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Who are decade's highest grossing actors?
15 December 2009 4:15 AM, PST
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest grossing actress of the aughties 2000s I-don't-know-what-to-call-'ems is Emma Watson. All six of her live-action films this decade just happen to be the six Harry Potter films, which have conjured $5.4 billion worldwide, or roughly $900 million per film. (Guinness actually only measured the first five Potter films, but PopWatch is a full service pop-culture blog. You're welcome.)
But if you want to know who Guinness believes is Ms. Watson's male counterpart as the decade's highest moneymaker, you're out of luck. For some reason, the famed record keeping crew simply proclaims Samuel L. Jackson
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- Adam B. Vary
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Dreamworks Picks Up Pitch Based On Craigslist Missed Connections Comics Anthology, I Saw You
15 December 2009 1:42 AM, PST
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Will this be our first Craigslist-inspired romantic comedy? Dreamworks has picked up a pitch for a film adaptation of I Saw You... --- a compilation of comics edited by Julia Wertz, and authored by various artists, based on real-life Craigslist and newspaper missed connection posts. The idea comes courtesy of screenwriter Andrea McCloud, and George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, Notorious) is set to produce and direct.
Some samples of the comics after the break.
Here's one by Laura Park:
Depending on the comics chosen for the adaptation, this could actually end up being a decent romcom compilation a la Love Actually.
The comic anthology has also gotten some decent reviews. From Paul Constant at The Stranger:
The cumulative effect of I Saw You... is to sing the praises of city life: all these young, attractive people wandering around in sexy boots, arguing about bobcats, falling over drunk in bathrooms, and being hot and homeless.
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- Devindra Hardawar
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I Saw You, and DreamWorks Did Too
13 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST
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I Saw You is the latest in a line of ensemble romantic comedies that attempts to reignite the magic created by Love Actually. DreamWorks bought the project from screenwriter Andrea McCloud, and it follows four separate but eventually intertwining romances sprung from real like “missed connection” Craigslist ads. George Tillman, Jr. (Notorious, Men of Honor, Soul Food) is scheduled to direct.
DreamWorks, which recently became independent, is moving back into the film production business with vigor. I Saw You joins a relatively busy production schedule that includes the workplace comedy Forever 21, Cal of the Wild, and Wife vs. Ninja. As if the titles weren’t enough of a giveaway, all are comedies.
The ensemble romcom is very difficult to pull off because it almost necessitates a lengthy run time. Unless all of your stories are equally interesting (a la Love Actually), it can be quite a painful endeavor (a la The Holiday). Honestly,
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- Charles Mihelich
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DreamWorks Says I Saw You
13 December 2009 9:39 PM, PST
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Hey, hands up everyone who wants to see another ensemble rom-com? Anyone? Well, tough, 'cause you're getting I Saw You from DreamWorks whether you like it or not. Yes, hot on the heels of Love Actually, He's Just Not That Into You and the forthcoming Valentine's Day, here's another group outing.And just like He's Just Not That Into You, this one's tenuously based on another non-fiction book, this one a comic-strip-style compilation of real and fictional missed connection ads - you know the sort: "You: girl in red coat on Bakerloo line; me: smelly man with creepy raincoat. Drinks?" Drawn by a plethora of comic-book names and edited by Julie Wertz, the book is a mixture of the heartfelt, the bizarre and the bonkers - and four interlocking love stories from it will form the basis of a new film.A script based on the book by Andrea McCloud
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Nowhere Boy Guitar Lesson Clip
11 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST
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Sam Taylor-Woods' young-John-Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy went down a storm at the London Film Festival, and is rapidly approaching its Christmas Day release here in the UK. So just to keep you going until then, we have a clip from the film to give you a taste of the music you can expect.Aaron Johnson (the upcoming Kick-Ass, but you may remember him from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Or not) plays John Lennon, with Thomas Sangster (Love Actually) as Paul McCartney. This clip sees McCartney giving Lennon a guitar lesson as they begin their long collaboration, and yes, that's Kristin Scott-Thomas as Lennon's disapproving aunt Mimi. Happily, the pair sound more like Lennon and McCartney than they look like them - as you can tell from the soundtrack album, which comes out on Monday 14. And yes, they did their own singing rather than miming to Beatles or Quarrymen (the Beatles' predecessor) tracks.
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Hugh Grant`s jokey claims about female co-stars
10 December 2009 3:40 PM, PST
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Drew Barrymore 'hates' him, Emma Thompson is 'as mad as a chair' and Renée Zellweger is a 'very good kisser', according to a 'far from sane' Hugh Grant, who jokingly made the claims in a recent magazine interview. Asked to describe his co-stars using just three adjectives, the British actor said that his Four Weddings And A Funeral leading lady Andie MacDowell is '[a] Southern belle. Charming. Gorgeous', his Sense And Sensibility co-star Emma Thompson is 'clever, funny, mad as a chair' and he described Bridget Jones star Zellweger as 'delightful, also far from sane. Very good kisser'. Sandra Bullock, who played Grant’s assistant in Two Weeks Notice, is according to the Love Actually star 'a genius.
