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Pirates Rule!

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Yo ho ho! The Pirates Of The Carribean are celebrating indeed. It is early in the year and already they have bagged some really cool awards. Specifically they’ve taken home the following awards from the People’s Choice Awards:DeppSparrow_Gen200.jpg

  • Best Male Star: Johnny Depp
  • Best Male Action Star: Johnny Depp
  • Best On Screen Match Up: Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley
  • Best Movie: Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
  • Best Movie Drama: Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Johnny Depp’s speech hit the note perfectly when he said:

“I know that I’ve said this before but the fact that this award comes from the people makes it all the more special. And thanks for keeping me employed, yeah? You’re the boss.”

The winners for the People’s Choice Awards are selected purely by viewers of the films and TV shows. Since the average citizen makes up 99% of the viewers, these awards are quite significant and the people definitely love Johnny Depp. Having Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley on board as well just adds to the draw.

There’ll be a lot of people looking forward to the third film of the Pirates. The film goers definitely can’t get enough of the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew of miscreants. This time they’re out to rescue the Captain from the Kraken. This should be an interesting adventure indeed.

[tags] awards, People’s Choice,Jhnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean,Keira Knightley [/tags]

Originally posted on January 10, 2007 @ 3:01 pm

The Controversial Director in Mel Gibson

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Mel Gibson Apocalypto

Popular action star Mel Gibson has been often faced criticism for the movies that he has produced and it seems that the trend will continue to go on. After facing some violent reactions towards �Passion of the Christ� where he was severely questioned for its basis, he is at it again with his new film �Apocalypto�.

Apparently, Gibson was entertaining questions at the California State University when one professor from the Central American studies, Alicia Estrada questioned the misrepresentation of the Mayan culture from the movie. Gibson traded words with Estrada who was later on escorted out for her supposed misconduct and heckling barbs at the famed Hollywood actor-producer.

If there is one thing that differs from acting and directing, it is that of consistency with the races to which Gibson has been catering to. Known to be one of the hot male actors of his time in such flicks as �Lethal Weapon� and �The Patriot�, Gibson has been always the center of controversy with his film releases.

[tags]mel gibson, apocalypto, lethal weapon[/tags]

Originally posted on March 24, 2007 @ 6:46 pm

Nottingham

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We’ve had the story of Robinhood told any number of ways. It’s been made into plays, there are cartoon versions of it – Disney’s version even uses animals, and of course there are the movie versions. Who can forget Kevin Costner’s Robinhood: Prince of Thieves or the comedy version Robinhood Men In Tights.

Always though the story has been about the thief and the sheriff is the evil villain. As we all know however there are two sides to any story and at last a version is in the works from the opposite point of view. This time the sheriff is the star of the show.

The film is called Nottingham and it will star the gorgeous Russell Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham. He’s getting quite a hefty fee to play this part; $20 million against 20% according to CanMag.com. This film will reunite Crowe with Imagine Entertainment. He previously worked under their banner with Cinderella Man and a Beautiful Mind.

The film is produced by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment.

Originally posted on February 1, 2007 @ 6:10 pm

Gone To The Lawyers

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Used to be when a movie doesn’t do well in the box office, production houses shrug their shoulders and move on to the next film. Apparently those days are gone. Now they sue the author of the book on which they based the movie – at least that’s what mogul Philip Anschutz has done.

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Anschutz has taken Clive Cussler to court over the disappointing results of the production “Sahara“. He says that Cussler did not live up to his side of the contract. Cussler publicly put down the movie causing viewers to lose interest in the film and he also exaggerated how many copies of the book were actually sold. All of this resulting in the poor performance of the film.

Cussler has countersued. He says that Anchutz did not follow his recommendations in either script revision or casting. He also says that the poor performance of the film reflects badly on his other works.

In reality we all know that one has little effect on the other. Many books are great but translate poorly into films just as the good performance of a film does not guarantee instant popularity of any book though it can boost its ratings a bit.

So who is reaping the benefit of all this? The lawyers. No matter who wins, the lawyers will bring home very fat paychecks.

Originally posted on February 11, 2007 @ 9:23 am

Cellphones banned On Set

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Reese Witherspoon is taking all precautions to make her divorce as neat and clean as possible. While she cited irreconcilable differences as her reason for filing for divorce from husband of seven years, Ryan Phillippe, she knows that people aren’t above speculating that it is because her affections may have been captured by another actor – after all it happens all the time in Hollywood; just look at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was a big surprise to many that this couple joined splitsville.

To lessen the risk of messy rumors, she has banned all cellphones from the set while she works. Currently she is filming the movie “Renditions” which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal. Too many people have camera phones and itchy fingers – they will send pictures taken from the shoot to local tabloids which are really of no help during proceedings as painful as these. Rumors are already flying that she and Gyllenhaal have a “budding friendship” which in Hollywood often translates to an affair or ongoing romance.

Witherspoon, truly doesn’t want a mess like Paul McCartney and Heather Mills or Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. She just wants to get the divorce over and done with as quickly and quietly as possible. That isn’t too much to ask, isn’t it?

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have two children together; Ava is seven and Deacon is three. Witherspoon is asking for full custody of the children with visitation rights for Phillippe. She is also asking for exclusive use of their home.
[tags] Reese Witherspoon,mobile phones,Ryan Phillippe,Jake Gyllenhaal.divorce [/tags]

Originally posted on December 2, 2006 @ 3:45 pm