Posts by Lane Brown
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Hollywood Report Card: Bad Santa Gets a Sequel or Two
·News from the front lines of Hollywood’s noble war on Christmas: Desperate for franchises, Dimension Films has commissioned two different scripts for the sequel to 2003’s Billy Bob Thornton-starring alcoholic mall-Santa comedy Bad Santa with the intention of picking the best one — and if they’re both good, the series could become a trilogy. None […]
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Hollywood Report Card: Ted Danson Goes to CSI
Gloves On: Presumably tired of doing premium-cable charity work on Damages and Bored to Death, Ted Danson has signed on to replace Laurence Fishburne on CSI, as the leader of a team of graveyard-shift homicide investigators (after Tony Shaloub, Robin Williams and John Lithgow reportedly passed on the part). Let’s hope CBS is paying him […]
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Zookeeper: Doomed by Too-Big Talking Animals?
It seemed like a sure bet: put Paul Blart star Kevin James in a movie full of celebrity-voiced zoo animals, crank up the air conditioning, and let the money roll in. But in its first weekend, Zookeeper opened to a measly $21 million, barely meeting its studio’s lowered-expectations and finishing in third place behind an […]
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Which Actors Tarnished Their Oscars the Most in 2011?
Winning an Oscar is the ultimate validation of an actor’s work — but it won’t pay for private school! So when the bills come due, lately it seems like even the most serious thespians will step over Terrence Malick to get to the nearest green screen (and easy paycheck) to deliver crappy dialogue into a […]
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AMC’s Stock: The Coming Year
This morning, AMC Networks — the corporate umbrella that controls AMC (home to your favorite shows Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead, plus Rubicon and The Killing) as well as cable siblings IFC, WeTV, and Sundance — entered a new phase in its recently lauded existence: it became a publicly traded company. While […]
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Five Haircuts to Look Forward to in the Coen Brothers’ Dave Van Ronk Biopic
From Javier Bardem’s bowl cut in No Country for Old Men to whatever you call that thing on Barton Fink’s head, the Coen brothers’ filmography is rich in idiotic hairstyles. And it’s about to get richer: Over the weekend, the L.A. Times reported that the Coens’ next film will be set in 1960s New York […]
