I really wasn’t going to blog about the Oscars this year, because I feel as though we’re in serious danger of whiney oversaturation of the issue. But the fact is, there are so many sites today that are complaining, complaining and complaining even more that the triumphs and highlights of the Oscars in general tend [...]

When pressed into the service of creating buzz and publicity for their movie projects, celebrities are frequently called upon to “speak”. This can sometimes be a tricky and dangerous proposition, because generally celebrities are trained and practiced in the fine arts of saying clever things that someone else has written for them. Those dangerous waters [...]

News comes today that rock-and-roller/fledgling actor Jon Bon Jovi has plans to launch his own aftershave. He’ll donate some of the money made from the new scent to charities in the U.S. I’ve already seen suggestions that the aftershave could be named Livin’ On A Sprayer or perhaps Wanted Dead or Aromatic, but – seeing [...]

Actor Eric Bana really should be happy. He’s got rugged good looks, thick and lush movie star hair and a mysterious, elusive, tabloids-barely-know-him vibe going on. And although he’s not the most prolific actor, he’s already worked with movie industry heavyweights such as Spielberg, Ridley Scott and Wolfgang Petersen.
So what does it take to [...]

A few days ago, Filmstalker had the first look at the trailer for First Snow, a psychological thriller starring Guy Pierce, Piper Perabo and the most wonderfully awesome J.K. Simmons. The movie’s been written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, two of the screenwriters of Children of Men. The trailer is very good and definitely [...]

Contrary to the belief of exactly no one who asked, Burbanked has not gone away, been placed on hiatus or put into turnaround. I have been a busy little fellow lately, and unfortunately my duties around here get back-burnered whenever that happens. In this past week of lazy non-blogging, however, several items that I’d mentioned [...]

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone to say that being a celebrity comes with perks. If you’re George Clooney you have your pick of roles you want to play, exclusive clubs where you’d like to dine and elusive women you might fancy spending time with. If you’re Jessica Alba, you can vacation in France, [...]