Tyler Perry debuts a new Madea comedy this week, but as he tells Movieline in a forthcoming interview, he’s been itching to put the the fat suit and lady dress in his rear-view. Will his turn in the mainstream action film Alex Cross — as a husband and special agent in a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer — be a successful attempt by Perry to branch out beyond his niche audience? Watch as Perry goes mano-a-mano with LOST ‘s Matthew Fox , who’s undergone some changes of his own, in the first trailer for the James Patterson adaptation. In the film (directed by XXX helmer Rob Cohen) Perry plays Alex Cross, a detective-slash-psychologist investigating a series of killings by Michael “The Butcher” Sullivan (Fox). The film’s newly debuted poster boasts the unfortunate tagline “Don’t Ever Cross Alex Cross,” and the trailer hammers home that solid fact: There will be crossing. Crossing paths, crossing lines, crossing gunfire, crossing Alex Cross. It’s enough of a curiosity to see how well Perry crosses over (groan) to the mainstream with his burly, straight-faced turn as the vengeance-seeking detective; his stature and that gravelly-velvety baritone work well for him, though his earnest delivery may not. Even more fascinating is what Fox is doing as The Butcher, whittled down to skin and muscle and acting equally serious as a sociopathic torture-killer. Will either image transformation work? Oh, and John C. McGinley, Ed Burns, Rachel Nichols, Giancarlo Esposito, Cicely Tyson, AND Jean Reno are also in this movie. Not that it’ll likely matter, being that this is The Tyler Perry-Matthew Fox Show. Verdict: Looks fairly rote as action pics go. Nevertheless, the curiosity of the season! Alex Cross will hit theaters on October 19.
Tyler Perry branches out in his next movie Alex Cross, which finds the Atlanta filmmaker playing a detective-turned psychologist. Actor Morgan Freeman previously brought the…
Here’s an Epitome of a Bad Mother mugshot for y’all. Official Mugshot Of Dwyane Wade’s Ex-Wife Siovaughn Funches-Wade Here’s a mugshot of Siohvaughn Funches-Wade , ex-wife of Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade’s ex-wife. This weekend she was charged with two counts of attempted child abduction, two counts of unlawful visitation interference and one count of resisting arrest over the former couple’s children. The boys, ages 10 and 5, were visiting their mother in Chicago and were to be turned over to Dwyane Wade’s sister about noon Saturday so they could fly back to Miami for Father’s Day and Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday when she allegedly delayed their return, according to reports. On Tuesday, Wade filed an emergency motion to suspend Funches-Wade’s visitation rights with the couple’s two children. The couple was divorced in 2010, and Wade was awarded custody of the boys in March 2011 after a bitter battle. “Sadly, it is the second time an occurrence with my boys took place on Father’s Day,” Wade said in a statement. “I am happy they are now here safely in Miami with me.” SMH. This man is a good father. He doesn’t deserve to be treated like that — especially not on Father’s Day. The craziest part of all this is she looks better in the mugshot than we’ve ever seen her look back when she was with D-Wade. What do you think about Psycho Siovaughn’s mugshot?
Couple, who have two children together, have ‘amicably separated.’ By Brendan Dempsey Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis Photo: Johnny Depp is back on the market. After a relationship that spanned 14 years, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has officially called it quits with his longtime girlfriend, French actress Vanessa Paradis. In a statement to ABC News , Depp’s publicist stated that the couple had “amicably separated.” The statement asks that people “respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children.” Depp, 48, and Paradis, 39, have two children together but were never married. The two met in 1998 and moved in together shortly after that. They made their home in Plan-de-la-Tour in the south of France, where they stayed for several years. When asked about marriage, Paradis told Elle magazine, “I love the romance of ‘let’s get married,’ but then, when you have it so perfect … I mean, I’m more married than anybody can be — we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it’s something I can really do without.” Many sources have reported that the relationship has been rocky for some time now. Hints that the relationship was deteriorating began to surface after they returned to L.A. from France. Depp and Paradis haven’t appeared on a red carpet as a couple in longer than a year. In 2010, Paradis hinted to Marie Claire magazine that the two were growing apart: “I could make an endless list of all the things I admire about him,” she said. “We understand that, if we want our relationship to continue, we must give each other space, allow each other to go off on our own, and trust each other. Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.” Depp was last seen at the MTV Movie Awards earlier this month, where he received the Generation Award and jammed with the Black Keys . He is currently looking forward to his next blockbuster project, “Pirates of the Caribbean 5,” which is slated to hit theatres in 2013.
