Jeff Bridges: ‘I’d Never Have A Fling With Co-star’

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Jeff Bridges isn’t only an Oscar Winning Actor he’s a smart dude!!!

Bridges said he would never cheat on his wife Susan with a co-star – because an affair would cost him “everything”.

The Crazy Heart star, who scooped the Best Actor prize at Sunday’s Academy Awards, credits his partner with much of his success, and insists he’d never risk their 33-year relationship for a fling with an actress.

He says, “I’m so in love with her. The relationship just keeps getting better and more intimate and sexier and all that stuff. If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then you don’t get the richness that’s available in a long-term relationship. My wife supports me and it makes me love her more. You don’t want to mess around with that.

“(But) it was harder earlier on. Getting married was frightening. No matter how much womanizing you do as a single guy, you always think there’s more to be done. You don’t want to get sexually involved with the other actor.

“It spells trouble. My family was and is too precious to me. I know sex can lose you everything.”

If anyone wants to seriously rehab Tiger Woods they should have him spend some time with Jeff Bridges!

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De Niro To Play American Football Legend In Biopic?

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Robert De Niro is the front runner to portray American football great Vince Lombardi in a new sports movie.

The actor has been tapped to play the legendary football coach in a biopic being developed by ESPN Films and the National Football League, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Revered screenwriter Eric Roth is working on the script for Lombardi.

The coach is considered one of the sport’s greatest after turning the fortunes of the Green Bay Packers around in the 1960s and winning five championships in nine years.

Lombardi died in 1970.

Charles Coplin, the NFL’s vice-president of programming, tells the publication,

“There are few actors who could accurately portray the fire, passion and grit of Lombardi, and we’re thrilled to have Robert De Niro on our team.”

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Liam Hemsworth To Star In ‘Arabian Nights’

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Liam Hemsworth, who co-stars in Disney’s upcoming Miley Cyrus drama “The Last Song,” is jumping into action-movie territory with “Arabian Nights.”

The actor is in negotiations to star in Inferno Entertainment’s 3D adventure directed by Chuck Russell.

Inferno’s Bill Johnson is producing with Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray of Mayhem Pictures. ROAR also is producing.

Written by Russell and Barry P. Ambrose, the period epic centers on a young commander (Hemsworth) who, after his king is murdered in a coup, joins forces with Sinbad and Aladdin to rescue Queen Scheherazade.

An end-of-summer shoot is being eyed.

Hemsworth, repped by ROAR, is a relative unknown who apart from the buzz he is generating from “Song” appeared in last year’s “Knowing.”

The deal also puts him in territory being tread by brother Chris Hemsworth, who is in production as the title character in Marvel’s superhero action fantasy “Thor.”

Inferno is planning a year-end shoot for “The Grey,” an action project starring Bradley Cooper and directed by Joe Carnahan. The company also is coming off the Sundance premiere of comedy “The Kids Are All Right” and the Berlin premiere of thriller “The Experiment.”

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‘Alice’ Takes In $116.3 Million Domestic – Complete Box Office

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Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland” bowed wondrously during the weekend to top the domestic boxoffice with an estimated $116.3 million, as the book-based fantasy popped through the 3D looking glasses and into the history books.

Its opening was the biggest ever for a winter release, surpassing the $83.8 million debut by “Passion of the Christ” in February 2004. “Alice” found $210.3 million in worldwide coin in its extra-dimensional rabbit hole, thanks to simultaneous bows in 41 foreign territories.

Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway, “Alice” was produced in a mix of motion-capture animation, live action and CGI for more than $200 million. Originally produced in 2D, the film was converted to 3D due to moviegoer enthusiasm for the format and industry interest in its premium-priced tickets.

Also this weekend, Overture Film’s opened cop thriller “Brooklyn’s Finest” in second place with $13.5 million, modestly exceeding pre-release expectations.

Warner Bros.’ sophomore-session holdover “Cop Out” fell 50% from its opening tally to cop $9.1 million in fourth place, with cumulative boxoffice of $32.4 million. Overture’s “The Crazies” dropped 56% to scare up $7 million in sixth, with 10-day cume totaling $27.4 million.

