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- 'Gilmore Girls' Creator Offers Freudian Reason for Rory's Relationship with Logan
- J.K. Rowling Drops Intriguing 'Fantastic Beasts' Tidbits on Twitter
- 'Barry' Trailer: College-Aged Barack Obama Tries to Find His Place
- 'Twin Peaks' Fans to Get a Special Holiday Treat from Showtime
- Angela Bassett Joins 'Black Panther' Cast as T'Challa's Mother
- Filming Rory and Dean's 'Gilmore Girls' Sex Scene Was Super Awkward
- Emma Stone to Host 'Saturday Night Live' in December
- Dave Chappelle to Bring Three Stand-Up Specials to Netflix
- The First 'Cars 3' Teaser Predicts a Grim Future for Lightning McQueen
- What's Leaving Netflix in December 2016
- New on Netflix: December 2016
- 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Expect 'Fantastic Beasts' to Be the Next Harry Potter at the Box Office
- 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Has Larger Role for (Recast) Dickon Tarly
- Why 'The Walking Dead' Fans Should Worry for Carl Grimes
- 13 Times Wednesday Addams Spoke Directly to Our Dark Souls
- Melissa McCarthy Has 10-Page Scene in 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life'
- Alec Baldwin Fires Back at Donald Trump in Twitter War Over 'SNL'
- The Rock Stands by 'Fast 8' Insults, Calls More Actors 'Candy Asses'
- 11 Things You Never Knew About 'The Addams Family'
- What's New on TV, Netflix, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: Nov. 21-27
| 'Gilmore Girls' Creator Offers Freudian Reason for Rory's Relationship with Logan Posted:  Team Logan is in for a blow. "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has revealed why Rory dated her college boyfriend, Logan, and the reason is not necessarily heartwarming; instead, it's downright Freudian."We wanted Rory to date her father," Sherman-Palladino told Entertainment Weekly of her and executive producer Daniel Palladino's reasoning. "Every girl has a father issue, and Logan was Christopher." There certainly are similarities. Both fictional men came from privileged backgrounds and couldn't always be counted on. Sherman-Palladino grants that Logan (Matt Czuchry) was "charming" and "smart," but when push came to shove, he was "not quite the dependable soul" that Rory (Alexis Bledel) needed. Interestingly, it sounds like Logan could have changed over the years. The creator amended her statement a bit, adding, "Or, at that time, was not the great dependable soul." Perhaps we'll see a new and improved Logan when he pops up in the revival, "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life," to potentially vie for Rory's heart. It might not all be bad news, Team Logan. [via: Entertainment Weekly] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| J.K. Rowling Drops Intriguing 'Fantastic Beasts' Tidbits on Twitter Posted:  J.K. Rowling's Twitter account has always been a great place to get more information about her projects straight from the source, and lately, it has turned into a treasure trove of "Fantastic Beasts" tidbits.On Monday, the "Harry Potter" author answered a number of questions about her new spinoff film series, which kicked off with "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" on Nov. 18. Fans had questions about everything from why the series expanded from three parts to five to whether or not protagonist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) was wearing a Hufflepuff scarf. *Warning: There may be spoilers ahead.* Rowling gave lots of interesting answers, including about the trajectory of the series. Apparently, "there's just too much story" for three films because it covers events that took place in the wizarding world between 1926 and 1945.
