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Link Time: Hugh Jackman Not Hosting the 2010 Oscars

BuzzSugar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:30:24 -0700

Hugh Jackman has declined to host next year's Oscars - Moviefone
Spoon has announced their next album, Transference, due in January - Pitchfork
Fox has renewed American Dad for a sixth season - Coming Soon
This Is It has been certified fresh by critics - Rotten Tomatoes
Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Check out these ideas inspired by TV characters! - TV.com
Cop the '70s style from upcoming movie The Box - CasaSugar
John Rhys-Davies isn't going to be in The Hobbit prequel as a dwarf - MTV Movies Blog
Glee's Matthew Morrison, AKA Mr. Schuester, has plans to release a solo album - Access Hollywood
The first Lost promo for season six is not terribly exciting - Vulture
Get a load of the Today show hosts as the cast of Star Wars! - Best Week Ever

Buzz In: Who Should Host the 2010 Oscars?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:30:44 -0700

Halloween is in full bloom, and you know what that means: the holiday and award seasons are just around the corner. In the next two months, we'll be hearing lots of Oscar buzz as the year's final movies come down the pike, but the films won't be the only stars of the show.

There have already been whispers about who should host the upcoming show - Hugh Jackman boosted the ratings last year, so should he get invited back? Would you rather see a revival of a different past emcee, like Billy Crystal or Jon Stewart, or would you prefer some fresh blood? Personally I wouldn't mind seeing Neil Patrick Harris take a whack at it after doing such a great job with the Emmys, but I'd welcome Jackman back as well. What say you?

Hugh Jackman Is the Real Steel Deal

BuzzSugar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:30:58 -0700

Hugh Jackman is no stranger to a little heavy metal after spending so much time in Wolverine's claws, but he'll be all man in his next project. Jackman is in talks to star in Real Steel, an upcoming family film from Dreamworks set in the future. The movie follows a father and son duo who work to get a boxer back into fighting shape. Here's the kicker: their fighter is participating in an illegal human vs. robot boxing tournament.

You'd think jacked-up Jackman would play the boxer, but he's actually circling the role of the father. Steven Spielberg will be executive producing the project. This movie sounds like it could be fun, though I have to admit that I prefer my robots to be on the cute side rather than the badass side.

Khloe and Lamar's Wedding Video, Matt Damon's Faux Freakout and Miley in SATC2!

Molly — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:08:46 -0700

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom tied the knot this weekend, which inspired her sister Kim to reignite a passion of her own. She was on the first plane out of there to visit Reggie Bush! Plus, Matt Damon yelling just makes us love him more and watch how Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig dealt with a rude interruption during their Broadway show. Watch it all on PopSugar Rush now!

Buzz News Roundup, 8/5

BuzzSugar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:30:23 -0700

Hugh Jackman will reportedly take the role of legendary showman P.T. Barnum in the musical tale The Greatest Showman on Earth, with Anne Hathaway possibly starring opposite him. - AP
Alyssa Milano's comedy, Romantically Challenged, has been picked up for a midseason slot on ABC. - The Hollywood Reporter
14-year-old actress Jodelle Ferland is joining The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as a vampire who has just been turned. - Variety
Katherine Heigl's next leading man will be Josh Duhamel when the two star together in the romantic drama *Life As We Know It. - ComingSoon
Syfy has picked up Alphas, which was originally in development for ABC as Section 8. - The Hollywood Reporter
The movie about an all-female prison band, Goree Girls starring Jennifer Aniston, now has a director: Grey Gardens director Michael Sucsy. - Variety
Ratings for Jon and Kate Plus 8's return episode on Monday were still solid but were down from the peak seen earlier this year. - USA Today
Nickelodeon's teen network plans to make a TV series version of the young adult book series Catwalk. - The Hollywood Reporter
Jason Segel is attached to star alongside Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in the comedy The Adventurer's Handbook. - ComingSoon

