Sean William Scott stops by the June 3 Live with Regis and Kelly in this video clip to promote his new film, “The Promotion.”
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Well, this is very sad news – a huge Universal Studios fire broke out this morning, ravaging three movie sets on the New York City and New England street facades. The fire has been contained and no one was injured in the blaze.
The New York City facades were used for “Seinfeld” and “Sex and the City.” Additionally, the King Kong exhibit as well as the “Back to the Future” set were destroyed.
Tonight’s MTV Movie Awards will continue as planned, taking place at the Gibson Amphitheatre, which was unharmed in the Universal Studios fire.
Wow, the “Speed Racer” movie looks like it’s going to have some major CGI coolness. Check out the Speed Racer international trailers above and after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Valentines Day and if you’re looking for a movie but aren’t interested in what’s running at the theaters or opening this weekend, you might be interested in the following list. What we’ve done is scoured numerous “top romantic movie” lists and culled over 300 romantic movies down to the best 25 of the past 25 years (1983-2007). (The numbers in brackets represent the IMDB ranking of a given movie.)
25. Dangerous Liasions. [7.6] 1988.
Glen Close, John Malkovich, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves.
24. The Last of the Mohicans. [7.7] 1992.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe.
23. Moulin Rouge! [7.7] 2001.
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Kylie Minogue.
Will Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon in Semi-Pro, the owner/coach and also a player of the Flint Michigan Tropics team in the American Basketball Association. Their dream is to make it to the NBA.
Also starring Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000 of Outkast), Maura Tierney. Opens Feb 29th.
Wall-E is animated movie from Pixar, written and directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo). It’s about a 700-year old robot. Voices supplied by Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Kim Kopf, Garrett Palmer. Opens Jun 27th.
Despite the retailer Woolworth’s (UK) decision to stop carrying HD-DVD discs and players, as reported earlier, the group that promotes HD-DVD says it’s too early to decide a winner the high-def video format wars. They’re touting the fact that HD-DVD players cost about half that of Sony Blu-ray players.
HD-DVD will be taking out a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl this Sunday, at the cost of US$2.7M. But Wired magazine thinks differently, and that the blow handed to them by Woolworth’s, Warner Bros. and other retailers and movie studios recently is more than a flesh wound, and that the TV ad is a waste of effort.
While you might not hear about them, there are a LOT more filmmakers in the United States alone than you might realize. Something I read the other day said “150,000″, but I’m not even sure that that was a complete count. And then there are all the filmmakers in other countries.
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Katie Holmes is said to have walked out of a Scientology meeting out of embarrassment about husband Tom Cruise’s video mess, and apparently because of Mad Money, which he supposedly told her to make and which dropped to 10th in the box office receipts for last weekend. So maybe she’s not such a Stepford Wife after all. [Cele|bitchy, Woman's Day]
Has Eddie Murphy found someone else already, so soon after splitting with Tracey Edmonds? Rumor is that they split because Edmonds, a producer, wouldn’t sign a prenuptial agreement. [Hollywood Rag]
Yet another large retailer, Woolworth’s (UK), has stopped stocking HD-DVD videos and players. The company stated that the ability of Sony Playstation 3 to play Blu-ray discs helped sell larger quantities of discs over HD DVD. [Computerworld]
Actress Sally Kirkland was hospitalized for exhaustion this past weekend but has been released. [TMZ]
The WGA writers’ strike might be coming to an end, with the DGA contract agreement having broken the ice. There’s nothing definite yet, but negotiations are supposedly resuming. Please end this now!! I’m sick of reality shows. [CBS News]
Is the blackjack movie 21 is an example of how Hollywood takes a real story and “glamorizes” it? Top Socialite suggests it is, taking the two Asian main characters in the book and changing their race and even gender, casting Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth.
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