Choke - Putting Anal Beads to Good Use....

So I have been extremely excited for the big screen version of one my favorite novels ever “Choke” by author Chuck Palahniuk. Sam Rockwell is starring in the adaptation written and directed by Clark Gregg and produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film is about Victor Mancini (Rockwell), a sex addict who works at a Colonial Williamsburg reenactment theme park after he had dropped out of medical school. Victor finds himself, after a freak encounter, fake choking at restaurants to allow people to “save him”, which indirectly lets them bond with him and triggers something in their lives. He gets off on it because of the assistance provided by his wealthy “saviors”. Anjelica Huston also stars as Victor’s mentally ailing mother who lives in a psychiatric facility and Kelly MacDonald, from No Country for Old Men and Trainspotting, rounds out the case as Huston’s attending physician. The movie follows Mancini’s relationship with his mother, his various sexual exploits, which usually occur in the bathroom during a Sex Addicts anonymous bathroom and his trip to find out who his true father is. Rockwell knocked this character out of the park and after viewing the trailer, I am even more excited for its release.

The movie did well with critics and audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters statewide after its opening at the New York Film Festival on September 26th later this year. Here is the link to the trailer over at MTV. And don't worry publicists in Hollywood, those cheeky and apparently cheap anal beads you just got in the mail doesn't mean the world thinks you are kinky. Its simply the publicity ploy Fox Sarchlight is using to spread the word and the cheeks apparently, for its upcoming release. Man I could have gone so many wrong places with that one. Something tells me that Fox Searchlight is really trying hard to keeps its indie cred.

DAILY ROUNDS.

Short and sweet today my friends, short and sweet...

+ First, John Edwards is charming and has great ideas, unfortunately no seems to hear him. Check him out here on the David Letterman show.

+ No Rest for the Wicked....perfect heading at best. Phelps is at it again.

+ Kathleen Turner is coming out with her bio... and apaprently she isn't very nice in discussing some of her previous costars. I can't wait to read this rag!!!! She hates on Nic Cage and Burt Reynolds and dishes on some of her leading men's drug habits. I love this hot bitch!

+ Jenna Fischer is not with David Spade. The comedienne let's the world know she is a bit smarter then the average sitcom leading lady.

+ Swooon!!!! I want to have dinner with Alan Rickman and then desert and then coffee and then, well that stuff is private. Rickman has been a heart throb to me since I saw him "Robin Hood". I know he is weird, British and a bit long in the tooth for me will not stop the obsession. Here is a cute pic of him at Sundance.

+ Amy Winehouse is in more trouble. Authorities are going to be looking into that crack smoking video everyone and their mom forwarded to me earlier in the week. Not sure what you can do to a person when they no longer have possession of the illegal substance, but who knows. Apparently, she is NOT in rehab, but has visited a "private facility" to take care of her issues. Damn, if I was close friends with Mark Ronson, I would find another way to take care of my problems.

+ And finally, I now know my ass doesn't have to fly out to California in April since the headliners of Coachella, other then Portishead, might sound more interesting if I was a freshman and just joined fraternity. I have to say that the smaller bands of the show make up a really good line up, but I don't think that is enough to make me fly out to the desert and chill for three days. With all the rumored headliners, how did they end up with Jack Johnson and Roger Waters? Is this becoming Surf Aid or something?
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Daily Rounds

I enjoyed discussing the Daily Rounds so much yesterday, I figured I would do it again today. Here we go...

+Hope is here. The Directors Guild of America have come to terms and made a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The two groups agreed on a three year contract that negotiated the rights and payment of online content. Word on the street is that this deal will be used to move the AMPTP and the WGA closer to a deal and an end to their strike. Hopefully this all happens before the Oscars!

