Firstly…he was a “passenger”. Second, the car has a V10 which (from a stand still) reaches 100mph in 9 seconds so “any” issues (a sticky throttle)  leaves little to no time to react.Thirdly, The crash took place in an isolated area (no close pedestrian traffic). So let’s “be adult” and leave the accusations to professionals that have “all the facts” and honor the memory of this actor and virtues of the man.       

and Flynn worked together to rework the novel’s story for the big screen.”

i.e. they made a movie that people will bitch about because it’s not the book.

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“Sex and the City” fans were abuzz Tuesday when Sarah Jessica Parker hinted at another SATC film in a new interview with InStyle magazine, and now Kim Cattrall is also weighing in on her thoughts on revisiting the beloved HBO show!

But for Cattrall, who played the feisty Samantha, it’s all about the “content.”

“I feel the most important thing is always, do we have something left to say,” Cattrall, 57, tells ET Canada. “I think it’s about the story, if there’s something more to say … [but] I’m not a writer and I don’t work in a studio.”

Her comments are in reaction to Parker’s recent InStyle interview, in which she teases one more SATC movie.

“A part of me thinks there is one last chapter to tell,” Parker, 48, said. “But timing is a peculiar thing. It isn’t a decision that can wait forever. I don’t want to have to wear muumuus!”

And of course, the money from another film couldn’t hurt, Cattrall admits.

“Yes, financially it would be fantastic — for all of us,” she says. “But I’m really about content.”

Last June, Kristin Davis (Charlotte) also told ET she was open to a third film.

“I would want to do it,” Davis, 48, said. “I’m on record — I’ll be on record again — I feel like it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Our fans are beautiful and loyal and talk to me wherever I go, and in whatever country I’m in, and that means a lot to all of us. So if the situation arose where we had a script and everyone loved it, and the studio wanted to make it, I think that it would be fantastic and I hope it happens but I have no idea if it will happen.”

Though the ladies may have a holdout when it comes to Cynthia Nixon, 47, who played the level-headed Miranda.

“I think we had a wonderful ride. I think it’s fine to let it go,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2012 about any more possible “SATC” films.

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Steve McQueen, director of “12 Years A Slave,” was heckled by a New York film critic as he accepted an award on Monday night.

The British filmmaker was presented with the Best Director honor by the New York Film Critics Circle for his retelling of the real life story of a free African-American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

McQueen took to the stage in tears to accept his award after being introduced by singer-actor and civil-rights activist Harry Belafonte, Jr., but the evening was made awkward by heckling from the back of the room.

Armond White, the editor of CityArts, whose opinions are often at odds with those of other film critics, called out, “You’re an embarrassing doorman and garbage man. F**k you. Kiss my a**.”

McQueen appeared not to hear the taunting and thanked the critics group for honouring him with the award, at which point White heckled him again, according to Variety.com.

It is not the first time White has badgered stars during the NYFCC Awards. In 2011, he sniped at Michelle Williams and Annette Bening for their winning performances, and in 2012, he heckled Robert De Niro and Viola Davis while they were speaking on stage.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A judge says actress Lindsay Lohan’s mother is continuing to attend substance abuse counseling sessions following her September arrest on drunken driving charges.

Newsday (http://bit.ly/1gdVcxQ ) reports that Nassau County Court Judge Andrew Engel said at a court conference on Tuesday that Lohan has finished half of her 12 counseling sessions. The 51-year-old Lohan attended the conference and did not comment as she left the court.

The elder Lohan pleaded not guilty to DWI charges following her arrest on a Long Island highway.

The judge recommended in November that Lohan do community service, saying volunteer work could help her case. Her attorney, Mark Heller, indicated Tuesday that she has not started community service.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve McQueen gained his first directors guild nomination on Tuesday for his grim historic saga “12 Years a Slave,” securing the British director’s place as a top contender for an Academy Award.

Other first-time nominees were Alfonso Cuaron for his lost-in-space odyssey “Gravity,” and Paul Greengrass for his Somali pirate thriller “Captain Phillips.”

Past nominee David O. Russell received a bid for his con-artist tale “American Hustle.” He was nominated in 2010 for his boxing drama “The Fighter.”

Martin Scorsese earned his 11th nomination for his high-finance extravaganza, “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Scorsese won a Directors Guild of America award in 2006 for the crime tale “The Departed” and again in 2010 for his work on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.”

Scorsese was honored with the DGA lifetime achievement award in 2003.

If McQueen wins this year for “12 Years a Slave,” he would become the first black director to earn the guild’s feature film accolade.

“To be included in such an amazing group of filmmakers and also to be honored by my peers makes me feel very humble and proud,” he said in a statement.

John Singleton was the first black director to be nominated for the award for “Boyz n the Hood” in 1991, and Lee Daniels was nominated in 2009 for “Precious.”

In 2013, the guild elected TV director Paris Barclay as its first African-American, openly gay president.

Last month, McQueen was named best director by the New York Film Critics Circle for “12 Years a Slave.” The film has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards and seven Golden Globes.

“Gravity,” ”Captain Phillips” and “American Hustle” also received Globe and SAG bids. “The Wolf of Wall Street” made the Globe list.

The winner of the DGA award usually goes on to win the directing statuette at the Oscars. Nominations for those awards will be announced on Jan. 16.

