Jamie Foxx

Remember how last week we told you about Law Abiding Citizen, the Jamie Foxx/Gerard Butler vigilante drama that Frank Darabont was directing? The film, trite Hollywood genre fare, looked to be a real departure from Mr. Darabont's normal oeuvre, causing us some quiet excitement. Whoops! It looks like a "jk" might be in order.

Ain't It Cool News reported over the weekend that Mr. Darabont has left the project over dreaded "creative differences," and apparently the divorce was "ugly." Rumor has it that the director didn't like the way the film had developed and flipped his lid. Originally it was set to be about a "criminal mastermind" who holds the city of Los Angeles hostage. However, last week the plot had changed to the story of a grieving vigilante set to punish the people who killed his family. Either way, we're not sure why Mr. Darabont would be upset; both plots sound about as fresh as three day old bread.  read more »

Jamie Foxx is taking a page out of Denzel Washington's career handbook. The Oscar-winning actor, who will next be seen alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in this November's The Soloist, has reportedly signed onto another mismatched rival flick, Law Abiding Citizen, opposite Gerard Butler. In the film, Mr. Foxx will play a grieving man who turns vigilante after one of the men who murdered his family gets freed thanks to a plea bargain. Mr. Butler would play the Assistant D.A. who ends up in Mr. Foxx's crosshairs.

Let us take a guess: Law Abiding Citizen ends with a tearful Jamie Foxx having an epiphany that by killing those people responsible for murdering his family, he's become just as monstrous as them.  read more »

Can we add another movie to the possible list of incredibly too early Oscar prognostication? Good! We submit for your viewing pleasure the new trailer for The Soloist, which has just been released over at Yahoo! Movies. After watching it twice in rapid succession we just want to know: can we give this the all the statues right now?

Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement and Pride and Prejudice) and adapted by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), the film is based on the real life story of Nathaniel Ayers, a world class cellist who after his first year at Julliard developed schizophrenia and ended up living on the streets in Los Angeles, until he's found by columnist Steve Lopez, who starts writing about him.  read more »

DENVER—"There's my girl!" Chevy Chase bellowed as Madeline Albright walked into the backroom of the Vanity Fair-Google party on Thursday, August 28. The towering comedian, who was clad in a blazer, T-shirt and jeans, bent down to embrace his old friend. They discussed plans to get together—Mr. Chase promising an e-mail from "his people"—mugged for the cameras, and agreed that Barack Obama had nailed his speech. "If we're seen together, you're in trouble," joked the funnyman.

After a hearty laugh, conversation returned to the speech. Ms. Albright said that while the presidential candidate is incredibly charming in person, she was also pleased with the "diplomacy" of the speech.  read more »