Fox’s 3D phenom “Avatar” grossed $7.7 million in fifth place to push its record cume to $720.2 million.

Just outside the top 10, Warners leggy Sandra Bullock starrer “The Blind Side” reached $250.5 million with $1.3 million in its 16th weekend. Summit Entertainment’s Iraq War thriller “The Hurt Locker” grossed $439,000 from 274 theaters to pump cume to $14.7 million.

Collectively, the top 10 grossers registered $182.5 million, or a whopping 87% more than top performers in the comparable frame last year, boxoffice tracker Rentrak said.

In a limited bow, GKIDS unspooled animated adventure “The Secret of Kells” — a nominee in Oscar’s feature animation category — in a single New York location to fetch an impressive $40,715.

Among notable expansions, Summit Entertainment broadened Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” by 103 theaters for a total 143, as the Ewan McGregor starrer grossed $1.3 million. Representing $9,068 per venue, the full-blooded performance brought “Ghost” cume to $2.6 million.

Fox Searchlight’s country music drama “Crazy Heart” — which landed topliner Jeff Bridges in Oscar’s best-actor category — added 126 playdates for a total 1,274 and grossed $3.4 million. That represented a moderate $2,630 per engagement, as “Crazy” cume climbed to $29.6 million.

Sony Pictures Classics’ foreign-language nominee “A Prophet” added 21 locations for a total 30 in grossing $264,978, or a pleasing $8,833 per site. The French thriller’s cume reached $517,605.

Disney tightened the theatrical window for “Alice” to just 12 weeks — to accelerate its hitting DVD before summer — in a move that sparked brief controversy among some exhibitors but ultimately reflects the studio’s high hopes for pic profits. Its magical bow gave Burton a new personal best, surpassing his $68.5 million opening with 2001’s “Planet of the Apes.”

The opening was the best ever by a non-sequel movie release. It also was the biggest debut by a 3D pic, blowing away the $77 million debut by “Avatar” in December.

“Alice” attracted broad support, with core family backing heavily fleshed out by Burton fans and other adult patrons. Support was evident among younger and older males and females.

“It’s the quintessential four-quadrant movie,” Disney distribution topper Chuck Viane said. “It’s phenomenal.”

Imax’s 188 specialty venues contributed a company-record $11.9 million to the debut, or a mind-besting $63,197 per site.

“Momentum is clearly on the side of 3D,” Imax Film Entertainment presidents Greg Foster said. “You have all the people who went to see ‘Avatar’ and loved it, and this was the next 3D movie. There is a 3D halo effect right now, and this movie builds on that.”

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”), “Finest” stars Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes.

Its opening audiences skewed 52% female, with 60% of patrons aged 30 or older. African-American moviegoers offered a key base of support — at 60% — and 86% of audiences were comprised of non-Caucasian patrons.

“We always thought this weekend was an opportunity for smart counter-programming, and this opening proves that was the case,” Overture exec vp distribution Kyle Davies said.

“Finest” was produced by Millennium Films and acquired by Overture for less than $3 million.

Looking ahead, the first post-Oscar frame brings four wide releases to theaters. Universal unspools Paul Greengrass’ Iraq War thriller “Green Zone,” Fox Searchlight bows Forest Whitaker starrer “Our Family Wedding,” Paramount opens romantic comedy “She’s Out of My League” and Summit sends out Robert Pattinson starrer “Remember Me.”

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2010 Academy Award Winners

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Best picture

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• “Up in the Air”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Up”
• “The Blind Side”
• “District 9″
• “An Education”
• “A Serious Man”

Actor

• George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
• Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” [WINNER]
• Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Actress

• Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
• Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” [WINNER]
• Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan, “An Education”

Supporting actor

• Matt Damon, “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” [WINNER]

Supporting actress

• Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique, “Precious” [WINNER]
• Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
• Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”

Director

• Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
• Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• James Cameron, “Avatar”
• Lee Daniels, “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”

Animated feature

• “Up” [WINNER]
• “Coraline”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Princess and the Frog”
• “The Secret of Kells”

Original screenplay

• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The Messenger”
• “A Serious Man”
• “Up”

