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CNN Airing Documentary About Transgendered City Manager Tomorrow night CNN is airing a feature on the fired Largo, Florida city manager who was fired for undergoing the process of becoming a woman. Steve Stanton became Susan Stanton and was followed by a CNN crew for two years. Susan is now the City Manager of Lake Worth. Susan said that she agreed to be filmed to help alter public perceptions about gender change. "Her Name Was Steven" airs on CNN tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central time. Take a look: Posted on March 12, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) ![]() Actor Charlie Sheen was charged with three crimes on Monday, including felony menacing, for assaulting his wife Brooke Mueller. Despite the assault incident there are no plans to end the sitcom Two and a Half Men. Production of the show has been halted for the past two weeks for Sheen's rehab but production is set to resume next Tuesday, March 16. Posted on March 10, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Gilligan's Island Motion Picture in the Works ![]() Variety reports that the the 1960s tv series, Gilligan's Island, is headed to the big screen thanks to Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment. Variety says Charles Roven and Richard Suckle will produce and Brad Copeland will write the screenplay. The plan is for a contemporary spin on the tale. Characters have not been cast but the Variety story says Michael Cera was an early though for the Gilligan role. He does seem like a Gilligan. Arts Beat has a few good ideas, such as Zooey Deschanel as Mary Ann Summers and Christina Hendricks as Ginger Grant. Posted on March 9, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View)
![]() 41.3 million people watched the 82nd Academy Awards telecast. It was the largest viewership for the Oscars in five years. Neil Patrick Harris's short opening number was entertaining and hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were both funny. There were two firsts at this year's Oscars. The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director and Geoffrey Fletcher and became the first African American screenwriter to win an Academy Award. The Hurt Locker won the most awards with six, include Best Picture and Best Director. Avatar won three awards. Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges won Best Actress and Best Actor. Here is a list of this year's winners.
![]() Photo: Michael Yada / © A.M.P.A.S. Posted on March 8, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Video: Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres Sing an Oscar Duet Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres team up for a duet honoring this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Josh showed up dressed as a Naavi from Avatar: apparently no one told him that the skit had changed and a costume would not be needed. Blue or not, Josh sounds fantastic. Take a look: Posted on March 5, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Deadline reports that Neil Patrick Harris and Martin Short will open the Oscars with a musical number. Deadline bills it as a spoiler, but this is news that will make people tune in early. We know we will. Anything can change, but that unlikely duo has been rehearsing an original opening song and dance routine that is one of 2 big production numbers choreographed by executive producer Adam Shankman. (The other involves extreme street dancers who’ve performed on So You Think You Can Dance where Shankman is a judge and who’ll hoof to samplings from the Best Original Score nominees.) Though Harris is predominantly a TV star, he's an awards show regular. Short also is a TV regular these days, but he has a long relationship with the broadcast’s musical director Marc Shaiman, who put together the opening number.Deadline says that Robin Williams was approached for the number, but he declined. We say: a Neil Patrick Harris musical number is a brilliant way to start the show. We're not sure about Martin Short singing and dancing, but he is funny, so that could work. Posted on March 2, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Teaming Up Again Variety reports that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are in talks over a first look producing deal at Warner Bros. The thesps -- who haven't yet named their new banner -- previously partnered as producers at Disney-based LivePlanet along with Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, who's now prexy of production for Walt Disney Studios. While at LivePlanet, Affleck, Damon and Moore produced the documentary series "Project Greenlight."It isn't clear what the new project will be called or what it will be about. Posted on February 17, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) ![]() The Nominees Luncheon was held for all this year's Oscar nominees. The nominees got a briefing on how it all works, and got tips for making thank you speeches. In this photo, the Best Actor nominees Colin Firth, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner sat for a group portrait. So who will win the Oscar? Jeff Bridges is the favorite for his turn in Crazy Heart, but there could be an upset. Todd Wawrychuk / © A.M.P.A.S. Posted on February 15, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) The Three Musketeers to Get Movie Reboot The Three Musketeers will ride again very soon. Producer Lionel Wigram, who helped Guy Ritchie re-imagine Sherlock Holmes, is the driving force behind the project. Wigram used to work at Warners where he oversaw the first three Harry Potter movies, so he knows something about creating blockbusters. Screenwriter Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats will write the screenplay. Variety reports: "The Three Musketeers" tells the story of the hot-headed D'Artagnan as he joins forces with three veteran musketeers to stop the evil machinations of the villainous Cardinal Richelieu. Straughan's script will play up the action and sexier elements of the story much the same way that Wigram, who co-wrote and produced "Sherlock Holmes," reimagined the detective as a bare-knuckle boxing, martial-arts savvy sleuth molded by Robert Downey Jr.There have been many Three Musketeers movies: the last reboot by Stephen Herek's in 1993 starred Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. No casting has been announced, but no doubt every young actor in Hollywood will be trying to audition. They'd better brush up on their fencing skills. Posted on February 11, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Tom Cruise Signs on for Mission Impossible 4 ![]() Tom Cruise has signed on for a fourth Mission Impossible film. J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise will produce. Cruise and J.J. Abrams -- who co-wrote the "Mission: Impossible III" screenplay -- will produce from a screenplay by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, a writing duo hired last summer to pen the script from an idea hatched by Cruise and Abrams. Appelbaum and Nemec spent four seasons with Abrams as co-exec producers of "Alias."All three of the Mission Impossible films so far have been very entertaining. J.J. Abrams did a great job with Mission Impossible 3. The film has been slated for Memorial Day weekend in 2011. It will have tough competition. Unless things change, Cruise's fourth film as Ethan Hunt will be up against a Hangover sequel and a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Posted on February 9, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet Sign on for Soderbergh Disease Thriller Variety reports that Steven Soderbergh has lined up quite a few A-list stars for his next film. The action thriller is called Contagion and will star Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard. Soderbergh's been developing the project -- not yet set up at a studio -- with producing partner Gregory Jacobs. The plan is to shoot the pic later this year. Michael Shamberg and Stacy Sher are producing through their Double Features banner; Participant Media's in talks to produce and co-finance.Soderbergh has turned his attention to thrillers lately. He is currently directing Knockout which stars Ewan McGregor and Antonion Banderas. Posted on February 8, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Bradley Cooper, Reese Witherspoon and McG Join This Means War According to The Hollywood Reporter, McG is set to direct This Means War, an action comedy which will star Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon. Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon are attached to star in the tale of two best friends, inseparable since childhood, who fall in love with the same woman (Witherspoon). The men's bond disintegrates, and their ensuing battle escalates to mammoth proportions.Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon? That could work. Posted on February 4, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) 10 Best Picture Oscar Nominations ![]() Ten pictures are nominated in the Best Picture category this year. Here is the list:
Posted on February 2, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Video: 2010 Grammy Red Carpet Highights The Grammy Awards were last night. They were lengthy (3 1/2 hours) but featured some great performance and amazing outfits. In this "Best Of the Red Carpet Clip" Ryan Seacrest hears the story of how Russell Brand and Katy Perry got engaged and chats with everyone from Pink to Taylor Swift. Take a look: You can find more coverage of the Grammys here. Posted on February 1, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) Rumor: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to Skip Oscars ![]() E Online is reporting that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will not be attending this year's Academy Awards. Angelina Jolie will be missed on the red carpet. As for why the couple, not seen together publicly since a December outing in New York, has suddenly caught a case of the camera-shies?The Oscars are being held on March 7th. Angelina Jolie shooting a film at the end of February is not a good excuse for missing the Oscars. There is no film that shoots during the Oscars. It's the Oscars. Plus, the film crew and cast would love it if Angelina attended and mentioned the movie. The news that they are not attending comes amidst rumors the hot Hollywood couple is splitting up. Photo: Bryan Crowe, ©A.M.P.A.S. Posted on January 26, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) |
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