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Posted Jan 11th 2007 2:20PM by TMZ Staff
Everyone's favorite tween hussies are hitting the big screen.
That's right, come August 2007, "Bratz: The Movie," a live-action version of the creepy dolls, will indoctrinate a slew of unsuspecting young girls into the belief that empowerment comes from being ultra-skinny, wearing tight slutty clothes and piling on enough makeup and eyelashes to become card-carrying members of the Tammy Faye Fan Club.
Flighty American Idol judge Paula Abdul has been brought onboard as executive producer and will appear in the film in a major role. Paula will also put her fizzy dizziness to work in multiple creative areas, including music, choreography and fashion. It is unknown at this time whether or not Paula will have her eyes surgically altered to match the dolls.
Hide the children, the Bratz (and Paula) are coming.
Filed under: Movies, Wacky & Weird
Tags: bratx the movie, BratxTheMovie, bratz, executive producer, ExecutiveProducer, lionsgate, live action, LiveAction, paula abdul, PaulaAbdul, the movie, TheMovie
Posted Sep 20th 2006 6:07PM by TMZ Staff
For two decades, Father Oliver O' Grady, by his own admission, molested scores of boys and girls in various parishes in California, becoming one of the most notorious pedophiles amongst the priests defrocked in the scandal that rocked the Catholic Church. A powerful new documentary tells O'Grady's story, and suggests that while his crimes were monstrous, the alleged cover-up perpetrated by the church was truly unforgivable.
"Deliver Us From Evil" tells the story of how the Catholic Church moved O'Grady from parish to parish in order to avoid liability and deflect criticism. Internal church documents prove that, beginning in 1973, Church superiors knew of O'Grady's actions and lied to parishioners and local law enforcement to protect him.
Some of the most remarkable moments of the film are the interviews with O'Grady himself. His dispassionate account of the hundreds of children he molested is disturbing enough; combined with the stories told by the survivors, filmmaker Amy Berg creates a moving, powerful, and unforgettable narrative. A never-before-seen taped deposition given by Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony and his former second-in-command Monsignor James Cain is also featured in the film.
The documentary has a limited release on October 13th and goes wide October 27th.
Filed under: Movies
Tags: catholic church, CatholicChurch, cover-up, deliver us from evil, DeliverUsFromEvil, documentary, lionsgate, molestation, oilver o'grady, OilverO'grady, pope
Posted Feb 26th 2006 5:19PM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
It was a second gold mine for Lionsgate Films, which also released Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," the movie that opened as No. 1 with $21.9 million on the same weekend last year.
Lionsgate hopes to have a third Perry movie out over the same weekend next year, said Steve Rothenberg, the company's president of distribution.
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Tags: Box office, BoxOffice, Lionsgate, Madea's Family reunion, Madea'sFamilyReunion, Tyler Perry, TylerPerry
Posted Feb 25th 2006 5:52PM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jessica Simpson took a break from filming her latest movie to dine with Gov. Bill Richardson, his wife and others at the governor's mansion.
Simpson, who is in Santa Fe filming "Employee of the Month," ate with the governor Thursday night. The film is the fifth shot in New Mexico by Lions Gate Entertainment, an independent production and distribution studio.
"The governor feels very strongly about getting involved personally to promote New Mexico's film industry," Richardson spokesman Pahl Shipley said.
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Tags: Employee of the Month, EmployeeOfTheMonth, Jessica Simpson, JessicaSimpson, Lionsgate, N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson, N.m.Gov.BillRichardson
