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Michael Keaton is back as Mr. Diamond-Hunting Villain.
After appearing in the buddy-cop comedy The Other Guys and providing the voice of Ken for Toy Story 3, it looked like 2010 was the year of the comeback for Michael Keaton, whose career was traveling in a much more casual speed in the 21st Century than it was in the previous. Unfortunately Keaton has yet to return to the big screen, though he has several projects lined up, including the Robocop remake and Larry David's improv comedy Clear History. Prior to those, however, might be the thriller Penthouse North, should it eventually find distribution.
Shot back in 2011, Penthouse North follows a blind woman (Michelle Monaghan) whose New York penthouse (hence the title) comes under attack by a ruthless criminal (Keaton) in search of stolen diamonds hidden in her residence. Currently, the fate of Penthouse North is unknown, but it does look like it has a good chance of opening in Thailand if the international trailer for the movie is any guide, we just hope that someone writes a new score before it gets released in the States.
watch the trailer >> Posted 03.15.13 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Even Lady Gaga dressed as Ralph Macchio couldn't upstage Beyonce at last night's MTV Video Music Awards, where the singer announced her pregnancy by showing off a baby bump.
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Gaga also had to fend off a strong challenger in the "wacky outfit" department; Nicki Minaj came to the VMAs in what looked like Brüno's velcro suit after it walked through the stuffed animal department at Toys"R"Us.
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Last week Hilary Duff was booted off The Story of Bonnie and Clyde for being pregnant, and now she's getting $100,000 in compensation for not appearing in the movie.
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Casey Anthony is receiving in-home mental health help from a team of psychiatric professionals. She also has a spiritual adviser to help keep her "centered." Meanwhile, Jeff Ashton, the lead prosecutor in the Anthony case, will be the first to write an insider account of the trial. His Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony will be released in November.
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Jennifer Aniston has moved in with Justin Theroux.
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Speaking of homewreckers, Larry David is being accused of being one. It's been reported his new squeeze — Amy Landecker — was married when the two started dating last February.
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Apple's Steve Jobs was photographed two days after announcing his resignation and it's easy to see why he stepped down.
Posted 08.29.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Hustler magazine insists it's in posession of a sex tape starring Rihanna and rapper J. Cole — Cole opened for her Loud tour this year — but Rihanna says no tape exists, tweeting: "We don't believe U, U need more people...AND of course an actual sextape! #slownewsday" (We hear you, Rihanna.)
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There's no denying the existence of a creepy tape 49-year-old Jim Carrey made confessing a huge crush on 22-year-old Emma Stone. Carrey posted a video on his website in which he gushes, "Emma, I think you're all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but smart and kind-hearted. And if I were a lot younger, I would marry you. We would have chubby little freckle-faced kids."
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Forbes released its annual list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women and Lady Gaga (#11) is more powerful than Oprah Winfrey (#14) and Beyoncé Knowles (#18) but not as powerful as German Chancellor Angela Merkel who's #1 on the list.
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Successfully avoiding the paparazzi, Casey Anthony reported to the Florida Department of Corrections Wednesday night to begin one year of probation for her conviction for check fraud.
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As he readies a run for mayor of NYC, 53-year-old Alec Baldwin is moving in with 27-year-old yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas. And in another May-September relationship, 64-year-old Larry David is dating 41-year-old actress Amy Landecker. The two met on the set of Curb Your Enthusiasm earlier this year while shooting "The Bi-Sexual" epsisode, which aired last Sunday.
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Unlike some Oscar-winners, actress and singer Jennifer Hudson has been very selective about which roles to take after her Academy Award–winning role in Dreamgirls, with only a handful of movies to her credit since. Looks like Hudson is choosing to have some fun with her latest role.
Deadline reports that Hudson has been cast in writer-directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly's upcoming remake of The Three Stooges as Sister Rosemary. Hudson will join the previously cast Larry David (HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm), who plays Mother Mengele, and Jane Lynch (FOX's Glee), who plays Mother Superior.
what about the Stooges? >> Posted 06.02.11 by Ryan -
Writer/directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly made some surprising casting choices for their upcoming The Three Stooges when they originally cast Benicio Del Toro as Moe, Sean Penn as Larry, and Jim Carrey as Curly back in 2009. But as studio MGM started experiencing financial troubles that halted production, the Farrellys slowly began to lose their cast.
