HOLLYWOOD News, Mar 18, 2012

Hill had reservations about 'Jump Street' redo UPI.com Actor Jonah Hill, a cast member in the motion picture action comedy "21 Jump Street", attends the premiere of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in theHollywood section of Los Angeles on March 13, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen By KAREN BUTLER, United Press ... See all stories on this topic »

Malcolm McDowell Receives Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Starpulse.com Speaking about his honor, McDowell told reporters, "For a lad that grew up in Liverpool (England), Hollywood was this notion of everything that was incredible in the movies, and Hollywood has meant so much to the rest of the world - we take it, ... See all stories on this topic » Starpulse.com

Audrey Tautou on 'Amélie,' Her New Film 'Delicacy,' & More Daily Beast While in New York, Tautou sat down for an interview with the The Daily Beast and dished on her new film, Amélie's legacy, the enormous success of The Artist, why it's so difficult for Frenchactors to cross over into Hollywood roles, whether she'll be ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Top Ten Irish actors: It's a matter of character Washington Times Eventually taking up residence in Hollywood, he was much in demand, becoming the go-to actor to portray witty, humorous, or simply very Irish roles in a slew of popular movies. Perhaps his most famous roles were his appearance as a genial Irish priest ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

'The Hunger Games' is set to begin, but Jennifer Lawrence isn't ready yet to ... New York Daily News It is part of a three-book trilogy that is expected to spawn as many as four movies. And like those two franchises, it has already grabbed the minds of the younger generation it was written for — and is starting to capture an older audience curious ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Adrien Brody: From Queens to Oscar and Back Again Daily Beast Joined by a stellar supporting cast, including Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston, Marcia Gay Harden, and James Caan, the rivetingfilm boasts Brody's best performance since The Pianist. Themovie also returns him to the mean streets of Queens, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Zindagi Tere Nam (2012) - Mithun Chakraborty Props up Wrecked Hollywood Ripoff ... Washington Bangla Radio Kolkata March 17, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) 'Zindagi Tere Naam' is a good example of how you can take a masterpieceHollywood film and then make a mess of an adaptation of it. The movie is a complete rip off of Nick ... See all stories on this topic »

fantasy film reflecting reality Philadelphia Inquirer If the bespectacled boy wizard of the Harry Potter books and films and the sulky high schooler-turned-vampire-wife of the Twilight Saga have long been imprinted in the collective consciousness, is it now time for the teenage heroine of The Hunger Games ... See all stories on this topic »

Turner Classic Movies' 'Road to Hollywood Tour' comes to... Philly2Philly.com ... 2012 In its third year, the Road to Hollywood tour offers fans the opportunity to watch some of their favorite films on the big screen along with the intimate chance to hear special stories told by the actors and actresses from thosemovies. See all stories on this topic »

New film studio in Pontiac struggles after state says 'Cut!' to incentives Detroit Free Press Still, Raleigh was a high-risk venture from the start, with its heavy reliance on state film incentives for movie makers. If approved, a movie production simply would receive a check from the state once expenditures were audited after filming was ... See all stories on this topic »

Birmingham silent movie actor Charlie Hall begged a pal for a loan so he could ... Sunday Mercury MIDLAND silent movie star Charlie Hall begged a Hollywood pal for a loan to allow him to return to Tinseltown, never-before-seen letters have revealed. In a story worthy of any big screen blockbuster, the actor best known as Laurel and Hardy's ... See all stories on this topic »

Box Office: '21 Jump Street' leaps to head of the class Examiner.com Last March at this time, three new movies opened (“Limitless,” “The Lincoln Lawyer,” and “Paul,”) to a combined $40+ million haul. This weekend saw just one new wide release in “21 Jump Street,” but the movie made $34 million on its own. See all stories on this topic »

Revival of 80s TV series sets the bar for film remakes Daily O'Collegian The hilarious, multidimensional cast combined with the witty, implausible plot makes this movie hard to beat. The bar is set; every comedy that comes out in the next several months will be compared to “21 Jump Street,” hopefully givingHollywood a ... See all stories on this topic »

At 40 years old, 'The Godfather' has a profound and complicated legacy NorthJersey.com Italian-Americans, needless to say, have a complicated relationship with this film. On the one hand, it reinforces stereotypes of Italians as gangsters – an old concern aboutHollywood crime movies (there were similar complaints, in the 1930s, ... See all stories on this topic » NorthJersey.com

Duplass Brothers change the movies, one quirky 'mumblecore' comedy at a time North County Times That describes their movies, and to some degree, it describes Jay (39) and Mark (35). The most successful proponents of that mini-movement in indie filmonce labeled "mumblecore" have been spreading their gospel of low-cost, funny and cutting comedies ... See all stories on this topic »

