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A Talk with Floyd Mutrux about Baby It's You!, His New Musical About The Shirelles, and the Legendary Woman Behind Them, Florence Greenberg.

18 hours ago | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

(Director, writer, and filmmaker Floyd Mutrux, above.)

By Terry Keefe

It was the 1960s and a foursome took over the popular music charts in America, but they didn’t wear mop-tops. Right before the British Invasion, the girl group known as the Shirelles soared with hits such as “Dedicated to the One I Love,” “Soldier Boy,” “Will You Still Me Tomorrow,” and “Baby It’s You,” amongst many others. The Shirelles were discovered by Florence Greenberg, an ambitious and very prescient New Jersey housewife who founded Scepter Records, and consequently changed the face of popular music forever. In her business life, Greenberg was a woman who dove right into the middle of a male-dominated record industry and created one of the most successful independent labels of the time, and on the personal side, she left her first marriage for a union with African-American songwriter Luther Dixon. The story of Greenberg, »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Scrubs Review: "Our First Day of School"

2 December 2009 2:23 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Scrubs debuted with its ninth season premiere and new medical school format last night and like it or not, Scrubs 2.0 kept the same name, but not much else.

There's still a definitely feel of Scrubs, especially with J.D., Cox, Turk, Kelso and The Todd still wandering the halls of Sacred Heart.  We even got to see pregnant Elliot, who like Zach Braff, has only signed on for six episodes the season.

However, the new teaching aspects and focus on the new students, in particular the new narrator, Lucy, have have made it clear the show has changed.  We certainly enjoyed the half hour, but whether show will survive once Braff has finished up his six episodes will have to be seen.

There's certainly enough strong supporting characters in the new Scrubs cast that we hope so and as the second bonus half hour thrown in last night proved, there's »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Remote View: Farewell To 'Eastwick's' Lovelies

1 December 2009 1:10 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

It was probably the right decision to cancel Eastwick.

I feel bad about saying that, because the acting in the series is downright incredible, but there's just something lame about the show. I don't know what it is — the plot? or the lack thereof? — but despite the laugh-out-loud moments, I found myself cringing too.

But don't ignore the show just because it's finished. In fact, with all the other programs going into winter hiatus, and ABC burning off episodes, now is a great time to catch an episode or two.

The series is based on the John Updike novel The Witches of Eastwick, which was previously adapted into a film starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher, and Susan Sarandon.

Eastwick, the series, is much different from that film. Plot and character were taking too long to evolve, I suspect.

I'm not joking when I say that some of the best »

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Birthday Suits, Funny People

1 December 2009 6:55 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Your cinematic birthdays for December 1st. This post is dedicated to frequent reader/commenter Chris Na Taraja who celebrates the big 4-0 today. Happy Birthday, Chris!

1521 Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord who Kagemusha tried to impersonate. Oopsie. I've actually never seen that Akira Kurosawa picture. How quickly should I rent it?

1913 Mary Martin, broadway star of Peter Pan, The Sound of Music and South Pacific fame. Those famous roles hit silver screens, but without Mary

1935 Woody Allen, legend (abundant posts)

1940 Richard Pryor, influential comedian

1945 Bette Midler the divine. In a fit of complete absence of budgeting sense I nearly purchased a flight to Vegas and a concert ticket last month. Just because. I've never seen her perform on stage but I did used to love her in the movies. Particularly: The Rose, Beaches (so underrated... weepies can't get no respect) and Big Business

1951 Treat Williams enduring B lister. Among the highlights: Hair, »

- NATHANIEL R

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'Scrubs' review: Same characters, new-ish show

30 November 2009 5:17 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

"Scrubs" begins its ninth season on Tuesday, and both ABC and the show's creator, Bill Lawrence, are encouraging us to think of the show as new in all but its title. There's a new setting, several new regulars and even a revamped opening credit sequence.

The transition -- established characters like J.D. (Zach Braff), Turk (Donald Faison) and Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) are now teaching at a medical school -- is an admirably honest attempt by Lawrence and Co. to deal with the show being renewed after airing what was for all intents and purposes a series finale episode last spring. And there are moments in Tuesday's two-episode premiere (it's at 9 p.m. Et on ABC) that are quite good.

