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Friday Aug 07, 2009

Julie Powell Leads Bloggers To The Silver Screen

juliepowell.jpgThis week, Editor & Publisher asked readers what their favorite journalism- or newspaper-based movies were. It got us thinking. Lots of our favorite movies revolve around newspaper writers and their lives in and out of the newsroom. From Citizen Kane, to His Girl Friday, to All the President's Men to Runaway Bride and 27 Dresses.

Magazines get a lot of play, too, as magazine offices were considered quite glamorous pre-recession. Just look at The Devil Wears Prada, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days or Confessions of a Shopaholic, to point to a few recent favs.

As journalism evolves, the journalism-related movies will evolve as well. Just look at Julie & Julia, a movie based on a book that evolved out of a blog. The movie, which opens today, is based on a book of the same name written by Julie Powell, who started a blog to track her year-long quest to cook every recipe in Julia Child's quintessential cook book, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

Back in December 2006, Powell spoke on a mediabistro.com panel about turning blogs into books. "I got really, really lucky," Powell said about her book deal.

"I found blogging was a really freeing medium for me," she went on, "because of the feedback, because of the fact that I didn't have to worry about -- for me, endings are really difficult for me, and with blogs I didn't have to worry about that."

You can check out the whole panel, or just watch a little preview featuring Powell, here.

"Julie & Julia" is getting some good and some mixed reviews. Will you be going to see it this weekend? What are some of your favorite journalism-related movies?

Monday Jul 13, 2009

Drew Barrymore, Girl Reporter

barrymore.jpgThe movies love the media industry. Just this year, we had Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams playing investigative reporters in "State of Play," Isla Fisher pratfalling in the office of a business mag for "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds finding love at a publishing house in "The Proposal."

Now, Drew Barrymore is returning to another role in journalism (remember she played a reporter in "Never Been Kissed"?) and she's taking over the Associated Press' New York headquarters to do it.

This week, Barrymore is shooting scenes at the AP's offices for her upcoming film "Going the Distance," in which she plays an "older-than-usual newspaper intern" at the fictional New York Sentinel, the AP reported. The filming will also take place in the offices for The New York Daily News which is in the same building as the AP at 450 West 33rd St. The Daily News will serve as a rival paper.

The movie also features Barrymore flame Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis of "SNL" and Christina Applegate.

If you work for the AP or Daily News (or any other company in the building) and have any good stories about the stars' taking over your stomping grounds, send us an email or leave a note in the comments.

(Photo by David Shankbone)

Tuesday Oct 21, 2008

Financial Crisis Fallout: Possibly One Less Candace Bushnell Movie

tradingup10.21.08.jpgRecently, Lifetime Television was adapting a Candace Bushnell novel called Trading Up into a movie. Now that the market has crashed, however, the network is reconsidering.

"Overnight, it was like the script had been written two years ago," Arturo Interian, Lifetime's vice president for original movies, told The New York Times. While the movie will likely still be made, the plot will be altered and production may be delayed. (Can you say "silver lining"?)

Elsewhere, other movies based on the Wall Street boom times are feeling the pinch as well.

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Tuesday Sep 16, 2008

Chinese Movie Makers Secretly Head to Hollywood

jackie_chan.jpgUniversity of California, Los Angeles recently held a series of semi-secret meetings for low level Chinese movie executives. The speakers included Ron Meyer, president of Universal. and MGM CEO Harry Sloan.

Due to "security concerns," the clinics were kept under wraps until they concluded. Officials were concerned about the safety of the travelers, who were selected by China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

So why were they here again? And Kung Fu Hustle really needed four rewrites?

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Thursday Sep 04, 2008

Hollywood's Latest Savior: Abu Dhabi

Final_logo_1_small.jpgOil-rich Abu Dhabi, which has more money than it knows what to do with, will spend $1 billion to produce up to eight films a year over the next five years.

imagenation abu dhabi, part of Abu Dhabi Media Company helmed by chairman Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, will be based in the Arabian country but work with Hollywood and Middle Eastern studios.

"We are bringing Hollywood and the international production community to Arabia," former Disney executive and imagenation chief executive Edward Borgerding told the Telegraph. "Our aim is to make award-winning films which are commercially successful and appeal to audiences across the world."

Not everyone is happy about yet another bloated production company coming to Tinseltown. "The world needs new sources of energy and cures for diseases, but another set of eight films? Who cares?" media analyst Harold Vogel, said to the Los Angeles Times.

So who gets to make Saw VI?

Monday Jul 28, 2008

We Think Oliver Stone May Have Been Reading Too Much MoDo

Friday Jul 25, 2008

We Can't Write One More Thing About Barack Obama This Week

With that in mind, and in honor of TVNewser's sighting earlier today, we bring you this. Seriously, Miley has nothing on Ralph. By the way, if you happen to be looking for some new direction in your own life, you should go check out our job board.

