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Hollywood Goes To The 3D Circus
9:16AM Richard Rushfield | There’s nothing Hollywood likes more than a new toy; Smell-O-Vision, the casting couch, Pauly Shore. In their day they’ve all been played with to death by the dream factory. And now, they’ve got hands on another treat—Digital 3D. More »
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Disney Buys Marvel, Now In Business With Every Hollywood Studio
12:49AM Brian Moylan | It was announced today that Disney shelled out $US4 billion for Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Not only does it now own Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Iron Man, but is also in business with almost every Hollywood studio. What a tangled web! More »
Iron Man’s Rap Sheet Of Drunken Break-Ins Confuses Japanese Populace
6:26AM Kyle Buchanan | Before his career resurgence in Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.’s best-known performances involved Wild Turkey, aluminium foil-wrapped inducements, and the cushy beds of strangers. As the actor recounts, these roles apparently never made it overseas. More »Emily Blunt Rumoured For Umpteenth ‘Iron Man 2′ Villain
8:01AM Kyle Buchanan | Iron Man formula: less Sam Jackson, more Emily Blunt. [Variety] More »
Samuel L. Jackson Wants His Motherfucking Self Off This Motherfucking ‘Iron Man’ Sequel
2:40AM Kyle Buchanan | It’s a bad time to be a Marvel movie actor, unless you’re Robert Downey Jr. (or Gwyneth Paltrow, who’d be the first to say that it is always a good time to be Gwyneth Paltrow).
With Addition Of ‘Iron Man 2,’ Mickey Rourke Now In Everything
8:32AM Seth | Mickey Rourke isn’t waiting until Oscar night—and the promise of shiny gold hardware he can drunkenly threaten to sodomise Sean Penn with at the Governor’s Ball—to start capitalising on his newfound Hollywood clout. More »
8:15AM Kyle Buchanan | Too Many Irons In the Fire: Though Robert Downey Jr. is signed on for an Iron Man sequel and an Avengers film that will group together Marvel heroes including Thor, the Hulk, and Captain America, the actor is starting to sound a little concerned about the latter property. “If we don’t get it right, it’s really going to suck,” he told MTV. “Nothing that happened in Iron Man is really outside the realm of possibility. Once you start talking about Valhalla and supersized super soldiers and jolly green giants, it warrants much further discussion.” [MTV] More »
Election Day Fever Grips Local Albertsons Patron
5:15AM Seth | Election Day is finally here, and celebrities are pulling out all the last-minute stops: “Patricia Heaton was on the trail in Indiana for McCain, [while] Hank Williams Jr. started the National Anthem at a rally for Sarah Palin in Colorado Springs, Colo., by saying, “You know, I’m usually at ‘Monday Night Football’ tonight, but Colorado, this is a lot more important tonight. Join me now in our national — you know, that, uh, Mr. Obama’s not real crazy about, we’re singing it right now.” Should he win, Obama’s first order of business is replacing “The Star Spangled Banner” with the Subway $5 Footlong jingle. Too bad there’s nothing you can do about it, Colorado! [Variety] Charlize Theron will star opposite Tom Cruise in The Tourist, playing a female Interpol agent who’s always standing in a 12-inch-deep ditch for some reason. [Variety] Iron Man helps nudge Marvel comfortably into the black in its third-quarter, but the company warns that 2009 should provide less robust dividends. And that’s even factoring in the money they’ll save on Terrence Howard’s personal moustache groomer and fresh fruit requirements! [Variety] After the jump: Who is Jack Falcone, and why is Steven Soderbergh making him? More »
Spiteful ‘Iron Man’ Producers: We Never Liked Terrence Howard Anyway
9:47AM Kyle Buchanan | When it was announced that Don Cheadle would be taking on Terrence Howard’s role in Iron Man 2, a simple explanation of “financial differences” (as well as an inability to get the War Machine costume sufficiently baby-wiped) was all that was forthcoming from the filmmakers’ side. Then, Howard spoke to NPR and compared the Marvel braintrust to a non-singing network of pimps, forcing the filmmaking team to take the gloves off. Now, in a discussion with EW, sources close to Marvel and director Jon Favreau leaked the real details behind Howard’s firing, and they involve bad acting and one very surprising salary: More »
