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No Grit: Coen Brothers Shut Out at Directors Guild

Remember all that talk about how True Grit was the new Best Picture front runner because of its muscular box office ($110 million and counting)? Yeah, perhaps not. Joel and Ethan Coen failed to received a nomination from the Directors Guild this morning, meaning True Grit ‘s road to winning Best Picture just hit a major bump in the road. Or it didn’t, since the Coens could still grab a Best Director nomination from the Academy at the end of this month. Otherwise, this list features your usual suspects. Click ahead for the nominees.

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No Grit: Coen Brothers Shut Out at Directors Guild

James Cameron Sinks Universal’s Battleship

It seems James Cameron is saving his judge-y haymakers for bigger fish than just Piranha 3D . The King of the World told a German website that no film better embodies Hollywood’s creative bankruptcy than Universal’s two ka-billion dollar adaptation of Battleship . “We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film,” said Cameron to Spiegel . “This is pure desperation.” And how! Just wait until he finds out it co-stars Rihanna and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.

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James Cameron Sinks Universal’s Battleship

James Cameron Sinks Universal’s Battleship

It seems James Cameron is saving his judge-y haymakers for bigger fish than just Piranha 3D . The King of the World told a German website that no film better embodies Hollywood’s creative bankruptcy than Universal’s two ka-billion dollar adaptation of Battleship . “We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film,” said Cameron to Spiegel . “This is pure desperation.” And how! Just wait until he finds out it co-stars Rihanna and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.

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Sarah Palin’s Alaska Series Finale Recap: Squalid Gold

Bulletin: It’s not a great weekend to be Sarah Palin . Update: I’m going to make fun of her lame show just the same. That’s journalism, and everyone knows it. Join me for the finale of Sarah Palin’s Yukon adventures, where Piper smarts off, everyone giggles over gold, and Sarah ends her reign as TLC’ s second-worst wearer of North Face vests . Democracy wins.

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Sarah Palin’s Alaska Series Finale Recap: Squalid Gold