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Upcoming Appearances / Movies OpeningsNEWS(Click Here to submit news, articles & rumors)HEAVY TRAFFIC FOR SEX TAPEWAS the Colin Farrell/Nicole Narain sex tape bumped off the Internet because it violated a court order, as Farrell's publicist claims - or because an avalanche of Web traffic crashed the site? "John Taylor," the mysterious figure said to be behind dirtycolin.com, told jossip.com yesterday that it was the traffic that crashed DirtyColin on Tuesday - and the original owner of the tape is still set to make a bundle off Internet sales. Farrell has been fighting in court for months with his estranged bed buddy Narain over whether she could release their X-rated romp to the public, but a lawyer for Narain claims she's not behind the site. Last July, PAGE SIX first divulged the contents of the Farrell footage when a man who identified himself as J.J. called us seeking advice on how to sell the 14-minute tape. Here's a recap: "J.J. described the steamy tape in graphic detail, starting with a naked Nicole in her living room turning on some music, and ending with Farrell pointing the camera at her white cat in the corner of the room and saying, "Baby, you have the most beautiful [kitty]." In between, Narain, who was Playboy's Miss January in 2002, displays her pierced tongue as she looks up at the camera and winks.Web Site Offering Farrell Sex Tape ClosedAn Internet site that purported to be selling access to actor Colin Farrell's explicit sex tape was shut down Tuesday for violating a court order blocking release of the 15-minute video, the actor's publicist said.The Web site, dirtycolin.com, could not be accessed Tuesday night but at least one other Web site offered what appeared to be censored stills from the tape of Farrell engaging in sex acts with his then-girlfriend, Nicole Narain. The stills were posted on the Web site idontlikeyouinthatway, which reported that dirtycolin.com had stated: "Colin tried to stop us from showing you this. Well, here it is anyways." "A Web site attempting to distribute an unauthorized tape of Colin Farrell was shut down today. Mr. Farrell will take legal action against anyone who tries to distribute this tape," said a statement issued by Farrell publicist Danica Smith. The statement did not say who had shut down the site. Farrell sued Narain last year, accusing her of trying to distribute the tape through an intermediary. A lawyer for Narain � Playboy's Miss January 2002 � has said she never tried to profit from the tape. Farrell argued that the tape was made more than two years ago on the understanding that it never would be made public and releasing it would harm his career. A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has issued an order temporarily barring the sale, distribution or display of the tape. Colin Farrell Sex Tape Surfaces OnlineIt was just a matter of time that someone circumvented a court order and leaked Colin Farrell's sex tape online.According to DirtyColin.com, they have the exclusive sex video featuring "The New World" actor and his ex, former Playmate Nicole Narain. The website states, "Colin tried to stop us from showing you this ... Well, here it is anyways" as well as proclaiming, "Alexander is truly great" and "As not seen on TV or anywhere else." The home page features still shots of the pair as a preview of the illicit material offered. Farrell and Narain made a 15-minute sex tape three years ago in which they tested out various Kama Sutra positions. They had agreed to keep it for private use only, but Farrell was tipped off later that the video would be commercially exploited thanks to Narain and porn website marketing director Paul Nash. The "Alexander" actor sued, claiming that his career and public image would be irreparably damaged if the video got out. He wants all copies to be returned to him, unspecified damages and a permanent injunction against distribution of the tape. As of August 2005, a judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the actor's ex-girlfriend from marketing the tape. The 31-year-old Narain, aka Miss January 2002, has had her share of experience in explicit videos, including "Playboy: Playmates in Bed." She also appeared in an episode of HBO's Hollywood insider comedy "Entourage." Farrell, 29, currently stars as John Smith "The New World. His upcoming projects include the Depression-era "Ask the Dust" and the big-screen version of "Miami Vice" opposite Jamie Foxx. This 'New World' not worth bravingThat sound you're about to hear is the cracking of spines as Terrence Malick enthusiasts like me bend over backward trying to cut The New World a break. Warning: All but die-hards should call the travel agent and change itineraries.What transpires is not very pretty - though because this is John Smith and Pocahontas meeting the cult director of Days of Heaven, the visuals sometimes are. And for a while, we're not even totally certain that the movie is going to be 2� hours of dramatic inertia. Early scenes introducing a sea crew of British settlers that include Smith (Colin Farrell, forsaking his frequent stubble for a real beard) show tentative promise. Sailing from England under Smith's fellow captain (Christopher Plummer), they land in Virginia in 1607, and we quickly get a sense of what it must have been like for these men and the locals (called "naturals") to sniff each other out. But this is kind of what the movie is: marathon sniffing. Smith is a cipher as screen heroes go, and it's not all Farrell's fault. At least the King of England gives the settlers some tools. After long languorous passages, something stirring will happen: hand-to-hand combat, the grubby spectacle of humbly carved-out domiciles to show that Heaven art director Jack Fisk still knows his stuff. But newcomer Q'orianka Kilcher is woefully inexpressive as Pocahontas, and though the actress looks older, she was 14 during filming, so there go any hopes of even attempted erotic passion. For those up to the burden, Malick typically puts one in an alternate universe and provides flashes of magic. Pocahontas catching us off-guard with an impromptu cartwheel isn't the knock-you-down brainstorm of Naomi Watts juggling for King Kong, but it's still deliciously inspired. Trouble is, the bit lasts two seconds, while the movie is a long "might have been" that's doomed to be buried in a flurry of strong late-year releases.
