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Love or hate the Hangover movies, production has begun on the third and final installment, after co-writer and director Todd Phillips called The Hangover 3 a "fitting conclusion to our three-part opera of mayhem, despair and bad decisions" back in March.
While the sequel will undoubtedly bring back Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and proverbial fourth wheel Justin Bartha in another drug-induced, amnesia-filled adventure, the exact details on The Hangover Part III have been unknown, though Cooper revealed last year that the sequel would "maybe not adhere to the structure." Finally, Warner Bros. has finally released some very brief details about the sequel via ComingSoon.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
The lineup for the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars was announced last night and the rumors were true: Nancy Grace is in. The other 11 contestants dancing for the coveted mirror ball trophy are:
- Ricki Lake, actress and former talk show host
- Ron Artest, the Los Angeles Laker who recently changed his name to Metta World Peace
- Kristin Cavallari, former reality TV star who was recently dumped by Jay Culter
- Elisabetta Canalis, Italian actress recently dumped by George Clooney
- Chynna Phillips, pop singer married to actor William Baldwin
- David Arquette, actor currently separated from Courteney Cox
- Carson Kressley, that guy from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Hope Solo, goalie for U.S. women's soccer team
- J.R. Martinez, U.S. Army vet and All My Children star
- Rob Kardashian, Keeping Up with the Kardashians star
- Chaz Bono, transgender son of Cher and the late Sonny Bono
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The lineup for the Charlie Sheen roast has also been announced and it includes TMZ honcho Harvey Levin, Jackass star Steve-O, and former heavyweight champ and Hangover star Mike Tyson.
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Speaking of TMZ, the site reports someone has offered porn producer Vivid Entertainment "big bucks" to take the Kim Kardashian sex tape off the market, and added "We would purchase any other footage you may have control of that involves Ms. Kardashian."
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Grim details of Russell Armstrong's suicide have emerged. The husband of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Taylor Armstrong hung himself with an electrical extension cord and was dead at least 24 hours before his body was discovered.
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Hurricane Irene destroyed last weekend's box office receipts but it was a star for The Weather Channel, giving it a ratings win in the 25-54 demographic Friday night among all cable channels.
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Just shy of one month ago, S. Victor Whitmill, the tattoo artist who designed former boxing champ-turned-actor Mike Tyson's distinctive Maori-inspired facial art, filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. (WB) for the "unauthorized exploitation" of the artist's "Original Tattoo" in The Hangover Part II because the character of Stu (played by Ed Helms) sports a similar tattoo in the movie. Claiming "copyright infringement," lawyers for the plaintiff requested an injunction to stop the release of the movie and also targeted WB's use of the image in ads and trailers for the movie.
While it may seem like a frivolous lawsuit to some, WB took it seriously enough that the studio sent two of its top executives to St. Louis on Monday to testify in federal court. Yesterday, Judge Catherine D. Perry ruled against Whitmill's request for an injunction, which means WB can proceed with plans to release The Hangover Part II on Thursday, as scheduled. Judge Perry cited "the public interest" as the reason for the injunction denial.
The public interest does favor protecting the thousands of other business people in the country as well as Warner Brothers, and not causing those nonparties to lose money, and I think it would be significant, and I think it would be disruptive. I think that tilts the public interest in favor of Warner Brothers on this because all over the country people would be losing money if I were to enjoin this movie.
it's not all good news for The Hangover Part II. Read more >> Posted 05.25.11 by BrentJS -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Maria Shriver was so upset after learning about husband Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child that she threatened to hold her own news conference to announce the shocking secret. She was talked out of that plan but was responsible for leaking the story to the Los Angeles Times and TMZ. Shriver is not showing signs of any interest in reconciliation as she's hired a private dick to investigate Schwarzenegger's double life as a cheating husband.
Meanwhile, battle lines are definitely being drawn as Beverly Hills boutique Kitson is preparing to sell "Team Maria" T-shirts.
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The world did not end on Saturday, May 21, as evangelist Harold Camping had predicted, but now he says that was an "invisible Judgment Day" and that both the Rapture and the apocalypse will now happen on October 21.
RELATED: Thanks to the extended deadline, there's more time to Vote for Your "Last Day on Earth" Movie Pick.
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Donald Trump maybe should've waited until The Celebrity Apprentice's season finale ratings were released before deciding not to run for president, as the show that crowned John Rich the winner was the franchise's lowest spring finale ever.
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The lawsuit by Mike Tyson's tattoo artist to stop the release of The Hangover Part II is being taken seriously enough by Warner Brothers that it sent two execs to St. Louis to testify in a federal court hearing on Monday. S. Victor Whitmill is "seeking an injunction on the grounds that the facial tattoo worn in the film by Ed Helms violates a copyright in the original work Whitmill created for Tyson." A ruling is expected early today (Tuesday).
