Buzz News Roundup, 7/18

July 18, 2008

ABC Family has ordered 13 more episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
According to Variety, Don Cheadle will get to star in and produce a movie he has long wanted to make: a drama based on the memoir Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine and South America's Strangest Jail.
Will Ferrell and friends will be poking fun at both racism and split personalities in the movie 2-Face, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
The LA Times wonders if the Emmys are out of touch with what viewers are watching.
AdWeek has the story of how the Project Runway legal battle went down in court this week (short story: no decision yet).
A Chinese artist is suing DreamWorks over what he says is an "insulting" depiction of China's national symbol in Kung Fu Panda, Variety reports.
According to Pitchfork, Jarvis Cocker is working on music for The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson's forthcoming film.
Billboard has the news that Jimi Hendrix will be the next musical artist to be used for Guitar Hero.

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lilkimbo 4 years

Which episode did you guys watch. The first episode was not-so-great, but it has gotten a lot better with each passing episode.

divinedebris 4 years

Another Will Ferrell movie? Bleh, his movies have been the same for years and not really all that good. Secret life of the american teenager was a lame show. I agree with Mariellynelly, the show is generic and 7th Heaveny. I wouldn't watch it again, I really didn't like it.

mariellynelly 4 years

I actually sat down and watched an episode of the Secret Life blah blah (the title is just too damn long) and it was really generic with no great twists. I feel like just because 7th Heaven is finally over they need to make some sort of substitute. I think the world is over anything 7th Heaven-like.

susanec 4 years

I'd rather see the shows that really deserve them get noms and then audiences because there were so many shows that were/are consistently snubbed for all categories (Gilmore Girls, Buffy, Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights are all often cited) but were always cited for being high-quality shows.

Francoisehardly 4 years

If the nominations were based on what people watch, the best shows would be even more likely to get ignored. And I'm excited to see the new Wes Anderson movie especially with Jarvis Cocker doing music for it.

Linda McP 4 years

Lots of interesting reading here. Cheadle's project is intriguing and the LA Times article raises some good points about viewers, critics and the Emmys.

lilkimbo 4 years

Yay for Secret Life! You can tell it's a new show with a few kinks to be worked out, but it's really good!

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