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Link Time! 8/21
- Give Me My Remote has pictures from the first episode of the new season of "The Office."
- Pop Candy points me to a cool site with videos from MTV's "120 Minutes."
- Speaking of MTV, the MTV Movie Blog brings us this tidbit of information: High School Musical's Olesya Rulin will next star alongside Jessica Simpson in Major Movie Star
- Best Week Ever lists the top 10 karaoke songs to avoid at all costs. Where's "It's the End of the World as We Know It"?
- TV Squad knows what really happened with Mandy Patinkin and "Criminal Minds."
- Cinematical provides us with a retrospective review of National Lampoon's Vacation.
- GeekSugar rocks out with a little dancing robot and a cool Spoon song.
- TV Filter says the version of "Grease" with the stars from that reality show isn't doing so hot.
- Eyeballs and Fishlips shares the exciting news that the quickly canceled U.S. version of "Creature Comforts" is coming to DVD.
- Popwatch agonizes over whether to love or hate the cowboy rap song "Hick Chicks."
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Weekend Reading: What the Heck Happened to That Brad Pitt Baseball Movie?
Last weekend, the entertainment industry was shocked when Sony pulled the plug on Steven Soderbergh's baseball movie that was going to star Brad Pitt — just days before the movie was supposed to start shooting.
Based on a bestseller by Michael Lewis, Moneyball was going to be a feature-length film about the true story of Oakland Athletics' general manager Billy Beane (Pitt) who put together a successful baseball team based on a new way of measuring a player's skill via stats. It might sound kind of dry, but having read both the book and an early, leaked version of the script, I can vouch for it being a compelling story.
Hilary Duff Is the Newest Gossip Girl
It's only just July, but things are already heating up on the Gossip Girl set, as the show has just cast another new love interest for a major character. First came news of Joanna Garcia's guest role last week, and now it's Hilary Duff's turn.
Duff has been cast as Olivia Burke, a movie star who comes to NYU seeking a normal college experience and ends up as Vanessa's roommate.
Land of the Lost Fail: Will Ferrell Fatigue? Or Something Else?
After the newest Will Ferrell movie, Land of the Lost, had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office last week, many in the world of movie punditry have been debating what went wrong. On paper, the movie seems to have a lot going for it: a major Hollywood star in the main role and a reportedly $200 million budget.
So why did it bomb so spectacularly?
NBC's New Slate: Chuck in 2010, No More Earl
On the heels of ABC's announcements, NBC has declared what its Fall schedule will look like, with some shows not returning to the network and new original programming coming in. We'd already heard much of NBC's news, but here are some interesting tidbits from today:
- NBC has dropped My Name Is Earl and Medium, though it's possible other networks may pick those up. CBS appears fairly likely to snag Medium while Earl could land at Fox or ABC.
- Chuck fans will have to wait until after the 2010 Olympics to get their fix, as the show won't return until February 2010.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: Formulaic and Forgettable
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past might as well be titled Wedding Planner's Failure to Lose a Guy in Fools Gold of Girlfriends Past, because it's nothing we haven't seen before from Matthew McConaughey.
The actor is a global star with actual talent and loads of charm (he's fun in Dazed and Confused and dreamily charismatic in A Time to Kill). Yet, for some reason, he has spent the past decade or so skating by in major-studio films that all pretty much resemble each other.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- This week, we had to say goodbye to Bea Arthur. She will be missed.
- Her passing got me thinking about what a trailblazer she was and how Golden Girls flourished when it was on the air. I wondered if you guys thought shows about the elderly stood a chance in today's entertainment climate.
- This week was a movie trailer bonanza!
Supernatural Drama Could Be Tribeca's First Big Sale in Years
For all its buzzworthy movies, the Tribeca Film Festival hasn't yielded a major movie sale since 2005's Transamerica starring Felicity Huffman. Apparently the New York-based festival just doesn't do as many big deals as some other festivals, so when there is buzz about a sale, people pay attention. That's what's happening right now with a movie called The Eclipse.
The Informers: Convoluted and Boring
Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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. In addition to my selections below you can take home The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tale of Despereaux, and Beverly Hills, 90210: Season 7.
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