The Baytown Outlaws

By Dan Kaufman at 4:55 PM on January 10, 2013

The grindhouse-meets-Dukes of Hazzard vibe of the new action comedy The Baytown Outlaws is instantly recognizable, and fits as comfortably as a weathered boot. With that vibe come certain expectations. Three Alabama hit man/brothers will most certainly clean out a house of their targets with shockingly laid-back professionalism. The opening credits will undoubtedly be filled with pulpy comic-book panel still frames announcing the cast and proclaiming the film’s ironic pedigree, a design choice so commonplace as to actually have the opposite effect. There will be hot chicks, blood, dust and lots of twangy guitar rock....  read more

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Bad Santa 2 in the Works

By Ryan Bort at 12:00 PM on July 31, 2012

Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, Accepted) is reportedly in talks to write and direct a sequel to Bad Santa, the raunchy 2003 Christmas comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton as a drunken, thieving mall Santa....  read more

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Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Keanu Reeves, Oh My! Ten Film Star Music Projects That are Way Worse Than Ryan Gosling's Dead Man's Bones

By Austin L. Ray at 7:00 AM on August 15, 2009

If you've been poking around lately on those music blogs they have on the interwebs, chances are you've heard a thing or two about the new ANTI- signing, Dead Man's Bones, which also happens to be the band of Half Nelson/The Notebook/bunch of other stuff movie star, Ryan Gosling. Now, the music of Dead Man's Bones doesn't move me in any particular way, good or bad; it's just kind of there. "Gothic folk," as they say, complete with a kinda-creepy children's choir. However, it does actually sound like music that would be released on ANTI-. Which is to...  read more

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All For The Hall - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre - 10/15/08

By Eric Ryan Anderson at 9:35 AM on November 4, 2008

Photos taken at Nokia Theatre by Eric Ryan Anderson ...  read more

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Christmas '08 Holiday Roundup

By Andy Whitman at 12:47 PM on October 15, 2008

The frost isn’t exactly on the pumpkin. Here in central Ohio we’ve yet to have a frost. Still, the new Holiday (as in Christmas, not Halloween) albums are beginning to arrive, and I’ve heard a few I’ve actually enjoyed. Given the normal Christmas album fare, this is a remarkable statement. You might enjoy them, too....  read more

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Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters - Houston, TX - The Scout Bar - 7/22/08

By Austin L. Ray at 3:23 PM on August 27, 2008

Photos taken at The Scout Bar by Rob Inderrieden...  read more

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Watch the trailer for the Easton Ellis-adapted Informers

By Henry Freedland at 4:39 PM on August 11, 2008

We know it's circular reasoning, but the upcoming adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers feels, as they say, like a...  read more

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Billy Bob's Basement

By Tim Porter at 10:43 AM on July 2, 2008

Despite the critical acclaim Billy Bob Thornton’s music has received since his 2001 debut album Private Radio, most people inevitably assume that any musical project from an actor is a vanity effort...  read more

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Ed Helms sells Manure, meets Dave, visits Museum

By Nikki King at 10:07 AM on June 5, 2008

The Office has left network television lacking for the summer. But in the meantime, Ed Helms (he of anger managing Andy Bernard fame) will be taking more roles to the big screen. Helms will play Chet, a womanizing merchant, in Mark and Michael Polish’s Manure, an indie comedy about a group of manure salesmen set in the heart of 1960's America....  read more

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Billy Bob Thornton to direct again

By Rebecca Bowen at 6:16 PM on March 14, 2008

Cinema Blend reports that during “A Conversation with Billy Bob Thornton” at SXSW on Tuesday, amid the actor/director/singer/screenwriter’s prolix musings on the areas of his expertise (much of it transcribed here, absolutely worthy of 10 minutes of your time) was an announcement of what will be his first two directorial projects in nine years. The only specifics he gave as he sat before the crowd in a leather jacket and sunglasses (“…the…reason I’m keeping my sunglasses on, it’s not like I’m trying to show off my new sunglasses. OK, here’s the deal. I had a little too much fun...  read more

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