DATA HARD: December 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

CAN SENSITIVE WIMP MICHEAL CERA, BE A BIG SCREEN GILLIGAN?

The creator of the popular, idiotic, sitcom that refuses to die-
Sherwood Schwartz,plus his son Lloyd Schwartz have inked deal to
make a silver screen version of Gilligan’s Island.

"I loved Gilligan’s Island as a kid, and am not against the idea of a re-imagining of the series… But it seems to me that LOST is our generation’s version
of the 1960’s television series, and anything closer to the source material would
just be too silly (somewhat like John Goodman's Flintstones movie.)

Schwartz warned the audience of his plan- at the Beverly Hills induction ceremony of
Television Academy’s Hall of Fame. He proclaimed to TV
Guide "that he wants Michael Cera to play Gilligan and Beyonce Knowles
to play Ginger."

IS KATE WINSLET GETTING DESPERATE FOR A OSCAR? (BECOMING MOVIE'S ANSWER TO AMERICA TV STAR SUSAN LUCCI.)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

THE PROMISE OF A NEW CONTRACT-

ABDUL CLEANS UP IN NEW EIGHT FIGURE DEAL.

Paula Abdul expressed in a Barbara Walter's radio interview,that she "maybe unhappy" and "under contract"- as the resident hot nut job, on the nation's top show. Fox decided to- show her the money, by double her current contract to almost $10 million bucks, for next season's American Idol,its ninth season.

This would up her, from her current fee of 5 million. This is after having to admit to herself- that there's little chance in hell- of matching top lead judge and the most hated man in America, Simon Cowell, who pulls down about $30 million annually. Fox executives concurrently agreed with Abdul that she worth the cash and "They definitely want her back." Accordingly to Walters herself- there's a "95 % chance" of renewal.

The Straight Up songstress also revealed- she felt the strange, suicidal vibe- coming from the contestant Paula GoodSpeed. The love of Arsenio Hall's life, "begged" them to not let GoodSpeed audition (back during season 5)and thought this put the crew's lives (including the backstage workers, co-judge Randy Jackson and Host Ryan Seacrest) in danger.