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Buzz News Roundup, 7/31
- Amy Poehler will anchor a couple of episodes of Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday to promote Parks and Recreation. — Entertainment Weekly
- Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes are in talks to star in the drama Southbound. — ComingSoon
- Russell Crowe will star in The Next Three Days, the adaptation of the 2008 French film Pour Elle, for Crash director Paul Haggis.
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.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/27
- Woody Allen has added Nicole Kidman into the cast of his as-yet-untitled next project which already included Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins. — Reuters
- Queen Latifah will star in the romantic comedy Just Wright, described as "a modern-day Cinderella tale." — Variety
- Summit Entertainment has picked up feature-film rights to the book The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, which insinuates that Harry Houdini acted as a spy for Britain.
The Secret Life of Bees: Just Sweet Enough
When I left my screening of The Secret Life of Bees I felt comforted and content, and it took me a while to understand why: This movie calls back to older, Southern-set, empowering movies like Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes. Those films celebrate womanhood and the importance (and potency) of female friendship, all against the unique backdrop of the American South. The stories are beautiful and sentimental, with tragedy and heartache going hand-in-hand with love and humor.
Movie Preview: The Secret Life of Bees
It's not every day that the film adaptation of a well-loved book appears to capture the same atmosphere and sentiments that the book does, but in my opinion, the trailer for The Secret Life of Bees looks like it might do just that. I loved the novel by Sue Monk Kidd; it was one of those books that left me feeling sad at the end because I had to part with characters I'd come to care about deeply.
The story follows 14-year-old Lily (Dakota Fanning) whose mother died, leaving Lily with an abusive father.
A Different Sort of People's Choice Awards Will Air Tonight
The People's Choice Awards don't have the glamour (or the legitimacy) of the Golden Globes, but it's still the first of this season's award ceremonies to be dramatically scaled back. CBS canceled the ceremony, which was originally scheduled for tonight, and has spent the past few weeks tossing together a different kind of broadcast.
Instead of a star-studded party in the Shrine Auditorium with a red carpet and all the trimmings, tonight's broadcast will instead feature 25 pre-taped acceptance speeches from winners in several of the awards' many categories.
Movie Preview: The Perfect Holiday
I have to say, I love Gabrielle Union, even if she doesn't always get the coolest film projects. So, while her upcoming holiday flick The Perfect Holiday looks slightly cheesy, I still hold out hope for it. If nothing else, the story about Christmastime romance does seem heartwarming and sweet.
Movie Preview: Mad Money
Opening January 18, 2008 Mad Money finds three ladies forming an unlikely team to rob their employer. Apparently, it's based on a true story. It appears that there's the sassy lady played by Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton plays the clever older lady and Katie Holmes has the role of the quirky free spirit who dances her way, um, everywhere.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/8
- According to Zap2It, Queen Latifah will have "a mysterious cameo" in the Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas.
- The folks behind Half Nelson are prepping to make a romantic drama titled Blue Valentine, Variety reports.
- The New York Times writes that advertisers are finally flocking to "Kid Nation" — just in time for viewers to flee.
- Bruce Springsteen's latest album Magic made it to No. 1 on the charts, writes Billboard.
- TV Guide reports that Joss Whedon is directing another episode of "The Office."
- Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will produce and direct a pilot for FX focusing on arms dealers, Zap2it reports.
- Dana Carvey taped comic riffs on films for the online show "Down in Front With Dana Carvey," which will play on Netflix this Friday and Saturday, the AP reports.
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" did pretty well — by cable standards — in its first outing on USA, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/28
- Things are looking up for Sara on "CSI" after last night's premiere — but actress Jorja Fox will likely leave the show in November, TV Guide reports.
- Queen Latifah has some strong feelings about rap lyrics that she deems misogynist, violent and vulgar, and says action should have been taken with this issue long ago, writes Reuters.
- The script for Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film, "Tetro," was stolen by armed robbers in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- The Futon Critic has the details on Comedy Central's pickup of picked up the Canadian comedy "Kenny vs. Spenny," which will be produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of "South Park."
- According to Billboard, Duran Duran will celebrate their new album by performing nine shows at the Barrymore Theater on Broadway in New York.
- Bonnie Hunt is getting her own syndicated talk show, Entertainment Weekly reports.
- Variety has news that the Transformers sequel will open June 26, 2009.
- Joseph Fiennes, Blythe Danner and Robert Wagner will star in an FX project about a man who realizes he's a transsexual, ComingSoon reports.
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