Leonardo
DiCaprio will soon play Theodore Hall, the little-known teen
genius biophysicist who participated in the making of the first atom
bomb and then passed the info on to the Soviets in an attempt to create
nuclear weapons parity. Fortunately for DiCaprio, besides being a genius
and traitor, Hall was also a skinny, brooding, long-haired teen with
a tendency to hyperactivity who screamed at the top of his lungs unintelligibly
whenever having a strong emotion. Talk about a coincidence!
Ford model Nacho Arenas is directing a movie. Let that linger
in your mind for a moment. Nacho is directing a movie. Nacho! To prove
that models are exclusively on the Fernandoesque "It's better to look
good than to act good" platform, he's hired alleged actors Maxine
"I Lived With Ed Burns" Bahns, Ashley "I Married
Shannon Doherty And Angie Everhardt" Hamilton and
A. J. "I've Screwed Up My Career As A Gossip Columnist, But My Two
Day Growth Looks Really Cool" Benza to star.
Shawn and Marlon Wayans get their civil rights violated
in small town America in the comedy, My Kinda Town. When their
successful lawsuit bankrupts the tiny town, the duo takes ownership
of the town. The first thing they do is create a law forcing all the
other citizens to mug at the camera, walk funny and make wild sounds
in order to try and get a laugh.
Speaking of jurisprudence, reports are that Marlon Brando is
looking to work opposite John Travolta in writer/director Steven
Zaillian's film of the non-fiction novel, A Civil Action.
The big question is whether Brando is attracted to the project because
he thinks the role of corporate counsel to Beatrice Foods is the kind
of great role that will bring respect to the tail end of his career
or whether he's just looking for a corporate discount.
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