ScriptShadow takes a gander at what they claim is the screenplay for Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller about a ballerina faced with a rival who may or may not be a figment of her imagination. Natalie Portman and Milas Kunis are set to play the dueling dancers, and ScriptShadow wastes no time getting to this story’s lede: The screenplay has their characters engaging in “ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex.” The site’s review of the screenplay also discusses the project’s “quiet slow burn,” but that will likely be lost in the prospect of a possible love scene between two fetching actresses. It’s way too early to say much about this project, but there no doubt are a few folks who have it on their radar now. What about you, PopWatchers? This make you at least a bit curious about Black Swan?
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Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman get it on for 'Black Swan' (Suddenly you're interested in ballet, eh?)
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Korto was robbed! What the #%*& were the judges smoking on last night's 'Project Runway: All Star Challenge'?
Fashion is subjective. We know that. Even loud-mouthed, egomaniacal Santino knows that. But some decisions just make no freakin’ sense, no matter how many ways you twist, turn, and contort your brain trying to find some semblance of a logical explanation.
Last night’s Project Runway: All Star Challenge was one of these cases. As the episode inched to a close and only Daniel Vosovic and Korto Momolu — both runners-up in their respective seasons — were left standing on the runway, I could not imagine how the feisty mom with a passion for bold prints could not be crowned the winner. Her mini-collection showed range, polish, and both a keen understanding and appreciation for how clothing should fit a woman’s body. It was stunning. Daniel’s designs, on the other hand…I just don’t know what to say. I was a big fan of the guy when he was on season 2, but last night he left me so cold I thought I might have cranked up the A.C. too high in my apartment. READ FULL STORY »
Billy Ray Cyrus looks back at Miley's pole, 'dance'
Billy Ray Cyrus has responded to the general outcry against his 16-year-old daughter Miley’s enthusiastic pole-dancing routine atop an ice cream cart at the Teen Choice Awards earlier this month. “You know what? I just think that Miley loves entertaining people,” Billy Ray told Access Hollywood. “She loves singing and songwriting…I always tell her to love what you’re doing and stay focused on your art.”
Wouldn’t it make so much more sense if he’d said what I’ve been suspecting all along, which is that “I just think that Miley loves ice cream”? I don’t like being confused on Fridays, y’all!
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Has it really been more than a decade since they ruled the charts with “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Graduate,” “Jumper,” and “How’s It Gonna Be”? Great, now we feel old. But that’s no reason miss the West Coast trio’s comeback effort. Read more about Third Eye Blind on the Music Mix
Books Yesterday’s Weather, Anne Enright
Man Booker Prize winner Enright shines in this story collection (now in paperback), which includes 31 career-spanning tales. Need an incentive to pick it up? The Washington Post and Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best books of the year.
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A 'Time Traveler's Wife' TV series: Now, where have we seen this before?
According to The Wrap, Friends creator Marta Kaufman is developing a TV version of Audrey Niffenegger‘s best-selling 2003 novel The Time Traveler’s Wife — the movie adaptation of which opened last weekend to $19.2 million — for ABC. You know, the ongoing travails of a man unstuck in time while the woman he loves is fraught with both issues of abandonment and fear for her husband’s safety is an interesting idea of a weekly drama. So interesting, someone already did it. It was called Journeyman and NBC canceled it in 2007, before it ever made it to a full season.
There are, as they say, no new ideas under the sun. And, to be fair, the novel was written years before Journeyman hit the airwaves. But this concept has been tested on American television audiences and they found it wanting. Sure, there’s more than one way to skin a chronologically untethered cat. And perhaps the name-value of Time Traveler’s Wife will make Kaufman’s take more palatable. Time will tell.
Would you tune in for ABC’s The Time Traveler’s Wife? Did you watch, and love, NBC’s Journeyman? Or do you prefer your time travel to come with Deloreans and/or killer robots?
'Capitalism' trailer: Michael Moore trick-or-treats for cash
Thanks to the new trailer for Michael Moore’s upcoming film Capitalism: A Love Story, those of you who have not recently left the house, watched TV, or handled money can finally catch a glimpse of “what happens when Wall Street tanks and the government bails.” Perhaps Moore would have had better luck trick-or-treating in the vicinity of the New York Stock Exchange if he’d used a plastic pumpkin. Or worn a suit.
Yay, that M.I.A. song with the cash register sounds (“Paper Planes”) finally gets to be in a movie!
The Kids in the Hall reunite for murder-mystery comedy series (in Canada)
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: In a world of endless, needless reunions, there’s one that always makes us happy: The Kids in the Hall. Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, and Kevin McDonald have teamed up for an eight-part murder mystery series called Death Comes to Town. As of now, the show, about a murder in a small town and the revealing trial that follows, is only set to air in January in Canada, where it’s filming. Unacceptable. UPDATE! Especially now that we’ve established that the guys will all play multiple characters, men and women. “It is possible, though unconfirmed, that a special appearance or two by characters from the original series may be made,” the release reads. “Original characters include the small town Mayor and his alcoholic wife, a germ gel sniffing town criminal, a pizza delivery woman with Alzheimer’s, a 600lb ex-hockey star, and of course, Death himself.”
I’ve been waiting for this moment since 2003, when the guys told me they were hoping to do a second film, tentatively titled Not Brain Candy 2. McDonald said he wanted to improv it out in rehearsals, McKinney wanted to fine-tune it on tour like the Marx Brothers, Thompson wanted to script it himself and have the others perform every line exactly as written. (McCulloch, whose last TV project was ABC’s Carpoolers, conceived the idea for Death.) In August 2007, when the Kids released the 1988 pilot for their cult sketch show on DVD, Foley said they were still hoping to write a movie or do a limited run TV series, but scheduling was always an issue: “We’re not really good at planning.” After touring with new material last year (our behind-the-scenes gallery), they’re finally in sync.
So here’s to the Kids in the Hall. To comedy that still stands up. And, of course, to Reg. (Foley always said this is the sketch that best encapsulates their humor. Fitting that it involves a murder.) Who else is psyched for Death Comes to Town?
'Real Housewives of Atlanta': Somebody is going to hell
Bravo had NeNe working overtime last night. First they commissioned her Lisa’s Mom invited NeNe to go to Lisa’s Grandmother’s 92nd birthday in Los Angeles. Ed isn’t good TV had a meeting to go to, so NeNe will go as Lisa’s date instead. Then NeNe orchestrated an evening of an open bar culture at a King Tut exhibit and convinced Kim to join the group of ladies. Hey, everyone’s kids are going to be there. What could go wrong? If the women want to top the New Jersey escapades, I pictured an ancient pharaoh Sheree sandwich.
Before we got to the main event, there was some ridiculousness to plow through. We got a scene of Kim and the kids doing their homework at the table under the new nanny’s watchful eye. The notion of verbs stumped the girls. Is sightseeing a verb? It’s an action, you know. But maybe it’s an adjective? Kim declared the question a Catch-22. Her oldest daughter Briele wondered how the phrase “in a jiffy” solved the conundrum. I started rocking in place at home. Finally Briele rapped a Spanish prayer to an awkward chicken dance. The nanny snapped and said the girl was going straight to hell. Kim was pissed. So pissed that she didn’t fire the nanny. (Woman’s got to work get her weave trimmed and she needs childcare.) But then the nanny went on a tampon run, leaving the kids at home alone, and that was the final straw. Nanny gone.
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