Let’s put this right out front: nobody’s looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises more than we are. It led off our list of 2012′s most anticipated movies; we sing the praises of every new teaser they put out in our weekly “Trailer Park” roundups. This is a movie we’re really, really looking forward to. But you have to draw a line somewhere, and we think this might be it.
According to Variety, tickets are now available for the first, midnight IMAX screenings of The Dark Knight Rises — that’s right, six full months in advance. So if you’re one hundred percent certain that you won’t have anywhere to be at 12:01am on the night of Thursday, July 19th, you can hop on over to Fandango (here’s the link for my fellow New Yorkers — that IMAX screen at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 is a peach), plop down your $20, and have yourself a ticket right now. You might wanna choose the “print at kiosk” option, though, because the chances of misplacing the “print at home” ticket within the next six months are pretty high. Borderline astronomical, we’d say.
Oh wait, you can’t. The midnight screening six months from now is already sold out.
So, seriously, how out of control is the Hollywood Hype Machine these days?
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1. After moving more than 5 million copies, Adele’s 21 is not only the top-selling album of the year — it’s the best-selling album since Usher’s Confessions, which was released back in 2004. Also worth noting: Music sales were up 3 percent overall this year. [via Reuters]
2. Thanks to some serious preparations for a “high-profile” client happening at New York’s St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, rumor is that Beyoncé will be having her baby girl any moment now… that is, if you believe that she’s really pregnant. [via Jezebel]
3. Can you picture Lady Gaga living in this $1.7M manor-style house in Amish Country? Admittedly, the move makes a lot more sense once you discover that the pop star’s current boyfriend’s parents live right next door.
4. Anne Hathaway serenaded Meryl Streep with “She’s Me Pal” at last night’s 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in a routine that also included a split. Watch her performance here.
5. Bambi, Silence of the Lambs, Faces, and Forrest Gump, are among the 25 movies that the Library of Congress selected from 2,228 nominees elected by the public for its 2011 additions to the National Film Registry for preservation. [via EW]
Bonus Buzz: Modern Family Recut as a Horror Film
When it comes to investing in Hollywood stars, who is going to give studios the biggest return for their money? That’s the question answered by an interesting new survey from Forbes. A few things to keep in mind as you peruse their findings: Forbes looked at the last three non-animation movies of the 40 highest-earning actors in Hollywood, and the total compensation number includes both upfront and backend pay (ie, money made from DVD sales). The end result? A top five that’s dominated by young actors who have starred in some of the biggest franchises of the decade — and Anne Hathaway. Click through to find out who else made their list. Read More »
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of the most memorable looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week on Go Fug Yourself, we examined many, many Halloween costumes on many, many celebrities, including, but not limited to: Heidi Klum and Seal, Fergie, Michelle Trachtenberg, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, Bette Midler, and Kim Kardashian. (Note: Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber totally won the award for most terrifying couple.) When those festivities were over, we took a look at Jessica Simpson’s Lucky magazine cover and were surprised when we didn’t hate it. We introduced ourselves to Like Crazy star Felicity Jones — not literally. We were dismayed by Anne Hathaway, although not on a personal level. We briefly checked in with the kids from Twilight, who have suddenly become entertaining. And finally, we took a trip Down Under and admired the many hats of the Melbourne Cup. You guys, some of them are intense.
Hollywood has a way of telling us who we are and who we should be, and there’s no one more amenable to its requests than its own biggest commodities — actors. The handful of molds are generally unchanging: the blonde bimbo, the unmarriageable brunette, the debonair gentleman, the dopey, dorky friend. Any number of people can fill these steadfast forms — Jean Harlows are replaced by Grace Kellys are replaced by Marilyn Monroes are replaced by Madonnas. But once an actor has been molded into an archetype, it’s often difficult for them to be anything else. Still, even those who get caught in the quicksand of typecasting can sometimes eventually make it out, like these pigeonholed actors, who, for better or for worse, finally played a kind of different role.
