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Christmas Spirit: Frank Miller's Latest to Arrive Early | Movie News | 5/7/2008
The Christmas Day movie slate just got a little fuller. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has moved its adaptation of The Spirit, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson, up to a Dec. 25 release date. Written and directed by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) the flick is based on the comic-book series created by the late Will Eisner, and was originally set to bow Jan. 16, 2009.Producers said fans at last month's Comic-Con confirmed their feeling that an earlier release of the... read more
Coming Attractions: Sean Penn's Milk Costars Pour In | Today's News: Our Take | 12/5/2007
Got Milk? Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch soon will. The hot properties are close to signing on to appear opposite Robin Wright's better half in Gus Van Sant's flick about the U.S.' first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk. I said openly gay, Larry Craig; don't get your knickers in a knot.... Samuel L. Jackson will star in the thriller Unfinished Country as the chief administrator of an overcrowded South African hospital.... CBS Films has optioned as its first potential feature... read more
Samuel L. Jackson Makes Magic for ESPN | Today's News: Our Take | 12/3/2007
Samuel L. Jackson, Wynton Marsalis and NBA star Chris Paul have signed on to narrate Black Magic, an ESPN documentary chronicling the Civil Rights movement through the prism of basketball programs at historically African-American universities.According to the Reporter, the doc will premiere March 16 — following the cabler's NCAA tourney selection show (Go, 'Cuse!) — and wrap up the following night. read more
Denzel Takes the Pelham 1, 2, 3, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 9/24/2007
Denzel Washington will channel Walter Matthau in an update of the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, in which four hijackers hold a subway train's passengers for ransom. David Koepp penned the screenplay.... Also per Variety, Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac will dance and sing as soul legends begrudgingly reunited on tour in the comedy Soul Men (C. Thomas Howell not included).... Jason Bateman is joining Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in the feature take on the U.K. miniseries State of... read more
At the Movies: Will Sam Jackson Catch The Spirit? | Today's News: Our Take | 5/18/2007
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Snakes-wrangler Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the Octopus, a supervillain with a superlethal punim, in The Spirit, Frank Miller's comic-book adaptation about a murdered cop reborn as a masked mystery man.... Jeff Bridges is Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, also starring Kirsten Dunst.... Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel) is being eyed for the dramedy Henry Poole Is Here, starring Luke Wilson.... Per Variety,... read more
Crashing the Celeb Golf Tournament | Ben's Real Wedding Crashers Blog | 5/5/2007
Thanks to all of you who have been watching The Real Wedding Crashers [Mondays at 10 pm/ET, on NBC]. People keep asking me for insight into the next episode, so I may as well give it all away. This is actually one of my favorite episodes. There are pranks involving a mishap at a tanning salon and an audition for wedding singers. I got to play three different characters: a horrible wedding singer with neck tattoos, an animal rights protestor, and, of course, an annoying wedding guest. I really... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/13/2006
A diverse group of celebrities that included Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Heroes' Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere, g read more
Short Cuts: SNL, Tom Brokaw, Penguins and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 10/31/2006
Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season, an eight-disc, 24-episode set, arrives on DVD Dec. 5.... Tom Brokaw will return to his old stomping grounds when he joins Brian Williams and Tim Russert for NBC's midterm-elections coverage.... THINKfilm has announced a Jan. 30, 2007, street date for the straight-to-DVD spoof Farce of the Penguins, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and accordingly rated R.... NBC's annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center telecast, airing Nov. 29, will feature Christina... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/5/2006
Just as I was packing my bags to fly out to Los Angeles for the Primetime Emmy Awards, the call came: 'Can you interview read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/4/2006
Just as I was packing my bags to fly out to Los Angeles for the Primetime Emmy Awards, the call came: 'Can you interview read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/23/2006
By now we all know how the esteemed read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/17/2006
In theaters Friday and not being screened in advance for critics ? or even cast members, who'll see it fir the first tim read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/19/2006
The outlook for Sunny Mabrey looks, yes, clear and bright. read more
FlickChick | 4/6/2006
Are there any plans to bring Stephen King's latest horror fest to the big screen? It's a haunting story read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/4/2006
Samuel L. Jackson is joining John Cusack in 1408, based on the short story by read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/27/2006
I don't know if he'll ever give a more laughable performance than the one he unintentionally delivered in Deep Blue S read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/21/2006
Per Variety, Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson will star in Resurrectin read more
Televisionary | 12/15/2005
Last night the dinner discussion was Pee-wee's Playhouse and we were trying to recall who was who on the show. We read more
Samuel L. Jackson Plays Funny Man | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/9/2005
At long last, America's curiosity about what a Samuel L. Jackson read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/26/2005
Justin Timberlake is in talks to star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in the Paramount drama Black Snake read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/25/2005
