BIG 6: Soderbergh’s HUNGER GAMES role, DESCENDANTS at Telluride, more

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Why Was Steven Soderbergh on the Set of ‘The Hunger Games’? Steven Soderbergh Tells Us the Whole Story

Back in April, [director] Gary [Ross] — who is a close friend of mine I’ve exchanged creative favors with non-stop over the last 15 years — when he got the boards for the shoot in April called me and said, “Hey, first week of August, I got these two days of second unit. Is there any way you can come down and help me out? Because I’d rather have you do it than hire somebody who I don’t know.” I said, “Actually, that works out.” We’ll just be finishing ‘Contagion’ and prepping ‘Magic Mike’ and, yeah, it could be fun.  Read the full Moviefone post

From Clooney’s Descendants to Pixar’s La Luna: 10 Buzziest Films at Telluride

Love for Payne’s film would have been undiminished even if Clooney hadn’t made it to town. It doesn’t hurt that he’s effortlessly charmed everyone in the valley, and a weekend that began with the festival’s controversial — and soon-rescinded — edict to the press to not photograph him looks to end with the actor-director having spent quality time with everyone but the town dogs (and even they may yet get an audience). Read the full The Wrap article

Take THIS Under Advisement: Hey, Die Hard 5, Don’t Drag Down A Classic

Because really, one of the keys to Die Hard is how small it is. Everyone talks about how it takes place almost exclusively at Nakatomi Plaza, the high-rise where the group of colorful thugs led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) take hostages and then face off against Officer John McClane (Bruce Willis). But in fact, it takes place only on a few floors and in a few other spots — the roof, the elevator shaft, the lobby. Most of the action is limited to a couple of floors of an office building.  Read the NPR article

David Lynch’s strange new influence on underground music

Nowhere is David Lynch’s presence more keenly felt than in the music of Lana Del Ray (aka Lizzy Grant, pictured), whose track Video Games caused music critics to self-combust with delight this summer. Blurring the boundaries between old-school glamour and sleek modern pop (think Patsy Cline gone R&B), it came with a video of drunken, stumbling starlets that, like Mulholland Drive, alluded to the dark side of the Hollywood dream. Read the full Guardian article

Cleveland casts its own magic for member of The Avengers crew

Lastly, and most important, to the people of Cleveland and Ohio, to the visitors who came to watch us do something that has become so simple in our world, something that we do every day and leaves us unaffected: To see the amazement in your faces and utter excitement brought a smile to my face every day. I had the unique opportunity to sit and chat with so many of you, your families, your kids. It took me home many times a day, a much needed visit for my mind. We shared jokes, stories and photographs. I have become friends with many of you and through Facebook will stay in touch.  Read the full Cleveland Plain Dealer article

Neither Smurf Nor Wizard Could Save Summer Movie Attendance

The bad news: higher ticket prices, especially for the 18 films released in 3-D (up from seven last summer), drove the increase. Attendance for the period is projected to total about 543 million, the lowest tally since the summer of 1997, when 540 million people turned up.  Read the full NY Times article

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