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Wild About Movies Blogs Your Hollywood Gossip Page - 2007 By Tim Nasson, Wild About Movies publisher January 22, 2008 SCROLL DOWN TO "NOVEMBER 21, 2007" For the WILD ABOUT MOVIES "2008 Oscar Predictions" NEW: Wild About Movies Users MOVIE REVIEW BLOG
"Untraceable" & "One Missed Call" - Similar, Yet So Far Apart "Final Weekend At Movie Box Office" - No New Releases Crack Top 5 December 30, 2007
"AVP2 Bombs Opening Day" December 28, 2007 Poster Plagiarism - Part 3
Merry Christmas From Wild About Movies December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas from Wild About Movies & Fox Searchlight. Print passes to the award winning Juno and The Savages, in select markets... (continue)
"Pride And Glory Movie Trailer Premiere" "Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince Movie" - First Daniel Radcliffe Photo "Charlie Barlett" - starring Anton Yelchin - Final Poster Premiere
"The A-Team Movie" - In Theaters 2009 "Mamma Mia Movie Trailer" - with Meryl Streep & the FIRST 10 R-rated Minutes of "Walk Hard" For the first 10 R-rated minutes of "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"... (continue) The "2008 Golden Globe Nominees" & The WAM Predicition Omission Yes, we certainly did forget "Hairspray," when we made our picks and are now certain that it will be included. But we don't know exactly which movie to knock out of the running. So just for the hell of it, how about "Knocked Up." While we're talking about omissions, there's also "Charlie Wilson's War" that could be given a Best Picture (Comedy or Musical nod). Check back tomorrow, at 5AM PST, for the "2008 Golden Globe Nominations." That being said, click here to see which pictures were picked as winners and what actors, actresses, writers, and directors were worthy of a Boston nod. "2007 Boston Society of Film Critics Award Winners." "2007 National Board Of Review Winners"
"Speed Racer Movie" On Set Photos "Indiana Jones 4 Trailer" Debuts January 2008 - During The Super Bowl - On TV To London And Back With Johnny Depp & Nicole Kidman Free "The Sasquatch Gang" Tickets & TROY on AMC & Special Edition DVD December 1, 2007 For your chance to win a pair of tickets to "The Sasquatch Gang" good Sunday only, first, find out if the movie is playing at a theater near you, (it is in limited release), and if it is simply email your name, first and last, to wildaboutmovies@gmail.com, with "SASQUATCH" in the Subject line. Five winners will be picked at random and will be emailed by 9PM PST tonight. The tickets will be good for any show Sunday, tomorrow, only - at theaters playing "The Sasquatch Gang." For a chance to win TROY on DVD, check back tomorrow night... (continue) "The Golden Compass" Sneak Previews Tomorrow Night - 800 Theaters November 30, 2007
Wild About Movies Users Movie Review Blog "Everyone Is A (Movie) Critic - And So Can You"
"Our Black Friday Gift To You" Just purchase 12 or more "Discount Movie Tickets" and receive a FREE Random DVD from Wild About Movies, valued at no less than $19.99 retail. (Order 50 or more tickets and receive a FREE Random TV on DVD Box Set.) Offer expires 11:59PM PST, November 23, 2007... (continue) 10 of the Biggest Turkeys At Movie Box Office
1. Pluto Nash 2002 - (Eddie Murphy) - Budget $100 million - Box Office Gross $4 million 2. A Sound of Thunder 2005 - (Ben Kingsley) - Budget $80 million - Box Office Gross $1.9 million 3. Gigli 2003 (Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez) - Budget $55 million - Box Office Gross $5.9 million 4. Town & Country 2001 (Goldie Hawn & Steve Martin) - Budget $90 million - Box Office Gross $6 million 5. Swept Away 2002 (Madonna) - Budget $10 million - Box Office Gross $500,000 6. Battlefield Earth 2000 (John Travolta) - Budget $73 million - Box Office Gross $21 million 7. All The King's Men 2006 (Sean Penn) - Budget $55 million - Box Office Gross $7 million 8. Ishtar 1987 - (Dustin Hoffman) - Budget $55 million - Box Office Gross $15 million 9. Timeline 2003 - (Paul Walker) - Budget $80 million - Box Office Gross $19 million 10. Around The World In 80 Days 2004 - (Jackie Chan) - Budget $110 million - Box Office Gross $24 million
