Cindy Pearlman
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Hollywood stimulus packages
Four Christmases? You don't even have enough money to buy presents for one this year. But for the price of a ticket, this is what you can buy yourself this holiday season (even if you can't afford the popcorn):
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The gawky vamp who has the girls gawking
Cindy Pearlman: In the twilight of the day, as the sun fades behind the Pacific, he looks pretty good for someone who is supposed to be 109 years old. The Sexiest Vampire Alive sits before you explaining his frailty, and it's not holy water or sunlight.
'Hooked' by 'Twilight' film
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has a staggering 17 million teen readers, many of whom will be lined up neck and neck to see the film version of the first book that will be unleashed on Friday.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Shields might get some sleep with 'Jungle' cancellation
Cindy Pearlman: What comes between Brooke Shields and her 500-thread-count sheets? Two little girls who need some attention -- although their model-actress-mom just rolled in from an all-nighter shoot for "Lipstick Jungle" that lasted until 5:30 in the morning. Can you say coffee in massive doses?
Friday, November 7, 2008
'View' co-host Sherri Shepherd thinks globally
Cindy Pearlman: Some call Sherri Shepherd outspoken. Some call her earthy. And others call her geographically challenged. "The View" co-host and Chicago native would like to clear up the last one. She now has the shape of the world figured out. "Oh girl, people got on me for that one," says Shepherd. "It was my second or third day on 'The View' and I was asked if the world was round or flat. I said I didn't know."
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Samuel L. Jackson recalls Bernie Mac's last movie
Cindy Pearlman: They met up in Chicago years ago when Samuel L. Jackson was filming "The Negotiator." He didn't need to negotiate what he would do in his off hours. "I hung out at my old friend Bernie Mac's house on the South Side," Jackson says. "He took me for the best food of my life. We talked about our golf games. We talked about life."
'Madagascar 2': It's a zoo in here
Not everybody hates Chris. It's true that Ben Stiller is complaining about his co-star in
"Madagascar 2," but his tirade is not pointed at the A-list comic
sitting next to him. The tough cookie he's talking about? Stiller's 2½-year-old son Quinn,
who voices a baby lion lost on the plains of Africa in "Madagascar 2,"
opening Friday.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Guy Ritchie's his own man without Madonna
A few weeks before the split heard 'round the world, Guy Ritchie was just your average British director married to the biggest music superstar around. He didn't want to dwell on Madonna while talking about his new film "RocknRolla," but he also knew that some mention of his significant other was part of the game.
