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First Look At The Doors, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan And More On 'Rock And Roll Comics' Covers
15 December 2009 3:01 PM, PST
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Back in October, we brought you the first look at Bluewater Productions' upcoming line of "Rock 'N' Roll Comics" graphic novels, republished from the original magazine series as 10 bi-monthly books.
You've already seen the covers to "The Beatles" and "Hard Rock Heroes," the first two issues of the series, and now we have four more for you to check out exclusively on Splash Page. Along with the aforementioned pair, this your first look at the covers for "The Pink Floyd Experience," "The Led Zeppelin Experience," "The King: Elvis Presley," and "The Spirit of the '60s" (featuring The Doors, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Spirit, Janis Joplin, and various other musicians).
The series kicks off this month with "The Beatles."
Click on each image to see the full cover:
Official Press Release text follows:
Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics Gets An Encore As Graphic Novels Through Bluewater Productions
Throughout the 90’s,
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'The Blind Side' And 'Invictus' Get Sports-Related Hands From Drake And Taylor Swift
11 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST
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Oscar-bait movie season is in full effect this weekend, as the films premiering at your local cinema are meant to make you think, tug at the heartstrings and educate you on important issues. Today sees the release of "The Lovely Bones" (which, as it turns out, is not a movie devoted to the work of Emily Deschanel), Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" (which is not about the relationship between Emmy Rossum and Adam Duritz) and "Invictus," a Clint Eastwood-directed flick about Nelson Mandela's quest to get the South African rugby team to win the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
"Invictus" is an interesting movie, mainly because it shows rugby on movie screens, which is not often represented on film. And combined with current box office chart-topper "The Blind Side," it's a great period for sports movies. And where there are sports movies, there are also sports-based music videos.
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- Kyle Anderson
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Ice Cube Brings New Comedy Series To TV With Are We There Yet?
9 December 2009 2:57 AM, PST
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This just in; it looks like Ice Cube is branching out to TV with a very successful film franchise that he has under his belt- The Are We There Yet? franchise, and it looks like it is moving along with his production partner Matt Alvarez (of Cube Vision Productions).
We hear the duo is producing with a substantial series commitment from the TBS Network. Besides the TV series beginning development, we hear that Cube Vision and Ice Cube is hard at work bringing back the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter to the big screen. More on this story as it develops.
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- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
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Mike Epps To Get Never Faded Again?
9 December 2009 2:50 AM, PST
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It’s been a real busy year for comedic actor Mike Epps. First, he just wrapped production on the film Lottery Ticket (also starring Ice Cube, Brandon T. Jackson and Bow Wow), plus he starred in The Janky Promoters (another film starring Ice Cube, and Little Jj). He also hosted the 3rd Annual Bet Hip Hop Awards, and he launched several music videos for his hip hop venture titled Funny Bidness.
But that’s not all; The biggest news for Epps the past couple of months has been the heat of his stand-up comedy DVD titled Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded which was filmed in Detroit. We just discovered that the Showtime network has stated that the special has posted some serious numbers, more than they have seen in a while.
But the news does not stop there; we also just discovered that on the heels of those
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- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
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UTA Signs Ice Cube & His Production Co
7 December 2009 5:22 PM, PST
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Back in June I posted about the feeding frenzy among Hollywood agencies to sign Ice Cube because he makes something like $10M a year. Now Ice Cube has discharged Wme over the weekend and signed with UTA. He will be repped by a team led by his former agents Ramses IsHak and Michael Sheresky, who themselves joined UTA earlier this year, as well as UTA board members Tracey Jacobs and Jeremy Zimmer. Also signing with UTA is the actor-director-writer-producer’s production company Cube Vision, which is run by Cube’s producing partner, Matt Alvarez. This is a busy time for Cube and Alvarez who are in post production [...]
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The 2010 Warner Bros. Preview Brings 'Sex,' 'Titans,' 'Potter' and Much More
3 December 2009 7:43 PM, PST
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Warner Bros. has debuted their 2010 picture preview giving us our first look at select films out of the 23 features they have set for the new year. I have added new images from the likes of The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington, Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson, our first look at Sex and the City 2, Kevin Smith's currently untitled new comedy with Tracey Morgan and Bruce Willis, Jonah Hex, Ben Affleck's The Town, and, of course, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.
The Book Of Eli
January 15
Photo: Warner Bros.
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Mantzoukas busy with Ice Cube
30 November 2009 6:12 PM, PST
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Jason Mantzoukas has been hired to rewrite the New Line/Cube Vision action-comedy "Ride Along," starring Ice Cube.The film will star Ice Cube as a cop who is unhappy about his sister's plans to marry a rich, white psychiatrist. He tries to sabotage the wedding by inviting his future brother-in-law on a police ride-along.The project, which has undergone a series of rewrites, was originally written by Greg Coolidge. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cube and his producing partner Matt Alvarez are producing, with Chris Bender and Jc Spink executive producing.
