Sam Moore, half of the singing duo Sam & Dave, who had some hits in the seventies, split up for a few years and reunited for a comeback in 1982, thinks the plot of Soul Men (trailer) sounds a little too familiar.

Moore claims that key areas of the film’s plot dovetail with his own career. It co-stars Isaac Hayes, the late actor who worked as Sam & Dave’s producer in the 1970s, and its soundtrack features one of their hits, “Hold on … I’m coming”.

“The Weinstein Company says the film’s fiction. In that case, I’d like them to tell me what part’s supposed to be fiction,” said Moore. “I’d like them to tell me which two black soul musicians, signed to Stax Records, who worked with Isaac Hayes, it’s meant to portray.”

“The film is sexist, racist, and embarrassing, and that’s not what Sam & Dave were about,” said Moore, who is seeking “significant” compensation, together with a disclaimer distancing him from the narrative.

“It’s so amateurish, so stupid, and I’m surprised that Samuel L Jackson is involved in this. But when you read the script, all you see is vulgarity. Every other word is the ‘N-word’ or ‘M-f’ and it’s just not right. They have bastardised my whole story.”

I’m prepared to litigate on this and I’m prepared to go all the way. So I hope these guys are prepared to go all the way with me.”

Moore’s lawyer, Arnie Lutzker, said his client considers litigation to be a “last resort”. He added: “Clearly, the film takes from Sam Moore’s life without getting permission.” [Independent]

It’s a last resort because he has no case. Even if the movie was about this guy, you don’t have to ask permission.  And you definitely don’t have to pay someone just because your movie sounds kinda like their life.  Just ask Nick Nolte.  Candyman didn’t pay him anything.  He’s puked bees lots of times.

I’m convinced Sam Jackson must have a fifty thousand dollar a day coke habit, because he will take any job anywhere.  When he found out he wasn’t up for any part in Inglourious Basterds, he called up Tarantino himself.  Apparently it worked, because he now has a small part as the narrator, who has lines like:

“Needless to say, once the Basterds got heard about him, he never got there.”

“For in the other world, the gods only respect the ones they test first. Well Sgt., this is your test. And the gods are watching.” [JoBlo]

It’s tempting to think those are typos, but let’s face it, they’re not.  These days there’s nothing Quentin loves more than broken English and circular, excessively prefaced monologues.  In fact, many say that Tarantino is in love with circular monologues.  But I’ll tell you this: he also loves broken English.  Because if there’s one thing he’s extremely fond of, and we’re talking Quentin Tarantino here, it’s broken English and circular monologues.

In a recent interview (video after the jump), MTV asked Sam Jackson his favorite memory of working with Bernie Mac on Soul Men.

“The funniest day for me was a day when I didn’t even work. I actually went over there to see [noted pornstar] Vanessa del Rio,” Jackson said of a brief scene in the film where Mac’s character has casual sex with his neighbor, played in a cameo by Del Rio.

“And I looked over and saw Bernie and I was like ‘How’s it going man?’ and he was panting, ‘She’s killing me man. She’s bouncin up and down on me… She’s killing me!

And I’m like, “Dude, this is like the fantasy of every kid that grew up in the ‘60s! In a bedroom with Vanessa del Rio? Titties bouncing in your face? It’s Vanessa del Rio!”

So there you have it folks, Vanessa Del Rio’s titties killed Bernie Mac.  I’ve also heard Madonna’s breast milk turns you into one of those wolf kids.
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Yahoo just released a new poster for The Spirit, from 300 author Frank Miller, featuring Eva Mendes.  There’s a commercial on Spike TV recently that starts with two guys sitting on a bench, one guy asking the other, "Who’s hotter – Eva Mendes or Eva Longoria?"  Hypothetically, if a person ever thought the answer to that question was enough in doubt to ask it out loud, then hypothetically, that person probably likes the taste of semen.

And to answer her question, no you don’t look like a good girl.  Good girls wear bracelets on their wrists, not in their goddamned mouths.  Jesus, were you raised in a f-ing barn?