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Like Charlie's Angels, but dangerous!
Even though the The Expendables 2 was a bit redundant and perhaps too self-aware at times, it was still an entertaining action movie with all-star cast appeal. A sequel is already in development, with Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage, Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood all being courted to join the cast. Noticeably absent from that list are the names of any female action movie stars. We say, if the gimmick of the franchise is surprising new cast additions, why not push it further than bringing in Indy by bringing in Ripley or The Bride.
Or, better yet, how about a stand-alone movie with an all-female cast of female action heroes from yesterday and today? Just think of the possibilities!
Imagine a revenge movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino about an all-female super-spy team run by Sigourney Weaver, with members that include: Uma Thurman as the knife expert; Gina Carano as the pugilist/demolitions expert; Jada Pinkett Smith as the animal/gun expert; Kate Beckinsale as the poison expert/seductress; Chloë Moretz as the trainee (Fox Force Five!). But, enough about our fantasy she-woman action movie. We want to know what you think: Which female action movie stars of yesterday and today do you think could make the line-up in an all-female Expendables-style movie?
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Posted 10.13.12 by BrentJS -
Hollywood Headlines
Rosie O'Donnell is recovering at home after suffering a heart attack last week. The comedian took an aspirin after realizing that she had several heart attack symptoms, including clammy skin, nausea, and an aching chest. Doctors inserted a stint after finding that O'Donnell's coronary artery was 99 percent blocked. On her blog O'Donnell urged women who believe they are having a heart attack to call 911.
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We don't know who, but somebody apparently told Amanda Bynes that driving around southern California is pretty much the same thing as riding in the bumper cars at an amusement park. The retired 26-year-old actress got in yet another car accident on Monday night. She was rear-ended while driving a rental, but the other driver is claiming a reckless maneuver on Bynes' part caused the collision. Why was she in a rental? Oh yeah, because her car is in the body shop. Between getting in car accidents every five minutes and getting photographed running around town looking like a hot mess, perhaps Bynes should look into relocating to a smaller, mellower, pedestrian-friendly town.
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We're glad to see that the often troubled Britney Spears is looking good these days. The pop-star turned X Factor judge tweeted a picture of herself on the beach wearing a bikini, and it turns out that being happily engaged looks good on Spears.
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Is Hilary Swank the female Cuba Gooding Jr.? The two-time Oscar-winning actress's Amelia bombed at the box office, as did her most recent pic Conviction. Now The Resident, a thriller starring Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is headed straight to video in March.
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Reports are that Camille Grammer is not returning for a second season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Is it because Kelsey made her do it? Or because her porn star past has been revealed? In the '90s Camille Donatacci bared it all in Marilyn Chambers' Bedtime Stories and The Naked Detective, but her career never took off as porn consumers described her as "having an average body and looks and too-large boobs."
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If reality TV doesn't work out for Jersey Shore's Deena Nicole Cortese, porn — or at least the pole — might be a career path as she stripped off her her bikini bottoms for The Situation on last night's premiere of the hit show, then later claimed "I had no idea my bottom came off." In the same interview she said, "I make out with anything when I'm drunk."
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We're not sure the Deena Cortese stripping incident is related, but Dr. Drew Pinsky is preparing to leave MTV and focus solely on his new talk show, premiering on CNN's Headline News channel in March. He told The New York Post he'd like to have Linday Lohan as a guest, saying, "I want to talk about what's really going on with a woman who's suffering like that."
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Yesterday was a bad day for the Wayans family. First Keenen Ivory Wayans was the latest victim of a death hoax, then brother Marlon Wayans cut his finger during a dance-off to a Jay-Z tune and wondered aloud on Twitter how he was going to wipe his a**.
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The dust kicked up by the Summer Movie Season has finally settled and the output of many movie studios has shifted from superheroes and family comedies to Halloween horrors and Oscar-hopeful dramas. In that later mix is director Tony Goldwyn's (The Last Kiss) Conviction. Based on a true story, it stars Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank as Betty Anne Waters, a single mother who devotes her life to earning a law degree so that she can appeal her brother's (Sam Rockwell) murder conviction. The first TV spot, while it does a great job of summing up the dramatic plot, also seems to reveal the movie's ending.
Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, and Juliette Lewis also star.
Posted 10.08.10 by BrentJS -
A clip from director Tony Goldwyn's (The Last Kiss) new movie, Conviction (formerly Betty Anne Waters), has been released and it’s a tension-filled scene that showcases the talents of Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank. The movie is based on the incredible true story of Betty Anne Waters (played by Swank), a single mother who spent a decade putting herself through college and law school in the hopes of overturning her brother's (played by Sam Rockwell) murder conviction.
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The first trailer for director Tony Goldwyn's (The Last Kiss) new movie, Conviction (formerly Betty Anne Waters), is now online. Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a wife and mother of two who dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction of her brother Kenny (played by Sam Rockwell), putting herself through college and law school in her quest to find the key to his freedom. Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo and Juliette Lewis also star.
Posted 06.18.10 by BrentJS -
Director John Carpenter went on a burn-out induced hiatus last decade, offering only the dismal Ghosts of Mars in 2001. Remakes of his previous works filled the intervening years (Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog), both of which he had minimal involvement with, and zero involvement with Rob Zombie's Halloween and Halloween II remakes. But the horror master has returned to directing with the upcoming The Ward; a movie which follows a girl in a mental institution (Amber Heard) who realizes that she and her fellow patients aren't alone. With The Ward in post-production, Carpenter is already onto his next project, Fangland.
A Role She Can Sink Her Teeth Into >> Posted 06.08.10 by Ryan -
It's a big day for Hollywood's leading ladies, with news of awards and secret roles swarming around tinsel town.
MTV just broke the scoop that Hilary Swank will be appearing in the much-buzzed-about Iron Man. The Academy Award winner will have a cameo alongside Samuel L. Jackson, who will be appearing in scenes that may foreshadow a Nick Fury movie.
MTV speculates that this news could mean Swank might turn out to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent next to Jackson in said potential Nick Fury movie. Or that she might have her own superhero starrer in the works
In other news, Julia Roberts will join Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, and Nicole Kidman as an American Cinematheque honoree, says Variety.
Also an Academy Award winner, the mom of three will be presented with her American Cinematheque award in October at a tribute gala held at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony will be broadcast on AMC in December.
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People of Hollywood: I humbly call for an industry-wide moratorium on so-called “supernatural thrillers.” In recent years, too many talented actors, including Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry and others, have fallen prey to the siren’s call of the genre. This week Hilary Swank, star of The Reaping, becomes its latest victim. I know that if we work together, we can put an end to this scourge that has tainted the careers of so many misguided souls.
Check out our review of The Reaping.
Posted 04.06.07 by reelz