Helena Bonham Carter Joining ‘Terminator Salvation’
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Sony, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels, War
The script for Terminator Salvation must be all kinds of magic, because it’s attracting the most unlikely of people. The Hollywood Reporter announced this day that Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to join the cast, which already includes some pretty fine actors. Exactly who or what she will play isn’t mentioned, merely that her part is “small, but pivotal.”
So, let the speculation start! As Sarah Connor has morphed to a lovely brunette Lena Headey in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, perhaps she will be playing her in a flashback? (I know, the TV show is on a separate mythology/timeline as the films, but I’ve to take into account all the possibilities.) Could she be a Terminator model, despite her petiteness? A vital designer of SkyNet? A baker who comes up with an industrious way to dispose of fallen soldiers and feed what’s left of humanity? I’m at a loss here.
David Pasquesi: In the Limelight - VIDEOS
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, In the Limelight, Celebrities, Reality-Free
No, it’s not Adrien Brody’s snarky older brother. It’s David Pasquesi, one of the stars of Spike TV’s first original half-hour comedy, The Factory.
Looking at Pasquesi’s IMDb page, he’s done a fair amount of TV and film work, but the majority of his experience comes from both theater and improv. He currently does shows and occasionally instructs at Chicago’s IO (Improv Olympic). Back in the day, he honed his improv chops under the tutelage of the legendary Del Close and was part of the class that developed The Harold. An improv geek’s reaction to that would be “Holy crap!” and everyone else should be thinking, “Who’s Harold?” Yeah, don’t worry about it. If this interests you though, check out this great interview he did back in ‘06, all about his work in improv.
Britney might still be at the MTV Video Music Awards
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Despite being panned for her performance at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, it seems that MTV wants her back. the president of MTV Music Networks Van Toffler has been quoted as saying “Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?”
Spears “Gimme More” performance at last year’s awards at the Palms Casino Resort drew 7.1 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. It was the show’s most talked-about moment.
Neal McDonough is Desperate’s new man
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Casting, Reality-Free
One thing you have to state about the powers that be at Desperate Housewives, they’re really great with casting. Great looking guys, beautiful women, quirky character actors; we’ve seen them all on Wisteria Lane and usually they leave a lasting impression.
The latest name to check in to Desperate Housewives is Neal McDonough. He’ll be appearing in the new season and Hollywood Reporter is wondering how he’d do with Nicolette Sheridan’s character, Edie Britt. Is that wondering or playing matchmaker? How do we know that Marc Cherry isn’t setting him up as a mystery man from Bree’s past? Cherry is nothing if not inventive, so good luck trying to anticipate his plotlines! Read more
Your Favorite Death Scenes of All Time?
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Fandom, Peter Jackson, James Bond, Lists
It’s official: more actors need to die. Debra Winger figuratively kicking the bucket in Terms of Endearment, or Jimmy Durante literally kicking the bucket in It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World … Harold Sakata reaching for his unfortunately uninsulated derby in Goldfinger, Bugs Bunny grabbing for Oscar gold after being mortally wounded by Elmer Fudd in Tex Avery’s short “The Wild Hare” (”It’s gettin’ dark, Doc … gasp, choke”). One of my favorites: James Mason making it until daybreak during an entire movie-long death scene in Odd Man Out, or the death by, eh, inspiration in Hot Fuzz.
The list goes on at Gawker.com, where a poll got a lot of people speaking. Male posters aired out plenty of excuses for crying in movie theaters like whipped tiny girls. One correspondent has a likely explanation for shedding his unmanly tears at the end of Armageddon: “a piece of meteorite got in my eye.” I know how he felt. Ambient radiation made my eyes run when Spock got broiled at the end of The Wrath of Khan. And all that Middle Earth pollen played hell with my sinuses right when Boromir keeled over, begging apology with his last breath. What’s your own favorite demise? Cinematical’s Monika Bartyzel lists her 7 best here, from an ‘07 column, mentioning one time Steven Seagal didn’t pull through. Incidentally an outfit called movie deaths.com insists on that the one 100 percent rating is the demise of the pugnacious black knight (above) in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Get out the kleenex and weigh in …
James and Dule talk Psych
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Interviews, Celebrities, Psych, Reality-Free
Psych is coming back! Starting on July 18th, the comedy starring James Roday and Dule Hill will be returning to USA Network with all new episodes. The third season of this series looks to be a very interesting one, as viewers will finally get to meet Shawn Spencer’s long-lost mother as well as get to see a more dramatic side of the character … something we got a taste of during the last few episodes of last season.
The two stars of Psych got together with the press last week to touch on a number of subjects. Topics included a preview of the upcoming season, a discussion about the duo’s “Ebony & Ivory” commercial, Roday’s appearance on the NBC anthology Fear Itself, and the never-ending 1980s references that the two spout during each episode.
Discuss: Do Politics Belong in Kids Movies?
June 30, 2008
Filed under: Animation, New Releases, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Scripts, Newsstand, Politics
A couple of people have been griping about Wall-E director Andrew Stanton’s refusal to admit that his cute little motion picture about a robot in love actually contains some pretty upfront green politics, but there’s a far more polarizing reference in the film than its harmless pro-environment agenda. It’s no major plot spoiler to reveal that, about an hour or so into the story, Fred Willard appears in a recorded message as the mysterious president of Earth’s corporate government and orders the ship’s captain (Jeff Garlin) to “stay the course.” Wait, we’ve heard this one before: It was the go-to statement used by the Bush administration for about three years or so when describing its modus operandi in Iraq (the term was abandoned when staying the course started to sound like a bad idea). In Wall-E, the context is quite different — it’s an order to not do something, rather than take action — but hard to ignore nonetheless.
Students State ‘I Do’ To Wedding Class
June 30, 2008
(NAT — Maggie) “Today we’re talking about Ch. 14, floral décor.” TALK OF FLOWERS, RINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY…THAT’S NO SURPRISE IN THIS CLASS. (Bite — Rasheena) “I’m learning so much about the wedding industry.” AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, STUDENTS LIKE WILSON ARE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME WEDDING PLANNERS. (NAT — Floral guy) “This is a good floral to h…
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Perry Wu, BitGravity
June 30, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008 http://www.beet.tv/2008/06/bitgravity-has.html BitGravity Has CDN Solution for Live Streaming and Revision3 ‘diggs” It LOS ANGELES — BitGravity, the new Burlingame-based content delivery network, has a focus on the quality live video streaming market. The company has signed some impressive companies including Revision3 which uses the solution to stream diggna…
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Gary Oldman Speaks Heath Ledger’s Joker, The Riddler For Dark Knight Sequel
June 30, 2008
Last night in L.A., select film sites including Slashfilm were shown The Dark Knight. The collective positive buzz seems to have only increased in the hours since, reaching frenzied levels that are arguably unprecedented (especially for Twitter). Over the weekend, Movie Hole spoke to Gary Oldman about Heath Ledger’s role as The Joker, and what […]
