Sunday, June 30, 2013
'Monsters University' Still Tops Box Office, 'The Heat' KOs 'White House Down'
Rapper Lil Scrappy Leaves Rehab
Rapper Lil Scrappy has kicked his addiction to marijuana after a successful stint in a rehabilitation facility. The hip-hop star, real name Darryl Kevin Richardson II, voluntarily checked into a t...
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Jenni Pulos Welcomes First Child Alianna Marika
Congratulations to Interior Therapy's Jenni Pulos and her husband Jonathan Nassos who welcomed a baby girl on Saturday (June 29). In a statement her rep confirms to US Weekly, "Mommy and baby are d...
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Paula Deen 'Beyond Devastated' After Fallout From Admitting To Use Of N-word
After her shocking admission to using a racial slur – and fumbled attempts to apologize – celebrity chef Paula Deen is dropped by the Food Network and struggles to hold her reputation – and empire ...
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Film: Regular Guys at Iwo Jima
"Sands of Iwo Jima" is too formulaic and jingoistic to be considered great, but maybe it's just right for Fourth of July week.
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Celebrity Birthdays - June 30, 2013
Happy Birthday to: British singer Cheryl Cole (1983) Actress Holliston Coleman (1992) Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (1985) Singer Fantasia Barrino (1984) WrestlerAlicia Fox (1986) Wrestler...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Rumor Patrol: Tony Parker Engaged, James Gandolfini Funeral Tweeting, More
You can't go one week without hearing a ridiculous story involving some of your favorite celebrities. Thankfully, the Starpulse Rumor Patrol is here to sort out what's real and what's fake.
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Rolling Stones wow festival crowd with new Glastonbury-inspired song
The Rolling Stones performed a special new song inspired by Glastonbury festival during a triumphant headline set at the iconic British event on Saturday (29Jun13). The veteran rockers were appear...
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Shirtless Maksim & Val Chmerkovskiy Show Off Their Abs In Las Vegas
Brothers Maksim and Val Chmerkovskiy hosted Oil of Olay's "Get Lathered Up" event at Liquid Pool in Las Vegas earlier this week, and they showed off their buff bods in matching black swimsuits. Ea...
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Justin Bieber Poses Shirtless For Us Weekly, Wants A Wife & Kids
Justin Bieber is growing up. The pop star, 19, poses shirtless for Us Weekly's latest special issue and reveals some surprising information about what he wants in life. The singer admits he wants ...
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Lady Gaga Returns For Gay Pride Rally
Lady Gaga returned to the spotlight on Friday for the first time since her hip surgery to give a speech and sing America's National Anthem at a Gay Pride rally in her native New York City. The pop...
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O.J. Simpson Movie in the Works, Charlotte Kirk Cast as Nicole Brown Simpson
TLC Defends Remake of 'Waterfalls'
Friday, June 28, 2013
Four Original 'Glee' Cast Members Won't Return in Season 5
Save My Blockbuster!
Lynda Obst, Mike Vollman, Erik Feig and others help The Times make the next big tent-pole movie.
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Warner Bros. Wants to Keep Playing With Legos, Making 'Ninjago' Movie
We were thoroughly impressed by the first full-length trailer for Phil Lord and Chris Miller's The Lego Movie, revealed earlier this month. Warner Bros. has presumably seen more of the film than we have, but they clearly like what they've seen so far. So much so, they want to keep playing with those little plastic minifigs on the big screen.
The studio has put into development Ninjago, based on the popular toy line from Lego. Brothers Dan and Kevin Hageman, who wrote Cartoon Network's animated adaptation of the property, will pen the screenplay. Get the details after the jump.
Lego first debuted its Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu line in 2011, borrowing elements from the Lego Ninja line first introduced in 1998. Since its launch, Ninjago has proved popular enough, particularly with young boys, to inspire a board game and a Nintendo DS game.
But the best known adaptation of the toys is probably the TV series. The show is set in the fictional land of Ninjago, which combines Chinese and Japanese cultural influences as well as supernatural beings like dragons and mystical snakes. It's not clear how much of that will carry over into the movie, however. According to THR, the new film will take a different direction with the premise.
In addition to writing the Ninjago series, the Hageman brothers have received story credits on Hotel Transylvania, which has a sequel in the works at Sony, and The Lego Movie.
In fact, the Ninjago movie will feature much of the same team from The Lego Movie. Lord and Miller won't direct, but they will produce. Warner Bros.' Dan Lin and Roy Lee and Lego's Jill Wilfert, all of whom worked on The Lego Movie, will also return. The search for a director is already underway, and the studio is expected to attach one shortly.
The Lego Movie opens February 7.
- Warner Bros. Greenlights 'Lego,' With 'Robot Chicken' Director Co-Directing
- Warner Bros. Picks Up 'ACME Warehouse' Pitch
- First Look: Official 'Back to the Future' Lego Delorean; Out in July
- 'The Lego Movie' Reveals Title Logo and ReBrick Contest
- Cool Stuff: Lego 'Back to the Future' Time Traveling Train and 400,000 Brick 'Harry Potter' Hogwarts
- Cool Stuff: Amazingly Detailed Fan Created 'Ghostbusters' HQ Lego Set
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