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Hollywood Wants Tiger Mother Movie

Could Amy Chua's story be the next Joy Luck Club ?

(Newser) - Amy Chua certainly captured the nation’s attention with her rather unorthodox parenting memoir —and Hollywood thinks Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has big-screen potential. “Not only is there a movie here, I definitely think it's more than one movie,” says Ron Bass, who co-wrote and...

Glee Creator: 'F*** You, Kings of Leon'

After his show got rejected, Ryan Murphy is not a fan

(Newser) - Safe to say Glee creator Ryan Murphy is no longer a Kings of Leon fan. The band wouldn’t let its music be used on the show, and Murphy shared his reaction with the Hollywood Reporter : “F*** you, Kings of Leon. They're self-centered a**holes, and they missed the big...

Jimmy Buffett Hospitalized After Falling Off Stage

Fall left him unconscious and with a gash on his head

(Newser) - Jimmy Buffett was rushed to the hospital with a head injury after falling off the stage at his final Sydney concert last night, Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports. One audience member tells TMZ a flashing light may have caused Buffett to fall as he walked along the edge of the...

It's a Boy for Cruz, Bardem
 It's a Boy for 
 Cruz, Bardem 
Jan 26, 2011 8:46 AM CST

It's a Boy for Cruz, Bardem

Couple welcomed first child yesterday, according to reports

(Newser) - Famously private celebrity couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz welcomed their first child yesterday, according to reports. A Spanish newspaper and magazine report the baby boy was born at LA’s Cedars Sinai Hospital, Us reports. No other details were available. Cruz and Bardem married in secret in July.

The New Olbermann: Alec Baldwin?

He's MSNBC's No. 1 choice, says a source

(Newser) - With Keith Olbermann’s departure, MSNBC needs a new high-profile host—and its top choice is none other than … Alec Baldwin. Sure, he currently has a gig on 30 Rock, but that just makes him an even better fit: "He's already part of the NBC family, has a...

Last Season, Big Secret: How Convenient for Oprah

Lisa de Moraes questions Winfrey's timing, motives

(Newser) - It’s her show’s final season, she’s just back from Australia, and suddenly she’s got a big surprise: Oprah has a long-lost half-sister! What a fortunate coincidence for the queen of talk, writes Lisa de Moraes in the Washington Post . This despite the fact that Oprah met...

Stewart Smacks Fox Over Nazi Hypocrisy

Fox News shouldn't be outraged over Nazi comparisons, says Daily Show host

(Newser) - When Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen recently compared his political opponents to Nazis—Joseph Goebbels in particular—no media outlet was more outraged than Fox News. Most notably, host Megyn Kelly argued with her guest, Democratic strategist Richard Socarides, when he pointed out that none other than Fox News often makes...

King's Speech Snags 12 Oscar Nods

 King's Speech 
 Snags 12 
 Oscar Nods 
academy awards
Jan 25, 2011 7:57 AM CST

King's Speech Snags 12 Oscar Nods

True Grit, surprisingly, comes in second

(Newser) - The King's Speech swept past fellow front-runner The Social Network to claim a dozen Academy Award nominations this morning, including Best Picture and three of the four acting categories. Surprisingly, True Grit also bested the Facebook film with 10 nominations, also including the top award. The Social Network finally appears...

A New Olsen Hits Sundance
 A New Olsen 
 Hits Sundance 
Jan 24, 2011 7:09 PM CST

A New Olsen Hits Sundance

Move over, Mary-Kate, Ashley: Little sister Elizabeth has 2 indie flicks

(Newser) - Cue the inevitable jokes about a full house, but there's a new Olsen in town, reports People. Elizabeth Olsen—at age 21 three years younger than her famous twin sisters—is rolling out a pair of indie movies at Sundance that are causing a stir. "It's hard for independent...

3D Movies Are Worthless
 3D Movies Are Worthless  
ROGER EBERT
Jan 24, 2011 5:50 PM CST

3D Movies Are Worthless

Images confuse the brain, interfere with moviewatching

(Newser) - Roger Ebert has never been a friend of the recent resurgence of 3D movies. But now he's got proof that the technique is just plain broken, and certainly not worth the extra dollars charged at theaters, he writes for the Chicago Sun-Times . After trashing the 3D aspect of Green Hornet,...

