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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Filed under: RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand .jpg) I was just about to eat lunch when Cinematical's Christopher Campbell IM'd me the following ... "your dream movie ..." with a link to an article over at Daily Star featuring a quote from Megan Fox (who's no longer getting married to what's his name from Bev Hills 90210, by the way) in which she says her dream is to film an entire movie in the nude. No joke. And if I somehow had the money to fund such an experiment (donations? anyone?), I'd do so in less than a second. Strike that -- I'd do it in less than less than a second. (What do you want from me? It's Monday ... I'm alone ... writing about Batman for the 7,654th time. I'm allowed to geek out over my girl Megan just a little, right?) Here's the quote: "I would love to do a movie naked - it would be beautiful. No one dares make that kind of film today. They did it in the 1930s in an arty way, so why not now?" Sh*t, why not now? I'm sure Brett Ratner would make that film for no money -- heck, I'm sure Ratner would pay someone else out of his own pocket if it meant he could direct that movie. I can almost see it now: Arty: The Movie, starring a naked Megan Fox and directed by Brett Ratner. And you thought The Dark Knight was popular? Wait until you see the viral sites for this one!
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
If opening weekends are elections, Eddie Murphy just lost in a landslide. "Meet Dave" grossed $5.3 million at 3,300 screens -- that's a $1,606 per-screen-average, downright pathetic for a heavily marketed comedy featuring a major star. (Can we still say that about Eddie? Maybe not.) The comic can take heart that "Dave" did marginally better than "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" (a $2.1 million opener in 2002) -- but it also did much, much worse than "Norbit" ($34 million in February of 2007). What's the lesson here for Murphy? Stay away from sci-fi themes? More dramatic supporting roles like "Dreamgirls"? Hide under a rock for a few years?
The weekend's big winner was "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," buoyed by a wave of great reviews and a want-to-see primed by the first film's DVD success. $36 million in grosses put it well above the 2004 opening weekend for "Hellboy" ($23 million), and the per-screen-average was $11,200, far above "Meet Dave."
The big smackdown, in fact, was between "Hellboy II" and "Hancock," which made $33 million its second weekend out and has grossed $165 million to date. Fine; with a $150 million budget (not counting marketing costs), the Will Smith vehicle will need to rake in major dollars (and euros and yen) to break even.
"Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" made a very tidy $20 million, 57% of which came from the 854 theaters (or 30% of the total) equipped with RealD projectors. Which makes sense, since why would anyone want to see a movie with "3D" in the title in a 2D version?
In limited release, the twisty French suspense chiller "Tell No One" is doing bang-up business with a $13,388 per-theater-average at 18 theaters; Boston gets it on August 1. Before then, of course, comes the one-two punch of "The Dark Knight" and "Mamma Mia!" this Friday -- perhaps the most demographically balanced double tsunami of the summer.
Here's the Box Office Mojo chart and here's Leonard Klady at Movie City News.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
 It may be too little, too late – but architect Peter Cook now says he’s sorry for the tryst that destroyed his marriage to Christie Brinkley.
In 2006, the discovery of Cook’s yearlong affair with Diana Bianchi – a teenage employee at his firm – effectively ended his decade-long marriage to the supermodel.
If he had the chance to do it over, Cook told the Fox News Channel on Sunday, he’d say: “No, I’m a married man.”
Brinkley and Cook’s divorce trial ended Thursday, after a week of bruising testimony about his expensive online porn habit and alleged anger management issues.
The couple’s last-minute out-of-court settlement granted Brinkley, 54, custody of the duo’s two children and multiple real estate properties. Cook meanwhile got “parenting time” with Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10 – along with a payment of $2.1 million.
Over the weekend, the 49-year-old also told reporters he has no regrets about his union.
“I’ll never regret marrying her,” he told reporters Saturday, the New York Post reported. “We had a great time for 10 years. I’ve got two beautiful children.”
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
 When the moment finally came to welcome their newborn twins into the world, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were as calm as could be.
During the labor and delivery, the couple “were talking, they were together,” Dr. Michel Sussmann told reporters outside Fondation Lenval Hospital in Nice, France, where twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon were born on Saturday. “It was an epidural, so [Angelina] was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy.”
Pitt never left Jolie’s side – “he was my assistant!” Sussmann said jokingly – and even cut the babies’ umbilical cords.
“He was … perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional,” said Sussmann.
Asked whether the birth had been a textbook delivery, Sussmann replied, “absolutely no problems.”
When will Jolie and the babies leave the hospital? “I don’t know,” he said. “She will stay for a few days. You know, in Europe it isn’t like in the United States, where the patients go home after three days. They will stay a bit longer until everything is okay.”