In the 65-year history of the DGA awards, the winner has failed to also take home the best director Oscar only seven times. Ben Affleck won the guild award last year for his work on “Argo” but was denied a best director nomination at the Oscars.

However, like many DGA winners, “Argo” went on to win the best-picture prize at the Oscars.

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Sunday’s Golden Globes will offer a better indicator of which film will lead the best picture category at the 86th Academy Awards. Additional award shows will roll out in late January and February leading to Hollywood’s biggest night on March 2.

Left off this year’s list by the directors guild were past nominees Lee Daniels for his civil rights, White House servant story “Lee Daniels’ the Butler”; Alexander Payne for his small-town, father-son road trip comedy “Nebraska”; and Spike Jonze for his futuristic digital romance “Her.”

Also snubbed were past winners Woody Allen for his fallen socialite tale “Blue Jasmine” and Joel and Ethan Coen for their folk scene-focused dark comedy “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

Winners of the 66th annual awards will be announced at a dinner in Los Angeles on Jan. 25. Jane Lynch will host.

By Brent Lang
TheWrap

Get ready for your close-ups, sweetie, darlings, because “Absolutely Fabulous” is headed for the big screen.

The British sitcom, known affectionately as “Ab Fab,” chronicled the evenings out and mornings after of drug abusing, booze swilling Patsy and Edina. It became a cult sensation in the U.S. when Comedy Central began airing episodes in the 1990s, and the possibility that the two misbehaving swinging sixties relics might one day inspire a feature film has been bandied about for years.

The series ran for five seasons on BBC One, but creator and star Jennifer Saunders had previously stated that she was concerned about sullying the acidic gem’s legacy by breaking out the martini glasses for another go-round.

She appears to have softened on that position. During an appearance on “The Jonathan Ross Show” this weekend, Saunders said that she was finally making good on that promise, and had agreed to write a script for a film version.

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“Well I have to do it now because I’ve threatened to a lot,” Saunders said, according to a report on Yahoo!

She did say that her initial fears of failure have yet to dissipate.

“It’s like the second album syndrome,” Saunders said. “Once you’ve had a bit of success, the last thing you want to do is go and make a flop. So the biggest fear in me is that it won’t be good enough. I’m really nervous about it.”

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The controversy over “The Wolf of Wall Street” appears to have helped it at the box office.

Director Martin Scorsese’s R-rated black comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio finished a solid fourth this weekend with $13.5 million on 2,557 theaters. That’s only a 28 percent drop from its $18.3 million first weekend for “Wolf,” and encouraging news for distributor paramount, since a 50 percent hold is considered good and the severe weather on the East Coast probably cost it another million dollars.

The R-rated film’s explicit portrayal of the sex-and-drugs-fueled 1980s stock market boom has divided moviegoers, and the “C” CinemaScore that it received after its opening made its long-term playability a question mark.

But the strong second week suggests the emotional discussions — centering on whether it glorifies the lifestyle of DiCaprio’s character based on real-life stockbroker Justin Belfort — aren’t hurting and may actually help it.

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“We embraced the controversy and dialogue, because ultimately, it makes more people aware of the film and curious, and we think if we can get people out, the film will speak for itself,” paramount’s distribution chief Don Harris told TheWrap. “This weekend number is significantly above what we were projecting.”

The film’s roughly three-hour running time is a hurdle, too, but Harris said that moviegoers that have carved out time to see the latest Scorsese-DiCaprio teaming have found two things surprising.

“They say, ‘I didn’t think it was that long, and I didn’t expect to laugh so much,” he said.

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It’s up to $63 million domestically since opening on Christmas Day, and the $100 million film financed by Red Granite now looks to have a shot at hitting $100 million domestically.

If “Wolf,” Scorsese or DiCaprio can get some love at next Sunday’s Golden Globes and the Jan. 16 Oscar nominations it should get a further boost.

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“This is up there with Scorsese’s best work, and that’s why this film is going to do just fine,” said Harris. “The Wolf of Wall Street” scored a strong 76% among film critics on aggregrator site RottenTomatoes.com, with an even more impressive 79% from fans.

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It really isnt that serious. Its bothersome to see people get outraged over a movie. a movie? really? Its for enteratainment purposes, some love it some dont, just move on. ofcourse it seems glamourized, its a hollywood flick.

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The National Society of Film Critics traveled back to the 1960s on Saturday, naming “Inside Llewyn Davis” the best film of the year, while handing out awards for its direction, cinematography and the lead performance of Oscar Issacs.

It’s a shot in the arm for the Coen Brothers and their look at the Greenwich Village folk scene after a week that saw the CBS Films drama passed over by bother the Producers Guild and the Writers Guild of America.

The film is a darkly humorous depiction of a destitute and emotionally crippled performer (Issacs) — it’s acidic stuff that isn’t to all tastes, although critics have largely embraced the picture.

In other categories, the National Society of Film Critics named Cate Blanchett as its Best Actress choice for her work as a mentally disturbed trophy wife in “Blue Jasmine.” Supporting honors were handed out to James Franco for his performance as a drug and firearms dealer in “Spring Breakers” and Jennifer Lawrence for channeling a bored New Jersey housewife in “American Hustle.”

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The National Society of Film Critics was co-founded in 1966 by Hollis Alpert, Pauline Kael, Joe Morgenstern and Richard Schickel, the last two of whom are still members. It is made up of about 60 critics from around the country, most from significant publications, and began handing out awards the year it was formed.