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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - Posts

Josh Holloway dicusses life after ‘Lost’
The actor sits down with PEOPLE in his trailer on the show’s Hawaii set to talk about what lies ahead for his character as well as his post-“Lost” career plans. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Lady Gaga dominates 30th BRIT music honors
Glam pop artist Lady Gaga dominated the 30th BRITs on Tuesday, winning a trio of awards at the British pop music industry's flagship ceremony, the first international act to do so for five years. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

DiCaprio: Filming ‘Shutter’ was ‘very traumatic’
The actor heads into theaters this weekend with his latest thriller directed by Oscar winner Martin Scorsese. But filming the movie isn’t something he will forget any time soon. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Olympics ratings up 16 percent over Turin
NBC desperately needed some good news in prime time and although the Vancouver Games are just three nights old, so far, the Olympics have provided it. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Palin slams ‘Family Guy’ over Down character
In a Facebook posting headlined “Fox Hollywood — What a Disappointment,” the Fox News contributor said Sunday night’s episode felt like “another kick in the gut.” Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Scoop: Suri carries $850 designer purse
Suri Cruise continues to rewrite the book on toddler fashion. She’s toting a rather grown-up accessory — a miniature version of mom Katie Holmes’ Salvatore Ferragamo “Sofia” purse. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

‘Idol’ tortures everyone as it reveals top 24
The show clearly is a fan of borrowing elements from other entertainment programs, from the time-travel aspects of “Lost” to the high levels of torture even Jack Bauer couldn’t bear. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Redbox agrees with Warner Bros. on 28-day delay
DVD rental kiosk chain Redbox has agreed to wait 28 days after Warner Bros. releases new movies for sale before offering to rent them for $1 a night. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

'Valentine's Day' rules holiday box office (AFP)
AFP - Romance ruled the North American box office over the four-day holiday weekend, with star-studded comedy "Valentine's Day" surging to top spot on its debut, final figures showed Tuesday. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Redbox, Warner strike deal to avert lawsuit
Warner Bros has struck a deal with Redbox to let the rental-kiosk chain buy and rent out its new movie titles 28 days after their DVD release, settling a lawsuit the fledgling company filed against the Hollywood studio last year. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Al Pacino signs on for cop thriller
Al Pacino is slipping into the shoes vacated by Robert De Niro in "Son of No One," a police thriller starring recent box office champ Channing Tatum. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

'Valentine's Day' seduces fans with $63.1M debut
Movie fans showed some love for "Valentine's Day," an all-star romance that debuted with record revenues of $63.1 million over the long President's Day weekend. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Iran bars director from Berlin festival-organizers
Iran prevented a film director from traveling on Tuesday to the Berlin film festival, the same day a drama and a documentary about the country were screened, festival organizers said. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Doug Liman to direct film on Attica uprising
Director Doug Liman and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher are joining forces to re-create the 1971 Attica state prison uprising. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Freaks and Geeks" creator wedded to Wiig comedy
"Freaks and Geeks" creator Paul Feig will direct a wedding-themed comedy starring Kristen Wiig. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Review: `Shutter Island' is long, tiresome gloom
Martin Scorsese clearly had a ball making "Shutter Island," which seemingly hurls everything the director knows about filmmaking up on screen in a blazing, masterful technical triumph. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Review: `The Good Guy' is subprime Wall St. drama
Written and filmed before the economic collapse, the Wall St. drama "The Good Guy" is about as valuable as AIG stock. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:30 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Pitt, Jolie split! No, they didn’t ... wait ...
Selling magazines is one thing, but is there more to the constant drumbeat that has Brangelina breaking apart and Jennifer Aniston constantly pining for lost love? Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:33 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Olympics prove popular with TV viewers
Through three nights, household ratings for the Vancouver Olympics are up 16 percent over the 2006 games in Turin, Italy, the Nielsen Co. said. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:33 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Iranian director admits new film might not pass censors (AFP)
AFP - Iranian director Rafi Pitts said Tuesday this entry at the Berlin Film Festival, a drama set against the backdrop of recent political tensions, might not get past censors in his home country. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:03 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

