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Do You Go to the Opera?
According to Variety, composer Philip Glass is creating an opera about Walt Disney. The story "imagines the last months of Disney as seen through the eyes of a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for him."
I seriously cannot wait to see what the heck this opera looks like.
Would You Go See These Movies-Turned-Operas?
First there was the odd news that an Italian composer is turning the Al Gore power point presentation about global warming into an opera. Now there's news that Brokeback Mountain will get similar treatment. The New York City Opera has commissioned a composer to turn the short story that inspired the popular film into an opera.
An Inconvenient Truth: The Opera
Nope, not a joke (at least, I don't think it is!): Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth will be made into an opera by Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli. The production will debut in Milan in 2011. As The Independent explains it, "It began life as a slide show before mutating into a prize-winning documentary and a book, but now An Inconvenient Truth, the work for which the former US vice-president Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is to become an opera."
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Not a Joke: James Franco To Appear on General Hospital
It's not April Fool's, I have not started abusing substances, this is an actual news story: James Franco is set to guest star on daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Oh and it's not just some walk-on role as a favor or a dare: Franco will star in a multi-episode arc, which will last for about two months, and he'll play a "mysterious character" (of course he will). What's more, he apparently approached General Hospital himself with the idea.
Gerard Butler — Love Him or Leave Him?
Gerard Butler has had a rough couple of weeks — critics panned his film Law Abiding Citizen and his appearance on Saturday Night Live didn't win rave reviews either. On top of everything else, there are rumors about him and Jessica Simpson getting cozy floating around. There is some light at the end of the tunnel though: he just announced in an interview that he'd be joining Shakespeare's Coriolanus with Ralph Fiennes for his next film.
The Office, "The Lover": Best Lines of the Night
Yay! Jim and Pam return from their romantic honeymoon, but there is no rest for the newlyweds at The Office. Michael crosses the line — and Pam bears the brunt of his antics, like usual — while Jim fends off a nosy Dwight.
Buzz In: What Is Your Favorite Musical-Turned-Movie?
This is the week for Broadway shows! Not only are the current theater selections raking in more cash than usual despite the economy, it also sounds like we'll soon be seeing two more musicals move to the big screen. I already told you about the plans for a Rock of Ages movie musical, and now comes word that Miss Saigon may be getting the film treatment too, with Lee Daniels in talks to direct.
Link Time!
- Eddie Murphy is out and Marlon Wayans is in for the Richard Pryor biopic — Cinematical
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera gets a premiere date! — Playbill
- 5 TV shows that deserve the big-screen treatment — TV.com
- Modest Mouse has a brand new video, and it's trippy — Stereogum
- The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles get picked up for full seasons — HitFix
- Check out this list of poorly cast film roles — Moviefone
- EW reveals Part 1 of their 40 Bad Romantic Comedies — EW
- Take this America's Next Top Model beauty quiz! (Then check back later for mine.) — BellaSugar
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