Meet the Spartans
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- Cinematical compares the two new Leatherheads posters: romance or sports?
- Popwatch proudly talks about applauding along with the rest of the audience at the end of Rambo.
- SFist has a photo of Sean Penn as Harvey Milk and other photos from the set.
- TV Squad ranks TV judges — think Wapner and Judy, not Simon and Paula — through the ages.
- Stereogum has a video of KT Tunstall covering The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian."
- United Hollywood has a story of a fifth-grader launching a readathon to support the strike.
- This Slate reviewer calls Meet the Spartans a "massive consumer fraud" for charging $10.50 for a movie that's barely one hour long.
- TV Filter wonders if anyone else hated the Pop Up Video-style Lost rerun.
- YouAintNoPicasso is hosting a large collection of Of Montreal covering everyone from Blondie to The Shins to Gnarls Barkley.
- Bridezilla hilariously suggests some great ideas for having a sob-free Valentine's Day as a single gal, including more Romy and Michelle, less Meg Ryan.
Sugar Bits — New Kids on the Block to Reunite?
- Although there are already denials out there, rumors circulated over the weekend that the New Kids on the Block are planning a reunion! If it's true, let's hope they take it "Step by Step." — BuzzSugar
- Fred Savage announced that he and his wife are expecting baby No.
Box Office: Spartans Defeat Rambo
The 300 spoof movie Meet the Spartans took the box office crown this weekend, just barely edging out the latest Rambo for first place. Still, Rambo's numbers are encouraging to studio heads, who appear to be "thinking about reviving Rambo as a franchise." According to Variety, Harvey Weinstein remarked, "Based on these numbers, there should be another one."
Other Search Results
The Love Guru, The Happening "Win" Razzie Nominations
A day before the Oscar nominations celebrate Hollywood's best, the annual Razzie Awards nominations slammed Hollywood's worst. Among this year's bunch of films vying for the coveted Golden Raspberry trophies: The Love Guru (eight nominations), The Hottie and the Nottie (five nominations), and The Happening (four nominations).
The Razzies also have a special hate for director Uwe Boll, nominating him in several categories (including a nod for "Uwe Boll and Any Actor, Camera, or Screenplay" in the Worst Screen Couple category) and giving him a special Worst Career Achievement award by dubbing him "Germany's answer to Ed Wood."
Pushing Daisies Rundown: Episode Four, "Frescorts"
Ah, friendship. As all of the Pushing Daisies characters learn one way or another, it's a necessary component to a full life. Then again, when you get trapped in a locker or gifted a creepy taxidermied dog, friends don't look so good, do they?
Pop Preview: Superhero Movie
Last night I went to see a press screening of Superhero Movie, from the stable of Airplane!, The Naked Gun and the Scary Movie series.
I didn't have high hopes for this film, as spoof movies have been getting progressively worse over the past few years (Meet The Spartans anyone?), but I was actually pleasantly surprised.
It doesn't start well – in fact the first fifteen minutes are filled with bad jokes – but as I was watching I remembered that the film is certified 12A – and I think younger teens will get a good few kicks out of those minutes.
Wedding Bells Ring for Michelle and Maguire
Don't be alarmed, Michelle Ryan and Sean Maguire aren't tying the knot — they're filming scenes for ITV1 romantic comedy Mr Eleven. The ex-Eastenders actors have both been on the other side of the pond lately, with Michelle leaving behind Zoe Slater to become the Bionic Woman and Sean making a name for himself in spoof movie Meet the Spartans. The pair are back in the UK filming in London and will appear together on our screens later in the year in the two-part drama, which is produced by Skins director Paul Gay.
Link Time!
- Jamie Hince isn't loving the attention that comes with dating Kate Moss. — Holy Moly
- Is Lindsay Lohan's sex tape for real? — Jakel Daily
- Ex-Eastender Sean Maguire talks about his new movie Meet The Spartans.
Movie Preview: 300
I am partial toward movies that can entertain and educate me at the same time, whether about the British monarchy (The Queen) or an unsolved serial-killer case (Zodiac). That's my excuse for really wanting to see the epic new action movie, 300, in IMAX. I figure not only will it rule, but it might also teach me something about Spartan and Persian history.
Meet Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra smiled for the cameras leaving TRL in Times Square yesterday. She probably felt right at home in the MTV Studios, though they've come a long way since her time on Singled Out years ago and later that ill-fated 'Til Death Do Us Part with Dave. These days, Carmen swings through when she has projects to promote like her new movie Meet the Spartans.
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