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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Leaves ‘Unsettled Business’ For Potential Follow-up

Damon Lindelof tells MTV News about director J.J. Abrams moving on to ‘Star Wars.’ By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana in “Star Trek Into Darkness” Photo: Paramount

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Leaves ‘Unsettled Business’ For Potential Follow-up

Damon Lindelof tells MTV News about director J.J. Abrams moving on to ‘Star Wars.’ By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana in “Star Trek Into Darkness” Photo: Paramount

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Justin Bieber Hat Inspires Hilarious Damon Lindelof Twitter Outburst

Forget who Justin Bieber may be dating. And forget any new Justin Bieber music that may be on the way. Former Lost producer Damon Lindelof only cares about one thing: the choice of headgear this singer made while abroad this week. Indeed, the following hat spawned a Twitter outburst the likes of which we’ve rarely seen yesterday. A few of the best Lindelof gems: Bieber: ‘How much for the huge yellow hat with spikes that looks painful?’ Clerk: ‘Fourteen Million Dollars.’ Bieber: ‘Sold, bitch!’ Yellow shiny spikes. I wear you golden love crown. Ooh baby baby. #BieberHatHaiku” ‘That hat is f–king ridiculous.'” — Johnny Depp, to Bieber, whilst wearing a dead peacock on his head. That hat looks like Pac Man wandered into the gay bar from Police Academy. FACT: The hat did NOT exist before the Russian Meteorite. Coincidence? GOOD LORD I HOPE SO. What do YOU think of Justin’s hat, THGers?   Love it! Hate it! Yikes. No comment! View Poll »

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Norah Jones To Perform ‘Ted’ Oscar-Nominated Song At Academy Awards

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones has been tapped to perform “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from the 2012 feature Ted , Oscar telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said Monday. This will be Jones’ first time performing for the Oscar ceremony. The song, which is nominated for an Original Song Oscar, contains lyrics by Ted writer-director Seth MacFarlane with music by Walter Murphy. “I had such a great time recording this song with Seth, and was thrilled to find out that it was nominated for an Oscar,” said Jones in a statement. “Getting to perform it at such a prestigious event, which my friend is hosting, is a once in a lifetime opportunity.” Jones hit the world stage with the 2002 release of her debut “Come Away With Me,” which sold more than 10 million copies and earned her five Grammy Awards. follow-ups include successful solo albums – “Feels Like Home” (2004), “Not Too Late” (2007), “The Fall” (2009), and “Little Broken Hearts” (2012) – as well as two albums with her country collective, The Little Willies.  The 2010 compilation “…Featuring Norah Jones” included collaborations with an array of artists such as Willie Nelson, Outkast, Herbie Hancock and Foo Fighters.  Jones’s songs have been featured many times on motion picture soundtracks, and she made her feature film acting debut in My Blueberry Nights in 2007. The 2013 Oscar telecast will take place Sunday, February 24 in Hollywood, hosted by Seth MacFarlance. Everybody Needs A Best Friend Lyrics: My words are lazy
 My thoughts are hazy
 But this is one thing I’m sure of
 Everybody needs a best friend
 I’m happy I’m yours You got a double 
Who brings you trouble
 And though you’re better without me
 Everybody needs a best friend
 I’m happy I’m yours A fool could see decidedly
 That you’re a ten and I’m a three
 A royal brie is what you need
 So how did you come to be stuck with a bummer like me Oh you got a headful of someone dreadful
 But have that someone who adores you
 Everybody needs a best friend 
I’m happy I’m yours A fool could see decidedly
 That you’re a ten and I’m a three
 A royal brie is what you need
 So how did you come to be stuck with a bummer like me Oh you got a headful of someone dreadful 
And yet lest that someone who adores you
 Everybody needs a best friend
I’m happy I’m yours

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Disney’s Mysterious ‘1952’ Morphs Into ‘Tomorrowland’

