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2009 | 2008
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Good Hair Review
7 November 2009 3:50 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Before Good Hair, my only exposure to weaves was when a girl fight ended in hair ripped from a belligerent head and with me standing nearby wondering what just happened. Admittedly ignorant on the subject, I was surprisingly engaged by this documentary’s informative interviews and good-natured charm that entertains regardless of gender or race.
Director Jeff Stilson takes a subject as simple as hair and expands it into a frequently funny discussion about culture, fashion, and obsession while following comedian Chris Rock’s comical quest for knowledge.
Rock has directed a couple narrative films starring himself, but this time he executive produces, hosts, and narrates a comprehensive examination of African-American style; from the roots of attraction to the frayed edges of competitive cutting. Curious after his 5-year-old’s questions about “good hair,” he travels the country to salons, barbershops, and conventions educating himself about women’s hair while a »
- Jeff Leins
[DVD Review] Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
30 October 2009 4:40 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Spin-offs and sequels represent Disney’s plan of expansion in between the major theatrical features. A small fraction of Disney’s films actually have theatrical potential while the rest have little promise beyond DVD and Blu-ray sales for adolescent to tweenage audiences by capitalizing on classic Disney film protagonists or their buddies. Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure takes Peter Pan out of the Neverland equation and establishes a story with no appeal beyond the 5 to 10-year-old demographic. It’s not a negligible niche and so Disney puts a fair amount of money into the process. The direct to DVD/Blu-ray films like this one tend to have a decent cast selection as well as respectable animation production levels; they just don’t have very compelling stories or characters.
As the movie’s intro explains, faeries depend on a seasonal cycle of sorts the basis of which is their faerie dust. »
- Lex Walker
Director Klay Hall and producer Sean Lurie talk Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
28 October 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Walt Disney's Tinker Bell is back for another adventure in the Blu-ray and DVD release of Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, out now. Kids of all ages can join Tink on her journey that leads her from Pixie Hollow to North of Never Land, as she discovers the importance of friendship along the way. Produced by Sean Lurie and directed by Klay Hall, the animated movie includes the voices of Mae Whitman as Tinker Bell, Jesse McCartney as her friend Terence, Angelica Huston as Queen Clarion; Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symone and Jane Horrocks as Fairy Mary. This is the second movie in a series with Tinker Bell that follow the seasons, this one being fall. »
- Sue Klasky
Tinker Bell flies to Blu-ray and M&C's giving five copies with a set of Fairy Wings!
13 October 2009 9:51 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Let your imagination take flight with Tinker Bell in the new animated film Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure . arriving as a Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack on October 27th. To celebrate her return, M&C is giving away five copies of the Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack along with a set of Fairy Wings. The film was directed by Klay Hall and features the voice talents of Mae Whitman, Jesse McCartney, Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symone, and Kristin Chenoweth. This year's Autumn Revelry promises to be something special. A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree - the source of all their magic. But when »
- Patrick Luce
Chris Rock's Daughter Inspired New Documentary 'Good Hair'
9 October 2009 4:02 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Comedian interviews black celebrities to get behind the obsession with hair.
Chris Rock and Nia Long
Photo: MTV News
Chris Rock is never one to shy away from pushing the boundaries of racial discussion in America. His HBO stand-up specials "Bring the Pain" and "Bigger and Blacker" are a testament to that. In his new documentary, "Good Hair," Rock continues to do so, all the while trying to answer his daughter's question: "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?"
"One day, I was in the car with my daughter and her little girlfriend, who happened to be white, and she was raving about her girlfriend's hair, and she used the words 'good hair' to describe it, and it kind of made me jump a little bit," Rock said.
The film deals with African-American women's obsession with their hair, which ultimately sheds a light on their own images of beauty. »
Exclusive Video: Chris Rock Has Good Hair
8 October 2009 11:22 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Comedian Chris Rock has made hit films, performed for sold-out crowds and even hosted the Oscars but nothing could prepare him for his new film Good Hair, opening in limited release on October 9th. In this documentary, Rock takes a hard look at the lucrative African-American hair industry and the women it affects. We had an opportunity to speak exclusively with Chris Rock, Nia Long and Raven Symone about the funny new documentary and it's subject's ramifications on African-American culture. To watch our exclusive video interviews click on the video clips below.
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community. Director Jeff Stilson follows Chris Rock on this raucous adventure prompted by Rock's 5-year old daughter approaching him, »
Disney Names Rich Ross Its New Chairman
5 October 2009 3:58 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Should you care about the big business side of things in Hollywood, Disney has named Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide as the new Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios replacing the recently departed Dick Cook. Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger made the announcement via a press release.
Ross will oversee worldwide production, distribution and marketing for the company's range of live-action and feature animated film labels, including Walt Disney, Touchstone, Miramax and Disney/Pixar. In his new role, which he assumes immediately, he will also head Disney's theatrical and music groups.
Ross's name quickly became a potential candidate along with likes of Pixar topper John Lasseter and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks partner Stacey Snider. Then at one point there was even talk of a separate head for each studio such as one for Disney another for Touchstone and so on. Obviously we now know how all that turned out. »
- Brad Brevet
Rich Ross Is Picked as Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios
4 October 2009 6:26 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide, has been named Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, it was announced today by Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger.