"Music Is My Boyfriend" - "Apple iPod Touch Commercial Song" Since this is a movie website, we're not usually interested in just songs. But the song in the TV commerical for the Apple iPod Touch, "Music Is My Boyfriend," is so catchy it got us wondering who sings it and where we could find it - for free. Well, right here, right now - and, guess what? "Music Is My Boyfriend" is not the correct title of the catchy tune... (continue) Also, according to an inside source at Paramount, Wild About Movies has learned that JJ Abrams is going with the title "Cloverfield" for that horror movie of his opening on "01-18-08." A full year before the much more anticipated Paramount Picture "Star Trek 11." Don't forget that Paramount also has "Indiana Jones 4." And "The Spiderwick Chronicles." None of the four above mentioned Paramount films have anything to do with Dreamworks. Hopefully, when David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg leave Redstone's Melrose Ave offices at the end of 2008 they take their incompetent publicists Michael Vollman and Christine Batista - who have done nothing to enhance Paramount or its image - with them. (Unless they are fired by then.) Movie studios needed to do something drastic to get a lot of asses into theater seats. The biggest experiment launches Friday, with the release of "Bewoulf," in IMAX 3D and Digital 3D in conventional theaters. It is the first film in history to get a wide release in Digital 3D. So convinced is Dreamworks that "Beowulf" will make a killing at the box office, they have signed a contract with IMAX for three of their upcoming movies to be released in IMAX 3D movies. The IMAX 3D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, "Kung Fu Panda,"will be released in IMAX's 2D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX's digital 3D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008. This is IMAX's first multiple 3D picture deal with a Hollywood studio. The 3D titles also will be simultaneously released to conventional digital 3D theatres. Paramount Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the pictures. "3D cinema has an opportunity to revolutionize the way people experience movies," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. "We believe the immersive quality of IMAX will provide our audiences with a unique way to experience our films and we are delighted to include IMAX as a key part of our 3D strategy." Compare that against the #3 movie of the weekend, "Fred Clause," which took in nearly $20 million. "Lions For Lambs" is the first release from Cruise's United Artists studio, which he set up after he was sensationally dropped by Paramount's Sumner Redstone last year. A source tells MSNBC.com, "Tom wanted to really hit a home run with his first United Artists movie. It was more about how the industry was going to view him than the movie going public that Tom was worried about." Fret not for Cruise or Meryl. Cruise stars in next summer's potential blockbuster "Valkyrie" and Street stars in the big screen version of the Broadway smash musical "Mamma Mia!" "2008 Oscar Nominee" Frontrunner Print Passes - Over 170 Screenings & Cities, Nationwide "TEKKONKINKREET" - The Little (Animated) Movie That Might... Get An Oscar! Twelve features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 80th Academy Awards®. The 12 submitted animated features are: “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters” Noticably absent from the list of contenders for the Oscar for Best Animated Picture of 2007? Unlucky #13, the only other animated film of 2007, "Happily Never After." Lionsgate, the studio behind the dreadful film, decided it was better left unsolicited. Under the rules for this category, a maximum of 3 films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least 8 but fewer than 16. Yes, therefore, only three movies, at most, can be nominated from the list above. Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. As always, if you're not near a TV, but are near your computer, Wild About Movies will be providing you with REAL TIME "2008 Oscar Winners" updates. Oh! And our money is on Walt Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille" winning the Oscar... The other two nominees? It's still early, but, today, we're betting on "Persepolis" and "Shrek 3." Writer's Strike - Day 4: Meryl Streep's Tonight Show Appearance Canceled November 8, 2007 Television networks this week have been busy counting production casualties, but on the theatrical side, studios have begun counting a different toll: lost bookings. A fall movie season already difficult because of a crowded calendar just became even more challenging. Movies due for release in the coming days and weeks -- films as diverse as "Lions for Lambs", "Fred Claus", "No Country for Old Men" and "August Rush" -- will now be left in the dust when it comes to television appearances for their stars. They'll be forced to seek out such shorter lead-time outlets such as newspapers and radio. Nearly every day in the coming weeks will bring a new victim. On Tuesday, for instance, MGM's "Lions For Lambs" lost a "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" booking for Meryl Streep. "Late-night shows are cornerstones of a good campaign because a late-night audience is a moviegoing audience," said 42West's Amanda Lundberg, who is working on MGM's "Lambs" campaign. "And there is no replacement for the charisma of the actors reminding us why we like them." Lundberg noted that on "Lambs", coverage from "Larry King Live", "Good Morning America" and Time magazine are filling the void -- somewhat.
