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Video interview with artist Drew Friedman, who demonstrates his caricature technique, with Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=3330Video interview with artist Drew Friedman, who demonstrates his caricature technique,... more
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If you were hoping 'The Crow' remake doesn't happen, Harvey Weinstein is working to have that wish come true.If you were hoping 'The Crow' remake doesn't happen, Harvey Weinstein... more
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On the evening of Monday 7th February, I attended the Chateau Marmont in celebration of the Academy nomination for The King’s Speech. Their names included Quentin Tarantino, Amanda Seyfried, Renee Zellweger, Mick Jagger, Ridley Scott and Gerard Butler.On the evening of Monday 7th February, I attended the Chateau Marmont in celebration... more
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Blue Valentine got a shocking NC-17 rating and Harvey Weinstein ain't gonna take it sources tell best movies ever.Blue Valentine got a shocking NC-17 rating and Harvey Weinstein ain't gonna take... more
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"On a quiet street in Ankara, an American Flag burned. Its stars and its stripes slowly wilting like a dying flower. But all that was dying in that Turkish road was one lone fan's belief in the power of the American VMA viewing audience. Who had rejected the infinitely better Green Day for the tumblr-powered recent ascent of a girl who dyed her hair...."
This is Andrew Fitzgerald's classic re-envisioning of the polemic events that occurred at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. In this seminal piece of meme historical fiction, the Kanye West / Taylor Swift controversy never happened. Instead after Green Day won the best rock video, Hayley the neon redheaded Paramore vocalist jumped on stage to utter those immortal words "sup Green Day? ur musik stop bein' relevant when I was 6."
"The twenty year old caused controversy, when her fans used social networking sites demanding a VMA recall. This never happened, which led to the most perasive meme of late summer 2009."
"This event entered the monumental canon of memes, once it was legitimized by Xzibit".
The realm of meme historical fiction is a new art form that dates all the way back to the Balloon Boy era of internet meme-itude. The Current Comedy Blog believes this is the future of fiction, and that's why we courageously published the writings of Andrew Fitzgerald. It's kind of like Fitzgerald is Michael Moore, trying to release the controversial Fahrenheit 9/11. Nobody wants to release it, because it's too real. But I'm like Harvey Weinstein, because I actually have the guts to publish this work of genius.
If you have any meme historical fiction that you'd like published, hit me up."On a quiet street in Ankara, an American Flag burned. Its stars and its stripes... more
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Ryan Reynolds will star in Buried, which is what we did with our head after Wolverine. [Variety]
Harvey Weinstein is angry that the Internet would report on things he will likely do. [Current]
In a bit of quiet recasting, Scout Taylor-Compton (yeah, we had to IMDB her too) is now Lita Ford [Current]
Proof Hollywood is a deluded place? No one thinks Eddie Murphy is in a bad spot. [NYT]
Yes, Virginia. Michael Bay is racist. [The Playlist]
Farrah Fawcett has died. [Current]
And today's awesome video was found via Kevin Rose. [Twitter]
-John Lichman
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It's Thursday! That means while most of you are working for the weekend, we're hyped for a brand new episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show tonight at 10:30 p.m. Meanwhile, here are three stories we dug from Current.com/Movies:
Robert Rodriguez Confirms Predator Series Reboot submitted by James Buckingham
The long-standing rumor that a Predator remake was happening finally became grim reality today when director Robert Rodriguez revealed that--along with four other films--are currently in his production queue. He has let slip that in this "modern" revision, there will be multiple Predators fighting a group of commandos. Mm.
He also claims to be producing The Jetsons. Or directing it. As always when it comes to a prospective Rodriguez production, no one knows the status of it.
The Tribeca-Sundance Throwdown--De Niro vs. Redford submitted by Pericles_Lewnes
The Tribeca Film Festival began yesterday and the claws are out as the supposed spectacle festival is aquiring Grade A talent--from Sundance!
and finally...
Weinstein Company Really Did Lose the Rights to Sin City 2 submitted by AtomicLegion
Even I thought this was a fake when originally submitted, but it turns out to be real! Hoo ray Internet!