The whole thing, though, feels just a little bit awkward. If you are -- like me -- enough of a "Scrubs" fan that you just enjoy spending time with these characters, »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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The Satellites Have Launched. What Are They Orbiting?

30 November 2009 6:10 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The Satellites (formerly Golden) have announced their 2009 nominations for what it's worth. And you might be screaming "not very much".

It's hard to know what to make of this Golden Globe splinter group. There is never much of a narrative thread in their nominations. You can't sense from year to year a type of film they like or whatnot. Which makes them feel a bit suspect. They also do very strange things which you're about to see if you read their nominations. They never get much attention and yet they keep plugging away. This year they were especially kind to 2012 (who knew?), Nine and The Stoning of Soraya M. But they were downright rude to the sci-fi drama Moon which received zero nominations despite their lack of aversion to sci-fi films. I mention this because the moon is a natural satellite and the Satellites are artificial. Maybe they're jealous. What they're orbiting we know not. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Birthday Suits, Asia Major

27 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Do you ever celebrate the birthdays of your favorite movie folk? You should. Here are your options for 11/27

Michael Vartan, Bruce Lee

1940 Bruce Lee Chinese American trailblazer, 70s icon, legend. Without him, whose to say how long it would have taken martial arts films to gain as much international popularity? Without him, no Uma Thurman in a yellow track suit.

1951 Kathryn Bigelow director, action fan. An Oscar nominee in about 2 months and a week.

1956 William Fichtner actor

1957 Callie Khouri, screenwriter. She'll always have Thelma & Louise

1957 Kevin O'Connell, the most nominated never-winning Oscar anything. He's been nominated 20 times (!) for his sound work. He has only his Emmy and lucrative blockbuster heavy career to comfort him. His next project is the Gyllenhaal action flick Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. [editor's note: You may recall that the second podcast ever here at Tfe was an interview with his then working partner Greg P Russell whose own Oscar tally totals 12 nominations without a win.]

1963 Fisher Stevens, Michelle Pfeiffer's boyfriend during her Catwoman years

1968 Michael Vartan, French-American actor (Alias)

1978 Unax Ugalde, Spanish hottie... seduced Julianne Moore »

- NATHANIEL R

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Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to Be the Next New-Media Mogul

24 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

Dude, Wheres The Cash? Here's what scares Kutcher: "When I have a conversation with someone and they say, 'I'm not worried about monetization yet.' " | Photographs by Jill Greenberg

Photographs by Jill Greenberg

How Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, technology, and Madison Avenue. Really.

On The Job Everyone at Katalyst has a role in the Katalyst HQ mockumentary Web series, including cofounder Jason Goldberg, left, and new-media director Sarah Ross, above right. This year's sponsor is Nestlé's Hot Pockets, below right.

I've walked into the middle of a swine flu outbreak.

"Here, put this on!" Ashton Kutcher bounds from around the corner in his loft-style Hollywood office, wearing a paper face mask and holding another one. "You can choose whether to wear it or not, but we all are. We can't afford to get sick!" Within seconds, I am surrounded by a fast-moving herd of masked Flip-cam marauders, »

- Ellen McGirt

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Bloggers' Reviews: 2012

24 November 2009 4:51 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Here at Screenrush, we're all about getting voices heard. So, in the first of a series of features, we're giving you the chance to find out what's on the collective minds of the greatest bloggers the information superhighway has to offer.

This week, our friends from Movie Reviews By Captain D, Battle Royale With Cheese and Heyuguys give their verdict on Roland Emmerich's disasterific new flick, 2012...

Movie Reviews By Captain D

After the silly but fun Independence Day and bloated climate warning epic wannabe The Day After Tomorrow, Robert Emerich is back trying to destroy the planet again. In 2012, he chooses, rather than spaced out aliens or freaky weather conditions, the effect of a gigantic solar flare on the earth's core.

Click here to read on...

