Madonna is currently making her directorial debut on a short film called “Filth and Wisdom” , which is currently being filmed in London. She’s stated that the film will be based on personal experiences.
“While I cannot tell you more about it for now, I am happy to officially reveal its title: Filth And Wisdom. I will finish this in time to go back to the recording studio in July. I hate to be such a tease, but you know how I am.”
Based on the pictures below, she doesn’t look all that happy to me. Maybe it was just a bad day…. a headache maybe.
After his father’s death, Kale Brecht (LaBeouf) becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled — so much so that he finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie (Moss), works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with indifference and lethargy. The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale. He becomes a voyeur as his interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards those of his neighbors, one of which Kale begins to suspect is a serial killer. But, are his suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and his overactive imagination?
The reports of the death of Mel Gibson’s career have been greatly exaggerated:
Mel Gibson’s bloody epic “Apocalypto” debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant last summer.
Let me hereby predict that, Michael Richards’ tirade notwithstanding, “Seinfeld” DVDs will sell as well as they ever have and that the show will continue to thrive in syndication. On the other hand, Andy Dick’s career is toast.
It seems that childrens’ movies have a license to kill at the box office, with a cartoon about penguins beating out the new James Bond flick in their opening weekends.
James Bond has met his match — not a fellow spy but a tap-dancing penguin.
The Warner Bros. animated penguin romp “Happy Feet” debuted with $42.3 million, grabbing an edge for the weekend’s No. 1 slot over Sony’s Bond adventure “Casino Royale,” which opened with $40.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The two films were close enough that their rankings could change when final numbers are released Monday. “‘Happy Feet’ is just ahead by a flipper,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. “It’s unusual to have two movies this close, battling for that No. 1 position.”
Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner, said “Happy Feet” was solidly ahead and that the rankings would not flip-flop on Monday. “It’s not going to happen,” Fellman said. “It’s a clear victory here.”
“Casino Royale” took an early lead over “Happy Feet” on opening day because of strong adult audiences Friday night. “Happy Feet” dominated the rest of the weekend, drawing big crowds on Saturday and Sunday when family films do their best business.
The box-office leader the last two weekends, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” slipped to third with $14.35 million, lifting its total to $90.5 million.
While I was surprised by this result, I shouldn’t have been. Movies with an “R” rating have a huge disadvantage in that a huge chunk of the movie-going public is locked out. Those aimed at a family audience do well if they’re any good at all.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh alter-ego Borat made glorious returns at the box office, surprising Hollywood with a No. 1 debut.
“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” 20th Century Fox’s big-screen incarnation of Cohen’s Kazakh journalist from “Da Ali G Show,” took in $26.4 million during its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“This picture was playing to full houses,” said Bruce Snyder, head of distribution at 20th Century Fox. “The planets aligned, the moons aligned, the stars aligned, and everything came together perfectly for us on this weekend.”
Box-office analysts had expected Disney’s “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,” with Tim Allen returning as St. Nicholas, to win the weekend. It was No. 2 with $20 million, followed by the Paramount-DreamWorks animated comedy “Flushed Away” in third place with $19.1 million.
With great Internet buzz and a built-in following from “Da Ali G Show,” “Borat” succeeded where another cyber-sensation, “Snakes on a Plane,” failed. “Snakes” opened last summer to modest crowds despite months of Internet hoopla.
The raucous, raunchy “Borat” follows the adventures of British comedian Cohen’s TV journalist from Kazakhstan in a blend of fiction and improvised comic encounters as he travels the United States, meets and mocks Americans and reports back to his home country.
“It is what you go to the theater for,” said Hutch Parker, the studio’s head of production. “You get that infectious, outrageous, interactive experience. There are people yelling at the screen, there are cheers.”
“Borat” played in only 837 theaters, fewer than one-fourth the count for “The Santa Clause 3″ and “.” Averaging a whopping $31,511 a theater, “Borat” easily outdistanced “The Santa Clause 3,” which averaged $5,784 in 3,458 cinemas and “Flushed Away,” which averaged $5,152 in 3,707 theaters.
Fox plans to expand “Borat” to as many as 2,500 theaters this Friday. source
1. “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” $26.4 million.
2. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,” $20 million.
A cartoon bear and deer talked their way to the top of the box office as Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher ’s animated comedy “Open Season” debuted with $23 million.
Kutcher also finished in second place with Disney’s “The Guardian,” in which he co-stars with Kevin Costner as Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The action drama opened with $17.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The previous weekend’s leading flick, Paramount’s “Jackass Number Two,” fell to third place with $14 million, raising its 10-day total to $51.5 million. source
