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Director-bots: Transform!

25 June 2009 5:33 PM, PDT | From Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news

Having set out to Destroy All Retinas with his noisy monstrosity/$200 million surreal art piece Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- and now reportedly looking to make a smaller, intimate movie as his next project -- we got to wondering what a giant robot movie would look like if it were in the hands of some of cinema's more idiosyncratic auteurs. Can Autobots and Decepticons find love under the steady hand of Ang Lee? Is there a lonely, confused female Transformer drifting into Sofia Coppola's orbit? Michael Bay, take note: that little understated drama you've got planned --- we hear...

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Cameron Diaz Premieres Her New 'Keeper'

25 June 2009 5:04 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

"The Insider" was on the red carpet with Cameron Diaz and her co-stars for the premiere of their new movie, 'My Sister's Keeper,' in New York on Wednesday night! "What I'm so proud about this film is that it's a film that everyone can relate to," Cameron tells us, adding that the bittersweet emotional drama is, in part, about "all the things that we fall in love with [and] all the things that break our hearts." Click the video for more from Cameron and her co-stars, including Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, and Thomas Dekker. In theaters Friday, 'My Sister's Keeper' stars Cameron as Sara, a mother who is devastated when her precious toddler daughter Kate (Sofia) comes down with a rare form of leukemia. Sara and her husband Brian (Jason Patric) conceive another child out of desperation, a daughter named Anna (Abigail), who is a

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Stephen Dorff Tells Movieline Sofia Coppola's Somewhere is 'Going To Be Really Special'

24 June 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | From Movieline | See recent Movieline news

Our Public Enemies premiere coverage continues with this short interview with Stephen Dorff, who's currently shooting Somewhere -- a Sofia Coppola film that also boasts a Fanning, a Jackass and a Wolf Man among its eclectic cast. Dorff is clearly invigorated by the plum role, described by Variety as "an aging bad boy actor who comes face-to-face with his 11-year-old daughter."

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News:Ed McMahon Passes Away/Antichrist the Video Game/Burlesque/Pharma Girl/Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere/Zac Efron Executive Producer/Twilight Dolls/Sean Penn Leaves The Three Stooges/Alice In Wonderland

23 June 2009 7:50 PM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

Ed McMahon, Rip: The infamous Johnny Carson sidekick has sadly passed away. At the age of 86 Ed McMahon died on June 23rd, 2009 at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center. Recently, McMahon has had many health problems, including pneumonia. Not only has the public been made aware in the decline of McMahon’s health, they have also known about his money problems; including his battle to pay his mortgage, costing him approximately $644,000 debt with the bank, and then being sued by numerous insurance companies, which was later reached in a settlement for $7million. Thankfully enough, the public will always remember Ed McMahon as the cheerful and laughable subordinate to Carson. Let’s hear it one last time for remembrance sake: “Heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” Antichrist the Video Game: Director Lars Von Trier’s latest flop film that was laughed at during it’s screening at Cannes Film Festival will become a video game.

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Ali McKinnon

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Casting Bites: Benicio del Toro, Kathryn Hahn, and Cher

23 June 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Stephen Dorff and Chris Pontius (Jackass) aren't the only men gearing up for Sofia Coppola's upcoming film Somewhere. It turns out the rumors are true -- Movieline has confirmed that Benicio del Toro will be making an appearance. Unfortunately, it's only brief. He'll play someone Dorff has a run-in with at the Chateau Marmont (where Dorff's character is holed up). This is fitting, as the site points out, since that's where he had that rumored sexy run-in with Scarlett Johansson. Will they meet in an elevator?

Meanwhile, funny woman Kathryn Hahn, who you surely remember from films like Anchorman and Step Brothers, has scored two new gigs -- one on the big screen, and one on TV. The Hollywood Reporter posts that she has grabbed a part in James Brooks' untitled baseball comedy, and is also developing a pilot with husband Ethan Sandler that she will potentially star in.

