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Glenn Close's best-known roles belie love of dogs
- Glenn Close's signature characters have boiled a bunny, plotted the skinning of Dalmatian puppies and, more recently, helped arrange the killing of a pet dog to leverage a balky witness.She suggests that her new business venture is a form of penance.
Pace picks up `The Fall,' but won't push it too much
- Near as Lee Pace can tell, the best way to scare audiences away is to tell them how good something is."I think people are really cautious about important movies," said Pace, who stars in "The Fall," opening Friday. "If you're told, `There's an important movie coming out,' people would rather chew glass than go see it."
- Near as Lee Pace can tell, the best way to scare audiences away is to tell them how good something is."I think people are really cautious about important movies," said Pace, who stars in "The Fall," opening Friday. "If you're told, `There's an important movie coming out,' people would rather chew glass than go see it."
Cosmetics firm Lancome and Uma Thurman in contract dispute
- French cosmetics giant Lancome and Uma Thurman are wrangling over the use of her name and image in an advertising campaign.The company asked for a ruling against the actress, who it says is demanding $1 million for unauthorized use of her name and face on Canadian billboards and Asian Web sites after her contract expired.
How Iron Man was trounced by a scruffy car thief
- Niko Bellic is richer than Tony Stark.While vying for similar audiences at the same time, "Grand Theft Auto IV" bested "Iron Man" by about $300 million in their respective first weeks on the small and big screens. The highly anticipated video game about immigrant gangster Bellic drove away with over $500 million, while the movie about Marvel billionaire superhero Stark blasted off with over $200 million worldwide.
- Niko Bellic is richer than Tony Stark.While vying for similar audiences at the same time, "Grand Theft Auto IV" bested "Iron Man" by about $300 million in their respective first weeks on the small and big screens. The highly anticipated video game about immigrant gangster Bellic drove away with over $500 million, while the movie about Marvel billionaire superhero Stark blasted off with over $200 million worldwide.
Capsule reviews of `Speed Racer' and other films this week
- Capsule reviews of films opening this week:"The Fall" - This whacked-out fairy tale for grown-ups is as stunning in its beauty as it is in its lack of logic. Indian writer-director Tarsem Singh, who just goes by the name Tarsem, knows how to create some sumptuous visuals, as he did with his similarly gorgeous but pretentious 2000 thriller "The Cell" starring Jennifer Lopez and Vincent D'Onofrio. He has quite an imagination, all right, as you would imagine from a commercial and music-video veteran. (Tarsem's best known work is still the clip for R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion," and that was back in 1991.) You just wonder where he's going with it. Too often the images, shot over several years in countries including Bali, Fiji, South Africa and Italy, seem to exist because they're cool-looking and weird, and for no other reason. The convoluted story, which Tarsem co-scripted with Dan Gilroy and Nico Soultanakis, follows the friendship that forms between an injured stuntman (Lee Pace) and a little girl with a broken collar bone (Romanian newcomer Catinca Untaru). Both are stuck in a hospital in 1915 Los Angeles. Every day, Untaru's cherubic Alexandria visits Pace's bedridden Roy and hears pieces of an increasingly wild tale, details of which he draws from his own life. Roy hopes that by charming her, he can talk her into stealing enough morphine so that he can kill himself. (We warned you this wasn't meant for kids.) Pace, the Golden Globe-nominated star of ABC's "Pushing Daisies," would seem to have the right charismatic presence for the job, but it's sometimes tough to tell under the elaborate costumes and fantasies his character has concocted. R for some violent images. 116 min. Two stars out of four.
Review: No luck finding surprises in `Vegas'
- Come on, now. You already know "What Happens in Vegas."You've undoubtedly seen the ubiquitous television commercials in which Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher bicker and beat each other black-and-blue but, secretly, seethe with lust. And you already know that they'll end up softening their stances and falling for each other in the end - it's pretty standard stuff by now. One does not go to a romantic comedy for the Shyamalan-style plot twists.
- Come on, now. You already know "What Happens in Vegas."You've undoubtedly seen the ubiquitous television commercials in which Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher bicker and beat each other black-and-blue but, secretly, seethe with lust. And you already know that they'll end up softening their stances and falling for each other in the end - it's pretty standard stuff by now. One does not go to a romantic comedy for the Shyamalan-style plot twists.
Kung Fu film 'The Forbidden Kingdom' is a hit in China
- Jackie Chan and Jet Li's first movie together is a hit in China.There were concerns whether "The Forbidden Kingdom" would appeal to Chinese because its script is geared toward American audiences.
Kung Fu film 'The Forbidden Kingdom' a hit in China
- Jackie Chan and Jet Li's first movie together is a hit in China.There were concerns whether "The Forbidden Kingdom" would appeal to Chinese because its script is geared toward American audiences.
Journalist dishes details about Uma Thurman stalker trial
- A Wall Street Journal reporter is sharing details about her experience as a juror in the Uma Thurman stalking trial, including some jurors' suspicions about whether her testimony was genuine.In a story published on the front page of Wednesday's paper, Emily Steel discusses how she and 11 other jurors arrived at the decision to convict former mental patient Jack Jordan of stalking and harassing Thurman. The 37-year-old out-of-work lifeguard and pool cleaner was found guilty Tuesday on one count of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment, and faces up to a year in jail.
- A Wall Street Journal reporter is sharing details about her experience as a juror in the Uma Thurman stalking trial, including some jurors' suspicions about whether her testimony was genuine.In a story published on the front page of Wednesday's paper, Emily Steel discusses how she and 11 other jurors arrived at the decision to convict former mental patient Jack Jordan of stalking and harassing Thurman. The 37-year-old out-of-work lifeguard and pool cleaner was found guilty Tuesday on one count of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment, and faces up to a year in jail.
'Mrs. Garrett' teaches Adam Sandler character facts of life
- At age 82, it sounds like Mrs. Garrett is still teaching youngsters about the facts of life.Charlotte Rae, who played boarding-school supervisor Edna Garrett on the early-'80s sitcom "The Facts of Life," says she has a cameo appearance in Adam Sandler's new comedy, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan."
- At age 82, it sounds like Mrs. Garrett is still teaching youngsters about the facts of life.Charlotte Rae, who played boarding-school supervisor Edna Garrett on the early-'80s sitcom "The Facts of Life," says she has a cameo appearance in Adam Sandler's new comedy, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan."