These A-list U.S. stars will voice Miyazaki's Ponyo for its American release
An A-list cast—including Liam Neeson, Matt Damon and Tina Fey—will voice the masterful, otherwordly animation of Japanese virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea for its North American release, with a bit of help from E.T. writer Melissa Matheson, producer Frank Marshall told reporters this week. Marshall and his producing partner Kathleen Kennedy are deeply involved in bringing the movie to mainstream western audiences this summer. "Kathy and I came on to produce...

Leonardo DiCaprio - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com
From All Movie Guide: As the blond, blue-eyed icon for millions of teenage girls and more than a few boys everywhere, Leonardo DiCaprio emerged from relative television obscurity to become perhaps the hottest under-30 actor of the 1990s. After leading roles in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and James Cameron 's Titanic , the actor became a phenomenon, spawning legions of websites and an entire industry built around his name.

Check This... 'How They Get There'
In this weeks check this we are showcasing Spike Jonze's first short film the rather brilliant 'How They Get There', which answers the age old question how do runners wind up in gutters? Posted by Flicks News at 7:09 PM Labels: check this, how they get there, Spike Jonze add to del.icio.us saved by 0 users 0 comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)  Subscribe in a reader

J.J. Abrams Approached Matt Damon For 'Star Trek' Role
Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed he originally approached Matt Damon to take on the role of Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek remake - but the actor turned him down. The space age franchise originally featured William Shatner as the heroic starship captain, but the veteran stars from the first films have been replaced with a younger cast for the upcoming prequel. And Lost creator Abrams admits Damon was his first choice for the starring role of Kirk - but he is glad to have...

IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE!
Matt Damon, wife Luciana Barrosa and their two daughters, 2-year-old Isabella and newborn Gia Zavala were spotted joining Luciana’s family for a meal at an Argentinian restaurant in Miami yesterday. The gang were celebrating Matt’s surprise participation in Florida’s Escape to Miami Triathlon earlier in the day. The hunky actor reportedly joined his stepfather Jay Jones and family friend Barry Hetherington as part of a running team. Matt’s brother Kyle – who competed in the

The film with 90,000 'producers'
Head to here to read a BBC article about collaborative movie-making project which aims to allow ordinary film fans the chance to help make decisions on every aspect of a film from start to finish. Posted by Flicks News at 10:11 AM Labels: producers add to del.icio.us saved by 0 users 0 comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)  Subscribe in a reader

Tiffany Cage? Allison Gere?
With the patriarchs in our lives top of mind this week as we approach Father's Day, try this manly quiz. Well ... it's manly in a girlie kind of way. Courtesy of mentalfloss.com, go online to tr.im/manquiz for the full quiz and corresponding answers. To warm up for the full, 10-question version, choose the correct middle name offered for these three celebs: 1. Nicolas Cage a) Allison; b) Kim; c) Regan 2. Richard Gere: a) Tracy; b) Tiffany; c) Delight 3. Matt Damon a) Paige; b) Shannon; ...

Jen and Ben Need Sex Help to Survive, Duh
What took everybody so long? Apparently, Jen put her divorce lawyer's number back in the drawer and is trying another tactic to fix her Brentwood, picket-fence problems: via purchasing fancier digs and allegedly seeing a sex therapist to keep the romance, and, one assumes, the marriage, alive. Why doesn't she just wear a Matt Damon mask? That'll turn Ben on pronto! If J.G.'s as cold to Ben in the boudoir as she was to us at the Pink Party in September (and pretty much everyone...

It's Birthday, Bitch
Matt Damon, 38 Jeremy Davies, 39 Karyn...

Matt Damon: Marathon Man
All of Matt Damon’s action films have finally paid of, as the actor took part in the Escape to Miami Triathlon on Sunday morning (October 5). According to reports, the 38-year-old “Bourne Ultimatum” hunk’s brother Kyle, who managed to take 27th place with a time of 2:23:40, talked him into participating in the event. Get the full story from  The Gossip Girls  Bookmark This Story:

Matt Damon is a better person than you.
Over the weekend, Matt Damon completed the 6.2-mile running portion of a tri in Miami. Like it wasn’t enough that he was handsome, (seemingly) smart and a successful movie star, but he’s edging in on your territory as a runner. Prove yourself by outpacing his 9:39-minute miles in this race. Posted by Kaytie at 11:11 am | | Share:  ,   Digg,  More...  Close   Add this article to:

Clint's Mandela film due Dec. 11
Warner Bros. will open Clint Eastwood's "Invictus," the Nelson Mandela pic toplining Morgan Freeman, on Dec. 11. Matt Damon also stars. Film's working title had been "The Human Factor," adapted from John Carlin's tome "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation." "Invictus" follows Mandela's attempt to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup to heal his nation following his release from prison, the fall of apartheid and his election as president of South Africa. Damon portrays...

