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October 12,1998
Another movie deal for Jim Carrey...
'Yahoo News!' reports that Jim Carrey is set to star in the $110 million film version of the UK sci-fi/comedy classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Production is scheduled to begin next year for a summer 2000 release.
October 4,1998Oh, Jim is quite the prankster...
Jim Carrey spit in professional wrestler Larry Lawler's face and Larry beat the *bleep* out of him? Yeah right!!! It seems the incedent reported below about a fight between Jim Carrey and Larry Lawler was actually a prank between Jim, Larry, Danny Devito, and Jim's manager. It was on the annaversery of Andy and Larry's fight that also resulted in a fake neck injury. Andy Kaufman was a relentless prankster which is another example of Jim Imitating Andy Kaufman's every move. And since Jim does like to imitate Kaufman, you can probably expect more pranks on the set of The Man on the Moon.
September 23,1998A tip of advice:never spit in a professional wrestler's face...
Is it art imitating life or vice versa? Either way, things are starting to get out of hand on the set of the Milos Forman-directed Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon. Jim Carrey reportedly suffered a minor neck injury while filming a scene with the same professional wrestler who once put Kaufman in a neck brace. According to the Associated Press, on Tuesday night in Los Angeles Carrey and wrestler Jerry Lawler were lensing a scene which recreated a fight between Kaufman and Lawler. The Truman Show star, apparently believing firmly in Method acting, spit at Lawler, but the wrestler reacted poorly to this motivation, and reportedly pulled Carrey's hair and jerked his neck. "Jim was immersed in the role as Andy, played it as Andy would have," Carrey's manager, Eric Gold, tells the wire service. "Mr. Lawler acted unprofessionally, and he attacked him. He attacked him, and he injured his neck." "Jerry turned real angry, ran back across the ring, pushed…Jim Carrey, and he started kind of swinging," a witness was quoted as saying. Carrey, who was believed seriously injured at first, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital, where he underwent tests and was released. He returned to the set on Wednesday wearing a neck brace. "When you have two consummate professionals like Jim and Jerry, who are very committed to their roles and want this to be as realistic a film as possible, the likelihood of injury occurring increases," said World Wrestling Federation Chairman Vince McMahon in a statement on Wednesday. "On behalf of the entire World Wrestling Federation family I want to wish Jim Carrey a quick recovery." This is the latest incident of line blurring on the set of the film. Carrey has reportedly sunk deeply into the role, even asking for the crew to call him "Andy." The parallels between this incident and Kaufman's real life are unnerving—and perhaps even a little suspicious, although Carrey's publicist insists the injury is not a "put-on." Back in Memphis in 1982, Lawler, a former Southern heavyweight wrestling champion, offered to fight the eccentric Kaufman, who until that point had only wrestled women. Kaufman, who had proclaimed himself "Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion," didn't last long in the ring with Lawler, and the comedian was taken away from the exhibition match on a stretcher, with four compressed vertebrae. A few months later, Kaufman, still wearing a neck brace, appeared with Lawler on Late Night With David Letterman, and things quickly devolved. The infamous appearance, in which Lawler whapped Kaufman in the face and the comedian responded by swearing a blue streak and throwing Letterman's coffee at the wrestler, was part theater and part mayhem. After the show aired, Kaufman threatened to sue NBC for $200 million, and he dismissed those who thought his injuries were all an act, telling them to "check with the hospital I was in. Let them look at the X-rays." Lawler said he never really knew whether Kaufman, who died in 1984 at the age of 35 from a rare form of lung cancer, was angry or whether it was an act. "It appeared to be real," he said earlier this year. But, he added, "You never knew what was real and what was not." September 16,1998How Jim Carrey stole Christmas...
