The Most Attention Slore-y Celebrities Of The Last Week We here at Bossip see new slores every single day. So we’ve decided to have a running tally of celebrities who have slored it up to the max. To make matters better, we’re going to rank these slores based on who slored it up the most over the course of that seven-day span. We have a ton to consider in this inaugural week as we rank a Love and Hip-Hop scrap, Twitter beefs and good old-fashioned slorebags. Take a look and make sure to follow along as we continue this every week.
Long before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down as the head of the sexual scandal-scarred Catholic Church, the 18th-Century novelist and dramatist Matthew G. Lewis’ was inspired to write The Monk , a gothic supernatural novel about a man of the cloth who is tempted and corrupted by (cue ominous music)…Satan! More than two centuries later, filmmaker Dominik Moll ( Lemming , With A Friend Like Harry ) has brought the cult classic to the screen starring Vincent Cassel as Brother Ambrosio, the titular Capuchin monk who is led way astray. Here’s the synopsis: Abandoned at birth at the gates of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, Brother Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), raised by the friars, grows up into a preacher admired far and wide for his fervor. Ambrosio is feared for his righteousness and believes he is immune from temptation – until the arrival of a mysterious apprentice undermines his convictions and leads him down a dangerous path of sin, corruption and murder. First up, is the film’s Red Band trailer which has a bit of a vampire vibe initially — the actress is Deborah Francois — and then gets all sexy and stuff. One corrupted, Ambrosio sets his wolfish eyes on the virtuous Antonia (Joséphine Japy), who, in this clip, does not seem to be interested in finding out what’s beneath the monk’s itchy cassock. Click here to view the embedded video. Why do I think this ends badly for Antonia? The Monk opens Friday, March 8 in select theaters and on VOD. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Girls actor Alex Karpovsky is pretty great at conveying simmering annoyance with his tomahawk-like face, and he has plenty to be annoyed about in this exclusive video clip from the dark comedy Red Flag, which he wrote and directed. I hope the song that actors Onur Tukel and Jennifer Prediger are caterwauling in the car was improvised by them during filmmaking because it would be crap-tastic even if Adele sang it. (Please don’t tell me Adele does sing it.) Here’s the official synopsis for the film: A laugh-out-loud road trip comedy, starring writer/director Alex Karpovsky (“Girls”) as Alex Karpovsky, a newly-single indie filmmaker who hits the road with an old friend (Onur Tukel) to promote one of his films. As the pair travels from one half-empty theater to the next, pursued by an adoring fan (Jennifer Prediger) who drives them into an exceptionally uncomfortable love triangle, Alex-as-Alex is forced to suffer an endless series of humiliations, each one more absurd than the last. I’m totally guessing here, but I bet Henry becomes even more annoying after he goes into that casino and loses that misshapen wad of money he’s flashing. The answer will be available on Tuesday when Red Flag and another Karpovsky-directed title, Rubberneck , premieres on VOD and then opens theatrically on Friday, Feb. 22. And if that song that Tukel and Prediger are butchering is an actual song, can someone please tell me what it is so I can mock it more specifically? Thanks. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The poster for Small Town Gay Bar filmmaker Malcolm Ingram’s newest documentary, Continental , has been unveiled in time for its SXSW debut, and, well, it’s just the ticket for a look back at one of gay culture’s most iconic playgrounds of the late 1960s and 70s. Here’s the official synopsis: “Malcolm Ingram’s lively new documentary CONTINENTAL takes viewers back in time to the sexually charged New York of 1968, when the notorious Continental Baths opened its doors. This groundbreaking den of debauchery (advertised as a place “for sophisticated men only”) came to transcend sexual identity and became a cultural beacon to the hip, beautiful and infamous. Not only host to newly-empowered gay men of all shapes and sizes, eager to take full advantage of their sexual freedoms at a lavish venue, the Continental brought both high and low culture to the bathhouse’s stage week after week, becoming instrumental in the careers of ‘60s and ‘70s icons like Bette Midler , Barry Manilow , Patti LaBelle, Peter Allen and countless others. Those countless others included the late comic Andy Kaufman , confetti-tossing Jackass fixture Rip Taylor and cross-dressing proto-punkers The New York Dolls, and so many other performers who became regulars on TV variety and game shows during their heyday in the 70s. Ingram takes the journey with the club’s owner Steve Ostrow, members of his former staff and those who were present and actually remembered what happened. Sounds like a must-see — like the poster below. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
