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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Filed under: Drama, Celebrities and Controversy, Angelina Jolie, Movie Marketing, Paramount Vantage  Everyone's favorite entertainment journalist, Roger Friedman, is calling Angelina Jolie a hypocrite after she reportedly censored journalists while promoting her new film, A Mighty Heart. The Michael Winterbottom pic is about Mariane Pearl, widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and it deals with freedom of the press, so the idea that Jolie made reporters sign a censoring agreement before interviewing her is certainly problematic. At the premiere of A Mighty Heart Wednesday night, Jolie's lawyer presented journalists with a contract stating certain subjects that could not be discussed with the actress, including questions about her personal life. Of course, this makes sense, because otherwise some writers would attempt to stray from the topic of the film in question -- which would take away from the promotion of the film, as well as from the purpose of the press' purpose at the event. Still, the contract does seem unnecessary and contradictory to the film's apparent message. If Jolie wanted to reject a question or topic, she could certainly just refuse to comment or leave. Most of the junkets and red carpets I've been to, this has either been addressed or accepted as a given anyway. Instead, according to Friedman, the mode of dealing with gossippy reporters made a lot of people angry, enough to cancel coverage, as USA Today and the Associated Press supposedly did. Eventually Jolie ended up refusing all print interviews because of the outrage. Friedman also claims that Jolie instructed publicists to ban Fox News (for which Friedman works) from the red carpet and any other premiere access. In the end, though, some higher ups at Paramount allowed Fox's coverage. Friedman goes on to criticize Jolie's history of press manipulation and also quotes a disappointed editorial director from Reporters Without Borders, an organization that was supposed to be supported by the film's premiere. [via Fark.com, which has a good discussion of the article going in its comments section] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
We applaud the effort!
Brooke Hogan was walking the streets of Miami Beach on Wednesday in this gold lame outfit.
Sooooo much better than the assless chaps!
BH does have a fondness for those Cinderella hooker heels, though.
She’s worn them before.
Brooke’s just looking for her Prince Charming…or a really hot butch dyke!
P.S. Did she get a boob job?????
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
He’s no longer a fugitive!
Former music mogul Lou Pearlman has been caught.
The mastermind behind ‘Nsync and the Backstreet Boys had been running from the law.
Pearlman is accused of swindling millions and millions of dollars from helpless people, defrauding many senior citizens of their life savings.
The fatso was finally taken into custody by the FBI in Indonesia on Thursday morning.
Pearlman being flown to Guam, the nearest U.S. territory, to have an initial appearance before a federal judge.
Earlier this week, Pearlman’s possessions and those associated with his Trans Continental companies were auctioned off and raised more than $200,000.
Unfortunately, that’s only a fraction of the millions of dollars of debts claimed in bankruptcy by numerous banks and more than 1,000 individual investors.
Hope they lock Lou up for a long time.
He should do some time with Joe Francis!
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels  I need to be real careful before writing this story because, as much as it sucks, pure honesty can get a man in a whole lot of trouble round these parts. So here's the facts: Not long ago, an AICN (Ain't It Cool News) henchman (who goes by the name of Memflix on the site) wrote into AICN with an early review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. To say it was just a tad negative would be a major understatement -- essentially, dude ripped the flick apart. Now since I'm seeing the film tonight (which kind of stinks, because I then have to run home and stay up till all hours of the night writing a review so it's done in time for you folks to devour first thing in the morning), I can't tell you whether or not Memflix's review was spot on or not. But regardless, whether the guy was telling the truth in his review has nothing at all to do with this story.
Turns out Memflix is Jesse Morrison; a projectionist working in Memphis who helps screen films early for the press and such. Therefore, he's able to catch these movies long before they're set to hit theaters. But unlike those folks in the theater (who are usually requested to wait until the week of or day of to shell out their review) Memflix isn't a professional critic, and so it's his belief that he can run over to AICN to dish all the dirty details without consequence. Until now. Apparently, 20th Century Fox wasn't so happy about that review (and who can blame them), so what they did was track down the identity of this kid, call up his boss and (according to Morrison) "threatened to take away the press and trade screenings" at the theater(s) in question, which happens to be part of the Malco Theater chain in Memphis. Continue reading Early 'Fantastic Four 2' Review Lands Theater Projectionist in Hot Water Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Alien Spice has landed!
Vicky Beckham has arrived in New York.
The stylish Brit made her way through JFK on Wednesday and today – Thursday afternoon – Posh is having a signing at Saks Fifth Avenue.
We think she’s hawking her jeans.
No fat people welcome!
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Josh Hartnett was spotted escorting Lily Allen into a bathroom at NYC hotspot the Beatrice Inn on Tuesday night.
Hmmmm. Wonder what they were doing in the toilet together!
