This has awesome written all over it:
They’re supposed to make a movie based on said book, too!
FTW!
Mel Gibson is back with what appears to be a return to his roots, a kick-ass action flick. However, it seems he can’t get away from being well…Fuhrer-esque. Check out the line at 2:23 in the below trailer:
As some of you may know, Mel Gibson has been criticized in the past for being anti-Semitic…and well, that little line there doesn’t help his cause, does it?
Mel, can you at least turn down the volume on your Mein Kampf?
We love ya, always have…however, it’s our wits that make us men.
From Yahoo:
NEW YORK, New York — Former “Family Ties” star Meredith Baxter has revealed she is a lesbian.
Meredith, who starred as Michael J. Fox’s mother on the hit ’80s television show, confirmed the news to Matt Lauer on Wednesday’s “Today.”
“I guess I wanted to… say that I’m a lesbian,” Meredith revealed on the NBC morning program. “It was a later-in-life recognition of that fact.”
Meredith, 62, has been living life as a lesbian for seven years and confirmed to Matt that she has been involved in a relationship for four years with contractor Nancy Locke. But it was only after becoming involved with another woman that Meredith realized why her three marriages to men didn’t work out.
“I got involved with someone I never expected to get involved with and it was that kind of awakening and I never fought it because it was like, ‘Oh! I understand why I had the issues I had early in my life,’” Meredith said. “I had a great deal of difficulty connecting with men in relationships… Sometimes, I assumed I was a bad picker, which I was indeed, but I also was involved with people who made me think, ‘Oh, they’re the problem,’ because there were problems with the people I chose. It never occurred to me to think, ‘Oh, it’s me.’”
Meredith told Matt that sharing the news of her sexuality with her children, who range in ages from 25-42, was a lot easier than she expected.
“I said, ‘I think I’m gay.’ My oldest boy said, ‘I knew,’” Meredith laughed. “[They] are just very loving and supportive… The support from my family and anyone close to me has been so immediate and unqualified. I’ve really been blessed.”
The actress also revealed that her television family co-stars are aware she is gay.
“All my pals in ‘Family Ties’ know,” she said. “They all knew [when we had a reunion on 'Today' two years ago]. We all had dinners together and [TV husband] Michael Gross and his wife and Nancy and I go out, we’ve gone out many times. It’s all OK.”
Meredith said she and Nancy “live very out lives in Los Angeles” and the actress even went on a cruise with 1,200 lesbians not too long ago. But as for why she is speaking out now, Meredith said, in part, it was to share her story in her own words before a tabloid could put their spin on her life.
“I don’t want to be worried all the time and there’s some level of concern just because I am so private and you know, I knew I was pushing it,” Meredith said. “I was taking the step thinking, ‘OK, let’s just let it happen.’ … But the truth is, I did not want some tabloid to take a story and make it up, so I wanted it to be in my own words.”
The actress also said her life before she realized she was gay, was truthful.
“Some people are saying, ‘We’re you living a lie?’ The truth is, not at all. This has only been for the past seven years,” she said.
As for life now, Meredith said things are going really well.
“I’m extraordinarily happy,” she said.
A cruise with 1200 lesbians?? I don’t know if I should vomit or look for the footage.
I figured that dork who played Skippy was a bit fruity…oh well.
Sha la la laaaaaaa!
From Superherohype.com:
In a conference call held today, it has been announced that Disney will acquire Marvel for $4 billion. With the deal, any deals for movies and characters with other studios will stay in place, as set by the contracts signed with Marvel. John Lasseter met with Marvel last week about the possibility of teaming up Marvel and Pixar, which looks possible now. The deal with Paramount Pictures to distribute Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers will stay in place, but Disney mentioned that they want to distribute properties down the line.
- Here is the full press release:
Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.
Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration.
Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion.
“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”
“We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,” Iger said.
“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney’s tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Mr. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney’s global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel’s properties.
The Boards of Directors of Disney and Marvel have each approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, effectiveness of a registration statement with respect to Disney shares issued in the transaction and other customary closing conditions. The agreement will require the approval of Marvel shareholders. Marvel was advised on the transaction by BofA Merrill Lynch.
*sigh*
So now we would get an Incredible Hulk that turns seal blue when he gets slightly annoyed? Wolverine taking anger management sessions?
Worst.news.ever.
From Variety:
20th Century Fox has acquired a comedy pitch from writer Kevin Bisch (Hitch) called Avon Man. Hugh Jackman will star in the film. Bisch will write the script, and Jackman along with his Seed Prods. partner John Palermo will produce the film, here’s a description:
“The story follows men laid off from an auto dealership. One is reluctantly recruited into becoming an Avon salesman, and while the experience is initially emasculating, he uses his charm and good looks to become a top seller. The comedy takes on a “Full Monty” vibe when the car salesman sets out to save his financially strapped family and town by conscripting his buddies into the makeup business to win a regional contest.”
