Director reveals that Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character is based on L. Ron Hubbard, but not the organization itself. By Kevin P. Sullivan Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master” Photo: he Weinstein Company
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Robert Zemeckis’ Flight starring Denzel Washington will screen as the Centerpiece of the Austin Film Festival & Conference . The 2012 event, taking place October 18 – 25 revealed some details of its upcoming event Tuesday including 10 films that will join this year’s lineup. AFF annually hosts over 180 film screenings and events, while the Conference welcomes over 100 speakers in its panels and roundtables. Among the films screened during the festival are numerous world and US premieres in a wide range of genres, from comedy to documentary, horror to drama. Also on tap for this year, X-Files creator Chris Carter will receive the event’s Outstanding Television Writer Award at AFF’s annual Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 22nd. Carter will join Paul Feig and Brian Helgeland as part of AFF’s new “Guest Programmer” section of the festival, giving “highly regarded filmmakers” the chance to screen and discuss films they found influential. Carter will also participate in – fittingly – “A Conversation with Chris Carter,” where he will share stories from his long career in television and film. Carter will also present special retrospective screenings of The X-Files and Millennium episodes. There are also plans to screen an X-Files marathon at the Alamo Drafthouse. AFF will release the rest of its lineup in September. Details of AFF’s early 10 films follow with details provided by the festival : Flight – Centerpiece Film Writer: John Gatins Director: Robert Zemeckis In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane? Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the highly anticipated new film also stars John Goodman, Don Cheadle, and Melissa Leo. Free Samples Writer: Jim Beggarly Director: Jay Gammill A Stanford law school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and on the day of her college boyfriend’s birthday, she finds herself stuck running an ice cream truck fending off locals and oddball friends alike. This one day spent in a truck on the streets of LA will wake Jillian from her aimless daze and make her see that life doesn’t stop just because you want it to. Starring Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Halley Feiffer, Jason Ritter, this great new comedy is directed by Baylor University film school grad Jay Gammill. It’s A Disaster Writer/Director: Todd Berger Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end. StarringJulia Stiles, America Ferrera and David Cross. Julia Stiles and America Ferrera will present the screening at AFF. Last Will & Testament Directors: Laura Wilson, Lisa Wilson US Premiere This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Charlie Chaplin, and many others have struggled to reconcile England’s “Star of Poets” with the grain dealer from Stratford. Why? – Featuring interviews with Vanessa Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, and other highly regarded Shakespearean actors. Pictures of Superheroes World Premiere Writer/Director: Don Swaynos A young maid is asked by her employer to pretend to be his wife as part of a highly questionable business scheme. Meanwhile, she meets the comic book superhero artist living in her employer’s home (seemingly without the employer’s knowledge or permission), and she begins to wonder if there is something more to life than fake marriages and carpet cleaners. Produced by Kelly Williams, and starring Kerri Lendo, John Merriman, Byron Brown and Chris Doubek. Rising From Ashes Director: T.C. Johnstone Two worlds collide when cycling legend Jock Boyer (first American to compete in the Tour de France) moves to Rwanda and teams with Tom Ritchey (inventor of the mountain bike) to help a group of struggling genocide survivors pursue their dream of a national team. As they set out against impossible odds, both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past. Narrated by Forest Whitaker and directed by Austin native T.C. Johnstone, this remarkable story culminated at the 2012 Olympics in London when one of the subjects of the film, Adrien Niyonshuti, competed in the Games and became Rwanda’s first Olympic cyclist. Shadow Dancer Writer: Tom Bradby Director: James March Single mother Collette McVeigh is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers. When she is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in London, an MI5 officer (Mac, played by Clive Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son’s life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in