Sci-fi Fans: 'Carter's' Calling! Patch.com By Leslie Combemale The PG-13 sci-fi film "John Carter" is currently playing in area theaters. PIctured here are main characters John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). Courtesy of Disney Yes, Virginia, there is a John Carter, ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Ferrell sends up spaghetti westerns Orlando Sentinel "Casa de Mi Padre" is the latest venture from Nala Films, which specializes in backing English-language movies with themes and subjects aimed at resonating with bilingual US Latino audiences. Darlene Caamaño Loquet, Nala's president and chief operating ... See all stories on this topic »

Here's Why the Corporate World Deserves Hollywood's Spotlight Daily Deal Media While recent movies like Margin Call have given the 2007 crisis big screen space, and will spawn a genre of corporate films perhaps,Hollywood has always know that there's a great deal of drama, intrigue and excitement in corporate life. See all stories on this topic » Daily Deal Media

Lawrence in awe of 'Hunger' fans Toronto Sun As opposed to the Zac Ephrons, Robert Pattinsons and Kristen Stewarts ofHollywood (who may indeed be trapped by teen franchise-itis), Lawrence is coming in with something extra -- acting cred, over and above her Oscar nomination (albeit in movies few ... See all stories on this topic »

THE STAR INDIA DOESN'T WANT PINKVILLA Hollywood can't have enough of the actress from Mumbai, whose new film Trishna has created a stir. But in Bollywood, Freida Pinto is quite a nobody. Just what's the problem? She is coming out of a New York gym, wearing the uniform of the archetypal ... See all stories on this topic » PINKVILLA

Creating a new star, one film at a time China Daily "I know I'm not the best actor, but I'm in love with it, and I'm getting better with every movie," he said. Asked about his recent hosting of "Saturday Night Live," he said he found it extremely difficult because of the show's reliance on cue cards. See all stories on this topic » China Daily

New 'Prometheus' Trailer Deubts at WonderCon Hollywood.com By Lisa Costantini , Hollywood.com Staff | Sunday, March 18, 2012 Actors Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron were at WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim, California -- and it wasn't to talk about Charlize's newly adopted baby boy. The Prometheus stars were ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood.com

'I was never a joiner': John Cusack, photographed at the Dorchester Hotel... The Guardian It's incongruous, seeing him dressed all in cool, casual black, sucking on a Cohiba, like a goth who has crashed a Hollywoodmogul's house party. "Yeah, maybe we shouldn't mention the cigar," he says. "I don't want people to think I'm this movie cliche... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

21 Jump Street topped the box office this weekend with a whopping estimated ... Hollywoodnews.com Yes, the film cost just $6 million, but you'd think that a decent marketing campaign centered around one of the more popular comic actors around could generate an opening of at least $10 million, with a final gross of around $25-30 million (Weinstein ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywoodnews.com

Playing Clinton was Quaid's “scariest” role Independent Online Quaid says his biggest mistake was getting addicted to cocaine, but that the drug was so prevalent in Hollywood in the 1980s that supplies were built into the budgets of movies. In an article for Newsweek called "My Favorite Mistake," Quaid, 57, ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

Channing Tatum Angling to Be the Next Mark Wahlberg NBC Chicago (blog) The film is both laugh-out-loud funny and strangely touching, as the plot takes the characters to naturally comedic places the old show was never smart enough to consider. Playing former high school classmates, the nerd and the jock, Hill and Tatum ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Ferrell's Latino lark: muy bizarro, but not funny HeraldNet If people will come to a silent movie like "The Artist," why wouldn't they come to a Spanish-language film starring a top-line Hollywood comedian? Put aside for a moment that people aren't really coming to "The Artist" (its success, delightful as it is ... See all stories on this topic »

WonderCon: 'Battleship' director Peter Berg talks Rihanna's big screen debut Entertainment Weekly (blog) by Adam B. Vary Battleship director Peter Berg has a rather amusing way of acknowledging the skepticism about a movie based on a Hasbro board game: ”It didn't lend itself to the most logical interpretation for a film.” But at the panel for Battleship ... See all stories on this topic »

McDowell honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star WPTV Speaking about his honor, McDowell told reporters, "For a lad that grew up in Liverpool (England), Hollywood was this notion of everything that was incredible in the movies, and Hollywood has meant so much to the rest of the world - we take it, ... See all stories on this topic »

PHOTOS: Stars of 21 Jump Street News10.net (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Actor Channing Tatum arrives at the premiere of Screen Gems' 'Dear John' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on February 1, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) Channing Tatum ... See all stories on this topic » News10.net

