Thursday, August 17, 2006

Depp-Burton Reunion, Smoking Pays, and Pedro Won't Move

1. Johnny Depp is set to star in the big budget remake of Sweeney Todd--to be directed by Tim Burton. To be expected, Edward Scissorhands gone wrong? (Guardian Unlimited)

2. US District Judge Gladys Kessler sides with the US government today and finds the cigarette industry guilty with civil racketeering charges, which translates to cigarette companies' forking over $10b for smoking cessation programs. The Justice Department likes to note that $130b was needed. Tomatoes to-mah-toes. (CBS)

3. Pedro Almodovar dismisses rumors he is moving to Hollywood and in fact disses Hollywood's working process and screenwriting abilities with "They forget the most important thing is the script, and the scripts get weaker and weaker. Technical effects advance, but the literary quality is worse." To which I reply, Snakes on a Plane--fuck yeah! (IMDB)

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