Monday, March 10

• Win a night with Scarlett Johansson

  Fans of Scarlett Johansson can win the chance to meet the buxom actress, and it's all in the name of charity.

  Johansson, who is an Oxfam Ambassador, is auctioning off two tickets to the New York premiere of her upcoming movie, He's Just Not That Into You, this July to benefit the charity. The winner will also get a meet and greet with Johansson, and be escorted to the premiere via chauffeured car after being dolled up at the Prive Salon.

  100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to Oxfam America.

  Bidding closes on Weds (Mar 12) at 8 PM PST, so to get your bid in under the wire, go to www.ebay.com/oxfam.

  
  

  Posted 03/10/2008 by Heather

  Scarlett Johansson | He's Just Not That Into You

Wednesday, August 29

• Now Affleck is Just Not That Into You

  Ben Affleck joins the rest of the known Hollywood universe in the cast of Ken Kwapis' He's Just Not That Into You.

  That makes: Affleck, Anniston, Barrymore, and Johansson, in case you're counting. Who knew so many people wanted to work with the guy who made The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants?

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 08/29/2007 by Heather

  Ben Affleck | He's Just Not That Into You

Friday, August 17

• Today's movie newz: Johansson x 3 and Push

  Movie fans should plan on seeing a lot of Scarlett Johansson in the months to come. Not only is the buxom beauty starring in The Nanny Diaries, which opens next week, but she's lined up three more projects to film over the next year, says The Hollywood Reporter.

  She is yet another in the line of stars to sign on for a part in Ken Kwapis's He's Just Not That Into You, which seems to be becoming a bigger deal by the day. Just yesterday, the news was that Jennifer Aniston would be joining the cast, which already includes Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly, amongst others. In it, Johansson will play a singer/pilates instructor who has an affair with a married man.

  She has also signed on for Frank Miller's adaptation of the noir comic strip Will Eisner's The Spirit. Johansson will star opposite Gabriel Macht (Because I Said So, The Good Shepherd) as Silk N. Floss, a smart sexy secretary who backs up baddie, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson).

  To complete the hat trick, Johansson will also be starring in Mary Queen of Scots, a biopic centering around the Scottish monarch's romance with the Earl of Bothwell and rivalry with her half-brother James. The indie costume drama will be directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil).

  In other news, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America), Dakota Fanning (Charlotte's Web, War of the Worlds), Chris Evans (The Nanny Diaries, Fantastic Four), and Camilla Belle (The Ballad of Jack and Rose) will be toplining Push, a new thriller that starts shooting next month in China.

  Push will follow the story of a group of clairvoyant American ex-pats hiding out from the U.S. government in Hong Kong, says Variety. It will be directed by Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin).

  
  

  Posted 08/17/2007 by Heather

  Camilla Belle | Dakota Fanning | Scarlett Johansson | Paul McGuigan | Djimon Hounsou | Chris Evans | John Curran | Mary Queen of Scots | Will Eisner's The Spirit | He's Just Not That Into You | Push

Thursday, August 16

• Movie newz: Aniston, Piven, and Trucker

  Jennifer Aniston is about to be the next cast member to join in Ken Kwapis's (License to Wed, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) adaptation of He's Just Not That Into You. The former Friends star is in negotiations to play a woman in a long-term relationship with a marriage-phobic boyfriend, says The Hollywood Reporter. Filming is scheduled to start next month in LA.

  Jeremy Piven (Entourage, Smokin' Aces) let slip to MTV on the Common music video shoot that he is about to star in a comedy called Don Ready. He wouldn't reveal anymore details other than that it is being produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay--which are obviously pretty juicy details.

  And finally, former Nicholl fellowship winner James Mottern will make his feature directing debut with his script Trucker, about a female truck driver who has to start to take care of her estranged 11-year-old son after his father is hospitalized. The indie drama will star Michelle Monaghan (North Country, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Nathan Fillion (Waitress, Firefly), Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality, Traffic), Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy, Big Daddy), and Jimmy Bennett (Evan Almighty, Poseidon), says Variety.

  
  

  Posted 08/16/2007 by Heather

  Benjamin Bratt | Jennifer Aniston | Jeremy Piven | Jimmy Bennett | Michelle Monaghan | Nathan Fillion | Joey Lauren Adams | James Mottern | He's Just Not That Into You | The Goods: The Don Ready Story | Trucker

Tuesday, August 7

• Movie newz: Appaloosa and He's Just Not That Into You

  Renee Zellweger has signed on to star in Appaloosa, a Western drama that will be directed by Ed Harris (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13). The movie is about "a pair of friends hired to protect a lawless town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher," says Variety.com.

  Harris, who will also be starring in the movie, adapted the script with Robert Knott (with whom he worked in Pollock) from the 2006 novel by Robert B. Parker. Harris will also be re-uniting with his A History of Violence co-star Viggo Mortensen, who also toplines the film which will start filming in New Mexico in October.

  And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard) and Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love) are all close to closing casting deals in Ken Kwapis's (License to Wed) film adaptation of He's Just Not That Into You.

  As we reported in June, Drew Barrymore will be producing and starring in the movie, based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

  And finally, MTV.com is reporting that actress Rosario Dawson (Grindhouse, Sin City 2) won't be in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno after all. Although Smith wrote the role of Miri with Dawson in mind, it appears she is too busy with her other projects (most notably Eagle Eye, which will be directed by D.J. Caruso) to fit it into her schedule. We wonder if Smith will delay shootnig Zack and Miri to get his muse? 

  
  

  Posted 08/07/2007 by Heather

  Bradley Cooper | Ed Harris | Jennifer Connelly | Justin Long | Kevin Smith | Rosario Dawson | Ken Kwapis | Renee Zellweger | Kevin Connolly | Viggo Mortensen | Ginnifer Goodwin | Appaloosa | He's Just Not That Into You | Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Sunday, June 17

• Drew just not that into you

  At the press junket for the upcoming Robin Williams/John Krasinski comedy License to Wed, director Ken Kwapis confirmed that Drew Barrymore will be starring in his next project, an adaptation of the non-fiction book He's Just Not That Into You.

  "I will say that Drew's in it. She's also a producer," said Kwapis, who will be making the comedic/dramatic film for NewLine.

  With this project, Kwapis will be joining the recent trend of adapting non-fiction books into film (witness Fast Food Nation and Mean Girls). Quite a challenge to tackle!

  
  
  Next Showing: He's Just Not That Into You is in the beginning phases of casting.

  Posted 06/17/2007 by Heather

  Drew Barrymore | Ken Kwapis | He's Just Not That Into You