Brett Ratner

'Tower Heist' actually has its eyes on your wallet

2011-11-10 09:33:00

The thieves in "Tower Heist" may have a skyscraper-dwelling rich guy as their target, but the movie itself is reaching into your wallet. It's such a crassly commercial action-comedy that you won't be surprised to learn that its towering aspirations only...

Staff Q&A: What's the best way to quit a job?

2011-10-04 11:27:00

During the past week,�Joe Paterno was fired, Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner quit the Oscars and Greece’s prime minister stepped down. Just in case the trend continues, we asked our staff what they think is the best way to go out. •••...

GLAAD to present Brett Ratner with Ally Award a year after slur

2013-03-08 14:34:00

What a difference a year makes. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will present its inaugural Ally Award to�Brett Ratner, who stepped aside as producer of the 2012 Academy Awards telecast after making an anti-gay slur. The award will be...

Box Office: 'Oz' tracking for $80 million-plus opening

2013-03-08 00:30:05

Execs with fantasy tentpoles in development, who were spooked over last week's dismal "Jack the Giant Slayer" debut, may rediscover their courage when Disney's "Oz the Great and Powerful" bows boffo worldwide. The $215 million Disney tentpole, which...

In search of the next Oscar host: Kimmel, McCarthy among names to consider

2013-02-28 00:30:06

For three consecutive years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has tried to reinvent the wheel with the Oscars and ended up on artistic blocks. So how will it fare next year? The February 2011 show was the Academy's biggest attempt to go young...

Oscars 2013: How Seth MacFarlane's sexist jokes hurt women

2013-02-25 14:43:00

Wait, so the academy fired Brett Ratner from his gig as Oscars producer for making sexist and crude comments, but then, as Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan smartly points out, allowed host Seth MacFarlane to make “that kind of un-PC humor the...

Hosting Oscar brings its own brand of suspense

2013-01-29 00:00:00

Memo to: Seth Macfarlane Nothing ever seems to get in your way, Seth, whether the field of combat is TV, film, music, animation or even standup. Typically, when you sold yet another TV show to Fox last week, it was a straight-to-series order, not one of...

Golden Globes 2013: Michael Haneke on his parody Twitter account

2013-01-14 09:00:00

In what has been one of the strange joys of this awards season, a parody Twitter account attributed to Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke has become a treasure trove of comedy gold with its digs at Terrence Malick, pictures of cats and general sense of...

Eddie Murphy: Hollywood's most overpaid actor, according to Forbes

2012-12-04 11:55:00

Forbes has released its annual list of Hollywood's most overpaid actors. Topping the list is Eddie Murphy. Murphy's career seemed headed for a rebound with a 2007 best supporting actor Oscar nomination for "Dreamgirls" and an announcement that he...

Hugh Jackman Negotiating Return as Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past

2012-11-29 00:55:00

Here's something to howl about:�Hugh Jackman�may be raring to strip down and fuzz up as Wolverine again. The Australian hunk is in talks to reprise the role�for director�Bryan Singer's upcoming�X-Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to�X-Men: First...

The Rock busy with Wrestlemania 29; Hercules and the Hulk

2012-11-12 16:29:37

MacFarlane to host Oscars: 'Family Guy,' 'Ted' mastermind tapped for emcee role

2012-10-02 01:05:11

The next host of the Oscars is arguably the least-known face to stand alone as the kudofest's emcee in its televised history. Selected to host the 85th annual Academy Awards, set for Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theater, Seth MacFarlane is a Hollywood success...

Director Brett Ratner, photographed in New York City, ahead of the premiere of "Tower Heist."

2013-03-08 13:23:46

Producer Brett Ratner, left, and family.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Many huge stars (Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Seann William Scott, the list goes on) participate in a lot of crude behavior. Check the sort-of funny red band trailer for proof.

2012-12-27 15:13:00