The JH Files [03/16/12]

March 16th, 2012 | Posted by James K in JH Files - (0 Comments)

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  • Sofia Vergara will host SNL on April 7. There better be a Modern Family spoof.
  • Lisa Marie Presley will release her first album in five years on May 15. Grammy winner T Bone Burnett is the producer.
  • President Obama has picked North Carolina to win on his NCAA bracket.
  • Clint Eastwood in a reality TV show? It’s true. Mrs. Eastwood and Company, focusing on the lives of Dina Eastwood (Clint’s wife) and their two daughters, Francesca, 18, (her mom is Frances Fisher) and Morgan, 15, will debut on E! Network.
  • John Mayer (throat problems) is canceling his upcoming U.S. tour and will take an indefinite hiatus from live performing.
  • Katie Couric‘s new syndicated talk show will debut on Sept. 10.
  • The Olsen twins say they are done with acting.
  • Craig Ferguson will travel to Scotland and film a week of episodes of the Late, Late Show. Airdates: week of May 14.
  • Toni Morrison, 81, has canceled plans to write a memoir because “there’s a point at which your life is not interesting.”
  • Paul Giamatti will play Hamlet in a Yale production (March 15-April 13, 2013).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beyonce’s ‘Star’-Maker: Clint Eastwood

January 20th, 2011 | Posted by James K in Film - (0 Comments)

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Beyonce, who covets an Oscar, now has a Clint to help her realize her acting dream. The musical star has been cast in a Warner Bros. remake  (No. 4) of “A Star is Born,” with Clint Eastwood set to direct. Couldn’t be a better scenario. Eastwood is not only an elite director but has a big interest in music and has scored some of his own films.

Beyonce has been attached to the project since last year, and there was a point where it looked like Russell Crowe might co-star with Nick Cassavetes directing. Same script (by Will Fetters) reportedly but no male star as yet.

Names have started flying around. Deadline’s list includes P Diddy, Jay Z, Eddie Murphy, Robert Downey Jr and Jon Hamm. Any other suggestions?

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Eastwood: ‘We Have a Bunch of Teenage Twits’

November 20th, 2009 | Posted by James K in Film | Pop Culture - (2 Comments)

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PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Schoeller / GQ

GQ‘s “Badass of the Year” Clint Eastwood is a straight shooter. The 79-year-old actor/director, whose latest film “Invictus” tells the true story of South African president and civil rights leader Nelson Mandela, candidly discussed his negative feelings toward modern America in the magazine.

“[The U.S. is] becoming more juvenile as a nation. The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits. The world needs this kind of story nowadays. It’s just … everybody’s so screwed up. It seems like our country’s in kind of a morbid mood, because of the recession or whatever.”

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Invictus: Trailer

October 28th, 2009 | Posted by Joy Hogger in Film | News - (0 Comments)

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I would like to hire Morgan Freeman to narrate my unpublished memoirs.

From director Clint Eastwood, “Invictus” tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

In theaters: December 11, 2009

this movie probably has a tear jerking/bitter sweet ending..

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WB New Doc Celebrates 85 Years

February 7th, 2008 | Posted by JP in News - (0 Comments)

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“You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story” will be broadcast nationally this September.  The new documentary, which is written and directed by TIME’s Richard Schickel and narrated by Clint Eastwood is produced in partnership with ‘American Masters and takes its audience through the years from Rin Tin Tin to Harry Potter.’  WB also has a full-colour book to go with it on the history of the famous studio, and they’ll be giving 50 of their films a first shot at DVD packaging throughout the year.  These include some Dirty Harry’s, Film Noir collections and the obligatory limited edition-ness.  “Hi, Warner Bros?  Yeah, can you just send us all of it?  That’d be great.  Thanks.”

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