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I saw the movie Beyond Borders last night. The new one with Angelina Jolie with the saving the starving people in 3rd world countries do dah? It’s hard to describe, I mean, I thought it was well-done, but [Chandler Bing]could there be a worse ending?[/Chandler Bing]. Yack. I mean, it’s depressing.

Also, I think Angelina Jolie is creepy. Not to mention, her lips are Distracting with a capital D. Every time I see her face, it takes all of my attention to not look at them. And it looks like she purses them all of the time — erh. Annoying. The guy who plays Nick, Clive Owen? Is my new boyfriend. He was FABulous. The critics are blasting the movie because it focused too much on the love story, but seriously, this isn’t a War Relief or UNICEF documentary. It’s a movie with CHARACTERS, therefore, we have to see what their...

But the spotlight refuses to veer away from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who still maintain that they are “just close friends”.

A New York Daily News source says: “When you’re Brad Pitt and you’re Angelina Jolie and you’re tired of hiding, this is a great way to do it. You do it in a remote location, bring your child out and don’t have physical intimacy that’s obvious in photos. This is a way to break the news softly.”

Random Vin Diesel Facts.

"Vin Diesels bunions are prized as aphrodisiacs in China and Japan, and he is in constant danger of being poached despite public outcry by groups such as the World Wildlife Foundation."

Everyone has their brushes with fame, whether it be bumping into Carrot Top at the local McDonald's, or running into Tara Reid at your weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Like everyone else, I have had my own brushes with celebrity, however meaningless and insignificant, and here they are for your reading pleasure...

Today I alert your attention to writer/director Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana , starring George Clooney, Matt Damon ... Gaghan is most famous for writing Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic , for which Gaghan took home an Oscar. He’s also responsible for ruining … excuse me, writing the screenplay for the revisionist The Alamo that lost Disney a mountain of money.

Even more unexpected than her present performances, perhaps, are the new areas Keys plans to expand into in the future. Fans will hear more and more about her upcoming movie role in "Composition in Black and White," a movie based on Kathryn Talalay's book and produced by Halle Berry. It's about the life of another young piano prodigy, Phillipa Schuyler, with another parallel being that Schulyer, like Keys, was a biracial musician (see "Alicia Keys To Play Biracial Piano Prodigy In First Movie"). The daughter of black author George Schuyler and white...

Over the years, I've seen countless Stella comedy shows - an old Wednesday night staple - in addition to many up close troubadours: Ben Lee, Ed Harcourt, Flight of the Conchords, Gary Jules, Peter Salett, among others. Because of its small size, celebrities like Edward Norton, Salma Hayek, and Claire Danes would rub elbows with the regular folks. Even a diva like Joan Rivers, Fez's frequent and final performer, couldn't complain. It was a comforting, humble place for all, which I will miss so very much.

Matthew MacConaughey, Penelope Cruz and Steve Zahn, along with William H. Macy, combine their forces against evil in this action-packed drama that owes a lot to Indiana Jones (not to mention Harrison Ford) and maybe a tiny bit to the recent film, National Treasure.

The film is very well-paced. With such a long running time, the film never really drags. The opening act of the movie, which focuses on two-bit hustler and gangster Malcolm Little (Denzel Washington), is very slowly-paced, but it’s also very entertaining. This portion of the film, in fact, looks a lot like a Spike Lee film. But when Malcolm is arrested and jailed, everything changes. In prison, he is converted by the Nation of Islam, which leads him to radically re-examine his life and goals. When he emerges from prison, he is no longer Malcolm Little. He is Malcolm X.

Could this person be Brad Pitt? The answer, apparently, will not come from Angelina, who still continues to deny any romantic entanglements with the newly divorced actor.

We didn’t have anything to do last night, so after we cleaned up dinner, we talked then watched a movie. We watched that Angelina Jolie film, Taking Lives. What a strange movie. I knew from the start who the bad guy was, but the ending took me completely by surprise, which was really fun. I think a movie should be like a roller coaster, have the ability to take you along and either make you scream, cry or surprise the hell out of you.

Bless me blogosphere, for I have sinned. Not only am I wishing hot fiery death upon the denizens of New York's publishing houses, but it has been three months since my last confession - and I haven't improved one whit as a human being. I am still weighed down with sin - saddled with sloth, laziness, and an obsession that causes me to horde nude pics of Angelina Jolie.

In spite of repeated denials from both camps, the media is still relentlessly pursuing the alleged romance between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Robots and The Pacifier will fight for top box office ratings this weekend. I chose to comment on this story because two of my most favorite actors star in these two movies: Robin Williams and Vin Diesel. My solution: go see both movies. Both are comedies and will ensure a great weekend!

Thanks to Rob for the Random Vin Diesel Fact Generator. I seriously spent about 7 hours on this site.

If you've watched Minority Report, the 2002 sci-fi movie starring Tom Cruise, you probably remember the scenes when Cruise's detective character donned gloves that allowed him to move data around on giant screens. It was almost as if he were conducting an orchestra. In any case, it was an artistic and memorable way to manipulate information.

Hollywood stars Salma Hayek and Jake Gyllenhaal joined Canadian Inuits in the Arctic Circle for a traditional spring dance on Earth Day Friday, seeking to highlight the effect of global warming on northern Canadians.

Lumping these two flicks together for one rating is a bit unfair. Each of them is really good in its own right. Each of them is good enough to sit on the same shelf will all the great Clancy movies. (And Matt Damon is seriously threatening Harrison Ford, in my mind, for the perfect spy movie actor. Not overtaking, but threatening.) However, I do recommend watching the two in sequence to make them easier to follow, the same as I would recommend for the Lord of the Rings trilogy (even though it is a 15 hour marathon).

We loaded back up on the bus, for who knew how much longer, and continued our drive through the Andes. The bus boy put on Along Came Polly, the Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston flick and I fell asleep.

On to the show, Sledge Hammer aired on ABC for two seasons on ABC in the mid 80’s, 1986 to 1987 to be exact. The show was hilarious and it is truly remarkable that such a cult classic that only ran for two seasons made it to DVD. Fans truly should be grateful to the shows creator Alan Spencer and Anchor Bay for bringing this show to DVD. The show was a spoof of cop shows, but the writing was so good, that the laughs weren’t always laugh out loud laughs, but if you paid attention and got the joke, you were bound to chuckle. The lead...

