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 Arrested Development 
 Film Held Up Yet Again 

Will Arnett's new sitcom to blame, but actor promises it's still on

Aug 31, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The good news: Will Arnett is teaming back up with Arrested Development writer Mitch Hurwitz on a new TV show. The bad news: That show is one of the reasons the Arrested film is still held up, he tells the New York Daily News. But the “... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • Arrested Development • sitcom • Will Arnett

OPINION

Screenwriter Serena Williams Should Tell Her Own Tale

Tennis superstar nabs more viewers than Federer

Aug 31, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Serena Williams toiled this summer on a screenplay, which she compares to Desperate Housewives meets Sex and the City and Family Guy. But perhaps the best subject she could take on would be her and her sister’s own lives, writes Karen Crouse in the New York Times. It would... More »

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film • Roger Federer • tennis • Serena Williams • Venus Williams • Jay-ZTV • screenplay

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 The Final 
 Destination 
 Makes a 
 Box Office 
 Killing 


Teen slasher knocks off Pitt's Inglourious Basterds

Aug 30, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supernatural slasher flick The Final Destination slaughtered its competition at the box office this weekend, taking in $28.3 million, USA Today reports. The latest installment of the Final Destination franchise—this time in 3D—knocked Inglourious Basterds ($20 million) to second. Halloween II, the 10th Michael Myers movie, debuted... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Jay-ZTV • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9

movie review

 Halloween II a Gory Dud 

Critics yawn over Rob Zombie's horror remake

Aug 28, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out:
  • "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety. "Zombie's hatchet job on the
... More »

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film • movie review • horror • Rob Zombie • horror flims • movies • movie remakes

 Film's Best Cross-Dressers 

From Tootsie to Hedwig, Liev joins an illustrious list

Aug 28, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liev Schreiber was “giddy” playing an ex-Marine transvestite in Taking Woodstock, and in his honor, Nerve lists the best cross-dressers in film history:
  • John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: He "is the epitome of ferocity and theatricality that drag queens around the world aspire
... More »

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entertainment • film • Johnny Depp • celebrity • Dustin Hoffman • cross dressing • Gwyneth Paltrow • Barbra Streisand • movies • Liev Schreiber • Julie Andrews • cross-dresser

movie review

 Woodstock Not Worth the Trip 

Mixed reviews for 1960s coming-of-age flick

Aug 28, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking Woodstock isn’t really about the music: it’s more about coming of age on the outskirts of the festival. Critics are lukewarm about Ang Lee's latest effort:
  • “You can’t deny the smiling mood that wafts through the film like incense,” admits Anthony Lane of
... More »

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entertainment • music • film • movie review • rock and roll • Ang Lee • 1960s • Woodstock • Taking Woodstock

movie review

 The September Issue Delivers 

Offers new look at notorious Vogue boss

Aug 28, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The September Issue is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Vogue’s September 2007 issue—and at the woman in charge of it all. RJ Cutler's film may change minds about editor in chief Anna Wintour and her brutal reputation:
  • Stephanie Zacharek of Salon calls the film “
... More »

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film • movie review • Vogue • Anna Wintour • documentary film • RJ Cutler • The September Issue

 Best 
 Sci-Fi 
 Languages 

Wired declares Klingon the king of sci-fi slang

Aug 26, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Creators of true geek art follow JRR Tolkien’s example and craft fictional languages to populate their worlds. Wired lists the best examples:
  1. Klingon. The Star Trek creation is the king of all sci-fi languages, with fully realized grammar and vocabulary.
  2. City Speak. Blade Runner’s vision of
... More »

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film • list • fantasy • Star Wars • book • science fiction • J. R. R. Tolkien • movies

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 


Aug 23, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • film • Quentin Tarantino • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

movie review

 No Honors for Post Grad 

Unoriginal comedy leaves no mark

Aug 21, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Post Grad tells the story of the tribulations of a recent graduate unable to land a job. Critics give it poor grades:
  • Star Alexis Bledel “works her Gilmore Girls charm to the hilt, but no amount of cerulean-eyed sparkle can transcend this level of thudding mediocrity," writes
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 Jen Feels Burned by Cooper 


