With an estimated take of $155M, Hunger Games is the only non-sequel to place in the top ten greatest opening weekends ever.
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Tweet Of The Day – James Cameron
At 5am this morning Titanic director James Cameron broke the world record for undersea exploring when he reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the lowest place on the planet. “The impression to me, it was very lunar, a very desolate place, very isolated,” Cameron said. “My feeling was one of complete isolation from all of humanity. I felt like …
Read More »Mickey Rourke Pulls Out Of Gay Biopic
Mickey Rouke has pulled out of the biopic for openly gay rugby star Gareth Thomas. The 59-year-old actor had reportedly taken a method approach to playing Thomas, even tearing a bicep by arm-wrestling with rugby players while on drunken nights out. Now though, according to Thomas himself, Rourke has handed in his notice and the producers are on the lookout …
Read More »All-Black Steel Magnolias Announced
Lifetime has announced that they will remake Steel Magnolias with an all-black cast. Queen Latifah will take the lead role. Queen Latifah has just been added to the star-studded cast of Lifetime’s all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias.” She’ll play M’Lynn, the character portrayed by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her …
Read More »TRAILER: Dark Shadows
Squeee!
Read More »Bond, Drag Bond
In drag to mark International Women’s Day.(Tipped by JMG reader Joseph)
Read More »Dr. Suess Is Brainwashing Kids
“The Lorax is the quintessential Hollywood propaganda film. It’s all animation, it’s designed to look like it’s ideal for kids, and, of course, it’s designed to motivate your children and turn them into little eco-warriors. I know a lot of conservatives who are good stewards of the planet. I think Rick Santorum said recently that Obama’s focus is sort of …
Read More »TRAILER: I Do
Clip description: This new feature length narrative indie film takes a look at the human cost of DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act), the law that bars same sex couples full federal level rights in America. We’re currently running an indiegogo campaign for finishing funds. You can check it out here.
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Oscars Results Open Thread
We started today with a “predictions” open thread, so let’s wrap it up with an open thread dedicated to the actual results. UPDATE: Here are the winners.
Read More »TRAILER: Paper Dream
If you pray rilly rilly hard, God will give you a baby. And if he doesn’t, he never wanted you to be a mother anyway, so shut up. “Paper Dream is the first dramatic film produced by American Family Studios, a new division of AFA.” Release date April 12th.
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TRAILER: Bully
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Chris Evans Vs. Chris Evans
There’s a poll! (Via JMG reader Miji)
Read More »Whip-Its Sent Demi To The ER
The seizure that sent Demi Moore to the emergency room was reportedly triggered by inhaling nitrous oxide. I hadn’t heard of Whip-Its in twenty years.
Read More »2012 Oscar Nominations
BEST PICTURE: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse. BEST ACTOR: Demián Bichir – A Better Life, George Clooney – The Descendants, Jean Dujardi – The Artist, Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Brad Pitt – Moneyball. BEST ACTRESS: Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs, …
Read More »GLAAD’s 2012 Media Award Nominations
Here’s the full list of nominees. RELATED: Below are this year’s Outstanding Blog nominees. As I won last year, I didn’t submit JMG for this year’s awards. (Although I was sorely tempted to, just to piss off the homocons.) Congrats to all the nominees!
Read More »TRAILER: Tea Party Jesus
2012 Golden Globes Highlights
Madonna won best original song. Here’s the list.
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