Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Grab Your Pampers! It is the Official Trailer for 'Paranormal Activity 3'
The marketing for 'Paranormal Activity 3' is formally entirely gear. The 2009 week, three creepy clips in the film turned up online -- keeping good film's late 1980s era, galleries mailed VHS tapes from the clips together with VCRs to particular horror sites -- and today the entire trailer has unfurled. Watch ahead. This clip shows a little more action compared to previous two film's trailers did, which hopefully means more perfectly homemade creepiness. Kids jumping and screaming! Houses burning! Researchers getting their mind condemned on the table! 'Paranormal Activity 3' comes to theaters in the finish of October. [via Deadline]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
LISTEN: Irate Viewer Leaves Death Threat For Director of Worst Movie EVER!
It’s been a while since we checked in with the team behind The Worst Movie EVER! — which is to say with Glenn Berggoetz, the actor/filmmaker/no-budget impresario whose gonzo epic set a record for box-office futility with an $11 opening. Things have been mostly looking up since then: There was a relatively well-received screening down in Virginia, and, according to Berggoetz, exhibition interest everywhere from a domestic TV syndicate to Brazil, Japan and beyond. But! There have been bumps along the road as well — ugly, anonymous, death-threatening bumps. I caught up with Berggoetz on Monday, inquiring about a voicemail apparently left by a man claiming that WME! moved him to debilitating, homicidal rage. “I want to physically kill you,” he says shortly before flying off the handle about the “repulsive piece of filth” for which “I hope you die!” The caller, whose name and number were blocked, left the message on Sept. 23 — likely after seeing it on TV, Berggoetz said, adding he made a deal placing WME! on a few stations in a test run for wider syndication. “That’s the only place it’s been shown in the last couple weeks,” Berggoetz told me via e-mail. (Of course, there’s always the option of watching it online for $5, which, let’s face it, heightens the stakes dramatically.) He forwarded the message to Movieline HQ, and we bring it you here (toggle CC on for captions; it’s only NSFW insofar as it features a guy ranting about murder and death): I was skeptical upon first listen, but Berggoetz said that this is just the most extreme example yet of the haters who have inveighed against WME! both publicly and in private. “I’ve been utterly amazed at how people have responded to the film and the trailer,” the Denver-based Berggoetz wrote in an e-mail. “If you go through the comments on YouTube, you might be amazed (I know I was) at how pissed off some people are at the film. And I received an e-mail from a guy who said he’s also an independent filmmaker, and he’s pissed at me because he has talent and has been overlooked, but I have no talent, and I’m getting a lot of attention. “I’ve found that people are in either one extreme corner or the other with the film — they either think it’s the most hilarious thing they’ve ever seen, or they think it’s the biggest piece of crap they’ve ever seen. So it goes. And those people who think it’s crap have tended to get very angry over the film. All I wanted to do was make a film that made people laugh, that made their day more enjoyable, but some people out there seem to think my goal was to personally try to ruin their day, and they’re not happy about it.” Sheesh. It’s just a movie! The Worst Move EVER!, but still. Bonus for everyone in Los Angeles: The film will return this Friday, Sept. 30, for a weekend engagement at the Laemmle Sunset 5, the theater where it first achieved $11 notoriety last month. It lands in Denver on Oct. 5 at the Oriental Theater, then back at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Va., on Oct. 22. Please, everyone, no violence. And enough with the nasty calls, already, too. PREVIOUSLY · Something Called The Worst Movie EVER! Made $11 Last Weekend · The Worst Movie EVER! Scored the Worst Opening Ever> · Worst Movie EVER! Can Now Be Yours Online For $5 · Worst Movie EVER! Box Office Jumps 500% In One Night — to $71
Monday, September 26, 2011
Check Out the Cast of Two and a Half Men Before They Were Stars
Ashton Kutcher Sure, Two and a Half Men was welcomed back by 28 million viewers last week. But where was the cast before Ashton Kutcher's record-breaking debut and before Charlie Sheen's very public firing last season? To look back on Kutcher's high school years in Iowa (yes, that's really him) and more, check out snakkle.com's gallery of Two and a Half Men cast before they were stars. Two and a Half Men airs Mondays at 9/8c on CBS.Watch Movie
Friday, September 23, 2011
India selects 'Abu' for Oscar run
