King Of The Hill

You would be forgiven for assuming that Brittany Murphy had given on a feature acting career. Having not starred in anything particularly memorable since 2005, Murphy has been cranking out parts in random direct-to-dvd movies and King of the Hill, but the girl once entrusted to star in her own romantic comedies just doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Scratch that-- she's now going to Puerto Rico. A super-brief THR piece today announces that Murphy will star alongside True Blood's Stephen Moyer and Luis Guzman in The Caller. They're apparently so uninterested in the movie that they can't be blamed to give a plot description, and really I can't blame them. Want to put down odds on this one going direct to DVD just like Murphy's recently tour de force The Ramen Girl? »

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While I was debating on whether or not to write a Dear John letter to Gossip Girl and the Gossip Girl writing staff, someone beat me to it and now I have to say my piece.
Out of Touch
Let's face it. Gossip Girl is not what it was during its first season. Blair is a complete cartoon, there are way too many guest stars in the show that already has nine people in the cast and there is little to any group activity among the core cast. With the latter, I don't mean that they have to get buddy buddy ala the Saved By The Bell gang, but if everyone is off dealing with their guest star lover of the moment then how can the characters ever interact with each other?
The same thing happened with The O.C. during it's second and third seasons. In an attempt to keep Marissa and Ryan together, »
- Mark O. Estes

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Men in Black was pretty entertaining, as well as a big money-maker for Columbia Pictures. On the other hand, the sequel may have been profitable, but it was about as much fun as an alien rectal probe.
Here’s hoping the third 'Men in Black' installment falls somewhere between those two. According to Variety, Columbia has hired Etan Cohen to pen Men in Black 3, adding to the list of high-profile assignments currently sitting on the comedy writer’s desk.
Cohen has a Sherlock Holmes project with Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell in development at Columbia. His recent output includes Tropic Thunder, which was both critically acclaimed and a box office hit last year, as well as the animated Madagascar: Escape to Africa. Cohen also wrote Idiocracy and for the television show King of the Hill.
Men in Black II was released in 2002, but it appears Columbia »

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