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- Marissa Charles
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Today's the Day Sandra Bullock Earned My Fifth Slot for Best Actress
10 December 2009 10:48 AM, PST
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I did it... I moved Sandra Bullock's performance in The Blind Side into the fifth slot for Best Actress, and with Sasha Stone at Awards Daily debuting the "Entertainment Weekly" cover you see to the right I feel much better about doing it. Then again, it also has a lot to do with a few of the films I have seen lately.
First off, I had Helen Mirren's performance in The Last Station at the #4 slot... She's not there any longer. I also had Abbie Cornish from Bright Star in the fifth slot, unfortunately for her that film seems to have pretty much dropped off the map (thankfully). Therefore, Cornish has slid below the bubble as well...
Previously above Bullock -- beneath my Bubble Line -- I had (in order) Saorise Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) and Marion Cotillard (Nine). Of that trio I have
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- Brad Brevet
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Sugar Shout Out: 12 Days of Edible Gifts
9 December 2009 11:55 PM, PST
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12 days of edible gifts: Peanut butter cups
Who do you think is the best comedic actor of 2009?
FabTV: Style solution, three fab frocks under $200
Could a tanning tax be on the horizon?
Keep your keyboard clean with a vacuum
Would you read R. Kelly's memoir?
Biggest headline of 2009: Jon and Kate Plus 8
How exercise protects against the swine flu
Steal these decorating ideas from Love Actually
Share your pets' best wintry photos
9 ways to save time and be more productive
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Colin Firth gets naked for his next
9 December 2009 1:38 AM, PST
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For more than 20 years, Colin Firth has been the movie industry's go-to, buttoned-up English man.
But audiences have never seen him quite as emotionally (and physically) naked beneath that characteristic quiet restraint as in fashion designer Tom Ford's directing debut, A Single Man.
Firth, 49, whose past roles include the awkward but alluring Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary and the diffident Jamie Bennett in Love Actually, turns in what critics say is an Oscar-worthy role of a lifetime as a gay, 1960s British professor grieving over the loss of his lover.
A Single Man, which ...
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Grant: 'I saw a shrink to help my nerves'
8 December 2009 1:10 AM, PST
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Hugh Grant has revealed that he has seen a psychiatrist to help his nerves. The English actor, who has starred in films such as Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill, said that he is a "nervous wreck" at the beginning of every movie he makes. "The bigger the budget is, the more they're paying you, the more nervous you get as (more)
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- By Rebecca Davies
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eBay find: Bid on a part in an upcoming rom-com
7 December 2009 6:57 AM, PST
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Ever looked up at the cinema screen at the likes of Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore or Sandra Bullock and thought “I can do that”? Well, now’s your chance (kinda), as top British production company, Working Title Films (the folks behind such hits as Atonement, Elizabeth and Billy Elliot) are auctioning off the chance to star in one of their upcoming romantic comedies. Known for working with king of the rom-com, Richard Curtis on the likes of Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Bridget Jones films and Love Actually (pictured), they’re pretty established in the genre and are opening their arms to a rookie in the name of charity.
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'Brothers & Sisters' recap: Nice day for a Walker wedding (and a funeral?)
7 December 2009 1:14 AM, PST
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Last night, before this episode aired, I sat in my sister's living room trying to catch her up on the show. Her husband, who's never seen an episode, also listened. When I finished, he said ABC should just go ahead and put Brothers & Sisters on every afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m. because it's a soap opera. Of course it is. But I've always been fine with that, until now...
Let's start with Nora giving a large check to Dr. Handsome, Simon, for his "Guatemala Project." How does this woman, who just started her own center for cancer patients and their
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- Mandi Bierly
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Collider Holiday Giveaway - We Finally Have a New Server! Win Free DVD’s, Blu-rays and Books!
6 December 2009 7:12 PM, PST
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With the holiday’s fast approaching and everyone struggling to find enough money to buy presents, we’ve come up with a novel way to save money: get free stuff from us! Thanks to a bunch of PR films, I’ve got a huge box filled with DVDs, Blu-rays and books and I’m going to give everything away to our readers. So if you’d like to know what you could win and how to enter, just hit the jump for all the info:
And one bit of news before you click on the jump…if you’re a regular reader of Collider, you’ve probably noticed we’ve had a lot of problems keeping the site online over the past few months. Due to heavy traffic and an old server, the site was crashing almost everyday. But after many weeks of work behind the scenes, we have a
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Nowhere Men
3 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST
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Remember that warm and fuzzy montage at the opening of "Love Actually," where Heathrow Airport is the scene of dozens of reunions, with lovers, parents and children, siblings and old friends running into each other's arms and sharing their affection for each other?
