Ever since his cinematic masterpiece Heat, Michael Mann has always been on my radar when going to the cinema for a flick.
Now rumors are swirling that Mann and Johnny Depp are teaming up for the big screen adaptation of Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. DiCaprio was supposed to be the lead, but bowed out to be a part of Scorcese's next crime drama, Shutter Island.
Speaking of Shutter Island, movie legend Ben Kingsley has joined the cast. The movie revolves around a U.S. marshall (DiCaprio) who is sent to the remote New England island in summer 1954 to investigate the disappearance of a patient from the island's prison/mental hospital. Kingsley will play the mental hospital's chief physician.
Thoroughbred dime-piece Molly Sims has also been added to the Jim Carey vehicle, Yes Man. The story revolves around a man who says yes to everything for one year (couldn't the studios have just called this Liar Liar 2?).
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Late Night in Peril
It has been over a month since the big late night programs have returned to work, and now the psychological and financial effects are starting to make their appearance known.
NBC has laid off 120, count em', 120 staffers for "The Tonight Show." To confirm what I have thought all along, insanely corny (and now apparently cheap) Jay Leno was not going to pay the laid off workers out of his pocket, until threats of a PR nightmare.
Maybe he took a cue from the man who will supersede him. Conan O'Brien, who had a feeling his crew would be getting laid off, vowed to pay his staff out of his own pocket before any news was reported.
Late Night writers have voiced admiration for such a loyal move.
Staying in the "Cone Zone," Conan has posted a video blog unveiling his "strike beard." Cabin fever has hit the late night host.
David Letterman is also starting to get the jitters. Reports are funneling that Late Show show runners are attempting to gather guests, implying that Letterman might have all new shows starting as early as next week (scroll down to 11/29/07 9:55 a.m.).
NBC has laid off 120, count em', 120 staffers for "The Tonight Show." To confirm what I have thought all along, insanely corny (and now apparently cheap) Jay Leno was not going to pay the laid off workers out of his pocket, until threats of a PR nightmare.
Maybe he took a cue from the man who will supersede him. Conan O'Brien, who had a feeling his crew would be getting laid off, vowed to pay his staff out of his own pocket before any news was reported.
Late Night writers have voiced admiration for such a loyal move.
Staying in the "Cone Zone," Conan has posted a video blog unveiling his "strike beard." Cabin fever has hit the late night host.
David Letterman is also starting to get the jitters. Reports are funneling that Late Show show runners are attempting to gather guests, implying that Letterman might have all new shows starting as early as next week (scroll down to 11/29/07 9:55 a.m.).
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