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A Gilmore Girls Movie - Yay or Nay?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0800

You may recall that Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator behind Gilmore Girls, left the show shortly before its final season because of disagreements with Warner Bros - but now, she reveals in a recent interview that she'd like to bring back Lorelai and Rory to the big screen!

I hope that some Hollywood studios are listening, and take her up on her suggestion. While it's just a wish of hers (and mine) at the moment, I miss the pop culture quips and sweet relationship moments that the Gilmore women delivered each week. A movie version probably wouldn't be a box office blockbuster, but I'm sure it would help satisfy GG fans who felt disappointed when Sherman-Palladino wasn't around to tie up the show's loose ends when it was still on TV.

Do you agree? Or do you think it's better to leave Gilmore Girls dead and buried?

Movie Preview: Alexis Bledel in Post Grad

BuzzSugar — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:30:39 -0700

Though parts of this trailer for Post Grad are predictable and a little cheesy, overall it's way more endearing and adorable than I had anticipated. Alexis Bledel plays Ryden Malby in this sentimental comedy that explores the scary/exciting challenges of graduating college and not having everything fall right into place. She lives with her parents, hangs out with her longtime guy friend Adam (Zach Gilford), and vies for the same jobs as countless other early 20-something hopefuls - and repeatedly faces rejection, causing her to wonder what her future will actually look like. Michael Keaton plays Ryden's father, Jane Lynch is involved somehow, and Rodrigo Santoro appears as a handsome older guy doling out life advice.

Post Grad (previously known as The Post-Graduate Survival Guide) opens August 21. To watch the trailer, read more.

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2009 Tribeca Film Festival Spotlight: The Good Guy

BuzzSugar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:30:46 -0700

I've been perusing the long list of interesting-looking movies scheduled for this year's Tribeca Film Festival, which starts this week. Some of them, like The Good Guy, are just starting to pick up buzz, and I'm anxious to find out what festivalgoers think once they've screened.

Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel finds herself in a love triangle of sorts in a film by director Julio DePietro. The movie centers on a young Wall Street hotshot named Tommy Fielding (Scott Porter). The movie's description is intriguing:

[Tommy's] a rising star at his financial firm, and his budding romance with Beth (Alexis Bledel) could be the one. Then Tommy decides to take the new guy, Daniel (Bryan Greenberg), under his wing. Daniel - a quiet, stay-at-home, Banana Republic-wearing sort of guy - isn't exactly what you would call "Wall Street material," but Tommy sets out to teach him the ways of money and seduction. But as they each continue along their upward trajectories, their high-flying business lives complicate their personal lives, and money can't always fix everything.

Sounds timely and thought-provoking. Oh, Andrew McCarthy and Anna Chlumsky (My Girl!) appear in this as well. The movie will premiere at Tribeca on April 26 and I can't wait to hear what people have to say about it.

No trailer yet, but you can check out some photos from the movie if you read more.

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Buzz News Roundup, 3/2

BuzzSugar — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:30:05 -0800

Alexis Bledel will play a new intern in the ER series finale. - TV Guide
Jason Bateman will join George Clooney in Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking). - ComingSoon
Two more Virgin Megastores are scheduled to close: The Union Square location in New York City at the end of May and the Market St. store in San Francisco at the end of April. - Billboard
Alyssa Milano has landed the lead in an ABC comedy - just months after the network scrapped her last one. - Zap2it
David Foster Wallace's unfinished third novel will be released in 2010. - New York Times
The French film industry honored Dustin Hoffman and saluted Sean Penn Friday during a ceremony that saw its coveted Cesar for best film going to Martin Provost's Seraphine. - AP
Speaking of France, MGMT are suing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accusing him of using its hit "Kids" in online videos without permission. - NME
The producers of The Sarah Silverman Program (including Silverman herself) are threatening to quit over budget cuts, leaving season three up in the air. - Reuters

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2: Maybe Even Better Than the First

BuzzSugar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:33:53 -0700

At one point in the second installment of the stories surrounding girls who have pants and will travel, an exasperated Carmen (America Ferrera) says something like, "Can we just please focus on the pants?!" And yet, that's the thing I find most refreshing about this sequel: there's not really a focus on the pants. The fact that Carmen has to remind her friends to think about the pants is a good sign in this case; the focus should be on these girls and their friendships, not two tubes of faded, magic denim. And as the girls have grown older and more mature, in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 they're centering on the important stuff: their relationships, their goals, finding themselves and supporting each other.

Like the first movie, this one consists of four separate storylines that occasionally intersect. When we are reintroduced to the four friends, they're all in college: Tibby's (Amber Tamblyn) making movies at NYU, Carmen is at Yale and does backstage work at Yale's School of Drama, and Lena (Alexis Bledel) is painting (and cavorting with the insanely hot model Leo, played by Jesse Williams) at Rhode Island School of Design. Bridget (Blake Lively) doesn't yet know her major, but she decides to try her hand at archeology for the time being. After spending the year at their respective schools, Carmen, in particular, is anxious to have some good sisterhood time together over the Summer - only to find out the other three won't be in town at all. So, Carmen decides to do her own thing and goes to work backstage at a theater in Vermont.

For more of my take on the movie, read more.

Each of the girls struggles with various issues: romantic insecurities, feeling left out of or misunderstood by their families, exploring new career paths, learning that they're good at stuff they never knew they could do, etc. The main challenge facing the sisterhood now is that the four are scattered and seem to be growing apart - until they come together on a common mission having to do with Lena's boy troubles. Everything wraps up well, but not in a ridiculously far-fetched fairy-tale way.