The story actually sounds realistic. I have heard the people who are victims of all these massive lay-offs are doing everything from delivering pizza to telemarketing. A person’s gotta put food on the table somehow…so why not whore yourself to sell some overpriced make-up?
Hugh Jackman is a good actor, but I’d like to see him in full-blown Wolverine costume selling Avon. I’m sure it’d be alot better than that abomination “Origins” movie. A movie like that writes itself! Wolverine goes undercover as an Avon salesman trying to penetrate the evil fortress of Magneto…or something.
In my little town, I heard there was a lady who actually won a car for selling the most Avon products…that’s alot of makeup and whatever else they have!
Avon is alot like working at Wal-Mart…in that they’re chains or “branches” everywhere and pretty much anyone with a pulse and a functional brain wave can do it. It’s also the longest running scam going, because the Avon heads know that all the new “salesladies” will sell it to all their friends and relatives then have a hard time selling anything thereafter.
That’s why Hugh Jackman should do the Avon movie in Wolverine mode, just slash anyone who doesn’t buy his Coconut Cinnamon lip gloss with glittery Adam Lambert foundation.
Flame on!
From Variety.com:
“Columbia Pictures is in advanced talks with David Fincher to direct “The Social Network,” the Aaron Sorkin-scripted film for Columbia Pictures about the formation of Facebook.
The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 200 million members.
Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca are producing with Trigger Street’s Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti.
The aim is to begin production later this year.
Fincher last directed “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
…because we ALL have been clamoring for a movie about Facebook!
So, it’s about a college kid playing around on his computer one night, had an idea, ran with it, and got mega-rich? That just screams Oscar! Perhaps they’ll use “Rudy” as a template.
Who’s going to play the stalkers? Pedophiles? Will Miley Cyrus play the teenage girl who uploads risque’ photos of herself for the world to see?
Oh wait…
She’s perfect for the part!
I just wonder if “Tom” over at Myspace is kicking himself for not thinking of this before. But, I’m sure they’ll be a flick about Myspace down the line once Facebook the Movie makes hundreds of dollars at the box-office.
From 411mania.com:
“According to Variety, Fox 2000 is looking to have Enchanted filmmaker Kevin Lima take charge of a film called Frank, which will be a romantic take on the classic Frankenstein character. Here is official synopsis for the film from IGN.com:
Story centers on a teenage prodigy who’s on the cutting edge of cell research in medical school and is encouraged by her guidance counselor to take a break from the lab and make some friends. After several unsuccessful attempts at socializing with her peers, she decides to use her scientific prowess and piece together a friend out of the med school’s instructional cadavers.”
Sounds alot like this movie:
*sigh*
Hollywood doesn’t have an original bone left in it’s body anymore.
Well, that’s not fair. What happens is that they take left over bones from others to make something new. Why do you think Dick Clark is still alive? He’s actually 154 years old! In reality, Hollywood is just one big science lab filled with actual Frankensteins, from it’s people to it’s movies.
Fire burns!
What is this, 1997??
Anyway, after many geek debates, online polls, Time Magazine articles, and one Hustler letter, I can understand where Cypher…the guy in the first Matrix film who sold his soul for a steak dinner to Agent Smith (who wouldn’t?), was coming from.
First of all, the guy was in love with Trinity…who then had the hots for Neo. Plus, he had to eat the same goop every day! If you were stuck on a ship in the “real world” for so long, had to eat the same runny snot-like food everyday, and the woman of your dreams decides she wants to hook up with some guy who says “Whoa” every other word, you’d be pretty pissed, too!
Was it sooooooooo bad that he wanted to be inserted back into the Matrix, i.e. “our world”, and lead a normal life? Sure, he wanted to be someone important and was willing to turn on his comrades to do so…but that isn’t anything certain celebrities that some of you worship haven’t done! As Cypher said to Agent Smith, “Ignorance is bliss!”
Sure, he off’ed a couple of his pals…but again, popular hip-hop artists do this everyday…and some fans just eat that lifestyle up. Cypher was no different than 50 Cent. Instead of “busting a cap”, Cypher busted….well, he unhooked people from their mortal coil.
Sadly, Cypher never got the chance to re-enter “our world” as he was killed by the operator of the Nebuchadnezzar…the ship that he and his former allies were the crew of.
Cypher, I felt your pain! To me…you’ll always be “The One!”
Shut Your Shithole!