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Charlize Theron proved the theory that if you want to win an Oscar you gotta get a little ugly dirty.
More About this Monster of a Movie >> Posted 12.26.12 by Chris -
Everything Old Foreign is New Again
To the entertainment writers and movie critics who have grown cynical in the face of the seemingly endless stream of sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots hitting theaters these days, the recent news that Charlize Theron will be starring in an English-language remake of Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is just another sign that Hollywood is fresh out of ideas. However, according to the writer of the adaptation, William Monahan — who took the already exceptionally good Chinese crime thriller Infernal Affairs and turned it into a script worthy of Martin Scorsese and the Academy called The Departed — that couldn't be further from the truth:
[Screenwriting is] the only popular literary form we’ve got left. Adaptation is a very traditional and honorable endeavor in writing for dramatic performance, and if people don’t know that it leads to a hell of a lot of originality and invention in the right hands, well, I’m not going to provide a reading list."
Monohan describes screenwriting as "drama in English" and said foreign movie remakes are the equivalent of Shakespeare taking foreign stories and doing his own "departures from the material." While we have a hard time comparing the vast majority of foreign movie remakes to Shakespeare, there have been several exceptional ones over the years and even a few that managed to surpass the foreign originals. Turn off the subtitles and help us choose the best English-language adaptations of foreign movies.
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"When a woman stays young and beautiful, the world is hers."
Once upon a time, fairy tales were populated by damsels in distress and charming princes. This is not one of those fairy tales.
In the mood for a fairy tale with grrrl power? >> Posted 10.10.12 by BrentJS -
For The Expendables 2, only a lone female was added to the (previously) all-male group of new and returning action stars — Chinese actress Yu Nan. But with The Expendables 2 taking the top slot at last weekend's box office, it seems only a matter of time before The Expendables 3 becomes an inevitability. Hollywood Dailies caught up with the cast to see which actresses they feel could make it as a mercenary in the Expendables crew.
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Add Charlize Theron to the list of actresses who've shaved their head for a role. A rep confirmed the buzz cut to People, which has so far been hidden under a series of hats. Theron will play Furiosa in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road, which starts shooting next month in Africa.
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While Kim Kardashian and the rest of her clan are talking to Oprah Winfrey for the next episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter", her ex is talking to the FBI. Kris Humphries, understandably a bit jaded toward women these days, wasted no time reporting an alleged extortion by his new ex, Myla Sinanaj.
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A bruised Lady Gaga tweeted a photo of herself along with thanks to fans after she was accidentally hit in the head with a pole during a performance in New Zealand, suffering a concusion: "Thank you so much for all the thoughtful messages. I feel a bit woozy but a little better everyday. Very happy to be in beautiful Australia."
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American Idol champ and country crooner Carrie Underwood has come out in support of gay marriage, telling The Independent, "I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."
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Mexico is the latest country to battle Bieber Fever. Hundreds of thousands of tweens braved the rain and each other to fill Mexico City's historic plaza for Justin Bieber's latest free concert.
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Ann Rutherford, best known for playing the youngest of the three O'Hara sisters in Gone with the Wind, has died at 94. Rutherford also stared in 11 movies in the Andy Hardy series, starting with 1938's You're Only Young Once.
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From before it opened, Universal has wanted to make a franchise out of Snow White and the Huntsman. Whether it was the star power of Twilight's Kristen Stewart and Academy Award–winner Charlize Theron and the growing stardom of The Avengers' Chris Hemsworth, or the expanded fairy tale universe created by director Rupert Sanders, the studio has sniffed sequels. As early as last July, producer Joe Roth admitted that Snow White and the Huntsman was being planned as the "first in a series of films," yet, prior to its June 1 opening, Universal was reportedly preparing for a potential lackluster performance at the box office, with tracking well below the studio's hopes, especially after bombing out with board game movie Battleship.
When Snow White and the Huntsman opened at the top of the box office last weekend, earning $56.3 million, Universal had to breathe a sigh of relief. Now, with the movie currently at $118 million worldwide, the studio is moving forward with a sequel.
