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January 21st, 2008
 From Wednesday January 23 up to and including Sunday February 3 the 37th International Film Festival (IFFR) will take place in, well… Rotterdam of course. This year’s program is led by the new director Rutger Wolfson, who replaces Sandra den Hamer. As was the case in the past few years, Choking on Popcorn will cover the festival for the full ten days and will bring impressions as well as (short) reviews on a daily basis. This year’s festival is dominated by films from Brazil, France, India and the rest of Asia, which is part of the festival’s tradition. The focus is on films that would normally not reach the European and American screens. (more…)
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January 21st, 2008
 The first trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek went on line little over an hour ago. It can be found at Empire on the link below.
Being a teaser, it doesn’t offer much in the way of plot information, but it does show a tantalising glimpse of the Enterprise under construction.
If the tone of this trailer is anything to go by, we could be looking at a Batman Begins kind of renewal for the dying Star Trek franchise. A good thing in our books and one that should breathe new life into a worthy series.
Roll on boxing day.
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January 21st, 2008
 After 48 days behind bars, Kiefer Sutherland was released from incarceration Monday morning at a Glendale, Calif. jail.
The actor left at 12:05 a.m., according to jail spokesman John Balian.
“[Kiefer] looked like he was glad to be out,” said Balian, who added that the actor was wearing a shirt and jeans when he left, and took home whatever personal belongings he originally brought with him.
Sutherland, 41, served his entire sentence for a second DUI conviction and for violating probation. He spent his birthday, Christmas and New Year’s at the Los Angeles-area facility.
“Throughout his stay, he never griped, never complained,” Balian previously said. “He never wanted preferential treatment from the get go, and we respect him for that.”
Sutherland was housed alone in an 8 by 10 foot cell, but was not confined to it, having access to a larger day room with a TV.
The actor was only visited by his attorney. The 24 star did not include any family or friends on his visitor request list. (His doctor was the only other approved visitor).
Sutherland kept largely to himself, having scant contact with other inmates, Balian said.
The actor was also sentenced to five years probation, and must complete an 18-month alcohol education program and attend weekly therapy sessions for six months.
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January 21st, 2008
 Britney Spears’s photographer boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, was surprised to learn of rumors that the pop star has requested a restraining order against him.
“All I can say is that I have not been in contact with Britney since early Friday morning,” Ghalib says in a message posted on the Web site of his employer, FinalPixx. “The reason being, that I have has to attend a family funeral in Santa Barbara. My phone has been off during this time out of respect for my family. I am only now becoming aware of what is being said. I hope to be back home in Los Angeles soon and to be in contact with Miss Spears.”
The news of a the supposed restraining order came from two paparazzi who were invited into Spears’s home at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday, and spent several hours with the singer and her longtime friend Sam Lutfi.
According to one of the photographers, Lutfi said that they’d filed a request for a restraining order against Ghalib because they want him “out of Britney’s life.”
“Britney asked us to leave the cameras in the car, and? she poured some champagne for us. She was very sweet,” said one of the photographers. “Sam was telling us to not worry about Adnan because they have filed a restraining order against him.”
The Los Angeles police department says they are “not aware” of any emergency protective orders issued against Ghalib. The L.A. Sheriff’s department also says no order was issued.
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January 21st, 2008
 Chris Noth and long-time girlfriend Tara Wilson have welcomed a son, a rep for the actor confirms.
“I am happy to confirm that Chris Noth and Tara Wilson are the proud parents of a happy and healthy baby boy,” the rep said.
Orion Christopher Noth was born in Los Angeles on Friday, and weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz.
“Chris and Tara are thrilled and all are doing well,” says the rep.
Wilson met the 53-year-old Sex and the City star while working at his New York bar, The Cutting Room. The couple will soon appear on the big screen together as well, in the indie drama Frame of Mind. Noth plays a journalist in the film and Wilson has a supporting role in the movie, which was filmed in Carlstadt, N.J., last year.
