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Buzz In: What Are the Most Divisive Movies?
Recently, I was doing some reading about the Netflix Prize, the $1 million Netflix has offered to the person or team who can improve the movie rental service's recommendation feature by 10 percent. So far, no team has made it, and a big part of the reason is what's being called "the Napoleon Dynamite problem" — the notion that there's just no good way to predict whether people will love or hate the 2004 comedy. To be fair to Napoleon, it's not the only one: I Heart Huckabees, Lost in Translation, and Kill Bill are also among the culprits.
Buzz Gift Guide: Attention All Procrastinators!
Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Many of us eventually become last-minute shoppers, so it's good to have some quick gift options ready to go. I already dug up some of my favorite entertainment-related gift cards, and today I've got some more thoughts on what to do when you're in a time bind.
Major Netflix Outage Stops Shipment of DVDs
If you've been counting on Netflix to fill a TV void during the Olympics or just pick up this week's new releases, there may be some bad news for you: Netflix is in the middle of its biggest outage ever.
About a third of Netflix's 8.4 million customers are being affected by the outage, according to Reuters. Netflix didn't ship any DVDs on Tuesday, got a few out the door on Wednesday, and hasn't shipped any so far today.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/23
- Despite rumors to the contrary, Access Hollywood is reporting that Tom Cruise will not reprise his role as Maverick in a sequel to Top Gun.
- Variety has the news that Hancock director Peter Berg is developing a Hercules film based on a five-issue comic book series by Steve Moore.
- According to Reuters, Disney has named replacements for Ebert and Roeper: Ben Lyons from E! and Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies. At the Movies with Ben and Ben, anyone?
- According to The New York Times, TiVo will introduce a product purchasing feature in partnership with Amazon.
- TNT picked up the pilot for Night and Day, a show about an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms from 24 co-creator Joel Surnow, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
- Billboard states Nas' untitled album topped last week's sales chart, moving 197,000 copies.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/28
- Mariah Carey is on track for her 18th No. 1 single with "Touch My Body," Billboard reports.
- Tobey Maguire is gearing up to produce and star in an adaptation of the comic book Afterburn, ComingSoon reports.
- It's a busy day for pilot casting, including the news that Sara Rue will play the female lead in the adaptation of Spaced for Fox, writes HollywoodReporter.
- The finale of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV got 38 million votes to decide the winner, Zap2it reports.
- HBO will launch a Friday night comedy lineup in June, including an animated series called The Life and Times of Tim and the Australian series Summer Heights High, writes TV Week.
- Variety confirms that Ratatouille is the "kids' pick" of last year's movies, while The Golden Compass received the "Ick" award.
- According to ComingSoon, Will Arnett will join Kristen Bell in the Disney rom-com When in Rome.
- Netflix is issuing credits to members whose shipments were delayed by Monday's site outage, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- Variety reports that Ice Cube will star alongside an as-yet-undetermined "big name rapper" in the movie Janky Promoters.
Buzz In: What's In Your "Waitflix" Queue?
Recently, someone asked me if I'd seen Dancer in the Dark. Embarrassed, I said no, but quickly pointed out that it's in my
Link Time! 1/15
- The interview with author/screenwriter Shauna Cross over on FilmSchoolRejects reveals that Cross' book Derby Girl will be made into a movie that Drew Barrymore will direct and that will — reportedly! — star Ellen Page.
- If you haven't had enough Magnetic Fields for one day, You Ain't No Picasso has some great covers of the group's songs. I particularly like the Shins' take on "Strange Powers."
- This Popwatch Duel has Geoff Stults and Rebecca Field going head-to-head with their lists of the top five best movie love scenes.
- Finally, says Vulture, someone has mashed up Daniel Day-Lewis' milkshake line from There Will Be Blood with Kelis' song "Milkshake."
- With American Idol looming, TV Filter wonders: Which show with "American" in the title is actually the most American?
- Cinematical is excited to find some movie stills from Righteous Kill, the project that is bringing together Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and 50 Cent.
- The TV Addict has a chat with Elizabeth Mitchell of Lost.
- geeksugar has the scoop on unlimited online Netflix viewing and the new iTunes movie rental service.
Buzz News Roundup, 1/4
- The New York Daily News reports that David Letterman will have his beard shaved on the air on Monday's show; too bad the beard had just gotten the keys to the city.
- Meanwhile, Jay Leno might be in trouble for writing his monologue on Wednesday's show, MarketWatch reports.
- ComingSoon is saying the next Superman movie may be without both director Bryan Singer and star of the show Brandon Routh.
- According to E! Online, the Jonas Brothers have signed a two-year, multimillion-dollar deal with touring company Live Nation.
- Former American Idol Taylor Hicks has been dropped from his record label, Entertainment Weekly reports.
- Theater owners say Johnny Depp made the most money for the multiplex in 2007, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
- Law & Order creator Dick Wolf wants to make a British version of the series, Zap2it reports.
- Netflix wants to bring movies straight to your TV, no mailing envelopes necessary, reports the New York Times.
- Mary J. Blige finally bumped Josh Groban from the top of the charts, Billboard reports.
Buzz Gift Guide: Last-Minute Butt-Savers!
Yikes! It's Christmas Eve! If there's someone on your list that you just plumb forgot, these suggestions for last-minute, easily obtained gifts in this last of my holiday gift guides just might save your butt.
Sneak Peek: NBC's "The Black Donnellys" on Netflix
I feel like I've been hearing about "The Black Donnellys" for months now. That's probably because the show — which follows four Irish brothers who get caught up in organized crime in New York — has some serious star power. The series was created by Oscar-winner Paul Haggis, who directed Crash and wrote the screenplay for Million Dollar Baby.
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