Slumping Universal Whacks Co-Chairmen, Promotes Marketing Boss
Well, that was fast: Less than a week after speculation began in earnest that Ron Meyer was plotting a regime change at the hit-starved Universal Pictures, David Linde…
Lust, Caution: Mad Men Recapped
Everybody was in the mood for love Sunday night on Mad Men. Or at least everybody who made an appearance, a group comprising an unusually small number of the show's…
Roman Roundup: Just How Much Did Polanski Pay His Victim, Anyway?
More developments from the bombed-out front of the Roman Polanski Culture War:· Offering a little context to Samantha Geimer's avowed support of her recently apprehended…
Fashion Designer Lindsey Lohan Rejected in Paris
The Paris fashion firmament was rocked Sunday when Lindsay Lohan introduced her first collection as the "artistic adviser" of Emanuel Ungaro. The reaction? "We love…
Michael Mann Going to War on a Shoestring Budget
· After receiving relentless crap from the Hollywood establishment for daring to spend $100 million on what amounted to an art-house gangster movie (and a modestly…
You Win Some, You Lose Some
It was a week of tests, travails and international meltdowns, and Movieline observed the results with diligence. Take a rest and reminisce with us about the good times…
In Theaters: The Invention of Lying
The words "lie," "truth," and "honesty" are never uttered in The Invention of Lying, save for the "L"-word's invocation during co-writer/director/star Ricky Gervais's…
Roman Roundup: Chris Rock Most Definitely Not Team Polanski
It's time once again to scan the culture for fissures, frays and other signs of wear from Roman Polanski's first official week back in the harsh light of Hollywood…
Precious Director Lee Daniels Confesses: 'We Laughed From Beginning to End'
The lawsuit-inspiring, diva-boasting darling Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire makes landfall in New York this weekend, when its appearance as the New York…
New Pics Defuse Dance Upskirt Scandal
As mentioned in Wednesday's Buzz Break, a Zapruder-filmesque conspiracy emerged this week when some freak attempted to convince the world a vagina-slip occurred on So…
MGM Takes Deep Breath as Creditors Allow 3-Month Reprieve
· As Hollywood dramas go, we might look back on the Great MGM Panic of 2009 as a little overreaching: While the flagging, restructuring studio remains more than $3…
David Letterman Exposes Extortion Plot, Staffer Sex to Late Show Audience
David Letterman took to the air last night to share details of the latest extortion plot against him, an alleged $2 million scheme by a fellow CBS employee to bury…
Zombies, Grrrls and Liars Battle Over Long, Strong Weekend
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and unusually crowd-pleasing and good at the movies. This week we reap a harvest…
5 Ways to Make the Proposed Ramones Biopic Work
Fox Searchlight is reportedly circling a project based on the life, times and influence of punk's founding fathers the Ramones. On one hand, this isn't really any…
Roman Polanski Doc Filmmaker 'Perplexed,' 'Astonished' Over Lying Source
It came as more than a little bit of a surprise Wednesday when a critical source in the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired said he'd fabricated his story…
