Never underestimate the power of #RatnerFreeOscars ! Just 24 hours after news of Brett Ratner’s insensitive remarks about rehearsals (they’re “for fags”) and his sex life caused critics to protest his involvement in this year’s 84th Academy Awards telecast, the Tower Heist director has stepped down as producer.
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BREAKING: Brett Ratner Resigns As Producer of the Academy Awards
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Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: A major Hollywood player isn’t as major as it thought… Matt Dillon and Julia Stiles find Pleasure with Mike Figgis and Neil LaBute… Miley Cyrus heads off to Transylvania … A few scat-ttered thoughts (ahem)… and more.
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Roger Ebert Needs Help From Viewers Like You, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today
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As noted here last week, James Bond has officially joined the Twitter era with the @007 handle. Which is to say: James Bond marketing has officially joined the Twitter era, with the first picture from the first day of filming — the actual first take, ZOMGGG — published this morning. And it’s kind of filthy.
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First Photo From Skyfall Set: James Bond Needs a Janitor
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A busy weekend of awards-driven screenings greeted Hugo director Martin Scorsese, including Q&A s hosted by Paul Thomas Anderson and James Cameron — the latter of whom reportedly called the sweeping 3-D family flick a “masterpiece.” “‘[F]inally there is a Scorsese film I can take my kids to,'” Cameron was quoted as saying by Pete Hammond, who added: “And Cameron also told Scorsese it was the best use of 3-D he had seen, including his own films.” The 2011 Oscar Index will never be the same. [ Deadline ]
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James Cameron in the Tank For Hugo
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There’s good news and… well, more good news about this year’s race for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. First, the number of submissions — 18 — exceeds the minimum of 16 required for a year of five nominees. (Last year only netted 15 submissions, and thus three nominees, as if anybody was going to knock off Toy Story 3 anyway.) And with a soft year for the likes of both Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, that means the field is pretty wide open for the first time in a while. What can win?
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18 Films Submitted to Oscar’s Best Animated Feature Race; What Can Win?
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Awww, money-loaded celebrity caper Tower Heist didn’t pull off the swindle of the century this weekend . Shame. Let’s make ourselves feel better by mocking Tower Heist with some lords of Twitter, shall we? Join us as rank the best five tweets about Tower Heist , Harold and Kumar , and returning champion Puss in Boots .
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Twit Wit: 5 Best Tweets About Tower Heist, Harold and Kumar, and Puss in Boots
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Word from the American Film Market has Jessica Chastain attached to star as Princess Diana in Caught in Flight , a developing project about the late royal’s “secret affair” with heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan, “who was said to be the love of her life.” And according to those who’ve seen the script, the beloved Princess of Wales is not depicted so flatteringly. Incoming Daily Mail artillery in 5… 4… 3…
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The British Surely Won’t Mind Jessica Chastain Playing an Adulterous Princess Di
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This week finally brings Melancholia to limited theatrical release in the US, where prospective viewers have spent the five months since its Cannes premiere attempting to parse the great , fraught , near-instant mythology of director Lars von Trier’s latest masterpiece. Finally the work can speak for itself — or mostly speak for itself, anyway, with help from co-star and modern-era von Trier muse Charlotte Gainsbourg.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg on Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst and Lars von Trier: ‘He’s Always Right’
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AFI Fest ‘s “secret” screening of Steven Soderbergh ‘s Haywire wasn’t so much a showcase for the AFI darling as it was a coming out party for MMA bruiser-cum-action heroine Gina Carano, whom Soderbergh glimpsed fighting one night on TV and subsequently built a star-studded spy thriller pic around. But it’s hard to say if first-time actor Carano will branch out in a film career beyond the often lo-fi action experiment. Is she a hybrid of Angelina Jolie and Steven Seagal , as Soderbergh suggested Sunday night? Or is there more of a Cynthia Rothrock quality to Carano’s steely gaze and powerhouse physicality?
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Soderbergh at AFI Fest: Angelina Jolie Meets Steven Seagal in Haywire’s Gina Carano
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Ridiculously, obscenely short four-hour jail sentences notwithstanding, Lindsay Lohan ‘s legal woes have cost more than just her professional respectability and reputation; one expert guesstimates that the actress’s 20+ court appearances have wasted “millions” for the people of California. “It has likely cost taxpayers millions of dollars,” attorney Vikki Ziegler told Fox News. “It costs tens of thousands of dollars per court appearance for all the clerks, the security, and those court reporters who get paid by the page,” adds former federal prosecutor Michael Wildes. “Plus it diverts the administration of justice for other matters.” Truth . Besides, how can anyone get on processing Kim Kardashian’s divorce when LiLo keeps hogging the spotlight? [ FoxNews ]
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Lindsay Lohan’s Legal Shenanigans Have Cost Taxpayers ‘Millions,’ Says Expert
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