Archive: March 2009 (221-230 of 349)

Mar 12 2009 10:48 AM ET

Road-tripping Tom Brokaw to report on recession

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Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw has signed on for a documentary project at NBC Universal that will feature the newsman filing dispatches on life during the recession, reports Variety. Inspired by photographer David Eustace’s upcoming book,"American Character: A Photographic Journey (for which Brokaw penned the forward), the newsman will spend 10 months road-tripping around the U.S. to visit families and small businesses affected by the recession. Brokaw’s "Dispatches From The Road" will air on USA and MSNBC in primetime, as well as on NBC Nightly News and the Today show. 

Mar 12 2009 10:05 AM ET

'Heathers' musical starring Kristen Bell?

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The 1988 Winona Ryder dark comedy Heathers is being developed as a stage musical. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Race to Witch Mountain director Andy Fickman, who got his start in theater, has been developing the production with his Reefer Madness collaborator Kevin Murphy, who’s writing the lyrics and book, and Tony-nominated Legally Blonde composer Larry O’Keefe. Earlier this week, Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell took part in a reading, playing the lead role. Whether or not she would take the role on stage is said to depend on her schedule. The musical is expected to be mounted as a regional production in 2010, then head to Broadway if successful.

Mar 12 2009 10:00 AM ET

Jack White forms third band, The Dead Weather

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Jack White, already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, has formed a new rock outfit consisting of Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), Jack Lawrence (The Greenhornes), AlisonMosshart (The Kills), and himself. Whiteannounced the project Wednesday night at a private performance in downtown Nashville. The DeadWeather’s debut album, Horehound, will be released in June on White’sThird Man record label.

Mar 12 2009 09:58 AM ET

Sully lands book deal

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Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has signed a two-book deal at HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint. The deal is reportedly worth $3.2 million; the first book will be a memoir and the second will be a book of inspirational poems, according to the Daily Beast.

Mar 12 2009 09:53 AM ET

Ben Stiller to produce Jay Baruchel's big-screen 'Johnny Klutz'

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Jay Baruchel, a character actor best known for his roles in Tropic Thunder and Knocked Up, is set to bring a character he created — Johnny Klutz, described by The Hollywood Reporter as "a lovable loser impervious to pain" — to theaters. The film will be written by Rob McKittrick (Waiting….), produced by Red Hour’s Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Jeremy Kramer, and released by Universal.

Mar 12 2009 09:50 AM ET

Mickey Rourke signs on for top secret 'Passion Plays'

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In addition to sealing his Iron Man 2 deal to play the villain, Whiplash, The Wrestler Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke has attached himself to the drama Passion Plays. Though plot details are being kept under wraps, The Hollywood Reporter says the indie film will be written and directed by Mitch Glazer, the scribe behind The Recruit and Scrooged. (So maybe it’s a dramedy.)

Mar 12 2009 09:50 AM ET

Montel Williams heading to Air America

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Air America Radio has signed Montel Williams to a multi-year contract, according to Mediaweek. Montel Across America will air weekdays from 9 a.m.–12 noon.

Mar 12 2009 03:57 AM ET

'Iron Man 2': Mickey Rourke closes deal to play villain, Whiplash

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Mickey Rourke, who recently scored an Oscar nomination for The Wrestler, has closed his deal to play the villain in Iron Man 2, Variety is reporting. The 56-year-old actor had reportedly been offered only $250,000 to play the role. On Feb. 18, New York magazine reported that the deal seemed to have fallen apart, although sources told EW the next day that it wasn’t necessarily dead yet. Rourke’s agents have since renegotiated his deal, Variety says, but there’s no word on exactly how much he’ll be paid. Rourke will play a Russian character called Whiplash, using elements from another comic book bad guy, Crimson Dynamo.

Mar 12 2009 03:37 AM ET

'Twilight': 'Orphanage' helmer Juan Antonio Bayona to direct 'Eclipse'

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Summit Entertainment has selected Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona to direct the third Twilight film, Eclipse, Variety is reporting. Summit has not confirmed the hire. Bayona is not well-known to American audiences, but he directed the highly acclaimed Spanish horror film The Orphanage, which was released in early 2008. He’s also a protege of Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro, who’s now directing The Hobbit. Bayona scored the gig over other competitors, including Drew Barrymore, who recently made her directing debut with the roller derby film Whip It!, which is now in post-production. Chris Weitz is currently directing the second Twilight film, New Moon. Catherine Hardwicke directed the original, which has now grossed $372 million worldwide.

Mar 12 2009 01:47 AM ET

'The Daily Show': Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer to face off on Thursday

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Get ready for a Mad showdown on The Daily Show. Mad Money host Jim Cramer will appear on the Thursday edition of Jon Stewart’s program. Last week, Stewart skewered the stock-market IQ of multiple CNBC personalities, including Cramer, on The Daily Show, and followed it up with more Cramer cracks on Monday. When Cramer sniped back on a Today show segment on Tuesday, Stewart returned fire on that night’s Daily Show.

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