Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy: Too Close?
Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy: Too Close?
It’s always cute to see a girl sporting her man’s clothes, but the reverse situation can be a little creepy, as evidenced by Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy’s switch-up yesterday.
The “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” funnyman and his longtime blonde babe girlfriend were spotted strolling along the Malibu beach on the Fourth of July looking very much in love.
But when they returned to their beach house, things went awry, as Carrey re-emerged with a very noticeable change in ensemble, reminiscent of Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” character.
The paparazzi and beach goers alike laughed hysterically at the comedian’s antics, making yesterday’s Independence Day holiday one to remember.
Gary Oldman Confirms Roles in Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol
Gary Oldman not only confirmed that he is in Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming performance capture adaptation of A Christmas Carol, but revealed that he is playing three characters in the film.
“I play [the ghost of] Marley, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim,” Oldman told at the Dark Knight junket. “I saw the designs, and the realizations of London and the characters. The design of it, and the look of it, is beautiful. It’s quite stunning. It should be quite magical.”
Oldman isnt the only one playing multiple roles. The film stars Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. At one point Michael J. Fox was rumored to be Tiny Tim, and Christopher Lloyd as Marley’s ghost. Both Zemeckis regulars are even inaccurately listed as such on imdb. Oldman talks about the unusual performance capture process for Tiny Tim:
“They put you in a trench. They’re on platforms that they wheel in and wheel out. So you’ve got all this crew moving floor around. And when I’m walking on my crutches, the actors are much higher than me, so the eyelines work. And later they will animate little legs on me,” Oldman said. “It would be so expensive to do it [live action]. And you can do things with the ghosts that you couldn’t do in the more conventional way. Much like [Batman Begins and The Dark Knight], [Zemeckis] has sort of reinvented The Christmas Carol. It’s probably closer to how Dickens saw it.”
Oldman insists that while the process is different than a normal movie, it isn’t that different.
“It’s kind of like shooting a regular movie I think. Alot of people say ‘working in that motion capture with Bob Zemeckis, it’s like theater, isn’t it?’ And often the people who have never done theater say that. I don’t think it’s like theater, but I feel it’s like doing a regular movie, but without the breaks abd the costumes. You just keep going, and there is no lighting, so you don’t have to wait for two hours while they turn the set around. You actually keep filming.”
Oldman can be seen next in The Dark Knight, which hits theaters on July 18th 2008.
Burning Q’s: Budget Stars & the Vanishing Charlize
With the economy hurting us average folks, are celebrities suffering, too? What kind of cutbacks are people in Hollywood making, if any?Mo
Fear not for Will Smith. He stands little chance of losing his Big Willie lifestyle. The giant undulating superpool, nestled deep inside his sprawling megacompound off the Mulholland Raceway, will still sparkle. And the one tennis court will remain as spotlessly maintained as the second tennis court right next to it.
But the Industry is also getting mighty sick of $20 million salaries for stars who, in the end, may not attract the crowds. Here’s how they’re trimming fat…
More stars are facing salaries tied strictly to box office performance. Yes, small-time hood Jason Statham pulled in a $5 million payday for making Crank 2, and Meryl Streep reportedly charged $1 million for a week’s work on Rendition. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, Jim Carrey didn’t get a single dime up-front for his next movie, Yes Man, due out this winter. Instead, he’ll get a higher percentage of the movie’s revenue, whatever that might be.
Keep those Burning Q’s coming, my little B!tchlettes!
Riddle me this, non-Batman: Why doesn’t superlooker Charlize Theron get any face time for the Hancock promos? KS, Tucson
She has face time in the trailers, so you must be referring to the posters. You should know that, according to producers and other insiders, Smith is considered to be the only true A-list movie star working right now, meaning he’s the only personon this entire miserable planetwho can guarantee box office on name recognition alone. Costar Charlize Theron, carnivorously hot as she may be, doesn’t fit that category. Even Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt don’t these days.
Who is that girl with the phone in her hand in the Answer B!tch photo thingy? Is that youuuuu Leslie?Selim, Rotterdam
Nooooo, Selim.
Does have any plans to bring back the reality show Paradise City anytime soon? Hate to admit it, but I was addicted! Thanks! Junker
Let’s put it this way: Enjoy that first season, which is available on iTunes.
Oh, and be my fan on Facebook, ’kay?
Jim Carrey and Lisa Lampanelli producing HBO pilot
Jim Carrey, Lisa Lampanelli, and Kario Salem are set to produce a half-hour HBO pilot. Lampanelli will star as a woman who inherits a famous comedy club in Los Angeles, presumably one like Shore’s Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip where Carrey himself got his start. According to Variety, “the central character is a Mitzi Shore type, a woman who unexpectedly becomes the owner of a comedy club and is forced to play a maternal role in the dysfunctional lives of the club’s clutch of resident comics.” This sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to Lampanelli in a lead role. I know she’s can be nasty but she’s very quick-witted and has great delivery.
Carrey is currently shooting I Love You Phillip Morris with co-star Ewan McGregor. He recently finished Yes Man, a Warner Bros. comedy, and A Christmas Carol, a Robert Zemekis film for Disney. Lampanelli, who has been a regular guest on Howard Stern and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, recently signed a deal with Harper Collins for a book entitled The World According to Lisa: The Queen of Mean’s Guide to the Universe.