In the brand new trailer for New Year’s Eve , Garry Marshall’s holiday-themed movie event that promises to give the phrase “ensemble romantic comedy” a bad name, Robert De Niro wonders what could possibly beat “New York on New Year’s Eve.” I’ll tell you what: Not throwing all of your actorly credibility out the window confetti-style to appear alongside Zac Efron, Jon Bon Jovi and Ludacris in a movie that features Ashton Kutcher trapped in an elevator with the annoying girl from Glee . You know what other moviegoers might also consider better than seeing Garry Marshall’s vision of NYC on New Year’s Eve? Tom Six’s Human Centipede 2 , which inspires similar nausea but for different reasons.
Star Magazine refuses to believe that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore could have a happy marriage. In its latest issue of lies , the tabloid revisits the topic it focused on a year ago : Kutcher’s allegedly cheating ways and how, finally, Moore has had enough. The result? One of the more expensive splits in Hollywood history, if this cover headline is to somehow be believed: The latest rumor revolves around Ashton getting it on with some random woman named Sara Leal. She is reportedly trying to sell details of their tryst for $250,000. It’s unclear how much Britney Spears wants to discuss her affair with the new Two and a Half Men star, likely because it never took place.
After Monday night debut, TV critics mostly agree Kutcher ‘fit in’ pretty well on Charlie Sheen’s old CBS sitcom. By Eric Ditzian Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher on “Two and a Half Men” Photo: CBS In the end, not much had changed. After the tiger blood and the smack talk and the recasting and the months of speculation, the first episode of the new season of “Two and a Half Men” ended like so many had before: with a rich dude bedding two ladies while Jon Cryer’s Alan sobbed himself to sleep. And that’s the real (and really kind of surprising) takeaway from Monday night’s premiere: nothing’s changed. Ashton Kutcher may have joined the cast , but the same collection of writers is still churning out jokes about threesomes, venereal diseases and flatulence. This sort of stuff, delivered in the guise of family-oriented primetime entertainment, either tickles your funny bone or it does not. Charlie Sheen’s absence, as strange as it is to say and as large as his character’s death loomed during the premiere, is almost beside the point. And that made Kutcher’s job all the easier as he slipped seamlessly into the familiar sitcom yuks. The morning after, TV critics are largely in agreement: The guy did pretty well. He hasn’t remade the show in his own outsize image, but that surely was never creator Chuck Lorre’s intention. Instead, Kutcher’s debut assured the pop-culture universe that “Two and a Half Men” will continue to thrive (the premiere drew an astonishing 27.7 million viewers ). Whether that’s a good thing or not, though, is a question on which not everyone agrees. The Character “Kutcher’s new character, Walden Schmidt, seems like a carefully drawn alternate universe caricature of Charlie Harper. Foremost that beard — something Charlie would never have had. The klutzy gentle persona. The utter cluelessness, about women or other people’s motives. He stumbles into good fortune without even knowing — his billion; the women at the bar who were charmed by his destitution and loyalty to his ex. Mostly, he appears loyal to one woman — the woman who ditched him (played a bit later by Judy Greer.)” — Verne Day, Newsday The Comparison “Kutcher’s performance was good, nearly as poker-faced fine as Sheen’s was. (Beware of the impending revisionism that Kutcher is superior to Sheen as a comic actor — Sheen really had a knack for this gig, and was a generous reactor to Cryer. Kutcher will probably prove just as skilled.)” — Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly The Long-Term “Is there as much humor to be mined from a goofy, well-endowed billionaire as there was from a not-as-wealthy jingle writer who seemed to satisfy women just as easily? Early indicators suggest no, seeing as the sitcom already and quickly played the ‘Look, He Accidentally Bedded Two Hotties At Once While Alan Lay Weeping and [BLEEP]ing’ card.” — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine.com The Final Word “Kutcher showed for years on ‘That ’70s Show’ that the multi-camera sitcom format is an arena he can thrive in, and he seemed fine in his half of the episode. He’s not going to transform ‘Men’ into a show I want to watch, but he fit in very well.” — Alan Sepinwall, HitFix.com Did you catch Ashton’s “Two and a Half Men” debut? Tell us what you thought in the comments section! Related Photos The Highs And Lows Of Charlie Sheen
