Funny movie, irreverence that is sure to make you smile. The month of August has been a good one for comedy. There have been a couple of very funny, very R-rated comedies of the high profile variety in Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder, plus the underachieving The Rocker, and even The House Bunny, all providing good doses of laughter this month. As August comes to a close Hollywood gives us ...
SOHH EXCLUSIVE: The Game Says Jay-Z Is Jockin' Him With New Song, “Me And Jay Trade Subliminal Hits” (SOHH.com) 28 August 2008Despite efforts from his arch enemy’s website, Thisis50.com , to leak free downloads of his latest album LAX , The Game is confident his sales will still thrive. “My album being in stores makes me feel like a winner,” said The Game. “I’m excited. I sold 130,000 records on iTunes [Tuesday] morning.
Superman creator 'dreamed up comic hero after his father died in armed raid when he was a boy' (Daily Mail) 27 August 2008The comic world is now abuzz because it seems the Man of Steel was really born from a personal tragedy.
Michael Vartan Interview (UGO - UnderGroundOnline) 26 August 2008I am never, ever going swimming in Australia. Ever. Sharks, snakes and giant crocodiles. Alias star Michael Vartan 's film Rogue , about a man-eating giant croc has been released to DVD and it has pretty much cured me of any desire to hang around the Northern Territories, lovely as they look on film.
Review: Get Smart (Daily Mirror) 22 August 2008Cert 12A, 110mins (3 stars)
Favreau Gets to Work on Iron Man 2 (Coming Soon) 21 August 2008The Los Angeles Times talked to Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau, who says they have started working on the sequel.
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Sputnik film captures how fervor inspired many in technology (Market Watch) 19 August 2008SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Many inventors and leaders in technology and science have credited Sputnik, the first man-made satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union over 50 years ago, as inspiring them to become engineers or scientists during the frenzied space race that followed in the United States.
Tropic Thunder topples Batman (BBC News) 18 August 2008Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder dethrones Batman sequel The Dark Knight at the US and Canadian box office.
Ellen DeGeneres, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Murray (International Herald Tribune) 18 August 2008A round-up of the day's celebrity news.
Melissa Cross will have you screaming like a rock star (Seattle Times) 18 August 2008In this mecca of Broadway and opera stars, the trills and scales of vocal polishing are a familiar sound. But the growls and groans coming...