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Monika Bartyzel

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Exclusive: First Details on Benicio del Toro's Role in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere

22 June 2009 4:10 PM, PDT | From Movieline | See recent Movieline news

When the pop band Rooney recently blogged that some of its members would be appearing in Somewhere, the next film directed by Sofia Coppola (the lead singer, Robert Schwartzman, is Coppola's cousin), an intriguing bit of potential scoop was let out of the bag. Focus Features has already announced the film's eclectic cast -- Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, and Jackass stuntman Chris Pontius are its topliners -- but the blog post seemed to reveal that Somewhere also starred Benicio del Toro. Movieline can now confirm that del Toro is indeed in the film, as well as shed light on his role.

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Rumor: Benicio Del Toro Also in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere?

22 June 2009 3:24 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Not that this is the kind of movie where it's exciting to hear that a big actor may be involved, but there's a rumor floating around (courtesy of Vulture) that Benicio Del Toro is also in Sofia Coppola's new hotel movie Somewhere. The project was first announced back in April and is currently shooting at the iconic and (in)famous Chateau Marmont in Hollywood (hey, I drive by there all the time!). We know that it stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning as a "bad boy actor" and his estranged 11-year-old daughter, respectively. We also know that Jackass star Chris Pontius has a supporting role, but now Benicio Del Toro is in, too? The rumor comes from blog for the band Rooney where they explain that they "spent the day at the world famous Chateau Marmont on the set of the new Sofia Coppola film, Somewhere." Out of nowhere,

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Alex Billington

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Benicio del Toro Joins Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere

22 June 2009 2:05 PM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Update: Movieline has confirmed that Benicio is in the film, and that his role "involves a brief run-in with Dorff’s actor at the historic hotel." So it is just a cameo. Has Benicio del Toro joined the cast of Sofia Coppola's new movie Somewhere? The Los Angeles power pop band Rooney reveals in a new blog post that they filmed a cameo for the film (yes, the movie is already in production) but also mentioned that Benicio is one of the stars of the movie. "We spent the day at the world famous Chateau Marmont on the set of the new Sofia Coppola film, Somewhere.The movie stars Stephen Dorf and Benicio Del Torro. Though Ned and Louis lost a last minute coin toss to appear in the film, keep you eyes peeled for Matt, Robert, and Tayor. Rumor has it Matt may even have some off the cuff improv.

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Peter Sciretta

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Buzz Break: Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Anna Faris

22 June 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From Movieline | See recent Movieline news

· Congratulations to Anna Faris, who married Parks & Recreation's Chris Pratt this weekend in Maui (confirming her desire to stand by him no matter his choice in swim trunks).

· Has Benicio del Toro decided to return to the scene of his Scarlett Johansson-sexing crime by accepting a role in Sofia Coppola's Chateau Marmont-set Somewhere?

· Now that they've shot their series finale (set to air in 2011, the actors of Nip/Tuck take time out to lovingly reflect on just how bad the show has become.

· Simon Cowell confesses his realization about Susan Boyle: "Christ, she doesn't know how to deal with not winning."

· #16 on the list of ways to celebrate Meryl Streep's 60th birthday: "Memorize the entire Miranda Priestley 'Cerulean' monologue." Done and done!

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Shire Dreams Of Coppola Family Film Get Together

8 June 2009 3:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Rocky star Talia Shire is keen to bring her family together for one Coppola epic.

The actress is moviemaker Francis Ford Coppola's sister and she'd like him to helm a film featuring the entire clan, including her sons Jason and John Schwartzman and Matthew Shire and relatives like Roman and Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage.

She tells WENN, "I would like to do a film one day with my circus family; my stepson is John Schwartzman a great cinematographer, who did Seabiscuit, and all my children could be involved.

"My son Matthew Shire was a production assistant on House Bunny, Jason and Robert Schwartzman are actors and Robert also composes songs for film and television, so hopefully we will all have that chance to work together. My children are very creative."

