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Posted 07/02/09 in Grub Street

Mary-Kate at Mary Ann’s; Colicchio Orders for Everyone

Plus, more celebrity sightings from the past week.

Filed Under: alex rodriguez, ashleigh banfield, bradley cooper, brett ratner, bruce willis, celebrity settings, cheryl burke, chloe sevigny, courtney love, ed westwick, jill zarin, kate hudson, leighton meester, marc sanchez, mary-kate olsen, maxwell zagorski, mya, renee zellweger, robert pattinson, sanjaya malakar, sarah ferguson, stacy london, tom colicchio, william

Posted 06/29/09 in Vulture

Is Michael Bay Going to Skip Out on Transformers 3?

It's entirely possible!

Filed Under: brett ratner, hacks, michael bay, transformers, transformers: revenge of the fallen

Posted 04/14/09 in Vulture

Brett Ratner’s Favorite Journalist

"I just love great journalism, where the writer really captures the essence. There are very few people out there doing this kind of work now. I think Scott Foundas is one of those guys."

Filed Under: brett ratner, movies, ratner, scott foundas

Posted 02/11/09 in Vulture

Hugh Jackman Responded to Oscar-Hosting Invitation ‘Like a Stunned Mullet’

Whatever that means!

Filed Under: Academy Awards, Brett Ratner, Hugh Jackman, Kudos, Oscars

Posted 02/11/09 in Vulture

Brett Ratner Rejects Vulture’s Made-up Beverly Hills Cop Script

Apparently Ratner's 'BHC' reboot will be 'a hard R,' which probably means he hated our PG-rated screenplay.

Filed Under: beverly hills cop, beverly hills cop 4, brett ratner, eddie murphy, ratner

Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture

Paramount Demands the Immediate Removal of Vulture’s Fake ‘Beverly Hills Cop IV’ Script

Who could possibly have imagined we would've imagined the exact same dialogue, scene headings, camera directions, and page numbers as the script's Paramount-hired authors!

Filed Under: beverly hills cop 4, brett ratner, movies, paramount

Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture

Shia LaBeouf, Attorney-at-law

Plus: Guillermo del Toro finally does some work.

Filed Under: abc, alfonso cuaron, battlestar galactica, brett ratner, charles wessler, courtney b. vance, denzel washington, eric stoltz, esai morales, flash forward, guillermo del toro, jack davenport, john grisham, lost, mike judge, movies, overture films, peter farrelly, ray stevenson, roald dahl, sci-fi channel, shia labeouf, the associate, the book of eli, the industry, the witches, todd philips

Posted 11/10/08 in Vulture

Chris Rock to Attend ‘Funeral’

Plus: Brett Ratner to direct movie. Wait, come back!

Filed Under: apostle pictures, brett ratner, burt reynolds, casey affleck, cbs, chevy chase, chris rock, conan, death at a funeral, denis leary, first avenger: captain america, jessica alba, joe johnston, michael madsen, michael rapaport, movies, not another not another movie, paramount, the industry, the killer inside me, tv

Posted 08/29/08 in Vulture

Brett Ratner Wants to Make a Guitar Hero Movie

Plus: They've found the perfect director for 'Voltron'! It's some dude who directed 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'!

Filed Under: brett ratner, danny boyle, fox searchlight, guitar hero, hollywood vs. originality, john lennon, matt greenhalgh, max makowski, mgm, movies video games, nowhere boy, poltergeist, sam taylor wood, simon beaufoy, slumdog millionaire, The Industry, vadim perelman, vikas swarup, voltron, warner brothers

Posted 08/08/08 in Vulture

There Are Only So Many Funny ‘Bastard’ Headlines, Brad Pitt and Simon Pegg

Two more stars join the cast, and two more Tarantino reclamation projects are rumored.

Filed Under: avi arad, brad pitt, brett ratner, burk sharpless, carlos coto, don payne, flash gordon, fox, godfather ii, inglorious bastards, james patterson, matt sazama, maxuimum ride, quentin tarantino, simon pegg, The Industry, wild boys

Posted 07/02/08 in Vulture

Eddie Murphy Not Retiring; ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ to Stink Up Theaters As Planned

Great news, Brett Ratner fans!

