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joey con carne wrote:Just watched the movie Predestination. Has anyone here seen this yet? What the fuck?!

joey con carne wrote:For real, man. That was one weird and fucked up movie. I watched it with one of my buddies and we are still reeling from what we saw. It's not even a "I'm my own Grandpa". It's so much more messed up than that on so many levels. *shiver*

Investigators are searching for Stuart Lynn Dunn after his Saturday escape

A man twice convicted of stalking actress Mila Kunis has escaped the secure mental facility where he was being treated on Saturday.

Stuart Lynn Dunn escaped the Pomona facility at about 8 p.m. Saturday night and Kunis has since been notified, according to the L.A. Times.

After pleading no contest to a felony stalking charge in January 2013, Dunn was placed in the facility under the supervision Los Angeles County Probation Department.

Dunn was previously arrested in May 2012 for stalking Kunis in the parking lot of her gym for three consecutive days. He was also ordered to stay away from the actress for three years after breaking into one of her vacant homes and temporarily living there.

joey con carne wrote:I got on the subway line I take every morning to go to work and the entire train on the inside and outside were lined completely as a giant advertisement for the show Power. The doors, seats, walls, everything. Everything was covered in a giant sticker that advertised the show. Really, really cool. Must have taken a long time to do as well as everything was cut and lined up very accurately.

And that Mila Kunis stalker. What a fuggin' psycho. Speaking of Mila Kunis, why isn't she in the new Ted movie? How did they write her out? I thought the characters were married.

joey con carne wrote:Just watched the movie Predestination. Has anyone here seen this yet? What the fuck?!

ForeverBlu wrote:

joey con carne wrote:Just watched the movie Predestination. Has anyone here seen this yet? What the fuck?!

Still  need to see this film.

Really liked the previous Sprieg Bros/Ethan Hawke collaboration, Daybreakers.

Tyger wrote:I liked Daybreakers and Predestination

WyldeMan wrote:

Tyger wrote:I liked Daybreakers and Predestination

Then maybe you can explain Predestination to us.

GrooThePerverted wrote:I'm gonna watch Predestination tonight...will chime back in and give my thoughts.

GrooThePerverted wrote:I'm completely lost already thinking this was about Ethan Hawke's character and now it's about some other chick.  I dunno.

WyldeMan wrote:

GrooThePerverted wrote:I'm completely lost already thinking this was about Ethan Hawke's character and now it's about some other chick.  I dunno.

So how'd that work out for ya?

joey con carne wrote:Netflix is becoming not only a distributor but also a cineplex. It will be interesting to see what happens with them in the future.

How California Labor Law Made Boyhood an Even Riskier Venture

This Sunday, millions of viewers tuned into the annual Academy Awards telecast to see which of this year’s nominees would win the industry’s top prize. As with all award ceremonies that dole out honors based on subjective criteria, the days (and now, thanks to Twitter, moments) following the Oscars bring on a barrage of passionate opinions, explanations, and theories for the wins and losses of the night.

Without comment on the artistic value or social contributions of the Best Picture nominees, from a legal standpoint, the makers of “Boyhood” accomplished something no other film in the category attempted: they shot the movie without contractual guarantees that their stars would remain involved for the entire 12-year shoot. Under Section 2855 of the California Labor Code, a “contract to render personal service,” like the kind actors and actresses typically ink before a movie, may not be enforced beyond seven (calendar) years from its start date.

Although the law has been on the California books, in its earliest form, since 1872 in the Civil Code (later streamlined and recodified in 1937 under the Labor Code), the law is commonly referred to as the “De Havilland Law” after actress Olivia De Havilland (who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1947 and 1950). In 1944, the actress successfully sued Warner Brothers, which sought enforcement of her seven-year contract to include the length of various suspensions she accumulated over the contract term. See De Havilland v. Warner Brothers.

Until this decision, studios exercised a great deal of power in extending the length of contracts by adding suspension periods to the end of the contract term, which effectively kept many young, up-and-coming stars under exclusive employ for longer than seven years.
Today, the “De Havilland Law” is an underlying doctrine of entertainment law drafting, yet rarely plays a role in the creation of contracts for movie actors; the 12-year “Boyhood” shoot stands out among the typical, studio-produced films that seek prompt returns on often-large budgets. In fact, a large part of the movie’s critical acclaim focused on this uniquely longer timeline in storytelling. Thus, without the ability to contractually obligate his actors, director Richard Linklater had to sell the experience of making the movie, especially for the young male actor, Ellar Coltrane, that Linklater cast as the main subject of the story.