Friday May 30, 2008

Everything's Coming Up Carrie, For Now

OB-BN460_satc_1_20080529113157.jpgLiterally. It's starting to feel like there is not a story to be written at the moment that in some way doesn't have something to do with the SATC movie. It's like wearing really large, rose colored, tunnel-vision glasses. But is it a last hurrah for print world?

While Carrie et al. are currently cash cows for many magazines, if not the retail industry, over at Folio Dylan Stableford is speculating that they may be the last of the red-hot cover girls. In the show and now the film Bradshaw is all about about print, with nary a cell phone in sight (which brings us to this: A pay phone! Does she also use subway tokens?), however at a party the other night in honor of one of the film's stars Kristin Davis, Stableford says the hosts could barely give away a magazine,

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Wednesday May 21, 2008

Sex in the City Backlash Reaches Jerusalem

Sex and the City.jpgSex in the City is pissing off more than Gotham's finest. Jerusalem and Petah Tikva banned outdoor advertising of the film, citing the use of the word "sex" in the title. A representative for Forum Films, the distributor of SATC called the news "a great shock."

We have not asked to advertise nudity, or messages that may be offensive to the general public and the ultra-Orthodox community in particular. Nevertheless, this is the name of the movie. We feel that it is ridiculous to prohibit us from advertising the brand without naming it.

If you ask us, the less advertising the better.

In other SATC-related news, Heavy.com has brilliantly parodied the Fab Four as bodybuilders. Clip after the jump.

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Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Woody Allen's Movie Controversial for Language, Not Threesome

penelope-vicky.cristina.jpgWoody Allen's next film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is skipping London for Barcelona. It's also stars Allen muse Scarlett Johansson and two newcomers to the auteur's world: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. And if that wasn't enough... word is that the movie will include a Penelope Cruz-Scarlett Johansson sex scene and a threesome with Javier Bardem.

But despite all that salaciousness, the movie's first controversy is a linguistic one.

Authorities in Barcelona are forbidding The Weinstein Company from distributing the film in Spanish. Barcelonan audiences will have the choice of either watching the film in English with Catalan subtitles, or viewing a version that's been dubbed into Catalan.

Both Cruz and Bardem, of course, are Spanish speakers. Elsewhere in Spain, the movie will be shown in English with Spanish subtitles. It's all due to the Catalan-promoting policies of the regional government:

The regional government recently announced a E7.4m (GBP5.9m) film fund to promote Catalan cinema. It also gave a grant of €15,000 to a soft porn producer for three "erotic films" as they would promote the Catalan language. But despite generous public funding, the 12 Catalan language features produced last year were watched by just 0.8 percent of the region's 24 million cinemagoers.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona's co-producer, Jaume Roures, is a dedicated Catalan nationalist.

Previously

Fox Promotes Film With Anti-Lou Dobbs Ad

Michael Bay To Remake Rosemary's Baby

Ridley Scott To Direct Movie Based On Board Game

Owen Wilson Back To Work (In Ex-Journalist's Movie)

The Yiddish Policemen's Union & The Repo Men

The Smurfs: Back With Super-Heavy Viacom $$$

Freakonomics: The Movie

Did Morgan Spurlock Find Osama Bin Laden?

Steiner Studios Expands Navy Yard Facility

Vogue Documentary Close To Completion

Dual Mafia Movie-Book Deal For Weinsteins

'Torture Porn' Opening Earns Just $1.55M

Patton Oswalt Likens Ratatouille Press Junket To Gitmo

Regal Cinemas Holding Captivity?

Steven Spielberg Headed To Broadway

J.J. Abrams Attacks New York

Buzz Bissinger's Barbaro July VF Article Already Optioned For Big Screen

Blue Cross Talking Points Memo On Sicko Leaked

New DiCaprio-Winslet Film Casting White, Hairless, Tattooless Extras

Money Honey To Interview Michael Moore

Sicko Trailer To Be Projected Tonight In Times Square

Simpsons Movie Trailer Released

Wall Street II To Film In London

Seinfeld's Bee Rape Joke Stings

Sicko: YouTube's Greatest Pirate Hit

'Mitch' Writing Screenplay For 'Sandman'

Video: Dan Klores' Crazy Trailer

Tribeca Film Fest 2007: Free Tix For You

Crude: Sundance CEO Tells Partygoers To 'Shut The F*ck Up'

Jena Malone's First Bloodstains Release Extremely Limited

Spike, HBO To Talk Levees Sequel

Real World Creator Forms Documentary Film Division

'Gruesome' Cuthbert Movie Poster Pulled From 1,400 Taxi Tops

Is Hollywood Buying Nick Kristof's Story?