To quote Dr. Seuss, someone in Hollywood just "got a wonderful, awful idea." Sources tell Daily Variety that Jim Carrey is attached to star as the mean one himself in a Ron Howard-directed live-action version of the children's classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That's right, Carrey, currently channeling Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman's The Man on the Moon, will "slither and slunk" to play that "nasty wasty skunk" who dresses up as "Santy Claus" and steals presents, trees, and even the roast beast from all the Who's in Who-ville in the Universal-Imagine Films production. And while The Truman Show star has apparently not yet officially signed on, he's reportedly being aggressively wooed. No word on his payday. And unlike the merry holiday in the Seuss classic, which "came without ribbons…came without tags!…came without packages, boxes or bags," this deal definitely came with strings attached. A fierce bidding war broke out last week when Audrey Geisel, widow of Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991 at the age of 87, decided to auction the rights to the Grinch character. Among the reported contenders: Tom Shadyac (Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor), the Farrelly brothers (There's Something About Mary), and John Hughes (Sixteen Candles). Shadyac was rumored to want Jack Nicholson to star. But Universal emerged with the coveted property by promising a package that the trade says has the "potential to be among the richest rights deals ever made in Hollywood." The studio will reportedly plunk down nearly $5 million in up-front rights fees alone, and then will cough up a possible backend deal that includes about 4 percent of the first dollar gross and an "unprecedented" merchandising and soundtrack piece that is close to the 50 percent mark. That means if Carrey's box office streak holds, there will soon be some very happy boys and girls in Hollywood-ville. In addition, the Los Angeles Times reports that as part of the deal, Universal has also agreed to pay another $4 million for Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go. Universal and Imagine came away with The Grinch after über producer Brian Grazer worked his magic on Mrs. Geisel, who not only approved of the lucrative compensation package offered, but was also a fan of Ron Howard's previous directing efforts, including Apollo 13. "Apparently, Ron's take was the one she wanted," Grazer tells the Times. After Grazer and Howard, who are co-partners in Imagine, promised to lure Carrey on board, Geisel, who had just visited the actor on the set of Man on the Moon, was hooked. The producer tells the Times that the film will be "live-action augmented by special effects to create a very unique world," where even the human characters "will look different." Howard, a longtime fan of the Grinch, tells the paper, "Grinch is a great character. He's a great sort of anti-hero who winds up growing and doing the right thing." How the Grinch Who Stole Christmas is quickly ramping up, with a Christmas 2000 or 2001 release date reportedly being eyed. Universal is hoping to get a big return on its big investment on several levels: The studio already owns theme park rights to the Dr. Seuss characters, and the studio's new Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando will include an island called "Seuss Landing." And while the 1966 Boris Karloff-narrated small-screen version of The Grinch will remain our all-time favorite holiday cartoon, just thinking about how the rubber-faced Carrey will turn evil and torment all the Who's in Who-ville, even "little Cindy-Lou Who, who was not more than two," has made our small hearts "grow three sizes" today.
September 11,1998Remember Jim's cameo?
A few months ago we told you about a cameo apperience by Jim Carrey in a movie called A Small Miracle about a boy who accedentally killed his friends mother. Well, the movie was released today under a different name. You may have heard of it:Simon Birch. Jim plays a grown up version of Simon Birch who tells the story. You hear his voice through the movie kind of like in The Wonder Years. He is seen on screen at the begining and end. I have not yet seen this movie but I plan to. My brother saw it with his friends and said it was an awful movie and Jim Carrey's voice was wrong for the part. If you really like Jim Carrey or the movie seems interesting to you then you'll probably see it anyway.
September 8,1998Elton and Jim:The next 'Odd Couple'...
The last thing Jim Carrey seems to need at this particular point in his life is to have his eccentricities encouraged. After all, the actor appears to be sinking a little too deeply into his role as the unpredictable and off-the-wall Andy Kaufman in the Milos Forman-directed biopic The Man on the Moon. But don't tell that to Elton John. USA Today reports that John, who is a friend of Forman's, accepted an invitation to visit the set of the film, and he and the Carrey took a shine to one another. That would explain why the Truman Show star recently joined John onstage for a rousing rendition of "Rocket Man." But it turns out what went on backstage was even more intriguing. After the show, says the paper, Carrey was telling John about Kaufman, and explaining how the late comedian would get carried away by his alter ego, Vegas lounge lizard Tony Clifton. The vegetarian Kaufman, while channeling Clifton, would eat prime rib, drink Jack Daniels, and smoke. But when the Taxi star was back to his old self, he would clean out his polluted system by—get this— swallowing 30 feet of cheesecloth. Ewww. John found the entire story fascinating, and decided to send Carrey a gift that would pay tribute to all three parts of his current psyche. The entertainer sent expensive red wine for the Carrey, Limburger cheese and magazines of large, naked over-50 women for Clifton, and 10 packages of cheesecloth for Kaufman.
