We're gearing up for a Tarantino-heavy March here in Los Angeles, what with QT's month-long programming stint at the New Beverly. And here's some news you can expect to hear more on as fan boys corner the director between screenings: Ain't It Cool's Jeremy Smith reports that Tarantino will direct a spaghetti Western starring his Inglorious Basterds Oscar-winner, Christoph Waltz. Previously, Django himself (AKA Franco Nero) revealed his own involvement, name-dropping Keith Carradine and Treat Williams as additional co-stars. How do you say it? That's a bingo! [Ain't It Cool, The Playlist, Movieplayer]
How about an unconfirmed-but-awesome rumor to end your day? According to EW, former Lost star Josh Holloway may appear in the two-part season finale of Community. The episode -- which is being planned as a sequel of sorts to last spring's high-water mark "Modern Warfare" (the paintball episode) -- is set for May. You'd be right to expect many nicknames for Greendale's favorite study group, including at least one mention of "Brown Jamie Lee Curtis." [EW]
Another couple of hours, another totally crazed Charlie Sheen interview from his Downward Spiral-Induced Publicity Tour '11. This time, the Two and a Half Men star engaged a TMZ reporter from his own backyard about everything from coke benders to the time he got lost in downtown Los Angeles when he was 7 years old. As is customary, here are the best quotes until the next interview.
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You may not hear much about it today, but there is a school of thought purporting to redeem terrible Academy Awards ceremonies. "I actually like it when it's bad," one of its proponents wrote last night. "I like it when it chunders on and on and lasts all night. I like it when they accept that they will never be cool and just embrace their uncoolness." I offer that as a preemptive palate cleanser in advance of these nine Oscarcast critics who definitely don't like it when it's bad.
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· Hey, remember Rubber, that horror movie about the killer tire that makes heads explode when it gets angry? Well, it's out via On Demand right now, and it has a pretty awesome poster, courtesy of Boris Vallejo. Click ahead to see one giant tire, then stick around for more Buzz Break
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Good news, Vincent Gallo fans: Essential Killing, that crazypants film where the hirsute actor stars as a captured Taliban freedom fighter (!) is coming to VOD and "other platforms" via the newly beefed up Tribeca Film. So, that's good. Other festival favorites due out from Tribeca in 2011: Beware the Gonzo, Brother's Justice and the previously announced The Bang Bang Club and Last Night.
If there's two things we know about Saturday nights, it's that they are alright for fighting and sketch comedy. So the fact that Sir Elton John will be hosting Saturday Night Live on April 2 probably shouldn't come as a big surprise. According to THR, John's visit to Studio 8H was announced during his post-Oscar party on Sunday night. Leon Russell will act as musical guest, but let's all assume John will perform something, too. [THR]
Now that the Academy Awards are over, the entertainment world can go back to what really matters: Charlie Sheen. The Ma-Sheen was all over television on Monday morning, with interviews on the Today show and Good Morning America (the full interview will air on Tuesday during a special edition of 20/20), both of which revealed him to be a chain-smoking, angry "warlock" (his word), among many other things. Ahead, the craziest Sheen quotes yet... until the next interview.
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Also in this post-Oscar edition of The Broadsheet: An update who was left out of the Oscar In Memoriam Montage... James Franco is too busy announcing new projects to even think about last night... and more ahead.
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Very Sad News: Director/Producer Gary Winick has died at 49. Winick graduated from directing indie films like Tadpole to studio fare like Charlotte's Web and recently Letters to Juliet, but he kept one foot firmly planted in the indie film world, and helped untold number of filmmakers, with his digital filmmaking collective InDigEnt. Under the initiative, which proposed that filmmakers make digital features for under $100,000, he produced 19 films including Richard Linklater's Tape, Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity and Steve Buscemi's Lonesome Jim. Cause of death is not yet known. [@MattDentler via IFC]
Sure, last night's Oscars left a lot to be desired, but what better way to wash away the hangover and hazy memories of smart-ass tweets than a killer trailer? Thus, I present the preview for Kelly Reichardt's new Western Meek's Cutoff, in which Michelle Williams and a three-family wagon team follow a shady-looking mountain man named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) over the Cascade Mountains only to find out he may not actually know where he's going. Also, water is scarce.
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In its second week of release Gnomeo & Juliet scaled the heights of the box office, notching a win in a weak weekend. The dudebros of Hall Pass managed a second place debut, while poor, poor Nicolas Cage laid a Brobdingnagian egg, coming in ninth place. And him without a castle to recover in! Your weekend receipts are here.
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Reason #1 why we love Lea Thompson, who just landed a new ABC Family pilot, Switched at Birth: She's the girl we all wanted to be in the '80s. Reason #2: She's like the estimable honey badger when it comes to real talk about her old Red Dawn co-star turned Qaddafi of Hollywood, Charlie Sheen.
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Movieline hit the red carpet at Saturday's Spirit Awards, where Exit Through the Gift Shop took home Best Documentary, with one guiding mission: Find out who Banksy really is! But just in case we couldn't get to the bottom of that enigma, we had a backup mission: Find out what he'd look like if he came to an awards show incognito! Hit the jump to watch the results of Movieline's investigation into The Banksy Identity, as aided by a few celebrity informants.
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Backstage at the Spirit Awards Saturday afternoon, Darren Aronofsky was in a jaunty mood. And why not? With Black Swan's two biggest Oscar rivals, The Social Network and The King's Speech, absent from competition at the penultimate awards show of the year (TSN excluded by budget, TKS relegated to the foreign film category), the night belonged to Aronofsky's stylish psychological ballet thriller. So after Black Swan took home Best Cinematography (Matthew Libatique), Best Actress (Natalie Portman), Best Director, and Best Feature, Aronofsky took to the winners' room to have some fun with the press.
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