Source: Hollywood To You/Star Max / Getty Lil Twist took it upon himself to get in the middle of the Drake and Pusha T beef and fired off a shot towards the G.O.O.D. Music team that nobody asked for. The Oak Cliff, Texas rapper got back on the beef horse once again and unleashed a second diss track, which probably will go double wood just like the first joint did. Best known for being buddies with Justin Bieber and for handing out fades to child television actors, Lil Twist crawled up from under whatever rock that serves as his abode to fire off the salvo. In the track titled “Another Message to G.O.O.D. Music,” Twist goes directly as Pusha T and called him a snitch. “For that n*gga Pusha T/I heard about Tony G/Y’all was snitching in the streets/Y’all some b*tches in these streets/Snitching in your family/Y’all n*ggas all on the stand, your honor your majesty,” Twist raps. Although the beef has long been declared over, Lil Twist either has dial-up Internet or a rusty smartphone to drop this late, tepid response towards G.O.O.D. Music. Hopefully, that’s the last of it. https://soundcloud.com/liltwist/another-message-to-good-music — Photo: Getty
Tuesday night was a celebrity bonanza at the Time Warner Center in New York’s Columbus Circle for the New York premiere of director/star Ben Affleck ‘s acclaimed Argo . Stars Bryan Cranston , Alan Arkin , John Goodman as well as producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov were just part of the cortege of A-listers and New York glitterati who dined at the Porter House Steakhouse where Affleck held the spotlight in the bar talking to folks. Guests were divided into two screenings of the Toronto and Telluride film festivals world premiere based on the true story about a CIA agent (Affleck) who rescues six Americans hiding in the Canadian embassy at the dawn of the Iranian hostage crisis that began in November 1979. ML caught up with actor Bryan Cranston as well as Affleck at the event. Between chatting with a parade of well-heeled well-wishers including best pal Matt Damon, Oliver Stone, Sting, Ted Koppel, Brian Williams and more, Affleck gave a little insight on what motivated him to take on the project, telling ML he decided to make Argo happen because it was a fascinating story that was also a challenge, admitting to some fear in the beginning. “I wanted to direct it because it’s a challenge directorially,” he told ML. “It has three competing challenges: It’s a comedy, it’s a nail-biting thriller and it’s a CIA-intrigue spy story. I thought if I can execute that and combine those elements and execute them, unify them and tell something that is true and maintain the integrity of the truth of the stories then I could do something quite special. It’s the favorite thing I’ve ever been involved with.” In the movie, actor Bryan Cranston plays Jack O’Donnell, one of the six Americans hiding in the Canadian Ambassador’s residence after a daring escape into the streets of the Iranian capital soon after the American embassy was overrun by angry mobs with the acquiescence of the country’s new ruler Ayatollah Khomeini. Cranston said he received the Argo script from his agent and that Affleck and producer Grant Heslov had specifically asked for him to read it. “I thought, ‘Oh that’s flattering.’ And I thought, ‘Please God, let the story be as good as the offer,'” he told ML. “And it was quite frankly even better. The story is fantastic. It’s true, important and the screenplay by Chris Terrio is great. What I took away from this and what I think what audiences will is that it’s a simple story about people being selfless and doing things for all the right reasons – just to save other human beings. There’s no greater noble effort than this.” Ahead of production, a fellow actor touted to Cranston the chance to work with Affleck who in turn put a plug in for Affleck’s work ethic and being an all-around great guy. Events such as Tuesday night’s are meant to showcase Oscar contenders in their best light. And the Peggy Siegel Company, which hosts a number of these dinners and parties tied to screenings, is front and center in organizing events for titles hitting the awards circuit. “I got a tip from Jon Hamm, who said, ‘You’re going to love working with [Affleck].’ And I went, ‘Oh good,'” said Cranston. “As an actor turned director he’s one of the best and just as a director in and of itself, he’s terrific. He’s a kind and a thoughtful man. And he’s willing to do the work. People only see the finished product, but he’s very passionate about stories.” “I didn’t want to make a story that was partisan right before the election,” Affleck said to ML about Argo and the audience he hopes will come to see it when it opens this weekend. “I want a movie that the Repubicans I know and am friends with can go see. I do not want a movie that could be politicized internationally vis-a-vis, Iran. I went to great pains to just tell a factual story with out being didactic or tell the audience what to feel.” Argo Log line: On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. Academy Award-winner Ben Affleck ( Good Will Hunting ) directs and stars in the film, which is produced by Oscar-nominee Grant Heslov ( Good Night, and Good Luck ), Affleck, and Oscar-winner George Clooney ( Syriana ). [ AbovePhoto by Marion Curtis/Starpix ]
Your guess is as good as mine as to what the heck’s going on in new set photos from Terrence Malick’s latest picture, in which Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender appear to be getting down to lip-locking in a field… and are interrupted by a green lizard man with “FREAK” tattoed across his chest. What’s Terry up to down in Austin? The untitled Malick film follows To The Wonder and Knight of Cups in the filmmaker’s suddenly hyperproductive recent filming tear and is about sexual obsession and lusty betrayal in the Austin, TX music scene. Or, as you might imagine, a Friday night on 6th Street during SXSW. But, more importantly ! In the new batch of set pics Portman and Fassbender get wrapped up in each others’ arms, a bit more passionately than co-stars Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling did in their previously snapped scenes. They gaze into each others’ eyes. He dips her onto the ground. And then… The Lizardman startles PortBender out of their embrace! (He’s Austin fixture Erik Sprague , self-professed “professional freak,” and he has a split tongue. Perhaps a little local flavor to keep the Untitled Terry Malick Sexytime Picture weird?) Also in Malick’s film, formerly titled Lawless : Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Haley Bennett, and Holly Hunter. Stay tuned as the internet continues trying to figure out Malick’s secrets down in Texas. [via Daily Mail ]