Mac and return home, but when her brothers’ secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave danger. Starring Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, and Gillian Anderson. Spinning Plates World Premiere Writer/Director: Joseph Levy Spinning Plates is a feature documentary film about three restaurants, extraordinary for what they are today as well as the challenges they have overcome. A cutting-edge restaurant named the seventh best in the world whose chef must battle a life-threatening obstacle to pursue his passion… a 150-year-old family restaurant still standing only because of the unbreakable bond with its community… a fledgling Mexican restaurant whose owners are putting everything they have on the line just to make enough to survive and provide for their young daughter. Features Chef Grant Achatz of Chicago’s Alinea and Chef Thomas Keller of California’s The French Laundry. To Kill A Memory World Premiere Writers: Dustin Rikert, William Shockley, Philip Tiboni Director: Dustin Rikert A respected US Marshal is imprisoned after being suspiciously involved in a bank robbery gone wrong. When he learns that the other bank robbers may be going after his wife, the Marshal must escape prison and catch them before it’s too late. This low budget indie Western features an astonishing lead performance from country western singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn. Kix Brooks will present the screening at AFF. Paul Feig Presents: The Human Tornado and Bringing Up Baby This year, AFF is excited to introduce an all new Guest Programmer section, which invites some of our highly regarded panelists and guest filmmakers to program and present films that inspired them. Paul Feig (director of Bridesmaids , creator of “Freaks and Geeks,” also directed episodes of “Arrested Development,” “The Office,” “Mad Men,” “30 Rock” and more) has chosen two very different films: the blaxsploitation Dolemite adventure The Human Tornado and Howard Hawks’ immortal screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby . Don’t miss an opportunity to hear how these two wildly diverse films influenced one of the most in-demand directors in Hollywood today.
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Also in Monday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, the Hamptons International Film Festival revealed its list of the “10 Actors to Watch” for this October’s event. Minnie Driver joins a “horror musical.” A Toronto and Cannes film is headed for U.S. theaters. Abbie Cornish joins a Fellini pic. And two jail-bound punks flee Russia after being convicted of Russian Orthodox Church offense. Noah Baumbach, Brian De Palma, Abbas Kiarostami Set for NYFF Event Noah Baumbach and Brian De Palma will take part in the “On Cinema” conversation while Abbas Kiarostami, David Chase and Robert Zemeckis will participate in the Directors Dialogues at the upcoming 50th New York Film Festival . The Film Society of Lincoln Center, which organizes the annual festival also said that the the Director’s Cut of Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors restored versions of Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate , Laurence Olivier’s Richard III and Peter Whitehead’s The Rolling Stone – Charling is My Darling – Ireland 1965 will be presented as part of NYFF’s Masterworks program in addition to two sidebar presentations as part of the festival’s 50th Anniversary event. Hamptons International Film Festival to Fete “10 Actors to Watch” The October festival on Long Island’s East End will spotlight the “2012 ‘Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch: Breakthrough Performers’ at the upcoming 20th anniversary edition of HIFF taking place October 4 – 8. This year’s honorees include: Adam Driver ( Inside Llewyn Davis ), Domhnall Gleeson ( Anna Karenina ), Bella Heathcote ( Not Fade Away ), Dree Hemingway ( Starlet ), Boyd Holbrook ( The Host ), Elyas M’Barek ( Turkish for Beginners ), Scoot McNairy ( Killing Them Softly ), Nate Parker ( Arbitrage ), Imogen Poots ( Knight of Cups ) and Alicia Vikander ( Anna Karenina ). Minnie Driver Joins Horror Musical Stage Fright Oscar nominee Minnie Driver is joining Meat Loaf Aday ( Rocky Horror Picture Show ), Allie Mac Donald ( House at the End of the Street ) and Douglas Smith ( Big Love ) in the horror-musical Stage Fright . Jerome Sable (“The Legend of Beaver Dam”) will direct from his own script. The feature tells the story of a snobby musical theater camp terrorized by a blood-thirsty masked killer who despises musical theatre. Scream meets Glee in this genre-bending R-rated horror-musical. Driver plays Kylie Swanson, the enigmatic and haunted star of the Broadway stage, and mother