Image Credit: Laurie SparhamHarvey Weinstein is one of the savviest movie marketers in Hollywood history. For over two decades, he has proven himself capable of selling edgy, challenging, R-rated films to the masses, including three former Oscar nominees for Best Picture: The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, and Shakespeare In Love, which actually won the award. To boost the fortunes of his latest contender, Weinstein is mulling a provocative gambit. According to The Los Angeles Times, The Weinstein Company is talking to Tom Hooper, director of The King’s Speech, about removing some of the R-rated words from his film — newly crowned with 12 Oscar nominations and blazing with heat following its Producers Guild of America win last weekend — so that the distributor can fully maximize the movie’s awards hype with a more accessible PG-13 rating. Weinstein’s intention is to allow the R-rated version — which to date has grossed a not-too-shabby $59 million — to continue playing in the theaters until the Oscar ceremony on Feb. 27. The PG-13 version would be released soon thereafter. We presume the R-rated version would remain in circulation, as well. READ FULL STORY »
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Ellen DeGeneres' birthday show: A hot kiss from Colin Farrell trumps a surprise visit from Julia Roberts -- Watch!
Ellen DeGeneres celebrated her 53rd birthday today with a show full of surprises — to her. In case you missed it, here are the highlights. Watch videos after the jump.
• George, a nurse from Portland, Ore. who wanted to spend his birthday with Ellen, was flown to the show and not only gifted a pair of scrubs with Ellen’s face all over them — he got to be Julia Roberts’ mouthpiece as a blind-folded Ellen asked her first mystery guest questions to try to guess who it was. It was Roberts’ first appearance on the show, which DeGeneres joked was more exciting than John Jacobson, who’d been on moments earlier doing his Double Dream Hands routine. “Just barely,” Roberts joked. (Roberts also joked that she was happy she hadn’t worn khakis, and Ellen said that’s how she should have made her entrance – among his backup dancers. Seriously. Yes.) READ FULL STORY »
'The Big Lebowski' meets 'The Poky Little Puppy'
These Little Golden Book–style illustrations of famous scenes from films are delightful. And they can be yours as individual prints or as an honest-to-goodness book. I’m partial to the Shining one myself, but it’s hard to go wrong with The Godfather. Pretty fantastic work by artist Josh Cooley:
Aretha Franklin still wants Halle Berry to play her in biopic. Who are we to judge?
Image Credit: Getty Images; Mark J. Terril/AP ImagesAretha Franklin isn’t ready to let go of her dream of Halle Berry playing her on film. On the Golden Globes red carpet, Oscar winner Berry said she’d consider the role — if she could carry a tune. She doesn’t feel she could do Aretha justice. Franklin got back in touch with Wendy Williams, upon whose show she initially revealed her casting pick, and Williams read the following telegram from the Queen of Soul on air: ”I would’ve liked Halle Berry to portray the older Aretha in the upcoming biopic of my life based on my memoir, Aretha: From These Roots. She was my first choice, everything’s subject to negotiation, and she shouldn’t underestimate her own talent. There are a number of other leading ladies out there that can definitely handle the role. I never expected Halle to sing. She’s an actress, not a singer. Many actors have portrayed vocalists by lip-synching to the artists’ original recordings.” READ FULL STORY »
Michele Bachmann: What was she looking at? Take your guesses here!
Ken Tucker has already shared his thoughts on Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party response to President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, but we still have one question left to ponder: What exactly was the Minnesotan Congresswoman looking at? Sure, it was reportedly a Tea Party camera — and not the network TV camera — but what kind of fun (albeit, probably true) answer is that? It’s hump day — let’s play! My four guesses:
1) Her supporters on the right. (Literally, the right.)
2) A dangling bucket of cheese curds.
3) This headline.
4) That bouncing square on a screen saver. Because, one day, it will hit the corner.
Your turn, PopWatchers! The commenter with the best answer gets an imaginary undivided party!
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The State of the Union: Michele Bachmann doesn’t look us in the eye
Our pick to replace Regis on 'Live! with Regis and Kelly': Jeff Probst!
Image Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS ; ABCJudging by your comments on our news item that Regis plans to depart the eponymous show, you’ve got a lot of ideas about who should replace him. There’s no shortage of candidates, and many of them have appeared on Live in the past few years since Regis has been working a Monday-Thursday schedule. What many of these wannabes have proved is that Regis actually has a pretty challenging gig. In fact, the job description to replace him would read something like this:
National daily talk show looking for spontaneous, quick-witted, and funny man who can banter about everything from baseball to push-up bras. Must have excellent interview skills, but promise not to go all 60 Minutes on a celebrity who is experiencing divorce, drug addiction, or other difficulties. Think more James Lipton than Charlie Rose. The ideal candidate should be handsome, telegenic and genially cranky. (It’s okay to hate the snow or lines at Starbucks, but not Obama or Sarah Palin.) Must be able to spin a prize wheel without stealing any moves from Pat Sajack. Perks include: five-hour work week, some travel, and sitting next to an attractive, vivacious blonde every morning.
Pretty much every name in America except mine has been bandied about for a replacement. And, of them, our vote goes to Jeff Probst.
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Best. Sentence. Ever.
What’s the best sentence in the English language? New York Times columnist Stanley Fish’s new book, How To Write a Sentence and How to Read One, does exactly what its title suggests: explores the mechanics of superior sentence construction and also steps back and appreciates some of the greats. Fish picked five of his favorite sentences over on Slate, and they’re pretty hard to argue with. His picks include:
John Bunyan (from The Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678): “Now he had not run far from his own door, but his wife and children perceiving it, began crying after him to return, but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on, crying, Life! Life! eternal life.”
'Bachelor' controversy: Is the NASCAR date cruelty or closure?
Image Credit: Isaac Brekken/ABCEver since ABC ran the promo for next week’s episode of The Bachelor in which Brad Womack takes eight women on a group date to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Racing Experience (and an epic let’s-all-walk-in-a-straight-line-holding-our-helmets camera shot), some viewers have been outraged. Emily Maynard, one of the women vying for Brad’s hand, lost her fiancé, NASCAR driver-turned-car owner Ricky Hendrick, in a 2004 plane crash. She was supposed to be on the Hendrick Motorsports plane taking Ricky and a small group of others to a race in Martinsville, VA, but she stayed home that morning because she felt sick. All 10 onboard were killed. Later that week, Emily found out she was pregnant. READ FULL STORY »
Ahoy! Old Spice Guy returns!
The Old Spice Guy is back! The sweet-smelling Renaissance god is poised for another series of heroic ad-vertis-ments, according to the man himself. In a new video that addresses “ladies, men, mammals, and the mighty sequoia of the redwood forest,” Old Spice Guy pontificates on his heroically unmatched body and why it makes seamstresses cry and jackets useless. He dares you to stare through his striking brown eyes, so as to tap his memories of his brilliant TV spots. Go ahead. Try. READ FULL STORY »
'Thundercats' Cartoon Network reboot: Check out the cast's new look
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Even by the high standards of ’80s cartoons, Thundercats was pretty bananas. Mixing futuristic science-fiction with sword-and-sorcery fantasy, the fondly remembered series also featured an intriguing central plotline, in which the last survivors of a dying civilization flee to a mysterious planet called Third Earth. (Think Battlestar Galactica as re-enacted by the cast of Cats.) Cartoon Network will relaunch the show later this year, and the first official image of the new-look cast has now been released. READ FULL STORY »
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