'Grease: Live' Teaser: Julianne Hough Takes Over For Olivia Newton-John
The first Grease Live teaser has arrived, showing Aaron Tveit and Julianne Hough as Danny and Sandy, the roles played by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
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'Dirty Grandpa' Red Band Trailer: Zac Efron Does The Macarena, Robert De Niro Is Horny
The Dirty Grandpa red band trailer has arrived, showing off the R-rated side of this spring break road trip comedy full of drugs, alcohol and sex.
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'Paradise' Trailer: Julianne Hough Is The Sweetest Little Girl In Las Vegas
In Paradise, Julianne Hough stars as a young woman who renounces her faith after a plane crash leaves her scarred. She travels to Las Vegas to indulge in all the behaviors that sh has avoided in life, and runs across characters played by Russell Brand, Octavia Spencer and Nick Offerman. The film is written by Diablo Cody…
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Diablo Cody's 'Paradise' Debuts On DirecTV August 8
How has the movie business changed in the past decade? For one, VOD and streaming video have changed the stigma once attached to films debuting at home before they hit theaters, and movies now routinely can be seen on the small screen before they open on the big one. But the distribution scheme for Diablo…
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First Look: Diablo Cody's Directorial Debut 'Paradise'
Diablo Cody has written some of the sharpest female-led dramedies of the past several years, and now she's taken the next step by helming her own. The Juno scribe makes her feature directing debut this fall with Paradise, a comedy about a sheltered young woman (Julianne Hough) taking a walk on the wild side. Octavia…
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'Safe Haven' Trailer: Julianne Hough And Josh Duhamel Weep, Sigh, And Swoon For Nicholas Sparks
The Nicholas Sparks drama is practically a subgenre unto itself at this point, with its own set of tropes and traditions. Lasse Hallström's Safe Haven sticks mostly with the formula, featuring a blandly attractive pair (Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough as Alex and Katie),a picturesque waterside setting, and of course, a grand, swooning romance threatened…
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Adam's 'Rock Of Ages' Review/Rant: Schlock For All Ages
"Nothin' But a Good Time" promises the tagline of Rock of Ages, referencing one of the two dozen or so classic '80s rock songs its cast energetically deflates into innocuously pleasing sing-a-longs. It's an admirably honest proclamation of the film's limited aspirations, one which it fulfills with all the grace of a monkey hurling its…
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Comedy Posters: 'The Dictator', 'Rock Of Ages', 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter', 'Neighborhood Watch'
Even if you've long since outgrown summer vacation, there's just something about warmer weather that makes it tempting to put aside the heavy, thought-provoking stuff and look for a good, lighthearted laugh instead. If you're curious what the upcoming season has in store for you on that front, hit the jump to check out new…
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'Rock Of Ages' Trailer: Like Watching A Megabudget Celebrity Rock Band Party
Let me say one thing first: this is the sort of role I think Tom Cruise does well. A variation on the arrogant, overbearing personality with a core of self-doubt has served him well in a few films here and there. So I hoped that playing big-time rock star Stacee Jaxx in Adam Shankman's '80s…
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Casting Bits: Amy Poehler In 'A.C.O.D.', Kathleen Rose Perkins And Sarah Colonna In Diablo Cody Project
Amy Poehler and Adam Scott have shown such fantastic chemistry in NBC's Parks & Recreation that the pair are gearing up to work together again. This time, however, they won't be romancing each other -- far from it. Poehler has entered talks to join Scott in A.C.O.D., in which he plays a man named Carter…
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Casting Bits: Nick Offerman In 'Lamb Of God', Josh Duhamel And Dan Fogler In 'Scenic Route', Kevin Durand And Lukas Haas In 'Dark Was The Night'
TV watchers probably know Nick Offerman as mustachioed parks department director Ron Swanson on NBC's Parks & Recreation, but we're starting to see more of him on the big screen as well. Swanson's upcoming movie roles include the Sundance hit Smashed and the high profile comedies 21 Jump Street and Casa de mi Padre, as well…
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'Rock Of Ages' Trailer: Hairpieces, Histrionics And Hysteria
For me, the best part of the trailer for Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages is the prominent display of the Motorhead logo in the first few seconds. After that it's all downhill. The film adapts the stage 'jukebox musical' with Diego Boneta and Julianne Hough playing wide-eyed kids caught up in the mid-'80s LA rock…
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Casting Bits: Sacha Baron Cohen In 'Les Misérables', Selena Gomez In 'Spring Breakers', Holly Hunter In Diablo Cody's Directorial Debut
There's still no word on who'll be playing Éponine in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, but the project has landed yet another well-known star to play her father. According to LondonNet, Sacha Baron Cohen is set to join Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Eddie Redmayne in the musical, in the role of the villainous inn…
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Casting Bits: Patricia Clarkson In 'The East', Octavia Spencer In Diablo Cody Project, Michael Angarano In 'The English Teacher'
