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--- The Lady Uhura - There's a fantastic piece over at Planet Waves from Martin Luther King Jr. Day yesterday detailing a meeting between King and Nichelle Nichols, the actress that played Uhura on the original Star Trek, that y'all gotta read. I'd never heard this story before and so hearing it straight from her was a treat.

--- Re Activity - A writer and director team has been chosen for the sequel to Paranormal Activity; apparently it's only being produced by Oren Peli, the original director. The director did Saw VI (mmhmm) and the writer did some Law and Order and Millenium episodes.

--- Speak of the Butler - Yesterday as I waxed poetically about Gerard Butler's waxed behind, I made mention of the fact that all he ever makes are shitty movies and how that'd slipped my crush onto life support. Well as if he heard me, today comes news of a somewhat interesting project. Well at least when compared to shitty Aniston rom-coms. Via Cinematical:

"Butler will be starring in Machine Gun Preacher, a big screen version of the life and work of Reverend Sam Childers. He has attracted director Marc Forster who is happily taking the helming job.

Childers' life story is detailed in his book, Another Man's War. A biker attracted to drugs and violence, he experienced a religious awakening at an Assembly of God church, and actually received a prophecy that he would work in Africa. Whether it was destiny or not, Childers made his first trip to Sudan, and took up what has become his life's work -- protecting children from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. In addition to forming an orphange, he has put together a militia to protect Sudan's children -- hence the Machine Gun Preacher nickname."

I grew up in the Assembly of God, and certainly have mixed feelings about it (ha ha that's called understatement). But this fellow seems to have led an interesting life, and if it ain't sugar-coated it sounds like it could be more of a challenge than Butler usually works with. Forster, director-wise, could go either way. We'll see.

--- Horrible Glee - I still can't watch Glee - well if Jane Lynch is on-screen I'll watch; otherwise it makes my skin crawl - but there's no doubt I'll be watching the episode Joss Whedon's directing, because hello geek. Anyway now I've got even more reason, since it's been announced that Doc Horrible himself, Neil Patrick Harris, will be guesting on Joss'; episode. Hell yeah.

--- V Frank - Over at AICN they got word from The Man himself - Bruce Campbell, that is - on what he's doing next. Says The Man:

"Hello everyone. Bruce Campbell here. This urgent message is short, because my keystrokes are monitored and I fear for my life. My partner at Dark Horse comics, Mike Richardson (normally a very rational and talented man), threatened to have his foot soldiers "crush my spleen" if I did what I am about to do. But the fans deserve to know, so with great trepidation I officially announce Bruce Vs. Frankenstein, the sequel to My Name is Bruce. Principal photography begins this fall in Oregon. I'd like to live long enough to see the cameras roll, so please, for the love of God, do not tell anyone - I can't risk this announcement getting back to Mike! Thank you."

I saw Mr. Campbell in person at the screening of My Name Is Bruce here in NYC and that was a delight. Seeing him; the movie... notsomuch. Still, you keep chugging along, BC. You are love.

--- And finally, I don't trust that Channing Tatum's doing anything but yanking my dick here (gosh I like that sentence), but he's telling people that he is planning on making a film about his days as a stripper. For him to star in.

Yeah I will believe that when I see that and if I do see that I will keel over right away before I'm able to believe what I am seeing, the end.
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