The other day I was at the Ark Thrift Shop, sifting through piles of old telephones and novelty mugs, when I came across a curious piece of movie memorabilia: the framed newspaper clipping used in the film What Lies Beneath. There was absolutely no explanation as to why this was randomly placed in the store, but, I must say, I had to do a double-take. “Is that Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford?” I thought. Then I read the Read more…
Poor Michelle Pfeiffer. It seems that she’s had to talk about being an old broad in Hollywood on nearly every stop of the promotional tour for her new movie Cheri, which coincidentally or not, is about an aging English courtesan. At a promotional stop in Germany she even had to answer the question, “How does it feel to Read more…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opened two days ago. It has already grossed over $80M and the weekend hasn’t even started yet. Needless to say, the new slate of movies that are opening today can be considered counter programming, as they don’t stand a chance of competing in the box office race with the big toy sequel. They are smaller indie flicks that have more drama than special effects; more dialogue than shots of Megan Fox’s chest. At the top of this indie heap is Nick Cassavetes‘ Alpha Dog follow-up, My Sister’s Keeper.
The leukemia drama stars Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin (who’s no little child anymore) and Alec Baldwin. It has received mixed reviews, with more of a lean on the negative side. Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger wrote: “Don’t avoid My Sister’s Keeper because it’s a film about a serious issue. Avoid it because it approaches that issue like a very special episode of Grey’s Anatomy – complete with Read more…
Getting older in Hollywood isn’t easy for any actors. But women definitely have it the worst, as Michelle Pfeiffer discovered on a recent press junket in Germany. She was there to promote her latest film Cheri. Pfeiffer tells WENN that a reporter asked her:
How does it feel to have an old and decrepit body? And at first I didn’t understand her, I was like, ‘Sorry, did you just say I had an old and decrepit body?’ and she was like, ‘Ja (yes). How does it feel?
Pfeiffer says she recognized the woman from a previous press conference and responded by Read more…
