And in This Corner, Harvey Scissorhands!The latest spate of publicity surrounding the big guy has us thinking that the old villain of yore might be making a comeback.
ByLogan Hill
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AMPTP to SAG: Talk to the HandThe Screen Actors Guild has been without a contract since June, and the situation is not looking any better.
Who’s Suing the Watchmen? That’d Be FoxWhen adapting ‘Watchmen’ to the big screen, Warner Bros. thought of everything — except locking up the rights to the original comic!
Pixar vs. Fat PeopleSome body-image-issues blogs have been concerned about the movie and its portrayal of the overweight since November.
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Will Smith vs. His 7-Year-Old DaughterSmith’s ‘Hancock’ opens the same day as ‘Kit Kittredge,’ which stars his daughter Willow. And there is trash talk.
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Ice T Battles Soulja Boy in Rap’s Lamest-Ever YouTube BeefIce T is sparring with Soulja Boy on YouTube. Or, rather, he’s sparring with Soulja Boy on YouTube with the help of his 16-year-old son, who actually knows how to operate YouTube.
Charlie Daniels vs. Guitar HeroThe country-music star takes issue with GHIII’s use of his “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (with semi-hilarious results).
R. Kelly Finally Responds to Ne-Yo Lawsuit in New Dis TrackLast night a new track from Vulture buddy R. Kelly hit the Internet to much speculation and concern. On “I’m a Beast,” Kellz eschews singing in favor of angry, partially incoherent rapping about an unnamed pop star, allegedly Ne-Yo.
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Simon Pegg vs. McGThe Shaun of the Dead star blasts the American producer-director over his plans for a U.S. edition of seminal nineties Britcom Spaced.
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State Liquor Authority Rejects Andrew W.K.’s Application to PartyAndrew W.K., the oft-pit-stained rocker behind such jams as “Party Hard,” “It’s Time to Party,” “Party Till You Puke,” and “Long Live The Party,” has a new music venue opening soon at 100 Lafayette that almost sounds awesome enough to make Vulture’s editors leave their apartments for once.
Prince Declares War on Music PiratesRemember how we told you that Prince was going to sue his own fan Websites for copyright infringement? Well, forget all that, because he just found out about file sharing and, man, is he upset!
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Hollywood vs. ChristmasFor years, Fox News anchors have been yammering about the secular-progressive “War on Christmas,” and it’s always pretty much been a joke — but this year secular progressives may actually have a chance.