Those are not the friendly skies that Ryan Bingham travels in "Up in the Air". For Bingham, portrayed brilliantly by George Clooney, airports, hotels and rent-a-car counters are his world, and it's a world that allows him to avoid getting too close to anyone. Bingham's business is firing people on behalf of managers who can't face their own soon-to-be-axed employees, and business is booming. So while Bingham technically lives in a spartan apartment in Omaha, his real home is what novelist Walter Kirn called "Airworld" in his novel of the same name, upon which the film is based.
A seasoned pro at corporate travel, Bingham is a
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- Alonso Duralde
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My new Christmas classics
3 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST
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When I was growing up, animated Christmas specials were an essential family tradition. Over several years, my brother and I had filled a Betamax tape with our favorites (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Mickey's Christmas Carol, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc.), and as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey was finished, we simply wore it out. (To be completely honest, I couldn't swear that the tape didn't get some play on a few rainy days in July, too.)
As an adult, my affection for Christmas comfort-tv is as strong as ever, and in recent years,
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- Jeff Labrecque
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John Madden Directing My Fair Lady?
1 December 2009 3:25 AM, PST
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After we dispelled the rumours that Joe Wright was set to direct a remake of George Cukor's masterpiece My Fair Lady - the one with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison - all has been quiet for a month or so, but now we hear from Variety that the Shakespeare in Love director John Madden is closing in on the project.
According to the trade daily, seasoned producer Duncan Kenworthy (Love Actually, Notting Hill etc. etc.) and stage impressario Cameron Mackintosh are producing the project which will retain the 1963 score but go back to the original source (Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw) for a little bit of fresh drama.
To be honest, the less we think about this project the better - especially considering that Keira Knightley's name is still connected with the main role. We love the original and genuinely think that some things should remain sacred... what do you think?
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Free Lecture with Craig Armstrong in Aberdeen, UK
30 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST
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SCOREcaster "Florian" posted this info in our Feedback area, and we thought we'd pass it on to all of you in the Aberdeen area on Wednesday night.
Composer Craig Armstrong (World Trade Center, Plunkett & MacLeane, Moulin Rouge, Romeo & Juliet, The Quiet American, The Incredible Hulk, Love Actually, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) will be giving a free lecture at Aberdeen University in Scotland. It's at 6pm on Wednesday December 2nd.
You must sign up for the free tickets here: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/directorscut/pr...
Thank you, Florian!!!
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Review: Nativity!
30 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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Simply put, this is a first class British Christmas film for all the family and with tomorrow being the 1st December, there’s nothing better at the cinema to put you in the Christmas mood than Nativity!
Starring Martin Freeman (TV’s The Office and 2006’s ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’), it is the story of a primary school teacher who in an attempt to position (and defend) his school as one that is going places, exaggerates to an old school rival that his Hollywood connections are coming to watch his schools Nativity play that his is producing. This small white lie snowballs big time and before Freeman knows where he is, the local press, TV news and Council are aware of his ‘achievement’ and praise him for turning the school around.
His tall tale and the consequences it creates aren’t all down to Freeman but also from supporting actor Marc Wooton,
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Culture Warrior: Towards a More Thanksgiving-Friendly Cinema
26 November 2009 12:35 AM, PST
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I don’t know about your family, but in mine Thanksgiving is viewed largely as a warm-up drill for the Christmas season, a Christmas prequel if you will. At Thanksgiving I see, for the most part, the same extended family I end up seeing at Christmas, but for a far shorter duration of time. Whatever conversation I don’t have time to catch up on with my family over Thanksgiving I promise to continue over Christmas. Thanksgiving is when Christmas decorations are put up, when holiday shopping begins in full force, and when Christmas wish-lists are collected. Thanksgiving used to be the time when the first Christmas-themed movies of the year were released, but now movies like A Christmas Carol are released the first weekend in November in hopes of capitalizing over two months of manufactured Christmas spirit. Department stores and retail outlets have begun moving in unison with the trends of Christmas-themed Hollywood fare, putting
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- Landon Palmer
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Blu-Ray Review: Tiresome ‘Four Christmases’ is Four Too Many
25 November 2009 12:02 PM, PST
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Chicago – How has Vince Vaughn become one of the most boring actors in America? It has little to do with his performances and everything to do with his career choices. Sure, Vaughn has pretty much made a habit out of playing the exact same guy since “Wedding Crashers”: a fast-talking, self-absorbed, overgrown adolescent whose funniest quips are delivered under the breath and between punch-lines. Since you’re never sure what will come out of his mouth next, he’s consistently entertaining to watch, but the vehicles he chooses have become increasingly uninspired.
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
“Four Christmases” is a particularly obnoxious holiday offering, primarily because its filmmakers are convinced that they’ve created something that people can relate to. The film centers on a couple who routinely make up excuses to avoid spending the holidays with family. But when they enter the airport on their way to Fiji (foreshadowing Vaughn
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