Superbad star Michael Cera is eyed for the starring role in the upcoming silver screen adaptation of Gilligan’s Island — a role made famous by Bob Denver. Fans of ’60s TV rejoice -– plans for a cinematic debut of the iconic sitcom are in the pipeline. The latest evidence that Hollywood is running out of ideas and pinning its hopes on nostalgia.
The legendary TV series was about a group of seven people who embark on a three hour boat tour, but instead end up shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island. The series had a three year TV run between 1964-1967, and was revived in the 1979 TV movie Rescue from Gilligan’s Island.
The new film will put a contemporary spin on the original characters and plot of the show, Variety reported this week.
The High Priestess of Homemaking and Survivor producer Mark Burnett are teaming up for a new television reality series, Help Me, Martha.
In the reality series — produced by Stewart’s company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia — someone petitions Martha to help a friend who’s facing some lifestyle issue; ie: planning a wedding or learning to cook. The doorbell rings and Martha and her team arrive to save the day.
The show is presently being shopped to various networks.
A couple who were involved in a boardwalk brawl on an episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore have filed a lawsuit against the network, claiming edited the footage to cover up what actually transpired, TMZ.com reported this week.
Joshua Thomas and Kristin Perrenod say the reality show’s producers edited the incident “in a matter that was completely inconsistent with what really took place.”
In the episode that aired, a troublemaking passerby is shown insulting Jersey Shore cast members Ronnie and Sammi “Sweetheart” as they walk on the boardwalk. Sammi responds with some trash talk and a brawl ensues after Ronnie is seen charging the troublemaker. The couple claims they have a DVD that contains raw footage of the fight and shows Ronnie and Sammi provoking them by yelling homophobic slurs and other insults.
Although the couple claim they signed a release form after the incident, they argue that it shouldn’t be considered valid because they were “clearly intoxicated” when they signed the waiver.
Thomas and Perrenod are suing MTV, 459 Productions, Viacom, Ronnie and others for an unspecified amount, TMZ reported.
Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s literary gem, is being resurrected in demonic new form. Just what we need: another old movie headed for the big screen. We may as well get used to it. Now that Pet Sematary and A Nightmare on Elm Street are getting the remake treatment, Hellraiser, Leprechun, Cujo,976-Evil, and It will likely soon follow.
Who says Hollywood doesn’t make ‘em like they used to? Hell, they do it every other week!
Matthew Greenberg, who adaptated King’s 1408 for the big screen in 2007, has been tipped to pen a new screenplay for a proposed Pet Sematary remake, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
An accomplished screen scribe, Greenberg also lent his writing talents to Halloween: H20 and Mimic.
If you’re old enough to remember Paramount’s 1989 original ( which starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, and Fred Gwynne), you already know that this cinema classic was frightening enough to scare the living daylights out of even the most devoted horror buff.
Published in 1983, this King creeper centered on a family that trades the city life for the country life in Maine, then discovers that they have moved near a pet cemetery that rests on an ancient burial ground. When the family’s toddler son is hit by a truck and killed, his father takes the boy’s body to the cemetery, where it is resurrected in the form of a demon.
Michelle Rodriguez is the latest Lost alum set to return for the series’ sixth and final season.
Michelle will reprise her role as Ana-Lucia in “at least” one episode of the catastrophe-themed show, according to Entertainment Weekly TV Gossip Guy Michael Ausiello. Former series stars Maggie Grace and Rebecca Mader have also been tipped for appearances on Lost before the show’s May finale.
Ana-Lucia — who was shot and killed by Michael (Harold Perrineau) in the show’s second season — made an appearance in Season 5 as well.
Spoiler Alert: New details on Neil Patrick Harris’ eagerly-anticipated guest role on Glee after the jump!
According to Entertainment Weekly, NPH will play Bryan Adam, a high school glee club nemesis of Will Schuester’s.
He’ll resurface as a board member at McKinley High who threatens to cut the school’s arts programs.
“Flashback scenes will show Bryan picking up girls and getting all the cool solos while Will sits off in the sidelines,” a source said. “Show choir ruined his life, made him feel he could be a star, but all he could do is book Carnival cruises. Now he wants vengeance.”
Neil makes his debut on the hit FOX musical-comedy this May.
Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan — who has been romantically-linked to singer/actress Jessica Simpson since December — opened up about the reality starlet in an interview with the new issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. Corgan won’t confirm the nature of his rumored relationship with Jessica Simpson, but admits he loves her.
“Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that. My goal in life is to love whoever I think is worth loving, and I think if people knew her like I knew her, they would love her like I do. It’s really simple.”
-First Lady Michelle Obama is donating the frock she wore to last year’s inaugural balls to the Smithsonian in Washington….
-The Sun Doesn’t Always Shine on The Great White Way; Oscar-nominated actress Abigail Breslyn opens to mixed reviews for her portrayal of Helen Keller in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker…..
-Tim Burton’s trippy remake of Alice In Wonderland opens today, to a lukewarm reception….
-Wow – this is some pad Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian are moving into together…..
-Eliminated American Idols
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-Eliminated Idols
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-Speaking of MTV, get ready for a lively Spring Break on the sandy shores of Acapulco. MTV Spring Break 2010 kicks off March 20, and revellers and devoted viewers will be treated to performances by Young Money’s Drake and Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Pitbull, Trey Songz, and B.o.B. Also on hand to celebrate the fun, the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Snooki, The Situation, and Pauly D will host Fist Pumpin’ Top 20 With Jersey Shore, — countdown of the Top 20 most outrageous Spring Break moments of all time — airing March 20 @ 2 PM ET/PT…..
-A Seattle Councilman wants to but a stop to the
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-You’ve gotta see this: 29 Oscar Speeches In 2 Minutes, courtesy of Comedy.com:
Don’t wake me up ’cause I’m dreamin’! The cast of California Dreams, one of NBC’s biggest TNBC hits on the ’90s, sat down for a reunion on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday! Fallon may have failed to get the cast of Saved By The Bell on board for a 20th Anniversary Reunion, but he did manage to get the entire original cast of California Dreams to sing their catchy theme song. The show — which followed a group of high schoolers with their own pop/rock band — aired as part of NBC’s Saturday Morning lineup from 1992 to 1996. Now if only someone would put together a reunion of the cast of City Guys.
Sniff, Sniff. Wanna smell like fame, success, and eternal singledom? There’s a fragrance for that!
On Friday, Aniston’s rep confirmed to OK! Magazine this week that the beloved Friends star is launching a signature fragrance, which will throw America’s Sweetheart into an already heavily-saturated celebrity scent market — which includes Elizabeth Taylor, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Beyonce, Halle Berry, Kim Kardashian, and David & Victoria Beckham.
Wow, that’s a lot of names.
Jennifer has reportedly been developing the perfume for nearly two years and is still toying with what to call it: “She has yet to get 100 percent behind any name, but the one she favors is Aniston. It’s all about capturing the idea of romance and freedom at any age, but it’s hard to do that in just one word.”
Conan O’Brien will be performing in a one night engagement live onstage at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, AZ on April 30, TMZ.com said today. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 8 Ticketmaster.com.
A Chicago- based reality series inspired by MTV’s smash docu-soap Jersey Shore is currently in the works. The O’Connor Casting Company is looking for twentysomethings to star in a Jersey Shore-type reality show based on Chicago’s South Side. All you have to do to apply is e-mail three recent photos and “a brief description of your awesomeness.”
“We’re looking for characters,” says O’Connor Casting President David O’Connor, who has already received more than 500 applications from hopeful would-be reality stars. “People with heart. The ideal candidates will be South Siders, 19-27 years old, who are “sexy, crazy, and fun Sox fans.”
While Jersey Shore has infuriated civil rights groups with its perceived stereotypes of the Italian-American community, O’Connor hopes to do Chicago proud with the proposed new spinoff: “We’re hoping it’s not an embarrassment to Chicago,” he told FOX News this week.
The hard-partying cast of the breakout hit has encouraged a movement of TV producers vying to bring the world of GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry) to the small screen. Last month, the co-creators of Russian with Love began pitching a Jersey Shore-style show focusing on the lives of young Russian-Americans in NYC’s Brighton Beach community.
Tom Bergeron’s new Dancing With The Stars co-host will finally be revealed on Monday! Will it be Mel B? How about Brooke Burke? The announcement will be made on Monday’s Good Morning America “After Oscars Special.” Nancy O’Dell, Vanessa Minnillo, and Paula Abdul are among the other of beauties rumored to take over the job of Bergeron’s second banana, which was left vacant when Samantha Harris announced her departure from the ballroom reality competition in January. Harris left the show to work full-time as an entertainment correspondent with Entertainment Tonight.
