Posted Jul 8th 2009 6:55PM by TMZ Staff
The Justin Timberlake movie "Alpha Dog" finally has an ending ... the guy it was based on was just convicted of the kidnap and murder of the kid who died in the movie.
Today a jury decided Jesse James Hollywood was the mastermind behind 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz's death, which happened in West Hills, CA back in August of 2000. He was convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping.
Hollywood could get the death penalty.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies, Justin Timberlake
Tags: alpha dog, AlphaDog, jesse james hollywood, JesseJamesHollywood, justin timberlake, JustinTimberlake, nicholas markowitz, NicholasMarkowitz
Posted Jun 29th 2009 11:10AM by TMZ Staff
We've learned actress Diane Keaton was injured on the set of her new film in New York this morning and had to be removed by stretcher.
But have no fear, a rep for Paramount Studios told ET Diane was "taken to a hospital for precautionary tests and has been cleared to return to work tomorrow."
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Movies, Nurse!
Tags: diane keaton, DianeKeaton, hospital, hospitalized, morning glory, MorningGlory
Posted Jun 25th 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
Joshua Leonard is best known for starring in the 1999 horror hit "The Blair Witch Project." Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Movies, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: Blair Witch Project, BlairWitchProject, Joshua Leonard, JoshuaLeonard
Posted Jun 22nd 2009 10:04AM by TMZ Staff
Sacha Baron Cohen's tour of the bizarre rolled into Berlin yesterday -- where his new fashion designs battled some pesky XXX stereotypes ...
BTW -- Despite the appearance of 4 men, there are actually 5 phalli in this photo.
Filed under: Movies, Wacky & Weird, Hot Bodies
Tags: berlin, bruno, germany, naked, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen
Posted Jun 21st 2009 7:30AM by TMZ Staff
Michael Bay sent a scathing email to Paramount Studios before the release of "Transformers 2," complaining in effect that his famous director friends would be shocked at the way Paramount was promoting the flick.
We've obtained an email dated May 4, 2009 -- from Bay to Paramount head Brad Grey, along with a bunch of other Paramount honchos. Bay complains bitterly that Paramount's ad campaign for "Transformers 2" was tepid and ineffective.
"... I have been waiting, and waiting for the anticipation of an 'event movie' to make it into the 'public zeitgeist,'" Bay writes.
Bay calls the print campaign an "abject failure," with a "pathetic presence" in the L.A. Times. He's especially pissed about the profile of the movie on the MTV Video Awards, calling it "so lame."
But here's the best part. Bay name-drops Jerry Bruckheimer, saying Jerry always told him "a studio that does not make [the opening of a movie] an event ... will get bitten in the ass." He then adds, "Besides my good friend Steven [Spielberg], Jerry has made a lot more successful movies then (sic) all of us."
Bay then asks, sarcastically, "Is this is a cash issue with your company?"
In fairness, on June 6, Bay clearly had a change of heart, sending an email to Grey and others at Paramount, praising them for treating him well, adding ..."Paramount is like family. Thank you all for busting your butts and bringing your 'A game' for the release of Transformers."
Bet Steven and Jerry haven't sent such a nice email to their studios!
Filed under: Movies
Tags: brad grey, BradGrey, jerry bruckheimer, JerryBruckheimer, michael bay, MichaelBay, paramount studios, ParamountStudios, transformers 2, Transformers2
Posted Jun 20th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
In case it's not already clear, out-of-work actors really are willing to do anything for cash/fame ... even if it involves mimicking bodily fluids.
The director of "The Great Sperm Race" hired hundreds of unemployed actors and extras to dress in all white and run across North America -- mimicking the sperm's journey from, well, "point A" to "point B". It doesn't look like the work was that interesting either -- the actors' direction was to "run for your life."
The film reportedly spent the majority of its 2 million dollar budget on the hundreds of actors' fees and a costly scene involving a water slide ...
Filed under: Movies, Wacky & Weird
Tags: disovery channel, DisoveryChannel, great sperm race, GreatSpermRace, unemployed actors, UnemployedActors
Posted Jun 19th 2009 8:15AM by TMZ Staff
It may be the dumbest move of all time: A man risking his personal freedom, public humiliation and his entire career -- all because he wanted to illegally burn a copy of "The Love Guru."
As if sitting through the flick wasn't punishment enough, a 28-year-old named Jack Yates was just sentenced to 6 months in a federal prison for burning illegal DVDs of the awful flick for his friends before the movie came out in 2008.
Yates' copy eventually made it to the 'net, where it was illegally downloaded more than 85,000 times.
