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It's not just the witch's gingerbread you shouldn't trust.
One of the current trends in movie theaters lately has been movies that classic fairy tales and add an intriguing twist, whether it's extrapolating the world within the fairy tale such as in last year's Snow White and the Huntsman or taking fairy tale characters and putting them in a completely recreated universe, such as this weekend's number one movie at the box office, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. The trend continues with Tribeca Film's Hansel & Gretel Get Baked, which takes the fairy tale and sets it in modern day and then, as the title implies, adds marijuana.
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"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
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Halle Berry is ready to bring out the big guns in her custody battle. TMZ reports that she fired her long-time lawyer and hired Stephen Kolodny. Berry is rumored to be interested in moving to France, and it will most likely take some legal finagling to convince a family law judge that her daughter would be better off several thousand miles away from her father. Kolodny is used to nasty legal battles as he represented Mel Gibson in his divorce from Oksana Grigorieva.
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The Biebs isn't a baby anymore. Justin Bieber, who turns 18 today, made a birthday appearance on Ellen and was presented with a pretty major gift. The dumbfounded singer received a Fisker Karma from his manager, Scooter Braun. Not to be outdone, Ellen Degeneres gave the singer a sunshade adorned with an image of her and Biebs' faces, as well as an Ellen bobblehead.
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Dane Cook, Cary Elwes, and David Arquette are all apparently interested in small-screen work. All three have signed on for various network TV pilots. As long as the shows are better than NBC's Whitney, we'll be happy.
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The Duchess of Cambridge is keeping herself busy while her Duke is deployed. Kate used-to-be-Middleton made a visit to the Royal School of Needlework this week to thank some of the embroiderers who worked on her wedding gown. People reports that the staff, graduates, and students used new needles every three hours and washed their hands every 30 minutes while working on the gown designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. Sounds like the visit might have been enough to convince the Duchess to never take up needlepoint.
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Will Adele outrun Prince? The British singer now has the longest running number one album on the Billboard 200 since 1984's Purple Rain soundtrack. Now in its 22nd week (Prince had a 24-week run), "21" has sold more than 7.6 million copies in the US alone.
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Cee Lo Green will release his memoirs next year. The singer-songwriter-Voice judge describes the book as "supernatural," "surreal," and "extraordinary." If nothing else, it is sure to be a must-read for any aspiring lady killers out there.
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Pretty soon, Hollywood is going to run out of moments to use for movies from late President Richard Nixon's life, but not yet.
Only three years removed from 2008's Academy Award–nominated Frost/Nixon, which focused on a series of post-Watergate television interviews Nixon gave to British TV personality David Frost, the latest project showcases Nixon's infamous White House meeting with Elvis Presley. Appropriately titled Elvis & Nixon, the movie was co-written by actor Cary Elwes, who will also make his directorial debut. Eric Bana (Funny People, Hulk) is set to play Elvis, while Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) will play Nixon.
ComingSoon reports that international rights have already been sold for Elvis & Nixon, which should start lensing soon in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Los Angeles.
owen gets Recall; Jake Abel falls for an alien spirit >> Posted 11.10.11 by Ryan -
The latest trailer released for the upcoming Saw 3D was solely focused on reminding audiences that the movie would be in 3-D, so for those more interested in the traps that are said to "come alive" in the movie, Lionsgate has released several new images.
CinemaBlend has posted 5 new photos, including a foreboding pic of Costas Mandylor as Jigsaw's successor, Detective Hoffman; a shot of director Kevin Greutert on set; and two photos of what looks like newcomer-to-the-franchise Sean Patrick Flanery escaping from a trap and calming another victim.
more photos plus Greutert explains why Saw 3d is the last >> Posted 09.23.10 by Ryan -
The latest trailer for Saw 3D doesn't reveal too much new information, other than some new footage to go along with the message that the last chapter of the franchise will be shown in 3-D. Betsy Russell, who plays the wife of the late murderer Jigsaw appears to meet her end, while Cary Elwes, who returns for another Saw movie, appears for a brief moment. What's important to remember is, this time, it's in 3-D.
Watch the trailer >> Posted 09.10.10 by Ryan -
As most actors can relate, being cast in a movie is an unusual process requiring meetings, screen tests, and studio decisions. Often times, casting comes down to previous working relationships, or an actor's agent championing him or her for the part. But sometimes casting comes down to persistence and dumb luck. That's certainly how Cary Elwes found himself in the role of a pilot in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, based on the comic book series by Belgian author and illustrator Hergé.
A big fan of the Tintin books ("I’ve got all the books at home," Elwes told Empire), Elwes wanted to be a part of the movie since he heard about it, and the way he landed a part is a cross between luck and good-natured stalking.
Spielberg buys his own cereal??! >> Posted 08.17.10 by Ryan -
Saw 3D began its pre-Comic-Con reverie by revealing a new, "eye-popping" motion poster and informally announcing that Saw 3D, the seventh in the Saw franchise, would be the last.
A new teaser trailer for the sequel also has been released during the convention. Check it out after the jump, along with the movie's official synopsis.
See the trailer and synopsis >> Posted 07.24.10 by Ryan -
Looks like Saw VII will see the return of some old friends. Bloody-Disgusting reports that Cary Elwes will reprise his role as Dr. Laurence Gordon from the first Saw movie in the upcoming sequel. The news arrived along with the official synopsis for Saw VII.
more about Saw VII >> Posted 04.26.10 by Ryan