Kinky Cash-InDESSARAE Bradford � the wacky former phone-sex operator who sued Colin Farrell for harassment this year and self-published a book about an alleged erotic encounter with Alec Baldwin � has recorded a dance single. Bradford kindly sent us a copy of the song, "I [bleeped] Alec Baldwin (Colin Farrell Is My Bitch)," in which she utters the tasteless title over a vintage house-music beat and purrs, "Sit! Beg! Fetch!" Bradford failed a lie-detector test concerning her allegations about Farrell, who claims he's never met her, on PAX-TV's "Lie Detector" show. Bradford cussed out host Rolonda Watts and claimed the test was rigged.Palm Springs on 'New World' mapThe 17th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will open January 5 with Terrence Malick's period drama "The New World," starring Colin Farrell as John Smith and Q'Orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas.The event, which runs through January 16, will feature 232 films from more than 70 countries. The lineup includes four world premieres, 31 North American premieres and 51 U.S. premieres. In addition, the schedule includes 51 of the 56 films submitted for consideration in the foreign-language film category for the 78th Annual Academy Awards. The Cine Latino program will boast 45 films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, while the inaugural Focus Italy sidebar will offer 13 films, including six from director Pupi Avati. Titles in the International Gala Screenings section will include Breno Silveira's "Two Sons of Francisco" (Brazil), Valerie Lemercier's "Palais Royal!" (France) and Cristina Comencini's "Don't Tell" (Italy). The "Gay-la" screening slot will feature Craig Chester's "Adam & Steve." Four films have been tapped for special presentations: Pippa Scott and Oree Rees' "King Leopold's Ghost," Rajeev Manoj Virani's "My Bollywood Bride," Pieter Kuijpers' "Off Screen" and Armando Bo's "Fuego." Archival presentations will include Alfred Radok's "Distant Journey," Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" and Frank Borzage's "Moonrise." Malick's "New World" spins slowlyTerrence Malick's "The New World" is a visual tone poem orchestrated around the themes of innocence, discovery and loss.The inspiration is the historical legend of the "Indian princess" Pocahontas and English soldier of fortune John Smith. Malick has tried to base much of his vision on the historical record, delving into the writings of explorers and colonialists in early Virginia to create voice-over monologues by Smith and others. But this is resolutely a film of the imagination. As with all films in Malick's slim body of work, its imagery, haunting sounds and pastoral mood trump narrative. Clearly "The New World" takes an audience into the rarefied atmosphere of an art film made with a studio budget, making its box office impact hard to assess. The 150-minute film opens Christmas Day in Los Angeles and New York, then expands January 13. Its slow, bucolic rhythms and unwillingness to exploit the violence or sex inherent in the story -- the film nevertheless carries a PG-13 rating for its battle scenes -- relegate the film to audiences devoted to Malick's work and film esoterica. In that world, it may become a hit. The historical record -- especially on the Native American side, where no written language exists -- is skimpy. Nevertheless, Malick and production designer Jack Fisk bring us into a primeval Eden that feels credible. The weirdly painted natives and white-skinned, armor-clad intruders eye one another suspiciously. Their worlds, goals and beliefs could not be more antithetical. The natives have little sense of possessions or greed but do have a strong social order. The settlers, most unprepared to deal with a wilderness, seek riches, regard each other with envy and mutiny at a moment's notice. A violent clash is inevitable. John Smith (Colin Farrell) is first seen in shackles on one of three English ships that reach the James River in 1607. He has been insubordinate but is too valuable a soldier and survivalist to lose to a hanging. So Capt. Newport (Christopher Plummer) frees him upon arrival in the New World. He even gives Smith a key assignment before the captain returns to England for supplies. Smith leads an expedition upriver to contact a native chief in hopes of establishing trade. Instead his men are killed, and he is taken prisoner. His life is spared by the chief (August Schellenberg) when his favorite daughter, Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher), begs for mercy. The chief releases Smith to this teenager so the two can learn each other's language and he might gain insight into the newcomers' intentions. What they do, of course, is fall in love. Here the movie enters a dreamlike state, a nearly dialogue-free, lengthy montage composed of the physical world of the Virginia circa 1607. (The film actually was shot in that state.) As a strong bond is formed by two absolute strangers, they