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Ambitious Brett Ratner Pulls Out All the Stops for Tree Sex
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | A funny thing happened to Brett Ratner on the way to reviving Smell-o-Vision for a generation deprived of the aromatic arts: He tried filming Anton Yelchin and Olivia Thirlby fucking in a tree. In Central Park! Never one to do anything the easy way, Ratner bravely faced down layers of Gotham bureaucracy in the pursuit of his six-minute segment of the forthcoming omnibus film New York, I Love You: More »
10:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Reports today confirm that Natalie Portman will join would-be sexy nurse Scarlett Johansson as a first-time director in the short-film compilation New York, I Love You. First known as the movie where that Hasidic dude walked out on co-star Portman, then better known as the one where contributing director Anthony Minghella hand-picked replacement Shekhar Kapur before he died, NYILY is finding its latest momentum as the film featuring everyone from Brett Ratner to Orlando Bloom to Cloris Leachman pimping out for the city tourism board. “NYC & Co., the official marketing and tourism organisation for the City of New York, is fully behind the pic, throwing its weight into sponsorship deals,” writes Variety’s Dade Hayes. “A major airline is in final talks to help ferry talent to and from the city and promote the film on its aircraft, for example.” The producers, however, cite an “explicit auteur approach” that will keep the art front-and-centre, promising Johansson the latitude to fire a maximum of 10 PA’s as she learns to flex her megalomaniacal muscle behind the camera. [Variety] More »
10:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Reports today confirm that Natalie Portman will join would-be sexy nurse Scarlett Johansson as a first-time director in the short-film compilation New York, I Love You. First known as the movie where that Hasidic dude walked out on co-star Portman, then better known as the one where contributing director Anthony Minghella hand-picked replacement Shekhar Kapur before he died, NYILY is finding its latest momentum as the film featuring everyone from Brett Ratner to Orlando Bloom to Cloris Leachman pimping out for the city tourism board. “NYC & Co., the official marketing and tourism organisation for the City of New York, is fully behind the pic, throwing its weight into sponsorship deals,” writes Variety’s Dade Hayes. “A major airline is in final talks to help ferry talent to and from the city and promote the film on its aircraft, for example.” The producers, however, cite an “explicit auteur approach” that will keep the art front-and-centre, promising Johansson the latitude to fire a maximum of 10 PA’s as she learns to flex her megalomaniacal muscle behind the camera. [Variety] More »
Minghella’s Hand-Picked Replacement Kapur to Take Over Unfinished Project
8:18AM Defamer Hollywood | Filmmaker Anthony Minghella is staying in the news a week after his death, with Defamer learning that Elizabeth director Shekhar Kapur will complete Minghella’s portion of the currently filming omnibus project New York, I Love You. A rep for the project confirmed that Minghella handpicked Kapur prior to undergoing the fateful March 18 operation to treat his tonsil cancer. “He knew he was going into surgery and was unsure of whether or not he would recover fast enough to be able to direct the film,” Defamer was told this afternoon. “The production team obviously all hoped Anthony would recover, but they were relieved he had chosen someone of his own to direct the piece he wrote. It worked out well for all the parties.” More »
8:21AM Seth | We have disappointing news, as Abraham Karpen (the adorable mensch plucked out of Hasidic anonymity and cast opposite Natalie Portman–one of the most famous, talented, and beautiful Jewesses on the planet!) has been ordered to stop filming on a segment of New York, I Love You by Hasidic elders who clearly want to ruin his LIFE FOREVER!!! (*Sound of scampering down a hallway and a bedroom door slamming shut.*) [ABC News] More »
8:21AM Seth | We have disappointing news, as Abraham Karpen (the adorable mensch plucked out of Hasidic anonymity and cast opposite Natalie Portman–one of the most famous, talented, and beautiful Jewesses on the planet!) has been ordered to stop filming on a segment of New York, I Love You by Hasidic elders who clearly want to ruin his LIFE FOREVER!!! (*Sound of scampering down a hallway and a bedroom door slamming shut.*) [ABC News] More »