From yester-year – in this case, 1952 – to tomorrow, Disney is so far only offering a glimpse into Brad Bird ‘s live-action feature in the form of a new title. Previously known as 1952 , the studio said it will now be titled Tomorrowland , just like the land meant to be a peak into the future. Tomorrowland was one of the five “original lands” that debuted with the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California in 1955. George Clooney will star in the film, which Damon Lindelof ( Prometheus ) and Bird co-wrote and is slated for a mid-December 2014 release. Home to famed attractions, Space Mountain and Star Tours, perhaps Tomorrowland holds secrets about the film version of its namesake. But the studio is maintaining a shroud of mystery though throwing out tidbits. Its official announcement follows: The Walt Disney Studios has announced that its live-action release previously known as 1952 will be titled Tomorrowland. The film will be released domestically on December 19, 2014. George Clooney ( The Descendants ) is set to star. Tomorrowland is written by Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird from a concept by Lindelof and Jeff Jensen. Lindelof ( Star Trek , Lost ,  Prometheus ) will produce and Bird ( The Incredibles ,  Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ) will produce and direct. Disney attractions have begat Disney blockbusters through the years. Longtime classic ride Pirates of the Caribbean of course morphed into a long-running franchise that has starred Johnny Depp worth billions and Guillermo del Toro is working on a second installment of the Haunted Mansion , which first hit theaters in 2003. Classic mountaintop attraction, the Matterhorn in Disneyland’s Fantasyland is said to be the basis for a project titled The Hill . [ Source: THR ]

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Mr. Toad’s Wild Rocket Ride: Could ‘Tomorrowland’ Be About Early Space Travel?

Now that Disney has announced that the Brad Bird  / Damon Lindelof project originally known as 1952 will officially be called Tomorrowland (and that  George Clooney will star), I simply must share my fever-dream theory that this movie will be about early space travel.  Note that I wrote “could.”  Like everyone else out there, I’m speculating based on a handful of clues that Bird and Lindelof have released into the atmosphere:  the movie’s title, and the contents of the banker’s box marked “1952” that Lindelof allegedly discovered at Disney.  Last week, Bird tweeted a photo of what was in the box: some yellowed photos, a film reel and what looks like a 45 record. An eagle-eyed blogger at Ain’t It Cool News also spied what it’s reporting is the August 1928 cover of Amazing Stories  comics peaking through the clutter. The website notes that that particular issue contains the first-ever Buck Rogers story to appear in any media. (The character’s name was Anthony Rogers initially. He’d become the more manly Buck the following year.) The Buck Rogers storyline is interesting, and, actually, it’s not antithetical to my theory, but if the comic does play a role in the plot of Tomorrowland , there’s another story contained within that fits more appropriately with the movie’s official title. The cover of that particular issue of  Amazing Stories  illustrates the beginning serialization of “The Skylark of Space,” a story by Edward E. “Doc” Smith that, in the 1940s, eventually became a novel of the same name, and is considered an early and influential story about space travel that’s right up there with the work of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. The “Skylark of Space” is about a scientist who discovers how to harness a newly discovered element “X” for space travel at the speed of light. Now consider this: When Tomorrowland opened as a future-themed section of Disneyland in 1955,  the centerpiece exhibit was the 76-foot tall TWA Moonliner rocketship (below right) that was built with the help of the “Father of Rocket Science” Werner Von Braun, who designed the German V-2 rockets that were used in World War II and, after the war, went to work for NASA, where he engineered the Saturn V rocket that took the Apollo astronauts to the moon. The TWA Moonliner  was an early, Disneyfied iteration of America’s space dreams: a collaboration of Disney Imagineering and Von Braun’s scientific mind that envisioned what a commercial spacecraft to the moon would look like. (It was a far cry from the spider-like Lunar Module that eventually did take men to the moon in 1969.) The speculation around the casting of Clooney is that he’ll play Walt Disney, which makes a lot of sense, but if you look at pictures of Von Braun, The Descendants star could easily play Werner as vell.  (Speaking of rocket scientists, I can’t get a clear enough bead on the top-most photo in that banker’s box but the bald guy standing next to Walt Disney looks like Robert H. Goddard, who is credited with building the first liquid-fueled rocket. Then again, if the photo was taken in 1952, it can’t be Goddard. He died in 1945.) So, what would the plot be, you ask?  Well, if Tomorrowland and the Amazing Stories  issue are both valid clues, then, I’m thinking, the movie is a mix of history and science fiction where the TWA Moonliner goes on an actual trip into space in 1952 before being parked at the theme park.  Can’t you see the shot of the ship having just returned to Earth after some white-knuckle re-entry scenes, morphing into a shot of the rocket surrounded by tourists at Disneyland?  I can. I can also see Howard Hughes, who owned TWA at the time, and other real-life figures playing roles in the movie. Okay, you heard my theory. Now tell me yours before the movie opens on Dec. 14, 2014, but hurry.  I’ll be going to moon — bang-zoom!— a lot sooner than that. [ Ain’t It Cool News , Brad Bird ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter.  Follow Movieline on Twitter. 

