During her press tour for Black Swan, Natalie Portman revealed that it wasn't her intense performance -- or Darren Aronofsky's riveting spin on Swan Lake -- that attracted both male and female audience members to the theater en masse; it was the heavily-teased sex scene that she shared with co-star Mila Kunis. But how can the competitive ballerina-on-ballerina relationship (that has been described as Showgirls-esque by some critics) consummated in that scene still qualify Portman for the most respected of acting accolades? Movieline evaluates the artistic merit of the scene ahead, and ranks it among the classiest and trashiest cinematic lesbian sex scenes.
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2010 couldn't shuffle off without one last prison yard shiv to the kidneys, could it? It turns out that Cee-Lo was so happy with Gwyneth Paltrow's rendition of "F*ck You" on Glee (rechristened "Forget You" for television purposes) that he wants to work with the Oscar winner on a new project. "We've been considering a few things actually. You know, we'll see what pans out. It's a little too early to commit to a statement and I won't ruin the surprise because whatever we're going to do is going to be extra cool." That's one way to put it. Here's hoping 2011 doesn't start with a story about Cee-Lo getting together with Taylor Momsen. [E!]
· Life is hard sometimes! Like when every idiot with iMovie and a YouTube account makes a montage of the year in movies, and then sets it to some very recognizable -- and almost immediately dated -- song from the previous 12 months. How are we supposed to watch all of these cinematic gems?! Well, fear not, first-world worrier; the guys at Badass Digest have compiled the best montages of 2010 into one montage. Click ahead to watch the montageness and then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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New Year's resolutions are mostly ridiculous. Spoiler alert: You aren't going to drink less or go to the gym more in 2011 simply because you feel guilty at the end of 2010. Not gonna happen. One resolution that you can keep, though? Following Movieline on Twitter! You'll get all of our great content, but in the easily digestible 140 characters that Twitter allows. We won't even judge you for your vices. Join us, won't you? [@Movieline]
Yesterday, the official Web site for the film Space Jam -- which hasn't been updated since the movie opened 14 years ago -- had quite the resurgence when it was discovered to still be working and functioning like it was 1996. Naturally, the site's existence got us wondering about other abandoned, obsolete official film sites from this particular era of the Internet. And hoo boy, we found some gems.
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Mike Leigh's Another Year, which has been met with generally positive reviews (currently 89% on Rotten Tomatoes) and even some Oscar buzz for Lesley Manville's performance, has just received it's first takedown from a major critic. "I haven't seen a film this year that so openly invited me to revile each and every one of its characters -- and I reviewed The Human Centipede," wrote Karina Longworth in LA Weekly. Not only that, her Human Centipede review was a positive one. [LA Weekly]
Most likely! A new study conducted by Global Compliance -- "the leading global provider of comprehensive, integrated ethics and compliance solutions, ranging from employee hotline services to harassment training to risk assessments, benchmarking, and inspection and validation services" -- has found that most office workers depicted on television wouldn't last five minutes in the real world of sexual harassment lawsuits. Can you guess which show constantly flouts office ethics most of all?
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How could you possibly criticize Julie Christie, the Doctor Zhivago beauty, Oscar winner and screen legend whose career has spanned five illustrious decades? Let British film critic David Thomson show you: "She is, sadly, obvious in her efforts, lacking in either gaiety or insight and, most serious of all, gawky, self-conscious and lantern-jawed." Tell us how you really feel! Oh, wait; you did.
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Don't shoot the messenger; this is what qualifies as news in the lazy hours before New Year's Eve. In an interview with Angeleno magazine, Blue Valentine star Michelle Williams says she plans on one day watching Brokeback Mountain with daughter Matilda. "I was just an actor who happened to be lucky enough to be in the right place, and it was the place where I met Matilda's father, and that is a lot," she said, referring to the late Heath Ledger. "It was a lot. And it will be a lot for Matilda too, when she gets around to watching it. I will watch it with her, when she's ready. It is hard to imagine what that would feel like, but one day, yes, we will watch it together." Wonder what the Steak Eaters will think of that one. [PopSugar]
You may recall that the main reaction to the last Green Lantern trailer here at Movieline was along the lines of, "Peter Saarsgard's Dr. Hector Hammond is the grossest super villain in history!" Well, no one saw it coming, but this new still of the Lantern's ally/mentor Tomar-Re actually tops Hammond's grossness. Or maybe it just co-exists in some equally bizarre dimension where dead fish wear green tights. Have a look for yourself, I'm at a loss.
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The official list of Academy Award eligible scores numbers 77 in total, but don't expect to see many of your favorites get recognized come nomination time. As previously reported, Black Swan, The Fighter, Tangled, The Kids Are All Right and True Grit were deemed ineligible because of their reliance on previously produced music, and now comes words that Randy Newman declined to enter his Toy Story 3 score in the running. This marks the first time Pixar won't have a nomination in the Best Original Score category since Cars was passed over in 2006. [In Contention]
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: The legal team for Michael Jackson's doctor may consider a suicide defense... Viral videos are good for your brain... a Thor cameo gets spoiled... Is The King's Speech the same movie as The Karate Kid?...And more...
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If futuristic movies were correct, we would have gotten armed, robot teachers (Class of 1999) and virtual reality that taps into our brains (Strange Days) in 1999, followed by a robot uprising in 2004 (Terminator 3). And all of that after the demise of the human population way back in 1977 (The Omega Man)! 2010 tested the prophecies of five more Sci-Fi movies and, for the most part, proved them wrong. So take a second to stop looking back on all of the horrible 2010 news and remember what movies claimed would happen this year. 2010 could have been worse! Or at least weirder.
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Oscar-winning special effects artist Grant McCune, one of the original members of George Lucas' F/X team, has passed away at 67 from complications from cancer. Chances are that McCune played a major role in your childhood and adult life with his work on Star Wars, Star Trek: The Motion Picture or maybe Spaceballs. In remembrance of McCune and the model-work he helped pioneer, here's a making of video of some more recent miniatures work his special effects company did on Spider-Man. After that, take a look at clip from Star Wars: A New Hope which showcases the work which won McCune an Oscar. Rest in peace.
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· I'd like to welcome you back to the Space Jam: The 1996 Michael Jordan movie's original Web site was found fully intact on these jaded millennial superhighways. Somewhere, a hard-faced Lola Bunny looks back on her youth with scorn. [/Film]
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