Justin Timberlake is in talks to star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in the Paramount drama Black Snake read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/24/2005
Justin Timberlake is in talks to star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in the Paramount drama Black Snake read more
Ask Ausiello | 6/8/2005
Question: Any chance you could get the name of the actor leaving Lost in October due to a contract dispute? Or at least read more
FlickChick | 5/26/2005
Question: Can tell me what was in the briefcase John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson are taking over to Ving Rhames' char read more
Today's News: My Take | 5/5/2005
Samuel L. Jackson is set to produce and lend his voice to Afro Samurai, a five-episode action cartoon headed for Spike T read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/28/2005
Clear out a corner Office for the Britcom's creators, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant — their new BBC2 series, Ex read more
The Watercooler | 3/11/2005
The O.C. All right, is it just me or did it feel like Josh Schwartz was trying to right a couple wrong turns? I mean, a read more
The Watercooler | 2/27/2005
Welcome to our live Oscar night Watercooler. Damian Holbrook will be sharing his thoughts on all of the pre-Oscar festiv read more
Today's News: My Take | 2/24/2005
The Sopranos' Edie Falco has been added to the cast of Freedomland, the all-star feature adaptation of Richard Price's b read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/17/2005
Good thing Jennifer Garner's still got her day job: The Alias butt-kicker's Daredevil offshoot, Elektra, opened at the b read more
Sam Jackson's Hoop Dreams | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/12/2005
When you have as distinctive a screen presence as Samuel L. Jackson, it's difficult not to get typecast in certain kinds of roles. But the 56-year-old actor has managed to circumvent lazy casting agents."They tried to [typecast me]," he says matter-of-factly. "It doesn't work. I work very hard to find different kinds of jobs with different kinds of characters. My agents and managers know that, so they send me scripts that are different. I think one of the most interesting things about me for... read more
Ashanti's Oz Preview | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/11/2005
For her feature-film debut in Coach Carter (opening Friday), R&B idol Ashanti got to work with both Samuel L. Jackson and Finding Forrester star Rob Brown. But her preferred leading man is the one she shares the screen with in her next movie, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. "I'd have to say that Pepe the Shrimp is my favorite costar," the 24-year-old fledgling actress laughs. "He had a wonderful personality." In case you're confused, no, Pepe is definitely not playing Ashanti's love interest in ... read more
The Watercooler | 7/19/2004
Quote of the Weekend: "Pete Rose thought BET was named after him... LeBron, if you'd gone to college you'd be laughin read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/25/2003
September has been a big month for Hollywood parties. Sure, we've had the Emmys, but there's also lotsa glitz and glam a read more
Today's News: My Take | 8/11/2003
Here's proof that the cop genre isn't D.O.A.: The Colin Farrell-Samuel L. Jackson action flick S.W.A.T. opened at No. 1 read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/26/2003
Sorry, Pulp Fiction fans. If you plan to see Basic this weekend 'cause it's the first time Samuel L. Jackson and John Tr read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/10/2002
A group of 100 entertainers, including Kim Basinger, Matt Damon, Ethan Hawke, Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Lange, are b read more
FlickChick | 8/8/2002
Question: Can you tell me who, male or female, holds the record for being cut out of films? For example, Kevin Costner's read more
Today's News: My Take | 7/8/2002
Minority Report hottie Colin Farrell has signed on to star opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the big screen version of the 1 read more
FlickChick | 4/18/2002
Question: Halle Berry was the sixth African-American nominated for an Oscar, so who are the other five? — James Flic read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/15/2002
There was major congestion (wink, wink) at the box office over the weekend as the Ben Affleck-Samuel L. Jackson road rag read more
FlickChick | 2/21/2002
Question: I recently saw Hair on DVD and had forgotten how much talent was in this movie! What has happened to most of t read more
Televisionary | 12/18/2001
Question: Last night the dinner discussion was Pee-wee's Playhouse and we were trying to recall who was who on the show. read more
FlickChick | 7/12/2001
Question: My question may seem obscure, but I'm a big fan of character actor Dick Miller. The IMDb lists him as having a read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/16/2000
Filmmaker John Singleton is in final talks to write and direct Baby Blue, a film that reportedly will harken back to his read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/23/2000
He may be an American Psycho but Christian Bale says even he's intimidated by the intensity of Samuel L. Jackson's John read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/22/2000
Shaft star Samuel L. Jackson said on Thursday's Howard Stern radio show that he recently bared all for his first big lov read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/20/2000
Just like the no-nonsense detective he plays in the hit movie Shaft, actor Samuel L. Jackson doesn't back down under pre read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/19/2000
Samuel L. Jackson's remake of the 1971 blaxploitation flick Shaft was the No. 1 movie at the weekend box office, grossin read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/14/2000
Ubiquitous Shaft star Samuel L. Jackson is entering the wrestling ring! WWF.com reports that the actor will appear on to read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/12/2000
Prepare to get the shaft from TNT — a 10-hour Shaft marathon on Tuesday, that is! The cable network will air the th read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/7/2000
Hollywood's sexiest young actors are in love and wanted everyone to know at MTV's Movie Awards, held last Saturday and a read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/22/2000
The medics were on call with plenty of cotton and iodine when silver-screen heavyweights Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee read more