Oprah Reveals Big Secret
 Oprah Reveals Big Secret 
Jan 24, 2011 10:26 AM CST

Oprah Reveals Big Secret

Winfrey introduces audience to her long-lost sister

(Newser) - Looks like Kitty Kelley's prediction was right: Oprah Winfrey revealed her big family secret today, and it turned out to be news of a long-lost sister. Her mother gave a baby named Patricia up for adoption in 1963, when Winfrey was nine, she announced on today's show. ( TMZ has...

Screw You Hollywood, I'm Buying My Movie: Smith

Will do his own roadshow for 'Red State'

(Newser) - After a 20-minute speech lambasting Hollywood, Kevin Smith sold his horror movie Red State for $20 at Sundance last night … to himself. Smith, who said the movie industry is full of “too much f***ing horses***,” announced an auction for the distribution rights after Red State premiered. But...

Eclipse, Last Airbender Top Razzie Noms

'Anti-Oscars' celebrate worst in film

(Newser) - Everyone loves Twilight, right? Wrong. The latest installment in the series—Eclipse—led the pack with nine Razzie nominations today, People reports. The Razzies, which celebrate the worst film achievements of the year, also doled out nine nominations to M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. Along with those two, nominees...

Roger Ebert Writes About His New Prosthetic Chin
 Roger Ebert Gets a Chin 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 23, 2011 11:35 AM CST

Roger Ebert Gets a Chin

He'll wear prosthetic on new TV show

(Newser) - Roger Ebert has a new prosthetic chin, he writes at the Chicago Sun-Times . "That's not to fool anyone, because my appearance is widely known," he explains. It's more of a "pleasant reminder of the person I was for 64 years." Cancer surgeries left Ebert's face disfigured,...

Oprah: I'll Unveil Big Secret Monday

Family secret 'shook me to my core'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey knows a thing or two about staging reunions, but she's taking the one on Monday to a personal level: The talk-show diva says she'll unveil "the miracle of miracles," a family secret she'd discovered only recently. "I was given some news that literally shook me...

No Strings Attached a Clich&eacute;d Affair
 No Strings Attached  
 a Clichéd Affair 
movie Review Roundup
Jan 21, 2011 11:15 AM CST

No Strings Attached a Clichéd Affair

Portman, Kutcher in 'formulaic' rom-com

(Newser) - In No Strings Attached, Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher try for sex without love, but run into complications. It’s a big step down for Oscar contender Portman, say critics (46% approval on Rotten Tomatoes vs. 79% for fans):
  • The film is “basically Love & Other Drugs without the
...

Next Up for Baron Cohen: Saddam Film

'The Dictator' based on book Hussein may have written

(Newser) - If you had any doubts about Sacha Baron Cohen's love of controversy , his next role should squash them: The Borat star will play a thinly veiled version of Saddam Hussein in a comedy called The Dictator. The film is loosely based on a book, Zabibah and The King, thought to...

Gervais to Piers: I'm Not Sorry for Anything

It was tamer than it could have been ...

(Newser) - A defiant Ricky Gervais said he's not sorry "for anything" related to his celebrity-dig-packed night as host of the Golden Globes. "If they didn't want me, they shouldn't have hired me," he told Piers Morgan last night . "I don't think I did anything wrong. Those were,...

Beyonce, Clint Eastwood Team Up for Star Is Born

Beyonce will take lead role in musical remake

(Newser) - Beyonce will take the lead role in yet another remake of the 1937 classic A Star Is Born, to be directed by Clint Eastwood, reports Deadline . No male lead has been cast yet (though Deadline floats names like Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Jon Hamm as possibilities)...

Lucas Doesn't Actually Think World Will End in 2012...

...but the Earth might well be flat

(Newser) - Sorry, 2012 enthusiasts, but it turns out George Lucas does not actually believe the world will end next year . “He was not serious when he talked about the end of the world in 2012,” with Seth Rogen, a Lucasfilm rep tells Wired . However, “he is an adamant...

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