You’re Invited: Actors We Want To See On Season 2 Of Empire “Empire” has already hit record numbers with its viewers each week! Go Lee Daniels and Danny Strong ! Lee Daniels has worked with an impressive pool of actors and given Daniels’ critically acclaimed film background, we can’t help but to want him to bring some of his old pals on set. Hit the flip to see 15 actors we want to see reunite with Lee Daniels for “Empire’s” season 2.
Also in Tuesday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Emmy winner Danny Strong is rumored to be the writer for the final installments of a big franchise. A study of men and women using mobile devices in choosing their movies gives its findings. And the upcoming 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival gives some details for its upcoming event. 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival to Fete Three Diverse Directors Finland’s Aki Kaurismaki ( Le Havre , Iran’s Bahman Ghobadi ( No One Knows About Persian Cats ) and Germany’s Andreas Dressen ( Cloud 9 ) will be celebrated at the upcoming Thessaloniki International Film Festival, taking place in Greece November 2 – 11. Around the ‘net… Seth MacFarlane is ‘Ecstatic’ About Oscar Hosting Job The Family Guy creator said he can’t remember if it was before or after his successful turn at hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night Live September 15th, but said the Academy approached him around then. MacFarlane said he was excited and has done a fair amount of hosting in the past, but nothing as huge as this. “I was, very, very pleasantly surprised,” Deadline reports . Beatles Unseen Magical Mystery Tour Footage Goes Online Previously unseen footage of the Beatles sharing fish and chips during filming of their 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour has surfaced on The Space . “”Few people have seen Magical Mystery Tour in its entirety and the material in the chip shop has never been shown anywhere,” explained Arena editor Anthony Wall. “It captures perfectly the fabulous world of The Beatles at this time.” BBC reports . [ Related, check out Gallery Images of the Unseen Magical Mystery Tour on Movieline ] Game Change Writer Danny Strong To Write Hunger Games: Mockingjay Finale A final deal is still pending, but the two-part finale to The Hunger Games will likely go to Strong, who wrote the HBO movie which placed strong at the Emmys. Mockingjay is the third book in Suzanne Collins’ trilogy, which will be split into two features, Deadline reports . More Men Than Women Use Mobile Phones to Choose Movies, Watch Trailers Seventy-one per cent of men said they use their phone to help them choose a film, versus 69 per cent for women and more men (38 per cent) than women (33 per cent) turn to social media to check what people are saying about a film, THR reports .
Gabriel Aubry is off the legal hook. The Canadian model was in court yesterday to hear a judge give him the good news, that he would not face any legal repercussions for allegations that he’s a danger when around three-year old daughter Nahla. A dependency court case had been brought against Halley Berry’s ex after he allegedly shoved a nanny while she held his child and after an investigation revealed that Nahla is sometimes afraid of her father’s temper. Still, the battle between Aubry and Berry is far from over. The former is still not allowed to spend time with Nahla outside of an adult supervisor and the ex-couple will soon attend family court again to continue working on custody rights.
In HBO’s new film Game Change , Sarah Palin is portrayed by Julianne Moore as unstable, unprepared and ill-informed on world affairs and basic world history. The former GOP V.P. candidate is none too pleased about all this, even though the film is based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s page-turning bestseller. A non-fiction bestseller. Of course, Palin will never actually see it, but dag gone it, “Hollywood lies are Hollywood lies,” she says of Game Change and its window into the 2008 election. Palin accuses Jay Roach, the director, and his collaborator, Danny Strong, of trying “[To] drum up their money and their machine and their machine happens to be very pro-leftist, pro-Barack Obama … there at HBO.” The one-time Alaska Governor lambasted its “false narrative” also noted that any of the campaign staffers who contributed to revealing behind-the-scenes information for Game Change should feel “shame and… embarrassment.” Palin’s PAC slammed the film , debuting tomorrow night, as “historical fiction.” The PAC claims that despite the alleged 25 sources consulted, “none are on record nor is their level of involvement in the campaign disclosed. Not one source is on the record in either the book or in the movie and it is clear why.” Never mind that much of the film involves Moore reenacting scenes that took place in real life, on TV … or that the film might not even be that negative. The L.A. Times describes Game Change as a “surprisingly kind film about Sarah Palin,” and NPR argues that the movie actually goes too easy on her. Or as they put it (to Fox News), Game Change is “fair – and balanced.” Check out the trailer for the much-talked-about film right here: Game Change Movie Trailer