Rupert Grint Made More Money Than George Clooney, and 6 Other Staggering 2009 Salary Disclosures
Sometimes the news leaves little room for commentary beyond a gaping jaw and/or silently shaking head, and that's pretty much what you'll experience while browsing a new…
MacGruber to Bow at SXSW (But Not if MacGyver Creator Has Anything to Say About It)
The South by Southwest Film Conference has revealed the complete program for its festival commencing in March, with films by auteurs Michel Gondry (The Thorn in the…
Hollywood Ink: Brett Ratner, Relativity to Serve Catfish
· After a bidding skirmish over the possibly truth-challenged Sundance documentary Catfish, Relativity Media has grabbed rights to the film for a reported $1.5 million…
Is the August Movie Wasteland Finally Safe For Oscar?
One of my most delightful memories of an otherwise hit-or-miss 2009 at the movies was how much August had going for it for a change. Sure, Hollywood dumped plenty of…
All Aboard the Carey Mulligan Oscar-Comeback Express!
A couple days after Movieline wondered aloud what the hell ever happened to one-time Oscar shoo-in Carey Mulligan, some blowback emerged from the folks at Sony Pictures…
Seriously, A**hole: Mel Gibson Has Changed For the Better
Everything was going so well for Mel Gibson in his return to acting after eight years away -- or at least it was until Tuesday, when for some unknown reason Gibson…
Austria, Not Australia
How do you know when you've hit the saturation point of Oscar coverage? Probably when you instinctively draw parallels between a banner year for Austria (three…
Hollywood Ink: Rupert Murdoch Unofficially Greenlights Avatar 2
· While most of the reaction to Rupert Murdoch's quarterly earnings call Tuesday concerned the mogul's stance on welcoming Conan O'Brien to the Fox fold, the call was…
Release Dates! Will! Clash!
As if there were any doubt, Warner Bros. has greenlit the conversion of Clash of the Titans from 2-D to 3-D, thus requiring the blockbuster's release date to be pushed…
Tyler Perry's New Fan Message Fails to Note Six-Time Oscar Nominee He Executive Produced
You've got to feel for Tyler Perry, a self-contained juggernaut of film and TV production, theater tours and various other interests that would wipe out a dozen lesser…
Precious Screenwriter Geoffey Fletcher on Oscar Nod: 'I Feel as if I'm Still Staring at the Screen'
The Oscar reaction carousel spins anew at Movieline HQ, with Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher paying a visit this afternoon to talk about his newly announced…
'Watch Out Harvey, It's on Now': A Collection of Official Oscar Reactions
The reactions, commentary and eminently quotable humility of Oscar Nomination Day is an age-old tradition in Hollywood, and one in which Movieline is happy to be…
In the Loop Filmmaker Armando Iannucci on Sweariest Oscar-Nominated Script Ever
Movieline's first stop on the Oscar-reaction rounds is Armando Iannucci, the In the Loop director whose caustic political satire today earned an Adapted Screenplay…
So Long, Skids and Mudflap: An Oscar Requiem For Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
While this was supposed to be the year that the Academy Awards opened their uppermost tiers to America's favorite popcorn entertainment, there were some blockbusters…
Hollywood Ink: Orlando Bloom Goes Indie, Plays Doctor
· Orlando Bloom will lead the cast of the thriller-ish indie drama The Good Doctor, starring in the title role of a frustrated physician who schemes to keep a young…
