“My name is Inigo Montoya. You watched my movie, now prepare to watch my special edition Blu-ray!” Yes, it’s been 25 years since Mandy Patinkin’s Princess Bride performance became a fixture of pop culture — so he and his co-stars celebrated with a special screening at the 50th Annual New York Film Festival. Movieline was on the red carpet and heard from Patinkin himself as well as Cary Elwes how that famous sword fight came to be! Watch now. Director/producer Rob Reiner also revealed how the movie was released without ANY publicity. No trailer? No poster? No commercials? INCONCEIVABLE! Check out the video below to reminisce along with Inigo and Westley… Follow Movieline on Twitter . Follow Grace on Twitter .
Also in Monday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Toronto’s How To Make Money Selling Drugs is set for a U.S. release. Cloud Atlas , meanwhile readies for an IMAX release. And Perks of Being a Wallflower and Diana Vreeland open strong in the Specialty Box Office over the weekend. Cast Reunion of The Princess Bride Set at New York Film Festival Guests including Rob Reiner and cast members Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Carol Kane, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon and Robin Wright will come together for the 25th anniversary presentation of The Princess Bride at the 2012 New York Film Festival. The Academy and the Film Society are organizing the screening, which will take place Tuesday, October 2nd from a new 35mm print at Alice Tully Hall in New York. The Princess Bride 25th anniversary Blu-ray will be available October 2nd from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. How To Make Money Selling Drugs Heads to U.S. Theaters The film which had its world premiere at the recent Toronto International Film Festival has been picked up by Tribeca Film. Directed by Matthew Cooke, the provocative documentary offers an in-depth look at the high-stakes world of drug dealing and drug enforcement by blending authentic reportage with pop culture references. Tribeca Film plans a 2013 theatrical release day and date with on-demand platforms. Around the ‘net… Homeland and Modern Family Triumph at 2012 Primetime Emmys Homeland wins best drama at the Emmys Sunday night, ending the four year straight win of AMC’s Mad Men . Modern Family , meanwhile won best comedy. Both shows also picked up acting awards, as well as a writing prize for Homeland and directing for Modern Family , Deadline reports . Cloud Atlas Sails into Imax Theaters October 26 Based on David Mitchell’s best selling 2004 novel, the epic drama by the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer will be digitally re-mastered and released in N. American Imax theaters October 26. The film stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Xun Zhou, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant, all appearing in multiple roles, THR reports . Perks of Being a Wallflower , Diana Vreeland Shine, The Master Shows Momentum: Specialty Box Office The overall box office still has a case of the doldrums but a couple of new specialty movies this weekend had robust openings. Summit scored with its rollout of The Perks of Being a Wallflower , averaging a stellar $61K. That’s the fourth best per-theater average of the year, Deadline reports .
South Korean sensation PSY and his viral video smash “Gangnam Style” have danced, rapped and ridden straight into the Guinness Book of World Records. PSY’s video has been liked 2,234,641 times on YouTube, an all-time high, annihilating the prior record of 1,575,979, set by LMFAO’S “Party Rock Anthem.” All in a mere three months after “Gangnam Style” was released. PSY – GANGNAM STYLE As for the all-time most watched YouTube video, PSY’s got a ways to go before he catches Justin Bieber and his 780,683,863 views. “Baby,” that’s a lot. “Gangnam Style” has a modest 230,549,340. So far. Whether he breaks that mark or not, PSY’s already left his mark on pop culture, thanks to the Britney Spears Gangnam Style dance on Ellen. Enough said.
