Celeb News Aggregate
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July 1 marks the halfway point of the movie year, and there is a clear winner among the major Hollywood studios. With the top 3 grossing movies of 2008, Paramount is riding high with both Marvel’s Iron Man and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull topping $300M and DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda at $181M now and a cinch for $200M+. The Melrose gang will be the first studio in history with back-to-back-to-back $200M+ grossing movies.
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Judd Apatow has enlisted Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill to join Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in his next directorial effort. The film had been untitled thus far but now has a moniker: Funny People.
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The MTV Movie Awards reached an all time high on Sunday when 'Pineapple Express' stars Seth Rogen and James Franco lit up a joint and flashed some fake weed onstage to promote their new film. The 'Freaks and Geeks' duo, who were presenting the Best Movie of the Summer So Far Award, didn’t get far with the stunt when MTV censored the team by pulling out to a wide shot leaving audiences at home to wonder what really happened.
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Teen comedy Superbad is leading the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards after picking up five nods, including Best Movie.
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The prolific Judd Apatow has lined up a cast of familiar faces for his next stab at directing: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann will team for the as-yet-untitled project. According to Variety, the comedy should start production in late summer or early fall.
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Spider-Man villain James Franco is blaming the extreme lengths he goes to tackle a role on the bust-up that cost him his friendship with Annapolis costar Tyrese Gibson.
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Tobey Maguire has confirmed the upcoming Spider-Man 3 will be the last time he plays the superhero on the big screen.
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R&B star-turned-movie star Tyrese Gibson has ruled out working with Spider-Man villain James Franco again after the two hunks fell out on the set of Annapolis.
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Spider-Man star James Franco has extended his best wishes to troubled Lindsay Lohan, after reportedly rebuffing her romantic advances at Prince's Golden Globe Awards after-party in Los Angeles last week.
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Lindsay Lohan reportedly checked herself into rehab on Wednesday after Spider-Man star James Franco rejected her romantic advances.
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Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has hinted he and his cast might be back for a fourth and final movie--because he still loves the web-slinging character.
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New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the third and final installment in director Peter Jackson's fantasy epic, continued its reign at the box office with a cork popping take of $51.2 million* over the holiday weekend. The Top 10: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cheaper by the Dozen Cold Mountain Something's Gotta Give Paycheck Mona Lisa Smile Pter Pan The Last Samurai Bad Santa Elf
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Antiwar celebs are making their political views known via--what else? the small screen. Martin Sheen, who plays fictional U.S. President Jed Bartlet on NBC's The West Wing, headlines a TV ad that debuts in Los Angeles and Washington today. Also: Michael Jackson R Kelly Adam Johnny Paycheck Rich Alfred Molina Doc Ock Spider-Man sequel Jud Taylor Martin Sheen Trista Rehn The Bachelorette Nelly
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Box office report Sept. 15 Barbershop One Hour Photo Greek Wedding
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the weekend of Sept. 8, 2002.
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Nicolas Cage and his off-again, on-again girlfriend Lisa Marie Presley were reportedly married in a private ceremony in Hawaii.
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the week of June 23, 2002.
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the week of June 16, 2002.
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Fears about whether moviegoers were ready for a film involving nuclear terrorism proved ungrounded as The Sum Of All Fears exploded with $31.2 million in ticket sales.
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Martin Grove's analysis of the Memorial Day weekend box office, May 2002.
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Hollywood producer Steve Bing sued a UK newspaper for $10 million in January for printing his phone number and urging readers to call him, but Britain's press watchdog ruled Thursday that the tabloid did not violate his privacy by doing so.
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Box Office Report: May 19
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"Spider-Man" continues to rule the box office for the weekend of May 12, 2002.
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Box Office Analysis: May 5 Spider-Man The Scorpion King Life or Something Like It Changing Lanes The Rookie Hollywood Ending
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.A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe Jennifer Connelly Ron Howard Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge Sissy Spacek took In the Bedroom Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast
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Role Call for Dec. 14: Tom Hanks working on four films for Dreamworks. Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers Cast Away Cindy Crawford in a new movie Billy Baldwin Fair Game William Hurt Lynn Redgrave Eric Stoltz Harry Connick Jr. Nathan Lane in Jackie Gleason biopic Nicolas Cage is directing first film Eddie Murphy Keenan Ivory Wayans in a movie together
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CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 4, 2001 -- Spidey fans, you can stop your salivating (for now).
Just days from the start of filming and one and a half years from its May 3, 2002, release date, the makers of Sony’s big-budget “Spider-Man” flick called a press conference on the Sony Pictures lot this morning to introduce the cast and give a little preview of what’s ahead.
Cast members Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, director Sam Raimi (“The Gift”) and other filmmakers led the event, attended by a reported 300 journalists from around the world. While details such as the movie’s budget (think big) are still kept secret, we now have these tasty morsels to mull over:
THE CAST: As mentioned before, Maguire will star as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, with Dafoe playing the villainous Green Goblin and Dunst as Peter’s girlfriend Mary Jane. Franco (NBC’s cance
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News Roundup: July 26, 2001
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James Franco is climbing up in the world.
The "Whatever It Takes" actor is in final talks to join Tobey Maguire in the much-hyped "Spider-Man" feature, Columbia Pictures says today.
In the Sam Raimi big-screen adaptation, Franco would play Harry Osborn, the high school pal and college roommate of Peter Parker, aka Spidey.
Franco is currently shooting the thriller "City By the Sea" with Robert De Niro and has just wrapped the TNT tube-pic "James Dean," wherein he plays the titular rebel.
GOING MOO: The Hollywood Reporter says that Cuba Gooding Jr. and Judi Dench will lend their voices to the Disney animated feature "Sweating Bullets" about a group of cows fighting to save their farm. Sarah Jessica Parker and Ja'Net DuBois have already signed on to do their cow duties, with actor Randy Quaid possibly joining them.
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 6, 2000 -- The devil's got a new name, and her name is Jennifer Love Hewitt.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the "Party of Five" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" actress will play the titular role of the devil in "The Devil and Daniel Webster," which is said to be a contemporary retelling of the classic tale. The film also stars Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin.
In the film, Hewitt's devil will go head to head with Hopkins' character in a battle for the soul of a writer played by Baldwin.
The project will begin production Jan. 15.
'SEA' BOUND: "Whatever It Takes" heartthrob James Franco will play the son of Robert De Niro in the thriller "City by the Sea," the Reporter says. The story is about a police officer (De Niro) who discovers that his son is a killer.
MO' FRANCO: In other James Franco-as-a-son news today: The Reporter
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HOLLYWOOD, June 23, 2000 -- Admit it, you've done it. Rolling down the highway, humming that theme song to yourself: "Go Speed Racer, Go-oo!" Well, if you've got six figures to spare, you can roll down the highway (or an off-road track, anyway), singing that song, in the real deal: Speed Racer's powerful Mach 5 race car. But you'd better hurry, the car's up for auction on eBay, and bidding closes Thursday.
That's right, we're talking about a real-life version of the Mach 5 -- Speed's nifty car that could jump over canyons, drive under water, fly -- everything but cure cancer.
"It's awesome, it's an absolute rocket, and it sounds just like it does on the cartoon series. The engineer spent five hours tuning the carburetor so it sounds just like it does when Speed Racer revs it up at the beginning of the show," Ward Leber, CEO of the Child Safety Network, tells Hollywood.co