We got a murkily-shot view of Breaking Dawn's butter-colored sex scene last week, but now a high-res version has landed here at the Movieline Terrordrome, and it has frankly made my Sunday. To my eyes, it looks like it came from one of those old-timey photography studios in the mall that your mom drags you and your sister to so you can dress up like sepia-toned Civil War hookers or something. What about you, gentle reader? Peer through the margarine haze and leave your best captions in the comments now!
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As the cast of The King's Speech gets ready for their big night at the Golden Globes (7 nominations!), they might want to take this poster's message to heart to calm their nerves. The funsters at Drink At Work combined a heartbreaking speech impediment with a ubiquitous piece of retro hipster art, and, well, check it out after the break. [DAW]
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So, while I was underwhelmed by The Green Hornet, the best part was definitely Jay Chou's Kato. Or, if I go by IMDB, that would be John Cho's Kato. Yes, 38 year-old Korean-American John Cho is basically the same as 31 year-old Taiwanese Jay Chou. It reminds me how much I liked Ken Jeong's Sulu in Star Trek last year. IMDB fixed the problem, but the long memory of the internet has the proof after the jump. [/Film]
Welcome to the doldrums of January, a cinematic graveyard where, traditionally, studios unceremoniously dump off their DOA films with little fanfare and even fewer expectations. But this year was going to be different; with marquee names like Vince Vaughn, Ron Howard, Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry, the box office could match the talent on display? So, was it? Ehhh...ish. While The Green Hornet managed to open on just barely the side of "okay," The Dilemma self-destructed at a weak number two. There's always January 2012 guys!
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James Franco -- perhaps history's greatest multipurpose agent since baking soda -- has agreed to star and to direct in a biopic of serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker (and, no, not the one that investigated monsters). Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles in the mid-80's, before being arrested and convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 attempted murders and 11 sexual assaults. So, Oscars, Faulker and Cormac McCarthy, his line of fictional underwear, Sal Mineo, and a novel of addiction. He either is incredibly organized and incredibly tired, or has the best cocaine. [Vulture]
Actress Susannah York died yesterday in London at the age of 72 from complications of cancer. Oscar-nominated for her role as Alice in 1969's They Shoot Horses Don't They?, York also appeared in Tom Jones, The Man for All Seasons, and as Superman's Kryptonian mother in Richard Donner's Superman. [Deadline]
Warner Bros. just released the first official picture from The Hangover 2 and like a mysterious Renaissance portrait, it appears to be laden with a bunch of clues and hints about the new movie. We'll have to go full Da Vinci Code on this one. Check it out after the jump!
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In the Small Mercies department, Ridley Scott recently revealed to soul sister site Deadline that his much talked-about Alien prequel movie has gone through a metamorphosis. Specifically, it's no longer a prequel tied to the Alien mythology, it's just a standalone movie now. And for that, I am quite thankful.
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On the weekend of the Golden Globes, a couple of prize turkeys were trotted out at the box office to little effect. Seth Rogen's long-delayed Green Hornet opened at a weak number one, while Vince Vaughn's Dilemma barely made a splash at number two. But hey, The King's Speech opened wide at number four and did okay! Your Friday box office is here.
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OK! What do you say we get out of here? Another exhilarating week down at Movieline HQ, with an altogether enthralling weekend to come: Capt. Dixon Gaines at the controls tomorrow and Sunday, and all hands on deck Sunday night for our Golden Globes Livetweet Potluck Orgy. Be there or be... whatever. Do whatever you want, just enjoy it. Have a great weekend!
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· If you were a 3-D cartoon character in 2010, chances are you earned a studio head plenty of money. The list of last year's most profitable films is a largely predictable one, but I hope you'll join me in considering The Last Song's domination of Sex and the City 2 and Eat Pray Love a soul-stirring achievement. [The Numbers]
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As producers of The Office told anyone who would listen at the NBC TCA party in Pasadena on Thursday night, Steve Carell is leaving the hit series before the season even ends. (Which is earlier than we had even expected.) Faced with the loss of its lead character after seven seasons, the future of The Office may be in doubt. Or, maybe not. Let's take a look at the brief history of when a male or female lead left a popular television show, and the impact their departure had on future seasons.
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It's getting to be late in the day on Friday -- at least here on the frigid East Coast -- and that means silliness. So, Talia Shire, will there be a fourth Godfather film coming to theaters in the near future? "I doubt it," she said on Thursday night at The New York Times' Film Club event in Los Angeles. "It makes me sad; we are not making great movies anymore." Dammit! That movie that isn't real that no one even imagined would happen isn't going to happen? Way to put a black cloud on my weekend. Nino Rota, take us out. [THR]
An air of mystery (and, understandably, confusion) has surrounded the awesome-in-theory directorial debut of Wu-Tang Clan rapper-turned-actor RZA, who began filming his period kung fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists last month in China. With the plot largely under wraps -- it involves a weapons-forging blacksmith in feudal China to be played by RZA himself, because of course! -- production details from the period film have been kept largely on the hush, aside from co-producer / co-writer Eli Roth's colorful tweets from the set. That is, until a few cast members began posting (non-spoilery) reports from the set describing how things are going.
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Guys, you aren't going to believe this. A former publicist for the Golden Globes has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association alleging payola in connection with the awards ceremony. Gasp! (Insert Casablanca reference here.) Michael Russell, who represented the Golden Globes for years as its lead publicist, alleges that he was fired from his position last year because he asked the HFPA to stop with their alleged shady shenanigans. Allegedly. Ahead, Movieline weighs in on the winners and losers of this new litigation.
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