Insanely addictive.
A lot of sports movies focus on underdogs, and while Warrior is no exception, it offers much more than a tale of athletes facing incredible odds. Brendan (Joel Edgerton) and Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) are two estranged brothers who find themselves training for the same mixed martial arts competition with a $5 million dollar prize. After physics teacher Brendan is suspended from his job without pay, Read more
Remakes are all the rage right now (there's not one but two hitting theaters just this weekend), and it sounds like Jennifer Garner is ready to jump on the bandwagon. She's in talks to star in the upcoming remake of Arthur, starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. Garner would play the rich heiress whom Arthur's mother (Mirren) wants her son to marry, though Arthur himself prefers a poor girl Read more
On Tuesday, a fire broke out in actor Nick Nolte's Malibu home, forcing him to make a quick exit and escape through a window. The fire was said to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, which Nolte believes originated from his faulty printer. The damage was estimated at three million dollars. We've heard about fires from bad batteries in cell phones, and laptops over-heating, but I'm Read more
Travis Barker opens up for the first time since his plane crash about his recovery, his fear of planes, and his surgeries. He is currently in treatment at the Grossman Burn Center in LA. — Us Weekly Celebrity DJs are hosting a benefit in honor of DJ AM as a welcome-home party and to raise money for the crash victims who died. The event will be at The Avalon in Hollywood on Oct. 14 and tickets Read more
Do Not Disturb is the first casualty of Fall TV. — Broadcasting & Cable It's only in the rumor stage, but still: People are saying Ricky Gervais may be the host for the 2009 Oscars! — E! Online Steven Spielberg may adapt the sci-fi novel Chocky for his next project. — Zap2It HBO wants to turn the Tom Wolfe novel I Am Charlotte Simmons into a TV series with Tina Brown as executive Read more
With no Milo Ventimiglia in sight, Hayden Panettiere had a much younger man, her brother Jansen, on her arm at the premiere of The Spiderwick Chronicles in LA last night. Hayden's still a family girl at heart, but earlier this week that backfired a bit. At Wednesday's Old Navy party mom Panettiere's dress was a little too risqué for her daughter's taste and Hayden had to leave the dance floor in Read more
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is great. And then it's terrible. And then it's puzzling. Then it's truthful. Then you go, "whaaaa?" And it ends and you're like, "eh." It's not a bad movie, by any means. The music is fantastic, for example. Many of the directorial choices (the way shots are set up, the use of voiceover narration, etc.) are superb. Several of the performances are arresting. But the Read more
I am so thrilled to go to Sundance this year, and I simply can't wait to see as many movies as I possibly can while I'm out there! For the next few days I'll be highlighting some of the films I'm most curious to see. Today's spotlight: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. One of the few Sundance films to have an official website, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a film adaptation of the novel by author Read more
I just had to note the resemblance, at least in coiffure. Nick Nolte in his notorious mugshot, and Bobby the plushy. Source & Source Read more
Talk about being stuck between a drunk and an orange place. Which one of these beauties would you hook up with, if you had to. . . Source and Source If You Had To... Nick Nolte Joey Buttafuoco Read more
