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Hollywood Asks Us To Believe That Someone Would Cheat On Christina Hendricks And Other Trade News To Butter Your Nut Squash

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (57)



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Hey kids, this sort of trade news round-up is usually the speciality of TK or Dustin, so please forgive me if it lacks a certain je ne sais c*ck. So whether it makes you fume or swoon, here’s the latest trade news:

  • Christina Hendricks has been cast in an ensemble film by Leaving Las Vegas director Mike Figgis. The film, Seconds of Pleasure, is a series of vignettes set mostly on an airplane (interesting premise). Brendan Fraser will co-star as the man who cheats on Hendricks (preposterous premise) and will be joined by Julia Stiles, Matt Dillon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Kristen Scott Thomas. Scott Thomas’s presence makes me believe this is not some sort of Valentine’s Day hokum. [Deadline]
  • Casting has begun on the sequel to Silent Hill, which is unimaginatively titled Silent Hill: Revelations and will be filmed in 3D (because of course it will). The lead role has gone to the relatively unknown Adelaide Clemens who had a bit role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and will have a more prominent one in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road. Sean Bean is in negotations to reprise his role as “Harry” from the first film. [Bloody Disgusting]
  • In potentially game-changing news, Netflix has picked up two seasons of Kevin Spacey and David Fincher’s new television series “House of Cards.” So this new series (starring Spacey and based on the British political thriller series of the same name) will not be shown on HBO or AMC, but exclusively on Netflix. Very interesting, non? [NY Mag]
  • In light of the dismal performance of Robert Zemeckis’s Mars Needs Moms, Disney is sh*t-canning his Yellow Submarine remake. Disney claims the project was already in trouble, but I think we owe Mars Needs Moms stars Seth Green and Dan Fogler a big thank you and a frosty beverage or two for sparing us this travesty. [THR]
  • HBO is producing a Lizzie Borden miniseries starring, wait for it, Chloe Sevigny (aka the craziest sister on the compound). This is the most perfect casting I have heard in a while. In case you don’t know, let me loosely summarize the plot for you: “Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” The four-hour miniseries will focus on the murders and subsequent trial. [Digital Spy]
  • There’s a new image of and plot synopsis for Captain America: The First Avenger. I seem to be a bit in the minority with my excitement for this film, but I’m not a comic book person, so I’ll trust you nerds and remain wary. The synopsis is as follows: Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving.) Well, I think we pretty much already knew that, but thanks. The image, of a bloody-lipped Chris Evans, is below. Big fan. Why wouldn’t I be? [Superhero Movie News]
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  • Lastly, here’s the trailer for the new Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts romcom Larry Crowne. Stop! Before you run away, remember how fun it is when Tom Hanks is in a comedy. Also, the plot is basically an homage (don’t call it a rip-off) to “Community.” Seriously, if you don’t automatically shut it off when “Soul Sister” starts playing, you’re in for a treat.
[MovieLine]

Am I crazy? Cute, right? Oh, shove it, I gave you your horror movie news, allow me this.

Joanna Robinson is a little overwhelmed whenever a new “image” from a film is released. I mean, okay, a trailer, yes. But an image? But then she always ends up clicking on the link anyway. Curiosity slaughters both cats and dignity.









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Comments

"...Brendan Fraser will co-star as the man who cheats on Christina Hendricks (preposterous premise)"

Yep, you are absolutely right....that is unless he's cheating on her with Monica Bellucci in a jacuzzi bathtub full of Jell-O Butterscotch Pudding (made with actual scotch), then and only then it might make a little sense.

Posted by: bleujayone at March 16, 2011 4:16 PM

I would never even cheat on that PICTURE of Christina Hendricks, let alone the actual woman.

I love the Lizzie Borden trial, where the judge basically said to the jury, "I just want you to know that there is no way a sweet young lady like that could possibly be guilty. Now go deliberate."

Posted by: Todd at March 16, 2011 4:17 PM

Alright, that's adorable. And Julia Roberts is playing a different character for once. I'm in.

Posted by: Lucas at March 16, 2011 4:21 PM

Someone cheated on Halle Berry. It strains credulity and defies logic, but it is true.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 16, 2011 4:24 PM

"•HBO is producing a Lizzie Borden miniseries starring, wait for it, Chloe Sevigny (aka the craziest sister on the compound). This is the most perfect casting I have heard in a while. In case you don’t know, let me loosely summarize the plot for you: “Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” The four-hour miniseries will focus on the murders and subsequent trial."

Oh, my God - palpitations. This is my dream miniseries.

Posted by: samantha t at March 16, 2011 4:28 PM

Brendan Fraser DID do Monkeybone and Furry Vengence. He's made ridiculous life decisions before.

Christina, if any man ever hurts you, I'll be here for you. You can rest my face in your bosom. I mean, rest your head on my shoulder. I'll be your hucklebooby. I mean SUCKLEBOOBY! HUCKLEBERRY! Tits.

Posted by: Paultera at March 16, 2011 4:30 PM

There is no forgiveness for inflicting Train upon your audience. There is only pity for the person who finds joy in spite of that song.

Posted by: Robert at March 16, 2011 4:37 PM

But if someone cheats on her then she can cheat on them! With anyone! That's fair, right? Tit For Tat!

Posted by: Tat at March 16, 2011 4:39 PM

I'll watch that Tom Hanks movie as soon as someone dubs Julia Robert's voice and CGI's someone else's face on her. Sorry, Tom - you're not worth it. Is your son in anything coming up?

Posted by: Three-nineteen at March 16, 2011 4:39 PM

Okay, I admit it. That is cute.

Posted by: noonoo at March 16, 2011 4:40 PM

Brendan Fraser will co-star as the man who cheats on Hendricks (preposterous premise)

Bullshit. Brendan Frasier is douchey toolbag enough to cheat on The Most Beautiful & Wonderful Woman Alive. Which, as awesome as Christina is, she ain't that.

Oh, you mean he might be acting? God help us.

Re: Netflix and House of Cards. About fucking time - I hope it's all sorts of awesome and a cable conglomerate dies a painful, fiery death.

And as usual, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks are cute as hell . . but I'm not seein' chemistry.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at March 16, 2011 4:40 PM

Just remember folks - it's not the quality of the woman that induces men to cheat . . it's the quality of the MAN.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at March 16, 2011 4:43 PM

"Brendan Fraser will co-star as the man who cheats on Hendricks (preposterous premise)... "

Behind every beautiful woman is a man who's gotten bored with her.

Posted by: Meander at March 16, 2011 4:45 PM

I would never even cheat on that PICTURE of Christina Hendricks, let alone the actual woman.

Posted by: Todd at March 16, 2011 4:17 PM


Seriously, I wouldn't either. That's a nice picture.

Someone cheated on Halle Berry. It strains credulity and defies logic, but it is true.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 16, 2011 4:24 PM

