After a season that led to broken bones, severed friendships and a rather unfortunate upper-respiratory infection (poor Frank!), we’re only one episode away from finding out which guy and girl will win “Challenge” gold. So who’s it gonna be? After an 11th-hour elimination round sent the beastly CT home, the game has blown wide open… Read more
What is the color of democracy? Would you believe brown? At least that’s what it looks like here at Movieline, where our inaugural Soily Awards for the worst in cinema roll on today with the distinguished Brown Note — the totally free, 100-percent reader-generated prizes now open to your vote. While certain other, more over-the-hill awards want to charge you as much as $40 for the “privilege” of voting for the cinematic fails of 2011, the Soilies not only charge nothing, but also solicit write-in votes for noteworthy crap not recognized by our esteemed Brown-Ribbon Panel. The polls are open immediately and and will remain so for a week, until March 21 at midnight EDT/ 9 p.m. PDT . The first-ever Soily winners will then be announced on March 23 . Have a look back at the six voting categories and official nominees reprinted here, and vote away below that. And please spread the word! Check out the Soilies on Facebook and campaign for your Soily favorites with the #Soilies hashtag on Twitter. Thanks! The Soily for Worst Picture of 2011 The most appalling, misconceived and/or unpleasant-to-watch film of 2011. The more ambitious/pretentious, the better. Take Our Poll The Soily for Achievement in Bad Directing The director of the most appalling, misconceived and/or unpleasant-to-watch film of 2011 — or maybe just most appalling director? (NOTE: The award will be named after its inaugural winner.) Take Our Poll The Soily for Achievement in Bad Acting A unisex award recognizing the worst and/or least inspired performance by any actor in any film in 2011. Take Our Poll The Brown Paycheck Achievement in Bad Acting A unisex award recognizing the most lopsided ratio of salary to quality. Take Our Poll The Shart Prize A film that seemed like it might be bad but turned out much, much more aromatically awful than anyone could have imagined. Take Our Poll The Shit-the-Bed Award Arguably the most prestigious Soily, this honor goes to the movie that, despite its pedigree and everything it had going for it on paper, nevertheless resulted in a massive failure to move the cultural needle or achieve anything remotely resembling entertainment. Take Our Poll PREVIOUSLY: Introducing the Soily Awards, Movieline’s Inaugural Tribute to Cinema’s Worst Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Johnny Depp and his Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski notched another win on their belts as Rango opened in the top spot this Friday. Matt Damon’s The Adjustment Bureau manged a close second place while Beastly came in third. And speaking of beastly, the long-shelved, yayo-packed Take Me Home Tonight barely registered with audiences, coming in tenth place. Your Friday box office is here.
Happy Birthday, Joseph Gordon-Levitt! The Inception star turned 30 on Thursday, and to celebrate the joyous event, he got out the ol’ Mac laptop and recorded a special song with his mother. “[I]t was 30 years ago today, my mom started cleaning up my doo doos,” JoGo wrote on his website. “Tonight we sang about it.” It being poop, of course. Though before you recoil away from the computer, note that the duet is fairly adorable and sounds like something you might hear on a Hawaiian vacation. Levitt wrote that he hopes some intrepid listener will remix the birthday song. Click through to listen. [ hitRECord ]
There was a time when Gwyneth Paltrow was just an Academy Award winning movie star. Now she’s the type of all-encompassing media conglomerate that appears on Glee , the Grammys , the Billboard charts , the Oscars, and even in actual movies. (Yes, Country Strong happened.) And perhaps its time to add “mediator” to Paltrow’s ever-growing list of talents.
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, a computer named Watson scored a runaway triumph in this week’s Jeopardy! IBM Challenge, defeating two of the game show’s most legendary champions — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — en route to a $1 million prize. (IBM will donate the winnings to charity.) But the road to victory was not without a few sizable bumps, and in an exclusive chat this morning with Movieline, Watson discussed some of the difficulties encountered on his way to the finish line — and how his real challenge begins now.
Telegram from Hollywood Week: Those old contestants you’ve seen sing already? They can still sing. Really! Signed, Nigel “I Only Care About Lauren Alaina Anyway, Lol, Not Joking” Lythgoe. Group week gave us little to hope for in terms of newer, breakout stars, but here are the four most memorable performances (for better or for worse) of the night.
It is an exciting time for Alex Pettyfer. Based on the box office performance of his first big budget film, I Am Number Four — which premieres tomorrow — the 20-year-old English model-turned-thesp could join Robert Pattinson in the ranks of hunky, tortured heartthrobs. Like Pattinson’s Twilight character, Pettyfer plays a sensitive-yet-inhuman high school student at once trying to fit in, overcome supernatural obstacles, and win the heart of his mortal crush (played by Pettyfer’s real-life-girlfriend Dianna Agron). And with the sci-fi thriller’s all-star pedigree — D.J. Caruso directed while Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay produced — I Am Number Four is indeed poised to carry the handsome Pettyfer from verge to vampire-level popularity.
Vanessa Hudgensknown for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series arrives at MTV Studios and then leaves in New York City on August 4, 2009 for an appearance on ‘It’s On With Alexa Chung’.Vanessas‘ upcoming projects include roles in Sucker Punch, which will release in 2011, she plays the role of Blondie. She will play Linda in the film adaptation of Beastly, which is scheduled for a 2010 release. Continue reading →
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