Adapted screenplay

• “District 9″
• “An Education”
• “In the Loop”
• “Precious” [WINNER]
• “Up in the Air”

Best foreign-language film

• “Ajami”
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” [WINNER]
• “The Milk of Sorrow”
• “Un Prophète”
• “The White Ribbon”

Best film editing

• “Avatar”
• “District 9″
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Precious”

Art direction

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Nine”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “The Young Victoria”

Cinematography

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The White Ribbon”

Costume design

• “Bright Star”
• “Coco Before Chanel”
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Nine”
• “The Young Victoria” [WINNER]

Best documentary feature

• “Burma VJ”
• “The Cove” [WINNER]
• “Food, Inc.”
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
• “Which Way Home”

Documentary short

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
• “Music by Prudence” [WINNER]
• “Rabbit à la Berlin”

Makeup

• “Il Divo”
• “Star Trek” [WINNER]
• “The Young Victoria”

Music (original score)

• “Avatar”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “Up” [WINNER]

Music (original song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
• “Take it All” from “Nine”
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from “Crazy Heart”) from “Crazy Heart” [WINNER]

Short film, animated

• “French Toast”
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
• “The Lady and the Reaper”
• “Logorama” [WINNER]
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Short film, live action

• “The Door”
• “Instead of Abracadabra”
• “Kavi”
• “Miracle Fish”
• “The New Tenants” [WINNER]

Sound editing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Star Trek”
• “Up”

Sound mixing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Star Trek”
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual effects

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “District 9″
• “Star Trek”

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2010 Academy Awards Arrival Slide Show

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Burton’s “Alice” Takes $41M on Opening Day

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Audiences are mad as hatters about Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” helping it earn a whopping $41 million in its first day.

After its big start Friday, the Disney release could be on track for a $100 million weekend.

Box-office tracker Hollywood.com says that would be a record for films opening in March.

The current best March debut is $70.9 million for “300″ in 2007.

Director Burton re teamed with frequent collaborator Depp, who plays the Mad Hatter in their new take on Lewis Carroll’s classic.

The film also features Burton’s romantic partner, Helena Bonham Carter, along with Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover and Mia Wasikowska as Alice.

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Independent Spirit Award Winners

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Best Supporting Male – Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

Best First Feature – Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper)

Best First Screenplay – Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)

Best Supporting Female – Mo’Nique (Precious)

Best Cinematography – A Serious Man (Roger Deakins)

John Cassavetes Award – Humpday (writer/director: Lynn Shelton)

Robert Altman Award – A Serious Man

Someone to Watch Award – Kyle Patrick Alvarez (director or Easier With Practice)

Piaget Producers Award – Karin Chien

Truer Than Fiction Award – Bill & Turner Ross (directors of 45365)

Best Screenplay – (500) Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber)

Best Documentary – Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Foreign Film – An Education (U.K./France)

Best Female Lead – Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)

Best Male Lead – Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Best Director – Lee Daniels (Precious)

Best Feature – Precious »

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Selena Gomez Steps In For Kidman In Monte Carlo

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Teen sensation Selena Gomez has stepped in for Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman in upcoming movie Monte Carlo, after producers decided to give the script a more youthful spin.

The 17-year-old Disney actress has been named the new star of the comedy, based on the book Headhunters by Jules Bass.

Kidman, 42, was set to star in the film in 2005, which originally followed the novel’s plot more closely and sent four New Jersey women to Monaco, where they posed as heiresses.

According to trade paper Daily Variety, producers have updated the script to instead focus on a group of college and high school girls traveling from Paris, France.

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester is also reportedly in talks to join the cast

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Gilligan’s Island Sets Sail For The Big Screen

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Beloved TV series Gilligan’s Island is heading for the big screen thanks to a new Warner Brothers film project.

Studio bosses have greenlighted a new movie based on the popular sitcom, which aired on TV between 1964 and 1967.

Casting details have yet to be announced but, in an interview last year, original series creator Sherwood Schwartz suggested Juno star Michael Cera should play the title role, made famous by Bob Denver, in any remake.

I hate when they remake classics but I have to agree, if there is a known actor out there today that can pull off Gilligan it’s Michael Cera. Otherwise they will need to find an unknown.

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