Other tidbits Rowling was willing to share were also compelling. For example, Newt was wearing a Hufflepuff scarf; "Queenie the queen" (Alison Sudol) will come back in the next movie; and we'll learn more about why being expelled from Hogwarts was so different for Newt than it was for Hagrid. Not surprisingly, Rowling couldn't answer all of the questions she was asked; she had to leave some material to be covered in future films, after all. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is now in theaters. [via: J.K. Rowling on Twitter] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Barry' Trailer: College-Aged Barack Obama Tries to Find His Place Posted:  The man we now know as President Barack Obama was once just a college kid called "Barry," as we'll soon see in the new Netflix film of the same name.The streaming service dropped the movie's official trailer Monday, showing a young Obama at the start of his junior year at Columbia University. He finds himself straddling multiple social spheres and struggling to define who he is and what it means to be an American. Netflix describes the film "the story of a young man grappling with those same issues that his country, and arguably the world, are still coming to terms with 35 years later." Based on the trailer, the film will provide an intriguing look at his past. Devon Terrell plays Obama, and the cast also includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Ashley Judd, Jason Mitchell, Jenna Elfman, Avi Nash, Annabelle Attanasio, and Ellar Coltrane. "Barry," which is directed by Vikram Gandhi, was met with praise when it premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival; its next stop is Netflix on Dec. 16. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Twin Peaks' Fans to Get a Special Holiday Treat from Showtime Posted:  "Twin Peaks" fans have the cult series' long-awaited third season to look forward to when it debuts on Showtime in 2017, but in the meantime, the premium network is offering a special holiday surprise. Starting Dec. 26, Showtime will make the entire original series available to subscribers on the network's streaming service, Showtime On Demand, and Showtime Anywhere. Fans, old and new, will be able to binge to their hearts' content leading up to the new series. Who knows? The mystery of homecoming queen Laura Palmer's murder may be the perfect antidote to too much holiday cheer. The first two seasons of "Twin Peaks" aired between 1990 and 1991. ABC put the series on hiatus before ultimately canceling it, but not before "Twin Peaks" managed to build up a loyal fan base that has only grown in the 25 years since. Now that a third season is finally becoming a reality, the show is bringing back many of its original cast and crew, including Kyle MacLachlan, who played FBI Special Agent Dale Hopper, and creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series will head back its strange Washington town -- the fictional Twin Peaks, of course -- in the episodes to come. Thanks to Showtime (not to mention the painful two-and-a-half-decade wait), fans will be ready. [via: Deadline] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Angela Bassett Joins 'Black Panther' Cast as T'Challa's Mother Posted:  The star-studded cast of Marvel's upcoming "Black Panther" movie just added another A-list actress to the ensemble, with Oscar nominee Angela Bassett boarding the flick.Marvel announced on Monday that Bassett will be playing Ramonda, who is the mother of protagonist T'Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther (played by Chadwick Boseman). In the "Black Panther" comics, Ramonda has a fairly dark back story; it's unclear how much of it will adapted for the hero's standalone flick, but if anyone can breathe life into the badass character, it's the equally badass Bassett. Bassett's casting is just the latest coup for the feature, which has already shored up an impressive roster of talent. Boseman leads the starry ensemble, joined by Michael B. Jordan (playing villain Erik Killmonger), Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o (playing Nakia, a member of the all-female Dora Milaje royal guard and a love interest for T'Challa), Danai Gurira (playing Okoye, the leader of the Dora Milaje), Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, and Florence Kasumba. "Black Panther," directed by Ryan Coogler, is set to begin production sometime early next year. It's due in theaters on February 16, 2018. [via: Marvel] Photo credit: Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Filming Rory and Dean's 'Gilmore Girls' Sex Scene Was Super Awkward Posted:  We've all heard actors and actresses claim that filming sex scenes is an extremely awkward experience, but according to the stars behind one memorable "Gilmore Girls" moment, there was a specific, size-related reason that things got weird while depicting the deed.Alexis Bledel and Jared Padalecki, who play Rory and Dean, recently chatted with Entertainment Weekly about shooting the first time that their characters slept together on the show. The shocking hook-up -- which occurred in the season four finale (and is shown in a little more detail in the season five premiere) when a married Dean cheats on his wife and Rory loses her virginity -- is certainly one of the most memorable moments in "Gilmore" history, but as Bledel and Padalecki tell it, they'll always remember filming the scene in question for an entirely different reason: trying to fit together on Rory's ridiculously small bed. "It was like a miniature twin," Bledel recalled to EW. "In the outtakes I fell off that bed a couple of times." Padalecki also remembered Bledel taking a tumble or two, and admitted that he used the camera angle to his advantage when trying to fit his tall frame onto the mattress. "My feet definitely were off it," the actor told EW. "There was a shot where my waist to my head was laying on the bed but my legs were counterbalancing me on the floor so that I wouldn't roll off. ... It works for the scene because it was supposed to be awkward, so maybe that's why they bought the smallest bed on the planet." Ah, the magic of television. According to "Gilmore" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory's bed was brought out of storage for "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life." Will she have anyone sharing her mattress in the Netflix revival? We have some theories, but we'll find out for sure when the new episodes debut on November 25. [via: Entertainment Weekly] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Emma Stone to Host 'Saturday Night Live' in December Posted:  The month of December is already shaping up to be a great one for "Saturday Night Live," with Emma Stone set to host the show.Stone will return to Studio 8H on December 3, marking her third time as emcee on the late night sketch series. The last time she hosted was in 2011, though she's popped up on "SNL" several times in recent years, including appearing on an episode hosted by her then-boyfriend and "Amazing Spider-Man" costar Andrew Garfield in 2014, cameoing in a brilliant sketch lampooning celebs auditioning for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," and doing her best Gilda Radner impression during the "SNL" 40th anniversary celebration in 2015.