Ross will oversee worldwide production, distribution and marketing for the company's range of live-action and feature animated film labels, including Walt Disney, Touchstone, Miramax and Disney/Pixar. In his new role, which he assumes immediately, he will also head Disney's theatrical and music groups.
In his thirteen years at Disney, Ross has consistently created hit original programming, effectively expanded a worldwide creative and distribution organization, skillfully built the Disney brand with global franchises that work across borders and technology platforms and put in place a strong management team.
"Rich has an outstanding record of creating high-quality family entertainment that delights audiences around the world," said Iger. "With his success in building the Disney brand across many of our businesses, his astute marketing sensibility, »
Jessica Alba May Join Little Fockers
30 September 2009 2:09 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
According to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Jessica Alba may be joining Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro in the next installment of the popular Meet the Parents franchise. The third film, titled Little Fockers, will focus on the children of Greg Focker (Stiller) and Pam Byrnes (played by Teri Polo).
If Alba joins the cast, she would play a pharmaceutical rep that becomes the center of attention for the male characters in the movie. Another possible cast addition is Raven-Symoné, who is in talks to play the Fockers' babysitter, Tamyra
Little Fockers will be helmed by Paul Weitz, replacing Jay Roach in the director's chair. Weitz recently directed Cirque de Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, due in theaters October 23.
Next Showing: Little Fockers opens July 30, 2010
Meet the Parents - Trailer
Meet the Fockers - Trailer
Link | Posted 9/30/2009 by BrentJS
Ben Stiller | Raven-Symone | Paul Weitz | Jessica Alba | Robert DeNiro | Meet the Fockers | Meet the Parents »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Baltimore Gives Edgar Allan Poe a True Sendoff!
30 September 2009 12:46 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
In what has to be one of the greatest genre stories in recent years, the horror genre’s most prolific writer, Edgar Allan Poe, will be given a royal ceremony beginning on October 7th with a public viewing of his body at the Poe house and continuing all the way to October 11th with a funeral procession and service.
Because there is so much fantastic information in this press release, I’m going to leave it as is. Be sure to check out Poe Bicentennial for even more information, and in the meantime get comfortable and read on! I so wish I could be there for this.
This will be the biggest Poe Bicentennial event in the country that marks Poe’s death and life. Poe’s body will lie in state at his Amity Street home for an unprecedented 11 hours on Wednesday, October 7th, for public viewing. Immediately following »
- Masked Slasher
Jessica Alba to Stir Things Up in 'Little Fockers'
29 September 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
"Little Fockers" is likely to have Jessica Alba among its cast. The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog has got the scoop that the 28-year-old actress is in negotiations to take on a key role in the third installment of "Meet the Parents" franchise.
Should the deal is made, the actress who portrays Sue Storm in the last two "Fantastic Four" movies will play an attractive pharmaceutical rep who makes all the male characters in the story smitten by her. She'll join the cast that include Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson.
"Little Fockers" will revolve around the children of Greg Focker and Pam Byrnes. De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are serving as producers. "College Road Trip" star Raven-Symone is rumored to be linked to the part of Fockers' babysitter, Tamyra. Director Paul Weitz replaces series helmer Jay Roach for the movie that is set »
- AceShowbiz.com
Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party..
9 September 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death, »
Tinker Bell flies back to Blu-ray and DVD in a new adventure - Six Minute Clip Added!
7 September 2009 6:40 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Tinker Bell is set to fly back to DVD and Blu-ray on October 27th in the new adventure Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure! Let your imagination take flight in an enchanting new motion picture starring the world's most beloved fairy! Journey with Tinker Bell beyond Pixie Hollow on an all-new exciting adventure. The film was directed by Klay Hall and features the voice talents of Mae Whitman, Jesse McCartney, Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symone, and Kristin Chenoweth. This year's Autumn Revelry promises to be something special. A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree - the source of all their magic. But when Tinker »
- Patrick Luce
Andrea Wong Wants to Reinvigorate Lifetime. (Step One: Steal Project Runway)
3 September 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Andrea Wong brought us The Bachelor! Now she's trying to reinvigorate Lifetime with positivity and fun.
If Project Runway had a needlepoint challenge, the show might find itself with an unlikely contestant. "About a year ago, I started needlepointing," confesses Andrea Wong, CEO of Lifetime Networks. She is perched on a chair in her Los Angeles office, wearing a black Yves Saint Laurent pantsuit. "It completely relaxes me." Well, usually. There was that time she was stitching a cushion for her boyfriend. "I was needlepointing while doing conference calls. It practically killed me."
