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Link Time: Hugh Jackman Not Hosting the 2010 Oscars
- Hugh Jackman has declined to host next year's Oscars — Moviefone
- Spoon has announced their next album, Transference, due in January — Pitchfork
- Fox has renewed American Dad for a sixth season — Coming Soon
- This Is It has been certified fresh by critics — Rotten Tomatoes
- Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Check out these ideas inspired by TV characters! — TV.com
- Cop the '70s style from upcoming movie The Box — CasaSugar
- John Rhys-Davies isn't going to be in The Hobbit prequel as a dwarf — MTV Movies Blog
- Glee's Matthew Morrison, AKA Mr. Schuester, has plans to release a solo album — Access Hollywood
- The first Lost promo for season six is not terribly exciting — Vulture
- Get a load of the Today show hosts as the cast of Star Wars!
Link Time! 10/9
- Is now the right time for Oliver Stone's movie W.? — Popwatch
- Speaking of W., here's a list of 10 hilarious political impressions. — Vulture
- Ridley Scott has confirmed that his next project will be a film adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Three Remakes Get Space on Guillermo del Toro's 10-Year Plan
You want to get a meeting with Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro? Good luck. According to a story in Variety today, he's booked .
Buzz News Roundup, 1/28
- Hollywood Reporter has news that Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) is in talks to direct the Hobbit films that Peter Jackson will produce.
- The FCC is fining ABC $1.4 million for nudity in an NYPD Blue episode that aired more than four years ago, Zap2it reports.
- According to ComingSoon, five more actors (Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke) have joined Christian Bale and Johnny Depp in Public Enemies.
- Starz is planning a TV series based on the Oscar-winning film Crash, with its writer/director, Paul Haggis, on board, TV Week reports.
- Billboard reports that R.E.M. has recruited Modest Mouse and the National as opening acts for its upcoming tour.
- Joel and Ethan Coen took top honors at the Directors Guild of America awards, and Mad Men and Pushing Daisies nabbed television awards, the Associated Press reports.
- Julia Roberts will produce and star in Hothouse Flowers, a film adaptation of the upcoming novel by Margot Berwin, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- There's another dancing reality show coming: Lifetime will air Your Mama Don't Dance, a series pairing professional dancers with their two-left-footed parents, Variety reports.
Peter Jackson to Produce — But Not Direct — The Hobbit
The long-held disagreements between Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings studio New Line are being put aside as the two parties discuss their future collaboration on The Hobbit prequels to the Lord of the Rings. Jackson has agreed to serve as executive producer on the Hobbit films — but he will not direct.
There will be not one, but two prequel films shot simultaneously — similar to how the Lord of the Rings films were done.
Spider-Man's Sam Raimi Taking The Hobbit Reins?
As Spider-Man 3 begins its march toward box-office domination, Sam Raimi might be heading in another direction. According to Entertainment Weekly, Raimi is very interested in helming The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings prequel, now that Peter Jackson's feud with New Line has left the project without a director.
That could mean an uncertain fate for Spider-Man 4.
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