American Idol's third season champ Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized yesterday after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid last night, her manager has confirmed. The 26-year-old singer and VH1 star's had a rough go of it in the press this week, having been accused in court documents of an illicit, sex-tape-heavy affair with married man Antwaun Cook. Her condition is reportedly non-life threatening. We wish Idol's most exhilarating winner the best. [TMZ]
Michael Cera and Jason Schwartzman took the promotional TV news segment to the next level this week, filling in a whole weathercast in Atlanta for the sake of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It was entertaining (watch out for the bus!), but not necessarily the best tie-in between the film's audience and the information at hand. Thus the crack news producers at Movieline HQ have had a look at the late-summer/early-fall movie slate and worked out a whole newscast just for the studios. Suggestions (and the original video) are after the jump.
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· Would you like to see the picture that inspired this Conan O'Brien tweet: "For those of you who are wondering, yes, this is a photo of me at 18. It's also a photo of me at 30. And 40"? Here's a closer look, as well as more Buzz Break.
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Just how do you know that Christopher Nolan's Inception has officially pierced the heart of the zeitgeist? Well, in addition to entry into the Urban Dictionary, the twisty blockbuster has also gotten its very own sex act. Click ahead to see the very detailed and very NSFW Craigslist posting that promises multiple dream worlds -- and some other tongue-related stuff -- just as long as you come dressed as your favorite character from Inception.
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It's not out until Friday, but with the way The Expendables has been tracking at the box office, the idea of a sequel doesn't seem all that ridiculous. "We all want to do it, we are already working on it and I'm ready to go. [...] I have done over 350 movies in my life and this is definitely the biggest," said producer Ari Lerner without a shred of hyperbole. Assuming The Expendables lives up to its name, though, and treats its cast like a pack of Kleenex, which tough guys should appear in the sequel? Movieline plays casting director ahead.
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Tired of calling the Inception haters in your life "f***head," "a**hole," "dumb sh*t" and the myriad of other boring pejoratives generally used to defend Christopher Nolan's blockbuster? Now the Urban Dictionary offers a new etymological alternative known as "ineption" -- or, "Completely inept at understanding the film, Inception." Nice -- and so much cleaner! What do you think? [Urban Dictionary via /film]
You know that Sony and David Fincher eventually will need to cast a female lead for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and so, as with anything, an enterprising bookie with a vague knowledge of trade rumors and actresses known to wear short hair has made a list of favorites worth betting on as Lisbeth Salander D-day approaches. Bring your rabbit's foot (and a robust grain of salt) and meet me after the jump.
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Also today in Hollywood Ink: Adrien Brody will square off with Tony Kaye... MGM slips closer to bankruptcy... Elvis's granddaughter meets Mad Max... and that's about it. (Sorry, it's that kind of day.)
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· ...but it's a douche we can be proud of! Dylan McDermott stars in a new Funny or Die video as a dance instructor named John Douche who runs (what else) The Douche School of Dance. Day-glo and sleazy pretension always go so well together. [Funny Or Die]
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Famed line-cutter Jason Bateman needs to be more careful about what he says regarding the probably-never-happening Arrested Development movie. While promoting The Switch over the weekend, Bateman told MTV News that there was a "real good part" in the film for his current co-star, Jennifer Aniston. So does this mean Aniston will appear in the Arrested Development movie?! No, not really.
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Nikki Finke this afternoon published an internal e-mail that Jeffrey Karzenberg sent around to his DreamWorks Animation staff -- an upbeat, not-quite-spellchecked missive enlightening the gang to the boss's dealings and developments around the studio. Buried among them: Noah Baumbach is 60 pages into a Madagascar 3 rewrite. And good news! It's "exc!!!"
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· The new Weezer album is named Hurley. "Like Lost's Hurley?" you may be wondering. The album cover will remove all doubt. Click through for a closer look and more Buzz Break.
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Taylor Lautner, dismount your hog. Though you've clearly tried to steal Tom Cruise's motorcycle-riding mojo as of late, there's another young matinee idol that Cruise was hoping to pass his Ducati on to instead: Zac Efron.
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Hoo boy: Joel Schumacher's slick, abysmally reviewed privileged-teen drama Twelve earned an estimated $107,000 over its opening weekend -- averaging out to a lower-than-anybody-expected average of $463 per screen. (And that figure's on the high side; another analyst is calling it for $90,000, or $380 per screen.) It's by far the worst opening of Schumacher's career. Among films over-narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, meanwhile, it rests comfortably as No. 1 all-time. [Box Office Mojo]
With $14 million in the bank thus far, The Kids Are All Right is well on its way to becoming the (500) Days of Summer of 2010 -- i.e.; the indie hit that discerning types choose to see over stuff like The Other Guys. While the film has gotten rave reviews from critics, though, there is one problem with it that seems unavoidable: The ending. Needless to say, spoilers ahead...
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