Film legend and Movieline pal Sigourney Weaver turns 62 today, which means she’s been a working girl for almost 35 years. Damn, Ripley. Let’s pick her most underrated work on the big screen after the jump. Personally, I think I’ve pinpointed it. If your suggestion is You Again , I’m prepared to yell, “Get away from her, you bitch” at you.
Splendor in the Grass , Elia Kazan’s ode to teenage angst and adolescent obsession, turns 50 this Monday. The golden anniversary of William Inge’s torrid screenplay may not seem like a big deal to you, but if you haven’t seen Splendor in the Grass (which was a box office sensation in ’61), you’ve missed out on three important film moments: 1) the performance of Natalie Wood’s career; 2) the debut of a young buck named Warren Beatty; and 3) a level of teenage hysteria that is both extreme and extremely moving.
Band’s first song since the departure of Josh and Zac Farro seems to address breakup. By James Montgomery Paramore Photo: Jordan Strauss/ Getty Images “You” can be a worrisome word. A weighty one. By its very definition — “the one or ones being addressed” — it is up for interpretation, and when it’s used in a song, things get even more muddy. Does “you” refer to the listener or the public at large? Does it take the place of the subject of the lyric, someone who has wronged, inspired, doubted, betrayed the writer? Or does “you” even have to be a person? Couldn’t someone “want” or “love” a refreshing beverage or an old car or, you know, drugs? Shoot, now that we’re on the subject, maybe we’re never supposed to figure out who or what “you” is referring to (the classic example, of course, being Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” which is apparently about Warren Beatty … or David Geffen … or David Bowie, depending on whom you ask). I only bring this up because in Paramore’s brand-new song “Monster,” which premiered Friday on the band’s official
Let’s hear it for Mars Needs Moms ! The Robert Zemeckis-produced animated film crashed into the uncanny valley over the weekend with an estimated gross of just $6.8 million — which would be bad enough if Moms didn’t cost Disney a reported $150 million to make. ( Replacing Seth Green’s voice costs Benjamins , yo.) With Mars Needs Moms well on its way to becoming one of the biggest Hollywood debacles ever, what better time to remember some of Hollywood’s other biggest debacles? Ahead, nine of the worst bombs to ever detonate at a theater near you.
The Screen Actor’s Guild Awards recognize excellence in acting and we at MrSkin.com firmly (and we mean firmly ) believe that the most excellent thing an actress can do on the screen is take her clothes off in well-lit, full-view nude scenes. With that in mind, here’s a look at this year’s SAG nominees and where they’ve done their best skin. Natalie Portman , who’s also up for a Golden Globe, was nominated for her role as a bi-curious ballerina in Black Swan , but to check out what’s under her tutu you’ll need to pick up the 2007 short Hotel Chevalier , where she bares butt and side boob eight minutes in. Warren Beatty -bait Annette Benning was nominated for her role as a lesbian MILF in The Kids Are All Right . But you should check out Annette’s fully nude performance at the 36-minute mark of The Grifters . It will give your pants a lifter. Mr. Skin Hall-of-Famer give Nicole Kidman was nominated for Rabbit Hole . To see Nicole’s own rabbit hole, fast forward to the 42-mnute mark of the gangster drama Billy Bathgate , where she stands fully nude in front of a 3-way mirror. It’s a one-woman m
More sad news to report from Hollywood : Acclaimed stage, television and film director Arthur Penn passed away last night. No cause of death was immediately announced. Penn, who will be most remembered for directing Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, just turned 88 on Monday. [ NYT ]
“In retrospect, it’s all sort of hilarious,” says Annette Bening of the media circus in which her current life as star, mother, and wife of Warren Beatty began. Here she opens up about why she dislikes feminist complaints about Hollywood, what actors intimidate her, and just how unlikely it is her husband would approve of her doing a nude scene like the one she did in The Grifters .
One comic will stand at the end of tonight’s Last Comic Standing , and a disco legend will commemorate that victory with an anthem about survival. At first you were afraid, now you’re petrified.
Haven’t gotten around to reading Star , Peter Biskind’s biography of Warren Beatty? Better question: Hadn’t even realized it exists? Well, you’re not alone. The industry-anticipated book has bombed with regular readers since its release in a way that recalls Ishtar or Town and Country . So what happened? Look no further than the introduction.