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- Adnan Tezer
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Ice Cube Film, Fox Comedy on Scribe's Plate
30 November 2009 6:37 AM, PST
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By the Hollywood Reporter
Jason Mantzoukas, who wrote the NBC pilot "Off Duty" last season, has set up a new comedy project, this time at Fox.
He also has been hired to rewrite the action-comedy feature "Ride Along," starring Ice Cube.
The Fox project, from 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment, takes place in a hospital and centers on a female doctor who is unraveling at the seams.
Read more from the Hollywood Reporter.
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- Dylan Stableford
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Hollywood Ink: Paramountal Activity
30 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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· Paramount, the studio that shepherded Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity from festival novelty thriller to $107 million horror phenomenon, has stood by their man, acquiring distribution rights to follow-up Area 51. (This comes despite a NY Times story that suggested the studio had passed, and the $10 million sci-fi feature had no takers.) Like Activity, it employs staged found footage to tell the story of three teens who set out to the extraterrestrial-harboring air force base in Nevada; also like Activity, it relies heavily on the powers of suggestion, proving the fake alien autopsy you don't see is far more chilling than the one you can. [Variety]
More to come in Ink: Piven's back on the big screen; This Is It comes home; Ride Along with Ice Cube.
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Ice Cube Set Up Another New Comedy Film & Creates Movement On Welcome Back, Kotter
30 November 2009 1:22 AM, PST
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We just discovered from our source that actor Ice Cube is about to continue to make a splash in the comedy scene with a new live action flick titled Ride Along for Fox.
We hear that the film takes place in a hospital and centers on a female doctor who is unraveling at the seams. The film from New Line and Cube Vision, will star Cube as a rogue cop who tries to break off his sister's engagement to an upper-crust white psychiatrist by inviting his future brother-in-law on a ride-along.
The film will be written by Greg Coolidge, has gone through a couple of rewrites. Cube and his producing partner Matt Alvarez are producing, with Chris Bender and Jc Spink executive producing.
In other Ice Cube news our sources say that there has been some movement in the re-make of the new film Welcome Back, Kotter as we hear
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- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
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Ice Cube Goes On A Ride Along
30 November 2009 1:02 AM, PST
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Ice Cube entered the film industry with the homerun that was Friday. It was an unexpected flick from someone we had only known as a gangster rapper. Apparently gangsters can write and recite some damn good weed jokes. He.s had a hard time rekindling that kind of magic ever since, starring in duds like Are We There Yet? and xXx: State of the Union.
Still, Cube is trying his hand at comedy once again. According to THR, he.s set to star in the upcoming Ride Along about a cop who attempts to break up his sister.s engagement by taking her fiancé, a privileged white psychiatrist, on a ride along. That sounds just dandy for race relations, right? The movie was originally written by George Coolidge but is now being rewritten by Upright Citizens Brigade alum Jason Mantzoukas.
It.s been painful to watch Cube go from an
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Ice Cube To Ride Along
29 November 2009 11:15 PM, PST
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Is Ice Cube's film career brave or just bizarre? In the 80s, you'd never have predicted that the crazy muthafukka from straight outta Compton would twenty years later be successful as the grumpy, cuddly teddy bear of the Friday and Barbershop films. You can't quite imagine his immediate contemporary (and Trespass co-star) Ice-t in a family road-trip comedy. But then, Cube is still regularly knocking out films, while Ice-t is chugging away on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Maybe "canny" is the word.Anyway, the point is, it's a long time since Cube went to the shelf and dusted off the Ak: not since xXx2 has he busted any serious caps, and only about four people saw that. So the words "rogue cop" made us prick up our ears, in a kind of half-assed way. Ride Along, from New Line and Cube's own Cube Vision production company,
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 24, 2009
24 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST
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Gomorrah (Criterion Collection)
I just published my review of this one and the film certainly holds up to repeat viewings and left an even greater impression on me than it did when I wrote my "B" review last year. The presentation is great and there is a wealth of supplementary material that can be a bit taxing, but, if taken in slowly, will open your eyes even wider. If you are interested check out my review here and you can read the included Chuck Stevens's essay "Gomorrah: Terminal Beach" available right here.
Angels and Demons
Nope, wasn't about to request this one for review. I watched it once and once was enough for me. You can read my "C+" review if you need further explanation as to my thoughts on this film, but I don't ever intend to revisit it,
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Forbes Unleashes Hollywood's 10 Most Overpaid Stars
22 November 2009 11:19 AM, PST
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Forbes has announced its list of the 10 most overpaid stars in Hollywood! According to the magazine, "to create our list, we looked at the 100 biggest stars in Hollywood. To qualify, each actor had to have starred over the last five years in at least three movies that opened in more than 500 theaters."
They then "calculated a return-on-investment number for each star by dividing total operating income on the three films by the star's total compensation, including up-front salaries and earnings from DVD and TV sales."
