BuzzSugar

Buzz Gift Guide: Goodies For Gramps

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:30:06 PST

Welcome back, folks, to the next installment of my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Yesterday I suggested some fun gifts for grandma (after tackling mom and dad), and that leaves us with grandpa!

The first thing I thought of for my grandpa was the soundtrack to AMC's hit show Mad Men. I know he'd enjoy the collection of tunes by artists like The Andrews Sisters, Bobby Vinton and Rosemary Clooney.

A lot of grandpas might also appreciate some help with ditching the old rabbit ears and updating to a digital converter. This model looked pretty sleek and shiny to me, and you can even help him apply for a coupon!

If your gramps is squared away technology-wise then he also might appreciate this Alfred Hitchcock DVD collection or the complete series of Get Smart.

Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection ($83.99)	Mad Men: Original TV Soundtrack ($13.99)
Get Smart - The Complete Series ($109.99)	TV Converter Box ($59.99)

Check out HolidaySugar for all of our holiday coverage and gift guides.

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:30:54 PST

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.

Get Smart
Get Smart is the big pick of the week this week, and as far as rentals go, this would be an excellent choice. I enjoyed the goofy comedy on the big screen, but it's just as much fun for a relaxed, lighthearted at-home viewing - especially after watching all those scary movies for Halloween last week.

Netflix explains, "When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), the only spy whose cover remains intact. Now, they must work together to thwart the evil plans of KAOS and its crafty operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp)." The Rock also stars in the film and he is both funny and handsome.

Two more funny-geeky picks this week, so

read more. Reaper Yes! The CW's Reaper was one of my favorite new shows last year and I faithfully watched every single wacky, silly, bizarre episode. The show follows Sam (the very cute Bret Harrison) who learns on his twenty-first birthday that his parents sold his soul to the devil (played to hilarious perfection by Ray Wise) and now Sam must re-capture souls that escape from hell. Together with his bumbling friends Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez), Sam chases down the souls and brings them to Gladys (Christine Willes) at the DMV who naturally has a direct portal to hell through which she sends back the souls. It sounds ridiculous, I know, but I had my reservations about the show at first and ended up loving it. The cast is totally endearing and the writing is very clever. Check out season one before the second season starts up (sometime in early 2009)!
Futurama: Bender's Game Here you go, Futuramaheads, Bender's Game has arrived. I appreciate the punny play on the sci-fi classic Ender's Game in the title, and I'm sure this Futurama movie will be full of all kinds of nerdy goodness. This feature film "traps the Planet Express crew in a fantastical world where anything can happen - and does. Billy West is back as the voice of hapless pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry, with John DiMaggio and Katey Sagal reprising their roles as Bender the potty-talking robot and Cycloptic captain Turanga Leela. Rich Little and George Takei guest star." The DVD comes with ample bonus features, including (but not limited to): commentary by members of the cast and production team (including Matt Groening), interviews with the writers and producers, a featurette titled "How To Draw Futurama in 83 Easy Steps," recording session bloopers, a deleted scene and the preview for the next Futurama feature, Into the Wild Green Yonder.

This Week's Fab Favorite: Anne Hathaway Does Black and White Just Right

FabSugar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:22 PDT

Girl is on a roll. To further exemplify her fashion metamorphosis, Anne continues to rip up the red carpets on her Get Smart promotional tour. We have already seen some stellar looks from her, and she had a Celebrity Style this week, but Anne is the gift that keeps on giving. This week I could not decide between her frothy white Valentino and her draped black Marchesa, so both win. Yes, it's a competition, fashion folks. No doubt Anne has a stylist helping her, but all her looks suit her - which isn't always easy to do. Anne looks comfortable, confident and - most importantly - like she's having fun. Rafaello who?

I also want to note her diverse range of hairstyles and makeup; Anne is quite the beauty chameleon. The gushing doesn't stop there: Her accessories are also wonderful. Especially the gold detailed clutch, shoes, and jewelry she wore with the black Marchesa. Night and day, black and white, brava Anne!

For more of Anne doing black and white just right,

View 5 Photos ›

Source and Source

Anne and Steve Are Still Sharing Their Smiles and Smarts

PopSugar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:00:28 PDT

The Get Smart trio of talent moved on to yet another city, this time surfacing in London for a photo call. It was just one more fashion victory for Anne - get her outfit breakdown here - and we're sure that if Raffaello could see her now, he'd be eating his heart out. As for other ghosts from Anne's past, she recently talked about how she feels about dropping out of Knocked Up, saying, "I don't think the reason matters at this point. Katherine Heigl did it, and did a tremendous job, you know. It was a great move for her, the film's been out for a year, got stellar reviews and did killer at the box office. I don't think it matters any more why I didn't do it." Sounds like Anne doesn't have any regrets, and we have a feeling her current box office success can only help.