September 2,1998Jim goes bananas...
Daily Variety's Army Archerd reports that the Truman Show star recently arrived at Gadsby's restaurant in Los Angeles dressed in a gorilla suit. The $20 million man then decided to play waiter to actors Laurence Fishburne and Clarence Williams III before removing the costume's hairy head and placing it on their table. No word on why Carrey was monkeying around, but we can't wait for his encore.
August 21,1998Researching a role isn't good enough...
Jim Carrey, method actor? The newly respected Truman Show star is apparently exhibiting some behavior more befitting Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro than a guy who until a few months ago was best known for his talking butt cheeks. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Carrey is going to extraordinary lengths looking for inspiration for his role as the eccentric Andy Kaufman in the Milos Forman-directed biopic Man on the Moon. How far will he go? Well, on the first day of shooting this week, the comedian turned critical darling arrived dressed as an ice cream man, and proceeded to hand out tasty treats to the crew from the back of an ice cream truck. And Carrey seems to have done more than his share of research for the role. Sources tell the trade that the A-lister has two trailers on the set: one for "Andy Kaufman," and one for the late comedian's sleazy, abrasive Vegas lounge singer alter ego, "Tony Clifton." The move isn't too surprising given the history: When Kaufman starred on Taxi, he signed two separate contracts, one for himself and one for Clifton, and demanded a separate trailer for the Clifton persona, insisting all along that they were different people. When Clifton misbehaved on the Taxi set, he was fired, and legend has it that Kaufman, still in the Clifton character, was dragged kicking and screaming from the set. Carrey allegedly asked the crew to call him Tony during the first week of shooting, when he was shooting scenes as Clifton—even when he wasn't in front of the camera. Carrey, who on NBC's A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman revealed that the late comedian originated the Clifton character before turning him over to friend and fellow comedian Bob Zmuda, is obviously reveling in the role. No word from Carrey's reps or the pic's producer, Jersey Films, on the reports. Meanwhile, in other Man on the Moon news, Daily Variety's Army Archerd reports that Taxi stars Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, and Carol Kane will play themselves in the film, with Danny DeVito, who starred as the despicable Louis, on board as George Shapiro, Kaufman's manager. Tony Danza, who's currently on Broadway in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, opted out of the project.
June 9, 1998The Truman Show's busy weekend...
Turns out Jim Carrey was right to feel like somebody's always watching him. The butt- talking pet detective turned potential Oscar nominee's The Truman Show, his first big-screen attempt at getting dramatic, had audiences lining up this weekend. The film raked in a boffo $31.5 million and put the horror that was The Cable Guy behind him once and for all. The Peter Weir-directed Paramount drama, starring Carrey as the unwitting star of the world's most popular television show, has now become the third highest debut of the year, behind Godzilla's $55.5 million and Deep Impact's $41.2 million.
This change is for the better...
The release date of The Truman Show has once again been changed but this time it's closer. The new and official release date is June 5, 1998.
Jim Carrey and creater's of South Park? You never know what'll happen, but you know it'll be funny...
Trey Parker and Matt Stoner (creaters of the hit show South Park on Comedy Central about four foul mouthed little kids) are goin to write a prequal to Jim Carrey's 1994 hit Dumb and Dumber.I expect this to be hilarious!
Check out The Tonight Show...
Jim's ex-wife, Lauren Holly, will be on the Tonight show with Jay Leno on March 13. They might talk about Jim a little. It might be interesting to watch. If it's a re-run then it is the one in whice Jim makes a special apperance at the end.