take in the richness of landscape and sounds of wind and birds in the forest. What would be unspeakably corny in the hands of a less masterly filmmaker works here because of Malick's absolute fidelity to the underlying emotions. Smith returns to a crude fort with provisions supplied by the Indians. But his homecoming is like awaking from a dream into the ugliness and pettiness of the coarse settlers. When the settlers plant corn and thereby tip off the native chef that they intend to stay, he prepares to attack. But his daughter warns her lover, and the assault is thwarted. The natives' heartbroken leader banishes his daughter, who then falls into the hands of another tribe that eventually trades her to the whites as an "insurance policy." Smith vehemently opposes this trade, which causes the ungrateful colonialists to depose him as their leader. After the return of Capt. Newport, Smith is called back to England to lead other expeditions while the Indian girl adopts to living among the whites. Believing Smith to be dead, she marries newly arrived aristocrat John Rolfe (Christian Bale) and has a child. Much later, the couple travels to England, where this "princess" is introduced to the British monarch. Here she sees Smith for one last time. While the name Pocahontas is never mentioned -- the settlers ridiculously name her Rebecca -- the film is essentially a love letter to the idealized myth of this historic woman, who is viewed here as both forest naif and earth mother. Malick and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki cover Kilcher with more loving poses and angles than a photographer doing a fashion spread. Kilcher is a striking young woman, and the camera -- and perhaps Malick himself? -- falls in love with her. The movie has a restlessness as it moves through this story with a meandering camera, inner monologues and shifting points of view. James Horner's sumptuous musical score, incorporating bits of Wagner, Mozart and others, emulates the steadiness of the wind while its repetitive refrains remind one of Philip Glass. The camera lingers on details of frontier life, but the exploration here is less scientific and historical than a spiritual quest for what was lost and what was gained in this clash of civilizations. Certainly, the Westernization of this native woman presages the fate of North American natives and the despoiling of their paradise. Farrell looks uncomfortable in the role, seldom changing expression and shifting his body aimlessly. Kilcher is quick-witted, full of 15-year-old life and possesses fine instincts despite being a newcomer to acting. Bale underplays his role, letting his innate goodness seep slowly out. In the native roles, Schellenberg and Wes Studi capture the dignity and ferocity of warriors fighting to retain a way of life. David Thewlis, Yorick Van Wageningen and others ably portray the avarice and aggressiveness of the newcomers. CAST: Screenwriter-director: Terrence Malick; Producer: Sarah Green; Executive producers: Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Trish Hofmann, Bill Mechanic, Rolf Mittweg; Director of photography: Emmanuel Lubezki; Production designer: Jack Fisk; Music: James Horner; Costumes: Jacqueline West; Editors: Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, Mark Yoshikawa. We Hear...THAT Mark Lehmkuhl has opened Miami Beach's newest hot spot, Snatch, a rock 'n' roll lounge equipped with a mechanical bull that has already attracted Enrique Iglesias, Brittny Gastineau and Colin Farrell . . .Farrell Gets Treatment for Exhaustion, DrugsColin Farrell, Hollywood's favorite chain smoker and womanizer, is being treated for exhaustion and dependency on prescription drugs.The "New World" star got hooked on the medication when it was prescribed for a back injury, reveals publicist Danica Smith in a written statement released Monday, Dec. 12. The Irish actor checked himself into an undisclosed treatment center. "No other comments [are] to be made at this time," concludes the statement. Farrell, 29, stars as explorer John Smith in Terrence Malick's "The New World," which will open in limited release on Christmas Day. His credits include "Phone Booth," "Minority Report," "Daredevil," "Alexander" and the upcoming "Miami Vice" film adaptation with Jamie Foxx. 'New World' Heads to Colonial WilliamsburgColonial Williamsburg is rolling out the red carpet for Hollywood's newest rendition of the old story of Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas."The New World," a big-budget movie about the settling of Jamestown in 1607, will make its East Coast debut Dec. 21 at Kimball Theatre. It will have two red-carpet, invitation-only screenings, Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation announced Friday. The film dramatizes encounters between white colonists and American Indians, focusing on the relationship between Smith, portrayed by Colin Farrell, and the Indian princess Pocahontas, who intervened to save him when he was captured by her tribe. Q'orianka Kilcher plays Pocahontas. Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale and August Schellenberg also star. Director Terrence Malick filmed scenes at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, and nearby locations. Officials hope "The New World" will boost tourism in Jamestown as "The Lord of the Rings" did in New Zealand. Both films are from New Line Cinema. "The New World" opens in limited release Dec. 25 and nationwide Jan. 13. SWAPPING SIDES ON SEX TAPESMARTY Singer, the heavyweight Hollywood lawyer who's trying to stop Colin Farrell's sex tape from seeing the light of day, has done an about-face.In 2003, Singer repped Paris Hilton's sex-tape co-star Rick Salomon, who was fighting Hilton's objections to releasing "One Night in Paris" for huge profits. But now Singer's client is the one who wants a sex tape buried for good. "There's absolutely no inconsistency," Singer insists. "This is a different issue altogether. The tape can't be released without [Farrell's] consent. They have no legal ground. He has a right to privacy." Singer helped Salomon fight Internet porn sites that were showing clips of the Hilton tape without permission and without paying. The lawyer also went after Hilton's former publicist, who claimed the sex was not wholly consensual. As we first reported in July, the steamy 15-minute Farrell video recorded two years ago starts with naked Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain in her living room and ends with Farrell pointing the camera at her white cat and saying, "Baby, you have the most beautiful [kitty]." In between, Narain, who was Miss January in 2002, displays her pierced tongue as she looks up at the camera and winks. And Farrell, who had a shaved head for his role in "Daredevil," reciprocates, saying, "I could do this breakfast, lunch and dinner." Narain, who has a tattoo on her backside, also goes through several docking positions. Singer quickly filed a lawsuit to block Narain from releasing the tape, arguing that it was made "solely for their private use and enjoyment." However, David Gingras, the lawyer representing the Internet Commerce Group, which says it's working with Narain to release the tape, has filed a motion to dismiss Farrell's suit. Gingras argues that under the federal Copyright Act, co-owners of the copyright to any work, including a sex tape, cannot stop each other from exercising their right to copy, distribute and/or license the work. A Federal court hearing is slated for Nov. 21. "If the judge follows the law as it is written, I don't see how we cannot prevail," Gingras told PAGE SIX. However, Singer says that Narain has "no intention of releasing the tape," which is obviously news to ICG. 'MIAMI VICE' AWASH IN WOESTHE long-awaited movie version of "Miami Vice" is threatening to turn into a big disaster for Universal, with the picture far behind schedule and way over budget, insiders say.Sources tell PAGE SIX the screen version of the popular '80s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas is mired in production difficulties including: * The movie was supposed to shoot for three months, but is now six months over schedule � with no end in sight. * According to a well-informed source, "Miami Vice" was "greenlit at $120 million, but the budget has been blown and it is now costing upwards of $180 million. And they aren't even done yet. It will likely be a $200 million tab by the end of shooting." * Adding to the budget problems, filming has to be moved from Miami to Peru because of Hurricane Wilma damage. * The script is "not good," according to several people who have read it. "This will bomb," said one. * Stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell have become slightly bloated, with Farrell sporting "beer boobs" due to their constant partying in Miami. Farrell, in particular, has been carousing at almost every hotel bar and club in town, at times drinking VOX vodka straight from the bottle. * Farrell is "having a hard time with director Michael Mann," said another insider. "Michael [who also directed the TV series] is a perfectionist and will do a shot over and over and over. Jamie worked with him on 'Collateral' and was used to how he works, but Colin has been very frustrated." In addition, there have been reports of fights between Farrell and Foxx � Foxx, who won his Oscar after signing up for "Vice," was said to be upset that Farrell was being paid more than he was, so he demanded his paycheck be boosted from $7.5 million to $10 million to match his co-star. Some insiders at Universal � which has had a rough year with releases like "Cinderella Man" bombing at the box office � blame the studio's former co-presidents of production, Mary Parent and Scott Stuber, for greenlighting the "Miami Vice" movie in the first place. A rep for the studio said he'd get back to us on our story but didn't. Gunman Fires Shots Near 'Miami Vice' SetColin Farrell and Jamie Foxx may be taking on the dangerous drug world, but the cast and crew of "Miami Vice" didn't expect that actual gun shots would be fired.The big-screen adaptation of the '80s TV series was filming at the Plaza Maria de Toledo hotel in the Dominican Republic on Monday (Oct. 24) when the filmmakers were startled by shots fired outside the property. "The cast and crew of the production were filming on the third floor of the hotel when it is believed that an individual fired a weapon outside the property, following an alleged altercation with the production's security," reads a statement from Universal Pictures. A soldier assigned to provide security on the film fired a single shot back and hit the shooter, Mario Torres. His condition was not made available. No one in the cast and crew, who were filming on the third-floor of the Santo Domingo hotel, was harmed. Production is cooperating with the local authorities for their investigation. "Collateral" director Michael Mann, who executive-produced the TV show, is writing, directing and producing the Universal Pictures feature, which will be released in July 2006. The original series centers on two cops who took on Florida's drug world and looked good doing it. Farrell will play Det. James "Sonny" Crockett, a part made famous by Don Johnson, and Oscar winner Foxx will star as Det. Ricardo Tubbs, who was originally portrayed by Philip Michael Thomas.
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