A Brawl Staged for Bruno?

Recent events held in Texarkana and Fort Smith, Arkansas just might find their way into the upcoming Bruno movie. When contacted, the producers of the film had no comment. Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others’ clothes…

The 2008 New Yorker Festival Is Coming…

Watch for the complete Festival guide in the September 15th issue of The New Yorker, on newsstands on September 8th. UPDATE: The schedule is finally here. Tickets are available online at 12 noon E.T. on Friday, September 12th. To sign up for official Festival Wire e-mails, visit festival.newyorker.com (which you annoyingly have to do every…

Jam (The Movie) Premieres Tonight on Sundance

Jam, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2006 SXSW Film Festival, premieres tonight at 9PM (EDT) on the Sundance Channel. Jam was directed by sucessful movie trailer man Mark Woolen and produced by Woolen, Scott Mitsui, and Myles “Randy” Bender. Jam (2006) They were television sports stars of the ’60s…

Bruno Release Date Set

The Bruno Movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen will be released on May 15, 2009 July 10, 2009. For more info on Bruno go here.

Brokeback Opera in 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on “Brokeback Mountain,” the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for a 2005 movie that won three Academy Awards. The opera is scheduled to premiere in spring 2013, City Opera said Sunday. It will…