Jim Carrey's win at the Blockbuster awards...
Jim Carrey won Favorite actor in a comedy for Liar Liar at the Blockbuster Award ceremony. His acceptence was not televised because of lack of time. The awards were televised on UPN.
Jim gets to be "The Man on the Moon"...
Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon, Milos Forman's upcoming biopic. Variety reports that Forman made the decision on Friday night after reviewing the videotaped auditions he had requested. Not everyone was pleased with Forman's audition request: Cage reportedly bristled at having to give a sneak preview of his performance and refused to submit a tape. Carrey, who had made impressions a major part of his comedy act before he discovered talking out of his butt, is said to have become Kaufman in his audition tape, going so far as to incorporate the comic's own bongos into the act. Forman already has a co-star set for the pic: Danny DeVito, Kaufman's Taxi co-star, will play the comic's manager George Shapiro.
The Fish is Final...
Variety reports that the $20 million-a-movie comedian will star in an updated version of the 1964 Don Knotts comedy The Incredible Mr. Limpet, which Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog) will produce for Warner Bros. Carrey will play the title character, a milquetoast who's turned down for the Navy because of his bad eyesight. But everything changes when he falls into the water, turns into a fish, and becomes the Navy's secret weapon in World War II. The film, set to begin production this spring, will be a mix of animation and live-action. Limpet will be a return to familiar comedic territory for Carrey, who can be seen this summer in the more serious Truman Show.
What's the freakin' Hold Up!?
The release of The Truman show has, once again, been pushed back. The new release date is June 12, 1997. I think they are ruining the chance of the movie doing good. They keep pushing it back, it's Jim's first big screen drama so alot of people will hesitste on seeing it, and now they are planning to release it the same weekend as all the big summer hits. IDIOTS!!!!!!
Break up to make up!
Jim Carrey is reportedly reconciling with his wife...actress Lauren Holly. As you probably know, earlier this year, she moved out of the comic superstar's Brentwood, California, home after 10 months of marriage. Now she's moving back in.. .``a bag here, a bag there,'' according to one report.
The Truman Show keeps stalling
The makers of the Truman show have decided to keep it out of theatres for a little while longer. They do it to get on the fans' nerve's. The new release date is Feb.23, 1998.
Jim is Jerry...
If Martin Scorsese gets his way, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, and Jim Carrey will be boozing it up in Vegas. Variety's Army Archerd reports that the director is preparing a biopic of actor/Vegas singer/Rat Packer Dean Martin over at Warner Bros. with his Casino and Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pillegi--and his casting wish list includes all three $20 million men. The trade reports that the pic, titled Dino, will "hopefully" star Hanks as Dean, Travolta as Frank Sinatra (he's got the blue eyes, at least), Jim Carrey as Jerry Lewis, Hugh Grant as Peter Lawford, and Adam Sandler as Joey Bishop. Other roles in the film include Mob boss Sam Giancana, John. F. Kennedy, and Shirley MacLaine. "The movie will mostly be about how Dean Martin grew up as Dino Crocetti, from Steubenville, Ohio, and died as Dino Crocetti," says Pileggi. "Marty is not going to make a superficial biography, you can be sure." Martin died on December 25, 1995, at the age of seventy-eight.
He's not only a liar, he's also stolen...
Two Hollywood producers didn't find anything funny about Jim Carrey's comedy blockbuster Liar Liar. Aaron Russo and Heidi Gregg claim that the idea for the film was stolen from them, and they have filed suit against Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment production company to prove it. According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, the producers contend that they met with Grazer in New York and told him about their idea for a movie in which the young son of an attorney wishes his father could tell the truth for just one day. They later gave a copy of their screenplay to Grazer, who kept it for almost a year before sending it back with a rejection note. But in March of 1997, Imagine and Universal released Liar Liar, which Russo says is based on his ideas. The suit seeks $25 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages. Liar Liar has grossed more than $181 million at the domestic box office.
Jim Carrey? What a Fool...
