Archive: February 2010 (151-160 of 288)

Feb 12 2010 06:21 AM ET

Sony PlayStation launches first reality show

Categories: Tech, Television, TV Biz

Sony is launching the first reality show that will be available exclusively to PlayStation 3 and PSP owners. Variety reports that The Tester will feature contestants competing for the opportunity to become a video-game tester. Shows will last about 20 minutes, and the first of eight weekly episodes will become available on the PlayStation Network beginning Feb. 18.

Feb 12 2010 06:09 AM ET

Madonna calls Alexander McQueen a 'unique visionary'

Categories: In Memoriam, Music Biz

Madonna, who showcased many of Alexander McQueen‘s most spectacular creations over the years, released a comment about the late fashion designer, who was found dead in his London home yesterday of an apparent suicide. Her statement reads: “Lee McQueen was a truly unique visionary in the world of fashion. A creator of beauty. What a tragedy.”

More Alexander McQueen:
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, 40, found dead in London home
PopWatch: Remembering Alexander McQueen: What was your favorite creation?
Gallery: 12 Unforgettable Alexander McQueen designs

Feb 11 2010 07:16 PM ET

Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, and Penélope Cruz to present at Oscars

Categories: Movies, Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that last year’s acting winners at the Oscars—Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, and Penélope Cruz—will return this year to present at the 82nd Academy Awards. Last year’s fourth acting winner was Heath Ledger, who posthumously won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight. This year’s Oscar show will air live March 7 on ABC.

The Academy also announced today that actress Elizabeth Banks will host the organization’s Scientific and Technical Awards on Feb. 20. Banks will present 15 awards to 45 individuals during the ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Feb 11 2010 06:39 PM ET

Jeffrey Dean Morgan committed to 'The Unblinking Eye'

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) has joined The Unblinking Eye, a psychological thriller about a retired homicide detective (Morgan) who’s contacted by a persistent journalist, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is scheduled to start shooting in May and will be directed by Michael Bassett (Solomon Kane).

Feb 11 2010 05:50 PM ET

John C. Reilly on board for 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

John C. Reilly has joined the cast of We Need to Talk About Kevin, according to Variety. Reilly will play the dad of a 15-year-old boy who goes on a killing rampage. Tilda Swinton has been cast as the boy’s mother. British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar) will direct and write, and Steven Soderbergh will serve as the film’s executive producer.

Feb 11 2010 05:28 PM ET

'Sherlock Holmes' producer preps 'Three Musketeers' movie

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Sherlock Holmes producer and co-writer Lionel Wigram has hired screenwriter Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats) to write a new movie based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers, according to Variety. Like last year’s Holmes, the film will update the 17th-century adventure tale for modern audiences by emphasizing the classic novel’s action and sexier moments. No director or actors have been announced yet.

Feb 11 2010 05:26 PM ET

Colin Firth signs up for 'The Promised Land'

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Colin Firth (a current best actor Oscar nominee for A Single Man) and Matthew Macfadyen (Frost/Nixon) have joined the political crime thriller The Promised Land, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, about the lead up to the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel, stars Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) and will be directed by Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart). Both Firth and Macfadyen have previously played Mr. Darcy in different adaptations of Pride and Prejudice.

Feb 11 2010 05:20 PM ET

'Secret of Kells' to open in New York on Oscar weekend

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

The Secret of Kells, the surprise Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature, will start its theatrical run March 5 (Oscar weekend) at New York’s IFC Center. Distributor GKIDS will launch the film in Boston on March 19 (timed to St. Patrick’s Day), followed by an expansion April 2 to cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.

Feb 11 2010 01:43 PM ET

Alexander McQueen's dark Tweets in the days before his death

Categories: In Memoriam

Alexander McQueen’s Twitter stream has been deleted, but his missives cached on Google (and excerpted below) indicate that the 40-year-old designer was in a dark state of mind in the days leading up to his untimely death, including a Tweet on Feb. 3 in which he told his followers that his mother had died.

12:40 PM Feb 7th
HELLS ANGLES & PROLIFIC DEAMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:38 PM Feb 7th
sunday evening been a f—ing awful week but my friends have been great but now i have to some how pull myself together and finish with

2:21 PM Feb 3rd
La reine Margot

11:47 AM Feb 3rd
but life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:46 AM Feb 3rd
i’m letting my followers know the my mother passed away yesterday if it she had not me nor would you RIP mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

10:52 AM Feb 1st
why people ignore the ugly things in life but within this they are missing the beauty that lies under the rotten fruit!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:46 AM Feb 1st
from heaven to hell and back again, life is a funny thing. beauty can come from the most strangest of places even the most disgusting places

10:01 AM Jan 28th
Hells Angels + Prolific Demons……

More Alexander McQueen:
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, 40, found dead in London home
PopWatch: Remembering Alexander McQueen: What was your favorite creation?

Feb 11 2010 01:24 PM ET

Alicia Silverstone to reunite with 'Clueless' director in new vampire romance

Categories: Movies

Alicia Silverstone and director Amy Heckerling will work together again for the first time since 1995′s Clueless, filming a vampire love story called Vamps, according to ScreenDaily.com.

Silverstone and Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, Gilmore Girls) are set to star as two modern-day female vampires whose friendship is altered by an outside romance with a mortal; production reportedly begins in April.

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