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THG Week in Review: September 3-9, 2011

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Welcome to THG’s Week in Review! Below, our staff takes a look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made these past seven days so memorable. If you don’t already, you can FOLLOW THG on Twitter and Facebook for 24/7/365 news. Day in and day out, let us be your #1 celebrity gossip source! Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip : Lady Gaga was sort of dissed by Madonna over her style. The Game decided to call out pretend gays over AIDS. T.I. remains locked up because of his reality show . Reese Witherspoon was hit by a car , but she’s okay. Soulja Boy’s anti-military rap didn’t go over well. Kate Hudson was lambasted by her own dad . Jon Gosselin Interview Evelyn Lozada is reportedly quitting Basketball Wives. Sure. Katt Williams is not sorry about this anti-Mexican ranting . Casey Anthony’s parents are now saying she had a seizure . Obama’s jobs speech … happened. We heard. Anderson Cooper ridiculed Kate Gosselin . So did Jon (above). Toddlers & Tiaras Promo This Toddlers & Tiaras business is just getting absurd (above). Jon Galliano has been found guilty of hate crimes . Police released Rebecca Zahau’s suicide message . Those are some ugly football uniforms, Maryland ! Kurt Angle got pinned for DUI by authorities. Mmm… Schweddy Balls ice cream . The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 Opener The Beverly Hills housewives returned, controversially (above). Russel Armstrong’s family believes that he was murdered . Holly Durst and Blake Julian of Bachelor Pad are engaged! America’s Got Talent has revealed its final four. Is Lady Gaga dating Taylor Kinney now? Miley Cyrus is, like, so true to herself !

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REVIEW: Colin Firth’s Southern Accent the Least of Main Street’s Problems

Posted on September 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

At first glance, the formidable cast of Main Street appears to have gathered for a chance to work off the final original script from Horton Foote, the Pulitzered playwright and two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter (for 1962’s To Kill a Mockingbird and 1983’s Tender Mercies ) who passed away in 2009. But as the film creeps along with few signs of life, one begins to suspect the real reason they’re all there is to show off that most treasured item in any actor’s toolkit — the Southern accent. Main Street is an ensemble drama that functions as a display case for a range of regional drawls, from the authentic to absurd. Patricia Clarkson, playing Willa, a divorcee who’s returned to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina, easily walks away with best in show, but coming from Louisiana she’s in slightly more familiar territory than Colin Firth, who, as Gus Leroy, a representative of a toxic waste management company, is a sorely unconvincing Texan.

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REVIEW: Overstyled Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Fumbles Singer-Songwriter’s Myth

Posted on September 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The bold, relatively brief life of Serge Gainsbourg, the French singer, songwriter and svengali who died in 1991, is twice removed from the story told by Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life . First-time writer and director Joann Sfar has said that polishing the fine points of that life — ceding to biographical “truth” — was of no interest to him. A top-flight fan and best-selling comic book artist, Sfar was intent on avoiding the brash outlines of a biopic in favor of a certain sort of homage, the tender evocation of style and personality in place of strict chronology and narrative arc. A parallel determination to inhabit his hero’s life with an intensely personal, interpretive gusto bends the film back into a more conventional shape; the big moments play out with the giddy gratification of fan fiction. Both abstract and very specific, Sfar’s inspirations abound such that they frequently overshadow those of his subject.

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Ask a Programmer: Movieline’s Guide to 5 Major Fall Film Festivals

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Just ask Movieline Chief Critic Stephanie Zacharek, who is already stationed in Venice for the season’s first major film festival: Fall is the happening time for these organized movie galas. In honor of this fest upswing — and Movieline’s week-long seasonal cinema celebration — we contacted authorities at the Telluride, Toronto, New York, London and AFI film festivals to pick their brains about the programming process, their events’ unique identities in the fest circuit and much more. For festival novices, consider this a primer for the autumn film festivals. And for the seasoned vets out there, enjoy these behind-the-scenes accounts of the rigorous preparation that goes into selecting tomorrow’s award-winning films.

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REVIEW: Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark Makes a Grand, Loopy Spectacle with Detective Dee

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When I saw Hong Kong producer-director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame at the Venice Film Festival last year, I lamented that although American viewers would probably be able to track the movie down on DVD or online, the picture wasn’t likely to get a U.S. theatrical release. Happily, I was wrong, and if you’re lucky enough to live in one of the cities where Detective Dee is playing, you too will now have a chance to witness Tsui’s glorious and somewhat unhinged vision as he tackles an episode in the real-life history of China — the ascent of the first female emperor to the throne — adding fanciful touches like spontaneous human combustion and mysterious creepy-crawlies with dangerous powers. It’s the kind of ambitious, loopy spectacle that begs to be seen on the big screen if at all possible.

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REVIEW: Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark Makes a Grand, Loopy Spectacle with Detective Dee

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REVIEW: Even 4 Dimensions Can’t Redeem Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Posted on August 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The idea that Machete , Robert Rodriguez’s grindhouse tribute, was inspired in part by his Spy Kids trilogy of the early aughts is an appealing one. Danny Trejo played a kid’s idea of a bad guy named Machete in the films, then helped carry a genre mutation of the character over into bloody B-movie territory. So it seems fitting that Rodriguez was inspired in turn, on the set of Machete , to reanimate his Spy Kids franchise. It might even bode well. But the germ of the idea — Machete star and new mom Jessica Alba wrestling with an exploding diaper in full costume — is little transformed in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World , despite two added dimensions and a brand new cast.

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Dr. Conrad Murray Seeking Jury Sequestration, Protection From "Character Assassination"

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Dr. Conrad Murray’s legal team believes sequestering the jury is the only way to ensure his fair trial in the Michael Jackson manslaughter case. Charged with involuntarily causing the King of Pop’s death, Murray wants the court protect him and the system from “character assassinations.” The name Nancy Grace has come up more than once from Murray’s lawyers, citing the case of Casey Anthony , who ended up walking in July. Dr. Conrad Murray ‘s lawyers say the only reason the Anthony jurors were unswayed by the media skewering of Anthony was because they were sequestered. According to documents, Grace and others engaged in “nonstop on-air abuse of not only the defendant, but the jurors and defense attorneys involved.” The legal docs claim , “There is reasonable expectation that Dr. Murray’s trial will be the most publicized in history,” and that of the several hundred jurors polled during jury selection, only one claimed not to have heard of the case. Judge Michael Pastor said last month he would consider sequestering the jury, although he felt it was unnecessary and expensive. Stay tuned … [Photo: WENN.com]

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Aubrey O’Day Does What Aubrey O’Day Does Best

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Aubrey O’Day is still around, and doing whatever it is she does. The singer/reality star was out on the town at a launch party for Kim Kardashian ‘s Kollection on Wednesday evening in a pink and black striped “dress.” Aubrey was seen at another point that same night at a party for the LG Revolution wearing the same thing, and at a Verizon party the following night. Same outfit. Why argue with a good thing? Or two? In the mind of Aubrey O’Day, nothing demands major breast exposure like a party for Kim Kardashian, a new cell phone or clothes you can buy at Sears . [Photo: WENN.com]