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One day after getting savaged for his gold jacket at the Billboard Music Awards, Justin Bieber added more fuel to the fashion critique fire, seen in Hawaii with Selena Gomez in ankle-tickling camo cargo shorts and Adidas Adilettes.
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Lindsay Lohan's had two straight days of wardrobe malfunctions while vacationing/working in Miami. First the wind blew open her low-cut dress while doing a photo shoot for Plum magazine, then a nipple slipped while playing in the Miami Beach surf.
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Former boxing champ and People magazine "Most Beautiful People" lister Oscar De La Hoya has entered rehab for substance abuse.
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ReelzChannel's own movie expert Leonard Maltin recently went toe-to-toe with former Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike Tyson to discuss the top Oscar nominees for best actor, actress, and best picture. While Maltin initiated the melee with some thoughtful jabs about which movies he believes are front-runners, Tyson replied with some heavy body blows that left Maltin against the ropes and looking confused.
The debate, from Funny or Die, also has an exclusive look at Tyson's "Oscar-worthy" movie, The Pigeon Whisperer.
Maltin holds his own against the former champ >> Posted 02.23.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
BABY UPDATE: Penelope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem celebrate the birth of her first baby, and it's a niño. It's a boy, too, for Mike Tyson and wife Lakiha Spicer Tyson, 18 months after Tyson's 4-year-old-daughter was killed in a freak treadmill accident.
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64, THE UNLUCKIEST NUMBER?: The 64-year-old singer Jimmy Buffett was hospitalized after he fell off a stage in Australia. He was unconscious for 5-10 minutes following the fall but is now in stable condition. Also, 64-year-old designer and fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg suffered a broken nose and slight facial fractures after a wipeout on the slopes of Aspen.
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OSCARS UPDATE: While most Americans are first discovering Best Supporting Actress nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), she's the toast of her native land, saying, "I'm just so relieved. Everyone in Australia would have been so disappointed if I hadn't been nominated." Meanwhile, 14-year-old Best Supporting Actress nominee Hailee Steinfeld was sleeping during the nomination announcement and awakened by her parents' screaming.
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Some sage advice from Michelle "Bombshell" McGee — the woman at the center of the Sandra Bullock-Jesse James divorce — who warns James' new fiance Kat Von D against marrying him because he's a cheater.
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The previously released first image of director Todd Phillips' The Hangover 2 showed the group of four friends (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Justin Bartha) heading to the airport to start their trip to Thailand to celebrate Stu's (Helms) wedding. The two latest images show that things (expectantly) go a little awry on the trip.
One photo shows Galifianakis, Cooper, and Helms approaching a monkey dressed in a tiny, denim jacket (with Helms sporting a similar face tattoo to that of Mike Tyson), while the second photo shows the same three guys seemingly trapped in a room.
While the plot revolves around Stu's wedding to Jamie Chung, Helms recently told AccessHollywood that the movie won't revolve around his character.
There are narrative devices that hang around Stu, but it’s... not Stu’s movie. It is Alan [Galifianakis] and like Mike [Tyson] and everybody — the whole gang.
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The Hangover 2 started shooting last month, amidst reports that the movie will take place in Thailand instead of Las Vegas. The latest casting gives a possible clue as to what the gang is doing in the foreign country.
THR reports that Jamie Chung (Dragonball Evolution) has been cast in the upcoming sequel as Ed Helms's new fiancee, replacing Heather Graham as Helms' love interest and possibly revealing that Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Helms are in Thailand for yet another bachelor party.
Phillips "surprised" by reaction to Mel Gibson's Casting >> Posted 11.05.10 by Ryan -
Fans who attended the Thor panel at Comic-Con were the first to see footage from the upcoming comic book movie. Amongst other scenes, the cut-together trailer showed a brief glimpse of The Destroyer, an enchanted suit of armor forged by Thor's father Odin, arriving on Earth. Marvel prominently displayed a replica of The Destroyer armor at their Comic-Con booth, and the footage indicated that Thor was in for a big fight with The Destroyer in the movie. Chris Hemsworth told MTV that he did a lot of research to perfect Thor's fighting style, and that he drew particular inspiration from a certain American boxer.
Mike Tyson, American Thor? >> Posted 07.27.10 by Ryan -
Another batch of clips were released for The Hangover, the bachelor-party-gone-terribly-wrong comedy. Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Bradley Cooper continue their search for a their lost friend, this time at a hospital where the doctors multi-task:
Here, the gang comes across a Phil Collins-loving Mike Tyson -- a scene strongly featured in the trailer:
And finally, Cooper, Galifianakis, and Helms find themselves the owners of an interesting new vehicle:
Posted 05.20.09 by Ryan