Mike Sampson

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Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Jaws, Boogie Nights, Goodfellas, The Jerk, Raiders of read more the Lost Ark, The Untouchables (recent) 21 Grams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anchorman

Likes: German women, the VX-980 hair blower, my chest hair, fighting beach read more crime, my talking black Trans-Am...oh wait, that's David Hasselhoff

Portman nude?…

Posted 19 years ago

Riddle me this JoBlo.com readers. When is a naked Natalie Portman not sexy? Well for starters, when she’s being tortured, not actually naked and using a body double. That just about does it. There was a lot of hoopla after...

Jet Li is the Mummy!

Posted 19 years ago

I still remember interviewing Jet Li (one of my very first celebrity encounters at JoBlo.com) for KISS OF THE DRAGON and thinking, this guy has what it takes to be the next Bruce Lee. Of course there was some naivete...

Nancy Drew 2? Already?

Posted 19 years ago

NANCY DREW isn’t set for release until June 15th but Warner Bros. has already set up a sequel and signed both star Emma Roberts and director Andrew Fleming to return. Why they decided to go ahead on a sequel to...

Crowe wears a Bra

Posted 19 years ago

Russell Crowe, sick of letting second cousin twice removed Cameron Crowe get all the directing attention, has decided to take a seat in the director’s chair. Crowe will direct BRA BOYS for Universal, which has nothing to do with transvestites....

New Hostel 2 clip

Posted 19 years ago

Ohhh Eli Roth. How I wish you wouldn’t have gone back to do HOSTEL 2. It’s not that I have anything against HOSTEL 2 (though this poster mash-up is certainly retarded), just in theory I wish you’d have moved on...

Blunt the Queen

Posted 19 years ago

Emily Blunt, who won raves for her performance in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA but whose butt chin kinda disturbs me, has signed on to star in THE YOUNG VICTORIA for producer Martin Scorsese. As you might expect, the film will...

Cruise vs. Hitler

Posted 19 years ago

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And Speed Racer is…

Posted 19 years ago

It’s not Keanu Reeves or that kid from “High School Musical.” It’s actually, I think, a really good choice: Emile Hirsch. According to Variety, Hirsch is in final negotiations to star in the Wachowski’s SPEED RACER, which is set to...

Pitt ready to Play

Posted 19 years ago

Looks like the Pitt/Jolie household really loved THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND. While Angelina Jolie will head off to Europe this summer to film WANTED with SCOTLAND star James McAvoy, Pitt has signed on to star in STATE OF PLAY...

Beatle movie brawl

Posted 19 years ago

A storm is a-brewin’ over at Revolution Studios over the upcoming Beatles-based musical ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Director Julie Taymor (FRIDA) submitted her cut of the film to the studio but it wasn’t universally loved. Revolution head Joe Roth (himself a...

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