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Buzz News Roundup, 12/1
- The creator of the HBO series Rome wants to film a movie to wrap up the series. — The Hollywood Reporter
- The English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's animated Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea will feature a voice cast that includes Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White and others. — ComingSoon
- Director Gabriele Muccino is planning a sequel to his romance L'Ultimo Bacio (The Last Kiss, which spawned an American remake starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson) with the original cast.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.
Disturbia
If you haven't seen cutie Shia LaBeouf in this surprisingly successful teenage thriller with a premise similar to that of Rear Window, it's time to rent Disturbia.
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Buzz Interview: Will Arnett Adds an Accent to When in Rome
Romantic comedy When in Rome premieres Friday with an unusual conundrum — Josh Duhamel plays the handsome male lead opposite Kristen Bell, but he's not the only one after her heart: Dax Shepard, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder and Will Arnett are also in hot pursuit of Bell's character. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Will Arnett to talk about his role in the film as not-exactly-authentic Italian painter, Antonio. Watch what he had to say about playing the silly character, plus whether he'd ever want to play a leading man in a rom com.
Buzz Interview: Kristen Bell & Josh Duhamel on When in Rome
Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel jump into the roles of leading lady and leading man this Friday in romantic comedy When in Rome. Bell plays a single girl who finds herself wanted by many men for all the wrong reasons, except for one, played Duhamel (see the trailer here). I had the chance to sit down with the two adorable, wacky actors to chat about making the movie, working together, and even doing their own stunts.
Watch, Pass or Rent Movie Reviews: When in Rome, Edge of Darkness, and The Last Station
You may have already read my reviews for When in Rome, Edge of Darkness, and The Last Station, but if you just have a minute, check out these quick reviews of the movies and see my advice for checking them out in the theater.
When in Rome: A Mindless Escape
The formula for a typical romantic comedy is simple: you need two attractive actors and a plot that makes enough sense to keep the audience's attention. Everything else is a variable (friends, setting, dialogue), but those first two basics are what determine a rom-com's success. For When in Rome, the casting of Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel is a hit — but the plot, about a woman who unwittingly makes several men fall in love with her after stealing coins from a "fountain of love" — is a complete and utter miss.
Movie Preview: Kristen Bell in When in Rome
Kristen Bell is just too gosh-darn adorable and endearing. The premise of her upcoming movie When in Rome is so silly and yet, I already might love it because she is so friggin' cute. In the romantic comedy she plays Beth, an ambitious New Yorker who, when in Rome, takes a few coins from a "fountain of love."
Box Office: Avatar Holds On For a Seventh Week
After passing Titanic last week as the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar continued to add to its box office tally over the weekend with a hefty $30 million. New films Edge of Darkness and When in Rome couldn't unseat James Cameron's phenomenon, as each took in a respective $17.1 million and $12 million for second and third place.
Rounding out the rest of the top five was Dwayne Johnson's kid comedy The Tooth Fairy with $10 million, and The Book of Eli with $8.7 million.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/14
- Having recently taken on Gossip Girl books and Dancing with the Stars, The New Yorker now turns its attention to The Hills.
- 300 director Zack Snyder is set to direct an animated film adaptation of Guardians of Ga'Hoole, writes ComingSoon.
- Variety reports that the romantic comedy HangingOutHookingUpFallingInLove has just added an ensemble cast which includes Janeane Garofalo, Jenna Elfman and Rita Rudner, among others.
- Kristen Johnston will join Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Candice Bergen in Bride Wars, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- Meanwhile, Danny DeVito has been cast in When in Rome alongside Kristen Bell and Will Arnett, reports ComingSoon.
- And, some TV casting news: TV Guide reports that Albert Brooks will play Nancy's dad on Weeds, while Variety has news that Six Feet Under mom Frances Conroy has joined the cast of a CBS comedy pilot.
- Lifetime will adapt two of bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's novels into TV movies, Zap2It reports.
- Billboard has news that My Morning Jacket will make their SNL debut on May 10, and will perform material from their upcoming album Evil Urges.
- Apparently, The New York Times reports, many people who call to vote for American Idol can't get the numbers right and bother off-duty notaries and the like instead.
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.
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