After less than a year of dating, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are engaged, People and Star magazines report.

"I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark, When he made Pearl Harbor. / I miss you more than that movie missed the point, And that's an awful lot, girl. / And now, now you've gone away, And all I'm trying to say, is: Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. / I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school, He was terrible in that film. / I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part, He's way better than Ben Affleck. / And now, all I can think about is your smile, and that shitty movie, too! Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. / Why...

I think I learned a valuable lesson here. Number one, your company sucks, and number two, the people that think your selection is great also suck. Don’t worry local Blockbuster, I’ll probably still be a patron for when the time comes that I feel compelled to see an Ashton Kutcher movie or something equally dumb.

The Pacifier: Vin Diesel has a go at comedy and it’s actually a pretty good movie.. It won’t have you rolling on the floor laughing or anything, but there are quite a few funny moments. And if nothing else, you can just sit and oogle at Vin Diesel’s superb body for an hour and a half. :P

hey kids! monday monday! cloudy and gross in LA today! and yes - it's like the 5th or 6th go-around for ABC's the bachelor and although i said i would never watch again - i somehow find myself hooked (and this is the first season to take place in NYC - makes me homesick!) - as the show gets older - it's also getting saucier and bitchier - the girls are tougher and go to great lengths to basically hate and diss each other! (like one girl called someone a 'slut' - i love shows where people call each other 'sluts' - it's such a great word - just say it out loud like you mean it!) i love watching girls compete over some guy - it's oh so fun! and this time bachelor charlie o'connell is kinda cute and lovable - but not as cute as older brother jerry o'connell who i saw a few months back looking good at starbucks (just FYI 'coffee bean' sucks my ass - sorry folks! its true!) across the street! i think he is dating rachel hunter last time i checked! anyways check out the bachelor tonight - and then stay tuned for more craziness with super nanny - popbytes out for now...

was our selection for the girl’s movie night.

Interesting because we could have watched Troy, the Brad Pitt, Troy? The half-naked, fully buffed Brad Pitt? With a side order of Orlando Bloom?

Of course I’ve seen it before but I would have watched it again, except…

Rabbit Proof Fence is a disturbing, utterly stark, and deeply moving true story.

I don't want to turn all Orson Scott Card and judge films according to their alignment to my own value system, but certainly finding a fictional (or in this case, semi-fictional) character sympathetic will help me like a movie more. Heck, even understanding his mindset would be a start. I don't have a problem with recreational drug-use per se, but I'm afraid I just don't grok Thompson, Duke or Doctor Gonzo. (I had the same problem with The Big Lebowski - not a single relatable character in the entire story.)

Or for that matter, simply understanding the words people are saying would be a beginning. But Johnny Depp substituted incomprehensible mumblings, over the top gesticulations and weird noises for acting. (Benicio Del Toro did too... though not so much with the mumbles.) It's not as if these guys can't act - obviously they can. It's not even as if Depp can't ham it up effectively - as his turn in Pirates of the Caribbean demonstrated. But here 95% of their performance reeked of overindulgence. Benicio Del Toro incidentally, strangely looks more like Johnny Depp than Johnny Depp, when he isn't looking like Edward James Olmos.

Maybe it’s because I simply can’t drink as much as I used to, but the Oscars just don’t entertain me like they used to. Not to mention the fact that I wasn’t much excited by any of the nominated movies this year. In fact, the last time I felt enthusiastic about the Academy Awards was when Hilary Swank won the first time, and that’s because I had a crush on "Boys Don’t Cry" director Kimberly Peirce (when will she direct her next movie??). I also thought it would be a big deal for a movie about the transgendered Brandon...

I think Colin Farrell is all right. I don't like Ben Affleck at all. Orlando Bloom can't act, but I don't care.

Salma Hayek, the Mexican actress, well known for her a role in "Wild Wild West", less known for her wonderful work in "Frida".

This is one movie, which will make you stand up and notice one brilliant actor whom we have often ignored - I mean, Johnny Depp. Immortalising the quirky, swaying, yet always-at-his-wits anti-hero “Jack Sparrow", Depp has proven yet again that he is one of the most versatile actors in the industry. Sprinkled with witty one-liners and dazzling with visual effects, you cannot afford to miss this joyride. Highly Recommended.

Often George Jung (played by Johnny Depp) would reach a point in his life when he’d say, “and it was perfect.” Generally, that point would soon be followed by a tragedy or a police/FBI bust. I guess this movie almost brought me to tears a few times because of the sadness of George’s life. (CAUTION: SPOILERS!!) I know this happens all the time, but I find it heart-wrenching that people live like he does/did. I suppose it was a gradual process….first, he never wanted to lack money like his parents did. Second, he wanted...

Arrest Warrant for ‘Pie’ Actress

“Pie,” of course, refers to “American Pie,” that stupid teen movie about kids defiling warm apple pies and cups of beer. Having said that, what one name immediately jumps to your mind with the above headline? If you said Daniel Spink, then you might have some weird obsession with monkeys. Get help.

The name that exploded into my mind in 100 foot-tall letters glowing like the surface of the sun is Tara Reid. Seriously, who else could it be? That girl parties so hard that she didn’t realize half her dress had come off in front of reporters. It therefore stands to reason that she wouldn’t realize … well, anything, including a court summons.

But I give Miss Reid too little credit. Her co-star, Natasha Lyonne (who?) is the one in trouble with the poh-poh. Natasha apparently burst in to her neighbor’s apartment, ripped a mirror from the wall, and then said she would molest the neighbor’s dog.

My group consisted of myself and one other classmate, Chris. We were assigned the fable "The Fox and the Grapes," which consists of a fox jumping repeatedly for grapes that are just out of its reach, before finally giving up and declaring that the grapes are probably sour anyways. The moral of the fable? "It is easy to despise what you cannot get." Which is only partially true, because I know that I'll probably never "get" Salma Hayek, but I certainly don't despise her. Not by a long shot.

