Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman, who wrote and directed (respectively) Juno, have paired up their talents once again for Young Adult, which stars Charlize Theron as a newly divorced YA writer who returns to her small hometown. It’s not a film I would automatically be interested in seeing. Cody seems like a fun person (Have you watched her interview web series, Red Band Trailer? You should, it’s great.), but I find her screenwriting talent debatable. Similarly, I don’t see that Reitman has a noteworthy point-of-view as a director. I think Charlize Theron is talented, but I’m more apt to see a film because of the writer or director than I am to see it for the star. Today the poster for Young Adult hit the web, and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that it makes me just a little more interested in seeing the film. Click through to take a look and give your reaction. Continue reading
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Theft of materials from libraries and archives is more common problem than most people realize. One of the core tenets of librarianship (which includes archivists) is to allow–as much as possible–unfettered access to information. Unfortunately for libraries, archives and the people who patronize and manage them, some take advantage of such access by stealing artifacts. It’s difficult to strike a balance between open access and absolute security; libraries and archives continue to struggle with this clash of principle and need. There are well documented cases of thieves who stole rare books for their own personal collections, but more often than not, people steal these sorts of artifacts to try to turn a profit. Continue reading
Last week the pastry gnomes were corralled like cattle into odd couple groupings for their mini challenge and main challenge. They mooed and bleated, but that did nothing to prevent the unstoppable shuffle to the slaughter. This week…they’ll be split into groups for their challenge again. Where last week they had to create showpieces from fairy tales, this week the gnomes will be creating cakes for the 9th Season Orchestra of the Los Angeles Philharmonic: “the chefs must work in teams to create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance.” This should be interesting. Continue reading
Who are the red hots for this year? Are you on Team Sad or Team Gay? Or must we make room for a new team altogether? It’s time, Crassholes, time to watch a whole new cast of pastry chefs become unhinged at the drop of a spatula. I hope you doubled your insulin tonight, Wilford Brimley, because this bitch is about to get sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Check out the contestant bios on Bravo’s site to make some snap judgments and rate who you think is the cutest (I’ll take a slice of Nelson Paz, thankyewverymuch). Picture of him after the jump. My snap judgment crush may change. Okay, are you ready? I’m ready. Pour yourself a drink–something sweet, natch. Continue reading
People think that a great actors’ director is a guy that comes in every time and gives you an insight… it’s the guy that knows when to stay the fuck out of there if he’s not needed, and directors make the mistake of thinking that after every take they need to go in and really have an Elia Kazan moment with their actor. It’s about stay the fuck away until they need you, you know? And that’s it.
That’s Guillermo del Toro talking to Movieline about directing children specifically, and what good child actors are capable of. Head over there to read the full piece; Katie Holmes was also part of the interview. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (scripted and produced by del Toro) hits theaters this Friday. Do you plan to see Dark? What do you make of the MPAA’s decision to slap it with an R rating for “pervasive scariness?”
Good evening, Crassholes. Have you been drinking? I hope so. Are you ready to shake your ass like your life depends on it? Are you ready to bop your head like a damn bobblehead? Are you ready to work up a sweat? You better be. What would Friday night on Crasstalk be without some music sharing? Let’s get this thing started. With any luck I’ll stagger home in time to play along with you for a while. In the meantime, though, check out these tracks to get your juices flowing: Continue reading
Oh, hello there. It’s me again, your substitute liveblog slunt. Think back to high school when you had that same substitute teacher time after time. The one who had pretty much stopped trying. The one who smelled like vodka and breath mints. The one who basically let you kids do whatever the hell you wanted as long as you didn’t kill one another. Yeah, that’s me, and I’m flexible on the murder thing.
Can you believe we’ve already been watching this shit for a month? I still can’t remember most of the design goblins’ names, but at least we’ve done a pretty thorough job of creating nicknames for them. That makes me feel warm inside, but that could just be the vodka. Continue reading
Have you heard about Steven Soderburgh’s upcoming film, Magic Mike? It’s a total sausagefest about a veteran male stripper mentoring a newbie. Casting news has come quickly (mmhmmm), with news that Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer are set to play mentor and protoge, respectively. It was announced yesterday that perpetually half-naked Matthew McConaughey joined the cast; he will play an ex-stripper who owns the club where Pettyfer and Tatum work. Are you getting hot yet? Not enough? Earlier today the announcement came that Matt Bomer has been added to the cast, and now EW has an exclusive which is sure to steam you up even more: True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello has been cast in the role of Big Dick Richie. Subtle! Obligatory beefcake shot of Manganiello after the jump. Continue reading
Bea Arthur famously appeared in two episodes of All in the Family as Maude Findlay before starring in a spin-off that was developed for her ratings-friendly character. Maude ran for six years on CBS. Flavorwire has a great post today about minor/supporting television characters who deserve their own shows. Some of Flavorwire’s choices are no-brainers. Who wouldn’t love to see Mad Men‘s Carla as the lead character of a show? With retro TV shows becoming a trend (see the upcoming Pan Am and The Playboy Club), a show that explores the 60s from the perspective of a working class black character would be a welcome addition. True Blood’s Godric also seems a natural choice; how could he not? The character has literally millennia of history to explore. Continue reading
“Tarantino named his production company after one of my films. He’d have done better to give me some money.” That is, of course, Jean-Luc Godard insulting QT. Flavorwire has collected what they consider the thirty harshest filmmaker-on-filmmaker insults, and there are some really delicious ones. The quotes from Vincent Gallo are particularly acidic (and eye-rolly, depending on how seriously you take him as a filmmaker).
Flavorwire previously posted a collection of harsh author-on-author insults, which is also worth a look if you missed it. Which are your favorites? Do you know some good ones that they missed? Artist-on-artist? Musician-on-musician? Director-on-actor? Some quick googling turned up this nasty little line from Otto Preminger about Marilyn Monroe: “She’s a vacuum with nipples.” Oh snap. Continue reading