tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265518382011-04-21T11:28:20.792-07:00Consider me Judge, Jury, and Executioner for the entertainment industry. It's a difficult task, but someone has to do it. Enough prattle, let us begin...Justice Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644708464713192082noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26551838.post-43100790550903268352007-03-16T20:11:00.000-07:002007-03-16T20:55:38.581-07:00

Last night, Variety poo-bah Peter Bart, oh he of the fabled Sunday Morning Smackdown (nee Shootout), took film critics to task for being too cerebral... and too fat:"they should consider a sabbatical until September, when movies aimed at their quadrant magically reappear. After seeing Ghost Rider and 300 back-to-back, battle fatigue has clearly overwhelmed the entire fraternity. And, by the way,

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How about this for a flashback. Not only was she a bank robber, con artist, and cold blooded killer, our little Kate also used to be a commercial spokesperson for a singles phone service. My what a tangled web we weave.

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That former Playboy centerfold and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant is not news.That the reported father of the child still has all his teeth and doesn't wear Depends, that's news.

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The LOST production team are taking the offseason hiatus to new levels of insanity. Not only did they invent The Hanson Foundation and its fictional protests against the ABC series, now they've begun releasing long lost 1960's industrial films showcasing Hanson Industries projects.It's a long wait from May to October, when the new season premieres. Expect to see a lot more of these ridiculous

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After a two-week exile in Namibia, I have returned with the first exclusive picture of Brad and Angelina's new bundle of joy... Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Keep in mind, newborns aren't the most attractive creatures, but I'm sure she'll grow out of it.

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Watch yourself the next time you're at the airport. The film industry is so paranoid about piracy that the Federation Against Copyright Theft has partnered with FedEx and trained two black labs to sniff out potentially illegal DVDs. The two dogs are based here in the UK, but if the program is successful, you can bet the MPAA will be breeding 'em for the States. Somewhere, Jack Valenti is having

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Creative wunderkinds JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof admit to being heavily influenced by George Lucas and the original STAR WARS trilogy. Remember that running bit on That '70s Show where Eric tied everything in life into STAR WARS? Pretty much the same thing here...Damon: "The oldest surviving piece of my wardrobe is a long-sleeved Bantha Tracks t-shirt that I got when my dad and I joined the

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Seth McFarlane and the wacked out geniuses at ROBOT CHICKEN have done it again. Here's a claymation look at how Darth Vader broke the news of the Death Star's destruction to Emperor Palpatine. Hey -- I might be cranky, but there are still some things that make me laugh.

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No commentary needed here. I'll simply let her own words speak for themselves..."It was so cool. I love people, and it was a primal crew. I represent the people, you know what I mean? If somebody picks on me, they'll get what's coming. I didn't have to handle myself is what I'm saying. I had love in there. People got where I'm coming from."How exactly did she spend her time?"Drawing pictures for

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Nic Cage is at is again. This time, he's headling CRAZY DOG, the story of a NY cop who kills a friend and goes on a guilt-ridden rampage before seeking redemption. Oh boy, Nic playing emotionally distraught. There's something new.

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Remember the Davild Milch item we brough you the other day -- the one about his new surf noir series at HBO? Well, it seems creative juices go only so far. In other words, if Milch catches the wave, DEADWOOD is headed for Boot Hill. Sorry cowpolks.

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Everyone's favorite celebutante sashayed her into Geekland yesterday, making an ass of herself yet again. Arriving late to her photo opp at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, she apologized to the crowd and said how excited she was to be promoting her new cell phone videogame DIAMONDQUEST. Within seconds, the crowd witnessed a horde of marketing exec's heads explode. The game is actually called

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Couch potatoes and movie enthusiasts rejoice! With success of the GODFATHER game, Warner Interactive Games is going into development on a DIRTY HARRY gaming adventure. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman (Al Bressler), and Larry Fishburn (Rev. Carlton Clay) will lend their voices to detective Harry Calahan's first virtual case. The story will take place between the first two films -- DIRTY HARRY and

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Despite the fact that Katherine had sung her way out of the competition on Tuesday night, America voted to eliminate chrome dome rocker Chris from the semi-finals. Simon, Paula, and Randy all sat shocked as Seacrest slipped in the decision amongst his usual banal pratter. One more round before the title card match. Next week: Taylor vs. Elliott vs. Kat.How in the hell did I get so hooked on this

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NYPD Blue and Deadwood creator David Milch is putting on a wetsuit for HBO. Collaborating with surfer/author Kem Nunn, the two will give the network a murder mystery series inside the seldom seen underbelly of the surfing world. As if Point Break wasn't enough to satisfy our appetite for surf thrillers.

