http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/ HAL - Hollywood's Aggregated Links en-US 2009-05-20T13:39:33-07:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/Gs9w1ASqsIg/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-the-one-where-hal-says-goodbye.html Hi, all. This post isn't really a post -- it's the last post for HAL. I really enjoyed collecting the links, and the writing, but as the blog's increasing (in)frequency will testify, there isn't enough time to do it. However,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/Gs9w1ASqsIg" height="1" width="1"/> Variety.com * 2009-05-20T13:39:33-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/05/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-the-one-where-hal-says-goodbye.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/Z3z_nxVfqWQ/bob-dylans-first-manager-the-fast-strange-life-of-roy-silver.html Funny, you don't look famous: Roy Silver, Bob Dylan's first manager A new Bob Dylan album is always cause for curiosity, especially when it comes to the extras that have been a feast for hard-core Bobologists. The deluxe edition of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/Z3z_nxVfqWQ" height="1" width="1"/> Music Variety.com * 2009-04-30T18:51:54-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/bob-dylans-first-manager-the-fast-strange-life-of-roy-silver.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/KjQHHuElyy0/ashton-kutcher-vs-everybody-the-valentines-daydel-twitter-smackdown.html Laurie Percival at Lalawag astutely noticed that Ashton Kutcher has somehow managed to finagle nearly 800,000 Twitter followers -- second only to CNN Breaking News. Then Kutcher made a video saying he would "ding dong ditch" Ted Turner's house if...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/KjQHHuElyy0" height="1" width="1"/> Online Variety.com * 2009-04-16T13:35:05-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/ashton-kutcher-vs-everybody-the-valentines-daydel-twitter-smackdown.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/aOc0ViXoTSw/joseph-helfgot-face-of-the-future.html Our own Joseph Helfgot, founder of Variety sister company MarketCast, died earlier this month from complications of a heart transplant. However, as The Wrap reports, he will live on: In a Hollywood-style ending to a colorful life, Joseph Helfgot, the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/aOc0ViXoTSw" height="1" width="1"/> Various and Sundry Variety.com * 2009-04-14T12:30:59-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/joseph-helfgot-face-of-the-future.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/fYoSQIIoz0o/lindsay-lohan-does-her-best-work-in-years.html Give Lindsay Lohan credit for having a sense of humor, and a willingness to poke fun at her tabloid-darling status and her recent break-up with Sam Ronson. La Lohan made a faux eHarmony profile vid that just hit FunnyOrDie.com. It's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/fYoSQIIoz0o" height="1" width="1"/> Variety.com * 2009-04-14T10:52:38-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/lindsay-lohan-does-her-best-work-in-years.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/WeKV0z1wQY8/cameron-crowe-working-on-pearl-jam-movie.html Billboard is reporting that director Cameron Crowe and Pearl Jam are teaming up on an upcoming film about the Seattle-based rock group. The project, which sounds like a compilation of pre-existing Pearl Jam footage, was revealed last month on Seattle's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/WeKV0z1wQY8" height="1" width="1"/> Music Variety.com * 2009-04-13T16:56:19-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/cameron-crowe-working-on-pearl-jam-movie.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/mPIKVLF9rlQ/phil-spector-in-happier-times.html This was Phil Spector as captured some 33 years ago by Brad Elterman at the Magic Castle. It's part of an exhibition that will open May 9 at Equator Books in Venice. Also of note: A virtually unrecognizable Leif Garrett...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/mPIKVLF9rlQ" height="1" width="1"/> Celebrity Variety.com * 2009-04-13T16:26:13-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/phil-spector-in-happier-times.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/FnVHPCaUnoM/michael-bay-and-thundercats-the-onion-needs-to-try-harder.html From The Onion: Michael Bay Signs $50M Deal To Fuck Up 'Thundercats' LOS ANGELES—In the largest deal ever made to shit out a movie, Warner Bros. and director Michael Bay announced a landmark $50 million agreement this week to monumentally...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/FnVHPCaUnoM" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-13T13:38:18-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/michael-bay-and-thundercats-the-onion-needs-to-try-harder.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/jQy8RsiYG2g/the-caa-email-when-they-say-well-we-got-someone-else-who-will-do-it-for-less-they-aint-kidding.html An 1,875-word email -- one that details the current challenges in the entertainment industry, that may or may not have been sent by a CAA talent agent to his/her clients -- is making the rounds in Hollywood. [UPDATED 4/13: A...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/jQy8RsiYG2g" height="1" width="1"/> Agents Variety.com * 2009-04-10T17:00:01-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/the-caa-email-when-they-say-well-we-got-someone-else-who-will-do-it-for-less-they-aint-kidding.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/mMT-nOpmrAU/short-film-cillian-murphy-and-feist-star-in-the-water.html Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew directs this touching yet somewhat unraveling short entitled, "The Water." We'd tell you what it's about but we don't want to ruin the surprise. Cillian Murphy ("28 Days Later," "Batman Begins") and Drew's close...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/mMT-nOpmrAU" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-10T16:28:24-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/short-film-cillian-murphy-and-feist-star-in-the-water.