Writer's Strike - Day 3: Agents Cutting Costs: Flying Coach Writer's Strike - Day 2 TALK SHOWS ALREADY IN RERUN MODE Tom Hanks Turns Down Oscar Nominated Role That Goes To Tom Cruise November 5, 2007 Tom Hanks turned down the role of "Jerry Maguire" so that he could pursue his directorial debut - the bomb "That Thing You Do." We all associate certain actors with certain roles. But did you know that Cary Grant turned down the role of 007 in "Dr. No," that went to Sean Connery - and made him an international box office sensation? And, in turn, that Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings" that went to Ian McKellan! "Robert Hoffman" Stepping Up And Into Channing Tatum's Dance Shoes
"Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train"
"X-Files 2: The Movie"
It is unknown if Rob Bowman, director of the first "X-Files" movie, and the person responsible for directing many of the "X-Files" television episodes, will return - behind the camera. Stay tuned! "Harry Potter 7" - Guillermo Del Toro the Director? We'll get to the bottom of the rumor next week, when we interview Del Toro, who will be on tour for his latest movie - for producing "The Orphanage," which hits theaters Christmas Day! "Lions For Lambs" Destined For Slaughter Also of interest: Neither Cruise, Streep nor Redford are doing any publicity for the movie that is destined for slaughter by the majority of movie critics, worldwide. According to the invitation that we received, participating in the "Lions For Lambs" press day at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel next week? D and F-listers Michael Pena and Andrew Garfield - and writer Michael Carnahan. We've heard of one of them, Michael Pena, and interviewed him at the "World Trade Center" junket. Great actor - and singer, (yes, he has his own band). Just needs a better talent agent.
Daniel Craig Set For 4 More 007s PRINT PASSES to A Free Screening of "Stalking Santa" - Narrated By William Shatner October 26, 2007
Millions of people believe in him, thousands have claimed to see him, but only one is foolish enough to try to prove his existence. In this off beat comedy, self-proclaimed “Santologist” (The Science of Santa), Dr. Lloyd Darrow (Chris Clark) will stop at nothing to take on government conspiracy, corporate suppression, and phony mall Santas – all in the pursuit if the world’s oldest yuletide enigma. With emotional and financial support from his perplexed wife Barbara (Lisa Clark), and with dysfunctional devotion from his needy intern Clarence (Daryn Tufts), and despite the growing resentment from his 12-year-old son Keith (Simon Taylor), Lloyd is determined to reveal the truth. It is an obsession that takes him from the hieroglyphics of Egypt to the Town Shopping Center Plaza in Polka City, Ohio – an obsession that just may cost him his family, his sanity, and his self-respect. Shot in the tradition of The Office and Waiting for Guffman, Stalking Santa redefines the traditional holiday movie... (continue) to print passes and watch trailer "Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns" Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio - Quattro October 24, 2007 With "Shutter Island," Martin Scorsese and Leonard DiCaprio team up for the fourth time - after "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," and "The Departed" - in a movie that will be shot in and around New England, a favorite locale for all Dennis Lehane books - most notably Boston, in "Mystic River" and "Gone Baby Gone." Eager to find out just what type of story Scorsese is adapting? "Shutter Bus" Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. And neither is Teddy Daniels. Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe’s radical approach to psychiatry? An approach that may include drug experimentation, hideous surgical trials, and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet brainwashing. . . . Or is there another, more personal reason why he has come there? As the investigation deepens, the questions only mount: How has a barefoot woman escaped the island from a locked room? Who is leaving clues in the form of cryptic codes? Why is there no record of a patient committed there just one year before? What really goes on in Ward C? Why is an empty lighthouse surrounded by an electrified fence and armed guards? The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane...
