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The people who ruined the decade
11 December 2009 4:58 PM, PST
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Part 2: From Andrew Sachs to Harry Potter
Andrew Sachs Sent the Beeb into cautious compliance meltdown
If Manuel had bothered to pick up his phone, Ross and Brand wouldn't have been tempted to leave their naughty messages, the Daily Mail wouldn't have been able to work itself up into a hypocritical moralistic lather, thousands of people who'd never heard the original show wouldn't have rung in to complain, Russell Brand would still have his Radio 2 show instead of Alan bleedin' Carr, and the BBC wouldn't get all jumpy every time Frankie Boyle made jokes about the Queen's fanny. See Also The Satanic Slut
Steve Jobs Killed the album with his zero-attention-span 'apps'
It was supposed to be so easy. Get your CDs, rip them in to iTunes, put them on your iPod. Then, whenever a latent desire to listen to Reo Speedwagon arose you could sate it right away.
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The people who ruined the decade
11 December 2009 4:58 PM, PST
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Part 2: From Andrew Sachs to Harry Potter
Andrew Sachs Sent the Beeb into cautious compliance meltdown
If Manuel had bothered to pick up his phone, Ross and Brand wouldn't have been tempted to leave their naughty messages, the Daily Mail wouldn't have been able to work itself up into a hypocritical moralistic lather, thousands of people who'd never heard the original show wouldn't have rung in to complain, Russell Brand would still have his Radio 2 show instead of Alan bleedin' Carr, and the BBC wouldn't get all jumpy every time Frankie Boyle made jokes about the Queen's fanny. See Also The Satanic Slut
Steve Jobs Killed the album with his zero-attention-span 'apps'
It was supposed to be so easy. Get your CDs, rip them in to iTunes, put them on your iPod. Then, whenever a latent desire to listen to Reo Speedwagon arose you could sate it right away.
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Video: Michael Bay's Explosive Victoria's Secret Trailer
8 December 2009 7:59 AM, PST
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By Wrap Staff
Michael Bay -- the director known for such bid-budget action films as "Transformers," "Pearl Harbor" and "Armageddon" -- recently directed a commercial. For Victoria's Secret.
The spot debuted during the 2009 "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," which aired on CBS last week.
It includes plenty of Bay's trademarks: helicopters, fire and, of course, explosions.
Watch the spot (in regular resolution or HD) below.
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- Dylan Stableford
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Michael Bay's Victoria's Secret commercial: Where are the giant robots?
7 December 2009 6:50 PM, PST
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Michael Bay has directed a Victoria's Secret commercial. No, that's not the premise for a Saturday Night Live skit involving enormous robots doing battle while wearing sexy lingerie. Bay, the director of slick, explosion-y mega-hits like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the Transformers films, as well as numerous commercials, brings all the hallmarks of his style to his latest ad for Victoria's Secret. These aren't just shots of beautiful women in undergarments. These are shots of beautiful women in undergarments straddling pool tables, being followed by black helicopters, posing in front of a massive fireball, and, for some odd reason possibly
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- Josh Rottenberg
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Today on the Internet: Kanye vs. Karl—A Quote Deathmatch!
7 December 2009 3:06 PM, PST
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In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, we at Celebuzz would like to present some other things that will also live in infamy. Or at least in perpetuity, on the Internet, for your eternal enjoyment:
One's a 76-year-old, tart-tongued designing legend. The other's a spotlight-stealing rapper who's gonna let you finish—eventually. They both tend to gush some pretty asinine quotes. Take this test and see if you can tell who said it—Karl Lagerfeld or Kanye West? (Kongregate)
What do you get when you cross Frosty the Snowman and raunchy dialog from How I Met Your Mother? A holiday classic that's inappropriate for the
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How Superman Really helped America win World War Two
7 December 2009 7:48 AM, PST
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Today is December 7th, a day that will live in infamy as the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that ushered the United States into the second World War.
During the war, almost every comic shifted to a wartime footing, with covers of our heroes kicking the crap out of Nazis and fighting saboteurs in the pages within. But in at least one case, superheroes did a lot more.
See that cover to the right? That's the cover of a special edition of Superman, based on issue #33 of the regular series that was produced for the U.S. Army.
The Army had a problem at the time -- they were drafting thousands of men a year, but many of them had no education to speak of, with large swaths of them functionally illiterate, and they were expected to operate complex machinery pretty quickly. They had to learn how to read,
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- Robert Greenberger
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Pearl Harbor Day Lives In Infamy: Wake-Up Video
7 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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There are a handful of dates in American history that are held as turning points in the nation's philosophical direction. July 4. November 23. September 11. December 7 is one of those days, as it marks the day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, an event that dragged the United States kicking and screaming into World War II. Prior to the attack in Hawaii, the U.S. had taken an isolationist stance, as the effects of the Great Depression were only just starting to lift and the toll taken by the first World War seemed to great to bear a second time. A total of 353 aircraft descended on Pearl Harbor as a preventative attack, as the Japanese wanted to keep the American Pacific fleet in check while they took over the Dutch East Indies. The blitzkrieg took out dozens of ships and nearly 200 aircraft and killed just over 2,400 soldiers.