‘Make us proud!’ actor tweets to his ‘Two and a Half Men’ replacement after backstage meeting. By Eric Ditzian Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher backstage at the Emmy Awards Photo: Charlie Sheen The Charlie Sheen image-rehabilitation tour continues. Days after the former “Two and a Half Men” star began making the media rounds, confessing on the “Tonight Show” that he should have been fired and on the “Today” show that maybe pretending tiger blood coursed through his veins wasn’t such a good idea, Sheen popped over to the Emmy Awards on Sunday. Before presenting the lead actor award, Sheen, a four-time Emmy nominee during his run on “Men,” sauntered out onto the stage and told everyone at his old show, “From the bottom of my heart, I wish nothing but the best for this upcoming season. We spent eight wonderful years together, and I know you will continue to make great television.” As if this latest version of Charlie Sheen couldn’t get any stranger (or warm-and-fuzzier), the actor then tweeted a series of backstage pics with his “Two and a Half Men” replacement, Ashton Kutcher. “Giving the new kid a little advice!” Sheen tweeted , attempting a bit of elder statesman bonhomie, before adding some straightforward sincerity. “[G]reat talking to you! We’ll all be watching! Make us proud!” The flurry of apologies and normal-guy behavior comes ahead of the Monday-night premieres of Sheen’s Comedy Central Roast and the new “Two and a Half Men.” On Sunday night at the Emmys, Kutcher shared the stage with his new co-star, Jon Cryer, to whom he confessed, “I am not Charlie Sheen. Jon, I want to tell you something. I do not think that you are a troll.” Perhaps somewhere backstage, if not on Twitter, Sheen was able to apologize to Cryer for that troll comment a few months back. And if it didn’t happen on Sunday, it probably will in the future, for the Charlie Sheen rehabilitation tour shows no sign of slowing down, despite the lack of Adonis DNA onboard. Related Videos Emmy Awards 2011 Red Carpet Interviews 2011 Emmys Highlights Related Photos Stars Light Up The Emmy Awards Red Carpet
On the heels of that very-funny Funny or Die video featuring Paul Rudd and Harvey Weinstein discussing marketing strategies for Our Idiot Brother , comes Rudd revealing his secret shame on the cover of the latest edition of The Hollywood Reporter . Unlike some other celebs, however, his addiction is slightly less scandalous; like millions of Americans — and other Hollywood stars like Ashton Kutcher — Rudd plays fantasy football. “It’s just so super nerdy. It sucks,” the Our Idiot Brother star told the trade magazine. “I wish I didn’t like it as much as I do. It’s a sickness.”
Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Ron Howard won’t direct the next Dan Brown adaptation… Nicolas Cage and John Cusack may get Frozen … a pair of familiar faces rejoin the Bourne franchise (not Matt Damon)… and more ahead.
It’s one thing to read through the slow drip of casting notices about an omnibus Hollywood romantic comedy and think, “Well, this cast is getting gigantic.” It’s quite another to see it in action. So! Say hello to the trailer for New Year’s Eve , the non-sequel to Valentine’s Day that features no less than 20 famous people named in the onscreen credits. Was that Halle Berry?
Republicans think the debt ceiling negotiations are totally like a Ben Affleck heist movie, or something: At a closed-door House GOP meeting about the debt ceiling yesterday, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy reportedly played the following clip from The Town for his fellow Republicans: That got ’em psyched! HuffPo reports that Florida GOP Rep. Allen West responded afterwards by telling the gathered… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 27/07/2011 03:46 Number of articles : 3
Garry Marshall is back with another big-name ensemble movie, “New Year’s Eve.” Check out the trailer! Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gossip Cop Discovery Date : 27/07/2011 15:49 Number of articles : 3