In the mean time, don't forget to submit your webcam reviews and three word reviews to us at Current.com/Movies and The Rotten Tomatoes Show!
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When Harvey Weinstein picked up the $2 million rights to A Single Man, he’s said to have personally guaranteed director (and former Gucci creative director) Tom Ford an Oscar for Best Director or Best Picture. And though a statuette for either category seems unlikely given ’09’s ’stiff competition, especially in light of the Coen Bros.’ fantastic A Serious Man, a nom(s) remains quite possible. Critical response and hip international buzz is equally strong. Today, the official trailer has surfaced, and oddly enough, its classy use of repetitive-as-to-be-thrilling music and imagery sans plot is similar to the ballsy trailer for the Coens’ opus. And not unlike the recent poster (below) for A Single Man, its trailer playfully or curiously omits the lead character’s sexual preference.
Ford adapted the screenplay alongside David Scearce (his first screenplay credit as well) from the same-named 1964 novel by the late, provocative British author Christopher Isherwood. Like the novel, the main character as played to “breakout” notices by Colin Firth (Bridget Jones franchise), is a gay college professor whose BF (Matthew Goode aka Ozymandias in Watchmen) passes away in front of him; the plot follows a day in a life of masked grief throughout a Southern California set in the 1960s. The film is said to be sprinkled with time-specific details like the theatrical run of Psycho and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Julianne Moore, who is a natural compliment for Ford’s style, stars as a London friend and neighbor of Firth’s character, though the marketing clearly implies a less platonic relationship.
Early reviews haven’t specifically compared the film to a style exercise—in contrast, the containment of dark emotions is really the underlying theme—but similarities to the obsessively precise, period aesthetic of Mad Men have been noted by several. There is actually a direct connection: A Single Man’s production designer Dan Bishop has worked as Mad Men’s PD for all three seasons, all of which are set in the early ’60s. Fun fact: Man Mad’s Don Draper, actor Jon Hamm, has an uncredited voice role in the film.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/07/a-single-man-movie-trailer-tom-ford-teams-with-mad-mens-production-designer/When Harvey Weinstein picked up the $2 million rights to A Single Man, he’s said... more
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What the hell is wrong with Hollywood?
Over 100 of Tinseltown’s elite have signed a petition urging that Roman Polanski be released. In case you haven’t heard, Polanski was arrested in Switzerland last week and is being held for extradition to the United States.
His crime: in 1977, Polanski took nude photos of a 13-year-old girl, served her champagne, gave her a quaalude and then raped her both vaginally and anally. Let him go. Hell no!What the hell is wrong with Hollywood?
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Members of the Hollywood chic and international Film industry are loudly clamoring in their chorus of support for Roman Polanski.Members of the Hollywood chic and international Film industry are loudly clamoring in... more
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You gotta love Harvey Weinstein. I imagine he'd be more than happy to fight anyone who asks (kind of like Uwe Boll). Right now I'm certain all that's on his mind is making sure that Inglourious Basterds, The Road, and Rob Marshall's Nine are huge hits, or The Weinstein Company may not make it to next year. A month ago, the web was abuzz with a controversial rumor that Quentin Tarantino was being forced by Harvey Weinstein to cut some 40 minutes off of Inglourious Basterds. It seemed hokey anyway, as it came from a very skeptical report on The Wrap. But now Harvey sets it all straight in this GQ interview.
"Those stories are all untrue. There's no fucking way. Here, read my lips: That is nuts. Please don't even write that, it's insanity. There's not even a question of that. Whatever you're reading, it's like some insane blogger… There's no truth to any of this. He's not gonna cut. What he's doing is just reorganizing some scenes. I mean, the guy had six weeks to cut his movie [for Cannes]; most guys take six months. Most guys take a year."
"When I worked with Martin [Scorsese], we'd do eighteen months in post-production. Quentin Tarantino cuts a movie in six weeks? Come on, there's shit on that cutting-room floor that'll blow your brains out. I was telling Quentin the opposite—'You should put that shit back in the movie.' There's scenes with Brad Pitt and the Basterds, and I'm praying he puts that shit back in, ‘cause it's un-fucking-believably great. Listen—this movie will be between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and twenty-seven minutes. I don't think it's going to be shorter—it's just a question of rearranging. I know he's putting footage back into the movie. I know he's got some cool shit that he didn't get time to address."