… And this October, she'll appear in the movie Elizabethtown, starring Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst and Alec Baldwin. How did she get cast? … more

Not every character is used enough. Bernie Mac appears for maybe ten minutes of the entire film, and everyone else besides Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney are horribly underused the entire film. Honestly, I could have really used a lot more of Casey Affleck. The guy is hilarious. Lucky enough for us, Matt Damon becomes our main character because he is quite funny as the new guy desperately trying to fit into a group he probably doesn’t belong in.

Set off by an article in which [actor] Johnny Depp allegedly called the United States a "dumb puppy that has big teeth" . . . Farah's reasoned reaction to Depp [was] "I say we should make certain this scumbucket never works in America again. . . . It's time to silence these people. It's time to force them to get real jobs and perform real work and learn the unusual and undeserved blessings America has bestowed upon them." Like the First Amendment right of free speech, perhaps?

Justin and I watched Collateral. The Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx movie that came out around VBS last year, remember on the bus when JB, Jason and I were talking about going to it? It was ok, but it was more a guy movie than everybody. In other words, I wouldn't take a date or my family to see it and just keep it in the brothers.

The "Huffington Report," as Ms. Huffington has dubbed it, will also feature such boldface bloggers as Senator Jon Corzine, David Geffen, Viacom co-chief Tom Freston, Barry Diller, Tina Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow. If the name...

Jodie Foster has signed on to co-star with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in Spike Lee’s “Inside Man”.

What Jon Friedman said: Regarding certain revelations from last week's National Magazine Awards, Marketwatch.com's Jon Friedman writes, "As soon as you saw the so-called mainstream magazines covering the split between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, you knew that the silly season was upon us, in force."

David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette have threatened legal action against anyone who publishes photographs of their baby, after the snap was leaked to media organizations. Ten-month-old Coco was snapped at her Alabama, Georgia, christening earlier this month, where Jennifer Aniston was named godmother, and the couple seethed as they discovered the pictures were being distributed without their permission. Several media organizations, including the New York Daily News and Sky News, have reported they received emails from an originator claiming...

THOSE deceiving devils on the Web have struck again. A day after someone posing as Jennifer Aniston sent around "personal" photos, another e-mail was sent around — with those same "personal photos" attached — purporting to know about an awkward moment during the April 9 christening of David and Courteney Cox Arquette's daughter, Coco, in Birmingham, Ala. The e-mail, purportedly sent by Callie Michael, an employee at the House Appropriations Committee on Defense, said, "one of my friends' aunt is really good friends of Courtney's from high school...

But my favorite story was during recess yesterday. This one quiet boy came up to me and asked me if I knew how to get ahold of Orlando Bloom. You see, he was making a movie with all the characters from Lord of the Rings, but it’s going to be called Boys vs Girls. It’s about boys and girls fighting with fantastical weapons - kinds that can evoke enormous tidal waves and earthquakes. We’re talking, chunks of the earth the size of the swingset being shot out of the ground. But he needs to get it filmed and done before he finishes 5th grade, and he’s not sure if Orlando would want to be Legolas again. I told him it’s worth a shot and not to give up. It sounded like a fantastic movie. If it ever gets completed, I told him, I’d show it at my movie theater.

He might be a big-time movie star, but the truth is, Matt Damon is a regular guy. The fresh-faced Oscar winner (for co-writing 1997's "Good Will Hunting" with long time friend Ben Affleck), star of the Jason Bourne series ("The Bourne Identity" and "The Bourne Supremacy"), poker film Rounders, and more than 30 other films. Oddly enough Matt Damon does not own a cell phone, he dislikes flying and prefers to drive his mother back home to Boston when she visits...

Matt Damon, who co-starred with Pitt in Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve, saw the same attention directed at his longtime friend Ben Affleck during his doomed romance with Jennifer Lopez, and he's admits it's a position he'd hate to be in.

Here is some Hollywood Movie Star News! London Hollywood actor Ben Affleck is rumoured to have proposed to girlfriend Jennifer Garner. The handsome actor, who was planning to ask the beautiful star to be his wife, thought her birthday, Sunday April 17, would be the perfect day to do so, according to Britain's News of the World daily. Ben Affleck is planning to pop the question at Garner's 33rd birthday party, by presenting her with a stunning diamond ring.

Do YOU want to interview Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the premiere of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”? “Starstruck!” the TV series is looking for an avid movie fan who would love the opportunity to interview the cast of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” on the red carpet at the premiere of the film! If you think you would make a great celebrity interviewer, email in your submission ASAP to Starstruck! at: info@iamstarstruck.com. Get your submission in quick as the premiere is coming up FAST! Please include your name, age, address, phone number and...

The singer and actress, who welcomed her big day on April 10th, split up with the screen star more than three years ago, but he was still included on her guest list for the Tokyo bash. Shannon Elizabeth, Pharrell Williams, Macaulay Culkin and his girlfriend Mila Kunis also jetted over for the celebration.

Hollywood beauty Tara Reid's quest for love has ended in success - she's been spotted in the arms of Desperate Housewives heart-throb Jesse Metcalfe.

Action man Vin Diesel is desperate to start a family - but fears he'll never meet a woman to have children with because he spends too much time on movie sets.

Steve Zahn says he's the envy of every man on the planet after spending three days naked with Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek.

There are plenty of pirates in Orlando Bloom's life but no spies. British papers recently reported the Pirates of the Caribbean star was in negotiations to play a young James Bond in a series of films about the early years before Bond became 007.

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a great boxer who once almost won a world championship. However, in 1967 he was arrested and wrongly convicted for a triple murder in a bar, the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. Over the next decades, he and his supporters amassed convincing evidence of his innocence that lead to his release in 1986. His story was told in the book Hurricane. The miraculous Journay if Rubin Carter by James S. Hirsch and also in the movie Hurricane with Denzel Washington. I can recommend both.

I was invited to the set of “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". I was kind of excited about it, and it sort of happened in one afternoon so I didn’t have time to call anyone back home to let them know what had happened. None the less, I was on my way out to the set. There I met Gweneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. What more could I want from Hollywood?! Now…where it gets good. Gwen, Ang, and I sort of hit it off…but not really at the same time. I had lunch with Gwen where we talked about Indiana and what I was doing back home. Things slowly progressed and we ended up going at it. I know….weird….it gets better.

