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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED movie poster released
Posted on12. Apr, 2012 by Henry-K.
Can you say movie buzz? Here comes the poster for the highly anticipated “Safety Not Guaranteed” (by the producers of Little Miss Sunshine). Plot: when an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysteriously likable yet paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he has unlocked [...]
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Adam Levine: New Sexiest Man Alive
Posted on05. Apr, 2012 by Amanda Palasciano.
Celebrity Buzz: when you realize just how long Adam Levine, front man of Maroon 5 and coach on The Voice, has been on the scene, it is strange that it took this long for the world to notice. His looks and original “voice” of his own have barely changed through the years, yet women are [...]
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“John Carter” a box office dud, but is it a bad movie?
Posted on26. Mar, 2012 by Harrison Cheung.
Okay, the numbers don’t lie – JOHN CARTER was a dud at the box office. But does that make it a bad movie? If you liked PRINCE OF PERSIA, JOHN CARTER is in a similar vein – a swashbuckling action flick that is also reminiscent of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK or THE MUMMY. While [...]
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Hollywood Behaving Badly: ‘Stalkerazzis’ and ‘Flour Bombs’
Posted on24. Mar, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
Aggrieved ingénues receive vindication in court—and Kim Kardashian is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in our latest edition of Hollywood Behaving Badly. Most of the civilized world—and no doubt a few alien species, given the widespread press coverage—now understand what it means to “flour-bomb” someone, thanks to Kim Kardashian. The celebutante [...]
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Leading Man: James Franco Courts Controversy in ‘Mapplethorpe’
Posted on20. Mar, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
Matinee idol James Franco is adding another outsider and provocateur to his list of upcoming movie projects. The decision to star as Robert Mapplethorpe in a biopic of the controversial photographer is in line with recent career moves by the creatively restless Franco, who has moved from costarring in a mega-budget “Spider-Man” blockbuster and hosting [...]
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Hollywood Behaving Badly: The Cranky, The Arrested, The Naked, The Reformed?
Posted on18. Mar, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
BNH‘s latest edition of Hollywood Behaving Badly includes one cranky celebrity and another who appears to have cracked under the pressure of sudden fame and scrutiny. Plus: a tabloid-friendly bad girl claims she has reformed, and an A-lister gets arrested for a good cause. The ink is barely dry on the divorce decree between comedian [...]
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“The Hunger Games:” Too Bloody For Bloody British Censors
Posted on14. Mar, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
The British, who put “Bloody” in “Bloody Sunday,” have deemed “The Hunger Games”–which stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen–as too violent! That is, the British Board of Film Classification has forced Lionsgate to censor themselves and delete some violence so it could get a 12A rating in England. The 12A rating means that film-goers under 12 can [...]
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Stars and stage fright? Right!
Posted on13. Mar, 2012 by Amanda Palasciano.
EGOT or GATE (more commonly EGOT) is an acronym surrounding the few people in this world who have ever hit the “Grand Slam” per se´, in show business. It stands for: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony or Grammy, Academy, Tony, Emmy, respectively. Literally only eleven people have made the cut with an additional three honorable mentions [...]
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Lenny Kravitz Ponders the Chance of a Real-Life ‘Hunger Games’
Posted on09. Mar, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
As the countdown to the release of “The Hunger Games” continues, teaser photos and clips are flying fast and furious to whet the appetites of legions of anxious fans. A crazy-successful series of adventure novels form the basis for what studio execs hope will become the next mega-franchise to pick up where Harry Potter and [...]
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