the house bunny
‘House Bunny’ Pays Hugh Hefner in Product-Placement Mishap
5:20AM STV | Playboy’s presence in The House Bunny went a smidge beyond what most filmgoers would count as garden-variety product placement; the title and marketing materials alone conspicuously invoked Hugh Hefner’s registered trademark, and the story — a model ousted from the Playboy Mansion finds redemption with a clan of sorority outcasts — made the magazine integral to its heroine’s rich feminist empowerment. So what’s a studio’s going rate for that kind of feature-length exposure? Details are sketchy but surprising — especially with Playboy making the money — not the gang at Columbia Pictures. More »
America Feels the ‘Burn’
2:40AM STV | It’s a special day for moviegoers — the first time in three weeks those studio jokers didn’t leave the equivalent of a flaming bag of crap on our doorstep Friday morning. Thanks, Hollywood! Their reward? One of the best non-Labor Day September weekends in years, as illustrated by our regular browse through the Monday Morning Box Office:
‘Thunder’ Strikes Again in Hollywood Holiday Wasteland
2:30AM STV | Rising and shining today after a long, lucrative season of hits and hits and hits — the second richest on record, we’re told — what better way to welcome fall than with a hungover glimpse at the Labour Day weekend’s multiplex triumphs? Another day off, you say? We’re afraid we can’t help you there, so for now, behold your Tuesday Morning Box Office:
‘House Bunny’ Writers Recall Weinstein Fart Directives and Other Hollywood Dues-Paying
8:30AM STV | We hope you got a kick out of Sunday’s profile of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the screenwriters behind last weekend’s highest-grossing new release The House Bunny, as well as previous hits 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde and She’s the Man. Now the two are moving into producing, adaptations and will soon have an ABC series loosely based on their lives — another long stride in their champagne-soaked march toward world conquest. But what more should viewers at home expect from the personal stories of perhaps the most successful writing duo on Earth without a Y-chromosome between them? After the jump, The NY Times tips off a few more key secrets of Being Lutz and Smith: More »
‘Tropic Thunder’ Makes America’s Pee-Pee Maker T-t-tingle
2:40AM Seth | Having been nudged awake this morning by a shirtless man in a fedora and pink Chuck Taylors as you snoozed peacefully beneath a table outside Intelligentsia Cafe, another Sunset Junction appears to have come and gone—as has any memory of the last seven hours you spent there. We’ll give you a moment to gather your belongings before inundating you with the weekend’s box office receipts: More »
Bunnies, Rockers and Longshots Fight Death at Congested Multiplex
2:05AM STV | Welcome back to another edition of Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to the latest in abandon, excess and best-kept secrets at a theatre near you. We’re looking at an unusually busy — and maybe even unusually good — week for mid-August, with four new releases opening wide and Tropic Thunder looking to hold fast to No. 1. And while all the congestion is bound to squeeze at least one player out, a romantic opening at the art house is one of our favourite underdog selections to date. As always, our opinions are our own, but with this kind of unparalleled taste and accuracy, would you really want it any other way? More »
