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unfortunate juxtapositioning
'Righteous Kill' Curse Spreads To England With Cries Of Tagline Insensitivity
While we've already long forgotten Righteous Kill—and the onerous sins of its one-sheet—England is only now becoming acquainted with its Pacino/DeNiro double-bed-shitting pleasures. It can't even seem to get an in-your-face tagline right.
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By SethComment by Lapinot: It was unbelievably unfeeling and incompetent to put the poster there. Or at least it should have been. I suppose... more » | Other threads
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DeNiro And Pacino Reduced To Catchphrase Cliches On History-Making 'Today Show' Interview
The Today Show broadcast the first interview in the history of the world to feature both increasingly indiscriminate American acting legends Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. It was the sole promotional stop on the Righteous Kill "Yes, It's a Turd, But It's DeNiro and Pacino, So Cut Us Some Slack, Jack™" media tour. Talking to a seemingly terrified Brian Williams ("Don't give me that face, because now I think I'm going to be killed,") it was Pacino who defused the tension by offering his best half-assed Travis Bickle. As clichéd as it was, however, just hearing the familiar line come out of Pacino's lips still managed to shoot a faint chill up our spine—though DeNiro is to be commended in showing admirable restraint, and not leaning over to "HOO-ah!" back in his co-star's face. [Today Show] -
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UA Excited About Untitled Tom Cruise Serial Killer-And -Pasta Project
· Tom Cruise and UA have bought the rights to The Monster of Florence, about a serial killer responsible for eight double-homicides between 1968 and 1985. No word yet on whether Tom would play the monster, or Florence, or (spoiler alert) both! [Variety] More » -
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Al Pacino's Producer Defends the Poor Taste of Old Men
If the long national nightmare that is Al Pacino's career decline wasn't set to continue later this year with his cop-schlocky Robert De Niro/Jon Avnet reteaming Righteous Kill, then maybe we would have simply Lysol-ed away the scourge of 88 Minutes after its opening weekend and left it at that. But seeing as even Pacino's own producer has seen fit to pile on in Patrick Goldstein's latest column, we think a prolonged period of mourning is in order after the jump. More » -
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A Week Of False Terribles
As we put this week to bed, it's time to reflect, project, deflect and genuflect on the week that was... More »
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By Mark GrahamComment by avocats: What exactly is wrong (shady) with Rob Lowe's anticipating and undercutting what certainly seems to be an opportunistic attempt to... more » | Other threads
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Possible Strike Quietly Rushing Ron Howard's Middlebrow Genius
· Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman are frantically finalizing the shooting script of Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons before the Oct. 31st deadline, hoping that the mad rush towards production won't jeopardize the duo's ability to produce the kind of easily digestible, crowd-pleasing entertainment that always results from their lucrative collaborations. Meanwhile, star Tom Hanks has been presented with a hair-growing schedule that will barely provide the actor with enough time to reproduce his character's signature demi-mullet. Truly, no one is immune from the pressures of the looming™ strike. [Variety] More » -
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In GQ, Francis Ford Coppola speaks truth to scene-chewing-actor power by lamenting how the careers of once-hungry artists Al "Two for the Money" Pacino, Meet the Fockers star Robert DeNiro, and Jack Nicholson (still kind of awesome) have turned out: "I met both Pacino and De Niro when they were really on the come," Coppola tells GQ's Nate Penn. "They were young and insecure. Now Pacino is very rich, maybe because he never spends any money; he just puts it in his mattress. De Niro was deeply inspired by (Coppola's studio American) Zoetrope and created an empire and is wealthy and powerful.Nicholson was — when I met him and worked with him — he was always kind of a joker. He's got a little bit of a mean streak. He's intelligent, always wired in with the big guys and the big bosses of the studios. I don't know what any of them want anymore. I don't know that they want the same things. Pacino always wanted to do theater ... (He) will say, 'Oh, I was raised next to a furnace in New York, and I'm never going to go to L.A.,' but they all live off the fat of the land." [Rush & Molloy]
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By MarkComment by cerebralcat: In answer to Coppola's question: These guys all want to be young again and at the height of their fame. more » | Other threads
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Trade Round-Up: Meet Even More 'Fockers'
· Universal signs up Robert De Niro's Tribeca Prods. for two more years, allowing them to go forward with Little Fockers, the third Meet the Parents movie. They're planning to bring back all the main cast members from the previous installments—even Teri Polo, admirably choosing loyalty over the cynical temptation to replace her with a cheaper, middle-tier CBS sitcom wife. So far. [Variety] More » -
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Johnny Depp Overheard Extolling Virtues Of Fat Bottomed Girls In Shower In Preparation For Film Role
Disney's $3.26 billion box office take is due in no small part to the talents of chameleonlike Actor of his Generation Johnny Depp—more specifically, his Captain Jack Sparrow, whom he claims is a riff on Keith Richards, but whose effete posturing, let's face it, heeds somewhat closer to Elton John after five too many Cointreautinis. Fitting, then, that the actor should now be in talks to play another gay British rock icon, Queen's handlebar-mustachioed lead singer, Freddie Mercury: More »
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By SethComment by Romana Klay: I don't know who Freddie Mercury is but Johnny Depp can do no wrong! Pee Wee Herman is the only one... more » | Other threads
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celeb jurisprudence
De Niro's Thieving Maid Sentenced
No amount of weeping was going to save Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz, the sticky-fingered maid who relieved Robert De Niro and Candace Bergen of tens of thousands of dollars in valuables, from the righteous sting of celebrity justice. A judge denied her tearful request to be sent home to Poland, instead slapping her with one to three years in jail: More » -
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DeNiro's Maid Removed Everything But Dirt
Housekeeping thief to the stars Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz pled guilty today to stealing from celebrity clients Robert DeNiro and Candice Bergen. As it turns out, however, this wasn't merely a matter of a sterling silver dessert fork here, a finger or two of single malt scotch there. No, this kleptomaniacal cleaning woman will go down as one of the great criminal domestics of her time: More »
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By SethComment by MonkeyinDiapers: What's worse -- she stole all the Bobby Vinton albums too!! more » | Other threads
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trade round-up
Trade Round-Up: America Does Not Want Its Al-Jazeera TV
· Lions Gate makes a deal with Panamax Films to produce a slate of Spanish language telenovela films aimed towards a growing Hispanic population, proving the time-tested studio technique of underestimating your audience s intelligence knows no cultural bounds. [Variety] More » -
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Halloween Hangover: Even Stars Like To Play Dress Up
In perhaps the most elaborate Halloween costumes we've seen yet, Renee Zellweger absolutely nails the post-op tragedy of Meg Ryan, while Robert DeNiro Methods his way under the skin of an utterly convincing Goldie Hawn. More » -
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From The Mailbag: We Are Not Robert De Niro
This nice note, inexplicably sent to our "tips" e-mail but addressed to onetime acting legend Robert De Niro, landed in our inbox early this morning. We felt it would be irresponsible not to pass it on, hoping that someone can help direct it to its intended recipient: More » -
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De Niro's Maid Teaches Hollywood A Lesson About The Practicality Of Respect
Robert De Niro's housekeeper has admitted that she stole from the actor and his wife, but in protest—not over De Niro's recent, disastrous career choices (we'd happily lift his Rolex if it helped him pass on Showtime 2), but because of the poor treatment she received, as her more respectful employers went unburgled: More »
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