The musical guest for Stone's episode will be Shawn Mendes. This will be the singer-songwriter's first time appearing on "SNL." Stone's hosting stint comes at the same time she'll be deep in the throes of promoting her new movie, the musical "La La Land," considered by many awards pundits to be a lock for some Oscar nominations come January. Stone is currently jockeying for position in a very tough Best Actress race (her main competition will be "Jackie" star Natalie Portman), so expect her to pull out the big guns -- a.k.a. do plenty of singing and dancing -- when she returns to 30 Rock. [via: Saturday Night Live/Twitter] Photo credit: Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dave Chappelle to Bring Three Stand-Up Specials to Netflix Posted:  Dave Chappelle is on a roll lately: Fresh off his comeback stint hosting "Saturday Night Live" on November 12, the comedian is set to headline three stand-up specials for Netflix.The streaming service announced the specials on social media on Monday, later adding more details about the events in a press release.
One of the specials will be an original, filmed exclusively for Netflix; the other two "hail directly from Chappelle's personal comedy vault," and were filmed at Austin City Limits Live in April 2015 and the Hollywood Palladium in March 2016. Premiere dates are unknown at this point, but all three are expected to drop sometime in 2017, with the latter two released simultaneously. "Dave Chappelle is a legendary voice in comedy — searing, vital, and now more than ever, essential," said Lisa Nishimura, vice president of original documentary and comedy for Netflix, in a statement. "Dave's three new specials promise to be some of the most anticipated events in comedy, and we are honored he will mark his global return on Netflix." Chappelle's welcome return to comedy has been building steadily recently, with the stand-up performing a whopping 500 shows over the past few years. He famously ducked out of the public eye at the height of his "Chappelle's Show" popularity back in 2005, an absence he acknowledged in his opening monologue on "SNL." [via: Netflix/Twitter, The Hollywood Reporter] Photo credit: Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The First 'Cars 3' Teaser Predicts a Grim Future for Lightning McQueen Posted:  Pixar has released the first official teaser trailer for "Cars 3," and unlike its lighthearted predecessors, the threequel looks like it will take a slightly darker path for protagonist Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson).The clip is less than a minute long, but what it lacks in length, it makes up for by setting a tense tone, suggesting that this isn't the "Cars" franchise you knew before. Gone are the candy-colored, smiling racecars that populated the first two flicks; they've been replaced by faceless vehicles zipping around a track, faster and faster until we spy McQueen, first out front, and then lagging behind. "McQueen is fading, fading fast!" intones a commentator over the track loudspeaker. We hear the winded Lightning try to catch his breath, before a slow-mo shot of the battered, broken car comes tumbling through the frame, in the midst of an epic crash. "From this moment," reads some text on screen, "everything will change." It's certainly a grim glimpse at the third entry in the massively popular Pixar series. But is this really what fans should expect when the flick hits theaters next year? Surely the franchise isn't taking a cue from the "dark and gritty reboot" genre, is it? We'll have to wait until next summer to see. "Cars 3" is set for release on June 16, 2017. Photo credit: YouTube/Disney•Pixar This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What's Leaving Netflix in December 2016 Posted:  Feel like watching the holiday romcom "Just Friends" over Christmas vacation? Well, get on that: The Ryan Reynolds comedy is disappearing from Netflix on December 26.Also disappearing by the end of the year: "50 First Dates" (2004), "Sling Blade" (1996), "Top Gun" (1986), and "Spy Kids" (2001). Also going bye-bye: The Kevin Sorbo series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." Here's everything leaving Netflix in December: December 1 "50 First Dates" (2004) "American Beauty" (1999) "Camp Takota" (2014) "Carmen Jones" (1954) "Cats & Dogs" (2001) "Curious George: Swings Into Spring" (2013) "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood" (2016) "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007) "Event Horizon" (1997) "Frequencies" (2013) "McConkey" (2013) "Medora" (2013) "Monkey Business" (1952) "Myth Hunters": Series 1 "Myth Hunters": Series 2 "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" (2006) "Paycheck" (2003) "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie" (2008) "River of No Return" (1954) "Sling Blade" (1996) "Thor: Hammer of The Gods" (2009) "The Great War Diary": Season 1 "The In-Laws" (2003) "The Out-of-Towners" (1999) "Top Gun" (1986) "Valley of The Dolls" (1967) "World Trade Center" (2006) December 2 "Legends of The Knight" (2013) "The Red Baron" (2008) December 3 "The Best of Me" (2014) December 5 "Holes" (2003) December 14 "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) December 15 "High Profits": Season 1 "World War II in Colour" (2009) December 16 "Beyond The Hills" (2012) December 22 "Dark Skies" (2013) December 26 "Just Friends" (2005) December 27 "Spy Kids" (2001) December 31 "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys": Seasons 1-6 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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| 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Expect 'Fantastic Beasts' to Be the Next Harry Potter at the Box Office Posted:
