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Adam Lambert wants to act? What should he do?

10 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Attention Glambert Nation: Word on the Net is the American Idol runner-up sees marquee lights in his future. According to the website Showbiz Spy, Lambert has expressed a desire to act, a passion he's pursued in the past (his rep would not comment). It seems a fitting goal, considering the singer's flair for the dramatic. But as we've seen with previous Idol contestants, competition show stardom doesn't always translate into Jennifer Hudson-esque big-screen stardom. (Even a proud owner of From Justin to Kelly like myself will admit that.) Even Idol season 5's Kevin Covais -- a.k.a. "Chicken Little »

- Kate Ward

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Box-Office Oracle: Nov. 6 - Nov. 8, 2009

5 November 2009 3:29 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

#1 movie predicted correctly: 1 Week in a Row 1. A Christmas Carol First off, an apology that I wasn't here to take my beating after This is It failed so spectacularly (at least domestically). I was doing a bit of traveling and so Brad had to fill in. I'll try not to let it happen again!

Now then, there is plenty in the way of early November precedent for children's movies banking. Madagascar 2 cranked $63m last year. Chicken Little cleared $40m in 2005. Oddly, Christmas Carol isn't technically a kid's film, even though it's rated PG, but no one will know that until Monday. Plus it's getting a monstrous 3,700 theaters. And the 3-D element adds another ten percent to ticket sales. So we're going big, once again, only this time it's going to work. Estimate: $44.2 million 2. The Men Who Stare at Goats The problem, if I may be so bold, is that the »

- Laremy Legel

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[DVD Review] Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics

30 October 2009 7:36 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Curious George. Harold and the Purple Crayon. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Classics each and every one. Call it a babysitter in a box or call it a great tool for educating your children, either way what we have on our hands here is 19 hours of story books new and old converted to a digital medium. Some of these genuinely are treasures reincarnated in an animated medium while others are newer stories that have yet to prove their heirloom mettle. However, your average tot won’t care as much about the legacy of a given story as they will about the presentation. A majority of the stories found on these 16 discs have received the full animation treatment from the humble illustration origins, but there are a few in the collection which are little more than scans of the pages being panned over by the camera. Depending on the age »

- Lex Walker

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Mark Dindal Is Directing Housebroken

15 October 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Variety.com is reporting that Mark Dindal (”Chicken Little”) will be directing “Housebroken” for Walden Media, with Michael De Luca producing and Sean Perrone and Aaron Kaplan onboard as executive producers. There is no script yet for “Housebroken” but Variety reports that Walden is looking for writers for the project, to expand on the original story by Adam Sztykiel. “Housebroken” is slated as a live-action film where the pets of a newly-married couple must learn to live together and get along. No release date or other information has been released yet about the project. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “Housebroken” news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com) »

- Costa Koutsoutis

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The gutting of Miramax: Are studio specialty divisions headed for the dustbin?

11 October 2009 11:36 AM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »

When it comes to Hollywood's major-studio specialty divisions -- those companies within companies that produce and distribute what we used to call movies, and what we now call "small," "independent," "quirky," "end-of-the-year," "Oscar-bait" "movies for adults" -- is the sky finally falling? I hope I turn out to be Chicken Little for even asking that question. I hope that the answer is no. But the signs right now are not good. A little more than a week ago, Disney made the announcement that it was shrinking (though not eliminating) Miramax, laying off a fair portion of its employees and reducing »

- Owen Gleiberman

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Fantasic Fest 09: The Future of 3-D

28 September 2009 2:27 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

I made good on my intention to attend the Future of 3-D panel Sunday morning at 9 a.m., even after staying at the Highball (the new bowling alley and cocktail lounge affiliated with the Alamo Drafthouse, where other Fantastic Fest events are being held) until around 4 a.m. After the horror-trivia tirade of Fantastic Feud, everyone stuck around to sing karaoke, and even Eric from True Blood was there to brighten up the festivities. Needless to say, I was a little groggy at the start of the panel, but it didn’t take long to become excited about it.