Pretty scientific? Maybe, maybe not. But it's certainly interesting! To read the full article, click here, otherwise here's the Top 10 Most Overpaid Stars in Hollywood:
1. Will Ferrell -- "For every $1 Ferrell was paid, his films earned an average $3.29."
2. Ewan McGregor -- "For every $1 McGregor earned in a starring role his films brought in an average $3.75."
3. Billy Bob Thornton -- "For every $1 Thornton was paid, his
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Will Ferrell Is The Most Overpaid Stars As Per Forbes Magazine
22 November 2009 2:55 AM, PST
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The 'Elf' actor and comedian topped the annual list by Forbes magazine, which calculated how much moviemakers earn per dollar paid to their lead actor.
After the last couple of funnyman Will's films - 'Semi-Pro' and 'Land of the Lost' - bombed at the box office, his rate of return has dropped to $3.29 for every dollar of Will's fee.
This contrasts greatly with the other end of the scale, which saw Shia Labeouf named as the Best Actor for the Buck in August, earning studios an average of $160 for every dollar he was paid.
Behind Will on the Most Overpaid list was British actor Ewan McGregor, while Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson all made the top ten.
However, Will could turn his box office figures around as he recently revealed he wants to make a sequel to 'Anchorman', one of his most successful films to date,
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Will Ferrell Named Most Overpaid Star
19 November 2009 3:04 PM, PST
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Comic actor Will Ferrell has the dubious distinction of heading a new Forbes magazine list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars. A top-ten list also includes (in order): Ewan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy, Ice Cube, Tom Cruise, Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel Jackson, and Jim Carrey. All of them, said the magazine on its website Wednesday, "cost more to hire than they appear to be worth at box offices." Ferrell ended up at the top of the list, it said, largely because of the flop Land of the Lost, a movie that cost about $100 million to produce, but which earned less than $65 million worldwide. Based on his estimated salary for each film, Forbes concluded that for every dollar Ferrell was paid, his films earned an average of just $3.29.
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Will Ferrell named most overpaid star in Hollywood (IrishCentral)
19 November 2009 6:44 AM, PST
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Irish-American comedian Will Ferrell has topped the list of the Most Overpaid Stars.
The “Elf” actor and comedian was named at the top of the annual list by Forbes magazine, which calculated how much moviemakers earn per dollar paid to their lead actor.
After the last couple of the funnyman’s films, “Semi-Pro” and “Land of the Lost,” bombed at the box office, his rate of return has dropped to $3.29 for every dollar of his fee.
This contrasts greatly with the other end of the scale, which saw Shia Labeouf named as the Best Actor for the Buck in August, earning studios an average of $160 for every dollar he was paid.
Behind Ferrell on the Most Overpaid list was Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, while Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson all made the top 10.
However, Ferrell, who has roots in County Kerry, could turn his box office figures
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Will Ferrell, Ewan McGregor Top List of Most Overpaid Actors
19 November 2009 4:22 AM, PST
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Will Ferrell and Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood’s most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.
Ferrell tops the list of stars who cost more than their movies do, taking in one dollar for every $3.29 his films make. According to Forbes, “Land of the Lost” cost an estimated $US100 million to make but earned just $US65 million at box offices worldwide for movie studio Universal Pictures. The movie followed a disappointing $US43 million box office for Ferrell’s 2008 outing “Semi-Pro“, and $US128 million for “Step Brothers.”
No. 2 on the overpaid actors list is Ewan McGregor (I Love You Phillip Morris, Angels & Demons, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Amelia), who made a slew of poorly performing movies after playing Obi-Wan Kenobi four years ago in “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.” McGregor’s films earned $3.75 per dollar he was paid.
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Ferrell Tops Most Overpaid List
19 November 2009 12:06 AM, PST
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Funnyman Will Ferrell is laughing all the way to the bank - he's Hollywood's Most Overpaid Star, according to a new Forbes magazine list.
The Elf star's recent box office bombs have put him at the top of the annual list, with Forbes researchers estimating his films earn just $3.29 (£2) for every dollar he takes home.
Ewan McGregor is second on the new countdown - his films earn $3.75 (£2.35) for every dollar in his pocket.
Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy and Ice Cube round out the top five overpaid stars, while Tom Cruise, Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Jim Carrey are namechecked in the top 10.
On the other end of the scale, Shia Labeouf has been named Forbes' Best Actor for the Buck - for every dollar he pockets for a film, his movies earn an average of $160 (£100).
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Will Ferrell Is Hollywood's Most Overpaid Star According to Forbes
18 November 2009 8:57 PM, PST
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Forbes' annual list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Stars has just been unveiled, witnessing comedian Will Ferrell placed on its very top spot. The flop of the 42-year-old star's film "Land of the Lost" in the box office takes part in landing him on the particular position.
And the magazine has this to write about the actor, "Ferrell is one of the few 'Saturday Night Live' stars to achieve real movie fame, thanks to films like 'Elf' and 'Talladega Nights'. The success of those comedies bumped up Ferrell's paycheck, but recently that has hurt his return-on-investment number. This summer's 'Land of the Lost' flopped, earning only $65 million on an estimated budget of $100 million." Besides, "For every $1 Ferrell was paid, his films earned an average $3.29."
Securing the second position is Ewan McGregor. "Although he appeared as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three new 'Star Wars' films,
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