US indie stars join forces in Berlin film fest entry (AFP)
AFP - Four of the top women in US independent cinema teamed up for an entry Tuesday at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, "Please Give", about privileged New Yorkers ridden by guilt. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:27 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Roger Ebert calls himself "happy" despite surgeries
Film critic Roger Ebert has opened a window on his life since losing his ability to speak four years ago, telling Esquire magazine he communicates through Post-it notes but there is "no need to pity" him. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:27 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Movie shot during Iran election debuts in Berlin
An Iranian movie made against the backdrop of last year's election campaign and centering on a man whose wife is killed in a shootout between police and demonstrators made its debut Tuesday at the Berlin film festival. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:27 PM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Oscar not afraid to show its dark side
Hollywood loves a bad boy and so does Oscar, with academy voters nominating several roles this year that are less than cordial, if not downright crazy. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:37 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Keener, Holofcener return in New York comedy film
Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener and independent director Nicole Holofcener team up for the fourth time in "Please Give," a bitter-sweet tale of two families exploring the insecurities of New York's well-to-do. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:41 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Avatar finally toppled as No. 1 UK film
"Avatar," the biggest-grossing movie ever, has been knocked off the top of the UK box office chart after seven weeks at No. 1 by "Valentine's Day." Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:31 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Silent Bob, social media and seatmates of size
Looks like Southwest isn’t feelin’ the LUV — at least not for celebrity seatmates of size. Especially when said seatmate is Kevin Smith, the famously foul-mouthed multi-hyphenate. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:11 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Would a Stern-led ‘Idol’ be such a bad idea?
With the shock jock’s natural gift for polarizing the masses, Howard Stern's shot at the helm of the top-rated show on TV would either surpass Simon Cowell’s tenure or crash and burn. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:56 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Keener, Holofcener present comedy in Berlin
Catherine Keener stars as a guilt-ridden antiques trader in U.S. director Nicole Holofcener's "Please Give," a comedy of very awkward manners screening at the Berlin film festival. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:25 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden to marry
Joel Madden said on Twitter that he and Nicole Richie have been engaged for a while and he expressed thanks to relatives who did not let word of the engagement slip. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:20 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

With no voice, Roger Ebert still communicates
In an interview in the new issue of Esquire magazine, the 67-year-old film critic uses pen and paper and text-to-speech computer software to "speak." Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:05 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Roger Ebert cannot speak, but still communicates
Film critic Roger Ebert lost his ability to speak nearly four years ago, when he underwent a tracheostomy, a procedure that opens an airway through an incision in the windpipe, after surgery for cancer in his jaw. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:35 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Hollywood loves a bad boy: Oscar shows a dark side
For your consideration: A pedophile serial killer with a creepy dollhouse hobby, a murderous Nazi who delights in tormenting Jews, and a hateful mother who abuses her daughter and granddaughter. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:14 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Tale of lovable loser boasts winning performance
Yuya Ishii's prolific indie filmmaking career turned him into a festival darling. "Sawako Decides" seems to be a springboard to more mainstream platforms. The film is dominated by an irrepressible heroine, classified as a "loser dog" in Japan, and it Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:49 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Machinist" writer boards Dracula film
Scott Kosar, who wrote the script for the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake, has been hired to work on the screenplay for Summit Entertainment's "Vlad." Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:49 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Romance, comedy a winning match in "Heartbreakers"
"Heartbreakers" is one of those high-concept comedies the French turn out with seeming ease. Yes, they traffic in stereotypes, slapstick and near-operatic emotions. But they are so much fun to watch that American producers keep trying to remake them without Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:34 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Once-banned Japanese story told powerfully onscreen
There's nothing oblique or nuanced in Berlin festival competition selection "Caterpillar," Koji Wakamatsu's indictment of right-wing militarist nationalism and the partner piece to his relentless expose on left-wing extremism, "United Red Army." The tone Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:10 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

Skarsgard shines as "A Somewhat Gentle Man"
An oddball comedy with criminal undertones, Hans Petter Moland's "A Somewhat Gentle Man" ("En Ganske Snill Mann") follows a mild-mannered convict as he gets out of jail seeking mostly a quiet life but possibly also vengeance against the man who testified Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:00 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Hairdresser" an overly lighthearted look at obesity
The difficulty with Doris Dorrie's jolly and colorful romp "The Hairdresser" is that when the fat lady sings, it still ain't over. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:00 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments

"Wolf's Mouth" a bold, deeply felt love story
There's magic and mastery aplenty in "The Wolf's Mouth," a docu-fiction hybrid that represents a breathtakingly impressive debut from Pietro Marcello. Read More

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:54 AM by MovieBlogz with 0 Comments