Someone needs to get David Arquette a governor. Just one day after going on with Howard Stern to discuss in his sex life (or lack thereof) with Courteney Cox, the actor claims he may have said too much in such a public forum. "I went on Howard Stern yesterday to provide clarity and honesty about what I'm experiencing, but while doing that I shared too much," he wrote in the public forum known as Twitter. "It's alright for me to be honest about my own feelings but in retrospect some of the information I provided involved others, and for that I am sorry and humbled." Can we expect an apology for the apology tomorrow? Fingers crossed. [@davidarquette]
· Can you believe that I Love You Phillip Morris is still scheduled to come out? Me neither! Assuming a swarm of locusts doesn't prevent the controversial film from being released, you can see it on Dec. 3 -- something the brand-new poster neglects to mention. Fingers crossed, guys! Click ahead to see a full-size image of the poster and stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Start your speculating, everyone! Director Christopher Nolan has apparently hired Inception star Tom Hardy for a "lead role" in the next Batman film. Says Deadline's Mike Fleming, "Insiders are keeping the role secret and won't even say if he's up for a villain role, but that seems a reasonable assumption." Indeed it does. The money at Movieline HQ is on Hardy playing The Riddler, but feel free to leave your best guesses in the comments. [Deadline]
The first two Transformers films may have run a combined total of five hours at a budget exceeding $400 million, but Michael Bay wants you to know size doesn't always matter. According to his Web site, he's judging a contest in which the maker of the "awesomest" 30-second film uploaded to Sprint's Epic Mini Movie Contest will win $25,000 cash. Cram enough conflagrations, car chases, lingerie models and starlet feuds into half a minute, and you, too, can be on the path to explode-y auteurist greatness. Wendy Williams, this is your moment! [MichaelBay.com]
Hoo boy. Despite the fact that Jack and Jill seems more suited for the DVD extras of Funny People than for actual movie theaters, it appears all systems are go on the next Adam Sandler comedy. For those who don't remember -- or wisely decided to block it out of their mind -- Jack and Jill will find Sandler playing a brother and sister, meaning it's time for some old fashioned cross dressing! Those hoping the female Sandman would look like James Franco, however, will be terribly disappointed. Click ahead to see Sandler-as-Jill on set. You've been warned.
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If you've been near a television in the last 12 hours, the chances are very good that you've seen footage of the harrowing Chilean miner rescue. Hell, you're probably watching it right now. And you aren't the only one. Considering the way Hollywood works, it won't be long before this tale of hope, unity and perseverance is transformed into a big screen popcorn movie. In an effort to make things easier for our friends at the studios, Movieline has complied a list of five directors best suited for this material. As usual: You're welcome.
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Here's an extremely entertaining episode of some German TV series called Into the Night, in which notorious French filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible, Enter the Void) spends a night in Nashville with notorious American filmmaker Harmony Korine (Gummo, Trash Humpers). While Noé has directed some of the most shocking scenes of sex and violence ever filmed, it turns out he's never shot a gun! But that changes after he meets Korine at a "psychedelic" park in Nashville. But wait -- there's more.
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Also in this morning's Broadsheet: George Clooney meets with Barack Obama... Courteney Cox gets a $1 million offer she'll probably refuse... the porn industry faces an HIV crisis... and more ahead.
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The release of the much anticipated soundtrack to Tron: Legacy by French electronic duo Daft Punk has been pushed back from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7. To apologize, Disney has released two more short clips of music from the album, one of which clocks in at just 20 seconds. Clips of music? Pretty weak, guys. The minute and a half of "The Game Has Changed" is fine, another track along the lines of the techno-meets-Hans Zimmer stuff we've already heard. But this 20-second clip is actually fantastic! I plan to make a loop of it to play when I clean my apartment, cook dinner, or tie my shoes. Check out both after the jump.
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Lion's Gate has jumped on board for a pretty out-there film called The Happytime Murders. Written by Todd Berger and to be directed by Brian Henson (Jim's son), this Jim Henson Company project is being touted as a demented film noir/comedy for adults....with puppets.
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· And you can thank her mother. This and many other scintillating tidbits revealed in a highly amusing and weirdly erotically affecting video interview by fellow actor Mark Webber. Click through to view. [Edgar Wright Here via ONTD]
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Yeah, that Rick Springfield, the singer-songwriter-actor-former Australian teen idol whose 1968 trip to entertain U.S. troops in Vietnam ended with an attack from the Viet Cong. According to his clearly amazing new memoir Late, Late at Night, Springfield helped load mortars in defense, one of which killed an enemy soldier. "That was a war situation but it is still something that to this day sends a shiver down my spine," Springfield confessed. He also acknowledges having fought depression for years, failed at suicide, cheated on his wife and girlfriends, and ruled out appearing on Dancing With the Stars: "That would be a reason my wife would divorce me." Well. Now you know. [Reuters]
I'm pleased and privileged today to introduce a new member of Movieline's growing family: Alonso Duralde, who will henceforth deliver all the terrific DVD, Blu-ray and home-video reviews and commentary you can stand. Alonso is a regular contributor to IFC's show The Grid as well as the author of the books 101 Must-See Movies For Gay Men (2005) and this fall's Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas; his film writing has also appeared on MSNBC.com and in The Village Voice. Please make him feel welcome!
In Movieline's highly scientific recap of this past weekend's dreadful Saturday Night Live -- there's a ring in hell reserved for those who waste the talents of Jane Lynch -- Andy Samberg's Update appearance as Mark Zuckerberg drew particular flack. There was one person, however, who found the impersonation quite amusing: Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook billionaire posted the skit to his Facebook page, commenting, "I'm a big Andy Samberg fan so I thought this was funny." He must have loved "Mom's on Facebook." [TechCrunch via Vulture]
This is really going to happen, isn't it? Deadline reports that Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has taken himself out of the running for Warner Bros. Tales from the Gangster Squad, leaving nothing in the way between him and Hugh Jackman reuniting for Wolverine 2. Needless to say, the spinoff sequel would give Aronofsky a huge payday, reportedly in the neighborhood of $5 million against 5 percent of the gross. Clint Mansell better start working on a Wolverine theme. [Deadline]
