At The Movies

Whip It
Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) has grown unhappy with the apparent small town Texas life of Friday night football and beauty pageant competition. She picks up a flyer for a Roller Derby event, schemes to attend, gets invited to try out and becomes Babe Ruthless, her alter-ego roller derby character. She makes the team, lies about her age, works hard to succeed, experiences her first love with the young lead singer of an Indie rock band, gets disappointed in love, bonds with her new family of roller derby girls, fights with her mother to escape the beauty pageant and live her new dream as roller derby star. She manages to reconcile all of this, impress and win over her parents and friends, and charts an ambiguous goal to move to Austin, continue with Roller Derby, and live her new life.

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
A desperate solution for a troubled country: Lex Luthor for President with the Justice League in the service of the government. Only Batman and Superman stand against the new regime, and their disloyalty proves to be exactly what Luthor intended. Using their outcast status to instigate a scandal against Superman, Luthor finally tastes a victory in his vendetta against the Man of Steel.

The Buzz..

Reality TV star Nicole Richie was hurt in a traffic accident in Beverly Hills. The 28 year old Richie was driving a Land Rover on Wilshire Blvd. when she was rear ended by a photographer who was driving without a license. Richie complained of pain but opted to seek her own treatment and no ambulance was called. Edwardo Arrivebene, 29, a freelance photographer, was arrested on suspicion of driving without a license.

Bravo's Real Housewives franchise has infected Washington. The cable network announced that it's picking up The Real Housewives of D.C. and renewing The Real Housewives of New Jersey for a second season. In the D.C. version, the franchise will focus on women who have influence in Washington culture, whether it's through political galas, fundraisers and other society events.

Ozzy Osbourne says his family's reality show was an "experiment that went wildly out of control". The Osbournes, which ran from 2002 to 2005, showed the often chaotic domestic life of the star, his wife Sharon and children Jack and Kelly. It introduced the Black Sabbath singer to a new crop of fans, who were hooked by his bumbling ineptitude at everyday tasks like working a TV remote. But the star says the attention was "really creepy". "It was as if I went to bed in one world and woke up in a completely different world," the 60 year old said.

Swine Flu has its latest victim: Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys. A very apologetic B-Rock posted a video on YouTube explaining that the virus has forced the group to cancel their New York appearances, including an autograph signing at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Seth Rogen's Green Hornet has had its share of problems, but now that filming has started, he's looking good. A new set photo surfaced today of Rogen in his Hornet getup. The movie, based on a pulp fiction character and most famous for a 1966 television series, follows Britt Reid, a descendant of the Lone Ranger, who fights crime alongside his kung-fu master chauffeur Kato. Cameron Diaz will co-star as Reid's love interest. The production has been beset with problems, from actors dropping out to delays in the release date. Green Hornet will buzz to theaters Dec. 22, 2010.

MTV will air DJ AM’s documentary about drug addiction. The network announced today that the eight episode series called Gone Too Far will premiere Monday, October 12th. The show follows the late DJ working with real life addicts and their families, helping them battle their addiction.

We could hear more of Robert Pattinson’s music, if he can find the time. The Twilight star has admitted that if his busy schedule allows him, he’s hoping to contribute to the soundtrack for next year’s Eclipse, the franchise’s second sequel, which is currently being shot in Vancouver.

Lady Gaga, U2, Scarlett Johansson, Rufus Wainwright and Courtney Love performed Sunday night at Carnegie Hall to raise money to fight AIDS in Africa. The event was a 50th birthday celebration for Bono’s long time friend Gavin Friday and was part of the (Red) Nights concert series. Of course, it was Lady Gaga’s revealing clothes or lack thereof that stole the show during her intimate performance of Pokerface.

Waking up in Vegas? More like waking up in Thailand. Katy Perry and UK comedian Russell Brand have begun a whirlwind romance. The couple first met at last year’s 2008 MTV VMAs, but apparently dove right into a fling at Lady Gaga’s VMAs after party. Following that they took off on a secret two week romantic getaway to Thailand.

Jay-Z is planning to release yet another greatest hits collection next month. Jay-Z’s spokesperson said that the rapper’s old label Def Jam will be putting out a new greatest hits album out on November 24th. Although there will little information given about the release we can tell you that it will be Hova’s fourth “best of” compilation to date.

Madonna has accepted damages from a British newspaper for publishing pictures of her wedding to Guy Ritchie that she said had been stolen from her home.

The Michael Jackson documentary This Is It has snapped up one of the last of China's 20 annual foreign movie import slots.

Upscale British supermarket chain Waitrose said it was pulling its advertisements from Fox News in the U.K. after customers complained about the cable news channel's Glenn Beck program.

Two independent record labels sued U.S. rock band Guns N' Roses for $1 million, claiming the group used portions of two songs by a German musician on their last album Chinese Democracy.

Kate Gosselin says her estranged husband has withdrawn $230,000 from their joint bank account, leaving just $1,000 behind, and she can't pay her bills.