Author: Becca

entertainment, film

‘Brothers’ review

Becca

An old, cruddy quarter and a new, shiny quarter may look very different, but they’re both worth 25 cents.

In the same way, the gritty 2004 Danish filmBrødre and its current remake, Brothers, look very different, but are essentially the same strong story underneath it all.

The newer version, directed by Jim Sheridan with a screenplay written by David Benioff (The Kite Runner, Stay), mirrors the original so closely that it makes one wonder what would have happened if the filmmakers had instead decided to push the movie in a different direction. However, Brothers is an excellent view into the effects of war on the home and returned soldiers. Some emotional scenes are especially haunting, as the tension between the characters continues to escalate….

See the rest of the review here.

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Sweeps month’s TV guest stars

Becca

 

By Rebecca Ford, Metromix

For TV, November means it’s sweeps time, which means all of the broadcast networks are trying to entice us into watching their very best shows (sorry “Dollhouse”). The best way to buy our affection? Stunt casting with major celebs! November is packed with visiting stars, from Lady Gaga on “Gossip Girl” to Elizabeth Banks on “Modern Family.”

We’ve made a list of the biggest stars shaking things up this November. You’re welcome!

See the rest at Metromix

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Fifteen

Becca

This song makes me all sorts of nostalgic.


“Cuz when you’re fifteen, somebody tells you they love you
You’re gonna believe them
And when you’re fifteen
Don’t forget to look before you fall

I’ve found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you’re supposed to be
I didn’t know who I was supposed to be
at fifteen .”

entertainment, news

Swine flu celebrities

Becca

 

The athletes, actors and musicians who have contracted the H1N1 virus
Credit:Wireimage
By Rebecca Ford, Metromix
With nearly every state reporting swine flu activity, it’s clear that the H1N1 viral strain is not picky about who it infects. This means that even the actors, athletes and—gasp!—news anchors of the world are not immune. And if a nation can’t protect its celebs against catching the flu, haven’t the terrorists won?

By Rebecca Ford, Metromix

 

With nearly every state reporting swine flu activity, it’s clear that the H1N1 viral strain is not picky about who it infects. This means that even the actors, athletes and—gasp!—news anchors of the world are not immune. And if a nation can’t protect its celebs against catching the flu, haven’t the terrorists won?

While some celebrities have had serious cases of swine flu, others have used their celebrity knowledge to diagnose themselves (we’re looking at you, Lisa Rinna).

Click ahead to meet the famous-ish faces of the swine flu. Just make sure to wash your hands after clicking.

See the article at Metromix

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Nikki Finke in The New Yorker

Becca

I stumbled upon this article yesterday… It’s clearly written by a guy who lives in New York, trying to write about Hollywood, but interesting enough.

Call Me

Why Hollywood fears Nikki Finke.

by Tad Friend October 12, 2009

“I don’t pretty it up,” says Finke, who sometimes writes ten posts a day on her Web site, Deadline Hollywood Daily.

On February 5th, Universal Studios and Imagine Entertainment threw a cocktail party for their film “Frost/Nixon,” hoping to stir up buzz for its Oscars prospects. The event, at Nobu Los Angeles, drew many of the town’s entertainment journalists—a contentious bunch. As the guests snacked on yellowtail sashimi, Sharon Waxman, who the previous week had launched an entertainment-business Web site called The Wrap, fell into conversation with a group that included Brian Grazer, Imagine’s co-chairman. Waxman covered Hollywood for the Times from 2003 to 2007; though her reporting occasioned a number of corrections, she is aggressively self-confident. Turning to Grazer, Waxman made a provocative remark about the reporting of her former close friend and now bitter rival Nikki Finke. “She’s always been nice to me,” Grazer replied, before moving away at warp speed. When Finke later demanded that Waxman explain this exchange—Finke seems to have a Google Alert that pings whenever her work is discussed—Waxman denied that she’d been disparaging, and claimed that Grazer had turned white at the mention of Finke’s name: “Fear in the hearts of giants!”

Finke is fifty-five, and a longtime entertainment-business reporter. She runs the Web site Deadline Hollywood Daily out of her apartment in west Los Angeles; in three and a half years she has made D.H.D. Hollywood’s most dreaded news source. Marrying tabloid instincts to a strong Puritan streak, Finke portrays many of the town’s leaders as jackasses who golf at exclusive preserves, elbow underlings aside to hog the spotlight, downsize those underlings while lining their own pockets, and generally besmirch the fabric of civilization. Jeff Zucker, the C.E.O. and president of NBC Universal, is “one of the most kiss-ass incompetents to run an entertainment company”; Charles and James Dolan, who own Cablevision, are a “clown parade”; and Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom, is a “crazy old coot.”

See the rest at The New Yorker.