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Movie Preview: Madonna's Filth and Wisdom
So, Madonna directed an indie movie, Filth and Wisdom ("they are two sides of the same coin"). The trailer is narrated by the main character, a Ukrainian man named A.K. (Eugene Hutz, frontman of gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello), who "finances his dreams of rock glory by moonlighting as a cross-dressing dominatrix."
Buzz News Roundup, 4/18
- According to ComingSoon, IFC has picked up Madonna's directorial movie venture, Filth and Wisdom, and will give it a theatrical run.
- Scrubs and 30 Rock will swap timeslots starting next week, The Futon Critic reports.
- Keyboardist Danny Federici of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has died at the age of 58, Billboard reports.
- Howie Mandel will star in a new unscripted sitcom for NBC, TV Guide reports.
- Variety reports that Jennifer Garner and her producing partner Juliana Janes now have a first-look deal with Warner Bros. for their production company Vandalia Films.
- The AP has news about the Houdini musical coming to Broadway in the Spring of 2010.
- Zap2it writes that HBO has documentaries lined up for Monday nights this summer, including Sundance hit The Black List and films about Roman Polanski and high school debate teams.
- Ridley Scott will direct Casey Affleck in the period noir drama The Kind One, writes Variety.
- Halle Berry will star in and produce the psychological thriller Frankie and Alice, ComingSoon reports.
Buzz News Roundup, 1/2
- According to NME, MC Hammer is starting a Web site dedicated to dance videos.
- Sacha Baron Cohen may play Abbie Hoffman in Stephen Spielberg's next movie, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, according to Variety.
- ComingSoon reports that Tyler Perry will play a role in JJ Abrams Star Trek movie.
- The New York Daily News reports on a contest where the winner is named the Ultimate Couch Potato.
- Tila Tequila will date again on MTV, TV Week reports.
- Madonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, writes Billboard.
- Saturday's NFL game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants is now the season's most-watched TV broadcast with 34.5 million viewers, according to MediaWeek.
- The St. Petersburg Times reports on the death of the TV theme song.
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Madonna Gets Cozy With Gogol Bordello
When I first saw these photos of Madonna walking with Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz, I couldn't help but wonder: How did this unlikely pair meet? And why was Hutz wearing kitten heels?
Though I haven't yet learned the answer to the second question, it turns out that Madonna and Hutz are quite the close collaborators these days.
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