Misadventures in Cougar Baiting
· Having tired of SNL's nerdy comic grind, Andy Samberg has apparently hit the growth hormones just in time to woo The Cougar (premiering tonight on TVLand)! But if his…
Joel Schumacher The Latest Director To Suffer Totally Planned Viral 'Leak'
Believe it or not, Joel Schumacher movies don't just get slapped together in a couple weeks on the Warner's lot. (At least not any more.) There's evidently a process…
Play Movieline's Tournament of Champions: Franchise Survival Edition!
Looking back through the 1989 debut issue of Movieline, it's striking to read critic and biographer David Thomson's take on "The Culture of Reincarnation" -- a…
New Basterds Clip Scalps Idol Viewers
The Weinstein Company has taken a stirring new approach to hype since successfully setting an Oscar trap for Kate Winslet: Hammer American Idol viewers over the head…
Jamie Foxx Takes Miley Mea Culpa to Late Night
Two days after going nuclear with his (among other things), Jamie Foxx offered his apology during an appearance on The Tonight Show. Jay Leno broached the subject with…
Indie Kingpin Bob Berney to Resume Cash, Oscar-Hoarding?
Conventional industry wisdom doesn't exactly point to 2009 as the ideal year to open a new distribution shop. There are exceptions, I guess -- maybe you've somehow…
Jamie Foxx vs. Miley Cyrus: What Hath Movieline Wrought?
As much as it was a pleasure to introduce this site yesterday, it came as even more of a thrill to be the first! Site! Anywhere! to point out Jamie Foxx's charming…
Who's to Blame For L.A.'s Crippling Production Crisis?
The film industry reels today from the news that area location shoots have plunged -- a lot -- since 2007. The Los Angeles Times offers humbling data showing an…
Lars Von Trier Returns With Sordid, Screamy 'Antichrist'
In this edition of the Two-Minute Verdict, have your first glimpse at (and judgment of) the trailer for Antichrist, the new effort by Danish provocateur Lars Von Trier…
Brett Ratner: 'Like Disemboweling a Ghost'
Say what you will about the Rush Hour franchise and anything else in Brett Ratner's cinematic oeuvre, but never accuse the guy of not having taste. The 40-year-old…
It's the Porn About Nothing
Wind down your day -- every day -- with The Last Word, Movieline's regular late-afternoon news digest:· We were extremely impressed with the Seinfeld porn's slavish…
Porn Icon Marilyn Chambers Dead at 56
Marilyn Chambers, the woman who blazed a trail into porn for Ivory Soap models around the world (and later had a far less influential impact breaking into "legit"…
Jamie Foxx's Easter Wish For Miley Cyrus: 'Catch Chlamydia'
Oscar-winner and part-time radio host Jamie Foxx may or may not have known Hannah Montana was going to lead Hollywood's biggest-ever Easter weekend, but he had a gift…
Mel Gibson Headed For Divorce Court
This just in from Movieline's Dept. of Foregone Conclusions: Mel Gibson and his wife of 28 years are officially over. More than two years after their rumored separation…
BREAKING: Brad Grey No Longer Newsworthy
You know it's a slow news week when no less an authority than the New York Times observes there is nothing important happening in the world of Brad Grey. Loving the…
