Zebras Are So In Right Now From The Great Gatsby to Christina Aguilera, they are everywhere. posted about a half hour ago Continue reading →
David Crotty/PatrickMcMullan.com/Sipa USA; Valerie Macon/Getty Images It's official! Lindsay Lohan has finally found a Dick for her Liz—and it comes in the form of True Blood hunk Grant Bowler, E! News has confirmed. As you Elizabeth Taylor fans already know, Linds is scheduled to play the Hollywood icon in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick, which chronicles Elizabeth's fiery marriage with her fourth (and fifth) husband Richard Burton (that'd be Bowler). So what's the latest with Lindsay insurance policy now that casting's complete? Exactly how much sex can we expect and uh, what's up with that casual 18-year age difference between LiLo and Grant?! READ: Elizabeth Taylor Biopic Producer: Lindsay Lohan "Most Insured Actress That Ever Walked" Cue the sexually-charged Lindsanity, folks, because according to ... Continue reading →
Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures Sometimes spell-checker just isn't enough, old sport. In the new trailer for Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," there's a pretty epic typo. A quick shot of Times Square in New York reveals a billboard for the Broadway review of "Zeigfeld Follies." The problem? It's actually "Ziegfeld Follies." D'oh! [Related: 'The Great Gatsby' *finally* brings BFFs DiCaprio and Maguire together] photo by EverettWe first saw the find over at the U.K.'s Daily Mail. The misspelled word is onscreen for only a moment, but that didn't stop Twitter users from calling out the film for mucking up the name of such an entertainment classic. The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of lavish Broadway productions. A bit like variety programs, the Follies (as ... Continue reading →
Gentlemen Thinkers & Makers of Fine Product WHAT SAY CO. is a few friends from Philadelphia that actually followed through with that good idea. Email everyone@whatsay.co or Tweet us @WhatSayCo. © WHAT SAY CO., 2012 Continue reading →
Geek overlord Joss Whedon has made no attempt to hide his nerdy side from the entertainment world, and he loves to place easter eggs in his productions that make fans drool at their discovery. This particular easter egg comes from the pilot episode of Firefly: In the opening sequence of Firefly‘s pilot episode, “Serenity,” Nathan Fillion’s Malcolm Reynolds is fighting the Battle of Serenity Valley. And losing. But before he’s forced to lay down his guns, he hops behind a giant anti-aircraft cannon to shoot down an Alliance fighter. And when he powers up the gun, the heads-up-display reveals a very familiar logo in the top part of the screen The logo in question is the Weyland-Yutani Corporation logo, from the Aliens film franchise. Now ... Continue reading →
UPDATE: Video below. Gary Connery, a 42-year-old UK stunt diver, has a résumé including Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Batman movies, and Downton Abbey. Today he’s the first man to jump out of a helicopter and plummet 2,400 feet to the ground without a parachute… On purpose… And emerge unscathed. He reached a speed of 75 miles an hour during his 40-second fall. This is a milestone in the annals of stunts, accoording to The New York Times which has a fantastic account of Connery’s feat and Reuters the photo. To accomplish the stunt, Connery wore a custom designed wing-suit from a Florida company. The rest was all courage: Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here. Get the latest Industry news sent straight to your Wall. Continue reading →
After 30 years of attempts, it’s hard to believe that John Kennedy Toole‘s comic masterpiece A Confederacy of Dunces will ever get a film adaptation. But we can dream, can’t we? Vulture reports that Zach Galifianakis has been cast to play our dearest Working Boy, Ignatius J. Reilly, with Muppets director James Bobin at the helm. The A Confederacy of Dunces cinematic adaptation has endured a long and fatal history, with many of the actors who were set to play Ignatius dying before the project took off. The first attempt to bring the movie to the screen was in 1982, with John Belushi in the title role. However, a few days before meeting with execs, Belushi died of a drug overdose. Projects set to star ... Continue reading →
Ishika Mohan/Fox Searchlight Pictures Judi Dench stars as a can-do widow who moves to India in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” LOS ANGELES — Anytime a film costs $10 million to make and ticket sales approach $100 million, Hollywood pays attention. But jaws really drop when a movie starring actors in their 70s and aimed at people over 50 pulls off that trick. Wait. Stop. Older people will go to the movies if we give them something to watch besides superheroes and special effects? Surprise: “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” a gentle comedic drama about disparate British retirees who decamp to India, has so far taken in $88.8 million at the global box office. With about $9.3 million in ticket sales in North America since ... Continue reading →
