Read our exclusive interview with producer Alex Stapleton, who’s making her feature film writing and directorial debut with the new documentary ‘Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.’ The movie, which is set to hit select theaters on December 16, 2011, showcases the career of acclaimed B-exploitative sci-fi screenwriter, director and producer, Roger Corman. The movie not only details the working process of the fan favorite filmmaker, but also features interviews with some of Corman’s frequent collaborators, including Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ron Howard, William Shatner and Jack Nicholson. Stapleton discusses with us, among other things, how she became interested in chronicling Corman’s life, and how she secured the…

Title: Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Director: Alex Stapleton Starring: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ron Howard, William Shatner and Jack Nicholson The explicit use of sex, drugs, nudity violence and gore in exploitation films may seem like a great marketing tool to draw in potential audiences, but the genre has often garnered harsh criticisms for its broad overstatement of the issues presented in its movies. However, famed B exploitation writer-director-producer Roger Corman has fearlessly shunned his critics who have condemned his movies and his film-making style. The new documentary ‘Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel,’ which was helmed by Alex Stapleton, succeeds in showcasing…

Seasoned actor Jack Nicholson’s Los Angeles home reportedly went up in flames this past weekend on Friday night. Located on Woodrow Wilson drive, Nicholson’s two-story residence was quiet a scene with an estimated eighty-five firefighters battling the blaze at around 7:55pm, Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department informed the media. Working on the fire for 90 minutes in dark conditions, two ladder men where said to have been injured, while the others tried to maintain the flames, keeping them away from the woods surrounding the actor’s home, formally referred to as “Bad Boys Drive”. “It was tricky, just because of where it was, on a hillside, dark, windy…

Coming on the heels of 2009′s underperforming The Princess and the Frog, Disney rolled the dice yet again on a fairly low-fi tale of storybook royalty, in the form of Tangled, based on the fairytale of Rapunzel. A huge $575 million worldwide hit, the movie is a well-rendered throwback that underscores the still existent pleasures of traditional storytelling, amidst all the glitz and glam of more forcibly lively animated fare. Nicely balancing a sense of classic sentimentality with contemporary, gender-equal romance and adventure, Tangled features engaging vocal turns by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi — as the locked-away Rapunzel and rakish bandit Flynn Rider, respectively — and has enough going on…

With divorce proceedings still being handled between the late Dennis Hopper’s estate and his estranged wife Victoria Duffy, their 7-year-old daughter, Galen Grier Hopper, had to miss her father’s funeral, the UK’s Daily Beast is reporting.  The actor’s multimillion-dollar estate is still being fought over, and may not be settled for several years, leaving Galen without the chance to say goodbye to her father. Duffy’s friends said that Galen was dis-invited to the funeral.  Meanwhile, Hopper’s friends said that Duffy is using Galen as a pawn, and wouldn’t let her go.  Hopper’s attorney, Joe Mannis, contacted Duffy’s lawyers with a letter from the ‘Easy Rider’ star the day before the funeral….

Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer were just some of the many friends and family members who memorialized Dennis Hopper at a mass in Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico, on June 2, the Associated Press (AP) is reporting. The mass was held in a chapel, where the two-time Academy Award-nominated actor’s wood coffin was brought. During the ceremony, Hopper’s son, Henry Lee, read the collection of poems ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman. Other relatives also spoke during the mass, after which the actor’s coffin was taken to a private burial in a funeral procession that included about a half a dozen motorcycles. Nicholson described his ‘Easy Rider’ co-star as “an…

Did the well-known household detergent, Ivory Snow, feature a young Marilyn Chambers on their box prior to her rise to fame as an adult film actress? Did Mars Inc. – makers of M&M’s – really turn down product placement in the 1982 hit film “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial,” paving the way for Reese’s Pieces to cash in on E.T.’s success? Was Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones murdered? Is the famous grainy footage of “Bigfoot” a hoax? “Bigfoot Phone Home” airs tonight Wednesday November 19th at 10 pm only on TV Land. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock for the latest “Myths and Legends” news and more.

New York, NY, September 22, 2008 – TV Land takes a closer look at some of the most shocking stories that have become notorious and compelling Hollywood tales in the second season premiere of “Myths and Legends” on Wednesday, October 8 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). The series will debut during TV Land PRIME, the network’s new primetime programming block designed to appeal to the attitudes, life stage and interests of people in their 40s and 50s. The seven-episode series examines some of pop culture’s most talked about stories revolving around Hollywood’s most famous entertainers such as – Ozzy Osbourne, James Dean, Jennifer Lopez, Marilyn Monroe, William Shatner, Jack Nicholson and…

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick Written By: Stephen King (Story), Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson (Screenplay) Score: Technical: 90, Story: 90, Acting: 95, Overall Score: 92% The story of Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrance, Jack has been chosen to be the winter caretaker of a secluded yet lavish hotel high in the Aspen mountains, perfect for skiing, the only problem is it gets too much snow and would cost to much money to stay open during the winter months. SO closing for the winter months the family is left to watch after the place knowing that the previous caretaker chopped his family to bits and stacked their bodies nicely in a…