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Big Screen
Everything You’ve Ever Loved To Get Remade And Ruined
12:21AM Richard Lawson | Officially out of ideas, Hollywood continues to mine the recent past for any bit of something worth reviving. Movies that you and I both loved once. Plays that the English loved many centuries ago. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Trail Of Tears Finally Ends In Forks, WA
1:18AM Richard | New Moon has found its werewolves, E! has found its late night muse. Cameron Diaz forges new territory, while Catherine O’Hara ought to look good toting a gun. Plus, Amanda Bynes news. More »
Warners Buys ‘Drink, Play, F@&k’ On Strength Of Title Alone
5:10AM Seth | · Warner Bros. purchased the rights to the upcoming book Drink, Play, F@#K, a parody of chick-lit bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, in which a man “goes on a bender in Ireland, takes a gambling jaunt to Las Vegas and a embarks on a sex-tourism trip to Thailand.” The hope is to launch a new guy-friendly franchise, with a sequel—Puke, Broke, AIDS—already in the works. [THR] · Incomprehensible-pirate-trilogy-directing genius Gore Verbinski has a signed a three-year deal with Universal, where his adaptation of the videogame Bioshock is currently in development. [Variety] · Mark Ruffalo, last of the great Ruffalos that once covered the majestic American plains, will direct Sympathy for Delicious, about “a paralyzed DJ struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of L.A.” We think we can picture it: Sort of Wheels meets Glitter. [Variety] · Aging tween idol Amanda Bynes has shaken free of CAA’s deathlock embrace, disappointed that the best material they’ve brought her in the past six months is a script for She’s The Man 2: Basic Training and an opportunity to parody the Nikki Blonsky airport beatdown on Mad TV. [THR] ·CBS is hoping to develop a series based on the book Confessions of a Contractor, but producers keep pushing up the pilot finish date and demanding more money if they expect the wiring to meet city standards. (Honk!) [Variety] More »
Hollywood Privacywatch: Adrian Grenier Not Afraid Of A Little PDA
7:40AM Mark Graham | PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our millions of Defamer operatives. We’d like to remind you that this feature is powered by you, so if you want to see more installments of PrivacyWatch, then all you’ve got to do is to send us your sightings. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put “sighting” or “PrivacyWatch” in the subject line so we don’t lose them) and tell everyone about the time you saw Adrian Grenier getting ready to Diving Bell the Butterfly out of “some model looking chick.” More »
Heath Ledger’s Posthumous Oscar Campaign Rolls On
11:00AM Mark Graham | The eldest denizens of the Dark Knight cast, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, made an obligatory promotional stop-off to hobnob with the ladies of The View this morning. And, of course, they used the opportunity to stump for a Heath Ledger Oscar nomination. We’ll weigh in tomorrow morning with our own thoughts, as both Seth and STV saw the movie earlier this eve. [The View] Woody Allen’s longtime producing partner, Charles Joffe, passed away at age 78. [NYT] Continuing the moribund nature of tonight’s edition of Short Ends, we’re sad to report that nearly 150 staffers at the Los Angeles Times, including publisher David Hiller and truth-challenged reporter Chuck Philips, found themselves on the receiving end of a pink slip. [LA Observed] Even though we don’t know a single person who watches CSI, we’re pretty sure that millions of people will be upset to learn that all-around bad-arse William Peterson is leaving the show mid-season. [Michael Ausiello] Your Uncle Grambo’s dreamgirl extraordinaire, Miss Amanda Bynes, is dating … Seth MacFarlane??? NOOOOOO! We are so glad this day is over, we’re not sure we could take anymore bad news. [ONTD] More »
Investigating The Miley Cyrus ‘Topless’ Photo Scandal: Career-Ender Or Standard Starlet Move?
9:30AM Molly Friedman | Vanity Fair has done it again. In their upcoming issue, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz shot a controversial photo spread featuring Billion Dollar Girl Miley Cyrus, prompting public outrage from the Christian Coalition, Disney and, naturally, the ladies of The View. Leibovitz and VF are being accused of crossing the line between art and pedophilia by shooting Cyrus in what some are calling “topless” photos (shown after the jump). Before the issue has even hit newsstands, Miley has apologised to her fans and Disney, concerned that the spread could affect the Hannah Montana cash cow. But this isn’t the first time VF has hired one of their star photographers to use her lens in an effort to reinvent the images of underage starlets by featuring them in a slightly more provocative and mature light… More »
