Rumors have been flying that Chris Brown and Rihanna are getting back together, however, dude is still dating Karrueche Tran, and it’s apparently going well. Sources close to Karrueche say that she is not perturbed by the rumors about Rihanna, because she is currently dating – and living with (!) Chris Brown. Guess she would know better than a bunch of tabloids … Furthermore, after Brown made his not-so-secret appearance at Rihanna’s birthday party , he whisked Karrueche off to Miami for a romantic Valentine’s Day. Aww. So all is well in paradise? Looks like it. Probably. Maybe. A source tells Us Weekly that Karrueche knows that Chris Brown and Rihanna have hooked up (she thinks it happens at the studio), but is sanguine about it all. She isn’t going to throw away her meal ticket break up with her boyfriend over a few minor indiscretions, after all … you gotta look at the big picture here. So Us claims, anyway. Karrueche Tran is an aspiring model, if anyone wondered/cared. One who does not care about his past, obviously. Miranda Lambert would not approve.
From breaking up to making up, all is good again for Dianna Agron and Sebastian Stan. A source confirms to Us Weekly that the Glee star and recurring Gossip Girl player are “back together,” saying the reconciliation took place “over Golden Globes weekend.” Need further evidence? Witnesses spotted the pair having dinner on Valentine’s Day and sharing a kiss afterward while waiting for their car. HOT! Smile, Sebastian Stan! You’ve totally seen Dianna Agron naked! Agron and Stan split in December after seven months because, insiders claim, the actress was worried about the actor cheating on her. They were also working on opposite sides of the country. But a friend of Stan’s says Sebastian would “never” step out on Agron and she apparently now believes the same. [Photos: WENN.com]
Happy Friday! Everything’s terrible: “Perhaps, then, people are staying away from movie theaters not because the economy’s bad, but because movies cost too damn much. And because the movies being shown aren’t particularly good. And because paying an extra $5 for a mediocre film in 3D is a rip-off. And because most households are already paying around $100 a month for cable and movie channels at home, as well as another $9 or more for Netflix or some other service. And because a DVD rental at Redbox costs just a bit over $1. And… well, you get the picture.” And let’s not forget that scourge known as other moviegoers . [ Time ] [Photo: Shutterstock ]
With its soapy survey of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, the new NBC potboiler Smash is clinging to reasonably good ratings since launching last week. And now The Weinstein Company, never one to miss an opportunity, has discreetly hitched its double Oscar nominee My Week With Marilyn to Smash ‘s own (alleged) Marilyn-fueled momentum. There’s the obvious Oscarcast factor as well, but the implications in this note just over the ML transom are clear enough: The Weinstein Company announced today that they are expanding MY WEEK WITH MARILYN into 600 theaters nationwide. This will give audiences a chance to see for the first time or revisit the film in theaters in advance of the awards. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN garnered two Academy Award Nominations for Michelle Williams, Best Actress, and Kenneth Branagh, Best Supporting Actor. Audiences are again embracing Marilyn Monroe with the success of the film and now the small screen hit, SMASH. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN is currently in select theaters and will be expanding on February 24th. A little desperate, sure, but at least it beats ” WHAT MOVIE REPRESENTS THE THING THAT HAPPENED IN CINEMA THIS YEAR? ” You’ve come a long-ish way, Harvey. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
I wanted to believe James Cameron &mdash I really did! &mdash but it turns out that the 3-D conversion of his megahit Titanic is not only the craven cash grab we all feared, but it’s also a visually drab re-rendering of an otherwise extraordinary technical achievement. Womp wooomp . Paramount and Fox reportedly hosted a few dozen sold-out Valentine’s Day previews of the film, to which press elites like Roger Ebert and David Poland were invited for their reactions. (My invitation must have been lost in the mail, but hey, I had a hot date with Linsanity that night anyway.) And how about those reactions! First Ebert , who gives Titanic a thorough and conscientious second-over before getting to the takeaway we’re all waiting for: Cameron has justly been praised for being one of the few directors to use 3D usefully, in Avatar . But Titanic was not shot for 3D, and just as you cannot gild a pig, you cannot make 2D into 3D. There’s more to it than that. 3D causes a noticeable loss in the brightness coming from the screen. Some say as much as 20 percent. If you saw an ordinary film dimmed that much, you might complain to the management. Here you’re supposed to be grateful you had the opportunity to pay a surcharge for this defacement. If you’re alert to it, you’ll notice that many shots and sequences in this version are not in 3D at all, but remain in 2D. If you take off your glasses, they’ll pop off the screen with dramatically improved brightness. I know why the film is in 3D. It’s to justify the extra charge. That’s a shabby way to treat a masterpiece. ” Welllll ,” the skeptic says, “Ebert’s never liked 3-D.” Fair enough! So — take it away, Mr. Poland : I was happy that when we got to the theater, it turned out not to be IMAX 3D. Those glasses are ridiculous and I have only had one or two happy experiences with that specific format. (I quite like IMAX and don’t always dislike 3D.) So I didn’t get irritated by having the glasses on as we watched the hours of film roll by. However… I found myself wanting to take the glasses off repeatedly. And here is why: it’s like watching the movie through a filter. Call it darkness, call it clarity… call it what you like. But for me, especially on Titanic , the slight facial fur and occasional acne under the make-up on Kate Winslet and the small pock marks on Leonardo DiCaprio’s face are a part of the intimacy of the movie. The movie takes such painstaking efforts to get every detail right… I want to see them, including the imperfections. And with those glasses on, I could not. Some might be happy not to see detail… to have the image smoothed out even more. But not me. These people are beautiful. Their imperfections are beautiful. Anyway, this will make a fortune and quite possibly be your next reason for never going to the movies again , so… yeah. Mark your calendars . Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The Wedding Dance, a three-minute short film by an up and coming director, Elliot London, makes a simple but profound statement on love and marriage equality. The film and its surprising, touching ending have won raves since its release on Valentine’s Day, and is being used as a vehicle to fund Elliot’s next project. London is currently working on a full length feature called FRIEND, which takes an in-depth look at anti-gay bullying in the age of Facebook and Twitter. If it’s anything like this short film, it will be worth watching: The Wedding Dance Film
Lil Wayne claims he is not engaged to girlfriend Dhea , and that his recent proclamations of “SHE SAID YES!” referred only to her being his Valentine. Oooookay. The confusion arose at a Miami restaurant last night, when he paid the staff to slip a mammoth ass ring inside a dessert he had delivered to the table. Moments after the signature ice cream sundae (and ring) came, Weezy then jumped on top of their table shouted to the restaurant, “SHE SAID YES!” Everyone inside the restaurant believed the rapper had just popped the question, as did everyone else later that night, when Weezy tweeted, “She said yes!” Apparently not. Wayne later clarified, “I meant ‘she said yes’ to being my valentine!!! Hahahaha! Y’all krazy!” Not sure we’re the krazy ones here, Weez, but whatever. The sundae costs $43, ring not included. No word on what the ring was for if he and Dhea aren’t engaged, or what happened to that thing in general. [Photo: WENN.com]
In that contest to see who loves who more (and what better way to have a Valentine’s sports contest’), there may now be an answer. You’ll need an fMRI, of course. Is that a problem? The Love Competition from Brent Hoff on Vimeo . Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Mungowit’s End Discovery Date : 14/02/2012 23:06 Number of articles : 2