Representatives from RealD, Nvidia and Dell were on hand to comment on how the world of 3-D is here to stay, and will eventually be seen not just in theaters, but in the home as well. To give you an idea of just how far the process has come in recent years, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Drew Tinnin)

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Blue Skies for 'Cloudy,'Hazy Starts for 'Surrogates,' 'Fame'

27 September 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Moviegoers came back for a second helping of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but the new items on the menu, Surrogates and Fame, didn't fly. That led to a weekend that was off seven percent from the same timeframe last year when Eagle Eye landed. Standing as the only broadly appealing movie among recent releases, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs dissipated by a mere 19 percent, generating an estimated $24.6 million and lifting its total to a solid $60 million in ten days. Its drop was less than such comparable titles as Open Season, Meet the Robinsons and Chicken Little, though it may have a steeper decline in its third weekend, when the Toy Story double feature will claim much of its 3D attention. Surrogates plugged in with an estimated $15 million on approximately 3,600 screens at 2,951 sites, or a fraction of what the similar I, Robot started at. The science fiction thriller »

- Brandon Gray

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (3-D)

18 September 2009 5:30 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

The last time kids paid to watch crazy things fall from the sky, Disney's Chicken Little gobbled up $135 million stateside. We think that bodes well for Sony's Meatballs, the latest in the genre, in which a goofy scientific experiment goes awry, and the world gets hamburger rain and pancake tornados. But for a more informed take, we called Brandon Gray, president of BoxOfficeMojo.com. He predicts "it could mirror an animated film like Open Season," another September kiddie release, which grossed a respectable $85 million. Palatable. -- Dm

Fri, September 18 Watch Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (3-D) Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller

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Box-Office Oracle: Sep. 11 - Sep. 13, 2009

10 September 2009 3:51 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks in a Row 1. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself I refuse to underrate Tyler Perry's box office pull. I'm putting this one in-between Madea Goes to Jail and Why Did I Get Married in terms of per theater average. If you have a better idea that doesn't involve casting runes I'm all ears. Estimate: $33.8 million 2. Sorority Row The R rating won't help. But it only needs to clear $6,700 per theater to hit this number. That's only like 50 tickets per show. Surely it can do that, right? Estimate: $17.9 million 3. Whiteout It doesn't look good for Whiteout. It's another one of these "delayed for a reason" style of films. Estimate: $12.4 million 4. 9 Don't blame me, it's not getting enough theaters. It cleared $3m on Wednesday which would indicate the demand would be higher this weekend. But I think those were the animation junkies starved for product. »

- Laremy Legel

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New ‘Princess and the Frog’ Full Trailer

9 September 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | Movie Cultists | See recent Movie Cultists news »

It's a nice idea for Disney to attempt a return to their hand-drawn animation roots, but don't get the wrong idea: this is strictly a business decision.  Disney's non-Pixar ventures into computer animation -- Bolt, Meet the Robinsons, and Chicken Little -- have all grossed significantly less than the animated films of their '80s-'90s heyday: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. A few years ago, it was looking like Disney and Pixar would split from each other, but once Disney went ahead and bought Pixar outright in 2006, they suddenly had no need to kill ... »

- Michael Dance

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Project Runway Designer Tries to Play Chicken With Tim Gunn

27 August 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

In honor of the very pregnant guest judge Rebecca Romijn, the Project Runway designers were asked to create a look using a fake pregnancy belly. And boy, did they. Like last week, the outfits ran the gamut from Shirin's sophisticated ensemble to Mitchell's casual catastrophe to Ra'mon's...bowling-ball bag? But none of the designers matched the kooky conceptualism of Malvin, who started out thinking of a hen and her egg and very nearly ended with a pair of chicken-thigh-flavored jodhpurs. Poor Tim Gunn gives an exasperated critique, but was it too Chicken Little, too late? Take the poll and let us know in the comments what you thought of the episode, the designs and the catty follow-up Models of the... »

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DVD: Review: DVDs In Brief: July 8, 2009

7 July 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Only a Revelations quote away from a genuine Christian apocalypse movie in Left Behind mold, Knowing (Summit) evolves from a reasonably intriguing Twilight Zone scenario about a time capsule containing visions of future disasters to the sort of full-on end-of-the-world scenario cooked up by a street-corner derelict. All of which leaves Nicolas Cage to crank up the bug-eyed theatrics once again as the Chicken Little who tries to convince humanity that the sky is falling—or, this case, consuming the Earth in a massive fireball. The last 10 minutes aren’t easily forgotten… Critics blasted the arthouse-meets-Heroes science-fiction actioner ... »

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134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy

1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's »

- Brad Brevet

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The Trailer for Roland Emmerich's '2012'

18 June 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Move over Michael Bay. It's time for Chicken Little, a film by Roland Emmerich. Yes, we jest, but only mildly. In the trailer for Emmerich's latest disaster film, 2012, the sky really does seem to be falling, along with practically everything else on Earth, and the VFX-heavy film seems destined to give Michael Bay's visual effects-oriented movies a real run for their money. To watch the new trailer for 2012, click on the Trailer tab above.

