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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my picks below, you can now watch Cadillac Records, Let the Right One In, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the comfort of your own home.
Box Office: Audiences Love Christmases
Reese and Vince proved a potent pair at the box office once again as Four Christmases came in at No. 1 for the second weekend in a row. The holiday comedy earned an estimated $18.2 million over the weekend, bringing its overall total since debuting to $70.8 million.
Cadillac Records: Spot-On Performances Bring Legends to Life
There's plenty wrong with director Darnell Martin's biopic about Chicago's famous record label Chess Records, including the confusing title: Cadillac Records. What with the production quality that makes the film look like a sound stage, amateurish editing, and a script that bites off too many legends than it can chew, this movie's got issues.
But you know what?
What to Download: New Music on iTunes
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections:
Comeback kid: Britney Spears's new album, Circus, is being described as "adequate" by most reviewers, and from what I've listened to so far, I'd agree.
Beyonce and Jay-Z Roll Cadillac Records into NYC
The cast of Cadillac Records brought their movie to New York City last night, highlighted by Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z. The newlyweds and longtime loves hardly ever do the red carpet together, so it's such a treat to see him out to support his wife looking so happy. They're always having a blast somewhere around the world, but with her opening up a little about their marriage and seeing them together here might mean a new leaf for B and J.
Beyonce and Adrien Drive Their Cadillac Records Into LA
Hollywood got a little more old school last night for the premiere of Cadillac Records. Beyonce Knowles looked glamorous solo showing off her enormous diamond ring on the red carpet and posing with the legendary Etta James who B portrays in the film. As one half of the number one top earning celebrity couples, Beyonce didn't need her other half by her side to command attention.
Movie Preview: Cadillac Records
Well, here it is, folks: A real look at Cadillac Records, the musical biopic people have been buzzing about lately — especially since we first caught a glimpse of Beyonce as Etta James. The movie focuses on several legendary greats, like Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Chuck Berry, and Leonard Chess, portrayed by the likes of Jeffrey Wright, Columbus Short, Mos Def and Adrien Brody.
The story chronicles the rise of Chess Records in 1950s Chicago when, as the voiceover explains, "Sex had a sound.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/31
- This incredibly creepy dude, Derek Mears, will reportedly play Jason in the new Friday the 13th, ComingSoon writes.
- Meanwhile, Mos Def has signed on to portray Chuck Berry in the movie Cadillac Records, Billboard reports.
- Zap2it reports that ABC is shuffling its Spring schedule, moving Women's Murder Club to Tuesdays and taking Men in Trees off the air for a few weeks.
- Uh-oh: The LA Times has an update on a possible actors' strike.
- According to the AP, Heather Mills will judge the next Miss USA pageant.
- Kathie Lee Gifford will host the fourth hour of The Today Show, the New York Times reports.
- Zany soap opera Passions no longer has a home at NBC, Variety reports.
- If you want to see Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's band play live, She & Him are going on a very, very brief tour, and Pitchfork has the details.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/26
- According to Variety, a celebrity-studded version of Family Feud will be coming to primetime.
- The Hollywood Reporter writes that Shekhar Kapur will direct the late Anthony Minghella's last project, a short film for the anthology New York, I Love You.
- Hugh Jackman and TV writer/producer Marc Guggenheim are co-creating an original comic book series titled Nowhere Man, ComingSoon reports.
- Zap2It has news that Jaime King will star in a 3-D remake of the 1981 horror flick My Bloody Valentine.
- Variety reports that TV judges are getting their own Daytime Emmy Awards category.
- VH1's Rock Honors will only honor The Who this year, the Associated Press reports.
- Gabrielle Union is set to star in Cadillac Records, playing Muddy Waters' girlfriend Geneva Wade, writes ComingSoon.
- A Broadway musical version of A Tale of Two Cities will head to New York this summer, Variety reports.
Can You See Beyonce as Etta James?
There is news today that Beyonce will return to the big screen to play legendary songstress Etta James in a movie about the music scene in 1950's Chicago. Other music legends that will be brought to life include Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Elvis Presley.
I enjoyed Beyonce in Dreamgirls when she played a beautiful lead doo-wop girl, but Etta James is known more for her powerful voice than "it-girl" good looks.
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