The long-awaited video for Lady Gaga ’s song “Telephone” is out and it’s hot! The pop star and her pal Beyonce make a “Thelma and Louise” style team, breaking out of jail and driving off together from the scene of their crime. Both show off sexy dance moves and in Gaga’s case, a lot of skin.
This Sunday on HBO comes a television event that a great many people have been waiting years to see. In 2001, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks collaborated on a 10-episode miniseries — “Band of Brothers” — following the trials and tribulations of Easy Company, one of the American Airborne divisions that dropped behind enemy lines during World War II in advance of our country’s storming of the beaches at Normandy. Those 10 hours made for stellar television, and there’s long been talk of Spielberg and Hanks teaming again to tell the story behind another of that war’s theaters, the battle against Japanese forces in the Pacific. That miniseries, appropriately titled “The Pacific,” kicks off this Sunday at 9pm, with the first of 10 episodes. Star James Badge Dale stopped by the MTV newsroom earlier this week to talk about the miniseries and what fans of “Brothers” can expect as they engage with an entirely different side of the war. “‘Band of Brothers’ focused on the 101st Airborne, ‘The Pacific’ focuses on three Marines, and it has to do more with their personal stories and their personal struggles,” he said. As you might remember, “Brothers” followed this rather large group across a great stretch of time, with different soldiers coming into focus for each episode. As Badge said, the focus in “The Pacific” is much more on the arcs of only a few individual characters. Though “characters” isn’t exactly right since “The Pacific,” like “Band of Brothers,” is written around the exploits of actual soldiers. Badge plays PFC Robert Leckie, whose book “Helmet for My Pillow” serves as the basis for the arc of the actor’s role across these 10 episodes. When we meet him in the first episode, he’s a hopeful young man, a soldier-to-be who intends to chronicle his journey with a pen at night while making it through the days with his gun. The harsh conditions in the Pacific theater confront him almost immediately, and — without spoiling too much — he is changed for the experience. “I think what ['Band of Brothers' fans] will find is that the conflict in the Pacific was a little more brutal. The circumstances were harder on the men, but the nature of the combat was [also] very face-to-face, hand-to-hand and it was very difficult for men on both sides to process,” Badge explained. Indeed, the first two episodes call to mind the intensity of noted “Band of Brothers” episodes “Crossroads” and “Bastogne.” Interestingly, “Bastogne” writer Bruce McKenna serves as co-executive producer on “The Pacific.” And as Badge told us, as rough as those first two episodes are, things only get worse for him and his fellow Marines. “The tone of our show is a little darker, but I think it’s honest and true to the accounts of these men.” Are you a “Band of Brothers” fan? Will you tune in for “The Pacific”? Look for more coverage of HBO’s latest World War II miniseries next week on MTV Movies Blog!
With Bong Joon-Ho’s much acclaimed thriller Mother hitting US theaters Friday – i.e. in four hours – we have just been passed an exclusive clip from the film. What we get her is a clip of the title character in investigative mode, trying to prove her son’s innocence. How much do I love that she has no problems breaking into someone else’s home but still has enough manners to take off her shoes before entering?
