Sarah Silverman nabs Emmy for "fucking Matt Damon"
Accepting her award for outstanding original music and lyrics at the 2008 Creative Emmy Awards, Sarah Silverman gushed onstage, "Oh my gosh...this makes a year of [catcall voice] 'I'm fucking Matt Damon too!' totally worth it. Matt Damon, I'm going to be honest, had very little to do with this being popular. And the person for who this video was made, Jimmy Kimmel, who broke my heart, oops... who... will always have a place in my heart." ... read more
After 10 years, MTV bids adieu to TRL
Via the Associated Press, word is that TRL is shutting down operations after a final farewell episode in November. The MTV video-countdown show, which premiered in Sept. 1998 and peaked in 1999, had reasonable fame while being hosted by Carson Daly until 2003, but has recently not done as well in ratings. Even still, the show became a popular place for artists to debut new music and videos. ... read more
IMDb launches free on-demand movies and TV shows
[Above: Fever Pitch is among the free films now available on IMDb.com]For most users, IMDb is a get-it-and-go web service for movie credits and daily features like the birthday calendar. And despite innovations over the years like open forums, trailer uploads and IMDbPro, it’s largely stayed that way. ... read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie rumors confirmed
In hopes of teaching the world that there are multiple ways to "go green," the powers that be in Hollywood are developing a new hybrid CGI/live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. ... read more
Darren Aronofsky actually adapting Robocop?!
After the trio of prestige art films (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain), most people thought they had Darren Aronofsky pegged. Then this year he decided to make a film called The Wrestler, and cast seemingly washed-up actor Mickey Rourke in the title role. The film earned rave reviews at last week's Toronto International Film Festival, and won the top award at the Venice Film Festival. But turns out that was just the beginning of the surprises Aronofosky has in store for us. According to reports, Aronofsky has finished up his script for an original version of Robocop. As... read more
Raimi and Maguire re-team for Spider-Man sequels
You need only click here for a brief reminder (or here for a much longer one) of how bad Spider-Man 3 was. Overlong, overstuffed and overcrowded with no less than three villains, Spider-Man 3 was a let-down in nearly every department.... read more
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski get animated
Disappointed as you may have been by the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski clearly had good chemistry. And given that Depp often works with his favorite directors repeatedly (Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam), it's not too big of a surprise that he'll be working with Verbinski again on a new feature. What is quite a surprise is that the team is embarking on an epic $150 million animated feature and turning away from Disney. ... read more
Watch the trailer for TV adaptation of Crash
Back in January, Starz announced plans to adapt the Oscar winning film Crash into a television show for the pay-cable channel.... read more
The Dark Knight returns to theaters in Jan. for Oscar push
You've already seen it six times, so what’s one more? Warner Bros. has announced it plans to re-release The Dark Knight in January on IMAX screens to solidify a push for Academy Awards consideration. ... read more
The Soloist debuts with powerful trailer and Oscar buzz
It has finally arrived...the trailer for the much anticipated Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) film The Soloist, that is. And before you ask, no, it doesn't star Keira Knightley. ... read more
Which project has produced Ben Stiller's funniest work to date?
Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll... ... read more
IFC picks up rights to Steven Soderbergh's Che
Steven Soderbergh's Che caused quite a stir when it premiered at the Cannes film festival earlier this year. Combining two separate film pieces and clocking in at over four hours, Soderbergh has apparently realized that everything the critics railed on him about at the festival was correct; four hours is too much. Of anything.... read more
Al Franken wins Minn. Democratic primary for Senate seat
When Al Franken announced his intention to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota last year, the one-time Saturday Night Live star offered assurances to his prospective constituents that the author of books like Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) was in the race for real. ... read more
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL this Saturday?
How do you top a Saturday Night Live season premiere already slated to pair Michael Phelps as host and Lil Wayne as musical guest (UPDATE: And Barack Obama)? ... read more
Wes Anderson to write (and direct?) My Best Friend
Wes Anderson has just signed on for his first project with Imagine, a re-make of the 2006 French comedy Mon Meilleur Ami. Anderson has agreed to write My Best Friend, which will be released through Universal. ... read more
James Franco, many more cast in Allen Ginsberg biopic
In the grand tradition of attractive Hollywood stars portraying iconic literary figures (think Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen, Joseph Fiennes as William Shakespeare, etc.), James Franco has been cast as groundbreaking beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg in the biopic Howl.... read more
Bettany and Connelly sign on for Darwin biopic Creation
Most of the cast has been announced for the much-anticipated Charles Darwin biopic Creation. John Collee adapted the script from Annie's Box, a book by Randal Keynes, Darwin's great great grandson. The film will be directed by Jon Amiel.... read more
Leisha Hailey lands L Word spin-off on Showtime
[Above: Hailey with L Word co-star Erin Daniels]Robert Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime, announced at TCA this year that the network is working on a spin-off to their hit lesbian drama The L Word. With their popular show going into it's sixth and final season early in 2009, Greenblatt told reporters that he and Ilene Chaiken (L Word creator) were wanting to do a spin-off with one of the main characters, but wouldn't reveal which one and even said that no one in the cast was aware of the project yet.... read more
Spielberg's Disturbia accused of stealing Rear Window plot
Director M. Night Shyamalan has been accused of pilfering plotlines several times in his career: Signs supposedly stole from a script for Lord of the Barrens: The Jersey Devil and The Village followed a shockingly close track to Margaret Peteson Haddix's children's novel Running Out Of Time. ... read more
Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler picks up a distributor
It only had its premiere a few weeks ago... read more
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