In 2012, a large group of people must deal with natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, typhoons, seismic catastrophes and melting glaciers. The idea is born from the Mayan calendar, which predicts the end of the world in 2012.

The new film is written and directed by Emmerich, the man behind such large-scale films as Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow (his other large-scale disaster flick).

2012 stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, »

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Seven Things to Read Now

13 June 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills?

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the Fda authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, it was scuttled in part by $100 million worth of lobbying on the behalf of tobacco giant Philip Morris. But Pm has backed the new bill, which implements tough new restrictions on how cigarettes can be advertised. What gives?

According to Time magazine, Pm has realized that with over half of U.S. smokers already loyal to its flagship brand, Marlboro, the new Senate bill will only block rival Rj Reynolds from gaining marketshare. Check out the marketing chicanery behind the unlikely new alliance between regulators and tobacco magnates.

No Ie in European Windows 7

In 2008, the EU fined Microsoft over $1 billion Usd for the anti-competitive practice of bundling Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system. The »

- Chris Dannen

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The Most 'Wtf?' Contestants In 'American Idol' History

20 May 2009 1:18 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

These are the "Idol" hopefuls we'll never forget, from Sanjaya to Taylor Hicks.

By James Montgomery

Sanjaya Malakar

Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images

Over the course of eight stupendous seasons, "American Idol" has showcased some of the best undiscovered singers in the country and a few who, well, were probably better left that way.

There have been plenty of highs and just as many lows. So, in celebration of Wednesday night's (May 20) Lambert vs. Allen finale, we're taking a look back at some of those who came before them — and were quickly forgotten. Because while there have been plenty of "Idol" also-rans who were really good, there are just as many who weren't. And really, we'll remember them a lot longer than the talented ones.

So here's a look back at some folks who reached for the stars (even though they probably shouldn't have) and didn't let a little thing »

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[DVD Review] Walt Disney Animation Collection: Volume 2: The Three Little Pigs

17 May 2009 6:12 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The second volume in the Walt Disney Animation Collection is very loosely strung together by theme of predatory animals. Though the title is The Three Little Pigs, we are treated to lions, foxes, fire as well as wolves. It's a sort of lame premise for a DVD collection, but all in all, they're agreeable enough cartoons to make it a not-horrible addition to your collection if you're interested in old animation (though not, as mentioned previously, in any equal to the Walt Disney Treasures Collection). All of them, that is, except for Chicken Little, which feels like it must have been suppressed for decades and is only now being allowed to surface for whatever reason. It is certainly the exception to the rule, but it's easily the most memorable cartoon in the set.

The rest, for the most part, are fairly typical of animation of that period. Lots of talking, »

- Anders Nelson

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ABC Unleashes ‘Impact’ Trailer - Chicken Little Feels Vindicated

17 April 2009 1:45 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

The highly anticipated ABC mini Impact now has a trailer.  Based on the European mini of the same name, Impact tracks a familiar post-modern disaster film plot, with a lunar twist: a swarm of meteors batters the Earth, but that is the least of our problems;  a larger and faster than average stone knocks the moon out of orbit and into a collision course.  Don’t worry though, a team of scientists have it all worked out.  Impact will strike this summer.

Impact

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- Jon Lachonis

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Heroes Not Dead Yet!

5 March 2009 11:50 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Heroes fans of the world, let's all bow down together and say it: Thank you, Greg Grunberg! After the show's beloved Chicken Little twittered speculation earlier this week that Heroes might not live on another season—prompting fan panic and Ali Larter to lovingly call Greg a "twitter"—the NBC honchos apparently felt compelled to set the record straight. "No," NBC entertainment president Angela Bromstad just told The Hollywood Reporter when asked if Heroes can be classified as a series that is "on the bubble" for fall, adding that the network plans to order 18-20 episodes of the show for next season. Hurrah! A full...er, well, almost a full-season pickup! (The... »

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Slideshow: 18-Image Gallery From ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ With Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

27 February 2009 9:20 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – This 18-image slideshow contains the available press images for Walt Disney Pictures’ “Race to Witch Mountain,” starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Carla Gugino, Anna SophiaRobb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Marquette, and Billy Brown. The film, directed by Andy Fickman, opens on Friday, March 13th, 2009.

Synopsis: “For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when Las Vegas cab driver Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) encounters two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can’t explain. Working together, Jack and his young passengers discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, and the race begins.

Walt Disney Pictures’ “Race to Witch Mountain” marks the »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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