Filed Under: Apropos of Nothing, beverly hills cop 4, brett ratner, eddie murphy, movies

Posted 07/02/08 in Daily Intel

Jerry Seinfeld and Ralph Lauren Brunch Together

Just friends? Or was Lauren pitching him a puffy-shirt concept? That and more in today's New York gossip roundup.

Filed Under: anne hathaway, bar refaeli, brett ratner, chris jones, eric trump, eve, george clooney, gossipmonger, lebron james, madonna, michael jones, prince harry, prince william, raffaello follieri, ralph lauren, robert rodriguez, rosie o'donnell

Posted 06/12/08 in Vulture

George Clooney Can’t Stop With the Spy Movies

Plus: Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt will try their damnedest to play Irishmen.

Filed Under: adam sandler, anthony peckham, brett ratner, drake & josh: best christmas ever, drake bell, eric bana, five minutes of heaven, funny people, george clooney, hugh hefner, james nesbitt, jason schwartzman, jonah hill, josh peck, judd apatow, liam neeson, movies, nickelodeon, oliver hirschbiegel, robert downey jr., seth rogen, The Industry, the tourist, warner brothers

Posted 06/05/08 in Vulture

Vulture Exclusive! Brett Ratner’s Script for ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ Revealed!

What will happen to the Detroit police detective we know and love?

Filed Under: Apropos of Nothing, beverly hills cop 4, brett ratner, eddie murphy, it is fake, movies

Posted 05/29/08 in Vulture

Eddie Murphy Moves Back to Beverly Hills

Plus: Tori Spelling returns to Beverly Hills, 50 Cent gets a reality show, and MTV wants your teenage daughter to get knocked up.

Filed Under: 16 and pregnant, 50 cent, 902102, beverly hills cop 4, brett ratner, david berenbaum, eddie murphy, michael bay, movies, mtv, ouiji board, rainn wilson, the cw, The Industry, tori spelling, transformers 2

Posted 05/05/08 in Daily Intel

Even Though He's Dead, Norman Mailer's Ex Insists Upon Making Us Imagine Him Naked

Plus, dish about Oprah, Rachael Ray, Kelly Clarkson, and some more icky news about David Cross.

Filed Under: anderson cooper, bam margera, brett ratner, broadway, cain, catherine zeta-jones, central park, christie's, christine baranksi, david carr, elisabeth hasselbeck, elle, gayle king, georgina chapman, gold bar, gossipmonger, gwyneth paltrow, harvey fierstein, john leguizamo, kelly clarkson, montauk, new york times, norman mailer, oprah, oprah winfrey, rachel ray, soho grand, tim gunn

Posted 04/28/08 in Daily Intel

Chuck Bass Rules at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Also, dish on Ashley Dupré, Anna Wintour, Clay Aiken, and more in our daily gossip roundup.

Filed Under: anna wintour, anucha browne sanders, bijou phillips, brett ratner, clay aiken, danny masterson, ed westwick, fortune, gossipmonger, heidi montag, isiah thomas, john mccain, john waters, jonbenet, joyce carol oates, maureen dowd, msnbc, rudy giuliani, spencer pratt, veronica hearst, white house

Posted 04/25/08 in Daily Intel

Taxi TV: The Celebrities Weigh In

We canvass the stars at last night's 'Cry-Baby' premiere to see whether anyone will defend the honor of cabbie cable.

Filed Under: anne meara, brett ratner, debbie harry, estelle parsons, intel, jerry stiller

Posted 04/24/08 in Daily Intel

Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen Indulge in Another Icky Husband-and-Wife Pastime

Also, Padma is dating a mogul, and Heidi Montag turned down the White House? Read more in our daily gossip roundup.

Filed Under: alex mccord, angelina jolie, brad pitt, brett ratner, chris martin, david blaine, dita von teese, ed koch, george clooney, gisele bundchen, gold bar, gossipmonger, graydon carter, gwyneth paltrow, heidi montag, hillary clinton, jeffrey epstein, mayor bloomberg, mel brooks, montauk, padma lakshmi, real housewives of new york city, ronald perelman, simon van kempen, spencer pratt, stephen daldry, sylvester stallone, teddy forstmann, the hills, time magazine, white house correspondents dinner

Posted 04/18/08 in Daily Intel

Is Real Housewife Ramona Singer the "most hated woman in New York"? Which famous-for-being-rich couple had to borrow cash to pay for their wedding license? And what other screen star may have had an affair with JFK? All this and more in today's roundup of the best of the gossip pages.