Start your engines.
Hollywood players are falling over themselves in the hopes of landing a new movie package featuring the “Ocean’s 11” team of George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who will reunite under the watchful eye of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” director Jon Watts. According to the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, the package has drawn interest from a cavalcade of would-be buyers including Lionsgate, Apple, Sony, Netflix, Universal, Amazon, Annapurna and Warner Bros. Phew.
It’s not hard to see why everyone is breaking out their checkbooks — two A-listers + hot director = box office winner/streaming standout. The deal calls for Watts to write, direct and produce the film with Clooney and Pitt sliding into the lead roles. Their production labels, Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures and Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, will produce the picture.
Plot details, scant as they are, are being guarded like the Hope Diamond. Here’s what we do know.
Hollywood players are falling over themselves in the hopes of landing a new movie package featuring the “Ocean’s 11” team of George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who will reunite under the watchful eye of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” director Jon Watts. According to the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, the package has drawn interest from a cavalcade of would-be buyers including Lionsgate, Apple, Sony, Netflix, Universal, Amazon, Annapurna and Warner Bros. Phew.
It’s not hard to see why everyone is breaking out their checkbooks — two A-listers + hot director = box office winner/streaming standout. The deal calls for Watts to write, direct and produce the film with Clooney and Pitt sliding into the lead roles. Their production labels, Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures and Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, will produce the picture.
Plot details, scant as they are, are being guarded like the Hope Diamond. Here’s what we do know.
- 9/24/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Two m.o.’s for Sacha Baron Cohen when he is shooting his satirical-political man-on-the-street movies: Don’t get arrested, and don’t have your cover blown.
His sublime brilliance: He’s always prepared, even if it means bringing a lawyer to set.
In a very special Crew Call podcast, the Oscar nominated Borat scribe-actor-producer tells us about his brushes with the law on Bruno, as well as with the Secret Service at the right-wing Cpac conference during the shooting of Borat Subsequent Film. That’s the moment when Baron Cohen busts into the arena dressed as Donald Trump.
“I knew I was going to be surrounded by the Secret Service. I knew that it could be perceived as a threat against the Vice President. I got escorted by close to 15 Secret Service, Capitol Police and event security. My aim was to not give my ID because if word got...
His sublime brilliance: He’s always prepared, even if it means bringing a lawyer to set.
In a very special Crew Call podcast, the Oscar nominated Borat scribe-actor-producer tells us about his brushes with the law on Bruno, as well as with the Secret Service at the right-wing Cpac conference during the shooting of Borat Subsequent Film. That’s the moment when Baron Cohen busts into the arena dressed as Donald Trump.
“I knew I was going to be surrounded by the Secret Service. I knew that it could be perceived as a threat against the Vice President. I got escorted by close to 15 Secret Service, Capitol Police and event security. My aim was to not give my ID because if word got...
- 2/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
For some odd reason, over the past several decades many a wannabe comics creator has consulted me for advice. That’s quite nice; it makes me feel like I might know something. Of course, that also means I’ve been around the block so many times I’m prone to tripping over my own tracks. That’s the yin and yang of life.
No matter who the victim wannabe is, be that person a writer wannabe, an artist wannabe, or in extremely rare and unusual cases an editor wannabe, there are several chunks of hot glowing wisdom that I try to impart. Now you, if you’re a wannabe or you’re simply comics-curious, get to experience some of these radiant pearls without having to suffer through what I alone like to think of as “my sense of humor.”
I shall start with the most important lesson of them all.
No matter who the victim wannabe is, be that person a writer wannabe, an artist wannabe, or in extremely rare and unusual cases an editor wannabe, there are several chunks of hot glowing wisdom that I try to impart. Now you, if you’re a wannabe or you’re simply comics-curious, get to experience some of these radiant pearls without having to suffer through what I alone like to think of as “my sense of humor.”
I shall start with the most important lesson of them all.
- 4/19/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
For some odd reason, over the past several decades many a wannabe comics creator has consulted me for advice. That’s quite nice; it makes me feel like I might know something. Of course, that also means I’ve been around the block so many times I’m prone to tripping over my own tracks. That’s the yin and yang of life.