October 8th……………Happy Birthday to………
Happy Birthday to… Terminator 3’s T-X Kristanna Loken (1979) actor Matt Damon (1970) American singer CeCe Winans (1964) actress Stephanie Zimbalist (1956) Kool & The Gang frontman Robert “Kool” Bell (1950) Alien fighter Sigourney Weaver (1949) Johnny (1948) and C-Jay (1965) Ramone of punk pioneers The Ramones congressman Dennis Kucinich (1946) Goosebumps author R.L. Stine (1943) Saturday Night Live alum Chevy Chase (1943) activist Jesse Jackson (1941) knife-wielding [...]SHARETH

Evan Rachel Wood - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com
From All Movie Guide: Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, NC, where her father Ira David Wood ran a theater company. Along with her two brothers, she acted in her dad's stage productions before getting small roles in made-for-TV movies. In 1995, she made several guest appearances on the CBS drama American Gothic, as the daughter of Mrs. Russell (played by real-life mom Sara Lynn Moore). Her next regular role was Chloe on the NBC sci-fi police drama Profiler. She left the show to join the...

‘Dancing’’s Cloris Leachman Gets Special New Year’s Day Honor
Cloris Leachman better think twice about staying up too late this New Year’s Eve. The very next morning, she’ll serve as grand marshal of the 2009 Rose Parade. The "Dancing with the Stars" contestant and Oscar winner will topline the 120th Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, says the Associated Press, an elaborate parade that precedes college football’s Rose Bowl championship game. Cloris, 82, is holding her own on "Dancing" with pro partner Corky Ballas. She won an Os

“Your almost the same age, we are meeting in the middle” - CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON trailer
The movie stars Brad Pitt in the spectacular story of a child born with the physical attributes of an 80 year old man who lives life aging backwards. Beginning in 1918 New Orleans, we see his life and the world around him change, and a blossoming romance with Cate Blanchett who he meets when she is just a teenager, and he is an old man. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILER IN HD The trailer pretty much showcases the whole film and the direction the movie is going to go, which is a little unfortunate but you ca

Megan Fox: ‘I resent having to prove that I’m not a retard’
Megan Fox may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but she’s turning into one of the easiest people to quote. Weird and dumb stuff just pours out of her mouth like pennies from heaven. First there was this gem: “ I’m not trying to take Cate Blanchett down .” Which is, like, my favorite quote this week. After that, Megan talked about how Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was “ the fattest” she’s ever been . Somewhere along the line she was making fun of “pretty boys”...

Megan Fox: ‘I’m not trying to take Cate Blanchett down’
Megan Fox was just named the runner-up of Maxim’s Sexiest Woman for 2009. She was Maxim’s 2008 Sexiest, so she sort of got dethroned. But the fanboys still love her. She’s got the Transformers sequel coming out soon, and so we’re going to be hearing a lot more about her in the coming months. Megan doesn’t really give the best interviews - it’s like she’s trying to be shocking, but she comes across as vapid. Maybe it’s just me.

IMAX To Feature Longer Cut of Transformers 2 With “More Robot Fighting”
Michael Bay has posted a new update on his official forum , confirming what I’ve heard from a variety of sources — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn’t finished, even though the movie is set to premiere tonight in Tokyo, Japan. I’ve heard that the crew has been working around the clock, 7-days a week, to finish the movie and Bay says that the film is “almost finished.”

Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige Join Mock “30 Rock” Choir
Sheryl Crow, the Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, Mary J. Blige, Cyndi Lauper and many more stars came together last night for a “We Are The World”-like superchorus performance for a good cause… 30 Rock . Singing for “Kidney Now,” the all-star collective — which also featured Norah Jones, Moby, Sara Bareilles and Steve Earle — performed a hilarious send-up of benefit songs on the season finale of Tina Fey’s NBC comedy.

Cloris Leachman named Rose Parade grand marshal (AP)
AP - Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

Emmy’s Mixed Bag: Overrated Reality, Fey Love, and Rickles’ Retort
Actually, let’s take that back. For a lady who celebrated the big 6-0 on Sunday night, the winged statuette still shone with luster. But the people who threw her the party—for shame. Hollywood Reporter wrapped up the sour and dour critical reaction, and Fresno Bee observed that circus elephants fed on a month-long diet of "rancid chili and rotten boiled eggs ... could not create a bigger stinker." What elephants deserved to get involved in the fiasco, who knows, but interest for "emmy" keyword se

This girl is 14 years old: Toddler Shani Moran-Simmonds is nearly three... but she was conceived over a decade ago and her embryo frozen | Mail Online
By rights, Shani Moran-Simmonds should be a typical teenager, with raging hormones, a mobile phone and a bedroom bedecked with posters of her favourite pop icons. Instead, her world is one of toddler gyms and teddies.

This girl is 14 years old: Toddler Shani Moran-Simmonds is nearly three... but she was conceived over a decade ago and her embryo frozen | Mail Online
By rights, Shani Moran-Simmonds should be a typical teenager, with raging hormones, a mobile phone and a bedroom bedecked with posters of her favourite pop icons. Instead, her world is one of toddler gyms and teddies.

Pizza Hut Rebranding Itself As “The Hut” To Become Coolest Restaurant Ever, Yo
Fellow Pizza Hut investors, I know economic times are rough, but I have a plan to completely save our restaurant by making it the hippest, most tubular restaurant in town — from now on, “Pizza Hut” will simply be known as…wait for it… “THE HUT” : [Investors Applaud] Here is how a typical interaction between to male youths aged 12-25 might take place under the new branding: Yo what up, G, youz wanna go somewhere totally funkee fresh? Yeah G, I wanna go...