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Tetro Review

8 June 2009 10:33 AM, PDT | From Spout.com | See recent Spout news

“What has happened to our family? We were so promising!” So ponders one elder member of the artistic clan at the center of Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro –– and so, one imagines, the film’s detractors will be eager to snark about the director and his filmmaking progeny. Ffc is oft-mocked for having whored himself out to studios in the 90s, only to squander the generosity of an indie arm with his pretentious “return to personal filmmaking,” 2007’s Youth Without Youth. As for the younger Coppola generation, Roman went from making highly-cinematic music videos to directing the promising mod homage Cq, but has since apparently done little but shoot second until for his dad, sister and Wes Anderson. After winning an Oscar for the beyond-slight Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola made a personal gesture of her own with the masterfully stylish Marie Antoinette — which s ...

Karina Longworth

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Nicholson And Brooks Set To Reteam

3 June 2009 1:23 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Jack Nicholson had better start clearing space on his mantelpiece for another Oscar.At least, that’s if his history with James L. Brooks is anything to go by. The legendary actor and the writer-director have worked together three times. One was a cameo in Broadcast News. The other two were on Terms Of Endearment and As Good As It Gets – both times Nicholson won Oscars.So you can excuse Jack for clearing some more room, now that he’s agreed to work with Brooks again, as a very late replacement for Bill Murray in the director’s as-yet untitled Paul Rudd/Reese Witherspoon/Owen Wilson romantic comedy.Murray had been in talks for a long time about playing the father of Rudd’s character, who’s a white-collar executive vying with Wilson’s baseball pitcher for Witherspoon’s affections.But, with just two weeks to go before filming, Murray

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'Moon''s Duncan Jones Moves on to 'Escape from the Deep'

2 June 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Well, this looks like fun. I really like Duncan Jones' directorial debut Moon -- coming soon to a discerning theater near you! -- but I really like submarine movies. Who doesn't? Only fools.

Jones -- a commercial vet, and David Bowie's son! Did you know that? I totally didn't know that. Next you'll be telling me Freddie Mercury begat Sofia Coppola -- will be moving on to Escape from the Deep, the true story of a World War II submarine that trapped itself at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, 180 feet below the surface, where it proceeded to be assaulted by enemy charges.

I'm pretty sure Escape from the Deep will rule, as I'm not sure I've ever disliked a submarine movie. Das Boot? Duh. Crimson Tide? Yeah. The Hunt for Red October? Gimme gimme gimme. Those are non-controversial. How about: U-571? Yep, McConaughey be damned. K-19: The Widowmaker?

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Tracking Shot June 2009: Rabbit Hole, We Want Sex, Black Venus...

1 June 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features six projects that are moments away from lensing and that we feel are worth signaling out. This June (2009), we are keeping tabs on: John Cameron Mitchell's third film with Kidman and Eckhart on board to star, Sofia Coppola shacks up in another hotel this time in Los Angeles and Steven Soderbergh will be scouting stadiums not that far away. Across the pound Abdellatif Kechiche begins filming Black Venus and the U.K will see William Monahan make his directorial debut with London Boulevard and Nigel Cole directs Sally Hawkins in a drama that reminds me of North Country. Not featured, but worth the mention: Robert Rodriguez is taking on a trailer turned feature length film project Machete in Austin. * Black Venus Director: Abdellatif Kechiche - Screenwriter: Kechiche and Ghalya Laroix Producer(s): MK2's Charles Gillibert,

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Jackass Chris Pontius to Join Sofia Coppola's Somewhere

21 May 2009 4:11 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

This is definitely an odd casting choice. We heard about Sofia Coppola's new project Somewhere a few weeks ago, that's about a "bad-boy actor" who gets to re-examine his life after a surprise visit from his 11-year-old daughter. The bum of an actor in the film is camped out at the famous Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood, where this will be set and where it will shoot. Cast as the actor is Stephen Dorff and playing his daughter is Elle Fanning. But how about Dorff's best friend? Coppola has cast Jackass member Chris Pontius as the character Sammy. Will he play a goofball or a straight-edged guy? Only time will tell. So now we know all about it, who's in it, where it's shooting, but will it be any good? I watched Lost in Translation recently since I hadn't seen it in a long time and I actually still