Brad & Angelina Create World's Most Boring TV Show - In History October 23, 2007 Perhaps HBO, the network behind the bomb in the making, needed to find something that will crash and burn so that they can get a tax break. With all their hits, "Sex And The City," "Big Love," "The Sopranos," "Deadwood," "Taxi Cab Confessions," and so on and so forth, they need a dud. And to make matters worse, Jolie, who undoubtedly thought this gem up, and Pitt, aren't in the show. Just producing.
Mark Wahlberg Replaces Ryan Gosling in Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" Just one day before filming on the big screen adaptation of the NY Times #1 Best Seller, "The Lovely Bones," was to begin, with Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling in the lead, it was announced by Peter Jackson, the film's director, that Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg would be stepping in, as Gosling left due to creative differences. We're not sure what the 'creative differences' were that led to Gosling bolting from what is positioned to become one of the movies to clean up at the 2009 Oscars. Due stay tuned. Oscar winner Rachel Weisz remains as the mother of the dead girl, who narrates the story from heaven. Filming on "The Lovely Bones" began today in Pennsylvania, not far from where Wahlberg just finished filming M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming "The Happening"... (continue) "Hannah Montana The Movie" "Rambo 4" Poster Premiere October 19, 2007 "Dan In Real Life" - Free Passes - 15 Cities October 19, 2007
We can happily report that both the director of "Hitman" and Tim Burton, director of "Sweeney Todd," were given final approval of their films and allowed to cut them as they saw fit - both earning a hard R-rating. To watch the trailer of "Hitman," register for upcoming Free Advance Movie Screenings to "Hitman" and play an interactive "Hitman" video game, where you are the "Hitman," just... (continue) Steven Spielberg's Next Oscar Winning Film? Chris Pine Cast In "Star Trek 11"
WAM Intern Positions October 14, 2007 "The Spiderwick Chronicles" On Set Photos October 12, 2007
"Indiana Jones 4" In The Can "T.R. Knight" Tapes PSA - Hoping More Closeted Homosexuals Come Out Of The Closet
"The Martian Child" & "The Pursuit of Happyness" - Poster Plagiarism Part 2 As you saw yesterday, we provided clear cut proof that the "National Treasure 2" movie poster is an attempt to steal the audience who roared to another Nicolas Cage film earlier this year, "Ghost Rider." "National Treasure 2" Poster - "Ghost Rider" Posters, Reincarnated!
We all know that when it comes to originality, Hollywood has less than zero. But, until now, it seems that the lack of originality ended with the screenplay of movies. Yes, Hollywood's writers are so lazy that they can't think of a new musical, rather have to REMAKE "Footloose."
According to a 2 1/2 minute segment on the Friday night "World News Tonight With Charles Gibson," Paramout Vantage is delaying the release of "The Kite Runner" by six weeks, because one of the child actors in the film, a preteen boy, is raped on screen - and the stigma of rape in Afghanastan, where the film is set, and where much of it was shot, is taboo. "The studio fears for the life of the child once the film is released," said the report, "and the studio is doing whatever it can to protect the child from potential harm." First, whether or not the film is released on November 2 or its new release date, December 14, 2007, means nothing regarding the alleged safety of the child in question. The film, "The Kite Runner," may never see the darkness of an Afghanie movie theater. Second, the studio could easily have 'removed' the child from the country before the film's November 2 United States release. It was a full month away when the decision was made to change the film's release date.