Oscar-Winning Producer Disses Graydon Carter's Chicago 10

FBNY @ SXSW: Weinstein Picks Up Secret (Bearded) Morgan Spurlock Middle East Doc

FBNY @ SXSW: Combining The Best And Worst Of CES

Jennifer Hudson-Vogue Oscar Outfit Spat Ignites Couture Catfight

Seinfeld At Oscars: What's The Deal With Popcorn? Theater Owner: Here's The Deal, Funny Boy

Scorsese Departs With Oscar(s)

FBNY's Incomprehensive, Uninformed Guide To The Oscars

Cocaine Film Director Makes Desperate E-Mail Plea For Audience

Did Jim Carrey Movie Poster Rip Off Lou Reed Project?

Will The Academy Finally Give Scorsese An Oscar?

And The Nominees Are ... Obvious

Update: Baron Cohen's Non-Borat Interview Not The 'Milestone' We Thought

Breaking: Sacha Baron Cohen Steps Out Of Borat Character For NPR

Video: Ben Affleck Turns Press Junket Into Lapdance

ER Creator: Using Starving Children As A Shield From Bad Publicity Never A Good Idea

Frat Boys Lose Bid To Ban Borat DVD

Suspects Freed In Cameraman Brad Will's Murder; Government Cover-up Suspected

Animated Penguins Beat Bond And A Borat At Box Office

Can Bond Beat Borat At The Box Office?

Frat Boys Sue Borat

He's Just Not That Into You Authors Just Not That Into Sequel

Ex-Page Six Scribe Working On Horror Screenplay

AP Quotes Wes Anderson Character In Story On NYC Pot Delivery Sting

NYC vs. LA: Oscartown USA?

$26.4 Million Buys Borat Potential Lawsuit

Borat Provides Copywriters 'Glorious Hand Relief'

Borat: Cultural Consequences Of Staying In Character

The Blingy Backlash Against Blood Diamond

Running With Scissors May Be A Box Office Dud, But The Duds Are Selling Well At Bloomies

NYC Filmmaker Shot, Killed In Oaxaca, Mexico

Spike Lee's Levees Screened For Knicks

Christopher Guest Resurrects Spinal Tap Character For VW: Cool Or Sad?

Documentary About Jay Bakker, Hipster Preacher, Son Of Jim & Tammy Faye, To Get Premiere In NYC

Borat Soundtrack To Include 'Throw Jew Down The Well'; iTunes Gets It Week Early

'Make Click' On Borat's 'Official Home Site'

Fox To Launch 'Faith Films' Aimed At Christians

Film Depicting Bush Assassination To Debut At Toronto Film Fest

WTC Movie Donates $2.6 Million To 9/11 Charities

Times Art Dept. Teams Lohan With Cruise, Gibson

What Marvey Weinstein Might Hear When Mel Gibson Calls To Apologize

MSNBC To Mark 9/11 Anniversary With Reflections From ... Samuel L. Jackson?

Who Would Play JonBenet 'Killer' In TV Movie? Happiness' Dylan Baker, Perhaps?

Al Franken Seeks Blogger

Sony Disputes Snakes $15.2M Box Office Win

Lawsuit Against David Cross, Warner Music Dismissed

Snakes On Just About Anything

Rejected Freelance Film Critic Slams Slate

Update: World Trade Center 'Junket Whores' Not Limited To Seattle

Official Rocky Balboa Synopsis Reveals Screenwriters' Desperation

Banned Junket Critic Says Other 'Junket Whore' Made Up Oliver Stone Quotes

Jesus Would Give Oliver Stone's WTC Two Thumbs Up If It Weren't For The Foul Language

World Trade Center 'Junket Whore' Critic Banned By Paramount

NYPress Gets Sucked Into TV — Just Like James Woods

Larry King Live Serves As Talladega Nights Live

Rob Schneider Would Turn Down Passion of the Christ 2 Role If Mel Gibson Offered

How New York Media Is Handling The 'Scorching,' 'Baking,' 'Dangerous' Heat

Update: F*ck You, Al Gore

Maxim Latest Media Outlet To Fall Victim To M*therf*cking Snakes

Newsweek Chooses Oliver Stone Drama Over Real-Life War In World Trade Center Cover

Woody Allen On Stardom: 'Like Being In A Whorehouse With A Credit Card That Had Expired'

ScarJo To Become New Face Of Reebok; LiLo Still Awkward Face Of Birthday Parties

The Week in Media Video: Wes Anderson | CNN Can't Pull Trigger On 'War' | Polite Critique Of Yankees' Announcers | Bush 'Sh*t' | Stone's WTC

Is It Too Soon To Watch Oliver Stone's World Trade Center Trailer?

Media In Heat: How Cool Was It In Your Office Today?

Jolie To Play Daniel Pearl's Widow In Biopic

CNBC Falls For Aquaman's '$116 Million' Stunt

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