At least one of them was spending their time wisely … Terrence J Replaces Ryan Seacrest As E! News Host Terrence J is movin’ on up. After confirming earlier this year that he and co-host Rocsi Diaz would be getting the boot from their 7-year stint on 106 & Park, the host-turned-actor is headed to E! News to host alongside Giuliana Rancic. For the second time in a week, Giuliana Rancic is getting a new man in her life. Terrence Jenkins has just been named the official new cohost for E! News, teaming with Rancic on the weekday broadcast. “I’ve always had a passion for the wide spectrum of pop culture that E! News covers so well; I can’t wait to get started,” says Jenkins, who most recently cohosted BET’s long-running 106 & Park video countdown show and has appeared in such films as Think Like a Man, Burlesque and Sparkle. “I’ve had a great career so far, and it¹s all been building toward this. And then getting to work with great people like Giuliana and the entire E! News team just makes this seem like an even more perfect opportunity.” First Kelly Rippa announces Michael Strahan as her new co-host, and now Terrence J will be holding his own along side Giuliana. Nice to see them getting some Hollyweird shine! Congrats! Source
It seems like our calendars are filling up quickly and September 6 is shaping up to be one big evening for pop culture lovers everywhere. In addition to it. More here: Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift Stump For Fashion's Night Out
Samara Weaving is some hot Australian actor who was raised in Fiji, but who moved back to Australia and now stars on a show called Home & Away, that she is filming in these pics, which conveniently include her in a bikini with some nipple peaking out….She’s 20, her boyfriend is 31, reminding us all the it is never too late to use our years of experience to manipulate hot young girls into our beds, you know playing on their stupidity and naivety, and make fucking magic…leaving them with HPV and us with an addiction to doing it again and again to girls equally as dumb and hot….not to say Samara Weaving is dumb, I mean I know nothing about Australian pop culture, but I’m not trying to fuck her, she’s too snobby and successful….I just look at her tits to inspire me to lure in 20 year olds of my own…. TO SEE THE REST OF THE PICS (WHY?) FOLLOW THIS LINK
Raise your glass high… A List Of Celebrity Douche Bags Kanye West’s iconic “Runaway” hook is as ironic as it is poignant. In today’s world of reality-TV and waning moral standards, we have been exposed to a barrage of questionable characters over the past 10 years or so. Racist, misogynistic, out of line, homophobic rants, violence against women, violations of marital vows, and overall creepiness has seeped into the fabric of pop culture like Bill Clinton’s jizz on Monica Lewinsky’s dress. We’ve gathered a few of these socially unacceptable perpetrators to highlight just how out of control people have gotten. A celebration of sorts, to the greatest pieces of isht that have walked the Earth. Hit the flip to see which celebs are certified douche-bags! Image via WENN/SplashNews/Tumblr/VH1
A star of Broadway, movies and television, Andy Griffith died Tuesday at his home on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The once aspiring preacher, trombone player and music teacher, he landed his first movie role in A Face in the Crowd in 1957. But it was his role as the affable and folksy-wise Sheriff Andy Taylor in the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show that won him legions of fans. Griffith had already had some experience in the limelight by the time the hit television show hit the air, according to The New York Times, which reported Griffith’s passing, which received confirmation by the Dare County sheriff Doug Doughtie today. He starred in the Broadway play No Time for Sergeants followed by Face (one of six movies during his career) to good reviews. He later starred in the 1980s and ’90s courtroom television show Matlock . Still, the fictional town of Mayberry will forever be etched in fans’ memories when it comes to Griffith. His lovable mess-up deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Gomer Pyle, young son Opie (Ron Howard) and Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) debuted at number four in the ratings and never dipped below the top 10. It even hit number one its last season in 1968 and it continues in syndication. Griffith’s career slid after the show though he had signed a five-year deal with Universal Pictures, though he never received offers that appealed to him. He told The Virginia Pilot in 2008: “I thought I was hot stuff and go right into the movies. It didn’t work out that way.” After some false starts on follow up shows in the ’70s, he made some made-for-TV movies, but more success followed with his role as a lawyer in the series Matlock which debuted in 1986, which ran until 1992, for NBC, followed by another three years on ABC, longer than The Andy Griffith Show . While official awards mostly alluded him (he never won an Emmy for his role of Sheriff Andy Taylor, while Don Knotts picked up a slew of the trophies throughout the ’60s) Griffith did receive an Emmy nomination for the 1981 TV movie Murder in Texas . He received recognition in 1987 with a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program and in 2004 TV Land gave the The Andy Griffith Show its Legend Award. And perhaps ultimately fitting, his character was placed at number 8 in TV Guide’s top “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” in 2004. [Source: The New York Times ]
