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Queen Latifah to Find Romance With Common
Queen Latifah is preparing to hate neither the player nor the game in her next project, Just Wright, a romance in which she'll star opposite Common. Latifah's character is "a sports trainer who finds herself falling in love with a professional basketball player while rehabilitating him from a career-threatening injury."
I'm interested to see Queen Latifah play one half of a lead couple in a romantic movie — more often than not, she plays a sassy supporting character.
BuzzSugar at WonderCon: Star Trek and Terminator Preach to the Choir
It was an insane — not to mention insanely fun — weekend at WonderCon here in San Francisco. I already reported back on the exciting Watchmen panel, and now I'm giving the lowdown on the panels I attended for Star Trek and Terminator Salvation. The directors of both movies showed up to explain to a crowd of devotees how they think they've done right by fans with these reboots.
What to Download: New Music on iTunes
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections:
Hip hop hooray: I'm always looking forward to new Common albums and have been especially excited for his eighth release (I made it one of my must haves this month).
Link Time! 10/7
- How do you handle Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales with young girls? — Popwatch
- Given Heather O'Rourke's tragic death, does DirecTV’s new Poltergeist commercial go too far? — MTV Movies Blog
- Download two Bob Dylan tracks for free!
Link Time! 8/28
- The phrase "TV in the bathtub" makes me nervous immediately, but apparently, there's a safe version of this. — GeekSugar
- One of the actors in Changeling learned that spontaneously improvising a kiss with Angelina Jolie in a scene can be exciting, but dangerous. — MTV Movies Blog
- Did HBO chicken out by dropping its adaptation of Preacher?
Wanted: Overflowing With Blood, Bullets, Testosterone
A few things Wanted is not: quiet or steadily shot. It's also not all that enjoyable. But then again, I'm surely not the target audience for this film.
Common Gives Us A Reason to See Terminator 4
Well, OK, we already had one reason: Christian Bale. But now that Common's joining the cast of the fourth Terminator installment, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, it's pretty much guaranteed I'll check out this movie.
According to Variety, "Story centers on John Connor (Bale), now in his 30s, who leads what is left of the human race in a battle against the machines.
Street Kings: Police Officers Gone Wild
Street Kings is primarily focused on examining two types of police officers seen in many a film before: the rogue cop who disregards the law in the name of justice and the cop that appears to follow the rules but is deeply corrupt. You would think that in the hands of a talented guy like director David Ayer, who is well-versed in the handling of this kind of gritty material (having written Training Day and directed Harsh Times) this movie would be not only entertaining but also darkly unnerving.
So, was it entertaining?
Music Video: Kanye Feat. Chris Martin, "Homecoming"
Chris Martin of Coldplay fame is a popular guy in the land of hip-hop. He popped up on a track from Jay-Z's 2006 comeback album Kingdom Come, and he teamed up with Kanye West for "Homecoming" on Kanye's most recent album, Graduation.
The new black-and-white video for "Homecoming," which features Kanye and Chris Martin (as mostly an outline of himself), is a refreshing change of pace from some recent videos that seem like frantic strobe-lit messes of neon colors.
Link Time! 10/25
- TV Squad makes my day by finding a story about how 30 Rock's "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" has become a sensation. I'm not the only one obsessed!
- Popwatch understandably has some questions about the CMT reality show Trick My Trucker.
- Cinematical's weekly list examines the horror of fairy tales.
- Stereogum is streaming a Karen O cover of "Highway 61 Revisited" from the I'm Not There soundtrack.
- Buddy TV wonders if Marie Osmond should have to leave Dancing with the Stars after her fainting spell.
- MTV Movies Blog thinks Common should play the Green Lantern in the Justice League movie, and apparently RZA agrees.
- In case you're confused about this whole World Series thing that keeps preempting your favorite Fox shows, TV with MeeVee has an explanation.
- Aquarium Drunkard is psyched to see Phosphorescent play in LA, and rightfully so.
- TV Filter wants to know what would be on your stakeout mix, a la Chuck.
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