Buzz News Roundup, 7/15

BuzzSugar — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:00:03 -0700

TBS is looking to develop Are We There Yet?, a comedy series based on the Ice Cube movie of the same name. - The Hollywood Reporter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored the biggest midnight gross of all-time in earning $22.2 million as it opened at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. - Variety
Daphne Zuniga will reprise her role as photographer Jo Reynolds for at least two episodes of The CW's reboot of Melrose Place this Fall. - EW
David Arquette and Courteney Cox are confirmed to star in Scream 4. - E! Online
Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Avon Man, a comedy about a man who is reluctantly recruited into becoming an Avon salesman and then finds that he's good at it. - Variety
Starting with the first episode of the upcoming season, Martha Plimpton will have a role in a multi-episode story line on Grey's Anatomy. - Reuters
Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore will star in writer/director Stanley Tucci's dramedy The Hunter. - ComingSoon
Kathy Griffin will host the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 12, while Russell Brand will return to host the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 13. - The Hollywood Reporter
Disney has acquired film rights to the young adult novel Wings and will develop it as a star vehicle for Miley Cyrus. - ComingSoon

Pattinson and Jackman and Weisz? Oh, My

BuzzSugar — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:30:04 -0700

Robert Pattinson, Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz starring together in a movie? That's hot.

The period drama is titled Unbound Captives and follows a woman (to be played by Weisz) "whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. She is rescued by a frontiersman, to be played by Jackman. Pattinson will play the son." First-time director Madeleine Stowe will be working with her own screenplay which she wrote, under the pseudonym O.C. Humphrey, with her husband. She'd originally planned on starring in the lead role herself, but ultimately decided to direct. She says she saw three actresses and just knew that Weisz would be good for the role. Interestingly, Robert Pattinson agreed to be in the film last Fall, "before everything broke with Twilight."

There's no question that Pattinson and Jackman are hot actors - in that they're attractive (Pattinson even has his own sexy faceoff game over on Pop) and rather popular right now. And I've always thought that Rachel Weisz is one of the most beautiful actresses of our time (just my humble opinion), so, just like I'm going to see The Brothers Bloom in which she stars with other cuties (Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody), I'll probably see this movie no matter what.

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Buzz News Roundup, 5/6

BuzzSugar — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:30:43 -0700

ABC will pick up The New Adventures of Old Christine if CBS doesn't. - Zap2it
The sci-fi comedy Used Guys, which previously was going to star Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey, will change the story's focus into a vehicle for Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon. - ComingSoon
Talk Show with Spike Feresten won't be back next year. - TV.com
Hugh Jackman is lining up the projects these days, including a sequel to Wolverine, a race car movie titled Drive, a film reboot of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, and the stage musical Houdini. - Variety
CBS might bring back Let's Make a Deal and The Dating Game. - The Hollywood Reporter
Bob Dylan, whose Billboard 200 chart career began in 1963, lands his fifth no. 1 album this week as Together Through Life opens atop the list. - Billboard
Will Ferrell is in talks to topline the comedy Neighborhood Watch. - ComingSoon
More details about last night's pre-American Idol chaos. - LA Times
Rachel Weisz has signed on to star as a cop in the indie political drama The Whistleblower. - Variety

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Buzz News Roundup, 5/4

BuzzSugar — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:30:46 -0700

Fringe has been renewed for a second season. - The Futon Critic
Fox has also asked for a second season of its Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show, even though the first season won't air for a couple of months. - Zap2it
Hugh Jackman is attached to star in a film version of Ghostopolis, an upcoming graphic novel from Doug TenNapel. - ComingSoon
Jenny McCarthy will get her own syndicated talk show through a deal with Oprah's studio. - The Hollywood Reporter
Ben Stiller has been set to direct Help Me Spread Goodness, "a drama with comic overtones." - Variety
Sugar Ray's next album, releasing July 21, is titled Music For Cougars. - Billboard
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has reportedly been cast in Disney's reworking of 20 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. - ComingSoon
Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut for a segment of the film New York, I Love You, shot in black and white and starring Kevin Bacon, has been cut from the film and will appear only on the DVD release. - Zap2It

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Box Office: Wolverine Slashes the Competition

BuzzSugar — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:24:17 -0700

Summer movie season has officially arrived, folks, and it looks like American audiences were ready for it. Hugh Jackman's X-Men Origins: Wolverine easily took the No. 1 spot over the weekend and grossed an estimated $87 million. This is good news for X-Men fans because the success of Wolverine is a "key victory for Fox, Marvel Entertainment and star Hugh Jackman, since it likely keeps the franchise alive." Woohoo!

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past also did solid business over the weekend and came in second place with an estimated $15.3 million. The top five was rounded out by Obsessed, 17 Again, and Monsters vs. Aliens in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.

Were you one of the millions who saw Wolverine? Do you agree with the reviews?

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.