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Headlines News Copyright: ©1999-2005 Hollywood.com, Inc. Despite the star power of Oscar winner Russell Crowe and three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, Body of Lies (Warner Bros) has managed just a lukewarm $17.15M opening, losing out to Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Disney).
Hollywood.com announced today the acquisition of Media by Numbers, the complete destination for box office data information and expert analysis. Current Media by Numbers President, Paul Dergarabedian, will be joining the Hollywood.com team as part of the deal. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
Britney Spears is ready to come clean about her past in a 90-minute documentary called Britney Spears: For the Record, set to air on MTV on Nov. 30. The one off will include interviews with the mother of two, behind-the-scenes footage from the studio and documentary clips from her life.
Brad Pitt has been working alongside partner Angelina Jolie to make things right in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city and surrounding areas.
Eric Bana is in talks to star in the remake of Nicolas Boukhrief’s Le Convoyer which, for the time being, is going by the moniker, Armored. F. Gary Gray is in talks to direct.
It has been a long, hot, bone-dry summer at America’s arthouses. There were a few specialty hits in the spring like The Visitor, Then She Found Me and Young @ Heart, and a pair of Penelope Cruz movies this summer, Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Elegy. But the drought finally ended this past weekend. But Rachel Getting Married has the makings of an arthouse blockbuster
Production is under way on HBO’s upcoming comedy series Eastbound and Down, which, on paper, would seem to be the network’s next big hit.
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