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In keeping with our H20 theme, AmEx pitchman M. Night Shyamalan returns with a 21st century fairytale of a literary character trapped between worlds. Think David Blaine meets Alice in Wonderland.View the trailer

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" src="http://www.dvdverdict.com/images/news/lakehouse.jpg" alt="" border="0" />Sandra and Keanu, together again... sort of. This cross-time love story remake of the Korean film Il Mare, looks to be the sleeper of the summer. And when I say sleeper, I mean celluloid alternative to Ambien.View the trailer

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Freakazoid street magician David Blaine was pulled unconscious from his oversized snowglobe two minutes shy of breaking the world breath-holding record. His diving trainer is taking the blame for the early pullout, saying Blaine would have climaxed the event and emerged unscathed; well, except for damage to his liver and kidneys. Let's see: buried alive, frozen in ice, submerged underwater...

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Knock me up once, shame on you. Knock me up twice, damn those condoms. America's favorite white trash princess is with child again. Mrs Federline confirmed the long rumored pregancy last night to Dave Letterman and his Late Show audience. K-Fed better get himself a job... or a vasectomy.

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Pop singer (and we use that term advisedly) Ashlee Simpson debuted her newly altered nose and chin this week while performing at SunFest in West Palm Beach, Florida. Unfortunately for Ms. Simpson, medical science still has not discovered a way to surgically implant musical talent.

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Another Glen Larson '80s property is being brought back from the dead. This time, Harvey and Bob Weinstein are behind the wheel of KNIGHT RIDER, the delectably cheesy action series fronted by Baywatch beefcake David Hasselhoff. Larson himself will write the script. Let's face it, you know this is going to be bad. For every Mission Impossible there are ten Dukes of Hazzards. Let's put a moratorium

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Anderson Cooper. The silver topped, one-man news team returns to CBS this fall, to join the cast of 60 Minutes. His first assignment -- Celebrity Mole: The White House, with Scooter Libby, Scott McLellan, Porter Goss, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Valerie Plame, Condi Rice, and Laura Bush.Let the games begin!

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Disney finalized its $7.4 Billion acquisition of Pixar on Monday. Welcome to House of Mouse: The Next Generation, also known as the Steve Jobs administration.

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A planned WEST WING retrospective, celebrating the series' seven season run, has been scrapped because certain unnamed cast members didn't feel there was enough money in it for them.Can you feel the love?

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Stand back Don Imus. Take cover Howard Stern. Move over Spike O'Dell. There's a new big mouth coming to morning drive radio -- Whoopi Goldberg. On July 31, Clear Channel entertainment will unveil Wake Up With Whoopi, a syndicated 5-9a radio show. This'll do wonders to boost Starbucks and Caribu revenue, as the country is going to need much more caffeine to process her caustic wit that early in

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At a mere mortal take of $48 Million, M:I 3 makes Hollywood's list for Worst Weekend. The highly publicized and critically-acclaimed film failed to captivate moviegoers, falling more than $10 Mil short of its precessor and far below tinsletown expectations.Maybe now Tommy will learn to keep his creepy personal life to himself.

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Daniel Craig takes over the role of James Bond in a gritty retelling of Ian Fleming's novel, CASINO ROYALE. Quick impression: Return with us now to the days of Timothy Dalton -- sexy, serious, stylish, and lacking a sense of humor.View the trailerIs it just me, or has Craig seemed to have aged 20 years overnight? That Broccoli family will do that to an actor.

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Aaron Sorkin returns to NBC prime time this fall. The network has just picked up his STUDIO 60 pilot with a 13 episode commitment. The series -- starring Matthew Perry, Steven Webber, and DL Hughley -- focuses on the inner dysfunction of an SNL-style sketch comedy show. If we're lucky, Sorkin's exceptional writing will raise the bar for the 2006-07 season.

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The SAW franchise continues. On board for the third tale are Bahar Soomekh (CRASH) and Angus Macfadyen. The two will join returning stars Tobin Bell (Jigsaw), Shawnee Smith (Amanda), and Dina Meyer (Kerry) for what is sure to be more mayhem and madness. One of these days, the movie going public is going to get sick of sequels and revolt. I only hope I'm young enough to enjoy it.