Predictions for the "Harry Potter" spinoff's premiere ran anywhere from $80 to $100 million. After all, it's been five years since the last film set in the Potter universe, and anticipation for a return trip to the wizard-ing world was high, what with a screenplay by J.K. Rowling herself, the franchise's first ever American-set story, and the launch of a new five-installment series of movies. And yet, after all the weekend wand-waving was done, "Fantastic Beasts" had conjured up only an estimated $75.0 million. Though good enough for first place, that's $10 million below the opening take of "Doctor Strange" two weeks ago, and $28 million behind the $103 million averaged by the eight "Harry Potter" movies during their opening weekends. An opening in the $90 million range would have indicated strong enthusiasm stateside to warrant the five-film franchise plan. Now, the movie will need all the help at the international box office not only to recoup its reported $180 million budget before P & A, but also to justify five future outings at almost $200 million a pop. Would you spend that much on five films when the first film opened to less than amazing results? Why didn't "Fantastic Beasts" cast a similar spell over the box office? Here are seven reasons, starting with the glaringly obvious: 2. No Real Bankable Stars 3. No Source Material to Inspire Fandom 4. Potter Fans Are Mostly All Grown Up 5. Beastly Rivals 6. Low Stakes Plus, we got to watch Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow up on screen over the course of 10 years of movies. No such treat is in store for "Beasts" viewers. So it's harder for even full-on Potterheads to get emotionally invested this time around. 7. Multiplex Drain Every new movie underperformed expectations. Teen dramedy "The Edge of Seventeen" was expected to net low-to-mid teens with its 95% "Fresh" RT score. Instead, it came in seventh place with less than $5 million. And no one wanted Miles Teller's boxing biopic "Bleed for This," which flopped in eighth place. Also bombing? Ang Lee's buzzed-about Oscar hopeful "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," which expanded wide in its second weekend but wound up in 14th place with just an estimated $930,000, or a measly $791 per screen Viewers seemed to enjoy "Beasts and "Seventeen," giving "Beasts" an A CinemaScore and the latter an A-. But for paying customers who enjoyed those movies to recommend them to others, they first had to be enticed into the theater. And yet, clearly, people had better things to do this weekend and last than to go to the movies. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Has Larger Role for (Recast) Dickon Tarly Posted:  Sam Tarly's younger brother will apparently have more screen time in "Game of Thrones" Season 7, but he'll be played by a new face. (Which is not to say he'll be a Faceless Man, although GoT should start using that excuse since it keeps recasting roles.)Freddie Stroma ("unREAL") played Dickon Tarly in Season 6's awkward family dinner scene, when Sam and Gilly visited Horn Hill.  We were looking forward to seeing more of Stroma, and apparently we can -- when he's on the ABC series "Time After Time," where he plays H.G. Wells. Watchers on the Wall posted the recast news -- which has yet to be confirmed by HBO -- reporting that Stroma's ABC schedule likely conflicted with "Game of Thrones," leading to the change. Who has the role now? WotW says British actor Tom Hopper ("Merlin," "Black Sails") is the new Dickon, and he's been seen with actor James Faulkner, who plays scary dad Randyll Tarly.  WotW also shared some mini spoilers about Dickon and Randyll Tarly, saying they both fight in a major ambush/battle scene in Season 7. Read the full post for more details on the ambush, along with other filming spoilers. And welcome to the fold, Tom Hopper!"Game of Thrones" Season 7 premieres summer 2017. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Why 'The Walking Dead' Fans Should Worry for Carl Grimes Posted:  Three things should have you questioning the future of Carl Grimes on "The Walking Dead."1. Actor Chandler Riggs, now 17, just got accepted to college:
Auburn University is in Alabama, although it's still not that far (about 1.5 hour drive) from where "Walking Dead" shoots in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Still, is he going to commute? TWD just finished shooting Season 7 -- the filming schedule runs from early May to late November -- so it stands to reason that Riggs would be in college for at least a few months of the 2017 shooting season. Even if he decides to defer a year or whatnot, what would that mean for Carl's scenes on the show? He's not a lead player in every scene every week, but the comic book character is pretty darn key, and if Riggs does stay on the show and commutes, does that mean even less screen time for CORAL? 2. Riggs apparently just finished his contract. Chandler Riggs's father, William, posted a congratulatory note on Facebook that got fans in a tizzy, because it's easy to read it as The End. However, Chandler will turn 18 in June 2017, so maybe this #freedom is just for Papa Riggs. The actor is probably signing a new contract for the future. Right? Here's what Papa Riggs posted: There was actually a longer version posted to Facebook November. 17, which is around the same time that TWD Season 7 finished filming. That post no longer seems to be active, but here's what it read:
3. Carl is stepping into the danger zone This week's Season 7, Episode 5, finally showed Carl stepping into his comic book role, hopping on board a truck with the plan to kill Negan.
