Quentin Tarantino
Next Tarantino Flick Has Pitt, But Not Really Anyone Else
Is it too early to start a backlash against Quentin Tarantino's new movie Inglourious Basterds (intentionally spelled wildly incorrectly), which has just begun principle photography? Maybe "backlash" is too strong a word, since we're pretty excited to see the latest film from Mr. Tarantino, especially since Basterds has been knocking around inside his giant head since Pulp Fiction. It's just, well, we were expecting more.
No, not from the script, which is reportedly as bananas as we had hoped: Basterds deals with Nazis, Jewish soldiers, revenge, cinema, double crosses, the scalping of baddies and the take down of the entire Third Reich. Awesome. It's just... remember when Mr. Tarantino wanted his WWII epic to star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone? Because we do. read more »
Morning Memo: Robert De Niro's "Weird" Calls; OK! Mag to Lose Baby Photos?; Tommy Hilfiger Moves Back In
In an 11-year-old tape anonymously leaked to Page Six, Harvey Weinstein can be heard warning director Quentin Tarantino of potential "weird late night phone calls" from Robert De Niro, who was apparently angry about the salary he received for Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown. [P6]
Actor Shia LaBeouf will not be charged for a July drunk driving incident due to insufficient evidence. [TMZ]
OK Magazine's Kent Brownridge may be putting a moratorium on the purchse of celebrity baby photos. Meanwhile, staffers are complaining that he seems "addled." [P6]
Brad Pitt To Be Tarantino's Bastard
Oi gevald! It's official: Brad Pitt will play one of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards in the director's "spaghetti western." Mr. Pitt will star as Lt. Aldo Raine, a Southern beau who leads a band of Jewish rebels to fight the Nazis in German-occupied France.
A source familiar with the script told Reuters that Mr. Pitt will play a Samuel L. Jacksonin Pulp Fiction-type outlaw character who says things like "we're gonna be doing one thing, and one thing only, and that's killing Nazis." Work that scowl, Brad!
The Weinsteins are banking on Inglorious Bastards returning them to box office glory. They plan to start shooting Oct. 13 and hope to have it finished for the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Morning Memo: The Jolie-Pitt Twins Have Landed
At last the Jolie-Pitt twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, entered the world on Saturday night via a Ceserian section at the Lenval hospital in the South of France. Giving a press conference shortly after the birth, Dr. Michel Sussman told reporters:
"It was an epidural, so [Angelina] was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy. [Brad] was my assistant! He was perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional." [Us Weekly]
An official photo of the precious twins is estimated to fetch between $15 and $20 million. [NY Daily News]
Meanwhile, Brad Pitt is reportedly going right back to work, meeting with Quentin Tarantino in France today about starring in Inglorious Bastards, a World War II movie inspired by spaghetti westerns. [P6] read more »
Tarantino's Long-Awaited WWII Flick to Be Produced by Weinstein?
Might we spot Harvey Weinstein picking up loose change off New York city streets soon? The man is on the financial outs, according to Nikki Finke on her blog Deadline Hollywood Daily. The media mensch thinks the rumors are true about The Weinstein Company's recent money troubles, since news broke about Harvey producing (not financially backing) Quentin Tarantino's movie Inglorious Bastards.
The movie, a World War II "Spaghetti Western," has been in the works since 2001 (originally with Miramax). But Ms. Finke said the script has been presented to four other studios, "Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount (all yesterday) and Sony (today)"
She writes:
This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that The Weinstein Co is having movie money woes. read more »
Obama Warns Tarantino: 'They Will Bamboozle You'
On stage in front of a "change" banner at a fund-raiser at the Avalon club in Hollywood, Barack Obama reprised his his ‘bamboozled” line last night for an audience that included celebrities. (Quentin Tarantino!).
“It’s the typical response against a movement for change," he said. “[It] happens, by the way, every time. It’s fascinating, you know, Bill Clinton was confronted with the same stuff back in the 90s. And now, you know, things go full circle.” read more »
From Hecht to Tarantino, a Screenwriter Unspools the Talents and Near-Talents
You can practically count the number of books about screenwriters on two hands. This latest is the best—by far. read more »
High Heels: a Quentin Tarantino, Mad Violence Sort of Pain
For anyone out there who plans to pull off wearing a pair of 3 or 4 inch heels all day during pictures and all night long at their wedding, I offer you mad props. Apologies to Manolo and company, but heels KILL ME. I'm talking Quentin Tarantino, mad violence sort of pain. There's no way in hell I'd even consider keeping heels on all night without making plans to leave the reception in a wheelchair.
High-wedge thongs, 3 1/4" heel, they're genius.
Granted, they are kind of ugly, but they clock in at a whopping three and a quarter inches of fierce, flip flop heel height. For a girl like me who is 5'4" (OK, I'm 5'3", but I lie about it so much, I've convinced myself I'm officially one inch taller), these are just what the doctor ordered. read more »
Pam Grier More Than Foxy; Nothing Tops Jackie Brown
Frenzy of Judyism May Augur the Dawn Of New Neural Age
Frenzy of Judyism May Augur the Dawn Of New Neural Age
