I have no idea how this clip hid so well online since late April, especially after its YouTube predecessor found traction in the initial outrage around Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff. But there it is, awaiting a special extended edition of Movieline's Two-Minute Verdict: This vivid dream sequence from the forthcoming drama Madoff: Made Off with America, which may make the enduringly cryptic After Last Season look like Kubrick in comparison.
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Zack Snyder's Watchmen follow-up, Sucker Punch, has shed its original cast members about as fast as Watchmen hemorrhaged box office dollars, but it still remains one of Hollywood's most intriguing projects. First, lead actress Amanda Seyfried dropped out (which left an opening for up-and-comer Emily Browning), then Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone were respectively replaced by Jena Malone and Real World: San Diego alumna (!) Jamie Chung. While on the red carpet of the Young Hollywood Awards on Sunday, we confronted the sweet-natured Chung to ask her just how things are coming along, and though she couldn't divulge too much about the secretive "girls with guns" project, she was at least generous enough to demonstrate how she plans to roll with Snyder's trademark slow-motion.
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Where the 11:30 p.m. TV hour was always something of a no-brainer -- Letterman if you wanted to laugh, Leno if you wanted to sleep -- now it proposes something of a late night viewing conundrum. Conan and Letterman, treading similar waters of brainily askew comedy, court the same audience, with Conan's perhaps skewing younger. Letterman's the curmudgeon, O'Brien's the clown. Dave is the king of the awkward celebrity interview; Conan excels at pushing the envelope via childish framing devices (pimp robots, masturbating bears, insulting dog puppets, etc.) We've been gravitating to Conan, lately, mainly because his Tonight Show tenureship still has that new car smell -- but we'll gravitate back to Dave eventually and time shift O'Brien. There really is no one funnier.
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Since learning last week of the Twilight Cruise to Alaska & Convention at Sea ("Sailing from Seattle 8.08.10"), I've had nothing but questions: Is there a limit on how many steamer trunks full of 400 years' worth of vampire fashions I can carry on? Will there be entertainment, and if so, can I count on a werewolf magic act in the main showroom? And how close will I be able to get to franchise star Kellan Lutz, whom the website VERY CLEARLY STATES will be on board, charting a course for adventure alongside legions of extreme Twilight fundamentalists chanting allegiance to Bella. Well, what better place to seek some of those answers than from the man himself?
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As we wind down a day of red carpet exclusives from last night's Young Hollywood Awards, we thought we'd share our heart-to-heart with Jackass star and Hollywood mercenary Steve-O, whose past public antics -- including but not limited to red carpet peeing, red carpet testicle exposure, and red carpet setting-a-member-of-Good Charlotte-on-fire -- are the stuff of legend. Sober 15 months and looking great, we covered everything from his "rock bottom" moment (ever wonder what a Jackass intervention is like?), his new forearm tattoo (a naked man in jail accompanied by the words "Sex Behind Bars" -- possibly a relapse-deterrent), and, after noting that buddy Chris Pontius has been cast in Sofia Coppola's next film, a discussion about his own acting aspirations. He thinks he has a great role in him, and to be honest, so do we. Maybe Darren Aronofsky can hang a loosely autobiographical story on his shoulders -- the tale of a loner who just wants to reconcile with his estranged daughter, and relive his glory days thrilling millions by staple-gunning his own scrotes.
The interview is after the jump.
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At last night's Young Hollywood Awards, Ed Westwick (seen above, accepting his Young Hollywood Breakthrough award) and Adam Lambert provided a squeal-inducing, one-two punch of potent metrosexuality. In a bid to codify his slightly dangerous sex appeal, then, Westwick will soon loosen his Gossip Girl ascot to stalk the moors in Peter Webber's new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights. We talked to Westwick on the the red carpet about his personal ties to Heights as well as the Californication cameo he's got coming up as a subversive student.
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Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke (above, being tongued by Adam Lambert) recently caused a stir when she announced that she'd be updating and modernizing Hamlet, a literary work of art only somewhat more beloved than the vampire oeuvre of Stephenie Meyer. We cornered Hardwicke on the red carpet of the Young Hollywood Awards last night to get her take on what she plans to do with the new, Emile Hirsch-starring exploration of the Great Dane.
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Of the many young luminaries to walk the red carpet at this year's Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Awards, none caused quite the stir that Artist of the Year Adam Lambert did, his late arrival setting off a flurry of flashbulbs and shouted questions, all of which he took in stride. (Accepting the award later, he'd observe, "This is crazy. Last year I was living in a studio apartment at Wilcox and Melrose, and worried about whether or not I'd be able to get into Teddy's.")
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As promised, Movieline hit up the Young Hollywood Awards last night, a ceremony dedicated to honoring Tinseltown's best and brightest (and youngest!). We witnessed heartfelt acceptance speeches and a knockout performance by Naturi Naughton from the upcoming Fame remake before moving on to a DJ AM-spun afterparty that Young Hollywood Artist of the Year Adam Lambert prefaced with, "I hope somebody buys me a drink." No need, Adam -- they were free!
First up in our series of red carpet video interviews from the event is Evan Rachel Wood, who was receiving the Young Hollywood Superstar award (presented by Patricia Clarkson) but took the time to talk to Movieline about her splashy season two performance as the vampire queen of True Blood, a role she'd been unable to discuss until now.
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I time-shifted Friday's Tonight Show to yesterday evening, and boy am I glad I did. First of all, Conan not only addresses the Mario Bros. meme, but he hops around in front of a fully animated Mario Bros. backdrop. (Video after the jump.) Then Ryan Seacrest came out, and Conan launched soon thereafter into the topic of Ryan's adolescent obesity, replete with middle-school class picture. A friend of mine thinks he looks like Rue McClanahan in it.
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Here's five reasons to see The Final Destination:
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We asked for it. What did we ask for? Apparently, for Joe Jonas to partake in a six-month-old internet meme, by donning a black leotard and performing a lipsynch-challenged version of the "Single Ladies" video. It's a risky gambit -- part of a grassroots promotional push in support of their forthcoming album -- and dare we say, it pays off. Not to be outdone, Nick will don hoop earrings and a broach-festooned blazer for a stab at "Straight Up," while Kevin will require almost no convincing to reenact the "Maniac" video he's had storyboarded in his head since the age of four.
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Conan O'Brien made his debut as the host of The Tonight Show on Monday, becoming only the program's fifth host in 55 years. And even after a 3,000-mile run to calm his nerves, he seemed to bristle slightly under the pressure of legacy, expectations and making the occasional Clippers joke. It was as conspicuously new-era as institutions get, and for better or worse, it felt like it.
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Though Universal may be selling Bruno with the tagline "Borat was so 2007," it's Bruno's marketing campaign that seems stuck in a pre-recession era; for some reason, the Bruno viral videos are running on Myspace (a past-its-prime social networking site currently populated by glittery, animated tumbleweeds) and the newest centerpiece promotion for the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy involves Eminem, a rapper whose oeuvre is notable for timelessly poking fun at Tom Green and Fred Durst back in the year 2000.
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I can think of no better way to start the week than with the first trailer for New Moon, which combines virtually all the wolfcake-y, groin-tingling teases of recent weeks into one slick burst of potboiler pop. The bad news: You'll have to wait a few months for a glimpse at Scary Dakota Fanning. The good news: ZOMG a Shapeshifter!
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