Russell Brand | The New York Observer

Hollywood Epidemic: Film Remakes!

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:55:51 -0500

Apparently, originality took the week off. Just a couple of days after Universal Studios announced they’d be reimagining Clue with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski at the controls—"reimagining" being the politically correct way to say "remaking"—comes word that both Total Recall and The Neverending Story will get extreme makeovers of their own. Add those three films to the previously announced plans to make a new Karate Kid (with Jaden Smith and Jackie...

Hollywood Thinks Inside The Box: Announces Two More Remakes

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:20:06 -0500

Not that we needed any further proof that Hollywood was out of ideas, but today The Hollywood Reporter brings us word that plans have been set in motion for new versions of Arthur and Romancing the Stone. The two films join The Karate Kid and Darren Aronofsky's Robocop reboot in the stable of 80s remakes that we can expect to see hit theaters during the next few years. We can only imagine this means...

Report: Britney Spears Will Not Ruin MTV Video Music Awards

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:56:19 -0400

The Associated Press is reporting that Britney Spears will not be at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, despite the fact that she's been appearing in ads for the event alongside host Russell Brand.

According to Larry Rudolph, whom AP described as Spears' "manager at Jive Records," "She's in the middle of recording her next album, which is going amazingly well, and her focus remains on the studio."

Last year, Ms....

HarperCollins Pays Sarah Marshall Star Russell Brand $3 Million For Book of Rants

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:20:16 -0400

Russell Brand, the British comedian most recently seen playing a sexy rock star in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, has inked a $3 million dollar book deal with HarperCollins Worldwide, according to a source involved in the negotiations. That jaw-dropping sum got the house world English rights, which means they’ll be able to publish the book—described to Media Mob as a collection of comedic “rants”—through any of their international units and sell...