Judge Agrees to Hear Jersey Shore Lawsuit
A judge in, well, New Jersey has agreed to hear a case against the producers of Jersey Shore, who are accused of profiting off fights provoked deliberately for MTV's…
Hollywood Ink: Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be Twice as Busy
· The good news: Joseph Gordon-Levitt may reunite with Brick director Rian Johnson for the sci-fi-thriller Looper. The bad news: More time-travel nonsense, with JGL…
Axe Brick Tamland, and 9 Other Ways to Close the $30 Million Budget Gap on Anchorman 2
I've never been much of a believer that Anchorman 2 would happen. It had its window around 2006 or so; now the economics don't work and the global box office prospects…
Bill Condon Has Heard Enough of Your Questions Now, Twilight Fans
Twilight Nation has been hormonally atwitter ever since Bill Condon was announced as Summit Entertainment's choice to direct the franchise's final installment Breaking…
The Verge: Steven Strait
Along with Banksy's self-distributed Exit to the Gift Shop, City Island's ongoing box office run is one of the more inspirational indie success stories of the year to…
James Franco's Insider-y SNL Doc Saturday Night Bows at Tribeca
The sold-out Tribeca Film Festival premiere of James Franco's documentary Saturday Night boasted at least two inconsistencies -- it screened on a Sunday afternoon in…
Fugitive Child Rapist Can 'Remain Silent No Longer!'
If you're exhausted by the seeming inertia of the whole Roman Polanski extradition saga, here's something that should get you going again: The house-arrested filmmaker…
Hollywood Ink: Who Wants to Be in the Naomi Watts Business?
· Summit Entertainment wants to be in the Naomi Watts business! Days after announcing it had acquired the rights to the star's Valerie Plame drama Fair Game, it landed a…
Come On, Get Happy
And so another week -- another month! Oy! -- closes at Movieline. It was a blur, but we'll piece it all together with the help of the good-old Week in Review. Make sure…
Matthew Vaughn in Running for X-Men: First Class?
An intriguing Friday rumor has Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the top of Fox's list to helm its reboot X-Men First Class. Having proven his dexterity and skill with…
Say Whaaaa? Cocaine Vaginas, Secret Babies and More of the Week's Most Insane News
Happy hour is here, and so Movieline hits the bar with our favorite Friday drinking buddies, the Say Whaaaa? Singers. They'll have an O'Doul's for now, though, because a…
Swiss Reject Secret Polanski Testimony
Justice officials in Switzerland say they will not accept secret, unsealed testimony from a former prosecutor in the Roman Polanski case. The director's lawyers wanted…
Stephen Baldwin Attempts to Clear Up Your Misconceptions About RestoreStephenBaldwin.org
It arrived last week like a bolt from Heaven itself: RestoreStephenBaldwin.org, your one-stop shop for charitable contributions to the most famous bankrupt born-again…
Michael Caine on Harry Brown, Paycheck Roles and Why the British Do Dystopia Best
The grim, almost impossibly violent Harry Brown will no doubt draw endless comparisons to Dirty Harry and other risible exemplars of do-it-yourself crimefighting. But…
Totally Random Juries Hand Out Tribeca 2010 Hardware
Jessica Alba took the night off from her fiery culinary adventures to join the rest of the Tribeca Film Festival's random jurors on awards night. The festival handed out…