For the past few years I’ve had the honor of joining the annual Masters of the Web panel at Comic-Con, a confab of journalists and bloggers from the online film community sharing our experiences in web journalism, troll-taming, geek-baiting, etc. This year I’ll be returning to the panel, joined by a gaggle of fine web masters and mistresses… along with a special guest moderator: Karl Urban , star of Dredd 3-D . (Hit the jump for a chance to snag tickets to a special just-announced Comic-Con Dredd 3-D screening.) The panel has hosted a number of celebrity moderators before; inviting filmmakers like Edgar Wright and Bob Orci to turn the tables on the journalists who’d covered their films — and in some cases, panned them outright — made for interesting conversation, and wasn’t quite as awkward as you’d imagine. Urban, in town to present footage from Dredd 3-D , will get his turn to grill us at the podium this year. (Maybe he’ll wear his Dredd helmet! Can we ask him to do the whole thing in Bones-speak? Oh, the possibilities…) Dredd 3-D , meanwhile, will be unveiled in a special sneak screening on Wednesday at Comic-Con — and Movieline has five pairs of tickets to give away. Am I bribing you with advance tickets so that you’ll come to my panel, even though you’re only beholden to the honor system since the panel happens the day after the screening? Yes. Yes, I am. Don’t make me regret it. The first five people who comment below, promise to come to the Masters of the Web panel on Thursday at Comic-Con, and lay claim to a pair of VIP tickets, will get them. (Make sure to sign in with your email address and full name.) Screening info (more at www.JudgementIsComing.com ): Lionsgate is kicking off San Diego Comic Con 2012 with an Advance Screening of Dredd 3D Presented by Masters of the Web Wednesday, July 11th, 10:00pm Reading Cinemas Gaslamp. 701 5th Ave., San Diego But back to the Masters of the Web. The reason I love being a part of this panel every year, aside from the fact that I know each and every one of the folks joining me up there — friends, peers, competitors, karaoke buddies — is that it gives us the rare chance to take the pulse of the online space, from a behind-the-scenes perspective, as representatives of a relatively young community of writers and editors. The online blogging world has evolved so fast in the past decade alone, not only technically speaking but in terms of audience, engagement, ethics, and the significance of online reporting alongside traditional media, that this once-a-year gathering at the geekiest pop culture event of the year has the potential to touch on vital and interesting conversations, for web “masters” and readers alike. To whom are we most accountable? What tools are most useful to us? How do we acknowledge the looming presence and expectations of studios who give us access to their films (or, you know, arrange for special guest moderators and sneak screenings at special events)? Ahem. Perhaps we’ll touch on issues like those in the panel. Or maybe we’ll hound Urban for Lord of the Rings stories. Who knows? IT COULD GET CRAZY! Plus, attendees at the panel will receive free movie passes courtesy of panel sponsor AMC. See, guys? You get to peek into our lives and get free movies. Win-win! So: Mark your calendars. Thursday. Comic-Con. 4:30-5:30pm. Room 24ABC. Be there. 4:30-5:30 Masters of the Web— The annual gathering of some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online, film fandom, and a whole lot more. Moderated by star of the new Lionsgate film Dredd, Karl Urban (Star Trek, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King), with special surprise cast members from the film. Panelists include Mike Sampson (ScreenCrush.com), Jen Yamato (MovieLine.com), Mali Elfman (ScreenCrave.com), Erik Davis (Movies.com), Steve “Frosty” Weintraub (Collider.com), Grae Drake (Fandango.com), Jenna Busch (Cocktails with Stan Lee), and Edward Douglas (ComingSoon.net), and hosted by John Campea (AMC Theatres). AMC is generously providing free movies passes to all attendees of the panel this year! Room 24ABC Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