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| 13 Times Wednesday Addams Spoke Directly to Our Dark Souls Posted:
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| Melissa McCarthy Has 10-Page Scene in 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' Posted:  The "Gilmore Girls" revival only had Melissa McCarthy for one day, but they definitely made it a long day."Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" premieres this Friday, November 25 on Netlflix, and it includes a big scene for McCarthy's Sookie. It took a while to coordinate schedules to get the comedy star on board, but once she was there, it was like she had never left. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino talked to TVLine at the revival's premiere, and the site asked what it was like having McCarthy back on the set "shooting that scene." It does sound like we're only getting one Sookie scene, but it'll be a substantial and fun one. Fans can stream the four-part series the day after Thanksgiving. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Alec Baldwin Fires Back at Donald Trump in Twitter War Over 'SNL' Posted:  Once again, Donald Trump lashed out at "Saturday Night Live" for mocking him, but this time Alec Baldwin didn't just sit back and take it. The actor tweeted some ALL-CAPS advice to our POTUS-elect, and basically promised more of the same for the next four years (at least).Trump hosted SNL last year, but when Baldwin started playing Trump this year, the future prez tweeted that the "boring and unfunny show" should be canceled, adding, "Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks." Baldwin just retweeted Trump's dis that time, but this week he shared his own critique of Trump's complaints. It started with SNL's (pretty scathing) November 19 cold open, with Baldwin's Trump Googling "Isis," taking a brief meeting with Jason Sudeikis's Mitt Romney, and getting updates from Kate McKinnon's Kellyanne Conway, shown to be deeply regretting her role in helping Trump win: The Trump jokes continued during Weekend Update: Without pointing to anything in particular, Trump reacted to the episode the next morning:
Alec Baldwin replied in force from his foundation's account:
Some fans replied that Baldwin should be the next president, and considering some of his own outbursts in the past, he may have the exact temperament to win. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Rock Stands by 'Fast 8' Insults, Calls More Actors 'Candy Asses' Posted:  Bless Dwayne Johnson for standing by his own mouth. He is not sorry for blasting some of his male "Fast 8" co-stars as "chicken sh*t" and "candy asses," even though he told the L.A. Times that Universal Pictures execs "talked" to him after his Instagram outburst. Instead of walking it back, The Rock just pointed out that it was actually a great publicity boost for "Fast 8." Heck, he may even be expecting flowers.You read his Instagram rant back in August, and Johnson -- recently dubbed the Sexiest Man Alive -- was just asked about it in a chat with the L.A. Times. Here's that part of interview: Yep, he's basically bragging about it. As a reminder, here's what he posted over the summer, in what was rumored but never confirmed to be in part about Vin Diesel: "This is my final week of shooting #FastAndFurious8. There's no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one. An incredible hard working crew. UNIVERSAL has been great partners as well. My female co-stars are always amazing and I love 'em. My male co-stars however are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don't. The ones that don't are too chicken sh*t to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I'm not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling - you're right. Bottom line is it'll play great for the movie and fits this Hobbs character that's