The more people get cast in Zal Batmanglij's The East, the more interesting it sounds. The latest addition is the always excellent Patricia Clarkson, who'll play the boss of co-writer and star Brit Marling. The thriller revolves around an agent (Marling) from a private security firm who is tasked with infiltrating a terrorist group called The…
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Russell Brand And Julianne Hough Confirmed For Roles In Diablo Cody's 'Lamb Of God'
In June, Diablo Cody's directorial debut was announced: Lamb of God, a film the writer and soon-to-be director described as "about a woman who survives a plane crash and loses her faith in everything. (Comedy gold!) Seriously though, it’s not the cynicism-fest implied by the log line. It’s a nice Christmas story." Not long afterward,…
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'Footloose' Trailer #2
Here we go again. We've seen a teaser trailer for Craig Brewer's remake of the '80s film Footloose, and now here's the full thing. Well, here's another trailer, anyway -- this one is quite a bit shorter than the teaser. Hit the jump to see Kenny Wormold as Kevin Bacon, Julianne Hough as Lori Singer,…
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Casting Bits: Will Forte In 'Rock Of Ages', Christopher Lloyd In 'Dead Before Dawn', Christa Campbell In 'The Big Wedding'
The star-studded cast of Rock of Ages is still continuing to expand, with the addition of Saturday Night Live vet Will Forte. Forte has won the role of news anchor Mitch Miley, a new character written especially for Adam Shankman's film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Forte will be working with a smorgasbord of Hollywood…
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'Footloose' Trailer And Poster: In Which A Small Town Is Populated By Pro Dancers
The first real trailer has dropped for the remake of Footloose, from Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer, and starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough. Given the importance of this particlar piece of footage, we'll cut right to the chase and you can find the trailer after the break. So you're telling me that, in…
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New Images: The 'Footloose' Remake
That Footloose remake that no one asked for and everyone keeps forgetting about (okay, maybe that's just me) is still moving forward, and we have new images to prove it. The updated version stars relative unknown Kenny Wormald as protagonist Ren McCormack and two-time Dancing with the Stars winner Julianne Hough as love interest Ariel…
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Malin Akerman Joins 'Rock Of Ages'
Gary Ross' The Hunger Games isn't the only movie that can dole out individual casting breaks on a daily basis. Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages -- the movie version of the 'jukebox musical' that tells a tale of love and abition partially through the performances of anthemic '80s tunes -- seems to add a major…
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Russell Brand And Diego Boneta Join 'Rock Of Ages'
Last week there was mention that Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages film musical may have found its young leading man in the person of Diego Boneta. (He's had roles on the new 90210 and Pretty Little Liars, but may still count as an almost-unknown to some.) Now there is confirmation that he'll play Drew Boley,…
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Amy Adams A Likely Lead For 'Rock Of Ages;' Paul Giamatti Joins Cast
Adam Shankman's big-screen version of the rock jukebox musical Rock of Ages has turned into quite the hot ticket. Tom Cruise plays one key character, decadent rocker Stacee Jax, and now Amy Adams is being wooed to play a journalist who intends to write a hit piece on the rock star but ends up falling…
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'Dancing With The Stars' Winner Julianne Hough Lands Lead In 'Rock Of Ages'
Country singer and two-time Dancing With The Stars winner Julianne Hough has just landed the lead role of Sherrie in Adam Shankman's adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. She'll star alongside Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige (as well as possibly Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin, though those deals haven't been locked yet)…
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First Look: The 'Footloose' Remake
I know: you're dying to see images of the Footloose remake, which is shooting now with a cast that includes Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough in the roles originated by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. That's the first look at the two actors in costume, above, which is pretty obviously sourced from the days on…
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Burlesque Movie Trailer #2
Screen Gems has released a second movie trailer for Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque (if you missed the first movie trailer, you can watch that at the link). I'm not a big fan of musicals, and when I have liked a film musical, it has usually been of the more cinematic variety. Burlesque is obviously…
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Footloose Remake Cast Set
Our long national nightmare is over! The Footloose remake finally has a cast. Now I can rest easy tonight. Mostly because no one I care too much about is in the movie, which Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) is still directing. OK, there's Dennis Quaid, playing John Lithgow's role, but he's been…
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Entertainment Tonight's First Look At Christina Aguilera's Burlesque
Entertainment Tonight ran a behind the scenes feature on Christina Aguilera's live-action big screen film debut Burlesque. Steven Antin's contemporary musical tells the story of Ali, "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice" played by Aguilera, who "tries to escape a hollow past by performing in a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles." The film…
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