Does This Man Have What it Takes to Play Frank Sinatra?
· And no, it's not our mistake. It may be the Telegraph's, though: The newspaper reports that Jamie Foxx -- the reasonably well-known African-American actor who once won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles -- is "in the running" to portray Frank Sinatra in Martin Scorsese's upcoming biopic of the actor/singer. Actually, you know what? He'd still be better than Leonardo DiCaprio. [via The Lost Boy]
· Back in the day, Sinatra's former publicist Lee Solters probably wouldn't even have returned a phone call soliciting the Chairman's comment on such matters. And toady, we mourn him -- one of the last real, surviving press agents of the rough-and-tumble Winchell era. Solters passed away in his sleep this morning; he was 89. Nikki Finke and Patrick Goldstein remember.
· Sandra Bullock, Dwayne Johnson, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper and Abigail Breslin were among the presenters officially added today to the MTV Movie Awards line-up.
· So now we all know why Forest Whitaker is making that Jekyll and Hyde adaptation with Abel Ferrara and 50 Cent: It's a palate-cleanser.
· And just for fun, one last morsel from this morning's nutso Antichrist press conference. Yell at Lars von Trier all you want from the comfort of your own home/cubicle/iPhone -- it's fun!
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As for the Sinatra film:
DiCaprio should portray him when he's not singing, Timberlake should portray him when he is singing, and Foxx should portray him in his late-career stint as the DJ on "In Living Color".
I love how newspapers in England just print whatever they want. Jamie Foxx as Sinatra? Leo Dicaprio as Sammy Davis, Jr? Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as siamese twins / Joey Bishop? A source said "cool is colour-blind." That means yes.
Oh dear. Is the rift with Defamer so permanent? This was a joke made over there that a bunch of tabloids decided to run with. Like in the old days with the Apocalypto/Braveheart thing.
Could you repeat that...I think I had something crazy in my ear.
Could this event be a catalyst to usher in the long-awaited, highly anticipated era of African American thespians trying their hand at Whiteface?
No Jamie doesn't have what it takes to play Frank Sinatra. Neither does most of the people mentioned. Johnny Depp is too darned old unless that movie starts during the Ring-a-Ding-Ding sessions.
Geez, what's next? Benicio Del Toro as Moe?