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Thurman, Brosnan, McKidd to Play Greek Gods

BuzzSugar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:30:36 PDT

Hollywood just got even more powerful with the casting of Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean in the Greek god fantasy adventure, Percy Jackson. Thurman will play Medusa, Brosnan will portray Chiron and Bean is taking the role of Zeus. Additionally, Kevin McKidd will play Poseidon and Melina Kanakaredes has been cast as Athena. Here's more:

The studio is still looking to fill the roles of Aries, Hades and Persephone.

Story centers on Poseidon's 12-year-old half-human son ([Logan] Lerman), who embarks on a quest across modern-day America to save his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a deadly war between the gods.

Chris Columbus (Adventures in Babysitting, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire) is directing and aiming for a 2010 release. I'm actually kind of psyched to see this. What do you think of this godly news?

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Movie Preview: I Love You, Beth Cooper

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:30:01 PST

This movie's premise, based on a book by Larry Doyle, makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. On the one hand, there's a nerdy guy who builds up the nerve to declare his love for a super hot cheerleader while giving his valedictorian speech at high school graduation. On the other hand, there's the cheerleader (of course played by Hayden Panettiere who is totally not typecast at all) who, instead of being alarmed by the young man's public declaration, appears at his doorstep to show him the night of his life. Of course!

The movie's directed by Chris Columbus who knows a thing or two about the teen beat (see also: The Goonies and Adventures in Babysitting), so there is reason to believe this could be fun.

I Love You, Beth Cooper hits theaters July 10. To check out the trailer,

Buzz News Roundup, 10/24

BuzzSugar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:30:24 PDT

The Smurfs turned 50 this week! - The Independent
Ben Stiller may now be the director of The Trial of the Chicago 7. - The Hollywood Reporter
Macaulay Culkin has joined the cast of Kings on NBC. - Entertainment Weekly
Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent have joined the cast of the comedy-thriller Perrier's Bounty. - Variety
Crispin Glover is the latest actor to join Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie. Glover will play the Knave of Hearts. - ComingSoon
Bono has apparently been asked to write a column for the New York Times next year. - Billboard
There are fears that Cloris Leachman is ruining Dancing with the Stars. - Chicago Sun-Times
Paramount is negotiating with Chris Columbus to direct its movie Ripley’s Believe It or Not! with Jim Carrey still set to play Robert Ripley. - Variety

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Buzz News Roundup, 8/11

BuzzSugar — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:30:51 PDT

The Office has been given the key post-Super Bowl time slot and will air a one-hour episode following the game, Entertainment Weekly reports.
According to ComingSoon, Steve Buscemi and Romany Malco will star together in Saint John of Las Vegas, a loose adaptation of Dante's Inferno.
Tori Spelling has no deal to appear on 90210 and her desired salary may be the sticking point, E! reports.
Sara Gilbert is joining the cast of The Big Bang Theory after a successful guest-starring gig, Zap2it reports.
Dennis Hopper will get his own exhibit in France where, apparently, he is highly revered, writes Variety.
Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce - aka Freamon and Bunk from The Wire - are joining Treme, David Simon's new HBO pilot about New Orleans, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety has the news that director Chris Columbus is readying a film about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential run.
24 producer Carlos Coto and Brett Ratner are working on an action-comedy for Fox titled Wild Boys, which will follow "ex-soldiers turned suburban dads," ComingSoon reports.
Matthew Bomer - aka Bryce Larkin from Chuck and Jay from Traveler - has been cast in the lead of a USA series called White Collar, writes The Hollywood Reporter.

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Hayden to Play Yet Another Cheerleader

BuzzSugar — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:29:08 PST

She's cheertastic?
For a third time, Hayden Panettiere will be putting on the little outfit and cheering her heart out, this time for a film adaptation of the novel I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle. Doyle is a former writer for The Simpsons and now works for The New Yorker. Chris Columbus (Adventures in Babysitting, Mrs. Doubtfire, two Harry Potter movies) is on board to direct.

Besides cheering, what else will she, um, do?
Apparently, "Panettiere would play Beth, the school's hottest cheerleader who shows nerdy valedictorian Denis Cooverman the best night of his life after he proclaims his love for her during his graduation speech."

Typecast much?
Hayden currently plays Claire the regenerating cheerleader on NBC's Heroes, and she previously starred in the third Bring It On movie, Bring It On: All or Nothing, so we're used to seeing her in the cheerleading getups. I wonder if she just likes the outfits? Now I want to know who will play Denis Cooverman. As long as it's not that kid who played West from Heroes, I'm happy.