Battle Royale With Cheese

The end of the world - It is something that no one wants to come to pass in real »

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Son of Birthday Suits

24 November 2009 4:27 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Celebrating the cinematic personalities born on 11/24. Even if you're not cinematic, you're probably a personality. Wish yourself a happy one in the comments. There's no way there's been no Scorpios (or now) Saggitarians reading. Speak up when it's your big day!

Garret, Shirley and 'Izzy'

1913 Geraldine Fitzgerald actress (Wuthering Heights, The Mango Tree, Rachel Rachel)

1942 Billy Connolly, comedian, actor, 'Mr. Brown' (he who was beloved by Judi Dench) and 'Barry' (he who was poisoned by Michelle Pfeiffer)

1949 Manuel De Sica composer (The Garden of the Fitzi Continis), Son of Vittorio

1954 Emir Kusturica two-time Cannes winning Serbian filmmaker behind Underground & When Father Was Away on Business (Oscar nominee)

1964 Garret Dillahunt, terrific actor who has lately specialized in the skin-crawlingly creepy (The Road, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and the endearingly pathetic (No Country For Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) but a »

- NATHANIEL R

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Ewan McGregor's Link Saber

22 November 2009 12:25 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Fin de Cinema appreciates Tilda in Julia. More people need to

Spiegel Online "we make lists because we don't want to die" Good point. But also because they're fun

In Contention the animated shorts finalist list

Movie|Line interviews Hal Holbrook for That Evening Sun. The performance of his career?

Hollywood Elsewhere asks an understandable question regarding The Twilight Saga: New Moon's box office numbers

Awards Daily wonders whether Sandra Bullock is a safer bet than previously thought for The Blind Side

Vanity Fair handicaps the Oscar race and makes a case for Fantastic Mr Fox costumes (hmmm) but falls into the age old lazy schpiel about "not enough best actresses to fill a category". I swear to god that people say this every f***ing year and it is never ever true. You just have to be willing to look at performances that people aren't talking about for »

- NATHANIEL R

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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Actress – Drama

21 November 2009 3:31 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actress – Drama Helen Mirren, The Last Station Radical ideologue Leo Tolstoy’s wife Sofya has to put up with him Carey Mulligan, An Education In 1960s London, a teenager falls for a man in his 30s Michelle Pfeiffer, Chéri An older courtesan gets back on the job Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones (replacing Annette Bening, whose Mother and Child will have a 2010 release) A murdered girl sees the world from up above Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire An abused pregnant teen tries to take control of her life   Hilary Swank in Amelia (top); Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (middle, upper); Emily Blunt in Young Victoria (middle, lower); Natalie Portman in Brothers (bottom) Not that long ago, there was [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Michelle Pfeiffer To Vamp It Up For Amy Heckerling?

18 November 2009 7:34 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

On Sunday The Film Experience's Nathaniel Rogers brought me along to a dinner in honor of (500) Days of Summer, where both the cast and writers and director were on hand to schmooze with various writers and industry people who have the power to influence the movie's Oscar chances (let me be clear, I was just a guest-- no one thinks that of me). While Nathaniel and I didn't wind up eating alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt or anything, we did luck out and somehow sit down at a table with Amy Heckerling, the Clueless director who also recently directed Nathaniel's favorite actress, Michelle Pfeiffer, in the straight-to-dvd I Could Never Be Your Woman. While that movie didn't work out so well release-wise, Heckerling is already at work on her next project Vamps, which follows two female vampires looking for love in modern-day New York. Krysten Ritter, of What Happens in Vegas and »

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Exclusive Buzz: Pfeiffer with Pfangs

17 November 2009 6:57 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Rumor Alert!

Or, rather, 'Possiblity Alert'! And one you haven't heard yet. The other evening at a dinner party, I chatted briefly with writer/director Amy Heckerling (of Clueless fame). Since her very last feature I Could Never Be Your Woman starred Michelle Pfeiffer, you know I couldn't resist gushing about my favorite actress. The conversation quickly drifted to Saoirse Ronan, who played Pfeiffer's daughter in that film. Heckerling was very proud to have discovered her (...Woman preceeding Atonement, production-wise) and wouldn't you be?