No matter who the victim wannabe is, be that person a writer wannabe, an artist wannabe, or in extremely rare and unusual cases an editor wannabe, there are several chunks of hot glowing wisdom that I try to impart. Now you, if you’re a wannabe or you’re simply comics-curious, get to experience some of these radiant pearls without having to suffer through what I alone like to think of as “my sense of humor.”
I shall start with the most important lesson of them all.
No matter who the victim wannabe is, be that person a writer wannabe, an artist wannabe, or in extremely rare and unusual cases an editor wannabe, there are several chunks of hot glowing wisdom that I try to impart. Now you, if you’re a wannabe or you’re simply comics-curious, get to experience some of these radiant pearls without having to suffer through what I alone like to think of as “my sense of humor.”
I shall start with the most important lesson of them all.
- 4/19/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
In 1993, a Filipino prospector named Michael de Guzman emerged from the jungles of Busang, Indonesia claiming to have found one of the largest gold deposits on record — he partnered with a Canadian conglomerate called Bre-x Minerals Ltd., and eventually took the fall for the most famous gold mining scandal of the late 20th century.
In 2011, screenwriters Patrick Massett and John Zinman (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) decided to take the Bre-x story, arbitrarily transplant it to the late 1980s, and re-conceive it as a trite rise and fall parable about the seduction of the American Dream — the result, ultimately directed without distinction by Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana”), unfolds like a chintzy ripoff of David O. Russell ripping off Martin Scorsese ripping off real life, a movie that tries to sell us the most boring version of a story that has already been panned for all of its treasure and then some.
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In 2011, screenwriters Patrick Massett and John Zinman (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) decided to take the Bre-x story, arbitrarily transplant it to the late 1980s, and re-conceive it as a trite rise and fall parable about the seduction of the American Dream — the result, ultimately directed without distinction by Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana”), unfolds like a chintzy ripoff of David O. Russell ripping off Martin Scorsese ripping off real life, a movie that tries to sell us the most boring version of a story that has already been panned for all of its treasure and then some.
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- 12/30/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Every week, a member of the Nashville cast will blog about the latest episode on ABC. This week, it's Charles Esten (Deacon Claybourne) weighing in on the season premiere, which included both a live performance by the actor of a song he wrote with singer-songwriter Deana Carter ("Strawberry Wine") as well as some momentous developments in the Deacon-Rayna-Luke love triangle.The song I sang live, "I Know How to Love You Now," has a cool little story. It all started when I bumped into country music artist Deana Carter flying back and forth to Los Angeles. She knew me because...
- 9/25/2014
- by Charles Esten, @charlesesten
- PEOPLE.com
Every week, a member of the Nashville cast will blog about the latest episode on ABC. This week, it's Charles Esten (Deacon Claybourne) weighing in on the season premiere, which included both a live performance by the actor of a song he wrote with singer-songwriter Deana Carter ("Strawberry Wine") as well as some momentous developments in the Deacon-Rayna-Luke love triangle.The song I sang live, "I Know How to Love You Now," has a cool little story. It all started when I bumped into country music artist Deana Carter flying back and forth to Los Angeles. She knew me because...
- 9/25/2014
- by Charles Esten, @charlesesten
- PEOPLE.com
Washington, Jan. 29: Researchers have unveiled a newly found secret of the Hope diamond, which was brought from India in the 17th century.
French mineral scientist Francois Farges and Jeffrey Post, the Smithsonian's curator of minerals found a 17th-century lead replica of the 45.52-carat diamond in 2009 among the National d'Histoire Naturelle's collection, Fox News reported.
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the researchers found that when King Louis Xiv was in the possession of the diamond, it was mounted on a gold background and was cut in a way that could cause a sun to appear at the blue stone's center-all too appropriate for the Sun King, whose colors were blue and gold.
Louis Xiv has bought the originally.
French mineral scientist Francois Farges and Jeffrey Post, the Smithsonian's curator of minerals found a 17th-century lead replica of the 45.52-carat diamond in 2009 among the National d'Histoire Naturelle's collection, Fox News reported.
