Granted, British comedian Russell Brand isn't for everyone, and I think there are some people at the BBC who would agree. But, I just love the guy to bits. Sure he's strange and a little bit of a lecher, but damn is he funny. When rumors first started to surface that Brand was being considered to ta...

Sometimes, when a story comes in to Joystiq HQ, we get so excited we can hardly keep from spinning wildly in our chairs, laughing maniacally as if we were the villain in a bad sci-fi movie. Well folks, today is one of those days, for your little sister just found something awesome to print out and c...

Ubisoft lost publishing bigwig Jay Cohen last week, a key decision maker for the French mega-publisher. Kind of a big deal? Yes, especially since Cohen has since reportedly jumped ship to Jerry Bruckheimer's game label. According to Variety's The Cut Scene, the former Ubisoft vet is now gainfully em...

Movie: Confessions of a Shopaholic * Trailer * Official Site In Theaters: Feb. 13, 2009 Runtime: 112 minutes Directed by: P. J. Hogan MPAA Rating: PG for some mild language and thematic elements Gecko Rating: I’m a huge fan of all the Sophie Kinsella books , and "Confessions of a Shopahol...

Any armchair economist can sit down today and point out last year's indications of a New Depression. The one he'd likely miss occurred when Isla Fisher nabbed the lead in Confessions of a Shopaholic . It hardly seemed fair to the 32-year-old Aussie, whose massive break in Wedding Crashers followed m...

Let’s have a vote. I’ll give you three film titles and you decide which one you’re looking forward to most : G-Force , the Guinea pig action comedy; Prince of Persia , the videogame adaptation; Confessions of a Shopaholic , the chick-lit-turned-chick-flick. I voted for Confessions ...

[Posted by David S. Cohen]To date, other than James Cameron's Avatar, there have been no announcements of a major franchise installment in live-action 3-D. No 3-D Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Die Hard or Pirates of the Caribbean. We hear from people who've worked on live-action 3-D that there's a le...

We didn't do a full update yesterday from the WSOP, mostly because one development truly left us horrified. We didn't know how to report it. Because it surely had to have been made up. Seriously, who does what we are about to report? What kind of a person would do this? Definitely not anybody we kno...

Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina have joined Jerry Bruckheimer's Prince of Persia video game adaptation, adding some unexpected credibility to the project that was already cleverly being referred to as "Prince of Turdsia" (by me). Alfred Molina will join Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and Ben Kin...

What a Friday Line Up - Eddie and Naomi Fighting, Loads of Drugs and Various Fools Galore.. Enjoy, EDDIE GRIFFIN SUED FOR ASSAULT: Production manager claims comic beat him for booking his mother into a cheap hotel. *A production manager on the set of an Eddie Griffin pilot has filed a lawsuit claimi...