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Today at Flavorpill, we discovered that Twitter is even more excited about Beyoncé’s baby news than we are. We were amazed by the subtly of a few of these Stanley Kubrick cinemagraphs. We were obsessed with Gimme Bar, a new visual booksaving service. We wondered if Anne Hathway has the chops to play Fantine opposite of Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean. We liked the looks of this redesigned Diet Coke can. We were admittedly way too happy about this Hold Steady cover of Huey Lewis’ “The Power Of Love.” We couldn’t wait to see a new Showtime series from Steven Spielberg based on Stephen King’s 2009 novel Under the Dome. We visited The Shrine of Apple. And finally, we watched some models dressed in Lanvin dance to Pitbull, and found the entire thing surprisingly charming.
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week on Go Fug Yourself, Zoe Saldana looked crazy… and then undid the damage by looking awesome. Also looking awesome: Helen Mirren, hero of women all over the world for being a senior citizen and still legitimately sexy. Speaking of sexy, J Lo tried to seduce a bunch of fruit, Jennifer Love Hewitt made love to a jumpsuit, and Ashton Kutcher is apparently opposed to sexiness in any form at all anymore. We decided that if a look doesn’t work on Johnny Depp, it’s never going to work for a schlub like John Mayer. Also: Anne Hathaway wore a doily, we took a look at Jennifer Garner’s suspicious attempts to conceal her baby bump, and we examined the new posters for The Secret Circle. It’s magic!
When Brooklyn-born Anne Hathaway was cast in the very British female leading role of Lone Sherfig’s adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day, howls of objection were heard on both sides of the Atlantic. How dare they cast a Yank as Emma Morley? Then again, similar cries were sounded when Renee Zellweger was cast as Bridget Jones, and she ended up being, um, spot on (Brits say that, right?). But when One Day’s trailer hit a couple of months back, skepticism returned; Hathaway’s a good actress, but (to most ears, anyway) that is not a terribly good British accent. That said, the Bad Accent Hall of Fame is a very crowded place, and hers is nowhere near the top. Join us after the jump for our list of the ten spottiest dialects in cinema history, and feel free to add your own (and there are plenty more) in the comments.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week, on Go Fug Yourself, we examined the Teen Choice Awards, from the many looks of host Kaley Cuoco, to the leg warmers of Emma Stone, to the curiously demure sartorial choice of usually non-demure Blake Lively. We wondered, as we do every week, what the hell Julie Chen was wearing on Big Brother (we love you, ChenBot!). We had concerns about Anne Hathaway’s accent in One Day and we refused to climb on board Mary Murphy’s Hot Tamale Train. We admired Viola Davis, and congratulated a be-sequined Jennifer Love Hewitt on making The Client List into an actual TV series. Oh, yeah. That’s a thing now. You’re welcome.
1. Perhaps in an effort to top last year’s strange decision to let James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-host the show, Brett Ratner (the Rush Hour series and X-Men: The Last Stand) has been chosen to co-produce this year’s Academy Awards. “This wasn’t even in my dreams, it’s so far out,” he said. “This is something I never could have imagined.” [via THR]
2. Speaking of Anne Hathaway, here’s your first official photo of her as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises — and she’s riding a really enormous motorcycle. Any thoughts on how she stacks up compared to Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry?
3. According to Life & Style, famed fashion designer/sassy Project Runway judge Michael Kors and his longtime boyfriend Lance LePere are getting hitched. Kors’ official statement: “Lance and I are very excited to finally be able to have the opportunity to marry in our home state after many years together. We have no plans for a major party, but we will be getting married privately.” [via The Huffington Post]
4. In other fashion-related news, here’s an extremely rare photo of designer Karl Lagerfeld without his trademark sunglasses on. Spoiler alert: He has beady eyes.
5. Jesse Eisenberg has been cast as the lead in Richard Ayoade’s adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella The Double, which Vulture describes as “Fight Club for bureaucrats.” Based on how much we loved the former IT Crowd star’s debut feature, Submarine, we think this is really exciting news!
Bonus Buzz: Epic Hair Band Tattoo
