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Wes Anderson And Mr. Fox Face The Critics
8:00AM Richard Rushfield | Wes Anderson’s day of destiny is at hand; after back-to-back flops, the once untouchable boy genius is on the verge of becoming a cautionary tale of what happens when quirky gets left out in the rain. More »
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The Media Does London, Courtesy Of The Fantastic Mr. Fox
8:40AM Richard Rushfield | In the crowded media landscape, it’s not easy to create buzz for a new film. It takes years of careful positioning, delicate marketing skills, a well-cultivated grassroots network…Or you can just buy a bunch of bloggers trips to London. More »
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Are Wes And Spike Headed For Boy Genius Dammerung?
8:15AM Richard Rushfield | A decade ago they were the child auteurs who could do no wrong. Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze were not just proclaimed the saviours of the cinema, but of modern civilisation as well. More »
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What Do You Think About The Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer?
7:13AM Natasha VC | Oh, Wes Anderson! It looked as though you squandered your immense talent with a spate of insufferably quirky, predictable, awkward young man flicks. Could a stop-motion kids’ film bring you out of your self-parodying slump? More »
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Jon Hamm And Ben Affleck To Get Romantic
12:44AM Richard Lawson | Lots of writers all over Hollywood get deals. There are remakes and reimaginings, adaptations and homages. And there is love. More »
Wes Anderson Directs Brad Pitt in Ad for Wacky Japanese Sensibility
7:46AM Kyle Buchanan | Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson doesn’t typically work with two-time Sexiest Man Alive winners (keep trying, Schwarzbaum!), so to imagine what the director could do with Brad Pitt doesn’t come easily. More »
6:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Apropos of nothing other than wanting to briefly pause from reliving the horror of last night’s Golden Globes (don’t worry, we’ll get back to it soon enough), we’d like to direct you to this eBay auction offering some reproductions of the hilarious/disturbing paintings by artist Miguel Calderon that were memorably featured in The Royal Tenenbaums. At a starting price of $3,000, it might be cheaper to indulge your Wes Anderson fanaticism by renting some ATVs with your buddies for a fun day of shirtless, mescaline-fueled off-roading. [eBay] More »
Indie Darling Jason Schwartzman “Does” Melbourne!
11:02AM Clem Bastow | Jason Schwartzman, star of the indie movie circuit and drummer for Phantom “Best Known For Being Those Guys What Done The O.C.’s Theme” Planet, is currently in Australia to promote his new flick The Darjeeling Ltd., and already he’s taken to popping up, Zelig-like, all over town.
Naturally, once we realised he was out and about, we dispatched a team of sleuths to follow him around while wearing trench coats and talking into their shoes and watches.
Our spies spotted him:
* Looking much hotter in real life!
* Having dinner at Fitzroy institution The Vegie Bar! While wearing sunglasses!
* Walking out of Vegie Bar while wearing sunglasses (but, you know, not walking out, just leaving. After his lackeys paid!)
* Being hit upon by Defamer spies at the preview screening of The Darjeeling Ltd.!
* Calling said Defamer spy “baby doll”!
And that’s about it for this particular piece of world-shaking news.
Have YOU seen Jason Schwartzman? Did he call YOU baby doll, too? Get in touch! More » Owen Wilson Apparently Not Ready To Answer The Owen Wilson Question Either
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Those sneaky MySpace folks, after teasing that their Exclusive! First! Owen Wilson! Interview! Since, You Know, The Incident! would be getting a terribly inconvenient midnight world premiere, have (thankfully) snuck the video online several hours early. And? The clip contains talk of monkeys, the inoculations you need to film in India, and other good-natured chatter overwhelmed by the unbearable tension that Anderson will at some point finally break from the small talk to turn to his old friend and ask, “Will you just fucking tell everyone you’re OK so we can be done with it?” (A moment that never arrived, but you’ve probably figured that out already.) Now you can safely head out to whatever boozy plans you had for the evening without having to feel like you were going to miss out on the kind of teary, revelatory moment the Hollywood’s troubled stars usually reserve for Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer. See you Monday. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson [MySpace] More »