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January 21st, 2008
 | | Taxi To the Dark Side - Trailer
The latest prize-winning documentary from Oscar-nominee Alex Gibney, confirms his standing as one of the foremost non-fiction filmmakers working today. A stunning inquiry into the suspicious death of an Afghani taxi driver at Bagram air base in 2002, the film is a fastidiously assembled, uncommonly well-researched examination of how an innocent civilian was apprehended, imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately murdered by the greatest democracy on earth. Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney’s film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold.
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January 21st, 2008
 | | The Air I Breathe - Trailer
Four short fables in which characters collide with fate – and each other – comprise THE AIR I BREATHE, an ambitious and absorbing drama from debuting director/writer Jieho Lee. Boasting a brilliant ensemble cast, the film is inspired by a Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four key emotions – Happiness, Sorrow, Pleasure, and Love – and each vignette is built around a character who embodies one of these key emotions. In “Happiness,” 2006 Best Actor Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker stars as a timid banker who impulsively bets every cent he has, and then some, on a supposedly “sure thing.” In “Sorrow,” Sarah Michelle Gellar is a rising pop star whose contract falls under the control of a ruthless crime boss (Oscar-nominee Andy Garcia), and his corrupt nephew (Emile Hirsch). In “Pleasure,” Brendan Fraser stars as a man who can see into the future of everyone he meets, but is totally blind when it comes to his own; and in “Love,” Kevin Bacon plays a doctor who pines for a woman he can never possess (Julie Delpy), only to find that he suddenly holds her life in his hands. Though each of the characters believes that his or her life is governed by hazard and chance, their unbridled emotions, impulsive choices, and reckless moves all prove one universal truth: character is destiny, and each of us makes our own fate.
Directed by: Jieho Lee
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January 20th, 2008
Tomorrow is a U.S. holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), so there’s no picketing. Tuesday is a big event at Paramount. Details forthcoming.
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January 20th, 2008
Last night I saw Cloverfield at the Chinese. And loved it. Since the first trailer, I’ve been plugging my ears and shouting “la la la la” whenever someone tried to tell me something about the movie, and I’m glad I did. A blank slate is a movie-goer’s best friend.
I have the opposite situation for two of the trailers that played before Cloverfield: Iron Man and The Eye. I did two week’s work on each — not nearly enough to merit credit, but enough that I know every single plot point. If there’d only been a Hancock trailer, it would have been a trifecta.
Because you’ll ask: I haven’t seen any of the three. The Eye changed studios, directors and stars soon after I worked on it. (Not my fault, I swear.) I took the job because I really wanted to write something scary. Even with all the genres I’ve worked in, I had never done a horror movie.
I feel much more kinship towards Hancock and Iron Man, along with their writers, directors and producers. Both had strong scripts before I got involved, and I enjoyed helping out where I could.
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January 20th, 2008
 Jennifer Lopez celebrated her pregnancy with a baby shower Saturday on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.
The singer and her husband Marc Anthony both attended the afternoon shower, which was hosted by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Lopez’s producer on the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan.
Lopez, 38, “looked very pretty – and very pregnant,” according to an eyewitness, who saw the couple arrive flanked by bodyguards.
Among the guests were actress Leah Remini and designer Roberto Cavalli, who gifted Lopez with a pink leopard crib, according to a source. As for the décor, everything at the shower was blue and pink – and the room was covered with Swarovski crystal, said the source.
Last month the singer, who is due in a few weeks, was given matching pink and blue Tuni & G onesies from her sister Lynda Lopez. The pop star has been mum about whether she’s expecting twins, though multiple sources have said she’s having two bundles of joy.
The singer first announced she would be starting a family with her husband of three years, Marc Anthony, 39, last November after months of speculation.
“This is a special time in our lives,” Lopez told an audience during a concert in Miami, the final stop on the couple’s El Cantante tour.
Even as her baby bump grew increasingly noticeable with each performance, Lopez had avoided discussing her impending motherhood.
“We’re just getting used to the fact that we’ve told everybody” Lopez tells Harper’s Bazaar for its February issue.
When asked how long she is planning to take off from her career as a singer, actress and designer, Lopez says, “I don’t know – and I like that.”
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