Last year, Carrey admitted he wasn't willing to put on the required weight to play Curly, and while Del Toro was still considered the "frontrunner" for Moe as of January, Peter admitted that Penn's involvement in Haiti relief efforts made him too busy to play Larry.
The Farrellys pressed on with casting, revealing last December that their casting standards were to find "the best possible people" that could could embody "Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard." Apparently fitting that bill is Johnny Knoxville.
who's up for the other roles? >> Posted 03.11.11 by Ryan -
It's been 20 years this month since Seinfeld first hit the airwaves, and we still miss seeing our favorite characters in new predicaments. Given the number of movie remakes and sequels Hollywood's been cranking out as of late, it got us to thinking: What movies would we like to see recast with Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, or another member of their motley social circle? Here are 10 movie-reboot ideas we offer up to the remake gods.
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In an extensive interview with NPR, Woody Allen talks about his latest comedy, Whatever Works, and gets existential about his relationship to the characters in his movies. In his own view, things are not quite as close as they might appear.
The curmudgeonly worldview adopted by his latest lead, Boris (Larry David), is illustrated at the beginning of the interview with an audio clip from Whatever Works. Boris explains to an outraged mother that he didn't throw a chess set at her son:
That idiot's your son? Do me a favor. Don't send that cretin to me any more. I can't teach an empty-headed zombie chess.... I didn't throw it at him. I picked up the board and dumped the pieces on his head as an object lesson to shake him out of his vegetable torpor.... Your son's an imbecile. Teach him tiddlywinks, not chess.
Funny and over-the top. In other words, classic Allen. But the director insists that he isn't nearly as misanthropic or as arrogant as Boris, a part that he originally envisioned for Zero Mostel. The characters he's felt comfortable playing, himself, are a lot more self-depricating.
Nonetheless, his basic philosophy ends up just as bleak. As Boris sums up his view near the beginning of the movie: "Life is short, so take what little pleasure where you can get in this chamber of horrors." It's an attitude that has recurred again and again in Allen's movies. Allen takes up the theme at a more personal level too, explaining that for him "making a movie is a great distraction from the real agonies of the world." The ultimate solution, for both his character and himself, seems to be to spice things up with a little humor and "whatever works."
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No, don't worry; it's highly unlikely that Seinfeld co-creator and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David will be popping up in any superhero films anytime soon. Still, that didn't stop MTV's Eric Ditzian from asking David about it in a recent interview:
Ha, Ha, Ha! Pardon me, that's very funny! That's the biggest laugh I've had in a while. The Riddler. I'll consider that, yeah.
David's upcoming movie, Whatever Works, is his third film with acclaimed director Woody Allen, though his first in the starring role.
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Early in his career, Woody Allen famously cast himself as the male lead in his movies, making a name for himself as an actor in Bananas, Annie Hall, Manhattan, and many others. As he grew older, Allen kept the neurotic persona but has occasionally charged other actors with the role, including John Cusack, Will Ferrell, and Jason Biggs.
For his upcoming release Whatever Works, Allen has once again thrown the role onto someone else, casting Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David as the lead. While it was a bit of a stretch for someone like Ferrell to take up Allen's mantle, with just a little digging it's clear that this role won't be too difficult for David. In fact, their similarities are pretty stunning. SeeWhatever Works: Woody Allen Casts His Twin.
Posted 06.08.09 by reelz -
It just wouldn't be a Woody Allen movie if the lead character didn't have a few phobias.
Although Allen isn't playing neurotic, himself, in Whatever Works, Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) displays plenty of phobias of his own, along with some rather eccentric -- and obsessive -- ideas about what might work as protection.
In a new compilation clip, we're treated to a series of funny scenes in which he puts his "happy birthday" mantra and ritual hand washing to work in the battle to ward off germs.
Posted 05.20.09 by reelz