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to the Hollywood Shuffle, discussing all things movies, television,
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Each week we’ll bring you the latest news and gossip of what’s going down in Tinsel Town.
Sequel to I
Am Legend?For
those of you who have seen Will Smith’s I
Am Legend
, you probably have the same reaction that I did when I firstheard this news. How in the world can there be a sequel? We know the answer to
why… because the movie has made over $400 million worldwide and still counting.
But still… how? Well, Warner Brothers has recently secured the rights to a
sequel from the original author Richard Matheson. Matheson wrote the original
1954 novel upon which the Will Smith film is based on.
This does
not mean that a sequel has been greenlit, but it does allow Warner Brothers the
ability to explore a sequel in the future and to possibly build upon the
franchise. This also doesn’t mean that Will Smith would necessarily be attached
to the sequel. Rumors circulating around town have the sequel set a decade
after the first film or as a prequel that fills in the many flashbacks that
Smith’s character Robert Neville has throughout the film.
“I Love New York”
star comes to the big screen
TiffanyPollard AKA New York, star of I Love New
York made her big screen debut this past weekend with a cameo appearance in
Ice Cube’s First Sunday. Last month
she made a guest appearance on the F/X hit Nip/Tuck.
Looks like New York
isn’t setting her limits to reality TV and is using her fame while she can. Good
for her. I’m sure a new reality show with her and Tailor Made is in the works.
It could be called What It’s Like in New
York
. So wrong.Tyson vs. Tyra: Battle of the Supermodel shows!
Uh
oh. Looks like a supermodel battle could be brewing. Tyson Beckford’s new Bravo
supermodel reality show Make Me a
Supermodel premiered this past week, and the online gossip is that when
Tyson was asked to comment on Tyra and her [extremely successful] similar show America’s Next Top Model he responded by
saying:
“Tyra? Are you joking? I’m the only male supermodel there is, the only one
who can make a supermodel. Do you think Tyra can just call up Naomi Campbell and ask her to teach
these kids how to walk the runway? Please! You know Tyra and Naomi aren’t cool
like that right? And we’re in New
York, Tyra’s in L.A.
Nothing’s going on in L.A.
[My models] will go on go-sees, be doing what it takes where the action is, in New York. Please!”
Come on Tyson. I’m from L.A. it’s not that
bad. Your New York supermodels don’t get to see really important L.A. stuff like
watching Britney go crazy, or get to drive by Snoop’s house in the Valley.
Tyler Perry in new Star Trek movie
It
is confirmed that Perry will be doing his thing outside of the “urban
family dramedy” and will play the head of The Starfleet Academy in the
upcoming J.J. Abrams movie Star Trek. This is the first time
Perry will appear in a movie outside of his own. I have to admit, I’m not a
huge Star Trek fan but I’m not too
sure how large their “urban” fan base is.
Perhaps this
is a way for the new Star Trek movie which is all about the
origins of Star Trek and its crew, to capture some of the urban demo. They
should have casted Snoop instead. Head of the Starfizzle Academizzle.
Regardless, check out Star Trek in theaters Christmas day 2008.
But you already knew that.
Ice Cube rumored to play B.A. Baracus in A-Team movie
IceCube is the leading candidate to play B.A. Baracas in the John Singleton
directed The A-Team movie. The
film has been in development for years but Singleton is finally making progress
and is close to getting this film made. Singleton worked with Cube in the past
on the classic Boyz N the Hood and is looking to secure Cube for the role of B.A. played by the infamous Mr. T
in the TV show. Cube definitely could pull this off although he would need to
bulk up quite a bit and get the famous BA Baracus Mohawk. Let’s hope this movie
actually gets made because John Singleton could make this work.
Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds must re-marry
According
to various news sources, the New Years day marriage of Eddie Murphy and Tracey
Edmonds in the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora is invalid. According to
French law, a couple must reside in Bora Bora
for more than 30 days for the marriage to be legally binding and since they did
not, they must remarry again. Celebrities should realize that this is the risk
you take when you get married in an exotic location. Vegas is much safer.
Diddy shows off
acting skills in movie version of A Raisin
In The Sun
Diddy,
who made his Broadway debut as Walter Lee Younger in the play A Raisin In The Sun will reprise the role in the
movie version. It will not be released in theaters, and will air directly on ABC on February 25, 2008. Diddy
reprises the same role he played in the Broadway version in 2004. The real
reason Diddy will receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? It’s a
publicity stunt for the film. The film also stars all the regulars from the
Broadway version such as Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan and Audra McDonald.
Uncle Jessie from Full House (John
Stamos) is also in the film.
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