Thursday, January 24, 2008 Rant Archive
Did playing the character of the Joker cause so much stress it killed Heath Ledger? News, rumors and speculation are starting to emerge from the tragic death of Heath Ledger. Even the toxicology reports are not due for several days, it seems pretty obvious that we’ve lost another talented performer to a drug overdose. The second one is a week. Brad Renfro overdosed on Heroin on Jan. 15th.
It’s official, the title to the new Bond film is Quantum of Solace. There had been rampant rumors that the film would be titled after the one of the few remaining Fleming short stories that had not been used. These included Quantum of Solace, Property of a Lady and Risico, which had story elements lifted for the 1981 film “For Your Eyes Only”. An additional rumor was floated that it would simply be entitled “007”, since this would be Bond’s first official mission as a double 0.
According to Ryan Secrest over 10,000 contestants in South Carolina to audition for Randy, Paula and Simon. Oliver should have been the first of them, but too bad his wife got in the way with her water breaking and all. Oliver attempts to look supportive, but really you can tell that he’s pissed off that his first child is getting the way of his dreams of becoming the next American Idol. More Charleston audition highlights inside.
This past weekend, the monster took Manhattan, and pretty much everywhere
else in the country as well.
CLOVERFIELD, the documentary-style monster flick from producer J.J. Abrams (LOST), set box-office records for the month of January, earning $41million during its opening weekend—$46 million, if you factor in the MLK Day holiday.
Tonight we get treated to more of the same from the crazy New York girls of CASHMERE MAFIA; lucky us! Those wacky kids are up to even more kooky stuff than they have been over the past several weeks. Let’s see, it seems as if Mia (Lucy Liu) may not be as over her ex as we thought last week, because when she goes on a blind date with a brain surgeon she wants to make sure he not only finds out but also becomes insanely jealous. I have to tell you that as a woman, I find this a bit patronizing. I mean this woman is a high-powered editor for a hugely successful magazine conglomerate, and yet she is still fixated on what her insecure, wimpy ex thinks of and about her.
Another week's gone by and we lost another designer. Last week Kit got the boot and everyone is acting like Ricky should have gotten the cut and treating him accordingly. Heidi wrangles the remaining designers together to hand out the models and I notice how few are left: Sweet P, Rami, Christian, Chris, Victorya, Jillian and Ricky. All I can think about is who will be in the final three and my money is on Chris, Christian and Jillian. At least, this is the way I feel at the beginning of the episode. The group is sent on a field trip with Tim and they’re brought to a warehouse.
Hoping to capitalize on positive reviews and strong Oscar buzz, Warner Bros. will be slipping the George Clooney legal thriller MICHAEL CLAYTON back into theaters on Jan. 25, one month before the Oscars.
Slash Film is reporting that the first trailer for
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, is scheduled to premiere on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, on the nightly entertainment news show, “Entertainment Tonight.”
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