And I do believe that both Eva Longoria AND Jessica Biel find themselves suddenly single for the same reason.

~~~

Posted by: Meander at March 16, 2011 4:50 PM

Hugh Grant cheated on Elizabeth Hurley. It's a random universe.

Posted by: sars at March 16, 2011 4:50 PM

Tom Hanks on a Vespa? "Ciao..."

Also- I hardly know 'er nutsquash.

Posted by: Fracas at March 16, 2011 4:51 PM

LEM!

Posted by: jM at March 16, 2011 4:53 PM

I loved all 3 original "House of Cards" miniseries that starred Ian "Do you have any Grey Poupon" Richarson, and I've been fantasizing about a remake for years. "You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment."

If Monica Bellucci and Halle Berry can be cheated on, then so can Christina Hendricks. It's not about the woman. It's the asswipe of a man.

Posted by: BWeaves at March 16, 2011 4:56 PM

Dark bra under white shirt?

Girrrrrl, who taught you how to dress? Bush league.

Someone cheated on Halle Berry.

Who'd even wanna get involved with her?

Posted by: Jay at March 16, 2011 5:00 PM

RED ALERT! The wife loves Julia and Tom! I hate Julia with the heat of a thousand suns + 1.
So I must make sure she NEVER sees this clip!

But how?!?! Damn you internet! Damn you to hell!

Posted by: logan at March 16, 2011 5:01 PM

Yeah, ditto to: some of the world's most beautiful women have been cheated on. Sad but true. And I'm not even counting Monica Bellucci, because apparently she signed a waiver, so it's not really "cheating". Seriously, if you're married to Monica Bellucci and spending the night with someone else, what the FUCK is wrong with you?

Also, fuel to the fire (I know, I know): That picture of Christina Hendricks is lovely. To those who posit that her bewbies are fake, I say: If that is true (which I don't believe), she must have had a tremendous plastic surgeon. Because look at how nicely they nestle together. Then think about all the "fake titty balls" you see around Hollywood, and how they never, ever seem to meet in the middle in a harmonious fashion. Even when they're squished together, there's always weird gaps and stuff. Because they're not fluid. (Filled with fluid, yes. Having the property of fluidity, no.) Seriously, perfection like Christina's cleavage only comes from Nature.

Posted by: MM at March 16, 2011 5:02 PM

It's not Brendan Fraser('s character) cheating on Christina Hendrick('s character) that I find preposterous, it's the fact that Fraser is still considered to be leading man material and that the two would be paired together in the first place.

Posted by: nosio at March 16, 2011 5:04 PM

It's not about the woman. It's the asswipe of a man.

Yes, because it's only men who do it.

Posted by: Jay at March 16, 2011 5:05 PM

Hendricks, Tomei, and Bellucci aka the greatest day in the history of Pajiban header pics.

Big fan. Why wouldn’t I be?

SOMEONE GET ME MY BOARD SHIELD.

Posted by: branded at March 16, 2011 5:09 PM

So I guess it's not just me that found pensive Christina Hendricks especially attractive?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 16, 2011 5:09 PM

I'm attracted to her, erm, personality.

Posted by: sars at March 16, 2011 5:13 PM

I would cheat on her left boob with the right boob and then beg for forgiveness from the left boob while at the same time sending dirty texts to the right boob.

Posted by: schrome at March 16, 2011 5:26 PM

Brendan Fraser will co-star as the man who cheats on Hendricks (preposterous premise) and will be joined by Julia Stiles, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristen Scott Thomas

So who does he cheat with? Julia Stiles? KST? Sarah Jessica Parker?

What kind of man would choose SJP over Hendricks?

Posted by: Fredo at March 16, 2011 5:29 PM

It looks ADORABLE.

But where is Abed????

Posted by: grace b at March 16, 2011 5:43 PM

Answer: A jockey.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 16, 2011 5:45 PM

So, if I get cheated on, it's because of some deficiency I have? It's because I'm not as beautiful or well-endowed as Christina Hendricks? I'm sorry, but I don't subscribe to that sort of victim-blaming. As stated above, beautiful women get cheated on all the time... it's the fault of the cheater. Infidelity happens for all kinds of reasons but it doesn't *not* happen (double negative alert!) because the partner is good-looking.

Posted by: Lannie at March 16, 2011 5:50 PM

Tits!

/tits

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 16, 2011 5:53 PM

First, cmon guys, it's a Haggis haggis so no point getting aroused except for that incomparably awesome boobage. Second, men and women get cheated upon all the time and incomparably awesome boobages are no exception. It doesn't even take a dick of a person to cheat, it just takes the opportunity. It's sex. It's fun to do. Monica knows it, Vincent knows it and, fuck, you know it as well.
Speaking of cheating, here's a lovely diversion. A guy and a girl from my town who once were lovers came to an absolutely brilliant why-didn't-I-think-of-it-first idea to start a museum of broken relationships where people would donate artifacts that reminded them of their ill-fated love affairs along with a written story about the relationship and the artifact. In a very short period of time they gathered a gazillion donated objects from all over the world. Last year the city offered them housing so now it's officially a museum and it's both a roaring success and the cutest bittersweetest museum you could ever visit. AND it even got nominated for the Best European Museum of the Year. Here's the link: http://new.brokenships.com/en so go and see for yourselves how cheating sometimes can lead to something really beautiful.

Posted by: schmerpes at March 16, 2011 6:13 PM

Hate Roberts. Dislike Hanks. Why the hell am I smiling?!?!?!

Posted by: schmerpes at March 16, 2011 6:18 PM

I can't not like Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, so liked the preview...up until they gave the whole plot away like they always seem to...I used to love watching previews, now I do my best to avoid them.

Posted by: DaveKan at March 16, 2011 6:19 PM

"Adelaide Clemens"?

