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Tinseltown

There's no business like show business

I'm at a bar one evening and I overhear the man next to me complaining to the bartender about his job. "All day," he says, "I work in the circus shoveling elephant shit. And then I come home tired and wanting a little lovin' but my wife won't touch me, says I smell. And the pay sucks." "Why don't you quit?" I asked. "What!?" he shouts. "And leave show business?"

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July 2008
- I Want to Believe Requires True Faith
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | 6 hours, 41 minutes ago
  
  X-Files: I Want to Believe is strictly for serious fans of Mulder and Scully on the small screen, the critics say. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny's plunge back into the paranormal "gives devoted fans plenty of small moments to swoon over," Brian Lowry writes in Variety , "but the appeal should be limited beyond those fervent loyalists." More »
- Next Batman May Be Lurking in Obscurity
  
  newser | Radar | Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  With The Dark Knight —featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including: Female Furies: "With a little retooling, this could be the hot new Julia Roberts feminist vehicle that Mona Lisa Smile never was." More »
- The 10 Best-Paid Actors
  
  newser | Forbes | Jul 23, 08 11:01 AM CDT
  
  Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10: Johnny Depp ($72 million) Eddie Murphy ($55 million) Mike Myers ($55 million) Leonardo DiCaprio ($45 million) More »
- Ledger May Not Be Dark Knight 's Only Oscar Nod
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 22, 08 7:46 PM CDT
  
  Buzz about a possible Oscar nod for Heath Ledger's Joker has been circulating since long before last week's release of The Dark Knight , but could others behind the film be honored, too? In the Los Angeles Times , Tom O'Neil looks at past honorees involved in the film's creation. Lee Smith was nominated for an editing Oscar for Master and Commander . More »
- A-List Potential, F-Grade Agents
  
  newser | The Playlist | Jul 22, 08 4:13 PM CDT
  
  James Caviezel has gone from playing Jesus in Passion of the Christ to “a dragon hunter from another planet” in next year’s Outlander , Spencer Martin notes on the Playlist. Who else should have fire their agents for such moves? Heather Graham. Success: Drugstore Cowboy, Boogie Nights, Austin Powers. Failure: Committed, Say It Ain’t So, Miss Conception . Lucy Liu. Success: Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill. Failure: Lucky Number Slevin, Code Name: The Cleaner. More »
- 'Sophia' of Golden Girls Dead at 84
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 1:37 PM CDT
  
  Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84. The two-time Emmy winner, who suffered from advanced dementia, died this morning at home, her son told the AP. More »
- Ebert, Roeper Close Curtain on At the Movies
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 22, 08 6:24 AM CDT
  
  Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are calling it a day with At the Movies , reports the Chicago Tribune . Insiders say Disney plans to revamp the 33-year-old show and give it more of a Hollywood focus. Ebert, who holds the trademark for the show's signature thumbs up/thumbs down format, has vowed to take his thumbs elsewhere. Roeper hinted he would be joining him. More »
- Mad Men 's Moss Puts Bad Bangs to Good Use
  
  newser | New York | Jul 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
  
  She’s only 26, but actress Elisabeth Moss has already commandeered a niche: She has a knack for playing “easily underestimated innocents,” Emily Nussbaum writes in New York . Moss describes Peggy Olson—“the secretary with the unflattering bangs” she plays on the hit AMC show Mad Men —as “the one who is stepped on a little bit and has a really good heart.” More »
- Dark Knight Tops Spidey's Box-Office Record
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 20, 08 2:38 PM CDT
  
  Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box office superheroes. The Dark Knight took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, according to Warner Bros., which released the Batman Begins sequel. That figure topped Hollywood's previous best of $151.1 million, set by Spider-Man 3 in May 2007. More »
- McMahon Sues Billionaire, Hospital Over Broken Neck
  
  newser | People | Jul 19, 08 1:08 PM CDT
  
  Venerable TV sidekick and debtor Ed McMahon is suing two parties he says have contributed to his financial crisis, People reports. First, McMahon’s suit alleges that “unsafe entry stairs” at a billionaire investor’s home caused him to fall and break his neck; the second party is the hospital he was taken to, which allegedly failed to diagnose the broken neck and subsequently provided substandard care. McMahon, meanwhile, is trying to save his Beverly Hills home from foreclosure. More »
- Khloe Spends 173 Minutes in Slammer
  
  newser | Us Magazine | Jul 19, 08 12:52 PM CDT
  
  Reality TV starlet Khloe Kardashian is free today after spending 173 minutes in a California jail for a parole violation, Us Weekly reports. For those keeping track, her stay was more than twice as long as Nicole Richie’s last year at the same detention facility. More »
- Take a Chance on Mamma Mia!
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | Jul 18, 08 10:48 AM CDT
  