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New momma, Jennifer Garner, is joining Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper in the cast of Peter Berg's THE KINGDOM. The trio will play counter-terrorist agents sent to investigate a insurgent bombing on a western world compound in the middle east. Thrilling! Sounds like a leftover episode of ALIAS.

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Ashton Kutcher just keeps getting richer. Sony has optioned a pitch (otherwise known as a half-baked idea) by writer Kevin Bisch (he wrote HITCH) as a starring vehicle for Ashton. The story centers on a male florist who is also LA's best relationship broker. Mr Punk'd will take home a cool $10 Million against 10% of the grosses. He's also producing. I guess this means Bruce is off the hook for

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Talk about inspired programming. CBS unveiled its plans for summer vacation and they're overflowing with creative ingenuity. Three of its new shows are (surprise) reality based...Rock Star: Supernova - This time, a manufactured supergroup fronted by Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, and Gilby Clarke, search for the next JD Fortune. Look! I'm getting goosebumps already.Big Brother 7 - Airing three nights

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Wilmer Valderrama's post-That '70s Show life seems bright. MTV has just renewed YO MOMMA for a second season. The series is ranked first among 12-24 year olds. So, in effect, the former music network is teaching a whole new generation of Americans how to be intolerant of others for entertainment and cash money. And people wonder why the rest of the world hates America...

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Geena Davis' critically lauded drama COMMANDER IN CHIEF has been shelved once again. Falling flat on its face following a highly publicized return from hiatus, ABC has pulled the show in favor of newsmag PRIMETIME LIVE. The network is expected to burnoff the remaining handful of episodes sometime this summer. It seems America can only stomach one ineffective president at a time.

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Jon Voight has officially joined the cast of Michael Bay's mega-budget TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE. Voight joins Shia LeBeouf and soon to be announced cast-mates Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, and John Turturro. This thing better work, or it'll sink a lot of careers.

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Proving once again that there are no new ideas in Hollywood, Warner Bros. and producers Denise Di Novi and Donald De Line are prepping a live-action adaptation of THE JETSONS. Adam F. Goldberg, staff writer on CBS' Still Standing, is writing the script. Did they not learn anything from Universal's disasterous pair of FLINTSTONES pictures?

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The second full trailer for Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST has been released. Forget Superman and The X-Men, this will be the summer film to beat.View the trailer

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As if the world needs yet another awards show, Spike TV has announced its plans for the October SCREAM awards, honoring the best in horror and sci-fi over the past year. Kudos will be given to genre favs in film, television, music, comic books, and video games. "There is so much to celebrate," said Casey Patterson, Senior VP Event Production. And so much advertising to sell.

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With WGA and SAG strikes looming on the horizon, networks are hedging their bets and stockpiling cheap and easily produced game shows to pad their schedules. Lucky us!CBS is ready to unveil Gameshow Marathon, in which contestants run the gauntlet of classic gameshows.ABC is developing For the Rest of Your Life, where contestants compete for monthly living expenses.FOX is working on Show Me the

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Horndogs rejoice! Jessica Alba will be far from invisible when she hosts the 2006 MTV Movie Awards on June 8. With sequels to Fantastic Four and Sin City going into production later this year, there will be ample opportunity for parodies.

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Proving once again that some people simply don't know when to quit, Eddie Murphy is slated to star in Beverly Hills Cop 4. If the producers resurrect that infernal Harold Faltermeyer synth-pop theme music, we'll know that this truly is a sign of the Apocalypse.

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NBC has renewed ER for the 2006-07 season. This madness has to end. Bailiff, get Jack Bristow and Jack Kevorkian on the phone. I want an extraction for Maura Tierney and the rest of County General euthanized.

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Talk about a calculated career move, webslinger Tobey Maguire is celebrating his engagement to Jennifer Meyer, daughter of Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer. No date has been set, but Tobey's management team appears to be very happy.

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Daniel Baldwin, best known as the original meltdown member of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, was arrested on cocaine possession charges last weekend in Santa Monica, CA. Given that this is Hollywood, is it be a desperate cry for help, or a calculated career move? You make the call!

