on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, 06:32 PM writes: "Much has been made lately of singer-songwriter 's demands to screen the Weinstein Co.'s upcoming Oscar hopeful, but it's only the latest in a growing trend of troubling rumors surrounding the .
The film, directed by documentarian ( , ), chronicles the up-down trajectory of Warhol celebutante Sedgwick, the pixie-headed model-actress who was briefly a member of the Factory in the 1960s, dated Bob Dylan, and died of a drug overdose in 1971. Miller herself is a dead-on doppelganger for Sedgwick and stars alongside Pearce, , , , , , and various members of Weezer.
It's Christensen's character, Billy Quinn, that has drawn the ire of Dylan and his lawyers; though the name is different, the character bears enough resemblance to the folk legend and implies that their break-up inadvertently led to Sedgwick's demise.
: [The character] has Dylan's mannerisms and sports a checked scarf like the one Dylan sports on the cover of his classic Blonde on Blonde album -- on which, legend has it, Sedgwick inspired two songs, Just Like a Woman and Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat.
Consequently, Dylan is demanding the film's release and all early screenings be cancelled until he can view it and give his approval -- or else producers and Holly Wiersma will be sued for defamation. (Coincidentally, Yari is the guy who was embroiled in a lawsuit around this time last year over snubbed producing credits for Crash and is over what he considers a flawed Oscar campaign for his upcoming film, .
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Add that to recent rumors of and Girl champions might have cause to worry about the flick (and it's stars') chances come February. And then there's the over at about the Hickenlooper film, a failed competing Edie Sedgwick project, and a quite entertaining, if hard to follow, ensuing war of words from supporters of both camps (scroll down to the comments, it's worth it!).
It's finally a go for teen crime flick , the -helmed biopic based on the life of a young drug lord known as Jesse James Hollywood that premiered at nearly a year ago. Thanks to a federal judge's ruling, this January; Hollywood's defense attorney still maintains that releasing the flick will infringe upon his client's right to a fair trial (to take place next year) and will continue to seek legal restraints.
The pic, starring , , , , and a lot more young Hollywood thesps, details the kidnapping and murder of a young man allegedly orchestrated by Hollywood, who consequently became the youngest person on the FBI's most wanted list.
The wealthy, fast-living criminal fled to Brazil, where he was apprehended in 2005.
Penelope and Pedro, still going strong..
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In the indie box office battle last week, 's again claims the top spot, taking in a per screen average of $6,965 of 45 screens in its seventh week of release for a total of just under $2.9 million.
The runner-up was the debut drama starring and ; it took in $5,309 in one theater. The suburban drama starring came in third, claiming $3,695 on 21 screens in its 11th week of release (for a total of just over $2 million). The theatrical adaptation of finished fourth, taking in $2,889 on 76 screens in its fourth week of release for a total of $795,000.
Finally, the Bollywood drama/adventure, , made $2,852 on 50 screens in its first week of release, for a total of $142,000." on Dec 21 2006, 11:30 AM I'm happy they are going to finally release Alpha Dog which I do really want to see, it looks good from the trailer, even though I hate Justin Timberlake. Wise move by Lionsgate to pickup Tenderness which sounds good and has some good actors in it.
Sharon Stone is a MILF that's for damn sure, but I don't know about a movie with Jimmy Fallon.
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