In her new clip, Katy mixes the fantastical with the autobiographical, and MTV News is here to break down the most important moments. By James Montgomery Katy Perry in her “Wide Awake” music video Photo: Katy Perry closes the book on the Teenage Dream era with her new “Wide Awake” video, a classically creepy (yet slightly candy-colored), Lewis-Carroll indebted fairy tale that doesn’t shy away from mixing the fantastical with the autobiographical. Which means it’s a treat for both fans and armchair analysts alike. And while you could spend an afternoon sifting through various scenes to understand their deeper significance (minotaur hospital attendants = critics who hated “The Smurfs”?), we figured it would be easier to just highlight a few key moments for you right now. So, for your perusal, here are five important moments form Katy’s “Wide Awake” video, each rife with psychological meaning. Or, you know, cool imagery. Same diff. Katy Pushes Back : After literally going through the looking glass, Katy arrives in an eerie labyrinth, one we’re pretty sure represents the constraints of celebrity. Tellingly, as soon as she enters, the walls begin closing in on her — only, rather than be crushed, Katy draws on her Samson-like inner-strength (and summons the same kind of pyrotechnics we saw in her “Firework” video) and sends the walls reeling. The message seems clear: Nobody puts Katy in a corner. Katy Meets Her Former Self : Early in her journey, Katy comes face to face with a young girl who clearly represents her former innocence (just in case it wasn’t clear, we later see the same girl get on a bike with a vanity plate that reads “KATHERYN”). With the trappings of fame comes the longing for simpler times, and Lil Katy helps guide her grown-up self through her perilous voyage — and even helps save her. Clearly, nostalgia is a powerful thing. Katy’s World Crumbles : After being hounded by pesky paparazzi, Katy’s entire fantasy world begins to fall apart. It’s a testament to the fact that, no matter how amazing a celeb’s life may seem from the outside, the constant glare of the spotlight is enough to bring even the most famous down. After the encounter, Perry is left debilitated, confined to a wheelchair and unable to defend herself. Luckily for her, Lil Katy is there to protect her. Katy Makes Her Escape : She powers past those naysayers and finally makes it to the exit of the labyrinth. Clearly, this is meant to show that no matter how tough things get, Katy is tougher, and, with her former self in tow, she bolts for the door — out of the madness and into (presumably) greener pastures. Katy Punches Prince Charming : It’s the scene everyone’s talking about, and it’s pretty clear who the disingenuous prince is meant to represent (here’s a hint: it rhymes with “Bussell Rand”). At first, she’s smitten, but, as her suitor goes in for a kiss, Katy spies him crossing his fingers behind his back — and responds with a pretty nifty right cross of her own. The impact is made even better by the “Oh damn! ” expression that crosses Lil Katy’s face. And with that, our fairy tale reaches its happy ending, with Katy surviving unscathed and ready for whatever comes next. What did you think of Katy’s latest video? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Katy Perry
With new album Oceania, frontman takes aim at the ‘pomposity’ of the music industry. By James Montgomery Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Photo: Jim Dyson/ Getty Images The Smashing Pumpkins will return next Tuesday with Oceania, their first proper album in nearly five years, but Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan is already making his presence known with a series of eye-opening interviews — including one where he claims to have “killed” the band’s backward-looking fans and a new chat in which he takes shots at the music industry and one of its most sacred cows: Radiohead . In an interview with Antiquiet , Corgan let it be known that he’s grown tired of a lot of things, chief among them an industry-wide “pomposity,” which values the contributions of newer artists over those that plied their trade in past decades, and then he provides an example of said pomposity to back up his point: “I can’t think of any people outside of ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic who have both embraced and pissed on rock more than I have. Obviously, there’s a level of reverence, but there’s also a level of intelligence to even know what to piss on,” he said. ” ‘Cause I’m not pissing on Rainbow. I’m not pissing on Deep Purple. But I’ll piss on f—in’ Radiohead, because of … this value system that says [Radiohead’s] Jonny Greenwood is more valuable than [Deep Purple’s] Ritchie Blackmore. Not in the world I grew up in, buddy. Not in the world I grew up in. “So I find myself defending things,” Corgan continued. “Is Ritchie Blackmore a better guitar player than me and Jonny Greenwood? Yes. Have we all made contributions? Yes. I’m not attacking that. I’m attacking the pomposity that says ‘this’ is more valuable than ‘that.’ I’m sick of that. I’m so f—ing sick of it, and nobody seems to tire of it.” Also on the list of things he’s f—ing sick of: music journalists who have repeatedly tried to typecast him throughout his career. And, not surprisingly, on Oceania, Corgan said he’s ignoring all of that and just going for broke — armchair psychologists be damned. “Musically, I’ve done riskier things. I knew what I was doing. I was conscious. … But it’s really hard to produce great work if you don’t open up that part of your heart that just doesn’t want to be opened,” he said. “It requires a level of honesty and vulnerability that’s just really uncomfortable, certainly at 45. Because I’m just tired of hearing it. I’m tired of hearing who I am. … From ’89 on I’ve had people tell me who I am. And they pick my personality as if it’s a one-or-two-dimensional thing, and I’m more like a tetrahedron.” What do you think of Corgan’s opinions on music? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists The Smashing Pumpkins Radiohead