  Mamma Mia ! doesn't quite pull off the leap from stage to screen, but ABBA fans will find it worth taking a chance on, critics say. The "jukebox musical that strings together 19 ABBA hits on a narrative thread flimsier than dental floss" had Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer "smiling and wincing—often at the same time." More »
- How to Become Batman
  
  newser | Scientific American | Jul 17, 08 9:35 PM CDT
  
  We all want to be Batman. But how do we make it happen? An interview with neuroscience professor and martial artist E. Paul Zehr in Scientific American provides some tips: Three to 5 years of strength and conditioning training, 10 to 12 years of learning self-defense skills, and up to 18 years of martial arts training to put it all together. A nocturnal body clock, 10% body fat, and a few billion dollars can't hurt, either. Oh, and skip the steroids. More »
- Batman Already Selling Out
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 16, 08 9:20 PM CDT
  
  The new Batman flick doesn't open until midnight tomorrow, but strong buzz for the movie—especially the performance of the late Heath Ledger—is already causing theaters across the US to sell out, the New York Post reports. Sites such as Fandango and MovieTickets.com report heavier volume for the Dark Knight than for any recent blockbuster (that means you, too, Spider-Man) except for the Star Wars release of 2005. More »
- Paramount Loses $450M Funding Deal
  
  newser | Financial Times (UK) | Jul 15, 08 1:39 PM CDT
  
  A $450-million deal with Deutsche Bank that would have financed up to 30 films for Paramount is off the table, the Financial Times reports. Perhaps an unlikely casualty of the credit crunch, Paramount walked after a lack of enthusiasm in the market led to terms that were unattractive, persons familiar with the deal said. More »
- Weinsteins Sign 7-Year Deal With Showtime
  
  newser | Variety | Jul 15, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  Showtime and the Weinstein Company have inked an exclusive 7-year movie deal, giving the pay TV network a replacement for the slate of films it lost when Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate decamped in April and teamed up to launch a rival network, Variety reports. Showtime had balked at what it called excessive license fee demands; all the CEO would say about the fee the Weinsteins will be getting is that it's "a price that is consistent with today's marketplace." More »
- Kimmel, Silverman Split Up
  
  newser | Vanity Fair | Jul 14, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  After 5 years together, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, reps for the newly minted ex-couple confirmed to Vanity Fair today. "Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment," said a joint statement. Confessions of involvement with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck apparently didn't lead to the split of the talk-show host and actress. More »
- LiLo's 'Sis' Seeks Reunion
  
  newser | Entertainment Tonight | Jul 14, 08 10:41 AM CDT
  
  Lindsay Lohan’s supposed half-sister Ashley Kaufmann would really “love” to meet her famous sibs, the 13-year-old tells Entertainment Tonight . As she displays letters Michael Lohan wrote her from prison, Ashley says she doesn’t "want anything to do with him right now,” but adds: "I'd love to meet my siblings—I'd love that." More »
- Brangelina Welcomes a Boy and Girl
  
  newser | People | Jul 13, 08 6:57 AM CDT
  
  Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, last night at a hospital in Nice, France, People reports. As partner Brad Pitt looked on, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline were born by Cesarean section. “The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” said the obstetrician. Knox weighed in at 5.03 lbs., while Vivienne weighed 5 lbs. More »
- Ocean's 14 Beached: Cheadle
  
  newser | OK! | Jul 12, 08 3:37 PM CDT
  
  George Clooney and friends won’t be pulling off any more heists on the big screen, OK! reports. Asked whether he would act in an Ocean’s 14, co-star Don Cheadle replied flatly, “No. Done. It’s a wrap.” Steven Soderbergh's star-studded series, now apparently scrapped after three films, has grossed more than $1 billion since Ocean’s 11 debuted 7 years ago. More »

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