By the way…I’ve did up some new countdown clocks while waiting for the cable to be put in. I just uploaded clocks for War of the Worlds, Sin City, Fantastic Four and Kingdom of Heaven [with Orlando Bloom]. Remember if you use any, let me know so I can add your link to the clocks page.

Could it be that an infusion of star power from Hollywood is the best hope for pumping new life into the environmental movement? A coterie of A-listers, including actress Cameron Diaz , actor Matt Damon and TV producer Laurie David, are spearheading planet-positive media projects just in time for the big green holiday.

A few nights ago I dreamt that Johnny Depp was a fellow classmate of mine in what was a blend of high school and the LIOS program. In the dream I recall thinking, "I don't recall him being a classmate, and yet I do. This is awfully strange!" Someone in the dream was asking me what it was like to attend class with someone so famous and I replied by saying, "He was very friendly and kind to everyone." My analysis of this dream has got to be related to the Mini-Module in which Carol showed us a plethora of Johnny Depp films in order to bring to life...

Ok, so I'm not the biggest Vin Diesel fan. I think after having dated Kevin, I just don't like Vin Diesel because he said he was his role model and he wished he looked like him. I didn't like him in The Chronicles of Riddick, either. I guess I'm a harsh movie critic.

I wouldn't necesarily reccommend this movie, but it was definitely worth $7.50 to see Vin Diesel ride a pink and purple little girl's bicycle.

damn, guess i’m out of the running for the Tara Reid Sweepstakes on the Ellen Degeneres Show?

So tonight I watched After the Sunset. I'd highly reccomend it, as both Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek are rediculously hot. Well, not juist that, but it was a good movie. I usually don't care much for action / adventure type movies, but this one was definitely an exception. Pierce Brosnan is hot for an old guy. Anyways. Go watch it.

what i liked a lot: matt damon so happily playing third fiddle, and a putz at that; elliott gould–did “ocean’s eleven” get him any more work? that’s about it–the heist stuff was uninvolving, the script not particularly witty, and it featured catherine zeta-jones (whose appeal continues to elude me). and i would like to point out that the theatrical trailer is NOT a “special” feature. unless that was a joke–if so, it might explain why i didn’t think the movie was a hoot.

Harrison Ford has played a variety of characters in the movies, but his secret technique may be that he really knows how to emote with his fingers.

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I like Angelina Jolie! Does anybody else like Angelina Jolie? She has big lips!

The technology in question is called "Gesture Technology". If you saw the film, you may remember that Tom Cruise and several other people from the "Pre-Crime" unit were able to view data in a heads-up display. These individuals could move the data, re-arrange the data and view the data by using gestures. While this technology was not prominent in the short story the film was loosely based on, it turns out there is real research behind the gesture technology. What's more, Raytheon, a defense contractor,...

Salma Hayek has proven herself as a prolific producer and actress in both film and television. This year, she was nominated for an Academy Award® as Best Actress for her portrayal of Frida Kahlo in Julie Taymor’s acclaimed Frida, on which she also served as producer. She also garnered a SAG nomination and a BAFTA nomination. In total, Frida earned six Oscar® nominations and received two statuettes, for makeup and musical score.

Hollywood beauty Salma Hayek has been instructed to pile on pounds of weight in preparation for her new big screen role as a serial killer. … more

[Hollywood News] London, "Lord of the Rings" star Orlando Bloom has revealed he had sought the advice of Brad Pitt when he split from girlfriend Kate Bosworth … more

Oscar winner Hilary Swank and her husband, actor Chad Lowe, are such big fans of the game charades that the couple is producing a new game show which has Hollywood celebrities competing in miming matches for charity.

Well you've seen a bunch of footage on TV and there are rumors about Harrison Ford being involved in a movie about the assault on Fallujah by our ass kickin' United State Marines.

Thanks Hollywood for making The Pacifier, I have always wanted to see Vin Diesel take care of kid poop. I think that career is better then his acting career.

The 30-year-old former girlfriend of Tom Cruise admitted shooting her latest project included some boredom-induced anxiety that led her one night to demand the crew play charades. "I had to insist for hours before they agreed to play," she said. "I was forced to relax."

Numerous celebrity poker aficionados including honorary Casino Queen Marge Hearn, members of the Lakers squad, Debra Messing, Shannon Elizabeth, Mimi Rogers, Will Sasso, Breckin Meyer, Chris, Danny and Jordan Masterson, Donovan Leitch, Gabrielle Union, and many more will be among the 1200 celebrities, socialites, tastemakers and Lakers fans making foundation donations to attend and play.

While watching Felicity on WE tonight (I miss this show… Ben - dreamysigh), I caught the trailers for Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando Bloom’s new movie.

Good Thing Number One: Johnny Depp is to reprise his role as Hunter S.Thompson in the upcoming film adaptation of the Gonzo genius's The Rum Diary.

Good Thing Number Two: Benico Del Toro is also set to star.

Good Thing Number Three: the director is none other than Mr. Bruce Robinson, all-round wonderful man and driving force behind seminal British comedy Withnail And I and the actually-quite-good (go and watch it again) How To Get Ahead In Advertising.

For months, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have kept tight-lipped about their break-up, fuelling media speculation over what caused the rift. But now, as divorce details are finalised, Jennifer has opened up about the real reasons behind the split.

Jamie Foxx: Got to hand it to him. He had Ray Charles spot on. The movie wasn't that good, but Jamie Foxx was. Now, tell me why he didn't win for his turn in "Collateral." Oh...wait...I know. Everyone already knew that Foxx was going to get Best Actor. How could I be so dumb?

In what some hailed as a breakthrough in a long-running diplomatic standoff, North Korean President Kim Jong-Il today agreed to give up his nation’s nuclear weapons program in exchange for the actress Angelina Jolie.

I'm wondering if Mr. Rourke has seen Ms. Hilton's stellar work in 'The Cat in the Hat' or 'The Hillz?' I'm going to go as far as saying Paris Hilton is just as good of an actress as Tara Reid.

After the Sunset couldn't be saved by Salma Hayek's sexiness.

