jennifer connelly

Tim Burton + ‘WALL-E’ ÷ Goggle-Eyed Knit Dolls = ‘9′

4:12AM STV | As creative partnerships go, the one teaming Tim Burton with Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov and a half-dozen or so animated post-apocalyptic rag dolls isn’t one we had on our 2009 wish list. More »

The Day The Keanu Performance Stood Still

4:30AM STV | The ugly new trend in epic-length movie trailers continues today with the latest teaser for The Day the Earth Stood Still, the remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic creatively recast with Keanu Reeves as a flat-voiced humanoid alien warning Earth’s inhabitants of their impending doom. Quite a stretch, we know (and yes, he has made this one before), but from the looks of the accompanying clip, DTESS is a soaring upgrade from low-budget earnestness to a sort of glossy, glassy-eyed indignance; there is true, brow-furrowing peril in that stilted baritone suggesting his past “would only frighten you.” If only we felt less endangered by the four minutes of line readings that follow from Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates and even Jon Hamm, from whom we expected so much more than bromides about the history of mankind. Believe us, Jon — we know history, and this has all the symptoms of being exactly that. And not the good kind, either. [20th Century Fox] More »

Finally, A Superhero American For The Rest Of Us

11:35AM Seth | P. Diddy couldn’t be more excited about Hancock: the first legitimately mainstream black superhero! (Don’t point out the drunken loutishness—he’s happy as a motherfucker and we’d like him to stay that way.) [PaulScheer.com] “Angelina Jolie is way too thin to be an action hero!” says whoever ABCNews.com could find to offer a quote corroborating their Angelina Jolie-is-too-thin-to-be-an-action-hero story. [ABCNews.com] Take a tour of the insanely huge Brooklyn mansion Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany are leaving, and the insanely expensive TriBeCa loft they’re moving into. [ONTD, The Real Estalker] Wesley Snipes can travel to London and Bangkok to shoot two movies while his Totally Insane Tax Avoidance Trial of the Century appeals are processed. [Yahoo/AP] Here’s photo evidence of Brett Ratner holding one of his five Big Penises. [VMan] More »

Jennifer Connelly Lured Into the CAA Death Star

8:00AM Mark | Following the magical transformation of longtime rep Risa Shapiro from agent to manager (the ceremony, we’re told, involves drinking the still-warm blood of a freshly slain mailroom clerk), Jennifer Connelly has signed with CAA, having been vulnerable just long enough for the Creative Artists’ tractor beams to pull her from her former agency’s nearby Century City headquarters and into the gaping maw of the Death Star. While we’re sure that now-manager Shapiro’s first order of business was making the transition as painless as possible for the actress, we’re sure that the decision was still at least a little agonizing, particularly the part where Connelly was forced to choose which of her adorable children to turn over to CAA as career-boosting collateral, ensuring that the new client will think twice about abandoning the relationship once their honeymoon period wears off. [Deadline Hollywood Daily] More »

Trade Roundup: Jennifer Connelly Takes The Keanu Reeves Co-Star Challenge

6:45AM Defamer Hollywood | · Hollywood Out of Ideas, Can’t Blame the Writers For the Current Idea Shortage Edition: Jennifer Connelly – an actress we’d pay $14 dollars to watch knitting a sweater or making peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches – will join monosyllabic, paparazzi-punishing superstar Keanu Reeves in Fox’s remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. [Variety] · ABC’s Cashmere Mafia might be the first primetime victim of the strike, as the network yanks the new series from its schedule before its originally planned November 27 debut. But good news for those craving Sex and the City-inspired entertainment: NBC hasn’t yet abandoned nearly identical project Lipstick Jungle. [Variety] More »

Trade Roundup: Most Expensive Comedy In History Balances Wastefulness With Environmental Awareness

6:24AM Defamer Hollywood | · Universal is partnering with environmentally conscious marketers to promote Evan Almighty, culminating in a spectacular stunt in which the studio will flood its Universal City theme park, washing away thousands of tourists to emphasise the film’s uplifting, “green” message that God will kill us all if we don’t take better care of our planet. [Variety] Michael Moore seeks out, receives free publicity for upcoming film about the American health care system. [THR] The details of the project are unimportant to us, but let it be known that Jennifer Connelly, whom we would pay to watch folding laundry or waiting in line at the DMV, has taken on a new movie project. Unfortunately, the husband is also involved. [Variety] · CBS Corp despot Les Moonves calls Dan Rather’s critical remarks about successor Katie Couric’s “dumbing down” and “tarting up” of his beloved evening news broadcast “sexist”. Expect the mouthy ex-anchor to be found dead of an apparent heart attack by the end of the day. [THR] The ratings for Sunday night’s Sopranos finale are in, and its average of 11.9 million viewers easily surpassed the mark set by HBO sibling Sex and the City’s controversial last episode, in which the sassy, shoe-loving ladies were unexpectedly whacked by a vengeance-obsessed Mario Cantone. [Variety] More »