Steven Soderbergh has, unfortunately, retired from directing films. This leaves him with a lot of free time to tweet out his terrific nation-hopping suspense novella “Glue.”
Steven Soderbergh bitches a lot about the movie industry he's quitting, watches Girls and loves the smell of cat food.
Here's What Michael Douglas Looks Like as Liberace [UPDATE]
Ed. Note: Unfortunately, we were asked to take down the photograph which originally ran with this story. Which is great because it gave me an excuse to have Jim Cooke illustrate a new one. Just like the last time, he's very disappointed with the results because he was rushed and insisted we say 'Bad Drawings by Jim…
Magic Mike: Channing Tatum Is the Icon of New Masculinity
Metrosexuality had to live and die for us to get to this new, at-ease, intimately homosocial era of masculinity, at least as it is depicted in pop culture. It's a time of bromance, of straight dudes getting drag-queen makeovers on reality TV, of straight soldiers lip-synching like drag queens on YouTube, of Chris…
Steven Soderbergh Is Going to Retire from Filmmaking in Three Years
Oscar-winning wizard of technique Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Oceans Etc.) is going to call it quits after a few more movies. Says his regular collaborator Matt Damon, "He's kind of exhausted with everything that interested him." He might try painting next.
Harry Potter and the Leaked Thirty-Six Minutes
Yikes, someone has leaked footage of the penultimate Harry Potter film online and people are mad. Also today: Steven Soderbergh tackles an old TV show, Rocco DiSpirito gets his own show, and another actor loses his.
Happy Birthday
It hasn't been the easiest year for Vikram Pandit, but the Citigroup CEO has at least one reason to smile today: It's his 53rd birthday. Cranky 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney turns 91 today. Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is 46. Maureen Dowd of the New York Times is turning 58. Director Steven Soderbergh turns 47.…
Hot Dudes in Martial Arts Film: Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas
Hunka hunka burnin' Hiiii-ya! Now that that is out of our system we bring you good news: All three of these guys will be starring in "Knockout," a spy movie starring Gina Carano, a freaking mixed martial artist.
Aaron Sorkin Rides in on a White Horse to Save Moneyball
Aaron Sorkin, noted scribe, addict and boner of Maureen Dowd and Kristen Chenoweth, has been hired to write a new draft of Moneyball, the film based on Michael Lewis' bestselling book. But are Steven Soderbergh and Brad Pitt still involved?
Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.
Freed Hostages, Ransom Demands & Bitter Negotiations
• New York Times reporter David Rohde, who was held hostage in Afghanistan for seven months, managed to escape on Friday night. The Taliban had reportedly been seeking $25-30 million in ransom; the newspaper, meanwhile, is rumored to have offered $5 million for his safe release. [NYT, AP, ABC, CQ]
• The negotiations…
Brad Pitt's Steven Soderbergh-Directed Adaptation Of 'Moneyball' Strikes Out
Columbia Pictures was aghast when the latest script for the adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball arrived. So much so that they've put the project in turnaround. Oh, and: production was supposed to start next week.
Tribeca, Twittered: Hookers and Manholes
Our devoted team of Tribeca Film Festival Twitterers continue their 140 character reports from the front. Today it's all about The Girlfriend Experience, that Soderbergh movie about high-class callgirling.