OK, folks, that does it: As they all must, the long week closes at Movieline. What are you up to now? Well, after catching up on the essentials you might have missed in our Week in Review? Whatever it is, make it work, make it rain, make it great, and/or everything else you can make that one might associate with a successful weekend. We'll be here filling you in on all the pertinent box-office happenings and other news around the cine-culture. Catch you then!
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See the lush, handsome photos both inside and bordering our site today? Those are sweet, sweet advertisements paid for by FilmDistrict on behalf of its new film Drive. Let's all join in thanks for the studio's support of our endeavors by performing the ultimate gesture of gratitude: Click. There are even more lush, handsome prospects on the other side of those ads. Please go check them out, and than come back and close out the week with us!
In this weekend's Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a Steve McQueen-esque movie stuntman by day and a getaway wheelman by night. How did Mr. Notebook transform himself from a 13-year-old Mickey Mouseketeer who soulfully sang cheesy lyrics alongside Justin Timberlake to one of our most respected movie stars and box office heartthrobs? You can always trace a direct line through a few important roles to illustrate what led to an actor's current success. As such, let's look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Ryan Gosling.
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Did I mention it's Friday? That entitles us to a little bit of off-topic fun -- which is to say, the single greatest taxidermy commercial in the history of modern advertising. Don Draper couldn't touch this. Click through for a look and the rest of your week-ending Buzz Break.
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Lauren Bacall: smokiest dame who ever lived? Besides Myrna Loy, who was so (literally) smoky that Nicotine dripped off the screen? Today is Bacall's 87th birthday, and even if she lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to that two-bit whippersnapper Juliette Binoche, she's still a supremely respected star of a bygone era. What's your favorite Bacall moment of all time?
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Remember how rapper-filmmaker 50 Cent wrote, produced, and stars in a film about a football player who gets diagnosed with cancer? The Mario van Peebles-directed flick was set to launch Fiddy into dramatic stardom under the title Things Fall Apart until reps for Nigerian author Chinua Achebe -- who wrote a little book also called Things Fall Apart, practically the most famous African novel ever -- contacted him with a copyright infringement complaint. 50 offered $1 million for use of the title, prompting Achebe's camp to shoot back with a resounding rejection.
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Everyone was all smiles Thursday night at the premiere of Abduction, which served as the action hero coming out party for Twilight star Taylor Lautner. Director John Singleton was beaming, co-stars Sigourney Weaver and Lily Collins strolled the red carpet, and hey, look! Tween pop star (and rumored former Lautner galpal) Selena Gomez popped up to lend her support! How sweet. And she brought her current paramour, Justin Bieber! Who looks totally thrilled to be there. Really.
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Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken felt so strongly about the idea of his Newsies readapted Broadway stage show that he decided to compose the show himself. You can't blame the guy -- who doesn't love the Burbank-y New York of Newsies, the '92 Disney flop about an old-timey newsboy strike? In footage from the new show, we hear from Menken, the show's writer Harvey Fierstein, and the actors hawkin' papes.
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No good deed goes unpunished on the junket circuit, and thus Brad Pitt's flicker of candor to Parade Magazine has landed the actor in a bit of a jam. Except, wait: You took it the wrong way. Or did you? I am so confused.
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Happy Friday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Isla Fisher is in talks for some magic... Harlan Ellison wants to stop the new Justin Timberlake film from opening (or at least get paid)... Lionsgate wants an Abduction franchise... Cannibal Holocaust's director has a few regrets... and more.
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In this installment of Weekend Forecast, three new and (mostly) intriguing offerings vie at the box office: the Ryan Gosling showcase Drive, Sarah Jessica Parker's I Don't Know How She Does It, and Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs. But will any of them be a match for the proven global box-office dazzle of Disney's The Lion King 3D?
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If your romantic relationship is doomed to failure but you simply cannot summon the courage to end it, then boy, does China have the service for you! For the equivalent of anywhere between $15 and $30 USD, Chinese residents can hire a break-up agency to end their relationship. Is it cowardly? Yes! Painless? Yes! (Well, for you.) Inspired by a romance film? Yes again!
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Let's hear it for all the readers, fans and aspiring MMA fighters who participated in our 10-word review contest for Gavin O'Connor's Warrior, starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. We've received a plethora of thoughtful submissions but alas, we could only choose one as the winner. Click ahead to see whose knockout review earned him/her a prize pack of the ultimate Warrior memorabilia.
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Chapter three of Madonna's flower-humiliating tour continues in Toronto, with the voguess showing off a new perfume inspired by her '91 documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare. Flare Editor-in-Chief Lisa Tant literally experienced the sparkling topnotes firsthand. Read her account of its aroma, then let's suggest our own.
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· George Lucas has been disappointing Stars Wars fans and cast members for years now with his trilogy tweaks and his profit hoarding, but these crimes have never been captured in a hilariously simplistic Taiwanese animation video. Until now! Click through to enjoy news organization NMA's take on Lucas -- which includes the Star Wars creator power drilling Harrison Ford from behind, raping the childhood memories of his fans and cutting Carrie Fisher out of Princess Leia laxative profits -- and then, stick around for more Buzz Break!
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