Actress is pregnant with her first child. By Katie Byrne Will Kopelman and Drew Barrymore Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images Drew Barrymore wed her fianc
Game show legend, known for kissing all female contestants, loses his battle with cancer. By Jason Kaufman Richard Dawson Photo: Getty Images Richard Dawson, the host of “Family Feud” who made kissing all female contestants on the show his signature, is dead at 79 after losing a battle with cancer. News of Dawson’s death came from his son Gary through a post on Facebook. “Dear Friends. It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away this evening from complications due to esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad, and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered…” Dawson hosted “Family Feud” for nine years from 1976 through 1985, also returning to the show for the 1994-95 season. He became known for kissing all the female contestants on the “Feud,” a signature move that earned him the nickname “The Kissing Bandit.” He would explain years later that it was something he had learned during his childhood from his mother. Dawson grew up in England and pursued a comedy career early on, eventually landing bit parts in TV shows and films, including a spot on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” He married British sex symbol Diane Dors in 1959 and moved to California, which put him in close proximity to the entertainment industry. He eventually landed a role on “Hogan’s Heroes” as Corporal Peter Newkirk. Through the years, Dawson would spend his time between films, TV appearances (including “Laugh-In”) and even music, recording psychedelic tunes in the late ’60s. But it was his appearance as a panelist on the game show “Match Game” in 1975 that led to the “Feud” job that would make him a TV legend. Dawson made fun of his own image in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film “The Running Man,” playing diabolical game show host Damon Killian. Dawson’s kissing skills were quite potent. He met his second wife, Gretchen Johnson, when she was a contestant on “Feud” in 1981. They married a decade later. When Dawson returned to host the show in the ’90s, his wife had one rule: No more kissing any contestants. Share your condolences for Dawson’s friends and family in the comments.
Game show legend, known for kissing all female contestants, loses his battle with cancer. By Jason Kaufman Richard Dawson Photo: Getty Images Richard Dawson, the host of “Family Feud” who made kissing all female contestants on the show his signature, is dead at 79 after losing a battle with cancer. News of Dawson’s death came from his son Gary through a post on Facebook. “Dear Friends. It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away this evening from complications due to esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad, and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered…” Dawson hosted “Family Feud” for nine years from 1976 through 1985, also returning to the show for the 1994-95 season. He became known for kissing all the female contestants on the “Feud,” a signature move that earned him the nickname “The Kissing Bandit.” He would explain years later that it was something he had learned during his childhood from his mother. Dawson grew up in England and pursued a comedy career early on, eventually landing bit parts in TV shows and films, including a spot on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” He married British sex symbol Diane Dors in 1959 and moved to California, which put him in close proximity to the entertainment industry. He eventually landed a role on “Hogan’s Heroes” as Corporal Peter Newkirk. Through the years, Dawson would spend his time between films, TV appearances (including “Laugh-In”) and even music, recording psychedelic tunes in the late ’60s. But it was his appearance as a panelist on the game show “Match Game” in 1975 that led to the “Feud” job that would make him a TV legend. Dawson made fun of his own image in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film “The Running Man,” playing diabolical game show host Damon Killian. Dawson’s kissing skills were quite potent. He met his second wife, Gretchen Johnson, when she was a contestant on “Feud” in 1981. They married a decade later. When Dawson returned to host the show in the ’90s, his wife had one rule: No more kissing any contestants. Share your condolences for Dawson’s friends and family in the comments.