Aug 20, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston is feeling a little jilted because of Bradley Cooper’s burgeoning relationship with Renee Zellweger, Us reports. “She honestly feels screwed over," says a friend. "She had a major crush on him and she let him know," but "he didn't reciprocate."... More »

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entertainment • film • gossip • Jennifer Aniston • dating • Renee Zellweger • Bradley Cooper • celebrity breakup • movie star • rejection

(Newser) - Disney is planning a 3D remake of Yellow Submarine, the 1968 psychedelic cartoon buoyed by a Beatles soundtrack, the Independent reports. Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future fame will direct. Aside from the music, the Beatles were only tangentially related to the original film—actors provided the... More »

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entertainment • Paul McCartney • film • cartoon • Beatles • Ringo Starr • movie remakes • 3-D • Yellow Submarine • psychedelic • Robert Zemeckis

(Newser) - There’s been a third divorce filing between Robin Wright Penn and hubby Sean Penn, Access Hollywood reports. The Penns have been on the outs, on and off, for years, but this time could be official. The fairer Penn claims “irreconcilable differences,” though the couple agrees to share... More »

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entertainment • film • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn • child custody • movies • celebrity divorces • separation

 Pitt to Play 
 Baddie in Ritchie's 
 Sherlock Holmes 

Movie execs demand missing character join film

Aug 17, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt will be skulking around the shadows of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, reports the Daily Mirror. Studio execs were troubled by Ritchie’s initial take, and demanded that the director resurrect Holmes’ nemesis, Moriarty. A desperate call to pal Pitt, who had some free time, turned the crisis into... More »

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(Newser) - Tina Sinatra would prefer that Martin Scorsese direct her father’s biopic her way, the New York Post reports. "Marty wants it to be hard-hitting and showcase the violent, sexually charged, hard-drinking Frank, but Tina wants to show the softer side of her dad and let the focus be... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 District 9 Beams Up 
 Box Office Win 


Aug 16, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien-apartheid flick District 9 abducted $37 million at the box office this weekend for a first-place landing, Bloomberg reports. “This really was an under-the-radar film” before the Comic-Con convention last month, one analyst says. “Sony did a masterful job of marketing.” GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • G-Force • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

 Weinsteins to Basterds: 
 Please Save Our Careers 

Fallen Miramax founders desperate for Hollywood comeback

Aug 16, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once Hollywood’s highbrow hitmakers, Bob and Harvey Weinstein are hitless, humbled, and hoping that a movie about Nazi-killers can save them, the New York Times reports. They once raked in Oscars by producing films like Pulp Fiction and The English Patient, but since leaving Miramax to start their own... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movies • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

O'Connell's Latest Role:
Law Student

Mr. Rebecca Romijn gets off the couch
and branches out

Aug 14, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rebecca Romijn's hubby Jerry O’Connell is taking it not-so-easy while his wife works on a new show, People reports. “I had always planned on continuing my education at some point,” the Stand By Me star and father of twins says, so he’s started law... More »

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entertainment • California • film • twins • law school • actor • movies • Rebecca Romijn • Jerry O'Connell

movie review

 Traveler's Wife a Waste of Time 

McAdams-Bana love story is 'dull,' 'sappy'

Aug 14, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics have one good thing to say about the Time Traveler’s Wife, the love story of a man doomed to bounce through time: Eric Bana looks good naked.
  • “Watching Mr. Bana frequently strut his seminude stuff, nimbly avoiding the full-frontal reveal even as he flashes some discreet
... More »

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film • movie review • Rachel McAdams • Audrey Niffenegger • Eric Bana • Eric Bana nude • Eric Bana naked


 Judge OKs Jackson Movie 

Fans will get to see rehearsals for London concerts

Aug 10, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(AP) - Audiences will get to see the King of Pop perform one more time after a judge approved a major movie deal based on footage of his final rehearsals for his London comeback. A Los Angeles superior court judge greenlighted a deal between Michael Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and... More »

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film • judge • Michael Jackson • movies • rehearsal • Michael Jackson This Is It review

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