Hugh Jackman spent the weekend with his kids in St. Tropez, France, but what started as a fun day at the beach quickly turned ugly. As these shocking pictures clearly show, first he kicked his little girl in the face, probably because she violated one of his many strict rules. Then he dragged her into the deeper water, presumably to hold her under for up to 2 minutes at a time.
God damn you Hugh Jackman! She’s just a little girl, leave her alone!
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Duncan Jones (who if you don’t know is the son of David Bowie) is the director of the completely awesome Moon and the sort of awesome Source Code, and now he’s also apparently Fox’s choice to direct the sequel to Wolverine, the job Darren Aronofsky took and then untook last month. And as you can see in the interview that IGN did with him today, Jones is interested, comparing the potential of the story to what Christopher Nolan did with Batman.
So this is obviously fantastic news. Jones is great. Fox should hire him immediately. His movie would be better than the first Wolverine even if he made it while facing the other direction and with the camera upside down.
Everyone in Hollywood really likes Hugh Jackman, and seeing him playing in the snow with his daughter in New York over the weekend sort of gives you a hint as to why. He just seems like a nice guy. If this would have been a picture of Lindsay Lohan walking away, replace the snow ball with a whiskey bottle, and Hugh Jackman with her dealer.
Hugh Jackman rode a zip line from the top of the Sydney Opera House down to the stage where Oprah Winfrey was filming one of her Australia shows today, but then instead of stopping, he crashed into a lighting rig which broke and sent a small piece of glass into his eye. “Hey you’re payin for that,” Oprah probably thought to herself. “What am I, made out of lighting rigs?”
Sky News says…
Jackman flipped 90 degrees on impact and damaged a spotlight, then hung from the gantry for several seconds before descending to the stage.
‘It’s a little hot up here,’ were Jackman’s first words.
‘I’m not hundred per cent, I’ve hurt my eye.’
Winfrey called for an ice-pack and paramedics rushed to the stage to treat Jackman for his injury as a break was ordered in the filming of the program.
Maybe Jackman had an accident because people aren’t supposed to be zip lining into rooms. I know he’s a big action star, but this had disaster written all over it. And I’m no pansy. In fact I’m a complete badass. I even have a cobra tattoo on the top of my foot, because my kicks are like the sting of the mighty cobra.
About the nicest thing anyone can say about ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ is that it was in color and the lines to see it were short, yet somehow Hugh Jackman has lined up two of the absolute best screenwriters and directors in Hollywood to make the sequel. Deadline Hollywood says…
Darren Aronofsky’s deal to direct 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 is close enough that discussion has turned to shooting the sound stage portions of the film in New York.
A March start date is being eyed so that Aronofsky has time to open Black Swan and be available for the inevitable awards season obligations. When the New York scenes are completed, they’ll head to Japan to shoot the bulk of the Christopher McQuarrie-scripted movie.
It’s almost shocking that the great McQuarrie (who won a screenwriting Oscar for ‘The Usual Suspects’), and Aronofsky, who is expected to be an Oscar nominee for ‘Black Swan’ and who is at least the equal of Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Tarsem Singh (‘the Fall’) and Yimou Zhang (‘Curse of the Golden Flower’) when it comes to making visually interesting movies, would make ‘Wolverine 2′. It’s so beneath them I would have been embarrassed to even ask. It would be like if Kubrick made ‘Big Mamas House 3′. Twice the running time means twice the laughs!
LADY GAGA - is defending Kanye Wests behavior at the VMAs. “He’s a good guy and everybody makes mistakes, and he feels so f****** bad. He really does. Everyone likes to focus on gossip, but he’s changed music and he’s really prolific and an incredible person, and I think it’s unfair to judge somebody on one mistake they’ve made.” This should help change your opinion about Kanye, from now until the moment you read the very next sentence. (the sun)
KANYE WEST - threw a hissy fit at benefit show organized by Common. “After spotting a man eating chicken, West blurted, ‘Why wasn’t I offered chicken? You want me to perform for free, [and] everyone is eating… why am I not eating?’ When the waitress explained that he never asked for food, ‘He yelled, ‘Well, I’m asking now!’ After receiving chicken, he allegedly proceeded to take a bite and then throw the rest in the trash.” No one was injured, but this picture of a baby panda was taken at the scene. (vibe)
WOLVERINE, JAMES BOND - the new play “A Steady Rain,” starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, has set the Broadway record for the highest weekly ticket sales of a non-musical play, earning $1.17 million. The old record was 41 dollars, set back before “things that are fun” was invented. (reuters)
HEATHER LOCKLEAR - made her first appearance on the set of ‘Melrose Place’ yesterday, and she looked awesome considering she’s 48. Ashlee “Second Best” Simpson had this to say, “aww god dammit.” (pacific coast. hq jump here)
