Electro musician (and Italians Do It Better label owner) Johnny Jewel elaborated on the Drive score he was commissioned to compose by director Nicolas Winding Refn. "Nic flew to Montreal and we rented a movie theater and he and I watched the movie twice in a row, back-to-back. We talked about every single scene and all the music. So then from there, I had a month to finish the score." Although Refn opted to use Cliff Martinez's score for the final film, fans will get another Refn-Jewel collaboration when Jewel scores another upcoming Refn film: Logan's Run.
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Let this be a lesson to all Wedding Crashers fans: Just because Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn pull some hilarious pranks without legal consequence in their 2005 comedy does not mean that said hilarious pranks can be pulled without consequence in real life. Just ask 22-year-old University of Wisconsin student Luciana Reichel who has been jailed for 90 days and put on 30 months probation after playing a copycat Wedding Crashers practical joke on her roommate.
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The slimmed-down co-star of (and, if there's any justice to be found in the awards cosmos, eventual Oscar nominee for) Moneyball climbed the mound in Oakland on Sunday to throw out the first pitch prior to the A's-Tigers game. And the crowd... goes... wild! Seriously, these guys really dig Hill; see for yourself in the video after the jump, and stick around for more in today's Buzz Break.
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I'm nothing if not fair, so: Congratulations to Universal, which 17 months ago displayed what looked at first like a desperate lack of imagination but has since been proven to be a bit of box-office alchemy. Indeed, its comedy Johnny English Reborn -- the sequel to Rowan Atkinson's hit 2003 spy spoof Johnny English -- debuted overseas last weekend to the biggest opening of Atkinson's career. It's a hit! In Russia!
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TV fans dominated Twitter this weekend as Jane Lynch hosted the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards and Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Julianna Margulies, Kyle Chandler, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate Winslet walked off with trophies. That's all well and good, but what did the Twitterati have to say about this weekend's box-office successes? We investigate and rank five key tweets.
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Late Sunday night, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the company's official blog to explain further the recent news of Netflix's streaming-DVD service split and pricing changes with yet another announcement: Within a few weeks, Netflix will split into two companies, keeping its name for streaming-only services and separating DVD rentals into a new separate company called Qwikster.
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Happy Monday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Friends With Kids is among a fistful of Toronto deals... Paramount decides to make the Oscars and Eddie Murphy work for them... Emma Stone and Viola Davis are taking their Help show to Switzerland... Martin Scorsese will not go for the EGOT... and more.
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I can't conceive of a Movieline reader who doesn't care about award shows, so I suspect I'm in a safe space when I say I can't wait for tonight's Emmys. Out of every primetime ceremony (including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys, VMAs, and the little-seen CMT Drunken Hayseed Awards), the Emmys pick the right winners most often. Yes, Modern Family deserved to beat Glee. Yes, Bryan Cranston deserved three straight wins. But there's one area in which Emmy nominees deserve more justice: in the jump from the small to the silver screen. If you could pick one Emmy nominee who deserves a bigger movie career, who would it be?
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Here's a provocative sight: The reclusive Terrence Malick was seen at Austin City Limits filming Christian Bale and Haley Bennet for an unknown project. Might it have something to do with Malick's rumored Jerry Lee Lewis flick? Are Malick and Bale merely researching for a future film? Or is something else afoot? DO U THINK THERE BOYFRIENDS? Enjoy a photo of the duo after the jump.
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The Disney vault opened its hefty doors, unleashed a 3-D fury of Jeremy Irons's draggiest performance, and stormed the box office this weekend with The Lion King 3D's downright impressive opening tally. I hope this means we'll be hearing about 3-D re-releases of (forgive me) better Disney movies soon. Give me Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians, and The Rescuers back, please. We have to get children to listen to Bob Newhart's classic drollness somehow! I don't think The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart is available on iTunes yet.
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Yes, we've fallen into a birthday k-hole this week at Movieline, but we have to honor Fred Willard, that improvisational guru and trusty supporting player, who turns 72 today. What's his best onscreen moment? You get a congratulatory phone call from me if you choose High Strung.
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Frances Bay, best known for her little old lady roles in David Lynch's films, Happy Gilmore, and countless TV episodes, died Friday Bay dies at 92; veteran character actress at age 92. She didn't appear in films until 1978's Foul Play costarring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, but she's a very memorable actress with great charisma. Recently she made guest appearances as silent Aunt Ginny on ABC's The Middle. Let's watch Ben Stiller terrorize her after the jump.
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It's been a fine week for Jonathan Taylor Thomas: He enjoyed his 30th birthday, he's returning to acting, and he mysteriously stars in the #1 movie in the country. The Lion King (in 3D), which features Thomas as young Simba, took top honors over newcomers like Drive and the fiscally disappointing I Don't Know How She Does It. Click through for the full tally.
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The crowded backdrops of Star Wars movies aren't just populated by Frank Oz puppets, interns, and robots in Rick Baker makeup: There are genuine stars (and famous directors) running around there! We've pinpointed nine folks who made cameos in Star Wars films, and I'm willing to bet you couldn't catch most of these players upon first viewing. Sofia Coppola is practically hiding.
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The Sundance selection Knuckle, Ian Palmer's documentary about feuding Irish families who engage in illegal bare-knuckle fights to bring honor to their clans, is more than scary: It's angry. The new trailer shows all the hateful grit, bloodied torsos, and familial sanctity you can imagine, and it even throws in a few shots of the children fighting too. The gloves are off, and the intimidation is on. (Who am I, Gene Shalit?) Lock up your sons, and watch the trailer after the jump.
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