Movie Star Blog

And I didn't realize that was Brooke Burke at the end of the ad, either. Show of hands here - who thinks Brooke Burke has ever eaten at Burger King in her life? Yeah, me neither.

Brooke Burke might have had a salad there once. She also might like the new Enormous Omelet (more information at: http://www.bk.com/). You never know. :-)

According to a report on ZDNet, a new virus is out, luring those with a slightly salacious taste to infect their machines by promising them "Sexy" videos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Tom Cruise plays the bad guy. He’s got grey hair. It doesn’t feel right somehow. Tom Cruise is some badass mofo who hails a cab to drive round LA doing a bunch of naughty deeds. Jamie Foxx is the innocent victim cabbie, who’s a bit thick but secretly lovable and strong and assertive when he needs to be (right at the end of the film, noless).

I thought Collateral was ok, nothing more though. The acting was good (especially from Jamie Foxx) and I suppose it had an original storyline but it wasn’t anything groundbreakingly spectacular, nor was it a film I’d sit through again. And I agree, Tom Cruise with the grey hair playing the bad guy didn’t feel right!

Even if Salma Hayek were not in it, one of my recent favorite movies is Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Now Rodriguez is coming out with an ultra-violent, highly stylized movie, based on Frank Miller's graphic novels, called Sin City. Even if Jessica Alba were not...

The trailer for the new Ridley Scott film is impressive (he directed Gladiator, apparently). For one thing, Orlando Bloom has returned to has sword/armour niche and that is a good thing. But I expect it is too much to hope a film addressing the Crusades will do so in anything like an even-handed fashion.

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) started working when she was 13, for nearly 30 years she had been on her own, working as a waitress, eating customer leftovers, saving up her money and looking for the purpose of her life. When she was 31 she decided to take a chance in boxing, and she fought her way through and gave everything she had. However she was beaten by her own luck, a tragic injury that she could never recover from. What was the first thing she said? “Tell Frankie that I am sorry, I should’ve protect myself, I shouldn’t have turn”

Michael Mann's Collateral is a film of many small virtues, notably its modesty. For a Tom Cruise vehicle, it's surprisingly free of affectation. Cruise's own performance as the heavy is quite disciplined -- despite the character's built-in potential for over-the-top hamminess. Cruise also deserves praise for making room for Jamie Foxx's fine turn as the reluctant, didn't-know-he-had-it-in-him hero. (If it had been up to me, Foxx would have won the Best Supporting...

Also on Neil's site I found a link to a study that shows that British and American people smile differently. Very interesting. It also explains why everyone, male and female alike, love Angelina Jolie.

I happened to be walking by the ABC studio in Times Square this morning just in time to snap a picture of Denzel Washington emerging. My life is just so damn glamorous.

About 10 years ago 2 kids from Boston rose up from their alleged average joe lifestyles and took Hollywood by storm with the movie "Good Will Hunting". Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, testaments to the American Dream, proof that if you have talent and drive, you can do anything in this great country. Yeah right, it is a testament to the fact that hard work and talent have nothing to do with success while luck has everything to do with it. I truly believe that Ben Affleck is the worst actor maybe ever to grace major motion pictures. It is a veritable kick in the nuts every time I think about the fact that this no talent ass clown is a multimillionaire and a sign of what is desired in modern artistic expression.

"Everyone who said Ben Affleck couldn't do worse than "Gigli" was lying to themselves. He's killed patriotism in "Pearl Harbor," science fiction in "Phantoms," and even sexual freedom in "Chasing Amy.""

This is not even his complete body of work as there are many more "hits" to ad to this list. Any movie that happened to be good that included him did so irrespective of his complete lack of talent. Matt Damon on the other hand is an excellent actor and the true mind behind Good Will Hunting. Had they never met, Ben Affleck would be home jerking off to pictures of Jennifer Lopez rather then bending her over his sofa. Affleck rode his buddy's coattails to the top, and as soon as they went their separate ways he went straight down hill, the sad things is we still pay him millions.

Truth be told, Ben Affleck has excelled in his career and reached a pinnacle that very few ever get to reach. He is in a position to transmit artistic expression to millions of people at any given time, and he is bad at what he does. Talent and hard work have nothing to do with success, it is all luck, and deep down Ben knows this as well.