With that pesky Jennifer Aniston now out of the way, trash-stashtic Orlando Bloom can finally let his white hot lovelight shine all over Brad Pitt.

just got done watching "finding neverland"...soooo good. johnny depp is the most incredible human being on the face of the planet. if you don't think so, you can just get off my blog right now. i also rented "sideways," but i'm dead tired now and i'm going to bed. i'll watch that one tomorrow, i guess.

I finished hubby's cotton scrubby cloth, and have started the jester points on the little hat. Hopefully there will be pictures tomorrow, but for now, I have a date with Johnny Depp.

With the Motorcycle Diary getting a notation at the Oscars and Johnny Depp wearing a Che Nickels on the cover of Rolling Stones. Can one say that Socialist are making a come back and go as far as saying that it might turn “Cool” part of our absurd pop culture?

Johnny Depp’s picture on the cover of Rolling Stone wearing a neck-less featuring Che lead me to wonder is socialist make a come back in out depressed society?

To listen to the menu in Spanish, press 1.
To hear me deny that Angelina broke up my marriage to Jennifer Aniston, press 2.
To hear me deny stories about my spending several nights in Angelina’s trailer while we were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which is scheduled for a June release, press 2.
To hear me deny spending Easter weekend with Angelina at a posh resort while doing publicity for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in which we play a bored husband-and-wife spy team, press 3.
To hear me deny that Angelina and I are planning to get married before the June release of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, press 4.
To hear me deny that Angelina is pregnant, press 5.
To hear me deny rumors you may not have heard about yet, press 6.
To find out how many men—and women—that two-bit, rumor-mongering whore Janice Min, editor of US Weekly, slept with last month, press 7.

A couple of days later, I tell a friend what I've been up to with the bike club, and she says, 'You're turning into bloody Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby' .

4. Which is hotter: Colin Farrell saying "I want you to have my baby" or Colin Farrell saying "I want to pay off your student loans"? (For straight guys & lesbians, substitute Brad Pitt instead.)

One of my favorite movies is Glory Daze, a fairly low-budget film with some great before-they-were-famous acting, most notably by Ben Affleck, French Stewart and Matthew McConaghey, though McConaghey's cameo is very short-but-sweet. It stands out with me because it captures so many of my college memories: punk music, a job at a hippy pizza place, trenching of front yards, trashy student housing, a fear of graduation, a desire to make college last forever, and an eventual epiphany that the whole thing was tremendous, but temporary, and that a time...

Brad Pitt’s next movie ‘Babel’ revolves around four interweaving stories set in four exotic destinations around the world - Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico and Japan. Sophisticated travelers can design their own trips to these fascinating destinations at www.luxurytravelmagazine.com.

A car crashes into a wall. Instead of airbags, Angelina Jolie lips pop out. 

I loved Angelina Jolie as "Acid Burn" in Hackers. Dude, Great choice.

I had to unleash this onto the world, naturally, nothing will ever come of it, I will not be stalking him, or loitering around his neighborhood..since I'm happily married and all.... plus I think if I met him in person, he'll probably annoy the yonkers out of me, he seems to be a neat freak with his well ironed suits, and his 'I will not eat fast food' attitude... So what the hell is wrong with me, why Bill??????? why not Vin diesel, he's hot ....lol

Vin Diesel? Blech! lol

From these quotes i can also say that love is from the heart and the mind is just what we use to read what is coming from the heart. Also the last one about letting go of fear, that works hand in hand with the movie i just watched, “Good Will Hunting”. The last scene when Sean (Robin Williams) is telling Will (Matt Damon) that all that has happened in his life is not his fault, he lets go of that fear and falls in love for the first time.

A sumptuously decorated and softly lit apartment. Two men with a deeply ambivalent relationship; one a gravel-voiced charmer, the other a slighter, twitchier character. Is the twitchy one as besotted with his better-looking 'friend' as he seems, or does he harbour more malevolent imaginings? Is that look one of adoring admiration, or is it a darker emotion, a black-hearted envy? Yes, it's the Matt Damon-Jude Law dynamic from Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr Ripley. Minghella's latest work, incidentally, is

The Johnny Depp season begins at the NFT on the 14th. If we were going to single out two out of the Depp back catalogue then we'd go for Edward Scissorhands and (obviously) Ed Wood.

We never convinced Pat of the awesomeness of Johnny Depp. He thinks women are delerious. *eye roll*

Director Clint Eastwood, musician Melissa Etheridge, rapper Jay-Z, domestic dominatrix Martha Stewart, daytime TV doyenne Oprah Winfrey, Marc Cherry (producer of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives"), actor Johnny Depp; spiritual leader the Dalai Lama; actor Jamie Foxx, Halo Video Game creators Jason Jones, Marcus Lento and Charlie Gough, Michigan-bred filmmaker Michael Moore, musician Alicia Keys, animator Hayao Miyazaki, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, crusading author Jeffrey Sachs, satirist-comic Jon Stewart, actress Hilary Swank, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, producer-performer Kanye West and actress Ziyi Zhang. See the whole shebang at www.time.com/time/2005/time100/index.html.

I'm glad than Jennifer Aniston is godmother I think she'll be a great godmother!

The Observer does its best to link Blair and Brown to Caesar and Brutus (with Peter Mandelson as Mark Antony!), but in reality they are more like Aguecheek and Belch from Twelfth Night - PM's question time always being more comedic than tragic. The current American production is also mentioned with Denzel Washington as Brutus giving the feeling that it's more of a stage bound sequel to The Siege with all its post 9-11 trappings. Thankfully this is one British production not padded with actors more at home acting in front of CGI rather than...

Today in CSR 309 we finished watching the movie "Remember the Titans". I really like this movie, this is probably the 4th time I have seen it. This movie relays several very powerful and meaningful messages. Denzel Washington is a black High School footbal coach, he is transferred into the position of head coach of a football team in a formerly segregated and rather racist community. Denzel's charachter is faced with much strong opposition and doubt that he must overcome personally and also help the team and his staff overcome as well. Denzel's character displays a tremendous amount of leadership, he unites the team and passes his passion on to the players, changing their lives forever. Denzel's character exemplifies good leadership qualities through his consistent actions and words. Denzel's character never falters in the face of heavy opposition, this lifts his players and others around him up by showing them his true passion for what he believes is right and just.