MUMBAI -- Salim Ahamed's Malayalam-language feature "Adaminte makan Abu" (Adam's Son, Abu) has been chosen to be India's entry in the foreign-language film category of the Oscars.The Film Federation of India chose the film, which won the National Award for best feature. This year the jury of the National Awards recommended that the best feature be sent as India's entry and it appears the FFI agreed.The pic, which toplines Zarina Wahab, Nedumudi Venu and Salim Kumar, charts the travails of an old Muslim couple as they cobble together money to fulfil their dream of going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. "Abu" has been selected for next month's London Film Festival. The deadline for countries to send in their submissions is Oct. 1. The 84th Academy Awards will be held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.comTransformers 3 Dark Of The Moon Watch Online
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Toronto TOLDJA! Horror Hit Youre Next Sells To Lionsgate
BREAKING: One of the hot game game titles in the Toronto Film Festival, the horror film You’re Next, has agreed to Lionsgate. I reported throughout my festival analysis story that Lionsgate was creating this deal, combined with been hearing for your better part of each week it absolutely was hot and high with CAA in settling a small-seven-figure minimum guarantee and P&Dedication for your film some feel may have el born area-office breakout potential of 2010 Toronto’s Insidious, good raucous response the film received at tests. You’re Next was directed by Adam Wingard and put together by Simon Barrett, they behind this year's Toronto film A Dreadful Approach to Die. It absolutely was a hostile situation, while using Weinstein Company and Vital and Indian Paintbrush also circling the sale. This settlement remains happening since the film’s first screening September 10 inside the Evening time Madness program. The sale needed a while because it anticipates the opportunity that could launch a franchise with future obligations, the filmmakers have strong control in. The theatrical release will probably be wide and several likely appear in fall 2012. Inside You’re Next, a family group comes within terrifying and sadistic attack within a reunion getaway. Stranded in the secluded home, they need to safeguard against a barrage of axes, crossbows and machetes. The killings soon uncover that particular in the sufferers is remarkably gifted at fighting back. Keith Calder, Jessica Wu and Barrett produced the film that stars Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci and Barbara Crampton. Lionsgate co-COO and Film Group leader Joe Drake and Purchases and Co-Productions leader Jason Constantine finally fessed up today they’d closed the sale. “This project signifies precisely what we look for in the horror film,” Constantine mentioned in the statement. “It can be a celebration of the genre, featuring top-notch performances in the sophisticated script, fantastically directed, that will leave audiences round the side of their seats after they’re not jumping from their store.”
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
'ET' post-Emmys party gets real
(L-R) Entertainment Tonight Executive Producer Linda Bell Blue, Kevin Brockman and President of Disney-ABC Television Group Anne Sweeney attend the 15th annual Entertainment Tonight Emmy party presented by Visit California at Vibiana on September 18, 2011Phil Keoghan gets a grip on his success.Stevie Nicks performs at Vibiana.
Perennial winner Phil Keoghan of "The Amazing Race" led the reality show stampede to the "Entertainment Tonight" fete, held downtown at Vibiana. A gaggle of "Dancing With the Stars" pros turned out, too, along with "Top Chef's" Padma Lakshmi, Lo Bosworth of "The Hills" and "ET" personalities Nancy O'Dell, Mark Steines, Leonard Maltin and Kevin Frazier plus their boss, "ET's" Linda Bell Blue. "Mike and Molly" star Billy Gardell crowed, "Our girl won" but looked in vain for Melissa McCarthy at the bash. Fellow winner Loretta Devine did make the scene but sans her trophy. "I almost carried it with me," she said with a laugh, "but I got it last week, not tonight, so I thought that would be a little odd."Transformers 3 Dark Of The Moon Full Movie
Friday, September 16, 2011
Marilu Henner on her behalf account Memorable New Gig and Her Infallible Memory
Marilu Henner Sunday, 12 ,. 19, 2010. That was your entire day CBS broadcast a an hour or so group of Marilu Henner's rare condition - highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) - providing you with her an opportunity to remember everything. Only six known people in the world have it, following the special broadcast, "everything changed," Henner notifies TVGuide.com. Curiosity peaked, she's getting involved in additional studies, she's writing the sunday paper, as well as the finest change of, she's a completely new gig: just like a consultant on CBS' new show Memorable. Starring Poppy Montgomery as Barbara Wells, a NY City cop with HSAM (which was formerly referred to as hyperthymesia), the drama is founded on J. Robert Lennon's short story "The Rememberer." The pilot script happen to be shelved for just about any few years until Henner's an hour or so report showed up.Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new shows"They needed it as they are and mentioned, 'This will most likely be a great show since people know very well what that is which is being looked into,'" Henner states. "[CBS Entertainment Leader] Nina Tassler, which has known me for just about any very very long time, asked for me to sign up it. I mentioned, 'Oh yeah, I'd love to become consultant.' The show shoots in NY which i live [in La]. I buy to make use of and consult with the authors and supply them ideas, read all the scripts."However, many importantly, she reaches put her memory to take advantage of and fact-check."[They sent us a preview], therefore i search on the internet plus it states, 'Hyperthymesia! Six people in the world have this! These people remember everything!' Then you definitely certainly see someone say, 'Hey, Barbara, suggest to them that factor you must do. March 27, 1998.' And therefore I'm thinking, 'That will be a Friday, I travelled back from NY to La,AInch Henner states. "And he or she goes, 'It will be a Tuesday.' Which Time passes, 'No! No! It absolutely was a Friday!' I start texting Erection dysfunction [Redlich, the show's creator]! ... They ended up changing it since they required to. I mentioned, 'You have to establish right immediately that she's effective in this. Not the initial factor because they are and she's losing it.' ... And So I am always catching things like that inside the script. Or there's a reference to the a little of music. They mentioned it showed up in this area in 1983 which i mentioned, 'No, it showed up in this area in 1985.'"Watch the an hour or so group of Marilu HennerHenner has known since she was 6 they posseses an unusual memory, however i i never thought a variety of it until a pal introduced up when she was 18 - or maybe more particularly, on Sunday, May 24, 1970 - and he or she started needing to pay concentrate on other people recollections. The first sort Taxi star recalls every single day strongly and allow you to know everything from the products she experienced. The ceaseless stockpiling of understanding is not overwhelming for Henner and he or she never struggles to think about anything, nevertheless the same cannot be mentioned for your others with HSAM. Jill Cost, who is also able and came out about the Primetime special, was greatly overcome with the skill, which came just like a shock to Henner. "In my opinion, in writing Barbara, they type of needed that aspect from [Price's] story, nevertheless it was not ever overwhelming personally. It's just the very best organization tool," Henner states. "It's just recorded after which it it's after that which it is easy access. Although I've come across my brain scans plus they are pretty freaky!"Taking a lot more poetic license while using show, Redlich & Co. incorporated a caveat with Carrie's memory: Really the only factor she doesn't remember might be the evening of her sister's murder. "Certainly I did not have anything distressing such as this that was blocked out, but that is television, therefore we must ensure it is interesting," Henner, 59, states. "I have not a clue [once the others with HSAM have blocked something out]. We didn't enter group therapy. But it's a substantial story point."One factor she was adament about was the best way to portray Carrie's flashbacks. People with HSAM see everything through their unique eyes again. Basically, they aren't watching themselves, à la Scrooge in the Christmas Carol. "However, you cannot include an actress getting a camera on her behalf account temple ... to ensure that they have it completed in a very interesting way," Henner states. "You understand she's in their body in present time reliving it, being within herself. They deomonstrate her, for example, kneeling in the human body and he or she recalls, and also you obtain the drift that she's in the crime scene.Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning showsHenner will guest-star about the program, most likely throughout November sweeps, as Carrie's aunt which has Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, she is constantly dole out personal tales for your show to incorporate, is finishing her book about memory which is tormenting her 15-year-old boy, Joey, who she thinks has HSAM too. He can not be examined until he's 16 that is unknown if HSAM is hereditary because nobody from it has children. "He is not having it yet, however know he's it," Henner states. "It is not he doesn't be truthful he doesn't wish to be challenged a lot of. I sometimes the incorrect date just for him to go to, 'No, Mother, you're wrong. You're mad at me tomorrow because of blah-blah-blah.' 'No, I don't remember being mad for you.A And then we shuttle.InchUtilizing slightly white-colored mislead wreak havoc on her boy, however, might be the only real time Henner would ever lie. "I really like precision. In addition If only to become right, however couldn't track wrong since many the situation is connected," she states. "[HSAM] is totally a blessing! Oh my gosh gosh! I have not even seen one problem with it. Nothing. Anybody from it won't desire to lose it."Memorable premieres Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.
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