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Nerd News Roundup: Will Work for Experience Points

Hello, faithful friends. I know last week was rough without your fix, but daddy is back with more of the good stuff. Unfortunately, all is not well in the kingdom of Nerds. The House of Mouse has taken the axe to the House of Ideas. Brand new shiny shows have been shuttered before they were even unlocked. Even iconic underpants are collecting unemployment these days. On the flip side, video game goliaths are expanding their market and superheroes find new ways to produce new jobs. You’ll find this and cake in this week’s Nerd News Roundup! Continue reading →

The Hollywood Caller: Jim Carrey Would Like to Date You…or Wear Your Skin. Both, Maybe?

Jim Carrey scares us with his honesty; What’s interesting about the 1890’s? We have no idea. Well, obviously they should have made a game out of Sorry; Remember Heathers? Well that guy will be on TV again, yay? Timothy Olyphant likes to wear jeans and we like it so much we could watch more; The Game of Thrones keeps getting awesomer!

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Don’t Be Afraid…to Let Actors Find Their Own Way

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?”

The Hollywood Caller: Old Men Have a War…Sitting Down!

Two old guys hitch up their elastic waistband slacks and yell at their computers; some unfunny person tries to convince us that she’s funny based on the success record of the NBC network; Science Fiction to hopefully get a shot of adrenaline; Desperate Housewives is still on television; a superhero gets a part-time job, and the unemployment line is about to get royal.

This Hollywood Dish needs pudding and a nap.

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Soderburgh’s Male Stripper Movie Now Starring Basically Every Hot Guy in Hollywood

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 →

The Hollywood Caller: Sex Movies are Out, Sex TV is In

More sex on your teevee — well, you asked for it. The return of an SNL icon, or maybe just some guy who freezes under the spell of Kanye West. Johnny Depp won’t be eating beans by a fire, romantic comedies need more ice cream, what you won’t be watching next year, and action stars don’t age… they ripen. Mostly.

You love Hollywood dish more than your shoes.

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In a World Where Humans Are Remote Controlled

You know what? There’s no point in hiding the spoilers under a cut, because this movie deserves to be spoiled. Anyway, in case you haven’t seen this, click at ya own risk.

Yes, friends and neighbors, I saw Gamer, the Gerard Butler vehicle from 2009 that was all science fictiony and go-fast-and-blow-up-goodness in the trailer, and then a whole lot of “I wonder how many of these actors needed to make a mortgage payment?” in the actual viewing of the movie.

The premise is simple. In the near future, a crazy technology genius played by Dexter from HBO land invents some kind of nano technology that is injected into people, and it clones their brain cells and replaces them, with the twist that the new brain cells can send and receive information over an IP network. Continue reading →

Filmmaker Takedowns

“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 →