Hog Quickies (Aug. 6)

August 6th, 2011 | Posted by James K in Hog Quickies - (0 Comments)

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  • Eight is enough: Desperate Housewives will end this season, its eighth. We’ve had enough too.
  • Rise of The Planet of the Apes is going ape at the box office, projected to score a $50M weekend. Its CinemaScore was an ‘A-’
  • FX has renewed comedy series Wilfred, Louie and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (for two more seasons.) TNT has renewed Rizzoli & Isles for a third season.
  • LMFAO‘s “Party Rock Anthem” has climbed to the top of the charts in 18 countries — including the Billboard Hot 100, where it’s locked in at No. 1 for a fifth week.
  • Demi Moore is the new face of Ann Taylor.
  • Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in Man of Steel, the new Superman movie.
  • Oprah Winfrey and James Earl Jones will receive special Governors Awards Oscars.
  • Lollapalooza will take place in Brazil in 2012.
  • The Dark Knight Rises is filming a scene with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

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Hallmark Selects ‘Have A Little Faith’

July 7th, 2011 | Posted by James K in Books | Film | Television - (0 Comments)

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Mitch Albom has put together a terrific cast for the TV movie of his bestseller “Have a Little Faith,” which will air as a Hallmark Hall of Fame production before Christmas on its new ABC home.

Martin Landau will play Rabbi Albert Lewis, while Laurence Fishburne will play Pastor Henry Covington. Bradley Whitford will play Albom. Jon Avnet is the director.

Hallmark Hall of Fame, which was dropped by CBS after 16 years, has landed a new, multiyear deal with ABC beginning with the upcoming season. ABC will premiere the movies exclusively, with encore broadcasts coming a week later on Hallmark Channel.

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Believe It… Or Not

August 7th, 2008 | Posted by James K in News - (0 Comments)

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Three things that may or may not happen, according to Web reports:

1. Britney Spears will play Varia, the lesbian stripper, in Quentin Tarantino’s remake of “Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.”
2. Johnny Depp will play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland 3-D.”
3. Laurence Fishburne will replace William Petersen as the star of “CSI.”

One thing that will definitely happen:
Lauren Conrad will play herself on second-season finale of “Greek.”

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