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Movie Preview: What Goes Up
The cast for What Goes Up is pretty great: Steve Coogan, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Hilary Duff and more (oooh, I love seeing Thirlby and Peck on screen together again after starring in The Wackness). It's hard to decipher what exactly is going on in the trailer (there are nerdy students, there seems to be a death) so I'll leave it to the movie's website to sum up the plot:
It is 1986. An emotionally damaged New York reporter is sent to cover the hometown hoopla for a local hero.
TV Tonight: Kath and Kim Take on Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and tonight, NBC's Kath and Kim is getting into the act. The mother-daughter team at the heart of the comedy has hooked up with Ford's Warriors in Pink campaign to help promote awareness of the disease in tonight's episode.
Anyone who tunes into the show tonight will have a chance to win a Ford Warriors in Pink Mustang (which will also be Kim's car for the duration of the season — huh, who knew she had a license?).
First Look: NBC's Kath and Kim
It was almost a year ago that I first caught wind of Kath and Kim, NBC's remake of the hit Australian comedy. Since then, Molly Shannon and Selma Blair have been cast in the leads as a dysfunctional mother-daughter team, and NBC has picked the show to anchor its Thursday night comedy lineup. I started seeing promos for the show over the weekend, and so far, I'm finding them completely delightful.
Selma Blair Heads to TV for NBC's Kath and Kim
Selma Blair has been focusing on her film career for years, but now she's headed back to the small screen. After a long search, NBC has tapped her to play opposite Molly Shannon in the comedy Kath and Kim.
The show, based on an award-winning Australian series, focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between a mother, Kath (Shannon), and her daughter, Kim (Blair).
Buzz News Roundup, 10/3
- Zap2It reports that an asteroid has been named after George Takei!
- According to Variety, computers, photographs and proprietary information were stolen from the production of the fourth Indiana Jones movie.
- There will be a fourth Fast and Furious movie, with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker probably starring again, Reuters reports.
- If you want a spoiler on which "House" docs make the new team, you might want to check out this casting news from the Hollywood Reporter.
- The season premiere of "Dexter" drew 1 million viewers, writes TV Week, making it the first Showtime premiere to go over a million.
- NME has an exclusive interview with Radiohead about In Rainbows.
- Molly Shannon will star as Kath, the mother part of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship in the NBC series "Kath and Kim," writes Hollywood Reporter.
- ComingSoon reports that Kevin Dillon has signed on for the starring role in National Lampoon's "sword-and-sandal epic spoof" 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas.
- According to Zap2It, Comedy Central has picked up a "Daily Show" spin-off focusing on comedian Demitri Martin.
- Hulk Hogan will host NBC's "American Gladiators" revival, and the Futon Critic has the details.
- Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody has sold another script, this one a "female-driven comedy set at a college" titled Girly Style, writes Hollywood Reporter.
Molly Shannon Joins "Pushing Daisies"
A cute show just got cuter:
Molly Shannon, she of the wacky "Saturday Night Live" characters, is joining the cast of "Pushing Daisies" as a guest-star over several episodes, according to TV Guide.
What's she doing?
Shannon will make her first appearance in November as Dilly Balsam, the owner of a saltwater taffy shop that moves in right across from lead character Ned's bakery, the Pie Hole.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/27
- Just when we thought it was gone, "According to Jim" is back from the dead for 18 more episodes, TV Guide reports.
- Reuters is reporting on a remake of Hitchcock's 1927 movie The Lodger, this time as an "urban thriller set in Los Angeles" and directed by documentarian David Ondaatje.
- Blood Diamond's Djimon Houndsou has been cast in the drama Get Some about an underground fight club, Variety reports.
- Zap2It reports that Molly Shannon has signed on for a Lifetime original movie titled More of Me about a woman so busy she splits into three people.
- Billboard tells us that for the first time since 1988, Bon Jovi takes the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200.
- Lots of casting news: Zap2it reports that Oliver Platt and Lauren Hutton will guest-star on "Nip/Tuck," and the Hollywood Reporter says Portia De Rossi will join them. The Hollywood Reporter also says Sofia Myles is the new female lead in "Moonlight," while DW Moffett is the new star of the CW's "Life is Wild."
- NME gets word that Lily Allen has started working on her second album in New York.
- I'm not sure if we really needed another online video site, but MySpace will launch one this week anyway, the New York Times reports.
- Slate wonders: Did Die Hard spawn the greatest one-liner in movie history?
Year of the Dog: Sweet as a Trusty Old Companion
There is a comfort in having an obsession, in committing oneself entirely to something. And for every obsession, there are niche communities where that obsession is shared — and at least a few people who will deem it silly. The idea that everyone needs at least one thing to pour herself into is the theme of Year of the Dog, a cute movie with plenty of heart and poignant truthfulness.
Movie Preview: Year of the Dog
It's hard to look at Molly Shannon without thinking of her Catholic schoolgirl character, Mary Katherine Gallagher, from "SNL" and Superstar. But with her latest project, Year of the Dog, she's looking to change all that. Shannon plays Peggy, whose world revolves around her dog, Pencil.
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