Spiderman poster I have seen yet. One of the stories I have always liked about Superhero movies is when they get into the actual lives of the hero instead of just making it about what badguy is on your dance card this episode. In each of the Spiderman...

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Will Ferrell not interested in Old School Dos

Will Ferrell not interested in Old School Dos
   It looks like Will Ferrell is deciding against taking on Old School Dos, despite rumors to the contrary. The good folks over at cinematical.com gave us this bit of sad info: Which brings us to another recent Will Ferrell interview in which, once again, Old School Dos was brought up. This time, after he talks about how he turned down a staggering $29 million to star in a sequel to Elf, the dude is...

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New online movie tickets will include DVD extras with purchase

New online movie tickets will include DVD extras with purchase
   For a while now movie tickets have been available for purchase online, and sales have been ok, not great but ok. That may all change with the new movie ticket purchasing system created by Mark Cuban. What's so different about his? Well slashfilm.com let us know with this little article: Internet genius Mark Cuban has come up with a new distribution system which will give moviegoers a boat load of...

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Broken Sky

Broken Sky
    ( Release: Sep. 29, 2006   Rated: PG-13    Details  ) — Two gay university students become entangled in a passionate love affair in which the spark flames out very quickly. Disillusioned, the couple break up and start dating other men. However, once ensconced in their new relationships, the former couple begins to see that they were much happier together than apart.



Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap (E! Online)

Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap (E! Online)
   

Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap(E! Online)E! Online - No baseball players were harmed in the making of this drug bust.




The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words
    ( Release: Dec. 15, 2006   Rated: N/A    Details | Trailers  ) — A loner (Sarah Polley) is brought to an isolated oil rig where all the workers are men. She's come to care for a man (Tim Robbins) who has been temporarily blinded. Despite the odds, a strange intimacy develops between them.



Kirk Douglas serves LA Skid Row meals (AP)

Kirk Douglas serves LA Skid Row meals (AP)
   AP - "Spartacus" star Kirk Douglas, who turns 90 next month, joined volunteers on Thanksgiving eve to dish up turkey feasts to thousands of street denizens outside the Los Angeles Mission.



McKellen "sad" that Jackson may not make "Hobbit" (Reuters)

McKellen "sad" that Jackson may not make "Hobbit" (Reuters)
   

File photo shows director Peter Jackson arriving at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 16, 2006. Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien novel 'The Hobbit,' despite the nearly $3 billion global box office success of his 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, according to a letter Jackson wrote to fan site TheOneRing.net. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Sir Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the smash hit "Lord of the Rings" movies, said on Wednesday he is sad director Peter Jackson may not make a film based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."




Mia Farrow assails 'genocidal violence' (AP)

Mia Farrow assails 'genocidal violence' (AP)
   

This photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, shows actress Mia Farrow with internally displaced persons outside of the Gaga refugee camp near Abeche in eastern Chad, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/UNHCR)AP - Actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow called Wednesday for peacekeepers to be sent immediately to halt "genocidal violence" that she said was spreading from Sudan's Darfur province into neighboring eastern Chad.




'Christmas Story' house brought to life (AP)

'Christmas Story' house brought to life (AP)
   

Brian Jones poses with his Red Ryder air rifle outside the renovated home which was used in the classic movie 'A Christmas Story' in Cleveland, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006.  A devotee of the film, Jones started a business which sold the leg lamp made famous in the film. He later bought the Cleveland house and plans to open it as a museum of the film on Nov. 25th.  (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Ralphie Parker and Brian Jones know what it's like to want something. For Ralphie, the object of desire was an official Red Ryder, carbine-action, 200-shot, range model air rifle. (Go ahead, say it, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid.")




Backstage

Backstage
    BackstageRelease: Nov. 22, 2006   Rated: N/A    Details | Tickets | Trailers  ) — In what's supposed to be the thrill of a lifetime, a young groupie (Isild Le Besco) meets her pop star idol (Emmanuelle Seigner) and is instead humiliated beyond belief on reality TV. But, undaunted, the starstruck fan looks to connect with the object of her admiration no matter what.



No Revenge for New Nerds (E! Online)

No Revenge for New Nerds (E! Online)
   

No Revenge for New Nerds(E! Online)E! Online - They've been laughed at and picked on and now the nerds have been booted off campus.




