1. “There will never be a reunion … as I will never do anything with an as*hole like Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up. This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn’t know the word.” — Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv, explains why she skipped a recent Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion
2. A People cover that surfaced on the Internet yesterday proclaiming that Twilight star Taylor Lautner is “Out & Proud” was actually a fake. Among the duped: Russell Simmons, who tweeted that he was “proud of Taylor Lautner for his bravery and his courage.” [via THR]
3. Van Halen — who have a new album due out on Interscope sometime in 2012 — have also announced plans to tour through the year with original frontman David Lee Roth. At 57, we’re wondering if his patented high-kicks will still pack the same punch. [via Rolling Stone]
4. Director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter Christ Zois are collaborating on a script that is inspired, in part, by the recent Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal. French film stars Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani are rumored to be circling the lead roles. [via Vulture]
5. “Jail is really cold, I had no socks on. I’m fine though, bail was a lot even though I didn’t hurt anyone, I damaged some shit and I don’t know why rappers talk about jail like it’s cool. Oh my God I would go crazy.” — Tyler, the Creatorblogs about the night that he spent in jail
There are two types of people who care about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – those who are already lining up to get into tonight’s midnight screenings and those who are simply devouring the hilarious reviews of critics who never wanted to see the movie in the first place. For that latter group (of which we are most certainly a part), today’s crop of reactions are solid gold. While the general consensus seems to be that Breaking Dawn is too long and slow, with bad writing and no performances to write home about, it’s the details of the funniest reviews that will send you into hysterics. See Taylor Lautner compared to a pizza-delivering porn star and much, much more after the jump. Read More »
1. Last night, while co-hosting the 2011 Mayor’s Awards for Arts and Culture at Lincoln Center, the always adorable Alec Baldwin introduced himself as the city’s mayor, much to Bloomberg’s feigned dismay. All joking aside, a run for office definitely seems to be in the 30 Rock star’s future plans, wouldn’t you say? [via NYDN]
2. James Franco has signed on to play a drug dealer (again!) in a new Harmony Korine film called Spring Break; the story “follows four college-aged girls who rob a fast food restaurant to afford spring break in Florida, only to get arrested upon their arrival.” Franco’s character bails them out, and convinces them to kill his arch-rival… a murderer named Arch. [via Slashfilm]
3. After bombing in Abduction (which is currently at 4% on Rotten Tomatoes), Twilight star Taylor Lautner is teaming up with director Gus Van Sant on an indie film that’s based on an unspecified nonfiction article from The New Yorker. Lautner will also produce the project. [via THR]
4. Rick Ross says that those recent seizures that led to his hospitalization in mid-October were caused by lack of sleep, and that he’s totally healthy now. [via NME]
5. Following an alleged 30-second tryst backstage at one of his concerts last year, a 20-year-old woman in California is claiming that Justin Bieber is the father of her 3-month-old baby, and is now suing him for child support. [via NYP]
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Ah, fall. The fall movie season is when we film lovers do our very best to shake off a summer’s supply of Transformers, ‘80s remakes, and wilted comic book heroes, and open our arms to the “prestige pictures”: the smart movies for grown-ups that studios trot out as close to Oscar time as possible, so that they can pretend like these are the kind of movies they make all year long.
Of course, those studios still have bills to pay, so it would be a mistake to presume that quality and intellect will be the sole flavor of the season. Too often, your fall movie previews tend to focus on the most promising releases, as though Oscar bait is all we’re going to see this autumn. Make no mistake: there will still be plenty of dumb comedies, mindless action, and copious amounts of 3-D. So in order to present the most complete picture of fall 2011 at the cinemas, we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of the major fall releases, good and bad alike. Of course, that’s quite a big list of movies, so we’ve boiled our comments down to the basics: who’s in it, what it is, who it’s for, and if we’re in or out. Break out your calendars and join us after the jump.
Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. This week, we’ve got eight new ones—everything from cancer comedies to Shakespearean dramas to, God help us, holiday fare. Check ‘em all out after the jump.
2010 has been a big year for Hilary Duff. First she got engaged, and now she’s working with the folks at Simon & Schuster on a Young Adult series. The first novel, Elixir, will center on photojournalist Clea Raymond’s many adventures and is due out in October. It got us thinking: What if other teen celebrities suddenly decided to pick up the pen? What would a Justin Bieber novel even be about? After the jump find the descriptions for our fictional best-seller list, which read a lot like you might expect if you follow these moppets in the tabloids.
1. R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass (whose hits included “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” and “Wake Up Everybody”) has died of colon cancer at 59 years old. His music career was thrown off track by a 1982 car crash that left him paralyzed from the waist down and affected his voice. [via AP]
2. As you might have guessed, this late night turmoil has been a good thing for Tonight Show ratings. Also: one Jimmy is staying out of it. [via WSJ]
3. The word of the day is déjà vu: A look at the set from Paul Reubens‘ newPee-wee Herman Show, which premiered in LA on Tuesday night. [via Deadline Hollywood]
4. Sarah Jessica Parker will be designing for Halston’s secondary line of archival looks, Halston Heritage, but Harvey Weinstein (one of the owners) had nothing to do with it. [via The Cut]
5. Hiring a host (Ricky Gervais) for the first time in 15 years isn’t the only thing NBC, Dick Clark Productions, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are doing to boost ratings for Sunday’s Golden Globes. They’re also making Twilight eye candy Taylor Lautner sit with the not-so-glamorous cast of The Hurt Locker. [via Vulture]