This trailer doesn’t suck. It is all about ” Suck ” though. Written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk, the Canadian horror-comedy follows members of a struggling rock band who inadvertently discover the secret to success: becoming vampires. The trailer promises hilarity, particularly the sight of an eyepatch-wearing, crossbow-wielding Malcolm McDowell. The supporting cast is tremendous too, with cameos from rockers Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Moby and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson! You also get Kid in the Hall Dave Foley. And vampire comedy. What’s not to love? The movie premiered in September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival. You’ll be able to catch it next this month in Austin at a South By Southwest midnight screening on March 17. There will be two additional screenings in New York City, at the Museum of Modern Art on Friday, March 19 at 7:15pm and Monday, March 22 at 7pm. For now, check out the trailer below:
This trailer doesn’t suck. It is all about ” Suck ” though. Written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk, the Canadian horror-comedy follows members of a struggling rock band who inadvertently discover the secret to success: becoming vampires. The trailer promises hilarity, particularly the sight of an eyepatch-wearing, crossbow-wielding Malcolm McDowell. The supporting cast is tremendous too, with cameos from rockers Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Moby and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson! You also get Kid in the Hall Dave Foley. And vampire comedy. What’s not to love? The movie premiered in September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival. You’ll be able to catch it next this month in Austin at a South By Southwest midnight screening on March 17. There will be two additional screenings in New York City, at the Museum of Modern Art on Friday, March 19 at 7:15pm and Monday, March 22 at 7pm. For now, check out the trailer below:
Oh Josh Horowitz. The intrepid managing editor of MTV Movies is one of the best interviewers in the game… but he’s also the undisputed king of the awkward moment. Take this one, on the red carpet at Sunday’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards show. Josh asked ” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ” star Jake Gyllenhaal about almost starring in “Avatar” instead of, you know, the movie he’s got coming out in a few months. I think Gyllenhaal handled himself very gracefully. “There were definitely discussions and it was what it was, but ultimately it’s a great honor that I was even thought of,” the actor replied, looking slightly confused. Josh then starts to ask another question about “Avatar”… before quickly switching gears with a “maybe I should ask about ‘Prince’ instead.” Gyllenhaal replied, “Yeah, that’s a good idea.” Josh asked, after seeing the trailers, if we can expect to see the actor running around the desert with no shirt on for two hours. “You have no idea what you’re going to see,” he replied. “It’s really good.” Of course, any time a movie based on a video game hits theaters, there’s always the worry that it’s going to follow in the footsteps of those that came before… and suck royally. Obviously the star isn’t going to badmouth the movie he’s in, but Gyllenhaal nonetheless sounds confident in the work he’s done. “I can say right now, this will reinvent the video game adaptation,” he said. “This will finally pull off and does finally pull off what everybody hopes that video game adaptations would.” Those are some might bold statements. As an unabashed lover of video games, I truly hope he’s proven right. We’ll find out when “The Sands of Time” hits theaters on May 28. What is your favorite video game adaptation? What is your least favorite?
While a lot of people are pretty pumped about Windows Phone 7 , there are some people who definitely are not : everyone stuck on a now antiquated Windows Mobile 6.5 handset. Microsoft has already confirmed that if your phones running 6.5, it’s not going to be running 7 any time soon. If you can’t join’em, beat’em, right? There’s a new project in the works which aims to breath new life into old Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.. by replacing the whole OS with Android. As you can see in the video above, they’ve already managed to jam the OS onto an HTC TouchPro2. (Fun Fact: I’ve wanted an HTC TouchPro 2 running Android since before the TouchPro 2 officially existed. I’ll be buying one purely for hacking this onto it.) It’s not perfect just yet, but it’s damn near it; data works, SMS works, calling works, and that glorious, glorious hardware keyboard works. They’ve also got it up and running in various forms of functionality on the HTC Diamond2 (AT&T Pure), HD, Diamond, and the original Touch Pro. Ready to get your hack on? Pocketnow has all the download links you need to get started.
This Sunday, March 7, Barbara Walters will host her final Academy Awards special. After 29 years, the 80-year-old veteran journalist is ready to pass the duty along to someone else. Who better to take it on than MTV’s Josh Horowitz? He’ll need some help though. Josh is a pro, but these are Barbara Walters’ shoes he’s trying to fill. Just learning to walk in heels is going to be a challenge! Fortunately, Josh has a lot of friends out in the world. People like ” Avatar ” star Stephen Lang , ” A Serious Man ” star Fred Melamed and ” The Hurt Locker ” star Anthony Mackie. They’re all pulling for him — wellll, maybe not Mackie — and they’ve all got some words to share, as you’ll see in the video below. Make sure you follow us on Sunday night for ongoing Oscar coverage, starting at 6pm with Hollywood Crush’s red carpet fashion coverage and a live streaming red carpet show. Then head over here to Movies Blog at 8pm to follow our live blog of the ceremony. Should be a fun night… let us know your predictions in the comments section below.
Filed under: Video , Podcasting Be sure to catch the latest episode of TUAW TV Live with your host Steve Sande, starting later today at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT) here at TUAW.com. Barring any unforeseen catastrophes (Steve is wrestling with a server problem at this point), the show will last about an hour and will cover a variety of topics: iPad availability (when and how many) A couple of Mac application demos Some fun videos A hands-on look at the LaCie Network Space 2 NAS Discussion of the topics you want to talk about in the chat tool Come back to TUAW later today and we’ll start up the livestream and chat about ten minutes before the start of the show. TUAW Coming up later today — TUAW TV Live originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
Soon to have its world premiere as part of the SXSW Film Festival, the first trailer and a couple stills have just come our way from Ben Hickernell’s indie drama Lebanon, PA .