NUTS UK always release the most ridiculous articles, that for some reason are borderline genius, because they are so simple in nature. Like this one to promote Big Brother, by posting the hottest Nude scenes from Big Brother, because really that’s the only reason to watch big brother. Then they throw in some hot titty models, like Chanelle Hayes and the other one, and it becomes a glorious package in the form of a magazine, that is probably worth buying, and definitely worth advertising in, because it cuts through the bullshit… No I am not admitting I am a fan, I just respect their hustle…and here are some pics from the latest issue, you will like.
Film lovers, take note: Benh Zeitlin’s highly lauded Sundance ’12 favorite Beasts of the Southern Wild is heading to theaters. Fox Searchlight, which acquired first time feature director Zeitlin’s pic out of the fest, will release the film in limited release on June 29; hit the jump for a full synopsis and peek at the festival award winner. The bayou-set film was the indie discovery to come out of Park City this year, and earned the fest’s Grand Jury Prize for drama. The magical realism-flavored drama should make for great counter-programming during blockbuster season — at least, you can be sure Fox Searchlight’s hoping so. The synopsis: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. Below: From Sundance, a meet-the-filmmakers vid with Zeitlin describing his project and young star, Quvenzhané Wallis. Expect an official trailer to come from Fox.
Drive sound editor Lon Bender, up for the Oscar against The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , Hugo , Transformers: Dark of the Moon , and War Horse , on director Nicolas Refn ‘s unusual sound requests: “In the sound world, there often is a propensity to want, at least for things like car chases, guns or weapons, to use sounds of the real weapons or the real cars. But when I went to Nic to talk about car engines and the specificity of the kind of cars they were, he said, ‘I don’t even have a driver’s license and I’ve never driven a car. I don’t care what they sound like! They just have to sound exciting.’” [ NYT ]
I’m willing to give on-the-brink screenwriter Michael Bacall the benefit of the doubt based on what I’ve seen and heard of him so far, from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (which he co-wrote) to the Todd Phillips-produced teen party comedy Project X and 21 Jump Street (both of which he has scripting and story credits on), the latter of which is earning surprisingly glowing reactions from the blogoscenti. But I might have to draw some sort of line at the Tropic Thunder spin-off starring a fat, hairy Tom Cruise as slimy Hollywood exec Les Grossman , which apparently is not only really, seriously a thing but is, as Bacall describes, “a pretty heartfelt story.” “I wrote it for R because we had precedent with Tropic Thunder ,” he told Collider recently, promising a script unhampered by PG-13 boundaries. “It’s actually a pretty heartfelt story. I had a lot of meetings with Mr. Cruise and Mr. Stiller and it was crazy, it was a blast. I think we came up with some really fun stuff to give you an insight into who the guy is, so I’m hopeful that that’ll get up and running soon.” Cruise, he admits, may be pretty busy with non-Les Grossman gigs for a good while, so it’s hard to say when this insightful look at the man who won 8 Oscars, earned 400 million dollars at the box office, and saved Tugg Speedman’s career will hit theaters. I can’t imagine anything more exhausting than watching Cruise yell and dance to Flo Rida for the length of a feature film. Project X , meanwhile, captures the youth side of a dick-obsessed male culture if with an overabundance of sleaze, and 21 Jump Street is earning some of the most solid advance buzz I’ve heard in a while where high profile studio fodder is concerned. So maybe there’s hope yet? Then again, Bacall is not only a scribe, he’s an actor; while he most recently appeared in Inglorious Basterds , his appearance on the infamously terrible Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video Sega game actually makes me like him, although it proves that not all high concept projects built around macho gyrating personalities are good ideas. • Screenwriter Michael Bacall Gives Update on Les Grossman Movie; Says It’s “A Pretty Heartfelt Story” and it Was Written to Be Rated R [Collider]
“Unless they’re assured that nothing entertaining is going to happen on the Red Carpet, the Academy is not admitting Sacha Baron Cohen to the show.” Previous succinct gems . [ Deadline ]
