Thursday, October 27, 2011
Vital Getting The 3 'Paranormal Activity' Films to Theaters
Around the heels of Paranormal Activity 3's box office success, Vital is joining track of choose Regal theaters over the U.S. to screen the 3 films within the horror franchise in chronological order.our editor recommends'Paranormal Activity 3' Only Survivor in Hollywood Horror Film BloodbathBox Office Report: 'Paranormal Activity 3' Scares Up Record-Breaking $54 Mil PHOTOS: Legendary Horror Movies For that cost of 1 movie ticket, moviegoers will have the ability to see Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Actiivity and Paranormal Activity 2 around the giant screen consecutive on Friday at 11 theaters, including ones in NY, La, Houston and Chicago. In the opening weekend, Paranormal Activity 3 gained $54 million within the domestic box office, the very best launch for any horror film and also the best October opening ever. Particularly, the 3rd installment within the required in $ten million a lot more than this past year's Paranormal Activity 2, the prior crownholder to find the best horror opening. Overseas, the threequel opened up to $26 million for any worldwide total of $80 million -- 16 occasions the film's $5-million production budget. VIDEO: 'Paranormal Activity 3' Promo Shows Retro Scares The Paranormal franchise is created by Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider. The entire listing of taking part theaters is the following: Regal E-Walk (NY, NY) Regal Ontario Structure (Ontario, CA) Regal LA Live (La, CA) Regal Kaufman Astoria (Astoria, NY) Regal Fresno Stadium (Fresno, CA) Regal Irvine Spectrum (Irvine, CA) Regal Marq*e Stadium (Houston, Texas) Regal Atlantic Station (Atlanta, GA) Regal City North (Chicago, IL) Regal Laguna Village (Sacramento, CA) Regal Cielo Vista (Dallas, Texas) Related Subjects Paranormal Activity 2 Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity 3
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Jennifer Coolidge Joins CBS 2 Broke Girls
EXCLUSIVE: Max and Caroline are getting a neighbor. Jennifer Coolidge is joining the cast of CBS’ hot freshman comedy 2 Broke Girls as a recurring. She will play Sophie, a hard-working woman that moves into Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline’s (Beth Behrs) apartment building in Williamsburg Brooklyn. It is a role that is being created specifically for her. Coolidge, probably best known for her MILF part in the American Pie movie franchise, once guest starred on the HBO comedy Sex And The City, which was ran by 2 Broke Girls‘ co-creator/showrunner Michael Patrick King.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
'Easy A's' Will Gluck, 'SNL' Writer Sell Father-Daughter Comedy to NBC (Exclusive)
Will Gluck continues his selling spree. NBC has ordered another script from the The Easy A and Friends with Benefitsdirector, marking his Oliver Bridge Entertainment's seventh sale this development season. The untitled single-camera comedy hails from Saturday Night Live scribeJessi Klein, who will write and executive produce. The project, from Mosaic and Olive Bridge in association with Sony Pictures TV,explores the vibrant yet fraught relationship that exists between fathers and daughters, as inspired by writer Klein's relationship with her colorful dad. Mosaic's Jimmy Miller,Sam Hansenand Gluck will join Kleinas non-writing executive producers. Klein, who sold a romantic comedyto Universal, is repped by UTA and Mosaic; Gluck, whose other recent sales includean ensemble comedyWalk of Shame(at ABC) and an untitled mocumentary (at NBC),is repped by UTA and Sloan Offer. Related Topics NBC Saturday Night Live TV Development
Monday, October 24, 2011
MTV's Killer Halloween: Style To Die For!