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Alex Billington

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Pontius Checks Into Somewhere

21 May 2009 2:03 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Jackass daredevil and all-round mentalist Chris Pontius has joined the cast of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, a comedy/drama set in West Hollywood's Marmont hotel.Pontius will play Sammy, best friend of Stephen Dorff's hell-raising actor who re-evaluates his life after a surprise visit from his 11 year-old daughter (Benjamin Button's Elle Fanning). We can only speculate, but with his Jackass track-record and a nickname like 'Party Boy', we'd expect Pontius' character to be more likely to represent the lure of booze, drugs and having your arse bitten by baby crocodiles than the forces of abstinence and responsibility.On the face of it, it's a quirky bit of casting, although  the common dominator is Coppola's ex, Spike Jonze, who was co-creator of Jackass and producer on Jackass: The Movie. Unless Coppola was a big fan of Pontius' turn as 'Irish Henchman' in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Filming on Somewhere is

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Bunny The Lifeguard Lost In Translation

20 May 2009 4:38 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

Jackass' Chris Pontius is moving up in the world, at least in the eyes of most straight-laced, elitist types. The thirty-four year old daredevil/ exhibitionist/ personal hero of mine has signed on for Sofia Coppola's new dramedy Somewhere. I'm all for producing subtle, sophisticated art like Lost In Translation every now and again--you know-- as long as it doesn't come at the expense of Jackass' Three, Four, Five, And Six. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Party Boy will play the best friend of Stephen Dorff. What this character's name might be or how much screen time he might eat up are reasonable questions you might pose, but the answers are still blowing in the wind of Sofia Coppola's neurons. I can tell you the general plot outline though. Dorff is a debaucherous actor who reexamines his life after his eleven year old daughter stops by his

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Jackass Star Chris Pontius Signs on for Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere

20 May 2009 3:03 PM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

This past weekend I caught part of Steve-o: Demise and Rise on MTV, which documents Steve-o's downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction and subsequent intervention from the Jackass crew. It was sad to see one of the greatest actors of our time squandering all his skateboarding and rapping talent, but the whole time I kept thinking, "Please Steve-o, keep it together long enough to make Jackass Number Three... or at least another season of Wildboyz". Fortunately he will live to huff nitrous oxide another day, but the truth is, a lot of his best buds have already started to move on without him. Believe it or not, Steve-o's Wildboyz partner Chris Pontius has just landed a pretty sweet gig that could possibly be his ticket to bigger and better things. According to The Hollywood Reporter [1], Pontius will star in Sofia Coppola's next film Somewhere. He will play Sammy,

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Sean

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Ignoring The Disclaimer, Sofia Coppola Will Play With A Jackass

20 May 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

This is definitely going to end up being the strangest news I hear this week, if not this month or this year. Sofia Coppola, writer/director/producer of “Lost in Translation” and “Marie Antoinette,” is deep in the prep stages for her next effort, entitled “Somewhere.” Now here’s where things get weird: joining the already confirmed Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning in the cast is none other than “Jackass” and “Wildboyz” alum Chris Pontius.

Whaaa…? The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Pontius will join the cast of Coppola’s “Somewhere” as the best friend of Stephen Dorff’s protagonist. Dorff plays a popular Hollywood actor who is forced to re-examine his public persona when his daughter (Elle Fanning) shows up for a surprise visit. Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” partner Focus Features will release the film, which is currently planned for a 2010 release.

I’ve always had a fondness

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Jackass gets serious?

20 May 2009 3:01 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Jackass star Chris Pontius (perhaps best known as his alter ego "Party Boy") has signed on to star in the upcoming Sofia Coppola flick Somewhere. Pontius will co-star with Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning in the story of an out-of-control actor living at the Chateau Marmont who wakes up one day to find an 11-year-old girl claiming to be his daughter. Pontius will star as Dorff's best friend and presumed partner-in-crime in the film who may or may not rip of his tearaway pants to...

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