Don't count out a junket for a movie Leonardo DiCaprio stars in during 2010 and/or 2011 taking place at the hotel. I've spent more than 300 nights (yes, nearly a full year), at The Four Seasons at Beverly Hills during the past 12 years, the hotel of choice for film junkets in Los Angeles. But with the star that Hollywood, publicists, writers and fans, alike, love equally, it's hard to imagine that the hotel will not entertain movie critics, film publicists and stars of an upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio film. Think of all the free publicity the hotel will get. (Not that it will need it, of course.) And, if you want to claim bragging rights to having spent time in a bed that Leo built - and perhaps slept in - it won't be too hard. You'll be able to book a 'deluxe' room, once the hotel opens, for under $600 U.S. Who knows? You might even catch Leonardo naked, as I did, seven years ago, (while at "The Beach" junket in Hawaii, at The Ritz Carlton Hotel), in the steam room.
And, also, today, it was revealed that Paramount executives, (the few brave souls that remain at 5555 Melrose Ave), in order to try and dredge up some good Karma from the Dreamworks team, Paramount has agreed to give DreamWorks enhanced recognition on its future film releases. How so? For example, it will state publicly that future DreamWorks films are distributed by DreamWorks-Paramount instead of saying that they are distributed by Paramount alone. The designation will first appear in connection with this weekend's release of The Heartbreak Kid, starring Ben Stiller. "It was important to DreamWorks principals David Geffen and Steven Spielberg that things be clear in terms of the movies that are theirs," a Paramount executive said. Numerous reports have been leaked by Paramount indicatating that they, (Paramount) is trying to do what it can to save the DreamWorks marriage and keep Steven Spielberg and David Geffen from bolting at the end of 2008 when their contract expires. Hollywood should have gotten the hint - ten years ago - when Universal Pictures remade "Psycho" with nut job Anne Heche and a then unknown Vince Vaugh. The remake bombed, ruined Anne Heche's career (thankfully) and was put on dozens of Worst lists the year it was released. It's bad enough that little queen in the making, Zac Efron is stepping into Kevin Bacon's shoes, in the "Footloose" remake, due in theaters next summer... But a remake of "Friday The 13th?" Is anyone in the world so desperate that they need to waste not only their $10 at a "Friday the 13th remake," but precious time that could have been better spent watching the hair on their cat's tail go grey? September 30, 2007 The hot mug you see to your left is the face of the new Captain Kirk. Mike Vogel, who was seen in last summer's stinker, "Poseidon" and in the 2003 remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," has been cast, according to reports. Before you see him in "Star Trek 11," you can catch Mike Vogel in another J.J. Abrams flick, the still as of yet untitled "01-18-08." For more about "01-18-08" click here. For more about "Star Trek 11" and Mike Vogel, click here. If you were too young to check it out in theaters, 25 years ago, you'll have ONE NIGHT ONLY, in over 200 theaters, nationwide, to see the magic - Steven Spielberg's "Poltergeist." There is a lot of speculation as to whether Spielberg directed the film or if it had a ghost director, no pun intended, Tobe Hooper. All facts point to Spielberg as the film's true director. For a list of all theaters playing "Poltergeist" on Thursday 4 October, at 7:30 PM, nationwide... (continue) Kiefer Sutherland Expected To Spend Nearly A Week In Jail September 27, 2007
Kiefer Sutherland, AKA Jack Bauer on the hit FOX drama "24," faces jail if he is convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, under California's two strikes system. Sutherland was on his way home from a Fox network party when he was pulled over by police yesterday at the junction of La Cienega and Beverly at 1:35AM after making an illegal U-turn. A breath test found him to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system, according to reports. Sutherland, 40, was arrested for misdemeanor DUI. It's the second time Sutherland has been arrested for DUI - he was caught committing the same offense in California in 2004. He will appear before a California court on 16 October to answer charges and, if convicted, faces a mandatory five-day jail sentence.