of siblings Camilla (MacDonald) and Buddy (Smith) who find themselves at the centre of the unfolding horror at the camp. Toronto and Cannes’ Ernest & Celestine Heads to Theaters Ernest & Celestine is based on the popular children’s book series by author and illustrator, Gabrielle Vincent. It tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine. The film debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it received a special mention in Directors Fortnight. Distributor GKIDS will release the film in the U.S. and will have its North American premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was negotiated by Vanessa Saal for Studiocanal and Eric Beckman for GKIDS. Around the ‘net… Abbie Cornish Joins Fellini Black And White Cornish will play the female lead Betty in Fellini Black and White . She is the beautiful veterinarian that the Italian filmmaker fell in love with when he traveled to L.A. for the 1957 Oscars in which he won best picture for Nights of Cabiria Directed by Henry Bromell, the film stars William H. Macy, Terrence Howard, Peter Dinklage and Brazilian star Wagner Maura, who’ll play Fellini, Deadline reports . George Clooney Raises $625K for Obama Campaign in Geneva The Swiss contingent of Democrats Abroad raised “at least” $625,000 for the Obama campaign at an evening event in Geneva where George Clooney appeared. Guests paid $15K to have dinner with him and $5K for a photo with him and $1K to attend a reception before the dinner, Deadline reports . Two Pussy Riot Activists Flee Russia Two activists in Russian punk band Pussy Riot have fled the country, their Twitter account said. Three members of the group were jailed this month for staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral. The pair who fled have not been named but the husband of one of the jailed women said the duo had taken part in the cathedral protest in February. Their brief, obscenity-laced performance, which implored the Virgin Mary to “throw Putin out”, enraged the Russian Orthodox Church. Many in the West, including recently Madonna, condemned the Pussy Riot sentences as disproportionate, BBC reports .
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After reading the statement that Martin Scorsese ‘s representatives released in response to the lawsuit that’s been filed against him by Cecchi Gori Pictures over a project called Silence , I think I can save both sides a bundle in lawyer’s fees and, ultimately, production costs. Both sides of this legal battle should ask themselves a pertinent question: Do you actually think that this movie, if it’s ever made, will actually put asses in seats? Hear me out. Scorsese is one of my favorite filmmakers, and given his obsession with religion, I’m confident he’d make a compelling adaptation of Silence , an acclaimed 1966 Shusaku Endo novel about a Jesuit investigating whether his mentor committed apostasy — renounced his beliefs — at a time when Christians were faced with the prospect of being hung upside down over a pit and slowly bled to death if they refused. The Christians are essentially coerced into renouncing their faith by stepping on fumie ,crudely carved wooden images of Jesus Christ. Heard enough? Look, movies about the strength of one’s beliefs and God’s relationship with humanity can be powerful. One of the aspects of Prometheus that I particularly loved was how Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof explored those very deep concepts in their sci-fi blockbuster earlier this summer. Silence doesn’t sound powerful to me, though. It sounds like a ponderous slog that covers territory Scorsese already traversed in The Last Temptation of Christ . More importantly, Silence , just by virtue of its subject matter, has the markings of a small, boutique film. That’s not the kind of film Scorsese, one of our greatest living directors, should making in his golden years. I want him doing David Lean-size big-picture stuff like The Wolf of Wall Street , and, I suspect, so do his handlers. According to Deadline , Cecchi Gori Pictures claims in its lawsuit that it invested more than $750,000 to develop Silence into a feature film based on contracts and assurances that it would be Scorsese’s next project. Scorsese initally agreed in 1990 to co-produce and direct Silence after he completed Kundun (1997). But the lawsuit alleges Scorsese and Sikelia arranged to postpone starting on Silence so the director could make The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) and Hugo (2011). When Cecchi Gori learned that Scorsese was going to shoot The Wolf of Wall Street instead of Silence, the company claimed breach of contract. Scorsese’s responded to the suit today with the following statement: “It is shocking to us that the lawyers for