In an interview with New York Times Magazine, Linklater said that the goal was for Coltrane and his parents to view the role as “a positive thing in his life and a fun thing to be involved in every year.”
It is unclear what, if any, contracts were created for the main cast. Linklater’s longtime lawyer and “Boyhood” producer John Sloss explained in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter: “You sign everyone six ways to Sunday but…after seven years, they can just do what they want.” The De Havilland Law [url=http://www.kattenlaw.com/files/48984_Spotlight_on_Entertainment_and_Media Law_Personal_Service_With_a Smile_A_History_of_Californias_Seven_Year_Rule.pdf]does not prohibit the creation[/url] of a contract that can last beyond seven years, but rather, the enforcement of that contract after the seven years have lapsed, so it is certainly possible that each of the actors signed agreements at the film’s outset.

However, an NPR interview with Ethan Hawke (who was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in the movie) seems to indicate no contracts were made at all: “We never had any deals. It was just, ‘Do you want to get together on Wednesday and keep doing this project?’” Regardless, the producers’ inability to guarantee their cast through the completion of filming marks an infrequent appearance of the De Havilland Law’s effect on movie making.

GrooThePerverted wrote:Interesting tidbit when talking about Boyhood, that they could not legally contract the actors for the movie, because apparently you can't contract for more than 7 years.

I'd never heard that and I wonder if they just had to do two 7-year contracts or how they got around it.

GrooThePerverted wrote:Also someone writes in and compliments Gattaca and he said at the time that they couldn't find a single review blurb that was positive in order to put it on the poster. lol.  That's fucked because that movie is great.

Tyger wrote:

GrooThePerverted wrote:Also someone writes in and compliments Gattaca and he said at the time that they couldn't find a single review blurb that was positive in order to put it on the poster. lol.  That's fucked because that movie is great.

Gattaca is actually my favorite film. True story.

Rusty Cunt wrote:Groo with another great sig pic. Been giggling at it for the past 10 minutes.

joey con carne wrote:I dunno about Groo but I use imgur. Can you see mine? Are mine still? They should be animated.

Ninja Turtles star Ernie Reyes Jr. 'fighting for life' in hospital after kidney failure

The actor turned MMA fighter appeared in the first movie as Donatello before portraying pizza delivery boy Keno in the second movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star Ernie Reyes Jr. has been rushed to hospital after suffering severe kidney failure.

The former action star turned MMA fighter, who played Donatello and Keno in the 90s films, is in need of a kidney transplant after his began to fail in March.

His family have set up a fundraising page to help raise money to cover his treatment.

His sister Destiny Reyes told the New York Post: "Ernie is currently undergoing dialysis treatment three times per week for four hours a day while waiting for a kidney transplant."


Ernie appeared in the first movie as purple turtle Donatello before he portrayed pizza delivery boy Keno in the second movie.

The 43-year-old also appeared in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Rush Hour 2 in 2001 and most recently starred in NCIS: Los Angeles as Jemadar Thapa.

Previously speaking about his role in the famous films, he said: "I’d have to say that working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the first film, was definitely a highlight – which turned into me being taken out of the costume by the producers and written into the sequel as a live action character.

"That was a pretty spectacular moment in time, being part of something that was so big and so loved by a generation of kids. It was phenomenal to be a part of that and to see everybody’s response to the films and to the franchise as a whole."

UltimateMarvel wrote:

WyldeMan wrote:Just posted about that in the TMNT thread, sad news. It'd be a shame if he couldn't get $75k when people throw millions at Zach Braff to make his indie bullshit.

I agree. Couldn't some celebs cash in to help out. I don't know why celebs don't help other celebs in situations like this. I know he's not a big time actor but they're the only ones who can help out in a timely manner. Donations work too but it's not always guaranteed, is it?

Dave Grohl proved that the show must go on no matter what.

The Foo Fighters frontman plunged off the stage during a show in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Friday in front of thousands of fans — but miraculously even a broken leg didn’t stop the music.

“I think I just broke my leg. I’m going to go to hospital. I’m going to fix my leg and then I’m going to come back,” Grohl told the audience after his heavy fall during an energetic rendition of “Monkey Wrench.”

Medics whisked the singer away as drummer Taylor Hawkins distracted the concerned crowd, reported The Guardian, however the pause in the performance was short-lived.

Grohl was soon back on stage with an EMT helping to prop up his bandaged leg. “I may not be able to walk or run but I can still play guitar and scream,” he said.

Foo Fighters head to the U.K. next week to play London’s Wembley Stadium June 19 and 20, and Glastonbury Festival on 26 June.

The “Everlong” rockers had the honor of being David Letterman‘s last musical guests on “The Late Show with David Letterman” before the CBS late-night legend retired on May 20.