Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of No Country for Old Men for more than 10 million of outstanding bonuses promised to him for starring in the picture The San Antonio Express-News reportsIn a lawsuit filed against Paramount Pictures on Thursday Jones who played Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in the Oscar-winning film claims his contract assured him significant box office bonuses and back-end compensation depending on the movies box-office success No Country went on to gross 160 millionThe reimbursement was meant to compensate for Jones reduced upfront feeThe actor asserts he was denied such compensation over the winter when Paramount informed him of various mistakes in his contractJones wants an auditor to review records to determine how much he ought to be owed Joyce Eng
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As Entourage's Vince Chase, Adrian Grenier lives the glitzy life of a rising Hollywood ingenue, complete with SUVs and all. But the star will soon be guiding us toward a greener way of life with Alter Eco, a new series from Discovery's Planet Green.During the 13-part series, Grenier, an "entourage" of three eco-experts and his curly locks will work with everyone from celebs to busy families to nightclub owners to help them find chic and easy ways to reduce their carbon footprints. With his trio, Grenier tours Los Angeles and offers viewers small ways they can green up their everyday lives.Alter Eco's just one of a whole lineup of original shows the 'net has planned, most of which will be featuring celebs, such as the face-off show, Battleground Earth, featuring Ludacris and Tommy Lee (yes — Luda's reportedly going by the moniker "Luda the Polluta," while Lee's been dubbed "Toxic Tommy"). Will the celeb involvement help reach new demographics? Or will these mission-minded series...
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When a man stumbles upon a bloody scene and two million dollars in cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Hunted by a psychopathic killer, the man tries desperately to put an end to his pursuer while the local Sheriff follows the bodies left behind. No Country for Old Men is the 4-time Oscar-winning movie from Joel and Ethan Coen starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem, winner of the Academy Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role."No Country for Old Men arrived at my house as an Oscar-nominated film, and it walked away with 4 awards before I had a chance to watch it. The "best picture" winner is always worthy of viewing, either because it's a great movie, or because you're able to shake your head in disgust after viewing it, proclaiming another movie as being "much, much better." I went in with an open mind, even though I strongly disliked Fargo, the other movie that provided the Coen brothers wi...
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Sid Ganis president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and actress Kathy Bates have just announced the major Oscar nominations for last years films and for my money there are some real surprises among themThe critically acclaimed comedy Juno which is also doing strong business has been recognized in a major way especially surprising since traditionally comedies often get short shrift in the major categories Written by first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody starring up-and-coming Canadian actress Ellen Page and directed by Jason Reitman it took a best-picture nomination and major category recognition for the key players a best-actress nom for Page original screenplay for Cody and director for Reitman Tommy Lee Jones nabbed a best-actor nomination for the sober Iraq War picture In the Valley of Elah directed and written by 2005 Oscar-winner Paul Haggis Crash and ignored in all other categories like every other fiction film dealing with the
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Now that the relationship between Paramount and Tom Cruise has soured, might the Mission: Impossible franchise be turned over to another of Hollywood's biggest stars? A rep for Brad Pitt tells the New York Daily News that rumblings of the fair-haired hunk heading up the next Mission are "totally made up".... Justin Long and Maggie Q are joining Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard, playing a sidekick for McClane and a world-class hacker, respectively.... Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones are in talks to play a police detective and a father searching for his supposedly AWOL (but perhaps murdered) Iraq War-vet son in Crash director Paul Haggis' next project.
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