21 Jump Street Review: Worthy of Your Money After All Poptimal.com Remakes are always risky and the cast and crew of the 21 Jump Street movie knew this, even poking fun at themselves at one point on the big screen when character Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) mentions that the police force recycles old undercover... See all stories on this topic » Poptimal.com

World Cinema: Dardenne brothers return with 'The Kid With a Bike' Los Angeles Times By depicting children as the turbulent, morally sentient beings they are, the Dardennes have fashioned a remarkable body of award-winning, highly naturalistic, child-centric movies, beginning with their international breakout hit "La Promesse" 16 years ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Genesis Rodriguez feels at home in Will Ferrell's 'Casa' North County Times ... she did what countless other actresses had done before her: moved to Los Angeles to break into movies. "I took a huge risk by walking away from a steady paycheck to chase a dream," she says. "But I had always wanted to act in Hollywood films. See all stories on this topic »

Despite Kitsch, 'John Carter' is top PH film ABS CBN News According to Box Office Mojo, Star Cinema's romantic-comedy starring John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin earned US$116978 (around P5 million) from March 7 to 11, beaten only by the Hollywood film, “John Carter,” which debuted at the No. See all stories on this topic »

Remember the Titans: Beyond the silver screen Philippine Star Oftentimes, I'd see myself smiling at the reality these movies try to mimic. I'd even tear up at the right moments in the film where all characters grow because the lesson that the protagonist has been trying to teach has finally reached both by their ... See all stories on this topic »

Brothers specialize in cheap and quirky Columbus Dispatch That describes their movies, and, to some degree, it describes Jay, 39, and Mark, 35, who were born in New Orleans and raised in a Roman Catholic family. The most successful proponents of the mini-movement in indie film once labeled “mumblecore” have ... See all stories on this topic » Columbus Dispatch

Chris O'Dowd Applauds Megan Fox for Standing Up to Michael Bay Us Magazine Megan Fox and Transformers director Michael Bay have been in a war of words since 2009 -- and though it may have cost the 25-year-old actress a few film roles, it's also earned her the respect of Friends With Kids costar Chris O'Dowd. See all stories on this topic » Us Magazine

Alexander Skarsgard & Brooklyn Decker: WonderCon Panel! Just Jared Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, and director Peter Berg appear on a panel for their film Battleship during WonderCon 2012 on Saturday (March 17) in Anaheim, Calif. The 35-year-old actor is featured in a new behind-the-scenes look at the making of ... See all stories on this topic »

Rashid Irani's review: This Means War Hindustan Times Hollywood film This Means War is as an action romantic comedy, as it has all the three ingredients rolled into one. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger. Rating: *1/2 Here's an unappealing romantic comedy by McG, ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

John Carter: Analysis of A So-Called Flop WhatCulture! But, beyond that the film doesn't really have any 'hook' for the audience beyond the fact that it cost a lot of money and is being billed as an 'event' picture. The cast is largely unknown, Taylor Kitsch is a familiar face on Friday Night Lights, ... See all stories on this topic » WhatCulture!

SXSW 2012: Mike Birbiglia On The Challenges Of Making 'Sleepwalk With Me' Huffington Post (satire) After winning the Best Of NEXT audience award at the Sundance Film Festival in January, comedian Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me" was so popular at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, that organizers had to turn fans away at each of its ... See all stories on this topic »

Ghost Army invades Lexington Depot Wicked Local Beyer revealed to the packed house that Hollywood actor Peter Coyote, who has narrated several Ken Burns PBS documentaries, has signed on to narrate the film. The Ghost Army is about a secret WWII battlefield deception unit loaded with artists whose ... See all stories on this topic »

Around town: Malcolm McDowell's film legacy Pugnacious, daring British actor Malcolm McDowell is not only getting his star on the ... Theatre in Hollywood after a screening of one of his seminal films ... latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../around-town-malcom-mcdowell-fi...

L.A. Marathon: Actors, Agents and Execs are Lacing Up - The ... HOLLYWOOD HIDEOUTS: Actors, WME agents, Gordon Ramsay and industry ... SXSW 2012: NEWS FROM FEST .... 'The Lorax' and Other Controversial Kids Movies ... Trailer: First Look at Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's Vampire Film ( Video) ... www.hollywoodreporter.com/.../los-angeles-marathon-particip...

Week in review: Hollywood gears up for two weekend ... It's been a good year at the movies -- until now. Between the debuts of "John Carter" and Eddie Murphy's latest "A Thousand Words," Hollywood will probably ... latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/.../week-in-review-.htm...

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