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the researchers found that when King Louis Xiv was in the possession of the diamond, it was mounted on a gold background and was cut in a way that could cause a sun to appear at the blue stone's center-all too appropriate for the Sun King, whose colors were blue and gold.
Louis Xiv has bought the originally.
- 1/29/2014
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
"White Collar" returned Thursday (Jan. 9) with a twist that we thought might be coming last December. Read on to find out what it is.
It turns out Rebecca is a double agent. She's been working with Curtis Hagen all along to get her hands on the Mosconi Codex and ultimately, one half of a pair of diamonds that once sat as the eyes in the Idol of Sita -- the first half being a rather famous gem residing in the Smithsonian known as the Hope Diamond.
Neal and Peter make the discovery about Rebecca by locating the apartment of someone both Hagen and the late Agent Siegel were watching. In the apartment is some high-tech reconnaissance work done on Neal, Peter and the entire White Collar division, dating back a year. They realize Rebecca is the apartment's occupant and that she faked her own kidnapping to get the final piece...
It turns out Rebecca is a double agent. She's been working with Curtis Hagen all along to get her hands on the Mosconi Codex and ultimately, one half of a pair of diamonds that once sat as the eyes in the Idol of Sita -- the first half being a rather famous gem residing in the Smithsonian known as the Hope Diamond.
Neal and Peter make the discovery about Rebecca by locating the apartment of someone both Hagen and the late Agent Siegel were watching. In the apartment is some high-tech reconnaissance work done on Neal, Peter and the entire White Collar division, dating back a year. They realize Rebecca is the apartment's occupant and that she faked her own kidnapping to get the final piece...
- 1/10/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I.m a total Christmas tree snob. It takes me at least an hour to wander through a Christmas tree lot and pick out the most beautiful option available. If I.m going to put something inside my home, for a month, I want it to be as visually appealing as possible. Unfortunately, not everyone has the magic touch. A high percentage of people, apparently without common sense or eyes, buy miserable-looking wobbly eyesores and then show them off like they.re displaying the Hope Diamond. Movie characters are no exception either. An inordinate number of them seem to make horrible choices when it comes to trees, and more often than not, these barky mistakes go completely unmentioned. Well, since today is Christmas, it seems like the perfect time to take a look back and finally call out some of these families for their extremely ugly tastes. Here are four...
- 12/26/2013
- cinemablend.com
Packed with a plethora of talent heading the cast - Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula, Cheyenne Jackson and Dan Aykroyd - and supposedly the final feature film from Academy Award-winning auteur Steven Soderbergh, HBO's Behind The Candelabra is a shimmering, glittering Hope Diamond of a musical biopic - and, also, an all-too-befitting final film to feature musical arrangements by the late, great Marvin Hamlish.
- 5/27/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Who will lead the United States for the next four years? We won’t know for sure until tomorrow night — but according to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, President Obama should expect to achieve victory. Well, on South Park, anyway.
Comedy Central revealed today that the animated comedy’s next episode, which airs the day after the election, is titled “Obama Wins!” But don’t take this as a sign that Parker and Stone have gotten liberal in their old age. The pair has spent 16 seasons gleefully skewering targets from all over the political spectrum, resisting easy labels like “reactionary” or “progressive.
Comedy Central revealed today that the animated comedy’s next episode, which airs the day after the election, is titled “Obama Wins!” But don’t take this as a sign that Parker and Stone have gotten liberal in their old age. The pair has spent 16 seasons gleefully skewering targets from all over the political spectrum, resisting easy labels like “reactionary” or “progressive.
- 11/5/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
When life grants you a news item about Alicia Silverstone's love of chewing up sorghum and mouth-feeding it to her infant, you have two options: 1) Sit around and think about the gamey taste of Alicia Silverstone's kind saliva or 2) relish the resurgence (regurgitation?) of Alicia Silverstone in pop culture and totally re-watch Clueless. It has aged like a yellow-plaid version of the Hope Diamond, kids, stunning and streamlined even now. As we learned with Nine to Five last week, it's time we started awarding the mantle of "best movie ever" to films that actually matter to us. The movies we revisit, with ease. The movies that have nothing to do with bold auteurism or Charles Foster Kane, but important matters like bold humor, funny women, strong outfits, confidence, unpretentious smarts, and best of all, funny women again. Clueless may look and sound like a feature-length Luscious Jackson video set in Holmby Hills,...