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Celebrites Mock Donald Trump for Barack Obama "Announcement"

Donald Trump tried to drop a bombshell on the 2012 Presidential Election this afternoon… only for it to land with a thud. The real estate mogul will donate $5 million to a charity of Barack Obama’s choice if POTUS unveils his college transcripts?!? That’s an offer, not a piece of news. As you might expect, the non-reveal made for some entertaining Twitter fodder. We’ve collected some of the best celebrity-based responses below… Donald Trump Obama Announcement, Offer Patton Oswalt : “Ransom needy kids for attention! Do it! DO IT!” — @realDonaldTrump’s possessed scalp-mop, which apparently controls him.” Damon Lindelof : “Donald Trump’s bold gambit is kinda like Mel Gibson’s in RANSOM, except incredibly f–king stupider…Mr. President, I too will write a $5 million check, but only if you can MAKE YOURSELF ACTUALLY TRANSPARENT. (a la Violet from Incredibles).” Drew Carey : “Someone should make a Kickstarter to offer #Trump 5 million to shut up about #Obama already.” Andy Cohen : “I am giving Mr. Trump a 5pm deadline to deal w/the hair…If Mitt Romney releases his tax returns by 5pm I will give him 5 million high fives.” Lizz Winstead : “BREAKING: Donald Trump replaces bed bugs as Americas #1 Pest…Lets all give 5 million to Trumps Favorite charity if he produces his Worth Certificate.” Seth Meyers : “But did you play intramurals, Mr. President? Answer the question!!!!” Invisible Obama : “Will trade college records and passport applications for @MittRomney’s tax returns and a player to be named later.”

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‘Star Trek’ Sequel Title A Struggle For Damon Lindelof

‘There have been more conversations about what we’re going to call it than went into actually shooting it at this point,’ co-producer tells MTV News. By Kevin P. Sullivan Damon Lindelof Photo: MTV News

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‘Star Trek’ Sequel Title A Struggle For Damon Lindelof

‘There have been more conversations about what we’re going to call it than went into actually shooting it at this point,’ co-producer tells MTV News. By Kevin P. Sullivan Damon Lindelof Photo: MTV News

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‘Star Trek’ Villain Forces Kirk To Grow, Chris Pine Says

Benedict Cumberbatch’s character ‘not just a blood-dripping-from-the-fangs bad guy,’ Pine explains to MTV News. By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Chris Pine Photo: When J.J. Abrams got the opportunity to helm one of the most beloved franchises of all time, he took “Star Trek” literally where no man has gone before. The alternate timeline of his reboot laid down the law that this ” Star Trek ” can and will go anywhere its creators want. When MTV News spoke to the captain of the Starship Enterprise, Chris Pine , his carefully measured words praised the work from Abrams and his screenwriters — Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof — on the upcoming sequel. “There is so much happening in their script. I can’t say much of anything,” Pine told MTV News while promoting his next film, Friday’s “People Like Us.” “They come from TV land, all of them: J.J., Bob, Alex and Damon. They’ve worked together in the highest-pressure situation in television for years. That machine is well-oiled.” The creative team’s background in television is what Pine said allows them to change things on the fly and continually improve the film. “What you also get in that circumstance is it’s a constantly evolving beast — the script, the material, how it’s going to look, how J.J.’s going to shoot it,” he said. “There is nothing set in stone, which is tremendously frightening, but also extremely exhilarating, especially when it’s like a finely tuned racecar. They just know how to do it. In this constantly evolution, the script that they had written kept getting better and better.” For anyone familiar with the crew’s previous work, which includes “Lost” and most recently “Prometheus,” it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Pine complimented the mythical qualities of the screenplay. “What they’re so good at is this kind of mythic reinvention. They’re really good at writing myth, and these characters — I think what people will find with everybody — is that these characters go on mythic arcs,” Pine said. “It’s all about growing up. These are young men and young women, and they are not the crew that we know from the series. They’re developing into that. It’s a long way to go there.” Even with mystery surrounding the entire production, fans are most desperate for answers when it comes to just one aspect of the sequel: Benedict Cumberbatch joined the film as a villain, whose identity has yet to be revealed. Pine complimented the actor, but couldn’t say much more than that the villain will bring out new qualities in Kirk. “It is structured so that the antagonist brings out all of the qualities in Kirk that need to happen in order for Kirk to grow,” Pine said. “As you know from Benedict, just watching him, vocally, he’s fascinating. He’s got this deep resonate voice. He’s a fascinating face. He’s a lovely guy and just super smart. You want to see something firing in his brain, so he’s not just a blood-dripping-from-the-fangs bad guy. Benedict brings those kinds of smarts.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Star Trek 2.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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