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
“I don’t care about my personal acting career any more. I’m done with it. After 10 years of making movies and going better than I ever could have imagined, I sort of had to ask myself: What am I supposed to do with all of this success that I have had? Am I just going to keep making movie after movie and be concerned with all of that ‘Are you up, are you down, are you hot, are you not?’, and I don’t really care. “
– Kevin Spacey tells London Tonight
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Joe Francis just can’t get a break!
The Girls Gone Wild creator has just been slapped with another lawsuit.
This time, two girls claim they were underage when Francis put them in one of his DVDs.
Joey needs to hire a whole army of lawyers. His problems are only getting worse!
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
I sat down to watch Broken English not expecting too much. The storyline has been done before: the 30-something single woman living in New York struggling with men. But Parker Posey, who will always stick in my head as Mary from Party Girl (1995) brings vulnerability, humor, and realism to a role that has been done before but never this good.
Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder in what is being called "a startling mature and nuanced performance." The opening scene of the movie shows Nora applying lipstick, picking the perfect dress, and fighting an internal battle over her anxiety medication. We see a close-up of her pulling on her sandals and the lost lonely look in her brown eyes. I was instantly hooked.
 Nora works in an elegant downtown hotel dealing with the VIPs who come through. She is competent and in control when she meets an actor who is staying in the hotel. She unbends enough to accept a date and as a result gets burned. But this experience leads her to meet the very charming and handsome Julien, a Frenchman working on a movie in New York for a short time.
Julien, played by Melvil Poupaud, is sensitive, with a passion for life and the world around him though he is recovering from a failed relationship. They spend a few blissful days together and while Julien might not understand Nora completely there is an easy companionship between the two, a chemistry that is magnetic. When he returns to France Nora is devastated; the scene where they say good-bye is heart-wrenching, the emotion jumps off the screen at you.
 Nora decides she must got to France to find Julien. With her best friend Audrey (Drea De Matteo) in tow, she searches Paris up and down for any sign of him. But as the days pass Nora starts to look at her life differently; she begins to see herself as someone else, someone unafraid of being alone.
And just as Nora has resigned herself to not finding Julian, on her way to the airport to return to New York, she finds him. This last scene is beautiful. I was glued to the screen as the final moments played out and when the credits rolled I let out a sigh. Simply beautiful.
 Broken English, written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes, is funny but it is not the slapstick humor of some romantic comedies. The humor here is real, genuine, everyday funny; a Frenchman mispronouncing a word or Nora and her friend Audrey’s conversations. But while there are bright jewels there are dark here as well. Nora’s struggle with her anxiety is sad to watch, hard to understand if you have never experienced a panic attack, and heart-wrenching if you have.
I can not recommend Broken English highly enough. It was as close to perfect as any movie I have watched in the last few years.
Mrs. McNeill works for a non-profit agency where she is thankful for any internet time she can squeeze into her day. In her free time she reads one of the thousands of books she has stacked in her tiny apartment. Her husband is sure the books are a fire hazard and threatens daily to call the fire department.
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
This report about Angelina Jolie is very disheartening and slightly disgusting.
The actress and humanitarian went to extreme lengths to try and control the media at the premiere of her latest film A Might Heart.
Don’t make us turn on you, Ange!
Jolie’s outlandish behavior included….
– As she promoted a film about freedom of the press, she tried to censor all her interviews.
– Hypocrite Jolie’s lawyer required all journalists to sign a contract before talking to her at the premiere.
– Reporters from most major media outlets balked Wednesday when they were presented with an agreement drawn up by Jolie’s Hollywood lawyer Robert Offer.
– The contract closely dictated the terms of all interviews.
– Reporters were asked to agree to “not ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships. In the event Interviewer does ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships, Ms. Jolie will have the right to immediately terminate the interview and leave.”
– The agreement also required that “the interview may only be used to promote the Picture. In no event may Interviewer or Media Outlet be entitled to run all or any portion of the interview in connection with any other story. … The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie.”
– If that wasn’t enough, Jolie also requires that if any of these things happen, “the tape of the interview will not be released to Interviewer.” Such a violation, the signatory thus agrees, would “cause Jolie irreparable harm” and make it possible for her to sue the interviewer and seek a restraining order.
– USA Today and the Associated Press were among those that canceled interviews, and eventually Jolie scotched all print interviews when she heard the reaction.
– A call to Offer was apparently one that could be refused. He didn’t return calls. An associate, Lindsay Strasberg, said, before hanging up: “You’re a reporter? I can’t talk to reporters. Goodbye.”
– Jolie is famous by now for directing press and selling rights to her photos. She has long been in business with People magazine, orchestrating photo shoots of her children. The money, she says, goes to charity.
– A year ago, on June 8, 2006, about how Jolie and Pitt were responsible for the expulsion of journalists in Namibia where the couple went to have their child, Shiloh. Their bodyguards regularly got into fights with local photographers hoping to make some money from the couple’s colonial residency in their country.
– After Shiloh was born, Jolie and Pitt gave a news conference, but limited it only to Namibian journalists. No reporters from neighboring countries were allowed.
Not cool, Ange.
Not cool at all!
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