March 19th, 2009
Have you heard about JCVD? Those initials stand for “Jean-Claude Van Damme,” and the movie itself is, by all accounts, the best thing the Muscles from Brussels has ever done — by a long shot.
Sure, his other movies don’t offer much in the way of competition for that honor, but this movie is supposed to be very, very good, and Van Damme is seriously good in it. He plays himself — or, at least, a version of himself - facing money troubles, custody hearings, bad movies cashing in on his name and, in the movie’s central scenes, a hostage situation. There’s action, drama, comedy and an apparently amazing scene where Van Damme addresses the camera — and addresses the mess he’s made of his life.
It arrives on DVD next month. Here’s the trailer:
March 19th, 2009
After being critically injured in a skiing accident Monday, actress Natasha Richardson has died.
From the Associated Press story:
Richardson fell during a private lesson Monday at a ski resort in Quebec. She was not wearing a helmet. The 45-year-old actress was seemingly fine afterward, but about an hour later, she complained that she didn’t feel well. She was hospitalized Tuesday in Montreal and later flown to a hospital in New York.
Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson’s husband, Liam Neeson, confirmed her death Wednesday without giving details on the cause.
Actress Lindsay Lohan, who co-starred with Richardson in Disney’s remake of THE PARENT TRAP during Lohan’s less tabloid-centric days, had this to say: “She was a wonderful woman and actress and treated me like I was her own. My heart goes out to her family. This is a tragic loss.”