Read the Full interview at Gq'S website:
http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2009/06/harvey-weinsteins-war-on-error.htmlYou gotta love Harvey Weinstein. I imagine he'd be more than happy to fight... more
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Each season on Project Runway, a buzzword seems to emerge from the fashion ether. In Season 4 the word was "fierce," courtesy of the winner, Christian Siriano. This season, "bummer" may be the operative word.
The sixth season of the hit cable-television show is in production without a parent network or a premiere date, because of dueling lawsuits by NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co.
Although Season 6 won't be broadcast for months, if ever, the producers filmed an awkward finale at Fashion Week in New York on Friday, in a tented room filled with barely hushed uncertainty about the show's future.
"We are all in a bit of a limbo," the show's host, model Heidi Klum, told the roughly 1,000 audience members, "and we hope that everything is sorted out very soon."
The Runway finales are normally a highlight of Fashion Week, which is held at Bryant Park in Manhattan twice a year. But the lawsuits cast a pall over the competition.
"For the contestants, it's kind of horrible," Siriano said before the show.Each season on Project Runway, a buzzword seems to emerge from the fashion ether. In... more
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The Project Runway collections tromped down the Fashion Week runways this morning, indicating that production is still chugging along, despite the legal troubles surrounding it. But what does that mean for the show's future?
Basically the war between NBC/Universal, whose Bravo network for gay people aired the fashion design competition series for its first five seasons, is locked in mortal combat with the Weinstein Company, the series' production house, who sold it in a late night deal to Lifetime, hoping for a quick buck. Harvey & Co.'s little gambit didn't pay off quite the way they'd hoped though, as promotion and scheduling for the sixth season have been completely hindered by an NBC/U lawsuit trying to get their little boutique cash cow back.
But they're still allowed to film, so film they did. The collections were presented anonymously, so neither the fashion doyennes in the audience nor we playing at home could possibly figure out just who is behind the garments. Judging from photos, below, we can tell a few things though. Basically, someone's really into black leathery domination gear. Someone else is into draping and sweeping dresses. Another person is into little turnips-from-Mario 2-shaped cocktail dresses. So just follow those patterns whenever the show airs, and you might be able to cobble the answers together. Of course, this season might never air at all. If NBC/U eventually wins their suit, it's possible (though according to some, not likely) this entire iteration will be scuttled and all of it will have been for naught. Pity for all involved. Either way, here are the clothes.The Project Runway collections tromped down the Fashion Week runways this morning,... more
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When Harvey Weinstein landed scattered awards nominations during the past few years, some -- especially the former Miramax Films co-chief himself -- touted a comeback.
This time, it's more real.
With eight Globes nominations between the Nazi drama "The Reader" and Woody Allen's romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Weinstein and his brother, Bob, scored their best performance since they left Miramax and launched their own Weinstein Co. banner in 2005. They bested all specialty units and mini-majors. (Miramax and Fox Searchlight had seven nominations apiece.)When Harvey Weinstein landed scattered awards nominations during the past few years,... more
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The Weinstein Company, one of Hollywood's biggest independent film companies, has completed a separate agreement with striking writers, according to Harvey Weinstein, the company's co-founder.
Weinstein said Thursday that his New York-based company had come to terms with the writers guilds on a deal similar to the one reached last week by United Artists, the first independent movie company to reach an interim contract with the writers, who have been on strike since Nov. 5.The Weinstein Company, one of Hollywood's biggest independent film companies, has... more
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The famously fat movie-making tyrant is going to make an honest woman out of Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman.
According to Page Six: "HARVEY Weinstein has proposed to his girlfriend of two years, gorgeous British fashion designer Georgina Chapman . And she said yes. The Weinstein Company co-founder will swap vows with his bride Dec. 15 in Westport, Conn. Sources credit Chapman with the emergence of a kinder, gentler Weinstein, and for his growing interest in fashion, which resulted in his acquisition of the Halston fashion line last year."The famously fat movie-making tyrant is going to make an honest woman out of Marchesa... more
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