Cecchi Gori Pictures would file a suit pursuing such absurd claims considering the amicable working relationship existing between Martin Scorsese and the principals of Cecchi Gori Pictures.The claims asserted are completely contradicted by, inconsistent with, and contrary to the express terms of an agreement entered into by the parties last year.” The statement added: “The lawsuit filing on the eve of Mr. Scorsese starting another picture has all the earmarks of a media stunt.” Given that the amount of Cecchi Gori’s investment isn’t even $1 million — a paltry sum in moviemaking terms — there should be a compromise here that enables Cecchi Gori’s principals to walk away without feeling like they got burned and for Scorsese to make the movies he wants to make, when he wants to make them. I just hope that Silence isn’t one of them. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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Also in Thursday morning’s round up of news briefs, Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock scores a CNN show. For the first time, the Venice Film Festival will screen some of its films via the internet alongside their premieres. And a boxing pic is in the works for a Red Riding Hood actor. London Film Festival to Open with Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie The 56th BFI London Film Festival will open October 10th with Burton’s latest. The European premiere of Frankenweenie , taking place at the Odeon Leicester Square, will screen at 30 screens across the U.K. The festival will also host The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition from October 17 – 21. Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Producer Allison Abbate and Executive Producer Don Hahn are expected to attend the festival. Around the ‘net… Tony Scott Memoria to Take Place this Weekend A private memorial for the British-born filmmaker who died from an apparent suicide last weekend will take place this weekend. A statement from the director’s spokesperson said: “Tony Scott will be honoured at a private, family-only ceremony this weekend in Los Angeles. The family will announce plans after Labor Day for a gathering to celebrate the life and work of Mr Scott. Details will be forthcoming once they are formalized,” The Guardian reports . Super Size Me Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Joins CNN Spurlock’s Inside Man series will debut in April 2013 on the network. Along with Anthony Bourdain’s new CNN series, Spurlock’s show will take the viewer to “fascinating corners of American society,” and is expected to air Sunday evenings, Deadline reports . Venice to Screen ‘Horizons’ Films to Stream Worldwide 500 “seats” will be available to viewers via the internet to view the films in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section. Each film in the section, which features 10 features and 13 shorts from new and young filmmakers will be available to the limited audience for $5.25 per film and available for 24 hours starting at 9pm Italian time on the day of the film’s screening, Deadline reports . Red Riding Hood Actor Eyes Boxer Pic Shiloh Fernandez will portray the five-time world champion Johnny Tapia in biopic Johnny about the five-time world champion boxer. Eddie Alcazar is directing the indie, written by Bettina Gilois, THR reports .
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Tony Scott , the director who helped define high-octane ’80s action with his movies Top Gun (1986) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), has died of an apparent suicide at age 68. The Wrap reports that Scott jumped from a suspension bridge in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon, and the coroner’s office has confirmed that the British-born filmmaker’s body was retrieved from the LA harbor. A suicide note was discovered in Scott’s car, and The New York Daily News is reporting that a battle with inoperable brain cancer may have led to his suicide. Scott worked for years as a commercial filmmaker before making his feature debut with The Hunger (1983), a Mr. Skin Hall-of-Famer that features Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve in one of the hottest lesbian scenes in SKINema history. That sort of Sapphic heat naturally caught Hollywood’s attention, and box-office supremacy soon followed with films like Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), and Man on Fire (2004). Scott’s last film was 2010’s Unstoppable , a runaway-train movie starring Denzel Washington and Rosario Dawson . He is survived by his wife and two sons. Give a one-handed salute to the work of Tony Scott with nudes from Susan Sarandon in The Hunger , Keira Knightley in Domino (2005) and more right here at MrSkin.com!