September 26, 2007
The following A-list actors are Over 60, and have no plans on retiring any time soon: Al Pacino (67), Robert DeNiro (64), Richard Dreyfuss (60), Arnold Schwarzenegger (60), Sylvester Stallone (61), Harrison Ford (65), John Lithgow (62), Danny Glover (61), Albert Brooks (60), Alan Rickman (61), Michael Douglas (63), Beau Bridges (66), Danny DeVito (63), Christopher Walken (64), James Caan (67), Tommy Lee Jones (61), Steve Martin (62), Billy Crystal (60), Chevy Chase (64), Stephen Rea (61), Rob Reiner (60), James Woods (60), Kevin Kline (60), Edward James Olmos (60), Tom Selleck (63), Nick Nolte (66). And FYI - Richard Gere and Samuel Jackson are months away from turning the big six-0. For females? Only Diane Keaton (61), Sally Field (61), Glenn Close (60) and Anne Archer (60) - a WAM favorite actress of all time that needs even more work. Over 80: James Garner (80), Paul Newman (83), Bob Barker (84), Charles Durning (85), Mickey Rooney (87). Pushing 90: Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes is 89 and Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes is 89. Neither have a desire to retire. Who have I forgotten? e-mail me More Wild About Movies Blogging...
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Yes, we at Wild About Movies are shocked to find out that Madonna, the Oscar wanna-be-winner-whore, (remember when a lot of queens thought she would not only be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for "Evita" but go on to WIN?), has just wrapped directing her first 'feature film.' WAM contributor and president of CBH Communications, (a thriving restaurant PR firm in Boston), 
"Pride And Glory"
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"Mamma Mia The Movie"
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All of you who are dying to be better movie critics than those amateurs at that Rotten movie site now have your chance. The upcoming Wild About Movies Society Of Film Critics will be making national headlines. And you can be a part of it. Check back this week for all the glorious details.
While everyone else is either running out at 4AM to try and snatch BIG bargains at various department stores, (or taking a nap from having done so), we're giving away stuff for free - 
Today, Wild About Movies brings you the Ten of the Biggest Turkeys (in our opinion) in movie history. Well, actually, since the 1970s, when box office really started to count for something... Below, just a sampling of Box Office Turkeys. Hopefully, your turkey, today, will not be a stinker. 
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There was a time, going back to the early - mid 1990s, when everyone, old and young, alike, waited patiently for the ONE Disney animated film to get its release each year. (And before the late 80s, for the rereleases - in theaters - of classic Disney movies every seven years). Those days are long gone. Not only does Disney not have a hold on animated films any longer - there are 12 candidates, presently, for the 2008 Best Animated Film Oscar. 
When you own an agency in Hollywood, and your clients go on strike, which takes away a percentage of your paycheck each week, it is time to start cutting back. Instead of wasting the money you collect from them, what is it - 15% of all contracts, it is time to halt the expense account of your hundreds of employees and start banning them from having "so many" power lunches at 5 star Hollywood eateries. And force them to fly coach, instead of paying for Business Class for their business trips to film festivals and meetings in NYC. According to numerous published reports, "after even 48 hours,
the effects of the writers strike are tangible in the agency world, where firms are implementing plans to cut back overtime, travel and expenses. One senior agent said that if 30 dealmakers there usually head to Sundance for the film festival, perhaps one-third will make the trip this time. There will be fewer lavish lunches at the Grill, not as many road trips, and more agents flying coach instead of business class." 
Late-night talk shows are expected to feel the effects of the writers' strike first, but the television business in general is likely to be harder hit than the movie business in coming months. All of the network talk shows went into rerun mode last night, along with cable's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report which air on Comedy Central. (On Friday's Daily Show, host Jon Stewart remarked, "While we're not here, you can check out all of our content on our new website, TheDailyShow.com. Every Daily Show since I got here is on it, free.") Most primetime shows are not expected to be affected for several months. Jimmy Kimmel joked that writers would be picketing with blank picket signs. 
Tom Hanks is a two time Oscar winner. We all know that. However, what you may not know is that Hanks turned down a role that went to Tom Cruise that earned Cruise a Best Actor Oscar nomination - the movie? "Jerry Maguire."
It's official. According to 20th Century Fox, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will be reprising their roles in the big screen sequel to "The X-Files Movie." Shooting on "X-Files 2" begins December 10, 2007 in Canada. Expect a late 2008 release. 
There is a rumor going around that 
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Daniel Craig, opposite Nicole Kidman in the holiday film release 
Award winning author Denis Lehane - "Mystic River" - is getting the big screen treatment for a third time. Third time may be the charm for a Best Picture Oscar. 
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are teaming up to produce a new TV series. And guess what? No one will watch it. It sounds like the most boring and politically correct piece of crap that will ever hit the airwaves. The still as of yet untitled series will be based on the lives of aid workers.
It's official. Sexy up-and-coming actor Chris Pine has been cast by J.J. Abrams to play Captain Kirk in "Star Trek 11," in theaters Christmas Day 2008. If you're wondering where you've seen him, don't worry. You haven't, yet, unless you saw the 2006 bomb he costarred in with Lindsay Lohan, "Just My Luck." Making cameos in the new "Star Trek" flick are "Star Trek" originals William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Other newcomers joining Chris Pine in 
Stay home from work - or at the very least, TiVo TPIR - and be sure to tune in, today, Monday 15 October (check local listings) for the premiere of the 36th Season of The Price Is Right, with new host Drew Carey, who takes over for Bob Barker. Watch today's episode, right now, online, for free... 
Grey's Anatomy star, the openly gay T.R. Knight, has recorded a public service announcement in a bid to help other closeted homosexuals come out. The actor claims he was "forced out" after former cast mate Isaiah Washington used a derogatory gay slur in an on-set fight - and he has since been championed by gay rights groups for taking a stand. And now, Knight has teamed up with The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to shoot a powerful public service announcement in recognition of National Coming Out Day. In the 20-second ad, Knight tells viewers how important it is to accept their gay friends and family members. The PSA marks the one-year anniversary of the actor's gay announcement in People magazine, when he made history by becoming the first actor to publicly come out while appearing on one of the nation's top-rated shows. The spot is part of GLAAD's new Be An Ally & A Friend PSA campaign featuring 22 entertainers from television, film and sports. The spots encourage people to be allies to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and to help combat homophobia. 
"The Kite Runner,"
You'd be a liar if you said that the prospect of sleeping with Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't enticing. (Unless you're not into tall, lanky, without a doubt visually stunning, Italian young men.) Three-time Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio has struck a deal with the owners of The Four Seasons Resorts chain to create a 'green hotel' in Belize. The new environmental Caribbean getaway will be built on land "The Departed" star owns on the island. Slaving away at building the new hotel will begin in mid 2008.
It is common knowledge that Sumner Redstone, the dreadful old bag of wind, and owner of Viacom, (which currently includes The Wall St. Journal), is at war not only with his children, daughter Shari Redstone, especially, but also the studio - Dreamworks - he ignorantly let Brad Grey buy two years ago. Today, there seems to be a lot of ass kissing going on at Paramount to keep Spielberg and Geffen from skipping the lot.
As if the first "Friday the 13th" movie, and its eight sequels weren't enough, writers in Hollywood have come up with an ingenious idea - a remake of an 80s movie. No wonder they are walking off the job next summer. Hopefully the powers that be fail to succumb to their demands of higher salaries until an original goddmaned screenplay gets turned in. Shame on the studio, New Line, for actually biting at this sure-to-be box office bomb - "Friday The 13th: The Remake." 
Speaking of over-60-year old actresses... Two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Sally Field, ("Norma Rae" and "Places In The Heart") who raised the flag on behalf of wartime mothers in her bleeped-out Emmy acceptance speech, could just be warming up. The recent best actress Emmy winner (ABC's Brothers & Sisters) is attached to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's long-gestating biopic "Lincoln." The troubled Mrs. Lincoln bore the president four sons, only two of which survived into adulthood. Based on Boston (Concord, MA) historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," the film is expected to focus on the 16th president's role in leading the North in the Civil War. "Lincoln" is expected in theaters late 2008. Could this be the third time in history that Steven Spielberg has the biggest blockbuster and potential Best Picture nominee released in the same year. Remember "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park" from 1993 and "Munich" and "War Of The Worlds" from 2005? Well, the 2008 could be the year of 
This could have been a ten page story. But I figured I would spare you and allow you to discuss.