+Speaking of writers, directors and actors – Oh MY!The Sundance Film Festival began in Park City last night. The most buzzed about movies this year for the festival are Be Kind Rewind, starring Jack Black and Mos Def, directed by Michel Gondry, & Choke, the adaptation of my favorite book by Chuck Palniuk, starring Sam Rockwell & Mysteries of Pittsburgh, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Sienna Miller. I have been so excited for Choke ever since I found out Rockwell was cast in the lead role. This could be (crossing my fingers) one of the best adaptations ever!

+EW interviews the latest Auf'd designer Kit from Project Runway. I have to say that I am super glad that “Team Fierce” won this week’s challenge since they seriously knocked it out of the park. I lover when the group gets smaller on the show because the competition really turns up. As long as Ricky is gone next week, we are going to have a real interesting race to Fashion Week.

+Lily Allen suffered a miscarriage. The singer and her partner, Ed Simons, of the Chemical Brothers, announced today through a spokesperson that the couple suffered a miscarriage. Our condolences go out both of them! These things are just so sad, especially when there really isn’t anything to do about it.

+The Smithsonian in DC is opening an exhibition celebrating hip hop and its culture with Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture. The show opens in early February.

+Rosie O'Donnell is getting her own Broadway show. Apparently the dudes behind Spring Awakening felt the public needed to see Rosie’s life come to “life” on the stage. Uggh!

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Let’s get to the news folks….

Why did it take three months for the Senator Craig story to come out?– The Republican Senator from Idaho apparently tried to get frisky with a police office while waiting to board a plane in a Minnesota airport earlier this summer. Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor offense, for the incident. Since the newspaper picked it up, Craig has been declaring is innocence and the fact that he is totally not gay. Just another hypocrite to add to the pile in D.C.

Coffee table book celebrates FugaziThe new release from photographer Glen E. Friedman, Keep Your Eyes Open, is a photography retrospective of the one of the original DIY bands and their 20 years of remaining true to the scene and themselves. The photos span small shows from the early 80’s, tour diaries and an up close look at a band from truly a “fan’s eye”. If anyone was wondering what to get me for my birthday, this is it.

"Dancing with the Stars" lets us know who will be making fools of themselves this fall. Hopefully, Mel “Scary Spice” Brown won’t get pregnant with Mark Cuban’s baby during the filming.

Maybe he will shut up now... Lindsay is now allowing her papa Lohan to visit her at rehab in Utah. Word is there are some seeded issues between the two (no you don’t say!!!) and the feel that the meeting will allow for some closure and growth. Hopefully he won’t hold a press conference after meeting up with her. Apparently not....Here is his exclusive interview with Perez Hilton

Chrissie Hynde ain't no fan of leather. And any moron could have told you that. The PETA and animal rights supporter is pissed off over the usage of her name for a pony skin bag from Hogan’s newest collection, which is honoring rock stars.

RIPHilly Kristal, founder of CBGB's, passed away. The man who helped the punk and subculture movement grow in New York died yesterday from his long battle with lung cancer. This could explain why he quit fighting with NYC over keeping CBGBs on the Bowery last year.

Britney still doesn't know how to dress...or wear pants or realize she is no longer a size 2. Ugggh...if it wasn't so bad I would be so over it.

Venice Film Festival turns 75 years old. The eleven day festival opened up today with "Atonement," the screen adaptation of Ian McEwan's best-selling novel starring Kiera Knightley and James McAvoy.

Angelina Jolie visits with refugees in Iraq and Syria. The UN Ambassador has been planning the mission with the agency for six months now. I have to say even though I can’t stand to see another pic of her, Brad Pitt and the family, this woman really does what she wants to do in support for her causes.

Speaking of pretty ladies in war torn countries, CBS sends Katie Couric to Iraq. The move is expected to increase Couric’s visibility as a journalist and give her credit. Or its just an attempt at getting her out of the CBS contract a “different way”.

In the network’s continued efforts to show every aspect of teenage life, MTV will produce "The Paper". The reality show will focus on a high school newspaper staff from Florida and show everything. Get ready for some cafeteria exposes and drama over who will editor-in-chief.