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The Expendables 2 bumped last week’s number one film The Bourne Legacy to number two over the weekend. The latest installment of the action pic grossed over $28.7 million in its first roll out, averaging a solid $8,670 screens. Bourne dropped 55% in its second round, while Focus Features’ Paranorman rounded out the top three in its initial run. 1. The Expendables 2 Gross: $28,750,000 Screens: $3,316 (PSA: $8,670) Week: 1 The first round of The Expendables opened with $34,825,135 when it debuted in theaters in August 2010, averaging $10,650 in 3,270 theaters. The second round is decidedly less heavy-hitting in terms of box office, but nevertheless a solid start for the action title starring Sylvester Stallone, who gave the director’s chair over to Simon West for the latest installment. 2. The Bourne Legacy Gross: $17,019,855 (Cume: $69,580,935) Screens: 3,753 (PSA: $4,535) Week: 2 (Change – 55%) The Jeremy Renner starter added just eight theaters in the U.S. and its drop from its first weekend roll out was a fairly acceptable 55%, though the pic landed in the second spot in the overall box office. The Bourne Legacy debuted in 3,745 theaters, averaging $10,752. Internationally, Legacy added five international territories, bringing the title to 18 abroad. it’s worldwide gross is now at $97.7 million. 3. Paranorman (3-D, Animation) Gross: $14,008,498 Screens: 3,429 (PSA: $4,085) Week: 1 The stop-action animated feature landed in the third place in the overall box office with just over $14 million with a so-so $4,085 average in 3,429 screens. The pic was produced by Coraline creators Laika and their latest effort performed similarly, grossing $16.8 million in a third place bow in February, 2009. 4. The Campaign Gross: $13,385,000 (Cume: $51,694,000) Screens: 3,255 (PSA: $4,112) Week: 2 (Change: – 50%) The comedy added 50 locations in its second weekend and its 50% drop was in the realm of acceptable. Internationally, The Campaign has added another $2.1 million so far. 5. Sparkle Gross: $12 million Screens: 3,255 (PSA: $5,348) Week: 1 With a $14 million budget, the film had a solid debut, landing in the top five of the overall box office. 6. The Dark Knight Rises Gross: $11,140,000 (Cume: $409,916,000) Screens: 3,157 (PSA: $3,529) Week: 5 (Change: – 41%) TDKR hit the $400 million milestone on Friday after 29 days of release. Overseas, the pic has grossed nearly $489 million bringing its worldwide total to just under $900 million. 7. The Odd Life of Timothy Green (opened Wednesday) Gross: $10,909,000 (Cume: $15,187,000) Screens: 2,598 (PSA: $4,199) Week: 1 The feature debuted Wednesday in 2,551 theaters with a head-start total of $2.3 million ahead of the weekend. It is the weekend’s fourth debut in the top 10. 8. Hope Springs Gross: $9.1 million (Cume: $35,051,000) Screens: 2,361 (PSA: $3,854) Week: 2 (Change: -38%) The comedy opened in the fourth spot when it debuted in theaters last weekend. The title stayed in the same number of locations, averaging a decent $3,854 vs its $6,607 opener. 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Gross: $3,850,000 (Cume: $38,762,321) Screens: 2,737 (PSA: $1,407) Week: 3 (Change: – 52%) The title lost 664 locations in its third weekend, averaging $1,407 vs $2,411 in its second round last week when it placed fifth in the overall box office. 10. Total Recall Gross: $3.5 million (Cume: $51,782,000) Screens: 2,434 (Average: $1,438) Week: 3 (Change: – 56%) This is likely the final weekend for the title in the top ten. Total Recall lost 1,167 screens compared to its second round last week. Watch the full video on YouTube . [ Sources: Box Office Mojo , Hollywood.com ]
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The Expendables 2 bumped last week’s number one film The Bourne Legacy to number two over the weekend. The latest installment of the action pic grossed over $28.7 million in its first roll out, averaging a solid $8,670 screens. Bourne dropped 55% in its second round, while Focus Features’ Paranorman rounded out the top three in its initial run. 1. The Expendables 2 Gross: $28,750,000 Screens: $3,316 (PSA: $8,670) Week: 1 The first round of The Expendables opened with $34,825,135 when it debuted in theaters in August 2010, averaging $10,650 in 3,270 theaters. The second round is decidedly less heavy-hitting in terms of box office, but nevertheless a solid start for the action title starring Sylvester Stallone, who gave the director’s chair over to Simon West for the latest installment. 