Dude pleaded guilty to copyright infringement -- he's also guilty of the worst taste in movies ever.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies
Tags: copyright infringement, CopyrightInfringement, federal prison, FederalPrison, mike myers, MikeMyers, the love guru, TheLoveGuru
Posted Jun 18th 2009 9:33AM by TMZ Staff
The Austrian media is going crazy over the new movie "Bruno" -- claiming Sacha Baron Cohen based his fake flamboyant Austrian TV host ... on a real life flamboyant Austrian TV host.
The dude caught in the middle is Alfons Haider -- he's proud to be gay, he's into fashion, and (just like Bruno) he's also been known to compare himself to Zac Efron.
Want more evidence? -- Alfons is the highest-paid presenter on Austrian state broadcaster ORF. In the film, Bruno works for a channel called OJRF. Coincidence?
The controversy has been raging in Austria for a while, but Haider just told The Telegraph newspaper, "I never understood the comparison to myself at all. The only comparisons I can think of is that I'm Austrian, I'm gay, and I work for television, but the rest is completely fiction."
Anyone really buyin' that?
Filed under: Movies
Tags: alfonse haider, AlfonseHaider, austria, bruno, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen
Posted Jun 15th 2009 4:15PM by TMZ Staff
Proving once and for all that golden, sparkly lederhosen are a man's best friend, Bruno struck this half-assed pose while sashaying through France today.
That Sacha Baron Cohen is one smooth, cheeky Brit.
Filed under: Movies, Full Throttle Fashion
Tags: bruno, lederhosen, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen
Posted Jun 15th 2009 12:47AM by TMZ Staff
On top, a photo taken by a 59-year-old man of Kevin Spacey on the set of his movie, "Casino Jack."
On bottom, a photo taken by the same man after he was allegedly thrown into the bushes for taking said photo.
It's a he said/he said story -- the photog claims he happened upon the film set on Sunday and decided to snap a few pics. That's when he says he was grabbed by the arm, led to the sidewalk, and tossed into the bushes by some guys from the crew. Once he dusted himself off, he claims Kevin Spacey himself told him, "Don't ever take my picture and fight with the crew."
The film crew has a different story. They told the Ontario Provincial Police the photog was anything but an amateur and when he was asked to leave, pushed one of the production assistants away and "struck him in the neck with something." As for the photog falling down -- the P.A. claims the photog stumbled while he was walking backwards up the steps.
The cops took statements from both sides -- there were no injuries and neither side was looking to press charges.
The police report does not mention Spacey at all. We're told Kevin did talk to the photog, but only after he saw the P.A. get assaulted.
Filed under: Movies, Nurse!
Tags: Casino jack, CasinoJack, kevin spacey, KevinSpacey, photo
Posted Jun 14th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
Mare Winningham played Wendy Beamish in the 1985 brat pack classic "St. Elmo's Fire." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Movies, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: Columbia Pictures, ColumbiaPictures
Posted Jun 12th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
Ilan Mitchell-Smith became sorta famous playing Wyatt Donnelly opposite Anthony Michael Hall in the 1985 teen comedy "Weird Science." Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Movies, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: Anthony Michael Hall, AnthonyMichaelHall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, IlanMitchell-smith, Weird Science, WeirdScience
Posted Jun 11th 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
Blanche Baker (seen here with her mother Carroll Baker) is best known for playing Molly Ringwald's older sister in the 1984 teen comedy classic "Sixteen Candles." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Movies, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: Blanche Baker, BlancheBaker, Sixteen Candles, SixteenCandles
Posted Jun 10th 2009 5:55PM by TMZ Staff
Fear not Lakers faithful -- Kobe Bryant and his boys have the perfect motivational tool before game four of the NBA finals: movie night (a shiver runs down the Magic's collective spines).
We're told the Lakers had three options for tonight's team bonding outing -- "The Hangover," "Angels & Demons" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3."
We would have recommended "The Hangover" (HYSTERICAL!!!), but coach Phil Jackson chose "Pelham" because the team wanted "to support [their] season ticket holder," Denzel Washington.
A discount on his pricey floor seats might be more appreciated by D Dub.
Filed under: Movies, Talk Sports
Tags: angels and demons, AngelsAndDemons, denzel washington, DenzelWashington, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers, taking of pelham 123, TakingOfPelham123, the hangover, TheHangover
Posted Jun 9th 2009 2:15AM by TMZ Staff
Linda Hunt won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing male Chinese-Australian photographer Billy Kwan in the 1982 Mel Gibson film "The Year of Living Dangerously." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Movies, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: Linda Hunt, LindaHunt
