Movie News and Views Nov. 24, 2009

- New to Sequel-ville: "Stomp the Yard"

- Charlize Theron was auctioning-off a trip to Africa which included a meeting with Nelson Mandela. With the highest bid being $37,000 she decided to offer a seven-second kiss to any man for $130,000. A woman offered $140,000. The kiss lasted for 90-seconds. Photo is below.

- The third Daniel Craig "Bond" movie will begin filming next year.

- New to Remake-Town: "Dambusters," "Footloose," "My Fair Lady," "Short Circuit," "Let the Right One In," "Reincarnation of Peter Proud,"

- Pam Anderson has spoken out against the new "Baywatch" movie citing that she hates it when movies are made from TV shows. Nice to know she has standards...

- Tara Reid will be in Playboy and a team of Photoshop-ers are currently working on the pictorial.

- J.R.R. Tolkien had a good year for being a dead guy: he made $50 million. Although he was beat out by Michael Jackson ($90 mil) and Elvis Presley ($55 mil) he did make more than John Lennon ($15 mil), Jimi Hendrix ($8 mil) and fellow author Michael Crichton ($9 mil).

- The original writers on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" are coming back for the sequel. How many years has it been...?

- According to a recent AOL poll, Miley Cyrus is the worst influence on kids (42%), followed by Britney Spears and Kanye West.

- The movie "Australia" couldn't get a nomination for itself or actors by the Australian Film Institute.

- According to the Parents TV Council, violence against women has risen 120% in the past 5 years.

- 50 Cent is on board with the idea that UFOs/aliens have visited us and the government is covering it up.

- For those with extra cash lying around, the rights for the "Terminator" franchise will be auctioned off this month.

- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscars.

- Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, and Steve Guttenberg will reunite for "Three Men and a Bride." I should say something witty here...

- Sony has acquired the rights to "Risk," the world-domination board game. No word on how long the movie will be, but I'm hoping less than 6 hours.

- Will Smith has signed on to star and produce "Flowers for Algernon," based on the story.

- Dwight Schultz, who played "Howlin' Mad" Murdoch in "The A-Team," has confirmed that he has a cameo in the upcoming film.

- Guillermo del Toro has confirmed his cameo in the "Hobbit" movie.

- Two good pieces of news for "Dark Tower" fans: J.J. Abrams will NOT be directing a "Gunslinger" movie, and Stephen King is possibly working on an 8^th novel.

- MGM is up for auction as well...

- Due to bad money management, Nic Cage has foreclosed on 4 of his homes.

- Will Ferrell tops the Forbes Most Overpaid Actors list, with his films earning $3.29 for every dollar he's paid.

- Michael Moore's "Capitalism" has not been nominated for an Oscar. Apparently people in SoCal like their money...

- Michael Bay will NOT kill off Megan Fox's character in "Transformers 3." Because, what else is Megan Fox going to do?

- "The Howling" franchise will be rebooted. Yeah, that's what I was waiting for... While you're at it, can you bring the "Werewolf" TV series back?