Sydney Pollack, director of such films as The Firm, Tootsie, and Three Days of the Condor, died yesterday at age 73.  Pollack was also well known as an actor and had roles in films as recent as Made of Honor and Michael Clayton.

Pollack, diagnosed with cancer about nine months ago, died Monday afternoon, surrounded by family, at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, said his publicist, Leslee Dart. He was 73. [AP]

Many of the stars with whom Pollack worked, such as George Clooney, Sally Field, Martin Landau and others, took time out to praise Pollack for his character and body of work, and many other really nice things which probably would’ve been nice for him to hear while he was alive.  Oops, too late.

Nice one, jerks.

Iron turned to gold in countless crappy headlines today as Iron Man earned $100.7 million in its opening weekend, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel.

The film also scored overseas with $96.7 million in 57 countries where it began opening Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $201 million.

If you’re looking to score overseas, I say start with England because those chicks are sluts.  Anyway, despite Iron Man‘s glowing reviews and record showing, today’s news wasn’t all bubble gum and puppy queefs, said Buzzkill Partyfoul.

Hollywood’s overall business was down compared to the same weekend last year, when "Spider-Man 3" had a record debut of $151.1 million. The top 12 movies took in $154.1 million, off 15 percent from a year ago. [AP]

The second place movie, Made of Honor, grossed just $15.5 million.  Disappointing considering its great contribution to the pantheon of great cinema.

“’MADE of Honor" is something old, it’s something new, it’s something borrowed and it’s something that blows,”

…said Kyle Smith of the always classy New York Post.  Okay I’m not gonna lie, that was a pretty sweet lede.  Kudos, fellow nose thumber.  But $100 says it was originally written "something borrowed and something that blew" before some jackass at the copy desk got ahold of it and decided the tense wasn’t right. Way to fight the good fight there, douche, you’re goin’ places.

A while back I brought you news of Made of Honor, a rom-com that joins a proud tradition of bad made/maid titles, and whose plot is virtually identical to My Best Friend’s Wedding. 

Anyway, thanks to a new contest, YOU can get married at the premiere – it’d be like a McDream come true!

[To enter] go to the website and submit a photo of you and your beloved, along with the story of the moment you realized you were meant to be together [From the first second I saw her I just knew she was the stackedest Ukranian on the whole dang internet]

[From the entries will be chosen] 20 semi-finalists, who will submit videos of themselves answering the same question…The contest will be featured on Entertainment Tonight.  The top four will move on to the coveted final round, where your video and story will be judged and voted on by the public to determine which lucky couple gets the grand prize… A trip for four to the premiere city [Fingers crossed for Wilmington!]. …The bride’s gown (provided by Selia Yang), the groom’s tux, a bridal bouquet (provided by Fleurop), his-and-hers wedding bands (provided by Damiani), and a $3000 gift card to Bed Bath & Beyond. [Cinematical]

Bed, Bath and Beyond is the 9th circle of hell.  You go in looking for a bath mat and spend the next three hours feeling like a failure because your ceiling fan cord doesn’t match your duvet cover (sweet lord, doesn’t anything go with mauve?).  But I guess it’s either or that or forever hold your piece.  Get it?? Oh my God, feel the PUNishment!  *sigh*

Here’s the new trailer for Made of Honor, whose poster I posted last week.

The worst part about it is that Kevin McKidd, the guy who played Lucius Vorenus in Rome (a real badass, btw), plays the other man – I kept expecting someone to get their head chopped off but instead it was just yuppies eating dinner and shopping for potpourri.

Being a guy is great though, isn’t it?  “He used to be a chauvinistic prick, but after his 153rd one night stand, he realized the error of his ways and decided to steal the one chick who’d always put up with his crap away from the one guy who actually respected her.  Fingers crossed!  Go get ‘em, McDreamy!” 

Reminds me of my favorite pickup line, courtesy of FilmDrunkard BDarbs – “I will be cold and distant like your father.” 

Here’s the new poster for Made of Honor, starring Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan.  It’s basically a dude version of My Best Friend’s Wedding, where some platonic loser goes to break up some awesome wedding as the maid of honor.  Hey, no what would make a wedding way better?  A ring bear.  Like a real bear, that you could feed live chickens during the ceremony (shit man, this is why I need a fianceé).

Made of Honor joins a proud tradition of Maid/Made titled movies that includes Maid of Honor, Maid to Order, Maid in Manhattan, Maid for Each Other, Maid in America, Man Maid, American Maid…  and I have high hopes that this one will suck equally massive wang.

Ooh, and guess what the tagline is – “An Unbridaled Comedy”!  Oh my God, what did I do to deserve this PUNishment!!