Kitaen charged with drug possession (AP)

Kitaen charged with drug possession (AP)
   

This file photo originally supplied by Sports Illustrated shows actress Tawny Kitaen, in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition that came out Feb. 10, 1999. Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff's deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment. The 45-year-old actres  is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 18  in Laguna Niguel, Calif., said Susan Kang Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006.(AP Photo/Sports Illustrated )AP - Tawny Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff's deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment.




Jolie makes surprise visit to Cambodia (AP)

Jolie makes surprise visit to Cambodia (AP)
   

Angelina Jolie walks near the Gateway of India after having a boat ride with her family, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov 18, 2006.  Jolie has made an unannounced visit to Cambodia, a country where she is funding a nature conservation project, officials said Wednesday,Nov 22, 2006.(AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)AP - Angelina Jolie has made an unannounced visit to Cambodia, a country where she is funding a nature conservation project, officials said Wednesday.




O.J. says book wasn't a confession (AP)

O.J. says book wasn't a confession (AP)
   

O.J. Simpson holds up his hands before the jury after putting on a new pair of gloves similar to the infamous 'bloody gloves' during his double-murder trial in Los Angeles, in this June 21, 1995 file photo. Simpson was the subject of a Fox Television special, 'If I Did It' in which he is interviewed about how the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman would have taken place had he actually committed the crimes. News. Corp. said Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, that it has canceled the companion book and television special.(AP Photo/Vince Bucci, Pool)AP - O.J. Simpson said in a radio interview Wednesday that his ill-fated "If I Did It" book and TV project was not a confession to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend and that the title wasn't his idea.




Maldivians want to say `hello' to TomKat (AP)

Maldivians want to say `hello' to TomKat (AP)
   

Tom Cruise, right, and  Katie Holmes  leave their hotel in Rome, Thursday Nov. 16, 2006. Residents of the Maldives, an archipelago of 1,192 islands famed for its beaches and luxury resorts, want to say 'hello' to newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.The honeymooning couple arrived in the Indian Ocean island chain this week after exchanging wedding vows Saturday in a 15th-century castle in Bracciano, Italy, outside Rome.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Residents of the Maldives want to say "hello" to newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.




Security tight at India's beachside film festival (Reuters)

Security tight at India's beachside film festival (Reuters)
   Reuters - Navy patrols and gun-toting soldiers will guard movie fans at an international film festival that begins in India's Goa state on Thursday after warnings the tourists who flock to its golden beaches could be attacked.



School's out for naughty "Nerds" (Reuters)

School's out for naughty "Nerds" (Reuters)
   Reuters - A remake of the 1984 cult classic "Revenge of the Nerds" has been shut down after only two weeks because it was too raunchy for the Atlanta university hosting the production.



"Deck the Halls" Christmas dreck (Reuters)

"Deck the Halls" Christmas dreck (Reuters)
   Reuters - Nearly every year about this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate the season as poorly as possible for 95% of the movie. Then an epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone how to correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call this the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.



Thanksgiving moviegoers will feast on penguins (Reuters)

Thanksgiving moviegoers will feast on penguins (Reuters)
   

A scene from 'Happy Feet' courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - With four wide releases opening this Thanksgiving holiday weekend and three strong holdovers looking for business, the North American box office is going to be extremely crowded.




Fan's love turns house into "Christmas" present (Reuters)

Fan's love turns house into "Christmas" present (Reuters)
   Reuters - When it comes to Americana, Cleveland has collected a number of calling cards. It is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is the birthplace of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. And it also is the setting for the 1983 holiday classic "A Christmas Story," directed by Bob Clark.



Bacon, Bana and Hurt possibly starring in Golden Compass

Bacon, Bana and Hurt possibly starring in Golden Compass
   Pretty much any movie with Kevin Bacon has me stepping up to buy a ticket, but add to that Eric Bana, John Hurt, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig and there I will be first in line for the new movie The Golden Compass. That is, if the rumors are true. According to comingsoon.net they may just be, here's what's being said: 'Ciboule' alerted us that an interview with Casino Royale star Eva Green in...

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