Wong's coexisting affection for high fashion and homey crafts are the perfect metaphor for her plan to reinvigorate the dowdy, if successful, cable channel. Lifetime has been the top ad-backed female-focused network for years but, before Wong's 2007 arrival, was plagued with a reputation for lowbrow movies like My Stepson, My Lover. Its ratings were falling or flat for five straight years. »
- Danielle Sacks
Escape From Wonderland – Issues #0-1 (Comic Reviews)
31 August 2009 8:23 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
And so comes the third and final segment of Alice’s adventures in a violent but intriguing Wonderland. And not just Alice, but her smoking hot daughter and granddaughter! Yes, Alice is a Gilf, but Zenescope wouldn’t haven’t it any other way. Honestly, neither would we... unless you like your grannies looking like Betty White. Alright, moving along...
Escape From Wonderland – Issues #0-1
Zenescope Entertainment | Written by Raven Gregory | Art by Daniel Leister
Escape From Wonderland is the finale in a trilogy from Zenescope Entertainment, with the previous two installments, Return To Wonderland and Beyond Wonderland, chronicling the adventures of Alice Liddle after her famous stint in that magical land filled with treacherous playing cards, a man with a mad hat, and Jabberwocky many, many years ago. To modernize the story into a graphic novel format seemed a bit tricky on the surface, but after reading through the »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Fish)
Music Video for Demi Lovato's 'Gift of a Friend' Comes Out
23 August 2009 9:37 PM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
A music video for Demi Lovato's new song "Gift of a Friend" has been released. In the clip, the 17-year-old cutie is seen serenading the song in a forest. The video, moreover, also features several scenes from upcoming direct-to-dvd movie "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure", for which the tune serves as its soundtrack.
Beside serving as the theme song for the film, "Gift of a Friend" becomes a bonus track in Demi's second studio album entitled "Here We Go Again". The music video for the tune itself will be included in the film's DVD bonus feature.
As for "Lost Treasure", it is the latest installment of "Tinker Bell" movie franchise. The animation flick will follow Tinker Bell, who goes on a journey far North of Never Land to patch things up with her friend Terence and restore a Pixie Dust Tree. Mae Whitman, Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symone, »
- celebrity-mania.com
'Little Fockers' Locks a Summer 2010 Date
17 August 2009 11:30 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Universal Pictures is certainly moving full steam ahead with its third installment of the "Meet the Parents" trilogy project with the setting of a release date. Bringing the news to the attention was Coming Soon which reveals that the studio has placed "Little Fockers" among its summer 2010 line-up.
The movie which will see Ben Stiller returning as Greg Focker is now set to be debuted in theaters across the U.S. on July 30, 2010. On the particular date, the sequel to 2004 comedy "Meet the Fockers" will come out along with Vanessa Hudgens' romantic drama "Beastly", Warner Bros. comedy "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" and Rachel McAdams' comedy "Morning Glory".
"Little Fockers" will revolve around the children of Greg Focker and Pam Byrnes. Teri Polo, Robert De Niro and Owen Wilson will reprise their roles in this comedy movie wherein De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are serving as producers. »
- AceShowbiz.com
Flutter Wing Disney Fairies Dolls: Posable Dolls For Tinkerbell Fans
9 August 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »
If your little girl is a fan of the Disney Fairies, check out these new 5″ Flutter Wing Disney Fairies dolls ($9.50-$13) available at Disney Stores and DisneyStore.com.
Choose from Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Silvermist, Fawn and Iridessa, all of whom are fully posable and come with a flower-shaped stand that Anya thinks is an umbrella.
Unfortunately, the feature that they’re named for — “Flutter Wing” — is their weakest. When you press a button on their backs, their wings “flutter” but just ever so slightly. They’re still really cute and a new favorite of my Fairy-obsessed child.
Anya says her favorite is Iridessa (voiced by Raven-Symoné) but it used to be Silvermist (voiced by Lucy Liu). Personally, I was hoping for a Vidia doll who is kind of my favorite because she’s mean without being evil, a rare thing in Disney movies.
– Danielle, suburban NJ mom to extremely girly-girl Anya, »
- Danielle
Good Hair Movie Trailer
4 August 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Back when Good Hair was first announced, I was elated to see that fellow-Aquarian Chris Rock was making a documentary that attempted to do for black women's hair what Bill Maher did for religion. No more elusive secrets! Put it on the table in daylight and softly poke it with questions for all to see. So awesome. I mean, as the years go by and I casually encounter and work with fewer black people (that's life!), as a white guy I am stricken with the fear that I might never know what is up. I have so many inquiries lingering unanswered and unfortunately Transformers 2 did nothing to curb my desire for first-hand knowledge. And when I type "first-hand," I mean Salt and Pepa discussing "burn" stories. Bonus Prize: Raven from That's So Raven offering an enligtening weave-shift. "If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair »
- Hunter Stephenson
Raven-Symoné Clears Up Baby Rumors
9 July 2009 1:40 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The Internet has been abuzz with whispers of a possible pregnancy - and, by some accounts, birth - for That’s So Raven star Raven-Symoné, but the rumors have been put to rest. "Raven-Symoné is not pregnant nor did she give birth," her rep tells People. That much should be evident when the 23-year-old actress and singer-songwriter takes the stage Thursday night at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J.Numerous media outlets have claimed that Raven-Symoné had been hiding a pregnancy, and the stories reached a fevered pitch earlier this week with reports that the former Hangin' With Mr. Cooper »
- Missy Ritti
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