At a special screening of Stanley Kubrick's 1953 debut film Fear and Desire in Los Angeles, George Eastman House curator Caroline Frick Page confirmed plans to restore the film and release it now that a negative of the film has been found in a shut-down Puerto Rican film lab(!). Only, this is the movie that Kubrick himself fought to keep out of circulation, claiming that his first foray into directing was unwatchable.
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· OK, it's not really "snooker" -- but how fun is that to say? I feel like an old monocled constable. In this preview for Boardwalk Empire's next episode, "Ivory Tower," we watch as pool balls fall into side pockets and sinister metaphors rack up out of nowhere. [Cinema Blend]
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Big news from Craigslist! An eagle-eyed reader points out that if you're between the ages of 15-65, are based in New York, and are "ABEL [sic] TO TAKE DIRECTION," then something known only as "Tyler Perry's new project" is currently holding auditions. I am so going out for this -- anything to be "White Parking Cop" or "Man Whose Convertible Madea Demolishes." And if it's fake, you'll be able to hear my heart break all the way down at Perry's private island. Read on for the details, and good luck!
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Who knew Keith Richards could be this coherent? A new 20-minute documentary, Wingless Angels: A Short Film, premiered online today and explores Richards' ongoing reggae music project Wingless Angels.
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· "You better hurry. That show at the funeral was just fireworks compared to what's coming!" That's CSI guest star Justin Bieber trying his best to sound like a character in a Cormac McCarthy novel in the latest clip from the season premiere of the hit procedural. Click ahead to watch Biebs in action and prepare for more Buzz Break.
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You really never do know what incredible hilarity each refresh of the Google Reader can bring. Case in point, this headline, courtesy of Cinematical: "Mel Gibson's On-Screen Comeback to Begin with 'Mad Men'?" Um, no? Is that the right answer?
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This just in: "Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. We also value our viewer's opinions and particularly those of parents. In light of the feedback we've received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on You Tube." Thank God, because the comments are hilarious. [Sesame Workshop]
Word from England this morning reports that Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet will play the wives of Christoph Waltz and Matt Dillon's characters in the film version of the play God of Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski. I know, I know -- I needed the double-take myself.
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James Franco will be in the thick of the Oscar race this year thanks to his performance in 127 Hours, but that doesn't mean everyone thinks he's a good actor. At the premiere of Howl last night, Franco revealed he got a 'D' in a recent acting class at NYU, though he isn't sure how that happened. "I did the work, I did well in everything else," he told Roger Friedman. Maybe his teacher saw Flyboys. [Showbiz411]
To paraphrase Full Metal Jacket, a day without a breathless scan of the Social Network superculture is like a day without sunshine. Or maybe Marion Berry said that about crack. I'm terrible with these kinds of things. But I'll always have RSS. To wit:
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Also in today's Broadsheet: Why is Boardwalk Empire so friggin' white?... Rob Zombie plots his next move... Elizabeth Banks goes out on a Ledge... and more...
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Reports indicating that Blockbuster is set to file for bankruptcy this week caused its stocks to plummet 31 percent. You'd think this news would make Netflix a little more secure, but apparently not. In an embarrassing publicity stunt gone awry, Netflix was caught paying extras to pose as fans and give interviews to the press at an event celebrating their expansion to Canada.
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· It has been 17 months since Joaquin Phoenix kicked off his "lost year" on David Letterman's couch and tonight the merry prankster returns to The Late Show without his beard, but with a movie to plug. Does Phoenix receive a comeuppance, Letterman-style? If this clip of the proceedings is any indication, not really. [CBS]
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In Movieline's inaugural Oscar Index, The Social Network acquitted itself very nicely, trailing only Black Swan on the list of Best Picture candidates. Huzzah! While the Index had star Jesse Eisenberg nearly missing a nomination for Best Actor, that could change once everyone sees The Social Network; so far, we've only had trailers with which to judge his work. Well, not anymore. After the jump watch the first full clip of Eisenberg's performance as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and let the Oscar campaign begin.
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In spite of a premiere watched by a pathetic 4 million viewers, Fox is giving Lone Star, its Movieline-approved con man drama, at least one week to straighten out its ratings. If more audience members don't tune in this Monday (that means you, Mike and Molly Fat Joke Trackers at home), the network might yank the series off the air faster than you can say "please no more Hell's Kitchen repeats." Get your priorities straight, America. [Vulture]
