Pamela Anderson says Sarah Palin can “suck it.”

Not literally.

That’s Pam’s job.

If you have a camera and aged rock star.  

Or so I’ve heard.

Thanks for reading, Mom.

Uh… Rose McGowan, while in Toronto promoting 50 Dead Men Walking, her forthcoming film about a young man who goes undercover within the IRA, says, had she grown up in Ireland, she’d of joined the group.

My heart just broke for the cause. I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in the IRA. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I still understand it.

Martin McGartland, whose real-life exploits the movie is based upon, said her remarks were “foolish and offensive.”

It’s easy to say that sort of thing when you live in LA. Rose McGowan’s comments were insulting to victims of IRA terrorism and she should apologize. She clearly doesn’t know anything about Northern Ireland.

Thank the Lord she wasn’t making a movie about al-Qaeda. More here.

Conservative Lionel Chetwynd, along with producers David Permut and Mark Travis, are planning a 10 city tour of their one-man show about actor/president Ronald Reagan.

A “significant” name is in talks to play Reagan and the final show is expected to be filmed and repackaged as a theatrical release.

Director J.J. Abrams tried to give William Shatner a cameo in his new Star Trek movie, but says the actor was, basically, a huge prima donna.

[H]e was very vocal that he didn’t want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves. The truth is, the story we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It’s funny — a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to the canon. Well, [Shatner's] character died on screen. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that. 

More here.

While at the Toronto Film Festival, Roger Ebert got whacked upside the head, literally, by fellow movie reviewer, Lou Lumenick.

Michael Douglas to play… Liberace? Matt Damon as his lover?

Eva Mendes wants to stop being such a hoochie mama.

I had to look up who this guy is, but British actor/comedian Russell Brand recently hosted the MTV Music Awards and, apparently, remarkably, MTV forced him to cut one of his bits on Sarah Palin. 

I wanted to say she was forcing her teenage daughter to have a baby because she is so anti-abortion. But also, as a Republican, she is pro-execution so she is going to give [her daughter] the electric chair for being a little slut. 

More here.

The film adaptation of the Virulents comic appears to be going forward with John Moore (Max Payne) attached to direct.

Per the Los Angeles Times, the crux of the graphic novel is:

[A]bout the awakening of an ancient, mystical evil in the mountains of war-torn Afghanistan, where two military units, one American and one Indian, find themselves fighting terrorists as well as an enemy that is far from human. The moral of the story is to be careful of the war you start and to also be sure you know your true enemy.

Huh, I thought the ancient evil we awoke in the mountains of Afghanistan was just radical Islam… or, Islam, for short.

Writing in Time, Richard Corliss says that not only is The Hurt Locker a “near-perfect” war film, with a star-making turn by Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), but it’s overall theme is one of respect for the troops and the type of mettle required to do such a job.

Yeah, take it with a heaping grain of salt, but fingers crossed.

Evangeline Lilly (Lost) might just be the most thoughtful actor working in Hollywood… which, yes, I realize isn’t exactly saying much.

When approached by director Kathryn Bigelow about playing a small cameo in her Iraq-themed film The Hurt Locker, Lilly, a deeply religious Baptist, called the director to ascertain if the tone of the film would be in keeping with her own beliefs.

I told her what I fear is that you and I are in any way on a different page when it comes to our feelings about this war. I don’t want to be part of propaganda that I can’t stand behind.

Sure, she could of been worried that it would be a jingoistic pro-troop polemic, but this being Hollywood, I’m guessing her concerns tilted in the other direction.

Diora Baird — model and “actress” — is cast as the “Green Girl” in JJ Abrams upcoming Start Trek reboot. In this brief interview with Esquire – she hints that Spock may be gay.
The article is the “Joke from a Beautiful Girl” feature so let’s hope and pray to the Klingon gods that she is just joking.

Spaniards have accused Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) of selling out and going Hollywood, but he says that’s hardly the case, calls his fellow countrymen “a bunch of stupid people,” urges them to return to their hovels. 

Awesome.

Edward Norton says what attracted him to the cop drama Pride and Glory was the story’s potential to touch upon broader issues in America, including the “war on terror” and the methods used to extract information from suspects.

Spike Lee is quite certain that the Academy’s, alleged, New York bias cost him a Best Director nomination on Do The Right Thing and that his recent public feud with Clint Eastwood over the lack of black soldiers in Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima will similarly spoil his chances with Miracle at St. Anna, a film that is currently being trashed by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter… but they’re obviously racist. 

It must be exhausting to have everyone and everything conspiring against you. Poor fella.

Spike Lee may have grown up watching WWII movies, but he made Miracle at St. Anna to rebut “the same Hollywood bull*&^% mythology” he found in those films.

John Wayne is kicking Nazi ass and he’s kicking Japanese ass. If it’s a western,  he’s killing the savage Indians … I’m not trying to kill [Wayne's reputation], because it wasn’t his fault, but he was built up to represent America.

Good to know it wasn’t Wayne’s “fault.” More here.

Ashton Kutcher is a high football coach. No, seriously.

Do you want to see a Duke Nukem movie?

New Religulous poster with reaction from advocacy groups.

Mark Millar (Wanted) sits down to talk about his latest project getting the Hollywood treatment, Kick-Ass.

Relatively speaking, they all make too much money, but Forbes has compiled a list of the 10 most overpaid movie stars using, presumably, astrological charts and an abacus.

The Hollywood Reporter thinks that Spike Lee botched Miracle at St. Anna.

Nic Cage has finally paid his taxes.

Will Smith is The Last Pharaoh.

IFILM says Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the funniest film of 2008 “and quite possibly the most *&^%ed up romantic comedy ever to hit the big screen.”

No Halo movie for you.

