I saw Iron Man 2 last night, and while my reaction to the film is still embargoed, I can at least say that I'm bummed that the cutest scene from the first trailer (the one where Gwyneth Paltrow kisses the Iron Man helmet) is nowhere to be found in the finished product. YouTube user "reubenpac" has provided some sort of restitution for me today, going so far as to insert Iron Man into classic movie scenes he was never supposed to appear in anyway.
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Michael Musto is back with a whole new episode of the Hollywood Kid, chock-full of gossip and blind items (including one I'm pretty sure I figured out...I'll wait for your confirmations in the comments). This week, Musto takes on the rumors of a warring Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe on the set of Robin Hood, talks to the director of Behind the Burly Q, and plays another provocative round of Guess Who, Don't Sue. Unless there's some sort of volcanic ash incident standing between you and your computer, why don't you some click through and see what Musto's got for you?
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Michael Musto is back this week with another installment of The Hollywood Kid, and he's giving lessons to Hollywood on how to treat the press (namely: spill, and don't be afraid of it). David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, and Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson are among those enrolled in the School of Musto, after which our gossip gadfly kicks off another round of "Guess Who, Don't Sue." Oh, Michael. You had me at "Rosemary's Baby blind item."
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The event has been coming for a while, and now it appears April 19 is officially D-Day for the fan-generated Star Wars Uncut. The project solicited 15-second clips from 472 amateur filmmakers around the Web, finally tying the pieces together in a kind of patchwork remake of George Lucas's original classic. No CGI Jabba the Hutt inserts, no revised battle scenes, no generally Lucasian BS -- just Lego Obi-Wan cut down by his archnemesis Lego Darth Vader, grown men in casual Wookiee wear, abstract cutaways of dogs, incompetent green-screen deployment, creatively used ladders and so, so much more. I call dibs on the frozen Han Solo sequence in the inevitable Empire Strikes Back Uncut sequel. Click through for the video.
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Two short films are making the rounds today, including Carl Erik Rinsch's The Gift, a Phillips-sponsored clip that has apparently sparked a huge Hollywood bidding war, and Pixels, which probably hasn't set the major studios aflame but is still delightful. We've enclosed both shorts and now we put it to you, the Movieline reader. Which would you rather see a feature film adaptation of: a charming, 8-bit invasion story with imagination and a sense of humor, or a megabudget short film about sexy Svedka robots and obtuse Macguffins, directed by Ridley Scott's son-in-law? Vote now!
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And now an addendum to yesterday's hot-button item cataloging movies you keep hearing about but which are Never. Gonna. Happen: Today it's The Vega Brothers, the long-rumored Quentin Tarantino prequel explaining just how Vic (Michael Madsen) and Vincent (John Travolta) developed into the hardened sibling criminals we know and love from Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Considering the respective 18- and 16-year-gaps between those films and today, however, a new approach is required. And guess what? Tarantino has it! Or so says Madsen in a video after the jump.
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Movieline mainstay Michael Musto has really outdone himself in his latest video installment of The Hollywood Kid, digging for scoops on Sandra Bullock (not as innocent as she may seem), Jeremy Renner (not as homosexual as he may seem), and Paris Hilton (exactly as she seems). Then, get ready for a couple of jaw-dropping, Oscar-adjacent blind items, some of which are so scandalous that I can barely believe who they're about. Fortunately for you, the eternally helpful Mr. Musto has provided a couple of clues, as well as one total freebie. We eagerly await your guesses in the comments!
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How do you know you've made it in Hollywood? When you have an entire category of Family Feud dedicated to things that are publicly known about you! Unfortunately for Ellen DeGeneres, this bit of flattery hit a rough patch when one of the contestants guessed something about Ellen that nearly ground the game to a halt.
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A new Funny or Die video features Megan Fox and her boyfriend Brian Austin Green going to bat for the children of California. Sort of: It's kind of a "save our teachers" meets "save our schools" meets "Arnold Schwarzenegger hates your kids" meets comedy skit meets public service announcement that F.O.D. is increasingly known for -- except this one doesn't have the hot starlet mocking herself. Click through for the back story and the clip.
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Here's the funniest thing you'll see all day: the cast and crew of Mad Men doing a spoof of the Ann-Margret classic, "Bye Bye Birdie." Apparently -- or at least according to the info section on its YouTube page -- the video was done for creator Matthew Weiner, likely at the end of season three. Things to take note of, beyond that shot of John Slattery in a ginger wig: the joy on the normally joyless face of January Jones; Jon Hamm cutting a rug; Rich Sommer (Harry Crane) possibly naked; and Elisabeth Moss fiddling with her Blackberry. Also: Robert Morse, looking as sprightly as ever. Watch after the jump and prepare to spend the rest the day with "Birdie" stuck in your head.
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You know you love to puzzle out a good blind item, and in the second video installment of Movieline's The Hollywood Kid, Michael Musto is happy to oblige. After sharing his thoughts on Angelina Jolie in Maleficent and Carey Mulligan in My Fair Lady, Musto brings back the classic Movieline feature "Guess Who, Don't Sue." Directors with rent boys! Pot-smoking blactresses! Can you decode these blind items? (No really, can you? We'll be perusing the comments for your answers.)
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Last night, Movieline's intrepid red carpet correspondent Carly Steel hit up the premiere of Clash of the Titans, and while she wasn't able to talk to any Kraken (once you release those buggers, they never show up where you want them), she did interrogate a host of stars including Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston, and original Titans star Harry Hamlin. Watch in the video below as Worthington states his intentions to get a new Dracula project off the ground, and Hamlin very graciously handles a jab from Worthington about how Hamlin's original take on the role was too fey. (Sam, you'd be lucky to turn into the silver fox Harry Hamlin has apparently become.)
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I can't claim to know what Katy Perry was doing at the Kids' Choice Awards last night (apparently, she has taught little girls that the best way to get that mean boy to stop teasing you is to make out with little Katelynn, in front of him), but she certainly provided the ceremony with its most instantly viral moment: a full-force jet of green slime to the face that knocked the Smurfs voice actress over and recreated in live action something I've only seen before in Japanese anime. Disney stars, you dodged a bullet. Watch the moment on a loop after the jump:
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It's time to herald the return of a beloved Movieline feature: the Hollywood Kids. Longtime fans of this publication will recall it as being the deliciously dishy corner of our previous print incarnation. But for today's Twitterized, OCD-afflicted youth, we've decided to both streamline it -- it's now just one, single Hollywood Kid -- and dispense completely with the tedious printed word in favor of a far easier-to-digest, video-blog format. And best of all? A bona fide gossip legend will be bringing it to you every week! It's none other than the man, the myth, the Village Voice columnist, the fragrance: Michael Musto, ladies and gentlemen.
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
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Fox News commentator Glenn Beck likely welcomed his most sizable liberal audience in years Wednesday night, where the right-wing's unofficial Czar of Crazy was expected to respond to James Cameron's point-blank fusillade of insults and debate challenges. Beck didn't disappoint -- for the most part, engaging Cameron with the kind of directionless, self-immolating logic for which he's famous before getting into the genuinely good stuff. Click through for the segment.
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