Harvey Herschel Korman was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Chicago. He left college for service in the U.S. Navy, resuming his studies afterward at the Goodman School of Drama at the Chicago Art Institute. After four years, he decided to try New York. Harvey Korman died yesterday at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic… Continue
Here's the news story: Kirk Douglas and his wife have dedicated their 400th school playground — completing a decade-long effort to give Los Angeles kids a place to frolic.
Yeah, I know most of you heartless bastards are saying, "SFW! Who cares?"
Well, I only posted this item to give me an excuse to run this photo:
Rose McGowan has won the lead role in the new television project Women in Chains!, a violent drama set at a woman's prison. And by “won” I mean she got the part by sleeping with the creator, her fiancee, Director Robert Rodriguez.
Hey, at least have to give her credit by going the extra… Continue
Sega released details on the Incredible Hulk game based on the new Hulk movie starring Edward Norton coming out next month. It'll be an open-world game with fully destructible environments and much more:
Features:
* Unlimited Destruction: Become the Incredible Hulk and… Continue
Vince Beane, a production manager on the set of one of Eddie Griffin's TV pilots, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was “maliciously assaulted and battered by Eddie Griffin" and Griffin's bodyguard, a professional heavyweight boxer, "a menacing figure" named John "J.C." Clark, intimidated and threatened him after they’d be plied "with more than six bottles of Veuve Clicquot Champagne.”
Speaking at the Cannes film festival, Jack Black said: "I'd really like to do a sequel, the last one was great, we are seriously thinking about it, there's already a script. In a few weeks we have to decide if we go through with the project or not."
Although JB has high hopes about the project,there's still no word on whether Richard Linklater is interested in directing or if Mike White would be writing the script for the… Continue
Academy Award-winning director and actor Sydney Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles. Pollack had been diagnosed with cancer about nine months ago.
Pollack worked with and gained the respect of Hollywood's best actors in a long career that reached prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.
"He'll be missed terribly," George Clooney said.
Last fall, he played law firm boss… Continue
The son of JRR Tolkien will try next week to halt Hollywood plans to follow the critical and commercial triumph of the Lord of the Rings trilogy by filming The Hobbit and a sequel.
Christopher Tolkien, 83-yrs. old, is calling for “one last crusade” in a long-running court battle against the producers of The Lord of the Rings… Continue
Warner Bros. Pictures has released an update to The Dark Knight website. It's similar to the previous version but now includes a menu featuring the synopsis, video, a photo gallery, and downloads such as screensavers, icons, wallpapers and posters.
The Watchmen movie is still in production but out March 6, 2009) DC Direct has already started to reveal their collector-edition tie-ins, which are modeled after the characters from director Zack Snyder's (300, Dawn of the…Continue
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman (Pace) begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm (Untaru), a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
It was supposed to be released on May 9th but it hasn't shown up in Austin yet. have any of you seen it… Continue
Will Smith's new movie, HANCOCK, is about a down on his luck superhero that needs help. But now it's looking like the Hancock movie might need a superhero to come save it for real.
Fox has released a promotional video for its upcoming Family Guy spin-off series, The Cleveland Show.
The spot centers on a conversation between Peter Griffin and Cleveland Brown about the new show and introduces some of the new characters, including Cleveland's new children and neighbors.
I know that Will Smith('spublicist) said he's not a a follower of Scientology.
Also last year he said on 'Live with Regis and Kelly" that he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, were planning to start their own school. "We started home-schooling our children probably six years ago," he said. "We found about eight or nine other parents that home-school, so we…Continue
Despite selling 300 million books (second only to the "Harry Potter" series) "Goosebumps" has never been adapted for the big screen, but Columbia Pictures has just acquired rights from Scholastic Media.
"Numerous people have tried to bring 'Goosebumps' to the bigscreen, but luckily Scholastic never found the right fit," said producer Neal Moritz, who is better known for producing action fare such as "The Fast and the Furious" films,… Continue
The Co-Host 3000 already reported on The Weinstein Co. is turning the Jim Henson series Fraggle Rock into a live-action musical fitted for the big screen.
But he forgot to mention the really big news:
20th Century Fox has set March 19, 2010 as the release date for "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2."
NBC has released images from the first set of Heroes action figures scheduled for release in June of 2008.
"The drama and intrigue of 'Heroes' has captured the imagination of so many fans around the world and we are really pleased to be able to introduce these special collectibles as part of the growing 'Heroes' brand," said Kim Niemi, Senior Vice President of NBC Universal. "We are certain that the loyal 'Heroes' fans will feel that these figures reflect the action and…Continue
But don't feel left out if you missed all these because Platinum Studios, Top Cow Productions and Arclight Films collectively announced early plans for the Witchblade feature film.