The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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- Kyle Anderson
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It's Time to Kick the Tires and Light the Fires with War Birds!
6 December 2009 11:17 PM, PST
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Never since Top Gun has a film captured the pure adrenaline rush and intensity of fighter jet air combat. Sure sequences in films like Pearl Harbor and Independence Day have been fantastic in themselves, but an entire film has never come close to director Tony Scott's energy rush in the sky. That might all change as THR reports Tmu Pictures is moving forward with a Michael Chait directed action-adventure film War Birds, the story of an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat. It's like The Fast and the Furious but with jets!
The script was written by Josh Staman and Bryan Binder but writers J. Todd Harris (Bottle Shock) and Richard Jefferies (Tron Legacy) will be polishing the script and also producing this. And while you might think that this will simply be a lot of
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- Ethan Anderton
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Alec Baldwin: don't be a closer
2 December 2009 4:36 AM, PST
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Last month, The Guardian launched a campaign to rescue Nicolas Cage. Today, we're coming to the aid of Alec Baldwin
Yesterday's news that Alec Baldwin plans to quit acting wasn't particularly surprising (it's a promise he's made several times before). But it was, still, saddening. When other actors threaten to leave the profession - invariably because their egos have convinced them that they'd make brilliant politicians - you know that the giant salary and global adoration will always pull them back in.
But Baldwin's announcement was depressing not just because he seems convinced of his intentions this time, but because he's arguably one of the best actors around. To lose him purely because he can, sometimes, be a bit of a sourpuss borders on the tragic.
Fortunately he's not threatening to retire until 2012, so we've got plenty of time to change his mind. By hook or by crook, we need
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- Stuart Heritage
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The Making of The Wolfman
20 November 2009 11:04 AM, PST
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A few days ago Variety reported (you kind of have to mine for it in the article) that veteran editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch were being brought in to recut The Wolfman, even though the release date is only a few months away, on February 12, 2010. This could be a very bad thing for the film, culminating in what has already been a tumultuous creation process, but it could be a good thing. Films can often be made in the editing room, and both editors have had extensive experience. Goldblatt has edited such films as Terminator 2 and Pearl Harbor, while Murch worked on The English Patient and Cold Mountain, winning an Oscar for sound editing in Apocalypse Now.
The point is, I hope that the film has a chance to succeed because it still looks very cool. The featurette below has some behind the scenes footage and interviews, which increases my excitement for the film.
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- Jacob
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Veteran Editors Being Brought in to Save Universal's Wolfman
18 November 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Universal has had plenty of frustrating, worrisome and even recent problems with Wolfman and it looks like they're still reeling from them, as new info buried deep in a Variety article (found by SlashFilm) says editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch have been brought in to help salvage this monster movie that has really become a monster in itself. While I'm wondering how much involvement director Joe Johnston has in these decisions, and exactly how close this is to resembling the original vision for this film, Goldblatt and Murch will be fresh eyes on the project and their extensive editing work speaks for itself. Read on!
Goldblatt has had quite the experience in the editing chair having put together both of James Cameron's Terminator films, as well as putting together the frantic, abundance of dailies from director Michael Bay's films like Armageddon and Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, Murch has
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- Ethan Anderton
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Affleck Films Veterans Awareness Advert
13 November 2009 8:11 AM, PST
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Actor Ben Affleck is spearheading a new campaign in aid of paralysed war veterans.
The Pearl Harbor star has filmed a public service announcement (PSA) for the Paralyzed Veterans of America organisation, which provides support for members of the armed forces who suffer spinal cord injury or dysfunction.
Affleck appears alongside retired U.S. Marine James Crosby, who was paralysed after being struck by shrapnel during the war in Iraq.
The star says, "Many actors have played the part of a U.S. serviceman in the movies, but for veterans such as James Crosby... his service and his sacrifice for our country are real."
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Veteran's Day Special: An Interview With Will Eisner
11 November 2009 8:29 AM, PST
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Editor's Note: The following interview with comics legend Will Eisner originally ran on Splash Page one year ago on Veteran's Day. While we normally shy away from re-posting stories from the archives, this conversation seemed to merit an exception, and is presented here in full again on the day when we remember the nation's veterans—a group of which Eisner was a member three times over. So, if you first read this interview a year ago, please excuse its return to the front page of the site—but if you're anything like me, you won't mind giving it another read. -Rm
Will Eisner is well known today for creating "The Spirit," his blue-clad superhero that received the Hollywood treatment at the hands of Frank Miller last year. But lesser known is that Eisner was a veteran of no less than three major wars: World War II (where he was an
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- Brian Jacks
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First Images and Synopses for All Good Things, Pirhana 3D, Shanghai, and The Fighter
10 November 2009 10:54 PM, PST
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Afm* fun continues with the first images and full synopses for All Good Things starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst, Pirhana 3D starring Elisabeth Shue and Richard Dreyfuss, Shanghai starring John Cusack and Ken Watanbe, and The Fighter starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, and Amy Adams. These are all films that should be on your radar because there’s a good chance that these films will be getting some major marketing when they hit theaters.
