It was a much hyped, CGI—heavy tale of the end of the world, but clearly armageddon sells movie tickets: 2012 raked in a global total of $225 million on its opening weekend. Read more »
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‘2012′ Blows Up with $65 Million Dollar Opening Weekend
November 16th, 2009 / Author: Luisa MetcalfeThe PhilmGuy Reviews: ‘2012′
November 13th, 2009 / Author: Phil Villarreal
Forget about the explosions, the continent-sized volcanoes, the crumbling freeways and screaming extras — 2012 is no disaster movie, it’s a high-rent remake of The Parent Trap. Read more »
Nightly News: Angelina Jolie’s New Movie Trailer; John Cusack’s Talks Hollywood
November 4th, 2009 / Author: Jaime Rabb
- Check out the action packed trailer for Angelina Jolie’s new movie, Salt. (Just Jared)
- John Cusack dishes about filming the movie 2012. (Pop Eater)
- Jennifer Garner’s daughter, Violet, is excited to start school again. (Pop Sugar)
- Zac Efron tries to hide from the paparazzi but gets snapped anyways. (Socialite Life)
- Modern Family is hysterical and some think more so than 30 Rock. (E! Online)
- Kate Beckinsale is really gorgeous. (Celebslam)
VIDEO: Cusack Vs. McCain
June 11th, 2008
John Cusack has decided to voice his political views about the upcoming presidential election and he’s not beating around the "Bush" about who he’s going to vote for.
In a pair of videos posted on YouTube, Cusack addresses specific issues he feels both Republican nominee John McCain and President George W. Bush agree on.
"I know my opinion doesn’t matter more than anyone else’s and I just make films," he told the AP on Wednesday. "But I do feel you have to speak out, and that’s what I’m doing."
The 30-second videos went out to members of the liberal political activist group MoveOn.org and will begin airing as television ads on Thursday. In one of them Cusack offers a "pop quiz" to voters, asking them, among other things: "Who supports keeping our troops in harm’s way in Iraq but not the bipartisan G.I. bill of right to support them when they return home?"
The actor continues, saying that McCain and Bush both do, adding, "Bet you can’t tell them apart."
Cusack, whose latest film, the war satire War Inc., deals with these very subjects, says he supports Democrat Barack Obama.
Check out one of the political ads below and tell us what you think!
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John Cusack Stalker to Stand Trial
April 15th, 2008 / Author: cwillett
A judge ruled on Monday that the 33-year-old woman caught stalking John Cusack will stand trial.
Emily Diane Leatherman was arrested in March oustide the actor’s home in Malibu. In a complaint against her it alleges the woman began stalking the actor back in February. A temporary restraining order has been filed to keep Emily away from John.
John accuses the woman of throwing a bag of of love letters, rocks and screwdrivers over his home’s fence. She faces several charges including one count of felony stalking, one misdemeanor charge of failing to obey a restraining order and one count of petty theft. She could spend up to four years in jail if found guilty.
John Cusack’s Stalker Arrested
April 3rd, 2008
Emily Leatherman faces up to three years in state prison after being charged with misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court restraining order and petty theft in connection with stalking the actor John Cusack. She plead not guilty to the charges but remains in jail on $500,000 jail.
Police were called to Cusack’s home on Sunday after a cab driver reported that a passenger refused to pay for a ride. As police were clarifying the situation, Cusack notified police that he recognized the passenger as Leatherman and that she had been stalking him.
Cusack was granted a restraining order against Leatherman in July 2006, which stipulated that she stay at least 500 feet away from him.
Court papers filed claimed that Leatherman showed “unusual interest by stalking, throwing long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making unannounced visits to offices of people I work with in an attempt to meet with me and listing my address as her own during a recent arrest.”
John Cusack Talks Family and Loss
December 4th, 2007 / Author: cwillett
At an event to promote John Cusack’s new film Grace Is Gone, the thinking girl’s heartthrob opened up to OK! about playing a guy who loses his wife in the Iraq war and has to cope with telling his two young daughters about the loss.
Donning glasses and bad posture, John’s character is a far cry from the cads he usually plays in his films. But the role of dad is one he’s taken on as late playing a father in the thriller 1408, his family comedy Martian Child and now Grace Is Gone.
But does John have any real-life experience to use when playing these parts? “It’s kind of a complicated answer," the actor explained to OK!. "But you just use your life, your imagination — your writing sparks your imagination — you try to put yourself in other people’s shoes.”
Playing a distraught and confused husband turned single father is the plot of the story and although it’s not something he’s personally experienced, John, like everyone, has lost loved ones. “If you have friends who died or family members, or if you can just have some empathy and compassion — it’s pretty harrowing stuff.”
And he hopes people can look past the war themes of the movie and just see it for what it is — a movie about loss and a way to gain perspective on such an intense time as the war. “You can’t put your mind around — it’s too abstract — the stuff that is really happening,” he added, “it’s really hard to process. This is a way to maybe make it more real — make it less abstract.”
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