• Will 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Generate Enough Heat with R Rating?

    It seems like we have been waiting forever for the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" to be released, and now that it is almost here, it has finally been given an official rating by the MPAA. Although it seemed like it was heading for an NC-17 branding, it has just been announced that "Fifty Shades of Grey" will hit theaters Feb. 13 with an R rating. The film, based on E.L. James's risqué BDSM trilogy, pulled an official R rating due to "strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity," which, of course, is no surprise to anyone who has read the series. But there has been concern all along about taking something so graphic and putting it on the big screen. In order to make fans of the book happy, whatever unfolds on screen is going to have to be really hot and risky. It is almost hard to imagine the film being able to mirror the book with just an R rating, don't you think? Perhaps what Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, have managed to create on screen will still hold even if it is not identical to the book. If their chemistry works well enough and if the actual movie is as cleverly crafted as the teasers for it have been, then it could work. Dornan recently talked about "Fifty Shades of Grey" being a love story at its root. Maybe they have worked to tap into an emotional connection as well as the obvious physical one that the book series is based on.

  • Charlie Hunnam Thinks Playing Christian Grey Would've Been Disastrous

    When Charlie Hunnam's name was first attached to the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey," there was an instantaneous reaction by women everywhere. Those not too familiar with Hunnam's work seemed to think he did not exactly look like their mental image of Christian Grey, and those who already liked the "Sons of Anarchy" star thought his rough-and-tumble style might be a perfect fit. Hunnam pulled out of the film adaptation pretty quickly and, of course, rumors took over. Did he not have chemistry with Dakota Johnson, the woman who needs to play a convincing Anastasia Steele, or were the scripts garbage? Hunnam insisted it really was bad timing, an excuse many were not ready to accept because surely he already had his schedule when he first agreed to the role, right? Well, Hunnam is covering the December 2014 issue of "Men's Health" — to perfection — and in the accompanying interview he explains the real story about backing out of Fifty Shades of Grey.

  • Jamie Dornan Heats Things Up in New 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Teaser Clip

    It has been a little while since Fifty Shades of Grey has generated good press so the powers-that-be decided to drop a little teaser clip today that's bound to make people forget that there could be anything at all wrong with this film. Jamie Dornan may not have been your first choice to play Mr. Christian Grey but they certainly do know how to set the tone and make him smolder on camera- probably without even trying. This clip includes his muscles, Grey's tie rack and then his extended hand as if he's inviting us to come along for the ride. That's it and it works.

  • Michael Muhney Steps Over 'The Young and the Restless' Drama to Juggle Four Different Upcoming Film Roles

    Michael Muhney has moved on from daytime drama and seems excited for his legion of fans to see the new projects he is working on. The actor spent four years slaving away on CBS's soundstage, breathing life into Adam Newman on "The Young and the Restless" before being fired under scandalous circumstances in December. While the actor admitted in August that he had been negotiating a return to the soap, which ultimately fell through, his fans sat on the fence about even the possibility of going back to the soap they felt had treated him badly. Muhney is now working on four different film roles, proving he was more than capable of landing other projects when he finally decided to move on.

  • Jennifer Hudson Reveals 'Sex and the City 3' Is in Talks; Sarah Jessica Parker, Producer Michael Patrick King Agree There Is One Final Story to Tell

    Potentially great news for "Sex and the City" fans, it looks like a third film may really be more than just a distant dream. Last February, "SATC" producer Michael Patrick King mentioned in an interview that he believed the beloved series had one story left to tell. Carrie Bradshaw herself, Sarah Jessica Parker, agreed with him shortly thereafter and seemed open to the possibility. Jennifer Hudson, who played Louise from St. Louis in the first "SATC" film, did an interview with Dish Nation the other night and kind of let the cat out of the bag.
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