embedded in my DNA extremely well. The producer in me is happy about this part??. Final week on FAST 8 and I'll finish strong. #IcemanCometh #F8 #ZeroToleranceForCandyAsses" However, "candy asses" can also be a term of endearment for The Rock. Witness his recent post about filming "Jumanji," an experience he seemed to genuinely enjoy. In the Instagram video below, his co-stars jokingly call him an a**hole and tell him to kill himself and eat d*cks. In the caption, he calls them "candy asses," too: "'Go kill yourself and eat d*cks' has just become one of my all time favs. Thanks Kev. 👍🏾 In a huge action sequence I'm hanging off the side of a helicopter saving the lives of my co-stars @karengillanofficial, @jackblack, @nickjonas and @kevinhart4real.. and this is the gratitude they show. For the record, I'm the one 800ft in the air being fearless while they sit on their candy asses by the monitors with their little microphones talking sh*t. The #SexiestManAlive is about go down there and knock some lungs loose. I TRULY LUV these crazy bastards and no one is having more fun on sets than us and our hard working crew. #FridayNightShinannigans #WorkHardPlayHard #OnLocation #Atlanta #Jumanji" They're a real family! You can tell by the tone of the video and the caption that he's just goofing around with this group, and there's nothing but love. The "Fast 8" actors? Eh. Maybe not *all* love. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 11 Things You Never Knew About 'The Addams Family' Posted:
The film, based on the 1964 TV show, was a hit -- and a starter pistol for Hollywood to rush their TV adaptations to the big screen. It also put its first-time director and actor Christina Ricci on the map. In honor of the comedy's 25th anniversary, here are a few things you may not know about this creepy, kooky, spooky family. 2. The film is the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld ("Miller's Crossing"). He would go on to direct all three "Men in Black" films. 4. Angelica Houston, who plays matriarch Morticia, was surprised when she got the role. She expected the part would go to someone like Cher. 6. The final film resolves the issue of whether or not Fester is an imposter, but that was not the director's original intent. In a 2012 interview with Vulture, Sonnenfeld revealed that the principal cast did not like the idea of keeping Fester's fate ambiguous. 8. On a $30 million budget, "Addams Family" was a hit -- earning $191 million at the box office. Despite being a hit that was somewhat well-received by critics, Roger Ebert gave film two out of four stars. He argued that the movie's chuckle-inducing moments "don't add up to much." 10. Legal troubles plagued the film after its release. David Levy, producer of the original TV series, sued Paramount, claiming that elements of the film were taken from his ideas in the show -- and were not based on the Charles Addams cartoons. Levy cited Fester's lightbulb trick, the characters of Thing and Cousin Itt, and Gomez's love of toy trains among his ideas the movie borrowed. The lawsuit was later settled out of court. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What's New on TV, Netflix, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: Nov. 21-27 Posted:
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Santa is bringing some great presents to Netflix in December, including Marvel's "
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1. No Harry
This was the first "Potter" movie not based on a previous novel, just a fake textbook that popped up on Harry's syllabus decades later. That the plot was a mystery to all Potter fans was supposed to be a selling point, but without a novel to whet fan appetites and introduce the characters and setting, "Beasts" may have proved too confusing -- or just plain too "who cares?" -- for even some hardcore Potterphiles.