- 4/4/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Actress Faye Dunaway has offered up the keys to her New York home after her landlord filed legal papers to have her evicted.
The Bonnie and Clyde icon currently leases a one-bedroom, rent-stabilised apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side for just over $1,000 (£625) a month, almost half the going rate for the area.
On Tuesday, her landlord Henry Moses Jr. filed a lawsuit against the actress in a bid to have her evicted, insisting she should not be eligible for rent regulation as state laws require the tenant to use that property as their primary home - and claimed that Dunaway spends most of her time in Los Angeles.
The star has now hit back, alleging she moved out of the property in May because Moses Jr. "refused to paint the house, and bugs were everywhere".
She tells the New York Times, "I have not been evicted. I have chosen to leave because of the state of the apartment, and also because I am spending less and less time in New York."
Moses Jr.'s lawyer, Craig Charie, claims Dunaway called him on Wednesday and offered to hand back the apartment keys - but he's waiting for a more formal arrangement before allowing the property to be cleared of Dunaway's belongings.
Charie says, "As of now, I don't have legal possession; she hasn't put a thing in writing. What if she goes in there and later claims, 'I had the Hope Diamond there and my Oscar in there and you took it'?"...
The Bonnie and Clyde icon currently leases a one-bedroom, rent-stabilised apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side for just over $1,000 (£625) a month, almost half the going rate for the area.
On Tuesday, her landlord Henry Moses Jr. filed a lawsuit against the actress in a bid to have her evicted, insisting she should not be eligible for rent regulation as state laws require the tenant to use that property as their primary home - and claimed that Dunaway spends most of her time in Los Angeles.
The star has now hit back, alleging she moved out of the property in May because Moses Jr. "refused to paint the house, and bugs were everywhere".
She tells the New York Times, "I have not been evicted. I have chosen to leave because of the state of the apartment, and also because I am spending less and less time in New York."
Moses Jr.'s lawyer, Craig Charie, claims Dunaway called him on Wednesday and offered to hand back the apartment keys - but he's waiting for a more formal arrangement before allowing the property to be cleared of Dunaway's belongings.
Charie says, "As of now, I don't have legal possession; she hasn't put a thing in writing. What if she goes in there and later claims, 'I had the Hope Diamond there and my Oscar in there and you took it'?"...
- 8/4/2011
- WENN
We’ve received all the covers for DC Comics August solicitations, and Flashpoint promises that worlds will live, worlds will die, and the DC Universe will never be the sa– oh, sorry, that was the tagline for Crisis On Infinite Earths, back when I worked at Flashpoint. I’m so confused…
My favorite item for the month is pictured above, the Sergio Aragones version of Batman from Batman: Black & White. But there are some absolute art gems here, including Darwyn Cooke’s Jsa cover, and Frank Quitely’s redoing of Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson’s cover for Green Lantern #52.
As for the rest of the books, take a look… as usual, spoilers ahead:
War Of The Green Lanterns Aftermath #2
Written by Tony Bedard
Art by Miguel Sepulveda
Cover by Tom Fleming
1:10 Variant cover by Miguel Sepulveda
The blockbuster “War of the Green Lanterns” event has rocked the...
My favorite item for the month is pictured above, the Sergio Aragones version of Batman from Batman: Black & White. But there are some absolute art gems here, including Darwyn Cooke’s Jsa cover, and Frank Quitely’s redoing of Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson’s cover for Green Lantern #52.
As for the rest of the books, take a look… as usual, spoilers ahead:
War Of The Green Lanterns Aftermath #2
Written by Tony Bedard
Art by Miguel Sepulveda
Cover by Tom Fleming
1:10 Variant cover by Miguel Sepulveda
The blockbuster “War of the Green Lanterns” event has rocked the...
