(He fills those gloves with Vaseline to keep his hands soft for Big Show)
If watching round-the-clock Michael Jackson coverage and reading the stories about a planned View-Master movie have brought you dangerously close to losing faith in humanity… you probably shouldn’t read the DVD charts.
The top-selling home video release for the week ending July 5 was 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “12 Rounds,” an actioner that was one of the last films from the now-shuttered Fox Atomic division, launched two years ago to produce low-budget theatricals aimed at teens. The film also managed to snag the No. 1 sales spot with estimated unit sales of fewer than 150,000 discs, according to Home Media Magazine’s market research department.
And yes, 12 Rounds was that movie starring a WWE wrestler that combined a they-kidnapped-John-Cena’s-wife plot with a madman-toys-with-the-police plot. I think they may have even squeezed some torture porn in there. Man, if that was number one, what was number two?
“12 Rounds” was followed on the sales chart by HBO’s season five TV DVD set of “Entourage,” which debuted No. 2 and sold nearly 87% as many copies as “12 Rounds,” albeit at a much higher list price. [THR]
Well sure, I can see that. I saw an HBO first-look at Entourage the other day that said, “The boys are really growing up this season - Turtle has a girlfriend.” It’s amazing, she likes shoes and hats too! Oh my gosh, which A-list director should Vince work with next? Let’s discuss this by the pool! Haha, now Johnny Drama’s working on his tan. Classic.
Brüno posed for GQ. I dunno, these pictures seem kinda gay. |more pics here|
Paramount bought Honey Pot, from Liz Meriwether, the writer of (not making this up) Sluts and F*ckbuddies. Plot is described as “what happens when a bunch of hot, funny women get their ‘Bourne’ on.” I can’t wait for her next film, A Penis Entering a Vagina. |Variety|
Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to a script about Costa-Rica based online casinos, from the writers of Rounders. In related news, Brett Ratner is attached to a script he spilled Kool Aid on. Seriously, can someone help get him unstuck? That was the only copy. |THR|
Don’t believe the hype about Tarantino being asked to cut 40 minutes from Inglourious Basterds, yo. Though to be fair, they could trim it by at least 10 minutes just by removing the extraneous letters.|ThePlaylist|
Yeah, you’ve probably already seen this, but I’m always up for a good Entourage bashing. “Dude, but there’s hot girls in it!” Hi, I’m internet porn, have we met? |CollegeHumor|
This is a really scholarly and erudite review of James Franco’s poetry-influenced student film, and what I took away from it was that it shows a dude getting poop smeared on his face. |Movieline|
And just for fun, 8 Popular Movie Titles Over the Years. |ScreenJunkies|
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It’s fairly well known that Jeremy Piven’s Entourage character, Ari Gold, is based on Entourage exec producer Mark Wahlberg’s real-life agent, Ari Emanuel. In a move many are calling “totally meta”, Emanuel’s agency just signed Adrian Grenier, the actor who plays Vince on the show and whose character is based on Wahlberg.
Reached for comment, Brett Ratner said “Got Milf? Let’s hug it out, bitch!” and laughed like an idiot.
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The lovely folks at Access Hollywood (is that the one with the guy from Sugar Ray?) were nice enough to send over this deleted scene from Iron Man, which will be on the DVD when it comes out next month. /Film describes the action so I don’t have to:
The three-and-a-half minute sequence shows what happens when Tony Stark wants to throw a last minute party at his house in Dubai. This sequence gives an answer to a plot hole some had, because Stark can’t fly from California to the Middle East in the suit, as it would be technologically impossible. There is also a cameo from Ghostface Killah. For those who don’t know, the members of Wu Tang are supposedly big comic book fans, and one of Ghostface Killah’s aliases is “Iron Man” and sometimes “Tony Stark”. The scene also provides Stark with an alibi for his work in the Middle East incident.
Excessive pool sequences, random cameos, bad porn dialogue – are you sure this isn’t an outtake from Entourage? I’m surprised Brett Ratner didn’t show up to offer Tony Stark a part in Rush Hour 5.
Adrien Grenier of Entourage is currently filming a documentary called Teenage Paparazzi, for which he has enlisted Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Rosie O’Donnell and others.
Grenier’s film, which surfaced on gossip sites when the actor was seen around Los Angeles with interview subject Paris Hilton, explores his relationship with a 14-year-old paparazzo who took his photo. The docu will feature Grenier interviewing actors and commentators — including Martin Landau, Noam Chomsky and "Daily Show" comedian Lewis Black — about the culture of fame.
[Producer Matthew] Cooke, who is functioning as a "sounding board" for the director, said "Paparazzi" will interweave the relationship portrait with philosophical interviews in the style of Richard Linklater’s "Waking Life [clip after the jump so you understand what we're dealing with]." It is being shopped to distributors and might be unveiled as a feature or miniseries. [THR]
Ooh, I can’t wait. I’ve always wanted to see a movie that recreates the experience of catching your junior-high-droput pot dealer in a moment of introspection. Fascinating thought, Entourage guy! Tell me about quantum mechanics!"
