More shots of Johnny Depp, this time with Aaron Eckhart on the Puerto Rican set of “The Rum Diary” have found their way online. Based on a Hunter S. Thompson novel, this is the second time (after “Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas”) that Depp will be playing a surrogate character based on the author who became one of his famous friends. [PopSugar]
Catch a bunch of webisodes from Armando Iannucci’s “In The Loop.” The clips focus on the character of Jamie McDonald, a senior press officer, and has the tagline: ‘Jamie McDonald: The crossest man in Scotland.” [Empire]
A few behind-the-scenes clips from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s “Crank 2: High Voltage” have showed up online. [TrailerAddict]
A clip from a Gorillaz documentary called “Bananaz” has been unveiled. The doc will will released at Babelgum on April 20th and will feature artists such D12 and De La Soul. Dennis Hopper made his way into it as well, which isn’t a total surprise since he appeared on the group’s last record from 2005, Demon Days. [BBC]
Captain Kirk himself, Chris Pine, revealed that he failed in auditions for James Cameron’s “Avatar” and Roland Emmerich’s “10,000 BC” before earning his iconic “Star Trek” role. [Vanity Fair]
Among some jokes referencing his and James Franco’s cameo at this year’s Oscars, Seth Rogen has once again discussed the possibilities of a “Pineapple Express” sequel. Whether those talks were with the barista at his local Starbucks or with Judd Apatow is anyone’s guess. [MTV]
Entertainment Weekly have compiled a list of the ’25 funniest women in Hollywood.’ [EW]
Critic Lou Lumenick on Rawson Marshall Thurber’s “Mysteries In Pittsburgh”: “You know a movie’s got problems when the most memorable thing about it is Sienna Miller’s mustache” [NY Post]
A whole bunch of “Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen” concept art has shown up online. [Flickr]
Angelina Jolie’s next film “Salt” will apparently feature baby ninjas. [Videogum]
A new clip from “Angels & Demons” is now available for viewing. [Apple]
Billy Bob Thornton was reportedly booed during his band’s set as he tried to explain his odd behavior on Canadian TV earlier in the week. [TheStar]
After the previous announcement of their upcoming collaboration, a video has been released of Rainn Wilson joining Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo in a cover of Joan Osborne’s ‘One Of Us.’ The performance begins at around the 4:42 mark.
Eric Bazilian of the Hooters wrote/produced/preformed ‘One of Us’ for Joan Osborne. And now you know the rest of the story…