- 5/16/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
To mark the 50th anniversary of the donation of the world.s most famous diamond to the National Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Channel will unlock the Mystery of the Hope Diamond on Sunday, November 21 at 8Pm Et/Pt, and M&C.s getting in on the mystery by giving away a Smithsonian Channel Prize Pack . which includes a Smithsonian duffle bag, Hope Diamond book and more! Narrated by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Kim Basinger, the special tells the definitive story of the gem, mixing history, science and legend. It features two exclusive events: the creation of new 21st century setting selected by the American people and an audacious experiment to reveal the inner secrets of the...
- 11/17/2010
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
The Hope Diamond: Cursed or maligned? To mark the 50th anniversary of the donation of the world.s most famous diamond to the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Channel will premiere a one-hour special, Mystery of the Hope Diamond on Sunday, November 21 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Kim Basinger will narrate the special. The film tells the definitive story of the gem, mixing history, science and legend. It features two exclusive events: the creation of new 21st century setting selected by the American people and an audacious experiment to reveal the inner secrets of the diamond. The Hope Diamond has been on display since September of 2009 with no...
- 10/27/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Ain’t this a damn shame? Toni Braxton — Toni Braxton — has had to file for bankruptcy. Don’t believe us? Allow these court papers that we really shouldn’t have access to do the speaking for us: Braxton claims she owes up to $50 million dollars. 50 Million Dollars. How the hellllllllll did you get $50 million dollars in debt, Toni Braxton?? Well, according to Splash News, “her list of creditors include jewelery store Tiffany’s, high end hotels like the Peninsula and the Westin, and La’s Parking Violations Bureau.” How many Parking Tickets did Toni Braxton rack up?! Do you understand how many times you would have to double park in order to get even a million dollar’s worth of parking tickets? And what the F*Ck was she buyin’ at Tiffany’S (–Chris Rock) that she spent nearly $50 million?? Did they find the Heart of the Ocean? The No Hope Diamond?...
- 10/7/2010
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
It turns out that the tan suit O.J. Simpson was wearing when acquitted of murder has not reached national treasure status. The Smithsonian Institution has unequivocally rejected an attempt by a former Simpson agent to donate the duds to its archive, which includes awesome artifacts like Dorothy's ruby slippers, the Hope diamond, John Dillinger's gun and other items that have played significant roles in U.S. culture. "The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will not be collecting O.J. Simpson's suit," read a brief statement on the museum website. "The decision was made by the museum's curators together with the director." Apparently, the decision was made...
- 3/2/2010
- E! Online
Ben Stiller is heading back to the Smithsonian museum - as the star of the Washington, D.C. institute's new orientation film.
The Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian star has taped a 10-minute guide which will be shown continuously in the Smithsonian Castle visitors center.
In the short film, the funnyman shows off institute highlights, including the Hope Diamond and the famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.
The Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian star has taped a 10-minute guide which will be shown continuously in the Smithsonian Castle visitors center.
In the short film, the funnyman shows off institute highlights, including the Hope Diamond and the famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.
- 8/19/2009
- WENN
The con is back on! Less than four months after Nate Ford and his band of rogues busted the insurance company that allowed his son to die, they’re back for an all-new season of capers.
We’ve moved a few months later and from Los Angeles to Boston, where Nate is on the verge of accepting a job with another insurance company before he realizes he’s not happy with that. He’d rather go have another drink (he’s quit drinking, or has he?), but before he can cross the street to the bar, he’s nearly killed by a car which strikes a lamppost and flips over him (only on TV, people). Being the good guy he is, Nate rescues the driver and his daughter before seeing a hoodlum make off with a briefcase in the backseat. Something’s not right here: the brakes on the car have failed,...
We’ve moved a few months later and from Los Angeles to Boston, where Nate is on the verge of accepting a job with another insurance company before he realizes he’s not happy with that. He’d rather go have another drink (he’s quit drinking, or has he?), but before he can cross the street to the bar, he’s nearly killed by a car which strikes a lamppost and flips over him (only on TV, people). Being the good guy he is, Nate rescues the driver and his daughter before seeing a hoodlum make off with a briefcase in the backseat. Something’s not right here: the brakes on the car have failed,...
- 7/16/2009
- by Brittany Frederick
- TVovermind.com
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