Director Bryan Singer thinking of remaking “Logan’s Run.” Let’s see: A sci-fi movie featuring a bunch of people wearing white jumpsuits…living in a hermetically-sealed environment…and dying before their time. Sounds a lot like this year’s box-office dud “The Island” to me…but since the original “Logan” featured special effects on par with the trolley from “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood,” maybe it’s about due for a remake just the same.
Elton John has bachelor party in London, weds partner David Furnish in civil union. We are very happy for Sir Elton and Mr. Furnish, and consider their wedding a watershed moment in gay rights. We just want to know two things: One, what exactly does one do at a bachelor party for a cranky, sober 58-year-old? And two, who gets the Donald Duck suit if Elton and David eventually divorce?
Jamie Foxx deluded, thinks he’s actually Ray Charles . Following the supportive reaction to his guest vocals on two Kanye West hits (“Slow Jamz” and “Gold Digger”), Jamie Foxx has released an album of his own. Is this career move Jenny-from-the-Block smart, or Russell-Crowe-Grunting bad? The CD is titled “Unpredictable”…which pretty much sums up Foxx’s odds.
Tim Burton reportedly working with Jim Carrey on “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” movie. Will playing eccentric international explorer Robert Ripley boost Carrey’s credibility and earn him the Oscar that continues to elude him? Probably not. Will adding a new wing of oddities to his existing freak-show museum of characters like Edward Scissorhands and the Corpse Bride endear Burton to the Academy? No way. Is this still quite possibly the most inspired combination of actor, director and subject matter in recent memory? Hell, yes!
Britney slaps Us Weekly with $20MM lawsuit over sex tape allegation. Spears is upset about an October article in which the magazine alleged that she and her cornrow-infested, dope-smoking better half had filmed themselves doing it, baby, one more time. That’s gratitude for you: Shouldn’t the Cheeto-loving publicity addict instead be thanking the gossip rag for keeping her in the limelight long after she and whatshisname should have faded into obscurity?