Ohhhhh I get it, we're just making up people now. I can play this whole "combine an Australian city with a famous writer's actual name" business so I can fill in Trade News columns, too.

-The lead role in HullabaloowhatsitIdon'tcare has been given to a relative newcomer, this time it's Hobart Basoalto, fresh off his appearance as "Man With Back To Camera #3" and "Guy Getting Hair Cut".

-They've finally found the next Flashinthepanherowithnochancetomakeit! Casting directors have optioned the role to Perth Geisel, the British TV star of Onehourofsnarkycomments.

-After passing the role on from Angelina Jolie to Olivia Wilde, Hollywood has cast the next big star! It'll be Melbourne Dodgson suiting up in the role of Tits McShootguns in the latest sure-fire summer blockbuster bomb!

Two can play this game, Robinson...

Posted by: D-Day at March 16, 2011 6:28 PM

Larry Crowne—sweet♥

Posted by: Jerry Kenney at March 16, 2011 6:45 PM

"Boobage"?

Twice?

Posted by: Jay at March 16, 2011 6:53 PM

Jay...
I don't know why. No excuses. It is late here and it did sound better in my head and English is kind of lost on me today and it's raining hard and this horrible head-splitting southern wind is blowing and I like the word boob and I like it when a word ends with -age because it makes it look dignified. So, yeah, no excuses.

Posted by: schmerpes at March 16, 2011 7:21 PM

I dunno, "boobdom" might work better.

Posted by: Jay at March 16, 2011 7:36 PM

Spare me all the goddamn bullshit about men being labeled as misogynist, every goddamn time Hendricks shows up on pajiba her goddamn boobs are somehow the main attraction. I don’t want to hear any shit from the women here, it was a women that wrote the column and she just had to show a picture of Hendricks.

Posted by: Pookie at March 16, 2011 7:42 PM

Did someone say the "M" word? DID I MISS IT? I miss the best stuff.

Posted by: coveredinbees at March 16, 2011 7:50 PM

Boobdom adds some majestic quality but is ultimately too geographic. I can't think of Boobdom without imagining Titty City as its capital. And those Mammarian Islands are a wonder of nature. I'm thinking to take all my bosom buddies there.

Posted by: schmerpes at March 16, 2011 8:12 PM

So, wait. You think that men won't cheat if the woman is beautiful enough? So, if a man cheats on you, it's because you're not pretty enough? Oh Honey, you don't get it at all.

Posted by: John G. at March 16, 2011 9:29 PM

The hot chick from Undercovers is in Larry Crowne? Yay!

Posted by: John W at March 16, 2011 9:42 PM

In light of the dismal performance of Robert Zemeckis’s Mars Needs Moms, Disney is sh*t-canning his Yellow Submarine remake. Disney claims the project was already in trouble, but I think we owe Mars Needs Moms stars Seth Green and Dan Fogler a big thank you and a frosty beverage or two for sparing us this travesty.

This may be the best news I've heard all week. Stay away from the Beatles, Boob Bob.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at March 16, 2011 9:50 PM

All of this cheating can be traced back to the seventies, when women thought it was more prudent to stop being homemakers. The whole dynamic changed and the nuclear family as we know it was laid waste. Now women are out there doing all kinds of crazy shit and bringing shame to the family. A man can’t raise his family on decent wages cause his so-called wife is out spending the money on jeans and lunch. A man needs to know that he has a partner and not a albatross.

Posted by: Pookie at March 16, 2011 10:07 PM

I'm going to have to pass on Larry Crowne. If I wanna watch a homage to Community, I'll just watch Community. It mainly has to do with my intense dislike of Julia Roberts.

Posted by: Ellie at March 16, 2011 11:45 PM

Men don't cheat for better, they cheat for different.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at March 17, 2011 1:51 AM

wow Pookie,

That's got to be the lamest, laziest and most obvious of your trolling attempts.

Posted by: John G. at March 17, 2011 7:39 AM

I'll see your 'Adelaide Clemens' and raise you one 'Benedict Cumberbatch'

Posted by: Aislinn at March 17, 2011 9:22 AM

Wait, what if you were married to Christina Hendricks but had a chance to score with Monica Bellucci?

I think I just heard my brain pop.

Posted by: , at March 17, 2011 10:19 AM

schmerpes, it's Mike Figgis of Leaving Las Vegas and Timecode, not the Haggis. Neil LaBute wrote the screenplay, and SJP and Pierce Brosnan actually seem to be in another Hendricks project, not this one, which makes me think Seconds of Pleasure might actually be pretty damn good: http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/christina-hendricks-uses-mad-men-hiatus-for-seconds-of-pleasure/

Posted by: Kirstini at March 17, 2011 10:26 AM

@ L with an E:
You said it, right there.
Sometimes she's similar in several ways... but yet quite, different.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at March 17, 2011 10:39 AM

Kirstini,

everything I wrote yesterday should not count. Two fifth of my brain were totally numb due to southern wind. It wasn't a brain, it was barely a bra. Which could also explain my nonsensically boobsessive stream of mind.

All apologies.

Posted by: schmerpes at March 17, 2011 11:00 AM

wow Pookie,

That's got to be the lamest, laziest and most obvious of your trolling attempts.

Posted by: John G. at March 17, 2011 7:39 AM


I know John, I wasn’t feeling it that much when I wrote it. I’ve been in a funk lately, hopefully things will get better. Please accept my humble apologies.

Posted by: Pookie at March 17, 2011 11:52 AM

My Bagel Thin meal? One bagel thin and a wedge of light laughing cow cheese (the original is delicious, but you can't go wrong with garlic and herb or french onion), and some slices of apples. Toast up the bagel and then spread the cheese (one wedge is a perfect portion to cover both halves) and then place your apple however you want. It's also about 200 calories, but just a little more substantial then just bagels and cream cheese. It's a little more grown-up twist on the Happle Bagel Sandwiches I was introduced to as a kid. And if you're doing the plain cheese you can sprinkle a little cinnamon on the apple. *sigh* So, so, so good.

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