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Princess Amidala: The gangsta rapper

Princess Amidala: The gangsta rapper

Mar 7, 2006

In case you missed it, Star Wars‘ Natalie Portman’s Gansta Rap from last weekend’s Saturday Night Live is available on the Devil Ducky site. In the video, the actress responded to the question. “What’s a day in the life of the real Natalie Portman like?” with an answer that spoofs celebrity-crazy news magazines such as...

Brad Pitt, Warner Bros. get film rights to sci-fi book, ‘The Sparrow’

Brad Pitt, Warner Bros. get film rights to sci-fi book, ‘The Sparrow’

Mar 7, 2006

Variety is reporting that Warner Brothers film studios has acquired the film rights to 1996 novel, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The studio has turned over production to Plan B, the film company owned and operated by Brad Pitt. The story involves a space-age mission by Jesuit priests to make first contact with life on another planet and whether a priests...

A ‘Charmed’ run as series enters the history books

A ‘Charmed’ run as series enters the history books

Mar 7, 2006

Last week, producers and the TV network confirmed that long-running WB series Charmed will not be back for a ninth season. This came a few weeks after three of the series four leads said regardless of renewal, they had no intention of returning for a new season. Although Charmed will be no more after the series finale in May, it should be noted that as of its...

Film Review: ‘Ultraviolet’ a beautiful mess

Film Review: ‘Ultraviolet’ a beautiful mess

Mar 7, 2006

Ultraviolet (2006) NO SPOILERS If you’ve been dying for the first big-budget live-action anime film, the good news is your wait is over. The bad news is that it comes in the form of Ultraviolet, the new wire-fu sci-fi flick from Sony’s Screen Gems genre studio. The plot revolves around a concept that sometime in the future, scientists will stumble...

CBS renews ‘Ghost Whisperer’ for 2006-2007 season

CBS renews ‘Ghost Whisperer’ for 2006-2007 season

Mar 7, 2006

CBS’s Friday night psychic series Ghost Whisperer will be returning for another year, according to a press release by the network and TV industry reports. The series is one of only three new shows on CBS to be picked up for a second season. Although the show will be returning, CBS did not confirm it will be keeping its Friday 8/7c p.m. time...