Nope, not a movie trailer. A trailer trailer. According to TMZ, Lautner is suing the company that sold him a $300,000 trailer for his latest film, Abduction, because it failed to deliver on time and the vessel wasn't up to Lautner's specifications. The Twilight star claims he's suffering from "emotional distress" and "annoyance." Similar symptoms occur when you read about Taylor Lautner complaining about a trailer. [TMZ]
If you absolutely must click through and read the rest of Hollywood Ink, please be advised that there are exactly two stories of any "news value" or "importance" to pass along right about now, and I swear to God you will not care about either of them. I'm not kidding! No reverse psychology necessary! Please save yourself!
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· And now for the latest in Scott Pilgrim viral treats: Watch as Michael Cera's words enter Keanu Reeves's mouth and take us to the edge of reality. I call it Mumbles: Reloaded. [YouTube]
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Audiences didn't bite this weekend, but the Weinsteins are happy with Piranha 3D's $10 million take -- so much so that they've already announced a sequel is in the works. "We are thrilled that audiences are not just loving Piranha 3D, but cheering for it," said producer Mark Canton in a statement. "And it's fantastic that so many critics are really getting the movie and recommending it. We can't wait to get to work on the sequel." Woo! Commence airing out your breasts in celebration! [Press Release]
Last week the internet collectively guffawed at the Piranha 3D For Your Consideration ad over at Funny or Die, but was the video's torrent of Academy Award bashing too much for Harvey Weinstein? That's the postulation made by Vulture, which notes that the offending video was cut from nearly four minutes to two-and-a-half and that a majority of the cuts were Oscar-related. For their part, Funny or Die says the video was always intended to be shorter. Will this hurt Piranha 3D's chances at winning "Best Penis Being Gobbled and Spit Out in 3D"? Developing... [Vulture]
I'm sure there's something else relatively interesting happening around the culture today, but just one more thing about John Slattery's performance in last night's episode of Mad Men. Sure, his Roger Sterling confused us with arcane references and alienated us with virulent, WWII-fueled hatred of the Japanese -- with whom he refused to work on a Honda account and whom he insulted with all the grace and class of scorched earth. We laughed, we cried, we mostly gaped --and so did everyone in the show. After the jump, a cross-section of mortification.
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If you're a teen singer who wants to act, how do you get people to pay attention? If you're Justin Bieber on CSI, you kill somebody but leave behind a very incriminating trail of DNA evidence -- or, if you're Miley Cyrus in her new film LOL, you flash someone your Brazilian wax.
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· Should we assume George Clooney is assembling a rifle in this new still from The American? After that contraption he built in Burn After Reading, you can never be too sure. A closer look, and more Buzz Break, after the jump.
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It was the namedropping heard 'round the Internet on Sunday night: Lost in the dizzying fury of his (first) anti-Japan tirade, Roger Sterling responded to the reminder that WWII was over with the bellowing rejoinder: "Why don't we just bring Dr. Lyle Evans in here?" That suggestion didn't make Bert Cooper very happy, baffled Pete, Don and Joanb, and sent a number of viewers straight to Google afterward wondering: "Who the hell is Dr. Lyle Evans, and why does he have these guys so upset?" Finally, it appears the Internet has revealed an answer.
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A bittersweet story in the Sunday NYT recounted the sale of Dean Gardens, an Atlanta estate known more for its gaudy, tacky, rich-person excesses (and an 18-hole golf course) than anything resembling good taste. Even Tyler Perry can't stand it; the filmmaker and mogul dropped $7.6 million for the 58-acre sprawl just so can raze the dump and build a new house that is "environmentally friendly and made of concrete." Especially the closets. [NYT]
The trailer for Black Swan may have limited Winona Ryder to a blink-and-you-miss-her appearance, but she's got fairly prominent placement in the first image from the upcoming Ron Howard comedy, The Dilemma. Ryder co-stars as Kevin James' cheating wife -- a fact that no one in the film knows other than James' BFF, played by Vince Vaughn. Conflict! Jennifer Connelly shows up too, just because. Click ahead to see the still and do your best to caption four very confused-looking faces.
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Also in this morning's Hollywood Ink: fellow A-lister, Angelina Jolie, lines up her next film... Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston put it in Drive... the Ice Age guy goes live action... and more ahead.
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Stallone and his bulbous bunch of buds managed to keep the vamps away this weekend as Vampires Suck failed to unseat the reigning king of Man Cinema. As for the other movies that opened this weekend, well, to paraphrase Nigel Tufnel, this week's Top 5 goes to 8. Your weekend receipts are here.
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In news that's tantamount to discovering that Julia Child secretly had a passion for Taco Bell, Inception cinematographer Wally Pfister revealed that director Chris Nolan really enjoys watching the cinematic oevere of Mister 'Splosions-Bang-Bang himself, Michael Bay. My world has been turned upside down like a Joseph Gordon-Levitt fight scene. Maybe Nolan's just watching to figure out what not to do? [Cinematical]
Eight-figure salaries for big movie stars in big Hollywood movies is no big news -- ever since Jim Carrey pulled the first $20 million paycheck for The Cable Guy, it's been pretty commonplace for the biggest stars to be compensated wildly for their services. But even compared to his biggest peers, Leonardo DiCaprio has pulled in some impressive bank for his starring role in Inception.
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