Co-writer Damon Lindelof tells MTV News about genesis of Noomi Rapace’s creepy self-surgery sequence. By Kevin P. Sullivan Logan Marshall-Green, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender in “Prometheus” Photo: Kerry Brown/ Twentieth Century Fox This story consists almost entirely of “Prometheus” spoilers. You’ve been warned. True to his legacy of sci-fi-horror, Ridley Scott peppered ” Prometheus ” with moments that are sure to make you wish you’d kept your helmet on, but none of the film’s shocking moments even approach one hair-raiser in particular. The sequence doesn’t require much identification beyond “that scene,” but in case you’ve already repressed the memory of it, here’s a refresher. Hours after an intimate encounter with her alien-infected boyfriend, the supposedly infertile Elizabeth Shaw ( Noomi Rapace ) finds out that she is, in fact, three months pregnant with something. Shaw, desperate to get the thing out of her, undergoes an impromptu Cesarean section in a futuristic self-surgery med-pod. Now you remember. We spoke with co-writer Damon Lindelof about the genesis of that sequence and why it works so well at creeping the hell out of everyone. Lindelof was quick to praise the sequence, but he almost as quickly shifted the credit to his co-writer. “The first thing, it’s one of my favorite scenes in the movie, certainly on an action level. It’s the most frightening and disturbing scene in the movie by far,” he said. “The second thing, this was Jon Spaihts’ idea.” Spaihts wrote the initial draft of “Prometheus,” which tied the story closer to the other films in the universe, as apparent in the scene’s original version. “In Jon’s draft, essentially Shaw gets a facehugger on her and gets implanted with a xenomorph, a traditional chest burster, so she used the med-pod to essentially extract this thing from her chest,” Lindelof said. So when he took a crack at the scene, Lindelof decided to relocate the foreign body to Shaw’s abdomen. “I thought it was an amazing sequence, but I said, ‘I think this scene is going to be even more upsetting and disturbing if it plays into the fertility and sexual aspects of the “Alien” universe,’ ” he said. “So things were rejiggered so that Holloway eventually impregnates Shaw, who is infertile, with his now enhanced or corrupted, depending on which way you look at it — I won’t confirm either here — DNA, so this is literally a fetus. It’s a child. The fact that she is pregnant was what I brought to it, and that was my story contribution to that sequence.” Then there was the actual performance, for which credit can only be given to Rapace. “Obviously Noomi was on that set for a couple days and the emotional intensity that she brought to what is intentionally an absurd sci-fi scenario — it really feels real and gritty and grounded and horrifying. I think she brought it to life,” he said. But even with Lindelof and Spaihts both providing the ingredients for the scene, Lindelof gives most of the credit to Scott. “Ridley, from the choreography of what the med-pod itself is doing — in terms of cutting her open and stapling her shut and removing this thing — what he shot practically versus what he did CGI and the answer is ‘very little,’ ” Lindelof said. “The majority of that scene is practical, minus her stomach actually being opened up with a laser beam and seeing her internal organs. Most of that stuff was done practical, which is very rare these days.” For Lindelof, Scott’s treatment of the scene harkens back to the most iconic scene from “Alien,” in a good way. “Kudos to [Scott]. Even the idea of trying to step up to and/or approach the John Hurt scene from the original film and say, ‘I want to do something that is as psychologically upsetting as that. It will be different, but let’s not try to repeat myself, but at the same time honor that,’ I think that he accomplished that and then some.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Prometheus.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