Drawing on the success of The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, Broadway producers are plotting a stage production of Disney’s 1941 animated classic Dumbo. The Oscar-nominated feature uietly being adapted as a Broadway musical, BroadwayWorld.com said this week.
“Word around Shubert Alley last week was that Disney was in talks with Stephen Daldry to direct….Let’s put it this way, Dumbo will not be on Broadway in the 2010-11 season, because it’s simply in the very early stages. There’s a chance that Dumbo won’t even make it to Broadway because so many projects aren’t good enough and there’s only so much space…However, this project seems promising…..”
Kirsten Dunst taps into some old-fashioned Hollywood glamour in a 1930s-inspired photoshoot for V Magazine. Decked out in garb designed by Givenchy, Kirsten channels her inner Greta Garbo while being snapped by famed fashion photographer Mario Testino. In this issue, Dunst discusses her unique friendships with both The Mulleavy Sssters of fashion house Rodarte and Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami as well as her upcoming long-awaited film All Good Things, which she describes as the best work she has done to date.
Directed by Andrew Jarecki, the film will star Kirsten Dunst star alongside Ryan Gosling. Set in the 1980s, story centers on the scion of a New York real estate dynasty (Gosling) who falls for a beautiful girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Dunst), but the fairy tale ends when the girl disappears and people close to the case end up dead.
“‘I know I’ll be seen in a very different light. This role is the most I can show of myself and I think it’s the best work I’ve ever done, for sure,” Dunst said, speaking about her role in the film. ‘I’m ambitious. I want to do great work and work with great directors and do great movies and produce great films. I have criteria for myself that are probably too hard to ever meet, but I’m going to try. I think people who say they’re not ambitious and have gotten to a place of success are lying.”
Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard will break her silence today in her first television appearance since she was freed from the clutches of a psycho sex offender who held her captive in his backyard for 18 years. Clips from a home-video snapped by Dugard’s mother over the holidays will appear on ABC’s Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline Friday.
In the video, Dugard’s mother, Terry Probyn, can be heard saying: “We released this video so that you can see that we are happy and well.”
Dugard, then 11, was snatched near her family’s home in South Lake Tahoe, California in 1991. She was then held for years in a backyard shack by convicted rapist Phillip Garrido, who repeatedly sexually abused her and fathered two children with her.
Rumer Willis kissed a girl — and she liked it! The 21-year-old daughter of Hollywood vets Bruce Willis and Demi Moore will cause a stir on small screen next week whenshe locks lips with a female co-star on The CW teen drama 90210. Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) and Gia (Rumer Willis) bond during an AA meeting and establish a support system for each other which leads to the two sharing a kiss at the Beach Club.
90210 returns with all new episodes on March 9 at 8 PM EST.
Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, is desperate to get Simon Cowell’s seat as a judge on American Idol. Ciccone, who has been his sister’s assistant, backup dancer, stylist, and artistic director at various points throughout his career, has launched a Facebook page — “Christopher Ciccone for American Idol!” — to promote his campaign to join TV’s most-watched talent show.
Too bad the page has drawn only 602 members!
“I think I can bring a particular kind of credibility to the show. I’d be the only person sitting at the table who actually created a pop star from the beginning, and helped keep her there for 20 years,” he told The New York Post’s PageSix Column on Friday. “I know what it takes to make it,” he added.
Pop hitmaker Katy Perry has landed a role in the big screen adaptation of classic kids’ show The Smurfs, Variety said Friday.
The “I Kissed A Girl” crooner has been tipped to voice a character in Smurfs: The Movie, according to the trade paper. Katy will lend her voice to the new film — which will be a mixture of live action and CGI animation –as Smurfette, the only female Smurf among the group. Katy joins “How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Cumming and comedian George Lopez who have also signed up for the film.
Sean Penn has expressed his ire at critics who have slammed the Oscar winner’s role in the earthquake relief effort in Haiti as a move to distract the world’s attention from his messy divorce: he hopes they all die of rectal cancer. The actor’s divorce with Robin Wright Penn hit headlines this month after critics dubbed Penn’s Haiti effort a gimmick to gain popularity.
In an interview to air on CBS’ Sunday Morning this weekend, Penn told journalist Lara Logan that he has been so busy working on disaster relief in Haiti he hasn’t had much time for his critics.
“Do I hope that those people die screaming of rectal cancer? Yeah, but I’m not going to spend a lot of energy on it.”