Leaving the party later, I wished Heckerling well on her new comedy Vamps which should go before cameras in the spring. Remembering me as that weirdly obsessed pfan-guy, Heckerling clasped her hands together in supplication and said 'I hope I get Pfeiffer for it.'

[Collective Pfan Gasp!]

Has an offer gone out? Could Pfeiffer finally have a vampiric role? The movie is still in preproduction with only Kristen Ritter signed. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Michelle Pfeiffer To Vamp?

17 November 2009 5:15 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

While Twi-mania reaches a fever pitch this week, Amy Heckerling is quietly in pre-production on her own vampire venture called Vamps. The Parly Films rom-com is slated for a 2010 release and has already cast Krysten Ritter, but the Clueless writer/director is hoping to also snag her I Could Never Be Your Woman lead Michelle Pfeiffer. For those interested, Vamps is described as a "modern-day tale of two young female vampires living the good life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality." [Film Experience] »

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Birthday Suits: Abba Alert!

15 November 2009 6:01 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Celebrating cinema-related birthdays of the day. Is November 15th your special day?

1879 Lewis Stone star of the only lost Oscar Best Picture nominee, The Patriot (1928). No, you'll never see 100% of the Best Picture or Best Actor nominees. Not even if you try

1932 Petula Clarke singer/actress

1937 Yaphett Kotto actor

1945 Anna Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, my favorite member of Abba. I love her so much I'm letting her wear a jumpsuit instead of the traditional suits favored in these posts. Abba's flamboyant fashion sense could never be contained! [see also Abba: The Movie recap]

1951 Beverly D'Angelo actress

1957 Ray McKinnon actor, best known for Deadwood on HBO. He's currently in movie theaters doing fine work in That Evening Sun. And, surprise, he's actually an Oscar winner already having won the Best Live Action Short Film category in for his directorial debut The Accountant (2001)

1972 Jonny Lee Miller, actor, Trainspotter, Angelina survivor, Friend of Jude, visionary lawyer.

1976 Virginie Ledoyen French actress »

- NATHANIEL R

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Networks Dish Pink Slips: Eastwick, Hank & Dollhouse

14 November 2009 10:53 PM, PST | TVStar | See recent TVStar news »

The Beautiful Life (TV) was given half a second before it was nixed while fan favorite Southland (TV) didn't have a chance to get out from the starting gate before NBC cut it. Times are tough these days, not only are banks closing at rapid paces, many promising network shows are getting the boot due to poor viewership. A slew of new shows have been handed their walking papers and some might be surprised to see who won't be returning to your television. Dollhouse Joss Whedon's Dollhouse (TV) was Fox's prized possession last year and much of that had to do with lead actress Eliza Dushku. It was announced this week by Fox that Dollhouse (TV) will not continue past the thirteen episodes already slated to air. Eliza Dushku has much respect for her fans and wanted them to hear the news from her first before the media whirlwind had its turn. »

- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)

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DVD Playhouse--November 2009

14 November 2009 6:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—November 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Eastwick Ending After 13 Episode Run

10 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has decided against ordering additional episodes of Wednesday's drama Eastwick , the show starring Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price, Jaime Ray Newman and Paul Gross. Based upon the John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick , which also spawned the 1987 feature starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, ABC will finish production on the 13 episodes and air all 13. »

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Pucker Up. It's La Pfeiffer

6 November 2009 9:45 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Kissing. I want to bring this series back. Where is the time?

Someone has recorded my dreams! It's Michelle Pfeiffer's make-out sessions in the movies, compiled by the great pfansite, Pfeiffer the Face

Mmmm, Pfeiffer lips. The only person who doesn't love them is Pfeiffer herself "I look like a duck"Head on over to Pfeiffer The Face to vote in the poll for your favorite Pfeifferian smooch.... but someone get Pacino off of her first. He's practically eating her face* in Frankie & Johnny and he wasn't so nice to her in Scarface, either come to think of it.

* In Pacino's defense she is delicious. Even Emma Thompson thinks so. Remember that 90s interview when she was asked who she would like to be paired with if she played a lesbian? [src] Oh, God, well, lots of women, because I love women so much. I think that because of my »

- NATHANIEL R

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