Okay, here goes......I fart. Yup, I do it, you do it, hell even Brad Pitt does it. My husband is repulsed by the idea that ladies pass gas, it just isn't ladylike. Some may agree, but I think it's downright hilarious. Most of the time.

Several Hollywood luminaries were present. Ben Affleck, (winner of Commerce Casino’s Cal State championship event this year), “Friend’s” star Matthew Perry, James Woods, Tobey Maguire and Gabe Kaplan also played in the event.

I was surprised at dinner last with Len & Monique that the upcoming XXX movie wasn't staring Vin Diesel. Ice Cube in the new XXX. I'm so there.

Hey I rented "After the Sunset" this weekend with Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle. After the Sunset was a great movie, full of action and suspense and alot of comedy. Pierce was at his best, but when is he not, and Salma was a great addition to his acting. Pierce and Salma are diamond thieves that have stolen two of the three Napoleon diamonds while making FBI agent Woody Harrelson look like a fool. Yea, the script was great for that. Then Woody found the two retired thieves who happen to be living right where the third...

Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott's new epic starring Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom is getting set for release in a few weeks and it appears ready to offend anyone who dare love this country or believes in good and evil. You know, like most movies. An early review:

And what's with this Hollywoody for Orlando Bloom? Talk about a lightweight. I don't think the Rings trilogy were hits because today's Leif Garrett gave a twice divorced overweight middle-aged casting director a mercy poke to snag the role. I thought bad casting in epics were Edward G. Robinson in The Ten Commandments and Tony Curtis in Spartacus until I saw this guy in Troy. And now they're putting him another one? As the lead? Well, anything may be an improvement after this....

"Remember a few years ago when Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were here shooting Project Greenlight?" (They had gone to Sundance to interview directors and writers and try and create a publicity stunt and an episode out of it.) "I was doing sound in the condo where they were both lodging and filming. At one point Ben took a break from shooting and disappeared upstairs to his bedroom. By mistake he left his wireless mic on."

Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his life running a small, dilapidated gym in downtown Los Angeles. Frankie’s previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now whiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie’s gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the young talent that passes before him, Frankie lets great boxers slip...

Well, I didn't watch the Oscars tonight, but a somewhat related article caught my eye.

The Razzie awards, held the night before the Oscars honor the worst in movies over the year. In this case Halle Berry 'won' for her apparently awful performance in Catwoman. For obvious reasons, people don't really show up to accept these awards, but in this case Halle Berry did, showing a great sense of humor.

On Wednesday, the new ONE.ORG 60-second video was launched in LA. It features an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt, Alfre Woodard, Bono, as well as Pat Robertson and the Most Rev. Frank Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA.

Almost every time we turn on the television we see a Burger King commercial. However, I have recently discovered several undertones in these commercials that I don’t believe to have any relation to selling fast-food. There are currently two Burger King Commercials that truly stick out from the rest. The first one, that I am sure you have all seen, is the one with Brooke Burke. During the commercial she is seen in the background on a swing eating a burger. At the end of the commercial, the camera gets a close up of her and she says one like, “Come...

He also argues that paying superstars a sum equal to the increase in revenues they're expected to generate usually means a movie won't be profitable. Indeed, in one chapter, he shows that not all superstars are worth such payments. Though Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood may be; Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro or Bruce Willis may not be.

Just as a “f’r instance”: Sideways doesn’t come out on DVD until next week, and given what I know about the movie, I’m pretty sure that it’s going to do very well in my lists. And you’ll notice that Jamie Foxx isn’t on my Best Actor list–that’s because I haven’t seen Ray yet. Even if he doesn’t win my...

Watch Brad Pitt, George Clooney, or any other man with high status and you�ll notice that they simply move differently than the rest of us. They have an aura about them that they are hot stuff, and because of that, women swoon over them.

Incidentally, NASA currently employs a team of scientists who are working on contingency plans to deal with space objects colliding with the Earth. Unfortunately all they have come up with so far is putting Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Steve Buscemi in a space shuttle, because the team pretty much just gets high and watches Armageddon.

Shockey is obviously thickheaded, it’s no surprise to Giants fans. We’ve seen this since day one, however, three weeks in, and I personally am starting to become a little worried. With all the working out, he may or may not be doing, he has taken the time to make numerous public appearances in Miami with actress Tara Reid. Perhaps he should take those times to show up and work with his team.

To anyone who accused me of the "Salma Hayek-in-a-John-Kerry-mask-mopping-an-overflowed-toilet-at-Penelope-Cruz's-house" picture being fake, I have one thing to say:

That's Mia Maestro (l), Salma Hayek (center, bent over) and Penelope Cruz (r), takin' care of business.

It's a standout career performance from Halle Berry who's emotions are raw and primal. It is obvious why she received the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance.

Denzel Washington, as usual, plays a man in trouble. This time he’s Bennett Marco, a former squad leader during the Gulf War. Years after a fellow soldier (Liev Schrieber) saves many lives during a raid, many of them, including Marco, develop frightening realistic nightmares about the experience.

…From the voluptuous, fictional, 40-something “Desperate Housewives'’ of Wisteria Lane to such svelte real-life pushers of prams as actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Julia Roberts, mothers in popular culture rarely have been portrayed as so stylish, so seductive and so, yes, sexy. …

I don't know when/where I decided that I wasn't a fan of Paris. Maybe it was when she was dating that nobody from Sum 41. Or maybe it was when my mother knew who she was. Ok, my mother knows who Tara Reid is too and I'm still a huge fan.

So, I was watching Eurotrip Unrated DVD last night. When who pops up in the movie but a shaved headed Matt Damon. We were watcing this very funny scene looking at this guy and were like that isn’t. No, that can’t be him. What the hell would be be doing in this movie. But it is. And I can’t get the damn song out of my head now. You know because Scotty doesn’t know, Scotty doesn’t know, Scotty doesn’t know, Scotty doesn’t know, get out of my freaking head…

Watched “Million Dollar Baby” a couple of days ago. Thought it was a very good movie. Not the best, but good enough. Although the plotting is a bit old fashioned, the actings were definitely supreme, especially Hilary Swank. The conclusion was, it is more appropriate for it to win the Best Picture than “The Aviator”, among all the not so high quality films this year.

Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage to British rocker Chris Martin is on the rocks after only 14-months--the pressure of combining their successful careers, marriage and parenthood is tearing them apart.

The latest political genius to sign on to The Huffington Report is Warren Beatty (of Dick Tracy fame), whose sister Shirley MacLaine has the reincarnation thing down pat. Other featured contributors will include Senator Jon Corzine, David Geffen, Viacom co-chief Tom Freston, Barry Diller, Tina Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow. (Wow, Gwyneth Paltrow! Do you think she'll give advice on how to name your child?)

There’s a lot of buzz/spin right now on the Internet about The Huffington Report, set to debut next month. The Observer is reporting today that Warren Beatty is going to be one of the bloggers writing for this site, along with Senator Jon Corzine, Dreamworks’ David Geffen, Viacom co-chief Tom Freston, Barry Diller, Tina Brown and … Gwyneth Paltrow ("Um … like … wow … this is such an honor to be writing alongside Barry Diller.") The Observer...

Brad Pitt denied a magazine report of a romance with Angelina Jolie, claiming the Us Weekly story was “completely untrue.”

Brad Pitt is among the A-list celebrities featured in new public service announcements for a campaign led by U2 singer Bono to fight poverty and AIDS.

Clint Eastwood dirige e interpreta uno de los papeles principales. Hilary Swank interpreta a Maggie Fitzgerald, la protagonista de la película. El papel secundario está protagonizado por Morgan Freeman, que interpreta a un boxeador retirado hace ya años. Million Dollar Baby nos cuenta la historia de Maggie, cuyo objetivo es convertirse en la campeona del título de Boxeo en su categoría. Y no diré más, porque es una película para ir a verla. Que no te cuenten nada. No quieras saber nada acerca de ella. Ves a verla. Te sorprenderá.

Arianna Huffington is going to work with Warren Beatty, David Geffen, Barry Diller, Tina Brown, and Gwyneth Paltrow on a new group blog to counteract Matt Drudge, according to the New York Observer. If that doesn’t sound painful for the liberal blogosphere, I don’t know what does.

In marketing terms we call this syncretism, "the layering of similar experience for the benefit of association through co-branding". Pretty sneaky Gwen, but also pretty smart. The song actually includes what sounds like a young Japanese girl saying "Gwen Stefani - you're just like me!" Well not really - but she does want to own more of your wallet.

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee will team up again for the hostage drama "Inside Man" for Universal pictures and Imagine Entertainment.

Denzel Washington will complete his Broadway stint as Brutus when the play “Julius Caesar” closes this June.

I caught a few minutes of the MTV show 'Punk'd' last night and Ashton Kutcher alluded to Shannon Elizabeth divorcing her husband because he punk'd her. The premise of the show, for those who live in a cave and haven't heard of it, is that someone gets set up, usually by friends and relatives. For example, Justin Timberlake's mom set him up to believe that he was broke and having his stuff repossessed. At one point, he's on his cell phone and the fake repo-men ask him 'whose cellphone is that?' as if they're going to take it. Watch zillionaire...

But what is the movie about with that sort of ending? A guy killing his wife and her lover. That’s it. There are no real themes, no resonance or unusual ideas. Nothing that has us thinking on our way out the theater, other than “Golly, Johnny Depp kicks ass.” So it’s a movie that isn’t very scary, with an unsurprising surprise ending, and only one decent characterization which falls apart at the end.

I sooo want to go see Guess Who with Kristin tomorrow. Ashton Kutcher is sooo cute! W00t, I love how that’s the reason I want to go see the movie, because the movie itself didn’t look all that thrilling. What I can’t wait for is the Bourne Ultimatum with Matt Damon the hottie. *giggles* wow getting off track here. But that movie supposedly isn’t coming out until 2007, that sucks. By then I’ll be driving myself to the theatre! You know this whole driving thing gets better and better. I am 15 right now and won’t...

Some of you have probably received that email about Denzel Washington. He's visited wounded troops and offered to donate to Fisher House.

Robin Burk has posted photos from Denzel Washington's visit to Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio. The pictures will tell you how the man feels...I had not seen these before.

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Ben Affleck will star in a biopic that focuses on the life of George Reeves, the actor who portrayed Superman in the 1950s TV series, and the investigations of his mysterious death in 1959.

The lead role was initially offered to Hugh Jackman, Keanu Reeves, Viggo Mortensen, and Dennis Quaid at various times, but Ben Affleck proved to be the strongest contender.

Does a casual flirtation cause harm? I don't think it does. But someone else might. Does the husband's endless fascination with Angelina Jolie harm me? Nope, because I'm secure in our relationship and I know that bitch can't hold a candle to me. She's also a whack-job, too, so I've got her beat there, as well. (No comments from the Peanut Gallery, eh?) Does my fascination with Colin Firth hurt the husband? Does he think I'm cheating because I occasionally wander around Pemberley in my mind with Colin? Nope. Because we understand what is and isn't cheating. We're on the same page. We've made promises and have kept those promises. Other couples might think differently and might have made different promises.

I'm sorry, if Vin Diesel plays Sky Masterson I'm going to have to go all Neo to put a stop to it, else the Machine Terrorists will have won.

Sure, if you start with Vin Diesel as Sky Masterson, you'd have to get Penelope Cruz to be the Salvation Army chick--but you'd promote the Sarah Brown character from Sargeant to Major, and make her part of the Salvation Army's top secret Special Forces. She's a commando assasin, see, and she goes along with Sky on the midnight trip to Cuba only so she can assasinate Hugo...

It's been a hectic morning, but it's finally here... The quasi-pseudo-official launch of The News Askew... A site that uses real-life stories to spread quality rumors about the celebrities you love or hate to the people in your offices. There couldn't be a more fitting debut for a sorta-new site than an interview with our favorite media-blunder-magnet, Tara Reid. So, without further adieu, Tara Reid:

TNA.com - Tara Reid the mathematician?

They drunkenly mop up overflowed toilets in John Kerry masks at parties at Penelope Cruz's house! That's Salma Hayek doing an impromptu interpretive agitprop performance piece about the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election. You'll just have to trust me on this one. It's Salma. My friend Mike took it.