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In a speech made Friday, Vatican official Monsignor Angelo Amato (Pope Benedict's former righthand man) called upon Catholics worldwide to boycott Ron Howard's adaptation of THE DA VINCI CODE, for "slander, offenses and errors that if directed toward the Quran or the Shoah [Holocaust] would justifiably provoke a worldwide revolt. Yet because they were directed toward the Catholic Church, they

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NBC has renewed three of the four Law & Order franchises for the 2006-07 season. "I'm thrilled that we are continuing to do what this remarkable team has done so successfully for the past 16 years--create episodes that excite, educate, disturb and sometimes, even infuriate our audiences," Wolf said. In terms of cast shakeups, only one is known so far -- on the flagship show, Annie Parisse is out

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Yahoo! Movies gives us a first look at Andrew Dominik's THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Sam Rockwell, and Zooey Deschanel. There's not much to see, but it feels like LEGENDS OF THE FALL meets ROAD TO PERDITION. And will someone please shorten that title?View the teaser trailer

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Actor/director Jon Favreau (Daredevil) is returning to the comic book realm, to helm IRON MAN for Marvel Films. Arthur Marcum and Matt Hollaway are writing the script. While there's no word yet on casting, this court thinks Josh Holloway (Sawyer on Lost) would be an excellent choice to fill the boots of everyone's favorite swarthy, alcoholic, industrialist superhero.

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While ABC is refusing comment, inside sources tell us Rosie O'Donnell will take over Meredith Vieira's spot on THE VIEW couch. With Rosie's gift for saying exactly what's on her mind, she can inspire the rest of the ladies to put Star Jones in her place once and for all.

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Tuesday was opening night for LESTAT, Elton John and Bernie Taupin's adapation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The general consensus amongst Broadway's critical elite -- it's an unholy mess. Oh well, there's always Spamalot.

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American Idol said Bye Bye Bye to country cutie Kellie Pickler last night, as the show weened itself down to its final five contestants. Although no one really seems to care. This season has become less about the singers and more about the weird and icky vibe being generated by Ryan, Paula, Simon, and Randy. There's more drama here than The OC, One Tree Hill, and Laguna Beach combined. Time to

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Star Magazine is claiming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have decided to officially call their offspring Africa. If you ask me it's a hell of a lot better than Apple or Suri, but still kinda strange. At least when they change the tyke's diapers they can turn to each other and see "Look what came out of Africa!". Oh, I had to. Besides, STAR MAGAZINE isn't right usually, are they? Ah, bloody

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K9, the robotic lapdog to Tom Baker's DOCTOR WHO in the late '70s, is making a double-barreled comeback. First up, an appearance on the new BBC series, followed by his own animated show -- K9 Adventures. I also hear, if all goes well, Dreamworks is planning to sign him to a three picture development deal.

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Everyone's favorite white trash superhero is going to the dogs. Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) has been signed to voice a CGI version of Shoeshine Boy and his alter-ego Underdog, in Disney's live-action adaptation of the classic 1960s animated series. Maybe we'll finally learn what exactly was in those Underdog Super Energy Pills.

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Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher suffered a scratched cornea Tuesday, when a light bulb exploded on the set of the ABC power series. "I was taken to a wonderful eye doctor, and am now wearing a most glamorous eye patch over the right half of my face," Hatcher said. Perhaps Susan was a pirate wench in a former life? Run with that one, Marc Cherry.

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While we're on the subject of celebrity criminal activity, legendary record producer Phil Spector has been granted a reprieve. His murder trial, for the death of actress/girlfriend Lana Clarkson, has been delayed until January 2007, due to a judicial scheduling conflict.Enjoy the holidays, Phil. Try not to shoot anyone.In a related story, Hanna-Barbera character Hair Bear (shown here) is filing a

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TV talking head, Maury Povich -- the man who's made a living off such globally alarming questions as "Are you my baby's daddy?" and "Is she a man or a woman?" -- has been bitchslapped by a $100 million lawsuit. The accuser is a former female producer who alleges Povich and other members of his production team forced her to wear revealing clothing, expose her breasts, and seduce married men into

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As punishment for her December 1, 2005 drunk driving arrest -- her second in two years -- LOST co-star Michelle Rodriguez has chosen a 5-day prison stay over 240 hours of community service. "I kind of have to get back to my life, go back to making some money," Rodriguez said. Given her reputation, it was probably a wise choice. She certainly won't be anyone's bitch.

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Hollywood take notice! The time for entertainment justice has arrived. Each day, I will pass judgement on deals made, films released, series cancelled, celebrity insanity, and anything that falls within the purview of this court.Bailiff, present the evidence!

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