The odds of Matt Damon returning to the big screen as Jason Bourne are looking longer than ever judging from a conversation I had with the actor on Tuesday night. Damon, who’s still sporting a shaved head for his work on the sci-fi thriller Elysium , was part of the starry crowd that turned out for a special private screening of Argo , which was beautifully directed by his bud and Good Will Hunting co-writer Ben Affleck . During a dinner at the Porter House steakhouse in the Time Warner Center, I asked Damon if there had been any movement on reports that he could reprise his role after Jeremy Renner’s portrayal of Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy , another agent in the Robert Ludlum-created universe, this past summer. “There has not been any movement,” Damon told me, explaining that though “I’ve always been open to it as long as Paul Greengrass directs, I don’t think he’s going to do it.” Damon laughed when he said this, as if, perhaps, he was downplaying how Greengrass really felt about The Bourne Legacy, or perhaps because he had his own falling-out with Gilroy — who has been a writer on every Bourne film and directed Legacy — over the script to the third movie, The Bourne Ultimatum . Asked why Greengrass was loathe to return to the franchise, Damon said that although he hadn’t seen Legacy yet, “from what I understand, it kind of relives [ The Bourne Ultimatum ] from a different perspective.” ( Legacy is meant to take place concurrently with the events of the third movie, and Jason Bourne is referenced.) “What that means, because they use our actors and characters, is that whatever they said [in Legacy ] is true and so we’d have to acknowledge it in any Bourne movie that we’d do. And that makes it really tough,” Damon said with another laugh, noting: “I don’t think we can do the Dallas it-was-all-a-dream scenario . I don’t think the audience would go for that after they paid money to see a movie.” “I’d really love to do another one because I love the character,” Damon said, but then he pointed out another issue that would make it “a real struggle to extend the franchise”: Bourne’s search to “find his identity” was what drove him through the first three movies. Now that he has answered that question, Damon said, “where do you go next?” Have any ideas, Bourne fans? Leave them in the comments box below, or copyright them and have your people contact Paul Greengrass’ people. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Also in Wednesday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs: Breakfast At Tiffany’s heads to Broadway. The Austin Film Festival sets its closing night selection. Hollywood gives its response to J.K. Rowling ‘s Harry Potter follow-up. And the producer of controversial video Innocence of Muslims remains in custody. Jayne Mansfield’s Car To Close Austin Film Festival Billy Bob Thornton’s Jayne Mansfield’s Car will close the Texas festival October 25th. Separately, AFF also said that James Franco will be in attendance with Francophrenia , his mini-thriller comprised of footage from his appearances on General Hospital . The festival also added Hyde Park On Hudson , Whole Lotta Sole and Deadfall to its roster. David Chase’s Not Fade Away will open the event October 18th. Around the ‘net… Shailene Woodley Eyes Spider-Man Sequel The young star is in talks to play the part of famed Spidey love interest Mary Jane Watson, joining returning stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. The pic is currently set for May 2, 2014, HitFix reports . Breakfast At Tiffany’s Aims At Broadway in 2013 Producers said Wednesday that a new adaptation of Breakfast At Tiffany’s is aiming for a Shubert theater in New York City in February 2013. The world premiere will be directed by Sean Mathias. The stage adaption of Truman Capote’s classic 1958 novella will star Emilia Clarke of HBO’s Game of Thrones as the eccentric party girl Holly Golightly, which Audrey Helpburn played in the movie version in 1961, A.P. reports . Liam Neeson is Cashing In on Taken 2 Theres discrepancy on exactly how much, but the figure is well northward of $12 million before it’s all said and done. The sequel had a $45 million budget and opened with $49.5 million last weekend, Deadline reports . Hollywood Gives Tepid Response to J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy She wrote the book that morphed into one of the biggest franchises of all time, but so far Hollywood is not knocking down the door to get the author’s post- Harry Potter follow-up, THR reports . Innocence of Muslims Producer Denies Probation Violations L.A. judge Christina Snyder riled that Mark Basseley Youssef (aka Nakoula Basseley Nakoula) will remain in custody for breaking the terms of his probation on a 2009 bank fraud conviction by making and uploading the anti-Islam film’s 14 minute trailer onto YouTube, Deadline reports .
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ABC's “The View” hosted pastor Joel Osteen Tuesday, author of the book The Christmas Spirit – but the conversation took a controversial turn and went from Christmas to homosexuality. Co-host Joy Behar belittled Osteen about his conservative Christian beliefs on the matter. ABC's Barbara Walters first popped the question in the middle of the interview, flagging it was a “controversial” topic. She referenced a previous quote made by Osteen on the show about homosexuality not being “God's best” for a person's life. Walters asked him how he felt about a Georgia pastor who recently came out and said he was gay. After Osteen's tepid response, Behar interrupted him and flatly lectured him that homosexuality is natural. “It's not a choice, Pastor,” she asserted. “It's not a choice, and therefore I don't think that God would look askance at homosexuality in that way, because it's not a choice. They're born this way, people are born this way.”
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