Actor Alec Baldwin has slammed NBC for promoting My Name is Earl, which he says is “cooked,” over his own show, 30 Rock.

The creator of My Name Is Earl, Greg Garcia, responded by calling Baldwin “unlikable,” “distasteful,” and a “psychotic narcissist.”

Baldwin shot back in a Huffington Post op-ed on Sarah Palin that “for Earl’s creator, Greg Garcia, who referred to me as a ‘psychotic,’ I have only one question. Why are you Scientologists always rendering these medical opinions you aren’t qualified to give?”

The director of the forthcoming Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker is voting for Barack Obama and wants US forces withdrawn “immediately” from Iraq. 

And only one man is capable of doing that, and that’s Mr. Barack Obama. 

More here.

Mickey Rourke’s The Wrestler wins the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival.

Tommy Lee Jones is suing Paramount Pictures for $10 million.

Director John Moore is upset that the MPAA has given Max Payne an R-rating.

They Motion Picture Association of America gave The Dark Knight a PG-13 rating and basically sucked Warner Bros.’ (expletive). 

They said to me, the movie feels R. And I said, ‘What the (expletive) is that, a group therapy session?’ You can’t do that. They’re meant to judge content, not intent. They said the movie felt dark. 

More here.

I was listening to Hugh Hewitt’s radio show today while driving home from work. Drumroll….. Clint Howard is a Republican — or he’s voting for McCain/Palin anyway and had a lot of great things to say. How’s that for conservatives in Hollywood? Dude works ALL the time — even without his brother. Apparently he’s a semi-regular on Hugh’s show. Bonus points as to the significance to the picture above (probably a softball to all you film school experts, but bear with the layperson).

He ain’t Angie Harmon, but we’ll take all the help we can get. Major drawback (if there is a drawback to being Ron’s brother) is he’s a Steelers fan.

Talk of a Spiderman 4 and maybe 5 — Tobey “wants” to do it, but is not sewn up yet.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times for the upcoming Body of Lies, director Ridley Scott says he’d use torture, if necessary. 

‘If I want to get information out of somebody, I have to do it. And it makes it a lot easier if that person put a bomb in a square or blew up a bunch of kids, I’d definitely take a cricket bat to him.’ He glanced over at DiCaprio for confirmation. ‘Right?’

DiCaprio clamped his lips together, averted eye contact and almost imperceptibly shook his head. 

Nice, Leo. No to torture, even if it could save a bunch of kids. What a principled young fella.

Rachel Abramowitz of the Los Angeles Times says that Sarah Palin reminds her of Election’s Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), the ferocious overachiever whose angelic face belies her vindictive and manipulative intentions.

A biopic of John Lennon entitled Nowhere Boy is set to begin production in London soon.

Produced by U.K. shingle Ecosse Films, the script from “Control” screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh will focus on the Beatle’s childhood and subsequent journey to icon status. Filming is set to take place on location in Lennon’s hometown of Liverpool.

Greenhalgh’s script details the story of Lennon as a lonely teenager growing up as his aunt and the mother who gave him up fight for his love. His only escape is music, art and his fateful friendship with Paul McCartney.

Actor Jude Law goes to Kabul, calls for global ceasefire, nothing happens.

Actor David Spade has impregnated a Playboy Playmate half his age. 

I really need to start taking acting lessons.

Writer/director David Zucker (An American Carol) thinks Sarah Palin is hot and has no problem with Christians being his new best friends. 

I know that liberal Jews regard evangelical Christians as persecutors, but they’re actually the best friends Jews have. They are loyal supporters of Israel, along with wanting lower taxes, smaller government and a strong defense. To me, they are my best allies. 

More here.

Jon Voight says his daughter, whoever that is, will probably vote for Obama, while a Hollywood studio head plans to throw a fundraiser for Sarah Palin.

Robert De Niro quits Mel Gibson’s latest project less than a week into shooting.

Director Guillermo Del Toro is unavailable until 2017. Dude Ese is remaking Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Slaughterhouse-Five after The Hobbit. 

The Independent (U.K.) says that Tarantino’s script for Inglorious Bastards may play loose and fast with the facts, feature Hitler, Goebbels and Churchill, but it’s also “simply brilliant” and has “the whole of Hollywood” scrambling for a part in the production.

Q.T. has built up a lot of goodwill with me and I think he’s a pretty singular talent, so I’ve got my fingers crossed for this one, as, ironically, it may be the only war film that portrays Americans kicking clearly delineated bad guy butt for quite some time.

Aaron Eckhart, who we (apparently) write exclusively about here on Friday, says Chris Nolan isn’t going to make another Batman movie. 

Actually, The Business Sheet says that and Mr. Eckhart hints at it, but when has the beta-version of The Business Sheet ever led us astray?

Aaron Eckhart says that Two-Face is dead.

Nic Cage, who we (apparently) write exclusively about here on Friday, says his character will work with the Catholic Church in Ghost Rider 2. 

More of that darn Judeo-Christian vice-grip that has snared Hollywood programming.

Nicolas Cage is bald and says the original Bad Lieutenant “was a result of Judeo-Christian programming,” but his new reboot/abortion will be “more existential.”

Harold Ramis apparently. Rumors abound…. Allegedly aGhostbusters 3 script was apparently news to Ramis until he got an outline. Talk from Dan Aykroyd here. Soap opera like details re Harold Ramis and The Office writers here.

Bill Melendez — the animator most famous for bringiing Charlie Brown to TV — especially A Charlie Brown Christmas has passed away at 91. He got his start with Disney and did some work on Fantasia and Pinocchio as well as a lot of 1940s Warner Bros. Looney Tunes.

Robert De Niro has left the set of a film called Edge of Darkness he was starring in with Mel Gibson. He had “creative differences” with the director.