Welcome to MTV's Killer Halloween! All week long, we're looking at ten of the greatest horror movie villains of all time, and with your help, we'll determine once and for all just how powerful these murdering psychopaths and evil masterminds really are. Our contestants: Freddy Krueger ("A Nightmare on Elm Street"), Jason Voorhees ("Friday the Thirteenth"), Michael Myers ("Halloween"), Ghostface ("Scream"), Leatherface ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), Chucky ("Child's Play"), Norman Bates ("Psycho"), Pinhead ("Hellraiser"), Hannibal Lecter ("Silence of the Lambs") and Jigsaw ("Saw"). Today, before we get these killers to spill their guts and show us what they're really made of, we're focusing on something more at the surface: their style. A horror icon is nothing without an iconic look, and all ten of these killers have their own unique aesthetic to remember them by. Beyond the break, rank each horror villain's style points -- one being poor style, five being excellent style -- and check back tomorrow for the results and the next round of voting! Freddy Krueger He gifted hipsters with the sweater of their dreams -- or their nightmares, depending on your view. Plus, Freddy introduced the one-glove look to popular culture. No one else could be held responsible for that, right? Jason Voorhees The difference between Batman and his Gotham City impersonators? He's not wearing hockey pads. But the terror of Camp Crystal Lake has a different, more optimistic view on hockey equipment as a fashion statement than Gotham's Caped Crusader -- we tend to side with Jason on this one. Michael Myers It's not often that we here at MTV Movies go outside with our gas station attendant uniform and scary-man masks on, but when we do, we look a lot like the "Halloween" icon. Trust us, there's no better outfit to get your slow-walk on. Ghostface Talk about economical! Not only does Ghostface effectively terrify and slash his/her victims to bits, (s)he does it all in the comfort of a store-bought Halloween ghost costume. Working class killers, this costume's for you. Leatherface Wearing another human being's freshly removed face for a mask is typically frowned upon in our society. But in the horror killer circle, it's high-end fashion at its goriest. Leatherface, you're just showing off at this point! Chucky How could you possibly be afraid of a suspenders-wearing, ginger-colored Good Guy doll? Exactly. That suspension of terror you feel when looking upon Chucky is precisely what this killer has in mind when getting you to let your guard down. Norman Bates Mommy issues are one thing, but killing patrons of your remote motel while wearing your mommy's clothes? That's something else entirely. Something weird. Something terrifying. Something that most killers would kill for, probably. Pinhead Tight black leather with flowing gowns and roughly six million sharp pins protruding from your face: this is the go-to look of cenobite leader Pinhead. Even if you're not a fan, be careful how you rank Pinhead's style: you wouldn't want to suffer through an eternity of agony for one simple little poll, would you? Hannibal Lecter Hannibal is a man of many styles: masks made of human flesh ala Leatherface, restraint muzzles put in place to prevent him from eating visitors... the list goes on. We're told his costume is best enjoyed with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Jigsaw If you'd like to play a game, best to do it while operating one of Jigsaw's all too creepy murder devices. Wearing one of his gothic black robes is fashionable too, though perhaps not as iconic as the little Jigsaw puppets seen floating about the "Saw" movies. Justify your votes in the comments section or hit us up on Twitter!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
REVIEW: Tense, Timely Margin Call Evokes Occupy Wall Street Outrage
Margin Call isn’t the first film to peer into the moneyed, aspirationally heartless world of finance, and it’s not going to be the last, but it’s got a fair shot at being the one with the most masterful timing. J.C. Chandor’s feature debut aims to offers insight into the mindset of bankers poised to plunge the country into the 2008 economic crisis because of their own reckless conduct, and it reaches screens as Occupy Wall Street has spread across the U.S. and internationally, fueled in part by outrage about a lack of accountability in the financial and corporate world. The film’s not an indictment or a satire — it’s a tense but contemplative exploration of being on the other side of one of those mirrored skyscraper windows, of being in a precarious place of privilege, power and, most important of all, carefully guarded remove. Margin Call unfolds over 24 hours, give or take, and it rarely ventures out of the Manhattan office building in which its unnamed firm is based. When it does, it’s to head to other protective bubbles — the warmly lit interior of an upscale bar, the glide of a town car making its way through nighttime traffic, a walk around the block with headphones on. As, over the course of the night, higher and higher-ups within the company are called in like escalating bosses in a video game, they appear as if by magic, immaculate in businesswear at three in the morning. The highest-up of all, the reptilian John Tuld (Jeremy Irons), is flown in via helicopter to land on top of the building, as if he’s reached a point in his life and his career where his feet need not ever touch the ground. “It’s not a prison,” one character scoffs when another asks if he can go out for some air, but Margin Call makes it clear that membership here is a type of trap, one never more obvious than when you’re cast out. The film begins with layoffs, HR representatives circling a floor of people trying their best to concentrate on their work and pretend it’s just another day while awaiting the dreaded tap on the shoulder. Eric Dale (a very good Stanley Tucci) is let go that day, escorted out by security per corporate mandate, his phone already shut off. On his way down, he hands what he was working on to junior analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto), who plugs in some holes in Eric’s research and uncovers the fact that the firm’s been working outside its own risk algorithms for the last few days and is poised to lose everything in an increasingly unstable market headed for a crash. Margin Call’s high-powered cast — Kevin Spacey oversees the trading floor, Paul Bettany is his right hand man, and Demi Moore, Simon Baker, Penn Badgley and Aasif Mandvi fill other roles up and down the corporate ladder — adds to the seductive air of the whole environment. These people are painfully smart and so sleek in their pricey suits, and if they all seem to be miserable workaholics, well, that’s the price of being on top