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Buzz News Roundup, 2/9
- Idina Menzel will guest-star on Private Practice later this season — alongside her husband, Taye Diggs. — TV Guide
- The filmmaking team behind New York, I Love You will make a similar movie set in Berlin and titled Love Berlin: How We Met. — Variety
- Ticket sellers Ticketmaster and Live Nation are expected to merge.
Buzz News Roundup, 8/11
- The Office has been given the key post-Super Bowl time slot and will air a one-hour episode following the game, Entertainment Weekly reports.
- According to ComingSoon, Steve Buscemi and Romany Malco will star together in Saint John of Las Vegas, a loose adaptation of Dante's Inferno.
- Tori Spelling has no deal to appear on 90210 and her desired salary may be the sticking point, E! reports.
- Sara Gilbert is joining the cast of The Big Bang Theory after a successful guest-starring gig, Zap2it reports.
- Dennis Hopper will get his own exhibit in France where, apparently, he is highly revered, writes Variety.
- Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce — aka Freamon and Bunk from The Wire — are joining Treme, David Simon's new HBO pilot about New Orleans, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
- Variety has the news that director Chris Columbus is readying a film about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential run.
- 24 producer Carlos Coto and Brett Ratner are working on an action-comedy for Fox titled Wild Boys, which will follow "ex-soldiers turned suburban dads," ComingSoon reports.
- Matthew Bomer — aka Bryce Larkin from Chuck and Jay from Traveler — has been cast in the lead of a USA series called White Collar, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Bret Ratner, Eddie Murphy to Team Up for a Beverly Hills Cop 4
Apparently, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has been an inspiration to other old franchises looking to capitalize on nostalgia as Brett Ratner is aiming to resurrect the Beverly Hills Cop movies with a fourth installment. Eddie Murphy will reportedly "reprise his role as Detroit detective Axel Foley." Variety has more:
Studio is aiming for a 2009 production start and a summer 2010 release.
Which Rumored Actor Would Best Play Hugh Hefner?
The latest Hugh Hefner biopic rumor comes to us via the Chicago Sun Times and states that Robert Downey Jr. is being considered to play the girly mag mogul. Previously, rumors have swirled around Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise.
So, which of these men would best portray the Hef?
Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body
You know how sometimes folks who are famous for very different reasons end up doing some project together, and you can't quite imagine how they even ended up knowing each other's names, much less collaborating? That's how I'm feeling about the video for Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body," featuring 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer as the object of Miss Mariah's lust.
You know how I feel about Jack, and it's hilarious to watch his Kenneth the Page-like nerdy character become Mariah's fantasy boy toy — whether he's being spanked, having a pillow fight, or even catching a frisbee in his mouth like a puppy.
Do You Think Tom Cruise Could Play Hugh Hefner?
Here's a casting rumor I wouldn't have guessed: according to a random "source" Tom Cruise is being considered for the role of Hugh Hefner in Brett Ratner's biopic on the Playboy founder. This same source claims, "Tom knows of Hugh's colorful past and thinks he would be the perfect person to bring it to the big screen. He also thinks the role would be a challenge for him, and would remind people of his versatility as an actor.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/21
- Brett Ratner and Chris Tucker will team up for a film adaptation of the book Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra, a tell-all written by Sinatra's valet George Jacobs, writes ComingSoon. Ratner will produce and direct while Tucker is eying the role of Jacobs.
- Rather than watch celebrities get drunk and humiliate themselves, VH1 is creating a celebrity reality series that will follow "celebrities" going through rehab, Variety reports.
- Billboard reports that Dr. Dre's 2008 album Detox will be his last album.
- Hollywood Reporter has news that Warner Bros.
Brett Ratner's "Blood" Runs Blue for NBC
What's Brett Ratner gotten himself up to after Rush Hour 3?
Word is the guy's-guy is headed to TV, directing and executive-producing a crime drama called "Blue Blood" for NBC.
What's the story?
The show, which Fox initially wanted but decided not to pick up, is an ensemble drama about rookie NYPD cops, centering on one — a Harvard grad — who decided to follow the family path by entering law enforcement.
Rush Hour 3 Zooms to the Top of the Box Office
Well, Brett Ratner has become an even wealthier man. Having figured out a most profitable buddy action flick formula, his latest movie Rush Hour 3 took the box office crown this weekend, raking in $50.2 million. Though extremely respectable, this sum falls short of the $67.4 million made by Rush Hour 2 its opening weekend in the summer of 2001.
Brett Ratner to Direct Hugh Hefner Biopic
Brett Ratner's doing what now?
Brett Ratner has signed on to direct a biopic all about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Ratner is known for directing mostly action movies like Rush Hour, so he's probably just the "man's man" for the job.
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