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Whether it was by an android or a corporate shill, the crews of Alien and Aliens found themselves pawns in the hands of the Weyland-Yutani corporation and their pursuit of an alien life form. Since director Ridley Scott's Prometheus is set in the same universe as Alien (perhaps a prequel — vote's not in yet), the presence of both Charlize Theron as Weyland Corporation employee Meredith Vickers, and Michael Fassbender as Weyland's latest android David seemed to imply that the crew of the Prometheus were going to be doubly-screwed by Weyland Industries. However, a recently released featurette suggested that Theron's Vickers might actually be working in the crew's best interest, even if she seems to lack a favorable amount of social skills.
In the latest clip from Prometheus, which aired on an episode of The Tonight Show where Theron was a guest, sees Vickers confront David in a hallway and demand to know what "he" said, revealing that there's some behind-the-scenes entity pulling the strings on the Prometheus mission.
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For anyone that's seen the trailers and TV spots for Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman, it's clear that the dark, action-driven movie isn't the typical adaptation of the Snow White fairytale. If the most recent trailer, released in March, left viewers with any questions, the studio has released a new, interactive version of the trailer via Yahoo!, which provides plot details and behind-the-scenes information about the movie.
Some of the information might seem extraneous; other bits are pretty interesting — that Charlize Theron was cast before Kristen Stewart, that Stewart had to endure swimming in a sewer set with dozens of live rats for an escape sequence. The trailer also includes more about the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and the eight (remember what we said about this not being a typical adaptation?) dwarfs in the movie.
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After witnessing the nefarious lengths that Ash (Ian Holm) and Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) were willing to go to in the service of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in Alien and Aliens, respectivly, we admit to having pre-judged Meredith Vickers, the Weyland Corporation employee played by Charlize Theron in Prometheus. But, after watching the latest Prometheus featurette dedicated to Vickers, we're starting to think that director Ridley Scott might be throwing us yet another curveball — the whole Alien-universe-movie-with-no-actual-Aliens being the biggest curveball — setting up Vickers to be a heroic figure, if a bit of a control freak, rather than yet another duplicitous corporate stooge. Or, at the very least, Vickers might simply be the one sane person on the entire mission.
WATCH THE FEATURETTE >> Posted 05.21.12 by BrentJS -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
First Ryan Gosling. Then Patrick Dempsey. Now Mila Kunis and Dustin Hoffman are getting into the hero business. On Saturday, a 50-year-old man working at Kunis' home suffered a violet seizure, collapsed, and starting choking and coughing up blood. While a friend called 911, Mila rushed to the man and turned his head to the side so he wouldn't choke. When paramedics arrived, Mila volunteered to ride in the ambulance to the hospital. The man made a full recovery. Then we learn that on April 27, Hoffman came to the rescue of a man who had a heart attack while running through London's Hyde Park. The actor called an ambulance and waited with the man after he collapsed. On his recovery blog, San Dempster thanked medical staff and "my new found favorite celebrity Dustin Hoffman who called 999 (UK's 911) and waited by my side until paramedics arrived."
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Lost star Matthew Fox was arrested for DUI on Friday in Oregon. Police say Fox was pulled over at 3:23 a.m. on suspicion of driving under the influence. Fox, who had a passenger in the car, was taken into custody but released later that day. TMZ reports Matthew was en route to a fast food restaurant for some late night eats at the time of his arrest. Those Jack in the Box tacos are never worth it.
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He's a teen heartthrob and multi-platinum singer. Now he's a high school graduate. In an interview with Daily Telegraph, Justin Bieber revealed he just finished high school. "I passed my test — I'm free! It was hard doing school and work every day." He then added: "That was something my mom really wanted me to do, so I had to do it for her. I mean, this kind of lifestyle has given me a different perspective on life. I've been able to travel the world. At school, usually you have to do a lot of writing and reading. I'm really not into that stuff. I like to be out there."
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Today we are finally getting our first glimpse of Charlize Theron's adopted son. The actress was seen with Jackson at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. In March, Theron announced plans to adopt. In May's UK Vogue, she talks about her decision to start a family. "I've always been very honest in saying I wanted a family," she said. "I've always known I wanted a family. I don't think my mom could wait any more!"
Posted 05.08.12 by Chris