of the world. Bettany delivers a monologue explaining how he spent his $2.5 million salary last year, on a convertible, on his mortgage, on clothes and restaurants and booze and hookers (the last two he’s discovered he can write off as “entertainment”), while standing on top of the building overlooking the city and smoking an illicit cigarette. It doesn’t sound like a moment of triumph, but rather one of disillusionment — it’s just more money in your pocket to be spent. There’s a touch of wish fulfillment to Margin Call’s introspections — we’d like to believe there’s a sense of regret, or shame, or emptiness to this world. But it’s hard to find it wholly plausible that when an underling hears his boss’ outlandishly high salary he’d observe “that’s fucked up” instead of just imagining the life he’d lead if it were his and thinking of it as something to aspire to. Characters pause to deliver monologues every once in a while, and while the aforementioned one from Bettany and a similarly number-filled rant from Tucci are memorable, another from Irons is awfully on the nose, as are exchanges like this: “It’s like a dream.” “I don’t know, seems like we may have just woken up.” But these are minor quibbles — Margin Call’s strengths are of mood and the slick surfaces of things, and these elements are haunting long after the credits have rolled. How do you decide to screw over all of your colleagues and the rest of the world? By committing yourself to the koan that it’s just business, it’s just business, it’s just business, it’s just the way things are and always have been. “You have to believe you’re necessary,” one character insists, before telling another he’s certain to get fired. How do you let these things happen to everyone else? By avoiding being everyone else for as long as you possibly can.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Bill Cosby, Chita Rivera to discuss New you are able to city Benefit Show
NY (AP) At 74, Bill Cosby states he doesn't desire to dawdle."If you hit the 70 mark, numerous your pals are actually destroyed or are dead," the comedian and activist states by telephone. "You keep going, however, you will use a feeling that when you are walking forward, someone's turning the lights out behind you."Among America's most beloved and groundbreaking joke-tellers, Cosby provides his fame he's the initial black actor to win a lead actor Emmy and beloved for his groundbreaking series "The Cosby Show" to supply back."We really don't want spend time,Inch according to him of his septuagenarian peers. "I merely wouldn't like to leave without having to say because of people that are doing good. It need not be considered a large factor."Cosby finds among people things inside an March. 13 benefit for your organization Art Start at NY City's 1,500-chair Town Hall. The comedian will probably be grew to become an associate of by Chita Rivera and Mark Nadler for just about any one-evening-only performance of "Laugh, Sing, Dance.""I'll perform a a part of my demonstrate that I've been doing across the country," states Rivera, 78, who's a vintage friend of Cosby's. She'll be singing tunes from musicals she's most well-noted for, including "Hug in the Spider Lady," ''Chicago," ''West Side Story" and "Bye Bye Birdie."Art Start, now praising its 20th anniversary, remains delivering visual and undertaking arts programs for NY City's most at-risk youth, offering a energy outlet for children that are destitute, departing jail or coping with parents in crisis."Several of these children are destitute. The majority are feeling strongly unempowered, not receiving a choice about anything," Cosby states. "Through touching, feeling, hearing, seeing, these kids may be capable of disappear within the gloom inside their heart."Nadler, a singer and pianist who's an connect of Art Start's board of company company directors, introduced the two acclaimed artists together for your event. Ticket prices change from $35 to $150.Tony Award-winning Rivera was most recently on Broadway in "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Existence" and was recently seen in the Signature Theatre's output of "The Visit." She's undertaking a reading through through for just about any new musical which is slated to continue her concerts. Cosby delays for that relieve his new book, "I didn't Decide to get Born (However I am Glad I Used To Be)," which arrives November. 1.For Cosby, helping kids can be a mission and coping with use Rivera is just icing round the cake. "She's the most effective laughs. Period. Especially at our age," according to him. "She just laughs so desperately it is therefore my pleasure.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Kevin Hart: Laugh inside my Discomfort
A Codeblack Entertainment discharge of a Hartbeat Prods. and Codeblack Entertainment production in colaboration with Usual Suspects Prods. and Comedy Central Films. Created by Shaun Clanagan. Executive producers, Kevin Hart, Dork Becky. Co-producer, Quincy Newell. Directed by Leslie Small. Co-director, Kevin Hart. Special segment director, Tim Story. Script, Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells.With: Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Will "Spank" Horton, Harry Ratchford, Na'im Lynn, Dwayne Brown, Nate Cruz, Joey Wells, Ray King.Comedian Kevin Hart's hybrid standup film "Laugh inside my Discomfort" reaches its best if this takes that title to heart. Riding a deserved wave of recognition around the comedy circuit, Hart can unveil a sex gag with the best, but it is his gimlet-eyed take by himself rather unfunny troubles -- a drug-addict father, a lately deceased mother, the divorce -- that mark him like a funnyman worth attention. Folded in the U.S. Sept. 9 having a nontraditional African release to follow along with, pic should score more exposure in ancillary. Opening having a cordially funny bio around the star (a little by which he returns, a boastful overcoming hero, to his old Philadelphia 'hood, despite an overall total insufficient recognition from local figures, is really a riot), the meat from the film may be the diminutive standup's high-energy performance at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater, limned with live-wire explosiveness and pizzaz. An unusual scripted segment follows, casting Hart and the pals (including Taraji P. Henson) inside a largely forgettable "Reservoir Dogs" parody that may (and really should) be easily clipped for broadcast.Camera (color) editors, A.J. Dickerson, Spencer Averick production designer, Bruce Ryan costume designer, Shilla Benning art director, Ray Wiemer. Examined at Clearness screening room, Beverly Hillsides, August. 4, 2011. Running time: 87 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com
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