Jim Carrey may be headed to the asylum, but---surprise!--he won't be one of the patients. The Hollywood trades report that M-G-M has paid a whopping $3 million for the William Davies' script Fool on the Hill, a comedy about a window and aluminum-siding salesman who discovers a defunct radio station at a mental institution and begins broadcasting. Carrey is attached to star as the salesman, whose broadcasts change the lives of the patients and the community. According to Variety, the Liar Liar star was still in negotiations for the pic on Thursday night, but M-G-M president Michael Nathanson said he is unfazed by Carrey's $20 million-plus price tag. "Jim Carrey has an established price," he said. "We're making this movie with Jim Carrey." Davies (Twins, The Real McCoy) based the story on the British television show Taking Over the Asylum.
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What's the freakin' Hold Up!?
The release of The Truman show has, once again, been pushed back. The new release date is June 12, 1997. I think they are ruining the chance of the movie doing good. They keep pushing it back, it's Jim's first big screen drama so alot of people will hesitste on seeing it, and now they are planning to release it the same weekend as all the big summer hits. IDIOTS!!!!!!
Break up to make up!
Jim Carrey is reportedly reconciling with his wife...actress Lauren Holly. As you probably know, earlier this year, she moved out of the comic superstar's Brentwood, California, home after 10 months of marriage. Now she's moving back in.. .``a bag here, a bag there,'' according to one report.
The Truman Show keeps stalling
The makers of the Truman show have decided to keep it out of theatres for a little while longer. They do it to get on the fans' nerve's. The new release date is Feb.23, 1998.
Jim is Jerry...
If Martin Scorsese gets his way, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, and Jim Carrey will be boozing it up in Vegas. Variety's Army Archerd reports that the director is preparing a biopic of actor/Vegas singer/Rat Packer Dean Martin over at Warner Bros. with his Casino and Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pillegi--and his casting wish list includes all three $20 million men. The trade reports that the pic, titled Dino, will "hopefully" star Hanks as Dean, Travolta as Frank Sinatra (he's got the blue eyes, at least), Jim Carrey as Jerry Lewis, Hugh Grant as Peter Lawford, and Adam Sandler as Joey Bishop. Other roles in the film include Mob boss Sam Giancana, John. F. Kennedy, and Shirley MacLaine. "The movie will mostly be about how Dean Martin grew up as Dino Crocetti, from Steubenville, Ohio, and died as Dino Crocetti," says Pileggi. "Marty is not going to make a superficial biography, you can be sure." Martin died on December 25, 1995, at the age of seventy-eight.
He's not only a liar, he's also stolen...
Two Hollywood producers didn't find anything funny about Jim Carrey's comedy blockbuster Liar Liar. Aaron Russo and Heidi Gregg claim that the idea for the film was stolen from them, and they have filed suit against Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment production company to prove it. According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, the producers contend that they met with Grazer in New York and told him about their idea for a movie in which the young son of an attorney wishes his father could tell the truth for just one day. They later gave a copy of their screenplay to Grazer, who kept it for almost a year before sending it back with a rejection note. But in March of 1997, Imagine and Universal released Liar Liar, which Russo says is based on his ideas. The suit seeks $25 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages. Liar Liar has grossed more than $181 million at the domestic box office.
Jim Carrey? What a Fool...
Jim Carrey may be headed to the asylum, but---surprise!--he won't be one of the patients. The Hollywood trades report that M-G-M has paid a whopping $3 million for the William Davies' script Fool on the Hill, a comedy about a window and aluminum-siding salesman who discovers a defunct radio station at a mental institution and begins broadcasting. Carrey is attached to star as the salesman, whose broadcasts change the lives of the patients and the community. According to Variety, the Liar Liar star was still in negotiations for the pic on Thursday night, but M-G-M president Michael Nathanson said he is unfazed by Carrey's $20 million-plus price tag. "Jim Carrey has an established price," he said. "We're making this movie with Jim Carrey." Davies (Twins, The Real McCoy) based the story on the British television show Taking Over the Asylum.
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