Let's start with that other current movie sorcerer. Knocked out of the top spot in its third weekend, "Doctor Strange" is still holding on well, earning an estimated $17.7 million this weekend. Yep, all the grown-ups are back, and they're watching guys with capes perform spells. Or maybe they were seeing "
Has the success of "Doctor Strange" ended the fall box office slump, or just provided a temporary break from it? It's starting to look like the latter, with total receipts at the multiplex declining for the second straight weekend.
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1. Orion Pictures originally developed the adaptation of the classic 1964 TV series, as they had the rights to the show at the time. But Orion was struggling financially, so Paramount stepped in with funds to complete the film and scored North America distribution, too, as a result. But Orion kept international rights, which now belong to MGM after they purchased Orion. (Everybody got all that?)
3. Sonnenfeld shot most of the film where the TV show used to shoot -- Stage 3/8 at Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles. 
5. When Houston got the role, 
"Two weeks before we started shooting," the director recalled, "when we started rehearsing with all the actors, all the actors rebelled, because the movie Scott Rudin and I were going to shoot had this thing where Fester was perhaps an imposter, but you were never sure if he really was or not. But on the day we started to rehearse, and I remember this really fondly, the spokesperson that all the other actors chose to speak on their behalf was a 10-year-old Christina Ricci. And she gave this really impassioned plea that Fester shouldn't be an imposter." The director also acknowledged that his cast was right -- "it was the better way to go." (
7. Not everyone was a fan of Gomez and Fester's "Mamushka" dance number. The full version was cut from the film following -- what else? -- a test screening complaint that the bit stalled the movie's pacing.
9. The film was a hit in arcades, too. The pinball machine (above) based on the movie, released in March 1992, is the bestselling pinball machine of all time.
11. It opened opposite some then-fierce competition: "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." It opened in the top spot and stayed there for two weeks. 
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Yeah, you've probably heard about this one. "Gilmore Girls" fans have been waiting since 2007 to see Rory and Lorelai again, and they'll get their chance Friday, November 25. True to its title, this revival heads to Stars Hollow to follow the Gilmore girls for one year -- a new season for each episode -- starting with winter and ending with fall. Will 
Chris Pine plays a desperate father who learns the bank is going to take his family's land, so he and his ex-con brother (Ben Foster) decide to rob the bank's branches, and come into the crosshairs of an aging Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges). The highly acclaimed thriller is out on DVD, Blu-ray, and On Demand November 22. The home release includes filmmaker Q&A; footage from the red carpet premiere; and the featurettes "Enemies Forever," with an intimate look at the characters; "Visualizing the Heart of America," on the setting and how the filmmakers used real locations to bring the story to life; and "Damaged Heroes," exploring the cast performances.
Alia Shawkat plays Dory, who becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to her missing college acquaintance Chantal -- even though none of her other friends care -- in this new dark comedy/mystery on TBS. According to | You are subscribed to email updates from Moviefone News RSS Feed - Moviefone.com. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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