Movieline's Week in Review: Power Failure
Hoooo boy, there are a thousand unprintable analogies to describe the sensations of this week's scorching heat -- but enough about Movieline's hot moxie and firecracker zeal. For the rest of the entertainment world it was all about the very limitations of power, and particularly the outrageous things that happen when one oversteps them. Flash back with Movieline's Week in Review, and drop by this weekend as Dixon Gaines picks up that red-hot baton and sprints with it. Off we go!
· Emmy madness erupted with predictions and nominations, snubs and reactions, bitterness and prestige. Mad Men celebrated with a shoot-out.
· Lindsay Lohan was jailhouse-bound, but not before getting a dirty word in edgewise.
· Unless you count his casting, things didn't turn out as poorly as expected for M. Night Shyamalan. High-five, Manoj!
· Alas, Scream 4 did pretty much go straight to hell for its cast and filmmakers.
· Thanks to this week's interviewees, including Virginia Madsen, Jeff Fahey, Josh Hutcherson, Alan Ruck, Randal Kleiser, Moment of Truth subject Marshall Curry and Verge designee Louis Ozawa Changchien.
· New trailers for Eat Pray Love, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Vampires Suck, and All About Evil drew our Two-Minute Verdict.
· Recaps! We got recaps, like the season premiere of Warehouse 13, The Hills, My Life on the D-List, SYTYCD and The Real World.
· The rebooted Conan the Barbarian became the first movie to print its publicity materials on black velvet.
· Everyone seemed to have an opinion about Inception, but more importantly, what did the Reno 911 guys think of their own porn parody?
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The Emmy Awards nominations always seem to me to be futile publicity stunts in the misty tableau of the old Hollywood time warp. I was involved in a few television series that received the honor and was always quite awed and grateful to receive them however. "Glee," is somewhat of a mystery from the twilight zone.
Ms. Lohan's legal problems aren't as bad as she might imagine, and like Paris Hilton (rememmber her?) before this messy inconvenience, she'll survive. Anyone going to a hearing might want to remember some some annoying, but helpful, tips on the legal mistique, which can be found in my new book: "Going To Court? A Guide For Dummies... Celebrities, Starlets, Media Darlings, Authors, Forgotten Actors, Thinkers and Sports Screwups, and Corporate Felons, et al" Rule No. One: never paint "F**k You" on your fingernails, Judges and cops find this problematic and troublesome. Rule No. Two: Any obscene tatoos on your forehead should be covered up with Clearisil or makeup from the studio... you'll look better in those TV News Bulletin CLOSE UPS... This informative self-help novella will be in book stores next week, if my agent doesn't screw the distribution deal up.