I write and read about films every day and with the exception of The Fighter, these films weren’t really on my radar. After reading the synopses and seeing some shots from these movies, I’ll definitely be on the lookout for further news about them. Hit the jump to check out debut photos and what you need to know about these upcoming flicks.
All Good Things
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans
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Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'
5 November 2009 1:14 PM, PST
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Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.The film, which includes "4-d" elements such as props and shaking seats, opens to the public Friday and will be shown exclusively at the museum's new Victory Theater. The theater is part of the museum's $300 million expansion project that will continue through 2015.Clarkson and Cromwell were among more than a dozen celebrities who lent their voices to the documentary. Clarkson was the voice of Marguerite Higgins, a New York Herald Tribune correspondent, and Cromwell was the voices of Maj. Gen. Alexander Archer Vandegrift and Fleet Adm. William Halsey.The film includes vintage images that chronicle WWII . from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of the Bulge . and took five years to make.
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Jerry Bruckheimer Grabs Shattered Union
26 October 2009 11:24 PM, PDT
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Jerry Bruckheimer's quest to go where no man - or woman - has gone before and oversee a half-decent game-to-movie adaptation is gathering pace with news that he's acquired the rights to 2K Games' Shattered Union for Disney.The production mogul, currently hard at work on post-production for Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, has tapped J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling) to turn the pixelated apocalypse into something script-like. Set in a near-future America torn by civil war, the game version of Shattered Union sees Washington D.C. nuked and six sets of ceceded states battling each other across a scared landscape, while a team of European peacekeepers wave their hands in the air and yell "schtop!!". We think. It's perfect terrain for the man who's already overseen the destruction of significant parts of the Us with Armageddon and Pearl Harbour. Straczynski, meanwhile, has adapted zombie horror World War
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Eastwick's Sara Rue On Her Own Facebook Movie, Acting Politics and Being Harassed by Andy Dick
21 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT
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Although she is best known for her work in Less Than Perfect and Popular, Sara Rue has built a comprehensive resume dating back to her starring role in NBC's Grand and a Roseanne cameo as a younger version of the star, blockbuster parts (Pearl Harbor, The Ring) and the occasional reality appearances (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, E! Hollywood Hold'em). These days, Rue plays Eastwick's most suspicious resident -- the younger, spunkier Gladys Kravitz of ABC if you will -- while developing her own feature film and scouting her next sitcom gig. Movieline spoke to Rue two weeks ago about all of this and Andy Dick as her dogs barked in the background.
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Don And Betty Do Dallas: How Will Mad Men Deal with the JFK Assassination?
15 October 2009 10:30 AM, PDT
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It’s one of the biggest questions raised by Mad Men, one that’s been hanging in the smoky, perfumed air ever since Don Draper first lit up one of his Luckys back in the winter of 1960: how will the series deal with the assassination of President Kennedy, the linchpin event of the 1960s in popular mythology if not entirely in fact. One of the broader points creator Matt Weiner has been trying to make with the series is that America had no innocence to lose with Kennedy’s murder—or on 9/11, I’d add—but still this was a shattering event for the people who lived through it. Not that Don will suddenly go mod on November 23, 1963, or start singing “Kumbaya” with Father Gill, but presumably the series, with its antennae so quiveringly attuned to its era’s history, will also pivot on Dallas in some crucial and,
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10 Most Overrated Young Actors
13 October 2009 7:18 PM, PDT
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We've listed down our top 50 hottest young actors and would be coming up with the latest updates very soon. Yesterday, we discussed about actors we believed to be quite underrated. How about the young actors we consider overrated? That's what this article is for...
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Who qualifies as overrated? Guys who seem to be getting lots of buzz, but has no real talent at all, or perhaps just a small amount of it. I have no issue if an actor gets the cover of GQ or Details or L'Uomo Vogue every month. They can even strut their stuff on the catwalks of Milan and Paris and gain additional media mileage. But to be considered the hottest actor on the planet with nothing to show yet? That is something totally absurd.
Anyway, here's our list of ten just after the jump!
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Boos! and Whoop-doos!: Who Should Star in Board Game: The Movie?
8 October 2009 11:24 AM, PDT
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Toys, candy, and board games? Whoop-doo!
In the last few weeks, a ludicrous number of generic sounding movies have been greenlit on the backs of well-known toy store properties. Battleship, Bazooka Joe, and Barbie are just some of the many weird, bland, go-nowhere flicks that have been announced for production. Soon, we'll be inundated with these lame brained franchises, and it's all because of the box office success won by Transformers and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In this new age of socioeconomic depression, a filmmaker has to arrive in his pitch meeting with some sort of name recognition. Otherwise his epic masterwork will forever languish in the recesses of his brain like a trapped prisoner.
It won't be too long before high-minded folks figure this out, and start using household items to sell their unique and interesting art house flicks or high concept action comedies. There's a wealth of interesting toys,
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