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/QOJdtlRgTTo/trailer-mike-judges-extract-starring-jason-bateman-and-ben-affleck.html Fans of Mike Judge rejoice! The hilarious creator of such hits as "Office Space" and "King of the Hill" appears to be returning to form in "Extract," Miramax's new comedy starring Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck and Mila Kunis. Check out...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/QOJdtlRgTTo" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-08T18:13:16-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/trailer-mike-judges-extract-starring-jason-bateman-and-ben-affleck.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/A-ZEqkeKxro/video-zac-efron-random-celebs-star-in-new-funny-or-die-sketch.html Director Adam Shankman's first Funny or Die experience was for the wildly popular (and hilarious) "Prop 8: The Musical," starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly and a long list of other notable celebs. In a new, albeit much less comical,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/A-ZEqkeKxro" height="1" width="1"/> Celebrity Variety.com * 2009-04-08T13:02:47-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/video-zac-efron-random-celebs-star-in-new-funny-or-die-sketch.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/VKvyHV8iYHU/star-trek-the-porno-remake-slated-for-may-12-release.html Just in time to embrace the "Star Trek" juggernaut, Hustler Video has wrapped production on "This Ain't Star Trek XXX." For those who keep track of such things, it's the latest title in Hustler's trademark-skating series of porno parodies that...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/VKvyHV8iYHU" height="1" width="1"/> Porn Variety.com * 2009-04-07T17:11:45-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/star-trek-the-porno-remake-slated-for-may-12-release.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/F4EMKMFCrNs/music-video-eminems-new-single-we-made-you-.html Celebrities beware: Slim Shady is ba'aack. "We Made You," Eminem's first not-so-great single off of the forthcoming disc, "Relapse," has gotten the video treatment. The Detroit rapper's latest targets? Jessica Simpson, Sarah Palin and Lindsay Lohan, among others.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/F4EMKMFCrNs" height="1" width="1"/> Music Variety.com * 2009-04-07T13:12:47-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/music-video-eminems-new-single-we-made-you-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/NQSykJjoKww/video-snl-and-seth-rogen-parody-fast-furious.html Thanks to original cast members Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, Universal's "Fast & Furious" drove off with a record-breaking $72.3 million at the box office over the weekend. Meanwhile, Seth Rogen and "Saturday Night Live's" Andy Samberg took the street-racing...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/NQSykJjoKww" height="1" width="1"/> TV Variety.com * 2009-04-06T12:41:58-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/video-snl-and-seth-rogen-parody-fast-furious.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/wfg9TCbNaq4/three-days-three-fox-statements-roger-friedman-is-reprehensible-and-was-fired-over-wolverine-or-mayb.html If you aren't up to speed on the fracas inspired by the "Wolverine" piracy/Roger Friedman review, click here. As to where things stand now? Depends who you ask! On Friday, when Friedman posted his "Wolverine" review, this was blowback from...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/wfg9TCbNaq4" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-05T14:53:04-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/three-days-three-fox-statements-roger-friedman-is-reprehensible-and-was-fired-over-wolverine-or-mayb.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/ur6PIi9RxSo/fox-removes-wolverine-review-reviewer.html This week's online leak of "Wolverine" wreaked 31 flavors of corporate havoc at 20th Century Fox -- so what was Fox News "freelance" columnist (a decade's worth of freelancing, but who's counting) Roger Friedman thinking when he posted a review...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/ur6PIi9RxSo" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-04T21:24:29-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/fox-removes-wolverine-review-reviewer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/VB9PQW2cKI4/ever-hear-of-swastika-probably-not-it-was-made-in-1973-and-didnt-get-much-further-than-the-cannes-film-festival-where-the.html Ever hear of "Swastika"? Maybe not; Philippe Mora and Lutz Becker's 1973 documentary about how Nazis infiltrated German lives had a rough go ever since its Cannes Film Festival premiere, which had to be stopped when audience members began fighting....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/VB9PQW2cKI4" height="1" width="1"/> Documentaries Variety.com * 2009-04-03T17:27:05-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/ever-hear-of-swastika-probably-not-it-was-made-in-1973-and-didnt-get-much-further-than-the-cannes-film-festival-where-the.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/vpZ6UbeCltQ/video-keira-knightley-beaten-to-a-pulp-in-new-domestic-violence-ad.html Whenever director Joe Wright and Keira Knightley team up ("Pride and Prejudice," "Atonement"), there's usually a whirlwind romance, tea party dresses, and gaping English hillsides, but never has the 24-year old actress taken a bruiser for Joe (unless, of course,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/vpZ6UbeCltQ" height="1" width="1"/> Celebrity Variety.com * 2009-04-03T13:30:35-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/video-keira-knightley-beaten-to-a-pulp-in-new-domestic-violence-ad.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hal/~3/RZo0vA5oaU0/trailer-bruno-warning-restricted-footage.html Just days after the MPAA slapped Sacha Baron Cohen and Universal Pictures' "Bruno" with an NC-17 rating, the "Borat" creator has unleashed the first trailer for his new comedy on MySpace. Enjoy. Warning: Adult content ahead! (Video may take a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hal/~4/RZo0vA5oaU0" height="1" width="1"/> Film Variety.com * 2009-04-02T13:45:31-07:00 http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2009/04/trailer-bruno-warning-restricted-footage.html