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Movie Preview: Robert De Niro in Everybody's Fine

BuzzSugar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:00:20 -0700

I kind of love every movie about grown children going home to their parents - Home for the Holidays, Junebug, The Family Stone. There's just so much fodder for humor and emotion.

But in Everybody's Fine, none of Robert De Niro's grown children go home to visit him, sending him on a journey to visit each one of his offspring. Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Beckinsale star as the trio of "kids" - pretty cute cast, right? You know what's even cuter? De Niro as a caring father and grandpa. Don't get me wrong - I love him in the heavy, dramatic stuff, but when I see him as a family man, I melt like butter. Family matters aren't always all lightness though, and it looks like we can expect some complicated interactions, too. Even if it's a bit sappy, I'm looking forward to this one.

To see the trailer, just read more.

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Spike Lee and Robert De Niro Are Headed to Showtime

BuzzSugar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:45:44 -0700

Talk about a power duo! Hollywood business titans, Spike Lee and Robert De Niro, are working together on a new series for Showtime called Alphaville. Set in New York's Alphabet City during the crime and drug-filled 80s, the show will focus on the diverse residents of the neighborhood. Both Lee and De Niro will executive produce, and Lee will direct the pilot.

A gritty New York landscape is nothing new to this talented pairing - De Niro's Taxi Driver took place in the very same area, and many of Lee's films have been set in the borough of Brooklyn - so I expect a pretty realistic depiction of this era in Manhattan life. I'm hoping it can be to Showtime and New York what The Wire was to HBO and Baltimore.

The show is just in the development stages right now, so there's no word yet on when it might debut, but will you check it out when it airs?

Buzz News Roundup, 8/4

BuzzSugar — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:30:01 -0700

Stephenie Meyer's final installment in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, sold 1.3 million copies in one day, the AP reports.
The new Metallica album, Death Magnetic will be released on a Friday - September 12 - rather than on a Tuesday, which is the norm, writes Billboard.
Stephen Root of Office Space and NewsRadio is joining Pushing Daisies for four episodes as a character with connections to both Ned's dad and Chuck's dad, Entertainment Weekly reports.
According to ComingSoon, Universal Pictures will make an action-adventure Island of Lost Souls, an adaptation of the Danish film De fortabte sjaeles o.
So You Think You Can Dance has been officially renewed for a fifth season, Variety reports.
Zap2It has the news that Robert De Niro will join Mel Gibson for the dramatic movie Edge of Darkness.
E! reports that, according to Shonda Rhimes, the rumors that Izzie will have a brain tumor on Grey's Anatomy are totally bogus.
Billboard reports that James Taylor is covering songs from the '50s, '60s and '70s for an album put out by Starbucks' music label.

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Movie Preview: What Just Happened?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:59 -0700

What Just Happened? was a fairly big deal at this year's Sundance mostly because of Robert De Niro who is at the center of this strange comedy. It's a Hollywood satire that some people will probably appreciate more than others, and the reviews I've read of the film have said there may be too many "insider" jokes about "the industry" for most people, but that otherwise it's a great movie.

The story follows "two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer (De Niro) who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made." Sean Penn plays himself, as does Bruce Willis (pretty hilariously, it seems) and Twilight's Bella, Kristen Stewart, also stars in the film, which opens October 3.

To check out the funny/odd trailer for What Just Happened?, read more.

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Oscar Nominee: The Good Shepherd for Art Direction

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:06:36 -0800

Every week up until the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. In this final week, I'll be looking at the nominees for best art direction, which encompasses the entire look and feel of a film from the scenery to the lighting. Yesterday, we saw a gallery from Dreamgirls, and today's featured movie is director Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd.

Starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, The Good Shepherd tells the story of the CIA's origins with convoluted plot twists and sinister undertones. Set in early 1960s, the movie straddles the line between glamorous historical drama and shadowy thriller. To see a gallery of images from the film, read more

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Jessica Alba May Meet the Little Fockers

BuzzSugar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:30:59 -0700

The latest installment in the Meet the Parents/Meet the Fockers franchise will not just introduce young diapered characters, but it'll also introduce a pretty young thing. Jessica Alba is in talks to play a sexpot pharmaceutical rep in Little Fockers, the third Fockers movie.

Alba's character's beauty is supposed to "wreak havoc on the male characters" - not an unbelievable task for the actress.

Though I thought the Focker series had run its course when this sequel was announced, I'm curious to see how big of a part Alba will have. She's not exactly my favorite actress in the world, but at least the franchise is introducing some new blood to add to the ensemble.