He added: “The babies are fine. The babies are with the mother and father and they are fine.”
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
 On its release, Penelope made little impression in the film world and went largely unnoticed. I had seen a trailer though and thought the concept seemed rather sweet and endearing. A cursed girl born with pig features tries to find love. Also, the cast list was amazingly impressive, with James McAvoy, Christina Ricci, and Reece Witherspoon, to name but a few. So I gave it a go. The first thirty minutes were extremely enjoyable and very funny, but then the film lost its way and became a bit of a disappointment. (more…)
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
 | | Morning Light - Trailer
Fifteen young sailors… six months of intense training… one chance at the brass ring. This exciting true-life documentary tells the inspiring story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life’s first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of “Morning Light” matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Directed and edited by two of the key filmmakers responsible for the acclaimed 2004 surfing documentary, “Riding Giants,” and the recent rock documentary “Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who,” MORNING LIGHT will appeal to the sense of adventure in everyone.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
 | | Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Trailer
Woody Allen’s breezy new romantic comedy is about two young American women and their amorous escapades in Barcelona, one of the most romantic cities in the world.
Directed by: Woody Allen
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Filed under: New Releases, Celebrities and Controversy, Politics, Celebrities Gone Wild!  When Josh Brolin takes a night off from playing a young George W. Bush to get arrested in a bar, the jokes practically write themselves. (Method acting, anyone?) That's what happened in the wee hours of Saturday morning in Shreveport, La., as Brolin, co-star Jeffrey Wright (who plays Colin Powell), and five crew members from Oliver Stone's biopic W. were arrested at the Stray Cat bar and taken down to the big house. The Associated Press's account is sparse, so we turn to Shreveport's KSLA News 12 for more details (and thanks to Jeffrey Wells for the link). Seems it was closin' time at the ol' Stray Cat, and Brolin and his pals wouldn't leave, despite bein' asked twice, and they were bein' rowdy. So the bar staff called the police, who arrived just after 2 a.m., whereupon there was a bit of a scuffle, and a fellow named Eric Felland got arresting for remaining in the bar, public drunkenness, and resisting arrest. Brolin, Wright, and the other W.-affiliated folks reportedly interfered with the arrest, so they got arrested for that misdemeanor. The Shreveport Times reports that Brolin posted a $334 bond and was free to go. Wright and the other four arrest-resisters had the same price on their heads. The guy who was being arrested in the first place, Felland, who is a lighting technician on the film, had a $752 bond. It's unclear from the early news reports how long it took everyone to get out of the clink, but one assumes they didn't have to fester in jail too long. I like what one of the commenters at Hollywood Elsewhere said, that it would have been great if James Cromwell, who plays George Bush Sr., had had to come bail everyone out. Continue reading The Cast of Oliver Stone's 'W.' Gets Arrested in a Louisiana Bar Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Brad Pitt was at Angelina Jolie’s side as she gave birth to a son and daughter Saturday at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France.
“The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” Dr. Michel Sussmann said Sunday. “Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well.”
Sussmann confirmed the Nice-Matin newspaper report that Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarean section on Saturday night. Knox weighed 5.03 lbs, and Vivienne 5 lbs.
The twins are the fifth and sixth children for Jolie, 33, and partner Brad Pitt, 44, who are already parents to Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2.
“The mother and father are very, very happy,” Sussmann said.
The doctor told the Associated Press that the Cesarean was moved forward “for medical reasons” so that the babies could be born “in the best conditions.” He also said Jolie is expected to stay in the hospital for a few days.
On July 1, Jolie checked in to the Fondation Lenval hospital to await the births. The family has been living in the south of France since this spring.
Jolie recently told Entertainment Weekly that she was surprised – but not daunted – when she learned she was having twins. “It did shock us, and we jumped to six [children] quickly,” she said. “But we like a challenge.”
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
 It was a family affair Saturday as Lynne Spears hung out with Britney and her sons Preston and Jayden for an overnight visit at the star’s Studio City home.
In town since Wednesday, Lynne and Britney have been enjoying some mother-daughter bonding, shopping at the True Religion warehouse and Pottery Barn on Friday before enjoying a “girls dinner” of salad, sushi rolls, and fish at Bond St. restaurant with two of Britney’s pals.
“Britney walked in with a big smile and introduced her mom to the staff,” says an observer. “She looked gorgeous, and I have never seen her in a better mood. She was laughing the whole time she was here. Britney seemed to have the best time hanging out with her mom and friends.”
Meanwhile, dad Jamie spent the weekend at his new house in Santa Monica.
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