Link Time! 12/2

BuzzSugar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:32:32 -0800

A key question: Are aliens more romantic than vampires? - TV Squad
The gift that keeps on taking: 15 terrible presents in TV and film - including "she gave me a pen" from Say Anything and the Red Ryder BB gun from A Christmas Story. - The Onion's A.V. Club
Check out a new track from Lily Allen. - Stereogum
Discuss: The worst holiday movies. - Cinematical
So jealous of this Privileged set tour. - Give Me My Remote
Ray Winstone has been cast as Caesar in the Cleopatra movie musical, which director Steven Soderbergh calls "Viva Las Vegas meets Tommy." - MTV Movies Blog
Wanna win an autographed copy of Influence by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen? - FabSugar

Ready For a 3-D Rock 'n' Roll Musical Version of Cleopatra?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:30:56 -0700

Yes, let's review those facts:

Director Steven Soderbergh is planning a movie about Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
It will be a live-action 3-D movie.
It will also be a rock 'n' roll musical.
Soderbergh is hoping to get Catherine Zeta-Jones to play "Cleo" and Hugh Jackman to play her lover, Marc Antony.

After the initial "whaaa?" reaction, I'm warming to this idea, especially because the band Guided by Voices has apparently already written the music for the movie. What do you think? Could you see this working, or does it sound like a big hot mess?

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