I wound up on the entertainment pages of The Daily Mail this morning (and I'm a better person for knowing Nigella Lawson is comfortable with being fat. That was the paper's lead story on their main page. I wonder if this is what Lord Rothermere had in mind?). They have a poll today surveying one of today's...

This would be far more interesting to me if I had ever heard of Nigella Lawson or Penny Lancaster. Or even why Rachel Hunter is famous.

Hey, Rachel Hunter has done some marvelous work in shampoo commercials. Don't knock her innate talents.

As for why Rachel Hunter is famous, I don't remember who, but someone said there was some point in the 20th century when people stopped being famous for SOMETHING and started being famous simply FOR BEING FAMOUS.

So Pierce Brosnan may be back in as Bond. A new report suggests that Brosnan may have just been bluffing when he backed out of the 007 series earlier this year. Brosnan apparently wasn’t too pleased with the financial offer MGM was making. We’ll keep an eye on this story as it develops, because as bad as Brosnan is, we still don’t want the role going to Orlando Bloom or Clive Owen … for reasons I hope I don’t need to articulate.

Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Brad Pitt on Friday, ending months of speculation that the two were on the verge of healing the political differences that pushed them apart back in January. Ms. Aniston's divorce petition, filed in California Superior Court, cited irreconcilable differences.

It has finally come to fruition. I have always sensed Jennifer Aniston is a self-involved, arrogant, witless little "girl". Brad Pitt, on the other hand, has a compassionate sense for the average "Joe/Jane Black". He is not egotistical. Most certainly, Mr. Pitt deserves a woman with far more integrity and empathy for people. Imo, Brad would make a marvelous parent - something the not-so-great self-serving Aniston doesn't care to consider. Only SHE counts. (Yeah, right...) A spiritually evolved person would be able to connect with the pain...

Hey, I always liked Jennifer Aniston....She is bright and gorgeous. I like her even more now. I am her age...maybe she needs a regular guy like me? haha.

Jennifer Aniston is an airhead who does what she is told. Moneymakers told her she can make more money without Brad Pitt. She does what they told her because she is an airhead. Anyone can tell her what to do.

I grabbed a couple of (non-pirate) DVDs in Hong Kong which I've been watching this week. Last night was Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs II. It starts like a typical Hong Kong movie / rock video with faces shown so fast you don't know who is who, but then it gets into a rather complicated story. Infernal Affairs needs to be seen by any fan of cop and mafia films--it's really quite complicated and very interesting. The rights to both have been bought by Brad Pitt and he is preparing a remake for the US audiences.

I watched Troy last night. I wasn’t expecting much but it was OK. Not great just OK. I’ve had too much classical education because I spent most of the movie comparing it with the real version. Copious amounts of Brad Pitt but he wasn’t that appealing. Dirty, sweaty and stringy haired but not the least bit attractive. So what is the deal with American actors putting on a British accent for movies like this? KP thinks maybe they adopt an accent when doing very *serious* movies. Its weird...

She really is such a mixture of both Chris and Gwyn.

I’ve learned to take the win personally, because I took the loses personally. - Ben Affleck

Un des grands mérites de Tom Cruise est de savoir choisir ses films. Encore une fois il fait mouche avec cette très belle histoire sur une culture que nous connaissons si mal et qui nous est dévoilée ici avec sobriété et respect. Seul petit faux pas est la fin du film un peu théatrale qui nous rappelle au cas où nous l’aurions oublié que nous avons quand même à faire à une grosse production Hollywoodienne. Mais pas de quoi gâcher le plaisir.

The party was a lot of fun (see Musings 1, “Hey Where Am I?” tour) and she was very nice and a pleasure to meet. It’s always fun to meet someone and then see them in a movie. Had I not met Hilary Swank then I would have definitely thought she would be LARGE and have a punch like a Mac Truck! Same with meeting Raquel Welch, I thought she would be like 6 feet tall but in real life… life size is life size. Very cool.

Reuters - The 6.1-carat pink diamond ringthat actor Ben Affleck gave actress-singer Jennifer Lopez tocelebrate their now-broken engagement has been "re-acquired" byjeweler Harry Winston and was being offered for resale, a HarryWinston spokeswoman said on Friday.

What is up with those weird BK commercials? First there's Hootie in a cowboy hat and Brooke Burke swinging like some Garden of Eden Eve, and then there this even weirder commercial where the burger "king" shows up outside this guy's window and gives him a huge omelette sandwich. It's really weird, almost creepy.

Starring: Brad Pitt's butt and chiseled abs, Legolas, Boromir, Peter O'Toole (who should have known better), 300 Hungarians and 500 Mexicans (I watched some of the extras).

The acting was uniformly awful. Everyone over-acted as much as they could. They seemed to be trying to outdo themselves, like it was a contest. The only exception to this was Brad Pitt, who kept the same face on no matter what he was doing - killing people, screwing people, annoying people or dying (oops, did I give that away - sorry!).

The one exception to the above statement was Brad Pitt as Achilles. Of course, everyone knows the legend of Achilles: can't be hurt, except in his heel. This is because some of his genes are divine (his mother, I think, was a god of some kind). This fact is not mentioned in the movie. In fact, Achilles is introduced as some great fighter, and no one explains why he is so good. Or that he is invulnerable. The first time in the movie that any actual weapon touches him is when a dumb arrow smacks him in the heel (of course, Legolas fires it: couldn't they have given him some other weapon? We already have seen him shoot arrows for three movies). This sort of misses the whole invulnerable point, I thought. I mean, no one really knows (according to the movie) that he's invulnerable, since no one every really gets a swing at him. Again, this sort of removes any "divineness" of the whole thing.

In sum: do not watch this movie unless you are completely desperate (and drunk), are in love with Brad Pitt (who is really, really hot in this), or need an example of how to most efficiently piss away $100million (or whatever the budget was on this).

I can't help vlogging about entertainment news. It feels dirty, it feels wrong, who am I to say anything...

More trivia: Rodriguez has said he plans to direct all of Miller's Sin City stories, and Johnny Depp was originally to play Wallace from To Hell and Back. Rodriguez now plans it as a sequel. Depp playing hard-boiled. Sounds like fun.