* Beverly Hills Chihuahua -- A spoiled Chihuahua is stuck in Mexico and must find its way back to Beverly Hills, with the help of some doggy pals. Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Andy Garcia lend their voices. Rated PG.
* Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist -- Superbad actor Michael Cera and The House Bunny actress Kat Dennings are the title characters, who connect one night while trying to locate a band's secret concert in New York. Rated PG-13.
* How to Lose Friends and Alienate People -- Simon Pegg is a British journalist in New York who seems to irritate everyone around him, including another writer played by Kirsten Dunst. Rated R.
* Blindness -- A city is overwhelmed by an epidemic that's causing its citizens to go blind. The victims are held in a mental asylum where one woman, played by Julianne Moore, pretends she's blind in order to assist her husband and lead a battle against the disease. Rated R.
* An American Carol -- The spoof of A Christmas Carol tells the story of a Michael Moore-like filmmaker who wants to rid the country of the Fourth of July holiday, until he's visited by three spirits from American history. Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, and Jon Voight star in this comedy, helmed by Airplane! and The Naked Gun director David Zucker. Rated PG-13.
* Flash of Genius -- Based on a true story, Greg Kinnear stars as the man who invented the intermittent windshield wiper and subsequently battled the auto industry in court over the idea. Rated PG-13.
Expanding into wide release:
* Appaloosa -- In this Western, set in 1882, a city marshal and his deputy hunt down a villainous rancher, but they're distracted by a widow, played by Renee Zellweger. Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons also star. Rated R.
And now open in limited release:
* Rachel Getting Married -- Anne Hathaway stars as a recovering drug addict who leaves rehab and returns home for her sister's wedding, causing all sorts of problems in the process. Rated R.
* Religulous -- Bill Maher travels the world and offers his cynical view on organized religion. Rated R.
If you’re an artist that finally wants to break into the big times – all ya gotta do is get on one of five media outlets. A study found that an ad for iTunes is the best way to beef up your success. When STAR Artist Coldplay was in one recently personally playing their song “Viva La Vida,” downloads of the song soared from 295,000 to 950,000. Check out the other top 4 ways to gain immediate success as an artist:
- Appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Have your song in a commercial during the Super Bowl
- Get your song chosen as the iTunes Free Single of the Week
- Have your song performed on American Idol
It’s a Daughtry Baby Boom! Bass player Josh and guitarist Brian just announced both their wives are expecting babies, right around the same time. I guess it’s officially no mystery now what they do on break from tour...
Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and Dancing with the Stars winner Helio Castroneves has been indicted on federal tax evasion and fraud charges in connection with his alleged use of offshore accounts to hide millions of dollars from the IRS. He’s charged with one count of conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion for purportedly failing to report about 5.5 million dollars in income from 1999 through 2004. Hope he remembers the Cha-Cha because he’ll need some fancy footwork to get out of this mess.
Hustler publisher Larry FLynt has reportedly produced an X-rated movie with an adult film actress who resembles vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. I guess Tina Fey missed her chance to make an easy three grand.
Super fans of STAR Artist David Cook crashed his record company’s website the other day when over 1 million people logged on nearly simultaneously to stream his latest single called “Light On.” His debut album hits stores November 18th.
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