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Tom Felton Shares His Most Embarrassing Harry Potter Moment

Allie Merriam — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:10:04 PDT

Tom Felton is at the tail end of promotion for the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise. He was in the States last night for the NYC premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and Tom also appeared at Sunday's press conference. Tom spoke about portraying a bad guy like Draco Malfoy, as well as his most embarrassing moment on set. He also mentioned what it was like to work with his real-life girlfriend, Jade Gordon. Tom said:

On young fans being afraid of him due to Draco: "Needless to say, we had hundreds of minors and adults having tours every day around the Harry Potter set and naturally no seven or unders wanted to have anything to do with me, which at first is a little worrying. They always get really excited when they meet Daniel, Rupert, and Emma, obviously, and then they suddenly hide behind their parents' legs when it comes to me. I probably lay it on too thick, I'm like ultra friendly like 'Hi! Nice to see you guys!' And they're really like, 'Oh my God, this is weird.'"
On embarrassing moments on set: "There's a handful. Where do I start? I guess the most embarrassing thing for an actor when you're surrounded by other actors that you look up to is just cocking up your lines. There was one time that I did it very noticeably, I forget which film it even is now, I think the third film, possibly the second one, there was a nice closing line for Draco out towards the end of it. I couldn't get it out for love nor money. I don't know what it was, sometimes you over rehearse or I'm not sure what it was but I couldn't do it and I actually started crying. I was only about 13, 14 and I was like, 'I'm so sorry, so sorry I can't do it.' Chris Columbus, the director, was very, very - he's the ultimate director with kids - he really knows how to talk to them and he was like 'It's fine, it's fine. We got it. It's in the can, it's gonna be in the movie.' They cut it out of the film. It was never in the movie. I learned very quickly from that: don't mess up your lines."
On playing anyone other than Draco: "I didn't read the book, I didn't have a clue who Harry, Ron, or Draco was, so I was a bit clueless to be honest with you. I thought I would have made a great Hagrid but they never saw it, I don't know what it was. Not really, I've had so much fun with the Malfoy family really, the only part I could possibly consider would be my dad in 20 years for the remake or something like that. Yeah, I really couldn't see, not only could I not see myself in another character's shoes, the actors in which they did get for Harry, Ron, and all the rest of them were remarkable and I certainly couldn't have scratched their performance at all."
On his reaction to aging in the epilogue of the book and movie: "Shocking! I mean come on, 19 years and they're basing me on Jason Isaacs [who plays Lucius Malfoy]. I look like his dad! It was ridiculous. No it was fun, it was a lot of fun. It was cool. We prepared for that for months. They wanted pictures of my dad and my brothers and they did loads and loads of endless tests. I think it was a message to kids to say crime doesn't pay regardless and to warn off anyone with a goatee is not to be trusted, I'm not sure. It was a lot of fun, it was a lot more fun to take it off at the end of the day and go back to my normal age. But yeah it was actually one of my final scenes that I've shot so it was a really nice way of finishing it off for me, especially as it was almost 10 years to the day where I was the kid being put on the train. So it kind of felt like my life flashed before my eyes but it was a nice way to finish it for sure."

To read what Tom says about working with his real-life girlfriend as well as maybe becoming a professional musician, just

On the casting of his real-life girlfriend, Jade, as his future wife in Harry Potter: "Sure, the lovely Jade, yes. Both of our arms were twisted to get her involved, mine first then hers. It was originally from David Heyman, the producer, came to me then David Yates loved the idea and followed up. Jade actually is my real girlfriend in real life and has been for three and a half years so it was a lot of fun to play onscreen hubby and wife for a bit and have a kid for three days. Three days is a good amount of time, for anyone wondering - it's perfect cause by the end of it, it's like, 'OK, see ya later!' No it was cool. It was really nice to be a little family for a day."
On the pressure of making that family a reality: "Whoa! Actually - who is it I was telling earlier I was really looking forward to showing my kids the films? - they were like, 'What! When did you have kids?' No, we're talking decades away. Thank you for the prompt."
On ever making music his career: "Yeah, not really. I definitely don't want to turn making music into some sort of career. I think I'm going to suck the life and passion out of it if I do that. It's a hobby. It's always been something that I've done to kill time especially when I'm waiting for scenes to be set up and things like that, and I want to keep it that way really. It's something that I'm very passionate about and I hope to be able to help other young musicians somewhere along the lines but for me personally, no. Fingers crossed I hope to continue with the acting."