April 28, 2024

Walter Salles Slips On A “Rockefeller Suit”

"On the Road" and "The Motorcycle Diaries" director Walter Salles is in talks to direct "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit" at Fox Searchlight. The story is based on Mark Seal's 2011 book about German-born imposter Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. Gerhartsreiter passed himself off as a member of the Rockefeller clan and got away with it for decades … [Read more...]

Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE user guide slips out, tells you what you already know

Whether or not Sprint's version of HTC's One X is indeed shipping on May 18th remains to be seen, but one thing's for sure: it'll almost definitely hit store shelves prior to Sprint's LTE network going live. Following the Galaxy Nexus' footsteps in that regard, the EVO 4G LTE seems to have no shame in its game, and the 219 page user manual has … [Read more...]

Sofia Coppola Slips On A “Bling Ring”

Sofia Coppola is reportedly developing a film based on the infamous Bling Ring, also known as the Burglar Bunch, for her father's Zoetrope label reports TMZ. The 'Bunch' were a group, mostly consisting of teenagers, who burglarized the homes of several celebrities over the space of nearly a year back in late 2008 and 2009. In total the group took … [Read more...]

Scott Cooper Slips On A “Rockefeller Suit”

"Crazy Heart" writer-director Scott Cooper is setting up a deal to direct and possible adapt Mark Seal’s nonfiction book "The Man In The Rockefeller Suit" for Fox Searchlight reports Deadline. The title refers to German-born conman Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter who passed himself off as a member of the Rockefeller clan and got away with it for … [Read more...]