On July 30, 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria to parents Gustav and Aurelia. He moved to America when he was 21 years old, rose to fame as a prominent body builder, turned to acting, turned to politics, and -- before the scandal about his illegitimate love child broke earlier this year -- was one of the most beloved figures in pop culture over the last 30 years. So, not a great birthday year for Arnold! But! that doesn't mean we can't celebrate the former Governator's cumpleaños by remembering some of his great onscreen one-liners.
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Green Lantern, you're off the hook. With just $12.9 in ticket sales on Friday night, Cowboys & Aliens lived up to its diminished projections, may lose the weekend crown to The Smurfs, and could be labeled one of the biggest busts of the summer thanks to its hefty price tag (reportedly north of $165 million). Stick that in your smurf and smurf it, James Bond and Han Solo! Relatively speaking, fellow newcomer Crazy, Stupid, Love. fared better than Cowboys, landing in a solid fourth place on Friday, and -- from experience -- selling out New York City theaters from 19th street to the Lower East Side. Hipsters love them some Steve Carell! Your Friday box office is here.
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You might have heard it's Friday, and so we wind down the latest period of intrigue also known as "just another week at Movieline." This calls for the one and only Week in Review, loaded with all the major happenings, milestones, landmarks and must-know developments you might have missed in the whirlwind. Get a look after the jump, and drop by all weekend for box-office updates and other news from the pop-culture trenches. See you there -- have a good one!
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Not only is Olivia Wilde open to appearing partially nude in movies -- as she does in Cowboys & Aliens and the upcoming Change-Up, but she is totally down to talk about said partial nudity at length in interviews. Earlier this week, she admitted that her own exposed behind in the latter film was a surprise, even to her, and the other night on a special Jon Favreau-directed episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actress told the host (and all of America) about the CGI movie magic involved in her topless Change-Up scene with Ryan Reynolds.
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From Transformers to G.I. Joe to this weekend's The Smurfs, children of the '80s have lost many a Saturday morning cartoon memory to the cash-grabbing clutches of the Hollywood remake machine. Plenty more are being developed into shiny, CG-smooth reboots as we speak. So let's take a moment and plea, for the sake of those that remain, that these nine beloved, totally '80s children's properties be left where they belong: In our fuzzy, warm past -- safe in the glow of yesteryear.
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In this weekend's Crazy, Stupid, Love (read Movieline's review here), Julianne Moore plays Steve Carell's bored wife whose office affair (and subsequent request for divorce) catapults her husband into Ryan Gosling's impeccably toned arms for a man makeover and life overhaul. How did the North Carolina native evolve from playing a pair of conniving, clichéd half sisters on As the World Turns to one of the most reliably brilliant actresses in Hollywood?
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Hollywood veteran Jerry Lewis dropped this bit of real talk on assembled television journalists during the Encore portion of the TCA press tour on Friday: "The industry has destroyed themselves. It's no longer relevant because it puts out all of its product on a stupid phone. You're going to put Lawrence of Arabia on that goddamned stupid son of a bitch? [Twitter and Facebook are] wonderful technical advances, but once people see how much it's cluttering their life, they'll figure it out for themselves. We're not going to have human beings in 20 years. People won't be talking to other human beings." Happy Friday? [Deadline]
Because it's Friday and you deserve it, here's the latest newcomer in the world of the artistic pop culture food art wars: Watermelon Optimus Prime, forged from the flesh of a juicy, juicy watermelon. But how does the edible Autobot leader compare to the nefarious design of delicious darkness that is Carrot Darth Vader?
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Harrison Ford turns 40 this weekend! Well, his filmography anyway. Cowboys & Aliens marks Ford's fortieth feature credit, and the National Post has decided to celebrate this milestone with an illustrated guide to the many characters he has played over the last six decades. If you can tell the difference between the roles Ford played in Hollywood Homicide and Firewall, you're already ahead of the game. [National Post]
· Well done, Internet; well done! Saturday Night Live writer Mike O'Brien debuted his new web series 7 Minutes With Heaven on Friday, and guest Kristen Wiig is more than up to the challenge of appearing on a show set inside a closet. Watch the Bridesmaids star mug for the camera, hide under a dress and make claustrophobia look as hilarious as possible. The only problem? The episode isn't seven minutes long! Guess 4 Minutes and 31 Seconds in Heaven wasn't as catchy. Your Friday Buzz Break is here.
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I've been known to land a little hard on Gwyneth Paltrow from time to time, so in the spirit of fairness, here's this. Happy Friday.
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Today in things that are adorable: at the Los Angeles premiere of Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Thursday night, Harry Potter star Rupert Grint showed up to support his former co-star (and Apes baddie) Tom Felton. Only, he didn't just show up; he wore a homemade t-shirt professing his Felton-y love. Expecto Bro-tronum! Pics ahead.
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In a total non-surprise, it seems many of the nation's film critics have said "smurf off" to Raja Gosnell's new animated/live-action hybrid, The Smurfs. The three-apple-high 3-D menace is currently rocking a 17 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, putting it in league with Zookeeper as one of the worst reviewed films of the summer. If only critics had followed along with Movieline's handy review chart, all this angst would have been avoided! Ahead, the nine smurfiest smurfing reviews of The Smurfs.
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The troubled, George Lucas-produced historical action drama Red Tails finally has a release date: January 20, 2012. Lucasfilm announced the news this morning; it comes more than 20 years after Lucas first hatched his tale of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen and a little more than a year after Lucas ordered significant reshoots on director Anthony Hemingway's film. Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard star.
Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: The Entourage movie is totally happening says the Entourage team... the Korean film industry puts its faith -- and dollars -- in Rob Cohen... Gangster Squad casts another dude... and more ahead.
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