…and He is not amused.
Author: Deb Medsker (Page 18 of 70)
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe are splitting up after seven years of marriage, TMZ reports:
The couple’s rep released a statement to TMZ Monday morning that says “We are saddened to announce that Reese & Ryan have decided to formally separate. They remain committed to their family and we ask that you please respect their privacy and the safety of their children at this time.”
Sources indicated that the couple’s impending divorce was not caused by a single event, but rather a “cumulative” series of events. Experts suggest that, aside from the couple’s obvious imbalance in the areas of talent, intelligence, and overall attractiveness, two key factors in the breakup were a) Reese’s realization that she is Reese Witherspoon and he is Ryan Phillippe; and b) Ryan’s refusal to “shave that shit off his face.”
Fox News reports that the Aaron Sorkin dramedy “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” may be hovering near death. Although NBC ordered three additional episodes as recently as this past Friday, cast members are reportedly telling their friends that the show is as good as cancelled.
Aside from the inherent news value of the impending cancellation, two points in this story are worth noting:
A) Fox News “reporter” Roger Friedman appears barely capable of restraining his glee at the idea of watching the guillotine fall on another earnest, chatty, liberal Sorkin drama; and
B) If NBC does indeed cancel the program — as part of its recent schedule overhaul emphasizing inexpensive reality programming over quality dramas and sitcoms — the recent “Studio 60” episode dealing with fictitious parent network NBS’s efforts to eschew cheap reality stunts in favor of more expensive highbrow programming will be an ironic footnote indeed.
Since bastion of conservatism Fox News appears to be the first to report such a dire fate for “Studio 60” (and, given the show’s primarily left-leaning content, Fox’s motives in breaking this story are decidedly suspect) there may still be hope for the show…but it needs to find a larger audience very quickly, and tonight’s bump from the sweeps schedule in favor of “Friday Night Lights” does not bode well for Matt, Danny and the gang.
Wayne Palmer is President of the United States on the new season of “24” to launch in January. Does this make Premium Hollywood’s own David Medsker a prophet? Cite spousal favoritism if you will, but I say the man was on to something.
Check out Fox’s 2-minute trailer for season 6 to judge for yourself…and then chime in on the following:
1) Whom does Jack Bauer most closely resemble after being denied access to standard facial grooming supplies for an extended period of Chinese torture: Jesus, or the Unabomber?
2) New cast member Peter “the Biscuit” MacNicol: valuable addition, or just the latest in what appears to be a slew of stunt casting moves this season?
3) Chloe: Better as a blonde, or a brunette?
Despite having racked up several million views of his movie clips on YouTube, snagged the cover of Entertainment Weekly, and received priceless publicity from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, Borat apparently doesn’t have enough visibility in the U.S. to open a movie in wide release during the weekend of November 3.
Citing a recent poll indicating that just 27% of moviegoers are familiar with the fictional journalist portrayed by comedian Sascha Baron Cohen, Twentieth Century Fox has reduced the number of screens on which “Borat” will open by 60%:
“Our research showed it was soft in awareness,” Bruce Snyder, Fox’s distribution chief, told the Times. In turn, Borat will start off in 800 theaters Nov. 3 and then expand to 2,200 the following weekend, after interest in the movie is piqued and audiences have gotten Borat’s opening-weekend competition—Disney’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and DreamWork’s Flushed Away—out of their system.
That’s the plan, anyway — but is it a wise one? Does Fox honestly believe that the unique individuals who found the first two “Santa Clause” movies hilarious enough to warrant a third installment are really the same people who are going to go see “Borat”? And are they not the least bit worried about cutting the legs out from under their cult-classic-in-the-making before it even gets rolling?
Given the buzz that has been building behind this picture to date, execs over on the Fox lot may be worried about ending up with a “Snakes on a Plane”-level disappointment on their hands…but they shouldn’t be. The key difference is that no one really expected “SOAP” to be a high-quality movie, while reviews for “Borat” have generally been very positive.
Okay, so maybe 73% of moviegoers don’t know who Borat is yet…but does Fox really expect to fix that by reducing their opportunity to get to know him?
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