Ferrera and Tamblyn completely carry the film, acting-wise, each possessing a strong presence onscreen, clear motivations and fantastic comedic timing. Lively is very pretty and easily pulls off the switching back and forth between Sad Face and perky all-American girl. Bledel is. . . also pretty. Her range is so limited, however, that many of her scenes are simply devoid of anything interesting. Then again, with her storyline we often have either the gorgeous Greek setting or Jesse Williams to stare at.

Of course the movie is heartwarming and sweet, but there's a surprising lack of schmaltz to it, and each of the four stories is solidly written and satisfying to watch. It's not particularly predictable nor is it too tidy. Most refreshing, I think, is the fact that these girls have ambitions and self-reflective moments that extend beyond just catching a guy (in fact, one of the stories doesn't even include a guy at all, which is an awesome change of pace). The storylines make sense for the characters, and the success or failure of their lives is not completely hinging on a guy, unlike many other female-centric movies. In keeping with what I liked about the first movie, the girls are not portrayed as weak, idiotic, or totally lost without a man. There are some real, heavyweight issues going on here, along with some good one-liners and funny deadpanning on Tamblyn's part. This is one sequel that completely works - possibly even better than the original. But even if you don't find that to be true, you're still in for a fun, compelling and totally girl-positive flick.

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Buzz News Roundup, 7/28

BuzzSugar — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:30:49 -0700

Citing a lack of stories to tell in a second season, HBO won't be bringing back Tell Me You Love Me after all, Zap2it reports.
According to Hollywood Reporter, Ridley Scott's Nottingham movie (starring Russell Crowe as Sheriff of Nottingham and Sienna Miller as Maid Marion) has been "indefinitely postponed."
Alexis Bledel and Scott Porter are joining Julio DePietro's romantic comedy The Good Guy, ComingSoon reports.
Harvey Keitel will play a detective in ABC's Life on Mars, marking the first time he's taken a regular TV role, the New York Times reports.
Billboard has the news that Coldplay's album Viva la Vida climbed back to the top spot on the U.K. charts.
Showtime is developing a drama about Studio 54 called Studio, writes Hollywood Reporter.
Ellen Barkin, Ving Rhames and Rob Corddry will star in the indie comedy Rogues Gallery, Variety writes.
Family Guy showrunner David A. Goodman will adapt Blatant Comics's Last Blood into a horror film, according to ComingSoon.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Nelly will guest-star on CSI: NY as a club owner.

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Movie Preview: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

BuzzSugar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:30:45 -0800

Who's ready for more of those magical pants? The trailer for the second installment of the movie franchise based on Ann Brashares's best-selling novel is now online. It's interesting to see the four stars of the film back together now that they are each so accomplished on their own. Blake Lively (Gossip Girl), Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), and Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) return to the screen to play the four BFFs who, despite their different body types, miraculously fit into the same pair of pants in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

While the first film touchingly followed each of the girls' adventures during one emotionally turbulent Summer, this time around the ladies are graduated and more grown-up - but are still wearing the pants and are as close as ever. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is set to open Aug. 8, so to check out the trailer read more.

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Alexis Bledel Has a Ticket to Ride

BuzzSugar — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:29:44 -0800

As we pop in our brand-new DVDs of the final Gilmore Girls season and wax nostalgic over the adventures of Lorelei and Rory, at least there's news today that we'll be able to see Alexis Bledel onscreen again real soon (and in something that doesn't have to do with traveling or pants). Titled Ticket to Ride, the movie is a "college comedy" and will be directed by Vicky Jensen (Shrek, Shark Tale).

Bledel will play "Ryden Malby, a college grad who is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family while she attempts to find a job, the right guy and some direction for her life."

Actually, um... that sounds rather familiar, doesn't it?

Okay, so she's not exactly stretching here, but whatever. Rory's back!

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"Gilmore Girls" Creator is Mulling a Movie

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:31:43 -0700

The "Gilmore Girls" won't be gone for long if series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has her way. When TV Guide's Michael Ausiello tracked her down at Fox's Upfronts party last week, she told him she was hoping to write a two-hour TV movie to tie up all the loose ends from the show's finale.

Of course, that would be contingent on the cast coming back for the project - and given that the show was canceled because stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel didn't sign contracts to return, I doubt that's a sure thing. Still, when Ausiello checked in with the major stars, they at least seemed intrigued, if not completely sold. Bledel said she'd have to read the script and see how she felt at the time, while Scott Patterson said he'd consider it if Sherman-Palladino is serious and Graham said she'd do it just to learn the mythical four words that were supposed to end the series.

So, what do you think? Did "Gilmore Girls" wrap up well enough for you, or are you still curious to see where the characters might end up?

Not to be outdone, by the way, "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas said he might take a stab at a "Mars"-related feature film, though with all the rumors that have swirled around that show recently, I'm not sure I believe anything anymore.

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TV Wedding Party Moment: "Gilmore Girls"

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:28:58 -0700

This week, the Sugar Network is your guide to bachelorette parties, wedding showers and all the other partying fun that comes before a wedding. Previously, I brought you a clip from "How I Met Your Mother," and a rockin' playlist for a bachelorette party. Don't forget to check out our previous wedding coverage, too.

The "Gilmore Girls" series may be over forever, but we can still visit Stars Hollow via reruns, DVDs and YouTube. This week, I'm sending you back to the bachelorette party Lorelai throws for her mother, Emily, before the renewal of her vows with Richard. Best thing about this clip: Emily is trashed! Best line from this clip, Emily, talking about Lorelai: "I never have any idea what she's talking about but she's so entertaining. Like a chimp! Isn't she like a chimp?" To see Emily giggly as can be, read more

P.S. - I know the photo is not from this episode, but it was way too cute to pass up!

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