Actress Gloria Stuart died on Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 100. Stuart starred in over 40 movies between 1930 and 1939 and was the oldest person to ever receive an Oscar nomination when she portrayed "Old Rose" in James Cameron's Titanic. [WaPo]
A day after performing at an addiction-awareness event called the New York Recovery Rally, Comedy Central regular and Last Coming Standing judge Greg Giraldo wound up hospitalized from a drug overdose. Yeah. Giraldo reportedly consumed a near-fatal amount of prescription during a hotel-room party in New Jersey; "It was a like a zoo here," said one witness. Doctors say it was not a suicide attempt. Giraldo's currently listed in serious but stable condition. [NYP via TV Squad]
He's not in costume, unless you count huge muscles as part of his costume, but here is our first look at Chris Evans playing the title character in the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. Is he rubbing his hands together in anticipation of a meal? Praying for a better motorcycle? Caption away with your ideas after the jump!
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Steve Carell is magic... Guillermo del Toro keeps himself busy... NBC finds Jeff Zucker's replacement... and more ahead.
After an FCC ruling allowing the activation of technology that blocks duplication of video-on-demand titles, studios have been quietly planning to launch a "premium" VOD option of first run movies for $24.99. Predictably, movie theaters are not too happy. Studios are currently planning to wait 45 days after theatrical release to make these premium on-demand titles available. With a few exceptions, this is the time frame in which most theatrical releases make the bulk of their box-office gross. Still, now might be a good time for theaters to start actually enforcing the no cell phone rule. [New York Times]
The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley recently penned a piece decrying the sudden over-abundance of guest stars clogging our favorite television comedies and dramas. But is it really the guest stars who are to blame? And is Alessandra Stanely really just grasping at straws here?
Oh, Simpsons. My first clue should have been when you set your iconic opening to the sounds of Ke[dollar sign]ha's execrable song "Tik Tok." And now comes word that Katy Perry will guest star on a future episode? Somewhere, back in 1989, my elementary school heart is breaking.
Quick! Someone dub Norma Rae over in Elvish! The trouble-prone film adaptation to The Hobbit has had to jump over an unusually large number of hurdles for prequel to a multibillion dollar movie series. First,MGM, its parent distributing company, went through a protracted bankruptcy, freezing the film's funds. Then its original director, Guillermo del Toro dropped out, leading Peter Jackson to once again take the reins. And now it seems like the Scylla and Charybdis of actors' unions are giving it the stinkeye.
Shia LeBeouf enjoyed his fifth straight number one opening as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ruled the box office. The angry cartoon owls of Ga'Hoole fended off Ben Affleck for a number two spot but the angry cartoon ladies of You Again had to settle for an anemic fifth place opening. Your weekend receipts are here.
In one lonely theater in Los Angeles, California on September 26th 1975, a weird little movie based on a weird little stage show opened. It got mixed reviews and people more or less stayed away. But when the Rocky Horror Picture Show began to circulate the midnight movie circuit, a genuine underground phenomenon was born -- people began to dress up, talk back and throw things at the screen. And now 35 years later, it's still in limited release. So grab your fishnets and check out the original trailer and my favorite number after the break.
Greg Berlanti, the man who shot to fame because he decided that Joey should kiss Pacey on Dawson's Creek, is one of the writers of the forthcoming Green Lantern movie and is also putting together the story for its sequel and for the new Flash movie. But based on his ideas for them, I'm not sure he's really read the comic books in question.
Mark Ruffalo is an exciting and nuanced actor, capable of plumbing the depths of a character with the smallest of gestures, from a sardonically lifted eyebrow to a barely perceptible shrug. And now thanks to the magic of motion-capture suits we can see every little picayune twitch when Ruffalo plays the Hulk in the upcoming Avengers movie.
As the eldest of four, I can assure you with no trepidation that older brothers are, to a man, not only inevitably smarter than their siblings but also completely insufferable as they remind their siblings of their inherent inferiority to the first born boy. Which is why casting Stephen Fry as Sherlock Holmes' older brother Mycroft is such a stellar decision.
Greed was good again as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps topped the Friday night box office while the owls of The Legend of the Guardians perched at number three and Betty White latest confection, You Again, non-started at number five. Your Friday box office is here.
Even with dear friends gone, always remember to it's better to celebrate a life than to mourn a death. And thus, at the end of a long week, we get to Movieline's Week in Review. Huzzah! Be sure to drop in during the days ahead as Dixon Gaines keeps the memories stoked and the future light; the rest of us will see you Monday!
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