Or at least the people who play them did. Yesterday in a private residence in Malibu, California, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were married. Their guests included Elijah Wood, Michael Emerson (Ben Linus from Lost) and his wife, True Blood co-star Carrie Preston, who watched as the couple exchanged vows under a tent across from the beach.
Bryan Singer, director of the two good X-Men movies and producer of the upcoming X-Men: First Class, bravely ventured into Harry Knowles' clammy nerd thunderdome yesterday and spilled a major amount of beans on the new mutant film. Suffice it to say, it's not just the casting of January Jones that's giving First Class a Mad Men-vibe.
And what a dubious honor it is. Vampires Suck, the latest anti-comedy from the Date Movie brain trust, managed to just barely eke out a win over Sly's crew of dudes in The Expendables, though they may yet win the weekend. Meanwhile, the rest of the five films that opened last night were scattered throughout the rather wan box office receipts, with Jennifer Aniston's The Switch, thudding into eighth place. Your Friday Box Office is here.
If ever there were a time I wished we could review the week in 3D, this would be it. Culture flew at us every which way from every possible... ugh, I can't even talk about it. I'm off for a pint of therapy. Drop back by for more Movieline in the days ahead, and have a great weekend!
· Trust me, it's worth it to watch Ed Westwick make this look of exasperation. Giggle with me! [YouTube]
Those worried that Shia LaBeouf wouldn't be happy with Indiana Jones 5 can relax. For the moment, at least. The outspoken star -- who happily acknowledged what a failure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was during Cannes -- has given anxious fans an update on the latest sequel. "They're script writing right now. I got called into Steven [Spielberg]'s office and he pitched a little bit to me and it sounds crazy, it sounds really cool." Bermuda Triangle, anyone? [/Film]
· Seems like Britney Spears is having a hell of a good time on the Glee set. The popstress continues to wield her Twitter stream as an arm of Fox marketing, offering fans a glimpse of her and Heather Morris (Glee's Brittany) reenacting the famous Britney/Madonna tête-à-tête in the video for "Me Against the Music." Click ahead for a full pic of Brit/Brit and more Buzz Break.
Yesterday, Movieline fave Adam Scott took the bold step of guaranteeing via Twitter that anyone who didn't enjoy Piranha 3D would receive a house call from the actor. Today, Scott gave Vanity Fair a little bit of clarification: "I really don't think it will be necessary, since I can't imagine one not being satisfied with Piranha 3D, but just in case, yes of course I will be there." Really? With what stipulations?
An alert reader today sent over a Web ad for something called MakeMeOld.com, whose awesome business model entails customers spending up to $20 per month for the privilege of seeing pictures of yourself looking horribly aged by crappy software. Tell your friends, LOLZ, etc. Except there's no software in the advertised example -- unless you count Brian Grazer's expropriated mug as software.
In a cute little twist on those rumors that Taylor Lautner might play a young Wolverine in X-Men: First Class, his Eclipse director David Slade has emerged as a frontrunner (alongside Red's Robert Schwentke) to helm Wolverine 2. Vulture says that the deal will be finalized after Hugh Jackman meets with both directors next week, which should give Slade plenty of time to figure out why some wolves have chest hair and some don't. [Vulture]
From Vampires Suck to Social Network and now Piranha 3D, it's All-Critic Day at Movieline! But Harry Knowles deserves it: While we may never know what inspired his highly sexualized, homoerotically charged Eclipse review, he's pretty unambiguous about Alexandre Aja's skin-baring, bloodletting J.O. fantasia, starting with the headline: "If Harry were in High School & PIRANHA 3D were on HBO... I woulda ruined alot of socks to this." Nice. Enjoy? Or something. [AICN]
Piranha 3D star Jerry O'Connell -- who will now forever be known as the dude who lost his penis in Piranha 3D -- has been fond of telling everyone that his Wild Wild Girls promoter in the film is based on Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis. Or, as he told The Daily Beast: "For legal reasons I'm supposed to say, 'I play someone loosely based on Joe Francis.'" Not loosely enough, apparently. Joe Francis will not have his good name sullied by Piranha 3D -- and he's threatening a lawsuit.
Scott Foundas has the first review of David Fincher's Social Network, and not surprisingly (considering Foundas is on the New York Film Festival programming committee that made the film its opening-night selection), it's a big, huge rave.
RIP film culture, c. 1891 - 2010. It has come to this: Saddened and aggrieved by one critic's approval of the once-unanimously loathed parody flick Vampires Suck, a troll militia has descended with their machetes and asthma inhalers to express its outrage. They are a fearsome, vengeful lot, and admittedly quite amusing once you get past the whole wrong-side-of-history thing. Taste the bile after the jump.
Also in this morning's Hollywood Ink: Maggie Gyllenhaal helps invent the vibrator... Tim Burton reconnects with some Ed Wood buddies... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles makes a comeback... and more ahead.
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