“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”–Minus MJ
Judith Hill belts it out in Beverly HIlls The occasion: a glitzy luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel honoring the nominees of the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards, to be broadcast live on FOX Friday Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.—but tape-delayed on the West Coast from the Shrine Auditorium. The highlight: singer Judith Hill, Michael Jackson’s duet partner on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” in “This is It,” gave a solo, gut-wrenching performance...
Cineastes Unite: Save Film at LACMA!
It’s looking more and more likely that the much-deserved outrage raining down upon LACMA’s Michael Govan for his decision to shut down the museum’s film program may result in its rebirth. That’s my optimistic take on this controversy at this moment–and my fervent hope. Between Martin Scorsese’s pointed editorial in today’s Los Angeles Times and the new and growing by the minute Facebook group,...
Christian Bale: What Don’t You Effin Understand?
So a diva movie star throws a hissy fit on set. Big news, right? Only this time, we get to hear the whole thing–months after the fact of Bale going ballistic on a DP who distracted him by walking around in the scene during the shot for “Terminator Salvation.” http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/02/bale-went-ballistic/ Yeah, it gets repetitive and the rant escalates because the DP didn’t really explain himself or...
Twilight Madness: Rob Pattinson Revealed
It was probably like meeting Daniel Radcliffe before the first “Harry Potter” film. Or, more analagous to meeting Brad Pitt before he broke out huge with “Thelma & Louise.” I had a chance to speak with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson recently–one on one in Beverly Hills hotel room without any handlers present–after seeing the film at a special screening the night before. If not, I...
The Girls Win the B.O. Battle!
Congrats to my favorite Weekend Update team, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, for having the #1 movie at the box office this weekend, Baby Mama. Must admit I haven’t seen it yet, and the clips look pretty dopey, but right on! Yes, women can do theatrical comedy successfully by a man’s measure. Harold and Kumar came in a close second with Guantanamo Bay, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall notched third place. Perhaps Judd Apatow and...
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