View 7 Photos ›

Source

Anne Hathaway Has Her Agent Steve To Save the Moment

Molly — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:48 PDT

Anne Hathaway was once again flanked by her men Steve Carell and Dwayne Johnson at an international Get Smart premiere, this time in Madrid. It looks like these two guys are her bodyguards and apparently that's not too far off base. Apparently at Monday's Rome premiere an overzealous reporter asked Anne if the breakup with Raffaello was "painful" despite being told to stay away from questions about her personal life. At that moment Steve responded with, "In my role of agent [for] Miss Hathaway, I would like to say that she does not answer questions relating to this subject." Hopefully everyone behaved themselves this time around, but if not it sounds like Anne's guys have her back.

View 7 Photos ›

Source

Anne Hathaway Is White and Red Hot in Rome

Molly — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:04:00 PDT

Anne Hathaway is still putting on her strong smile promoting Get Smart around the world. Yesterday, the stop was Rome where Anne looked great in another hot red number at the photo call before slipping into glamorous white for the premiere. With everyone still buzzing about her ex Raffaello's scandal Anne seems to have the best distraction possible in terms of keeping herself busy. She may not be ready to jump back into the dating pool just yet, but at least for now she's got costars Steve Carrell and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson by her side to keep that grin on her face.

To see more of Anne, Steve and Dwayne just read more

View 14 Photos ›

Source

Hancock Is a Box Office Superhero

BuzzSugar — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:30:27 PDT

A surprise to no one (but still a delight to me, since I find this Will Smith movie to be pretty fun), Hancock won the crown at the box office over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. According to Variety, the movie "is the eighth Smith film in a row to open at No. 1 domestically, as well as his fifth - and most successful - Fourth of July outing." It is also Smith's second-biggest opening after the record-breaking opening of I Am Legend in December. Over the long holiday weekend (5.5 days), Hancock raked in approximately $107.3 million.

So, in case anyone doubted it before, Will Smith = box office gold.

Elsewhere in the top five box office hits, Wall-E stepped into second place over the weekend, followed by Wanted and then Get Smart. Kung Fu Panda rounded out the group in fifth place. Kit Kittredge came in at No. 8, performing less well than studios had hoped.

Within the indie market, The Wackness did exceptionally well in its per-location average, and the Dr. Hunter S. Thompson documentary, Gonzo, also "enjoyed a solid debut."

Next weekend will bring us yet another movie deemed "male-skewing" by Variety: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (though I not-so-secretly cannot wait to see it!). Overall (with the exception of Wall-E), it looks like next weekend's top five at the box office will be pretty "male-skewing" (Hellboy II, Hancock, Wanted and Get Smart, with The Incredible Hulk still not too far behind).

Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

Sugar Bits - Director of Will's School Denies Scientology Link

PopSugar — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:30:27 PDT

The director of the New Village Academy, the soon-to-open LA school funded by Will Smith, has denied that the institution will be influenced by Scientology despite the fact that it will teach using methods devised by the religion's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. - AP
A friend of Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's jailed ex-boyfriend, believes that the actress testified to the FBI in exchange for the Feds holding off on arresting him until she was out of the country promoting Get Smart. - NY Daily News
Pixar's Wall-E took the top spot at the weekend box office, followed by Wanted in second and Get Smart in third. - BuzzSugar
Spain triumphed over Germany on Sunday night to win the Euro Cup for the first time in 44 years. - CitizenSugar
Kazakh supermodel Ruslana Korshunova died on Saturday in an apparent suicide after falling from her ninth-story apartment in Manhattan. - AP
Weekend wedding wrapup: Tennis star Chris Evert wed golf legend Greg Norman on Saturday in the Bahamas; former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard married Surata Zuri McCants near Birmingham, AL, on Saturday; actress Joy Bryant tied the knot on Saturday with stuntman David Pope in Amagansett, NY; former SNL funny man Chris Kattan married model Sunshine Tutt in Yosemite Valley, CA, on Saturday.

Source

Box Office: Cuteness Will Always Triumph

BuzzSugar — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:30:12 PDT

The cutest robot to hit the screen in a long time, Wall-E, proved irresistible to audiences over the weekend, earning the top spot at the box office with an estimated $62.5 million. According to Variety, this is the third best opening for a Pixar film after The Incredibles ($70.5 million) and Finding Nemo ($70.2 million).

The Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy action flick Wanted nabbed the No. 2 spot with a respectable $51 million, and Get Smart stayed strong in the third spot earning $20 million over the weekend.

While most had adorable robots on the brain this weekend, some were still looking for some big panda fun and kept Kung Fu Panda going strong at No. 4, beating The Incredible Hulk which landed in the fifth spot.

Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures

Which Anne Hathaway Get Smart Look Is Most Fab?

FabSugar — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:02:22 PDT

All eyes were on Anne Hathaway this week. Mainly because she dumped her delinquent boyfriend right before he got arrested - too close for comfort if you ask me. But my eyes have been admiring her range of looks promoting her new comedy, Get Smart. Anne has come a long way in the style category, and I'm enjoying her choices more and more. She can go from prim and proper (more what we're used to her in) to rock 'n' roll (takes a bit of getting used to) to casually luxe - always a winner. Which of Anne's recent Get Smart looks is the smartest? Oh, and most Fab?

Source and Source