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Buzz News Roundup, 9/5

BuzzSugar — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:29:46 -0700

Billboard warns us that we won't be able to escape the Barry Manilow this fall and winter, especially as he gets ready to release his jazzy holiday album.
Variety has news about the Al Pacino-Robert DeNiro project Righteous Kill adding four more cast members, including John Leguizamo and Dan Futterman.
Three of NBC's new fall pilots are now available for rent at Blockbuster, says the Futon Critic.
Kelly Clarkson will, in fact, be resuming her tour, starting with a show at New York's Beacon Theater on October 14, the AP reports. Meanwhile, this year's "American Idol" tour isn't drawing crowds the way it was expected to, USA Today reports.
ComingSoon reports that Ashley Judd will star in the drama Helen as a mother suffering from depression.
"General Hospital" star Annie Wersching is joining the cast of "24," Zap2it reports.
According to Billboard, Aerosmith will be returning to the recording studio in November.
It's a "Roseanne" reunion for Sara Gilbert and her TV husband Johnny Galecki now that Gilbert has joined Galecki's CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory," states Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, Jerry O'Connell's real-life wife, Rebecca Romijn, will guest-star on his new show, "Carpoolers," says the Futon Critic.
Yet more Scarlett Johansson casting news, according to ComingSoon, this time she's in a diamond heist movie titled Brilliance.
Atlas Shrugged, starring Angelina Jolie, finally has a director: Vadim Perelman, reports Variety.

Movie Preview: Bug

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:58:09 -0700

Having seen the play on which Bug is based and knowing what Exorcist director William Friedkin can do, I'm curious to find out how Bug will adapt to the big screen. The story follows an ex-military man (Michael Shannon) and a lonely woman (Ashley Judd) as they become gradually convinced that their bodies are infested with bugs.

From what I remember of the play, the action takes place almost entirely in one room, and I've heard the same is true for the movie. This confinement works well on stage where, over the course of the play, the audience is dragged along with the characters on their descent into paranoia and madness. On screen, though, I wonder if the effect won't be too maddening. To watch the creepy trailer,

The Results Are In: Recast Steel Magnolias

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:45:06 -0800

For last week's Recast challenge, I had BuzzSugar readers pursue a perfect new cast for the irresistible Southern chick-flick, Steel Magnolias. In my opinion, this was one of the toughest Recasts to date, so I was astounded by how many great submissions came in.

I loved RCLdesigngirl's choice of Amy Adams to play Shelby, and her casting of Meryl Streep as Clairee was echoed by several other users, including Erinnoelle and lslybnks. But the best overall Recast came from Pinkrabbit, who really nailed every role, particularly Stockard Channing as M'Lynn. Congrats, Pinkrabbit! Here are her picks.

M'Lynn — Stockard Channing
Shelby — Reese Witherspoon
Truvy — Ashley Judd
Ouiser — Carrie Fisher
Annelle — Liv Tyler
Clairee — Catherine O'Hara