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Flotsam & Jetsam
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Summoned To Destroy Jon & Kate
7:28AM Richard Lawson | We got so carried away today with the NYT new appointment and announcing once again that print is dead that we totally forgot to peer into the trades and see what showbiz news there is that you need to know about. So here you go now, late afternoon edition. More »
Big Screen
Al Pacino And Leo DiCaprio Will Read Your Mind
6:31AM Richard Lawson | Remember hairdo’d Malcom Gladwell’s pop philosophy bestseller Blink? It was all about the power of the mind or something, and now they’re making a bizarre-sounding movie out of it. Starring the increasingly bizarre Al Pacino. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Eldersex: Comedy Gold
1:15AM Richard Lawson | Today little men take on big roles, J.Lo finds her vampiric costar, Gore Vebinski takes a breather for himself, Leah Remini glows like moondust, and old people get it on in hilarious fashion. More »
Camilla Belle Devises The Ultimate Way To Impress Joe Jonas
6:25AM Kyle Buchanan | When you’re an actress dating a famously purity-ring-clad pop singer, how can you out-chastity him? If you’re Camilla Belle, and your beau is Joe Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers, squeeeee!!!!), you go to great lengths. More »
Pacino Shall Express Darker Scenery-Chewing Purpose In ‘Lear’
3:31AM Seth | Al Pacino will star in a movie of King Lear. If they get DeNiro for Cordelia, this could turn out to be the electrifying Heat re-teaming that Righteous Kill never quite mustered. [Variety] More »
‘Righteous Kill’ Curse Spreads To England With Cries Of Tagline Insensitivity
7:30AM Seth | While we’ve already long forgotten Righteous Kill—and the onerous sins of its one-sheet—England is only now becoming acquainted with its Pacino/DeNiro double-bed-shitting pleasures. It can’t even seem to get an in-your-face tagline right. More »
‘Appearing on Letterman’ Strangely Left Off Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s Acting-Perk Top 10
4:40AM STV | Clearly exhausted from their earlier morning-show rendezvous with Brian Williams, Righteous Kill co-stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino last night indulged David Letterman with one final on-camera tryst before returning to the anonymity of their respective solo careers. And what a fitting send-off, with the pair teaming up on the “Top 10 Reasons I Like Being an Actor” — a droll bit of thanksgiving that still won’t make us forget Heat, but may yet be proven our lone cultural reward for tolerating the existence of Righteous Kill at all. See what kind of magic is possible when less than 12 producers are involved? Next time, guys, next time. [CBS] More »
DeNiro And Pacino Reduced To Catchphrase Cliches On History-Making ‘Today Show’ Interview
8:40AM Seth | The Today Show broadcast the first interview in the history of the world to feature both increasingly indiscriminate American acting legends Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. It was the sole promotional stop on the Righteous Kill “Yes, It’s a Turd, But It’s DeNiro and Pacino, So Cut Us Some Slack, Jack™” media tour. Talking to a seemingly terrified Brian Williams (”Don’t give me that face, because now I think I’m going to be killed,”) it was Pacino who defused the tension by offering his best half-assed Travis Bickle. As clichéd as it was, however, just hearing the familiar line come out of Pacino’s lips still managed to shoot a faint chill up our spine—though DeNiro is to be commended in showing admirable restraint, and not leaning over to “HOO-ah!” back in his co-star’s face. [Today Show] More »
Kirk Douglas Laughed Through ‘88 Minutes,’ Defends Al Pacino Anyway
6:35AM Defamer Hollywood | Reminding us of that time a grumpy Sean Connery asked for a commenter invite so he could take issue with our estimation of Harrison Ford, Kirk Douglas took to the LA Times letters section this weekend to protest the paper’s recent treatment of “fallen” stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. And as far as we’re concerned, his exquisitely articulated and defended point is the last word proving that the stars deserve better: More »