Hilary Swank, who won a best actress Oscar for the movie ``Million Dollar Baby,'' was fined NZ$200 ($142) plus NZ$30 costs for failing to declare an apple and an orange when she visited New Zealand in January.

"The Pacifier," a comedy starring Vin Diesel as a special forces operative turned babysitter, was fifth with eight million dollars in ticket receipts.

The pair have joined James Gandolfini, John Travolta and Salma Hayek in the thriller "Lonely Hearts," report news sources.

Hollywood star Ben Affleck's deleted cameo in girlfriend Jennifer Garner's latest movie Elektra is set to be included in the forthcoming DVD of the Daredevil spin-off.

Dark Horizons.net is reporting that a move is afoot to cast “British hunk” Orlando Bloom as a young James Bond, in order to kick-start a new franchise based on the exploits of a more youthful 007. This from Sky News:

Sky Movies reports the British hunk is in serious talks about a series of films based on an idea by a new author about the early life of the MI6 agent. Bloom says “I love the idea, in principle, as he can be far more adventurous and do more stunts. This is as near as I think I will get to playing the grown up James for the next 20 years.”

President, Catwoman win Razzies

Funny stuff here. I’ve long wanted to see Catwoman, just to see Halle Berry in a cat outfit. But with bad reviews like this, I think I’ll save my $2 rental fee for an overpriced latte.

Still though, I’m sure I can find cheap posters on eBay.

Turns out the high-profile split between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston was not over infidelity, at least of the sexual kind. Apparently all those times Brad was consorting with Angelina Jolie they were having secret conversations about the plight of the world's poor. How scandalous!

Serena Scott Thomas reports shooting the upcoming indie film "Haven" with Orlando Bloom and Bill Paxton, was almost as frightening as playing a kidnapping victim in the current big-screen release "Hostage" with Bruce Willis. Albeit, for different reasons.

The Bourne Supremacy star Matt Damon decided to get some hands-on experience for his upcoming role as an undercover cop, by working with members of the Massachusetts police force for three days.

Zahn already has completed work on three more upcoming films, including "Bandidas" with Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Sam Shepherd and Dwight Yokum, scheduled to be released in late summer.

Residents of posh Bowen Island, a quick ferry ride from Vancouver, B.C., have a new neighbor. Harrison Ford was in the area filming "The Wrong Element" and liked it so much he paid $13 million for a waterfront home.

In fourth place came South African movie star Charlize Theron, Oscar-winner Halle Berry, who topped the poll in 2003 was fifth, and television actress Alyssa Milano was sixth.

Brooke Burke ("Wild On E!"), Trishelle Cannatella (MTV's "Real World"), Kirsten Buschbacher (ABC's "The Bachelor"), Carol Grow (FHM's "100 Most Beautiful Women"), Lori Heuring ("Mulholland Drive,� "The In-Crowd"), Jamie-Lynn DiScala ("The Sopranos") and Jenna Morasca ("Survivor") have previously been among the "CenterPIECEs".

Matt Damon's amnesiac spy Jason Bourne is scheduled to return for a third spy adventure. That's hardly a surprise, considering how audiences around the world have embraced Robert Ludlum's amnesiac spy.

Tom Cruise poses on the cover of the latest Premiere magazine, with "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time" superimposed over his black outfit.

LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, court papers showed. The petition filed Friday in Superior Court seeks dissolution of the actors' marriage based on irreconcilable differences.

It's all in the lips. Angelina Jolie has been named the sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine. It is Jolie's first time at the top of the annual readers' poll by the American edition of the men's magazine.

But that is Brooke Burke, hostess of E!'s "Wild On" series and frequent Playboy poser, on a swing at the end, hoisting a large sandwich.

Rod, 60, reveals how Penny, 34, knocked him off his feet when they first met which just happened to be the same night he broke up with New Zealand's own Rachel Hunter.

Rock beauty Gwen Stefani has blasted reports her marriage to Gavin Rossdale has been thrown into turmoil by revelations he's the father of a teen lovechild.