2. The Bourne Legacy Gross: $17,019,855 (Cume: $69,580,935) Screens: 3,753 (PSA: $4,535) Week: 2 (Change – 55%) The Jeremy Renner starter added just eight theaters in the U.S. and its drop from its first weekend roll out was a fairly acceptable 55%, though the pic landed in the second spot in the overall box office. The Bourne Legacy debuted in 3,745 theaters, averaging $10,752. Internationally, Legacy added five international territories, bringing the title to 18 abroad. it’s worldwide gross is now at $97.7 million. 3. Paranorman (3-D, Animation) Gross: $14,008,498 Screens: 3,429 (PSA: $4,085) Week: 1 The stop-action animated feature landed in the third place in the overall box office with just over $14 million with a so-so $4,085 average in 3,429 screens. The pic was produced by Coraline creators Laika and their latest effort performed similarly, grossing $16.8 million in a third place bow in February, 2009. 4. The Campaign Gross: $13,385,000 (Cume: $51,694,000) Screens: 3,255 (PSA: $4,112) Week: 2 (Change: – 50%) The comedy added 50 locations in its second weekend and its 50% drop was in the realm of acceptable. Internationally, The Campaign has added another $2.1 million so far. 5. Sparkle Gross: $12 million Screens: 3,255 (PSA: $5,348) Week: 1 With a $14 million budget, the film had a solid debut, landing in the top five of the overall box office. 6. The Dark Knight Rises Gross: $11,140,000 (Cume: $409,916,000) Screens: 3,157 (PSA: $3,529) Week: 5 (Change: – 41%) TDKR hit the $400 million milestone on Friday after 29 days of release. Overseas, the pic has grossed nearly $489 million bringing its worldwide total to just under $900 million. 7. The Odd Life of Timothy Green (opened Wednesday) Gross: $10,909,000 (Cume: $15,187,000) Screens: 2,598 (PSA: $4,199) Week: 1 The feature debuted Wednesday in 2,551 theaters with a head-start total of $2.3 million ahead of the weekend. It is the weekend’s fourth debut in the top 10. 8. Hope Springs Gross: $9.1 million (Cume: $35,051,000) Screens: 2,361 (PSA: $3,854) Week: 2 (Change: -38%) The comedy opened in the fourth spot when it debuted in theaters last weekend. The title stayed in the same number of locations, averaging a decent $3,854 vs its $6,607 opener. 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Gross: $3,850,000 (Cume: $38,762,321) Screens: 2,737 (PSA: $1,407) Week: 3 (Change: – 52%) The title lost 664 locations in its third weekend, averaging $1,407 vs $2,411 in its second round last week when it placed fifth in the overall box office. 10. Total Recall Gross: $3.5 million (Cume: $51,782,000) Screens: 2,434 (Average: $1,438) Week: 3 (Change: – 56%) This is likely the final weekend for the title in the top ten. Total Recall lost 1,167 screens compared to its second round last week. Watch the full video on YouTube . [ Sources: Box Office Mojo , Hollywood.com ]
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U.S. Customs Seized $18 Million Dollars Worth Of Fake “Red Bottoms” Made In China SMH. If your “Louboutins” say “made in China” then there’s something wrong! Customs agents in Los Angeles seized 20,457 pairs of fake Christian Louboutin shoes shipped from China, U.S. officials said Thursday. The counterfeit lacquered “red sole” shoes, an icon in women’s fashion, could have brought $18 million if they had reached the online and underworld market, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. “CBP maintains an aggressive and proactive posture on intercepting shipments containing counterfeit and pirated items,” CBP Director of Field Operations in Los Angeles Todd C. Owen said. Five shipments were seized at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport on July 27 and August 14, the CPB release said. “Often available on illegitimate websites and underground outlets, counterfeit high fashion commodities multiply the illegal profits of smugglers and traffickers,” the agency said. “The public is misguided into believing they are buying an original product at a significant discount.” SMH. People really ain’t isht. Ladies, if you can’t afford to buy Christian Louboutin shoes, you just can’t afford it!!!! Via CNN
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