Horror movie-maker Paul Anderson is teaming up with Tom Cruise to bring classic action film Death Race 2000 back to the big screen.

'xXx' star Vin Diesel is to voice one of the leading characters in a new sci-fi animation film.

British heartthrob Orlando Bloom fell in love with the Caribbean while shooting Pirates Of The Caribbean there, and is looking for a home in the sun-kissed region.

Many of the castmembers from the first two films - Halle Berry, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart - are expected to reprise their roles in the movie, which will star shooting in the summer (2005).

Erasmus thinks Hilary Swank probably doesn't realize the tremendous positive influence she's having on the health of the entire country by talking publicly about her use of flax oil during her nine-week training experience.

After the scene in which Denzel Washington played Russian roulette with another character, deputies said, Overstreet put his own gun to his head knowing that there was one bullet inside the gun.

The judges on the programme are former " supermodel" Rachel Hunter, fashion photographer Perou, and Tandy Anderson, codirector of Select Model Management. I would really love to send this horrible trio to Guantanamo Bay to be tortured. They are vile, particularly Ms Hunter, who wears more makeup than a transvestite in Vegas.

After taking a leap into the unknown by launching a solo career last year, the global success of Gwen Stefani’s solo debut ‘What You waiting For?’ has set her an even great challenge- how to follow it up?

Tom Cruise has praised legendary director Steven Spielberg for always knowing exactly what he requires of his actors, so not a second is wasted on set.

"The Pacifier," a comedy starring Vin Diesel as a special forces operative turned babysitter, was third in the ranking with 12.5 million dollars, followed by the debut of the figure skating teen comedy "Ice Princess" with 6.8 million.

He's encouraged that big-budget productions such as "Ask the Dust," with Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, and "Lord of War" with Nicolas Cage were filmed in Cape Town. ("Hotel Rwanda" — which received three Oscar nominations — was filmed in Johannesburg.)

“They don’t do this to Harrison Ford. Then again, he doesn’t run around in a speedo. Therein lies the genius of Harrison Ford.”

It has been announced that 'Pirates of the Caribbean' stars Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom are to take part in a round-the-world yacht race.

Hollywood beauty Halle Berry is searching for a sperm donor in a desperate bid to have a child.

Ben Affleck is set to make his directorial debut in "Gone, Baby Gone," Variety reports.

There's no guessing game to be played when talking about Vince Vaughn's romantic attraction to Hollywood starlett Jennifer Aniston. At a recent premiere for the movie The Ring Two, Vaughn was seen snuggling up to Aniston at a corner booth. With the not-so-chummy couple were Vaughn friends Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson. The Pitt-free Aniston was obvious in her lack of interest for Vaughn, which caused the bloated-actor to down three shots in five seconds, eat an entire mini-pizza on his own, and turn his attentions toward a Rosie O'Donnell look-alike, with whom he left the party soon after. All we can say to Vince is -- be careful!

there's a screening of Sahara on the 28th. Matthew McConaughey will be there, and we hear he's got excellent weed, which can only enhance the experience of seeing him pretend to be Harrison Ford.

So I haven’t seen her in a while, her movie sucked and she looked like crap. Then I ran across this new picture, all is forgiven. halleberry

I just hope I can count on H to be selective of what he puts in his earholes and critical enough to not settle for the easy crap. (Like the shit that Gwen Stefani's painting the bowl with these days, for example Did you hear that abomination on SNL?! What an insult!)

So I was just listening to the radio, and this song "Rich Girl" comes on by Gwen Stefani. It has one of those heavy one note catchy bass lines that is present in almost every song on G105 today. Then the words come in. Oh my gosh! That is some of the worst crap I have heard in a while.

Look for the next issue of Playgirl to feature shirtless Hollywood actors exercising their free speech - Tim Robbins wearing duct tape over his mouth, Sean Penn wearing plastic handcuffs and Ben Affleck wearing only a black hood.

Q: Ok, so your movie question is how do you take one of the most successful movie franchises, one of the most anticipated films and kill that project?

A: Well, if you have been following, you already know the answer is to cast Ben Affleck. Yet, that is what looks to be happening. Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck