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Films of the fifty states: Alaska to California
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Jun 16
In Pump Up the Volume, hard-headed Easterner Harry (Christian Slater) moves to Arizona and uses his shortwave radio to set up an illegal radio broadcast, speaking his mind, fueling hate against a local principal and making his listeners become absolute ...
What's your damage, Heather?
Original at Stuff.co.nz
• Thu, Jun 11
New Zealand So my other movie I quoted endlessly in my teen years was another Christian Slater pic (yes, I was in love) - Pump Up the Volume. "Stick a fork in me, I'm done." "Rise up in the cafeteria and stab them with your plastic forks." Awesome. ...
Fantasy Casting: Star Trek The Next Needs Jack Black As Harry Mudd
Original at Cinema Blend
• Tue, Jun 9
Maybe he's just pitching him on some sort of random, Christian Slater-like cameo. Or maybe he's talking to him about being in another movie entirely. Personally I really like the idea of having Jack Black play Harry Mudd. Since Abrams says they haven't ...
Melody Hobson-What you need to know about money
Original at Thaindian.com
• Fri, May 29
Thailand The episode will feature a host of celebrities making appearances, beginning with the likes of Will Smith, The Jonas Brothers, Samuel L. Jackson, Seth Green, Christian Slater and so forth. The show will mainly deal with explaining credit cards, ...
Movie Minutiae: Pump Up The Volume (1990)
Original at ABC Regional Online
• Thu, May 7
Australia But back in 1990 it required a sound-proof room, a heap of equipment, and an angry, angst-ridden teenager - in this instance Mark 'Hard Harry' Hunter (Christian Slater). Does anything cry out 'teen angst' like the shot of Slater walking through ...
Comics' R-rated riffs to spice up 2005 bomb
Original at Columbus Dispatch
• Thu, May 7
OH Alone in the Dark was directed by Uwe Boll, often referred to as the "modern Ed Wood." Tara Reid plays an archaeologist and museum curator battling otherworldly demons. Her partner, played by Christian Slater, specializes in gunplay and bizarre ...
Christian SlaterOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Wed, May 6
The actor dishes on his latest project fr.truveo.com
Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and more famous Trekkies
Original at New York Daily News
• Tue, May 5
NY - Joe Neumaier And it's not just actors like Kelsey Grammer, Christian Slater, and Whoopi Goldberg: Physicist Stephen Hawking appeared as a computer simulation of himself, and King Abdullah II of Jordan was an extra on a "Star Trek: Voyager" episode. ...
Actor Christian Slater
Original at topgear.com
• Sun, May 3
Hollywood A-lister Slater looks particularly out of place in our ludicrously unsuitable little Liana, but check out how hard he tries to deliver ... www.topgear.com
My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series – DVD Review
Original at monstersandcritics.com
• Wed, Apr 29
- Lane Law When I got the chance to review it, I figured “What the hell -its spies and sci-fi and Christian Slater. At its worst, it's something I've seen rehashed a million times.” I plug in the DVD and hit Play on the first episode . ...
TV Recap: 24 - Episode 19 2:00 - 3:00 AM
Original at Cinema Blend
• Tue, Apr 21
- Michael G. Pacchione Hopefully this leads to a Christian Slater guest appearance. Either that or one from Howie Long where he teases Jack for using a truck with a “man step”…and finally, thankfully, Howie will have messed with the wrong guy. Things I learned from Kim Bauer ...
" This Week on DVD and Blu-ray April 21, 2009"
Original at DVDTOWN.com
• Mon, Apr 20
Christian Slater´s short-lived "My Own Worst Enemy" finds a complete series set on two discs, not to mention "Life of Ryan," a skateboarding reality-type program following Ryan Sheckler. If you don´t know who that is, chances are the series isn´t going ...
'90210' preview: Meet the ZIP Code's mysterious new bad boy Liam
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Tue, Mar 31
BuddyTV CA Last month, she explained that she created Liam to be an outsider, a la Christian Slater in “Pump Up the Volume,” as opposed to the next moneybags McKay. “He’s an iconoclast, and initially, a cipher,” Sinclair said. “Darker than Dylan. ...
DVD Review: Tales from the Darkside - Season One
Original at Blogcritics
• Sat, Mar 21
OH The show ran for five years before concluding and showcased rising and upcoming stars such as Christian Slater and Brent Spiner (of Star Trek fame). The DVD collection is a hefty eight hours and some odd minutes worth of stories from authors such as ...
DVD Review: Tales from the Darkside - The First Season
Original at The Trades
• Thu, Mar 5
OR Starring a young Christian Slater and a pre-Star Trek Brent Spiner, the tale centers on a grandfather who was so stubborn, that he couldn't even admit he was dead after his passing, choosing to continue to come to the table for meals as well as chat ...
TV Review: 'Dollhouse'
Original at HitFix
• Thu, Feb 12
Boston Globe CA - MOWE" had a clever idea, but I never saw how the experiment that turned Christian Slater into a split-personality spy was an efficient way to conduct the ... Sepinwall on TV: 'Dollhouse' review The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 334 news articles
Sepinwall on TV: 'Dollhouse' review - The Star-Ledger
Original at NJ.com
• Wed, Feb 11
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Sepinwall on TV: 'Dollhouse' review The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - The idea seems too complicated by half, and in many ways reminds me of "My Own Worst Enemy," the Christian Slater show that had a deservedly brief run on ...
Don't Hate Tamara Mellon Because She's Beautiful
Original at Jezebel
• Mon, Jan 5
By Sadie Tamara Mellon, the jet-setting, large-living, litigious, Christian Slater-dating, embattled billionaire founder of Jimmy Choo, is supposed to be a polarizing figure to women. Is she? In Her Shoes: Tamara Mellon [Times of London]
Time to review the television axe list
Original at StarPhoenix
• Mon, Dec 22
Canada - Poor Christian Slater. He was so clearly trying to pull a Kiefer and get his crumbling career back on track with his own action-packed drama. ...
Hollow Man 2
Original at Movielink
• Wed, Dec 10
Christian Slater stars in the action-packed sequel to the box office hit "Hollow Man" as a volunteer soldier/assassin who goes mad after he turns invisible. A driven Seattle detective, Frank Turner, and the molecular biologist, Maggie Dalton (whom he's been assigned to protect) find t...
Hard Rain
Original at Movielink
• Tue, Dec 9
A Weather forecast: rain. Action forecast: Hard Rain, the torrential, excitement-swept thriller featuring a screenplay from the writer of Speed and the on-screen talents of Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact), Christian Slater (Broken Arrow), Randy Quaid (Independence Day) and Minnie Dr...
George Clooney Hosts Charity Dinner For Darfur
Original at Look To The Stars
• Mon, Dec 8
• 1 related articles
The dinner party was held at the home of banker Roger Jenkins, a senior executive at Barclays, with guests – such as Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Cindy Crawford, Sarah Ferguson, Bono, David Walliams, Michael Caine, Claudia Schiffer, Christian Slater, and Guy Ritchie – paying up to $...
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'My Own Worst Enemy' recap: Family issues
Original at Staten Island Advance
• Tue, Nov 18
By James Yates NBCHenry (Christian Slater) has to wrestle with the possibility that his wife isn't who she says he is on "My Own Worst Enemy." STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Unfortunately, this blog won't be around much longer, because NBC has pulled the... NBCHenry (Christian Slater) has to wrestle with the possibi...
What Went Wrong with 'My Own Worst Enemy'?
Original at BuddyTV
• Mon, Nov 17
By editor@buddytv.com Despite lots of investment, both in production (how else can you wheel in Christian Slater?) and promotion, My Own Worst Enemy has been ultimately cancelled. It's just an indicator of the hard times NBC has gotten itself into: this season is proving to be its biggest failure in a while, wi...
Opinion: ‘Enemy’ Failure Hurts NBC on Multiple Levels
Original at SF Universe
• Sat, Nov 15
By brian Big Stars Do Not Equal Big Viewers: Admittedly, this first asks us to accept NBC execs’ contention that Christian Slater is a big movie star. But that’s exactly the stance NBC was trying to sell critics on while talking about the steps the network took to “lure” Slater to episodic TV. NBC Ente...
Cancel-Happy Ben Silverman Uses Pope As Human Shield [Ben Silverman]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Nov 14
By Kyle Buchanan With yesterday's cancellation of two NBC shows produced by sister company Universal - "Lipstick Jungle," which starred Brooke Shields, and "My Own Worst Enemy," which featured Christian Slater -culpability falls on Universal Media Studio President Katherine Pope, who oversaw bot...
Canceled My Own Worst Enemy Was Its Own Worst Enemy
Original at Wired News
• Thu, Nov 13
By Scott Thill NBC is cleaning house after the failure of Heroes to gain traction with viewers. The latest domino to fall: The Christian Slater vehicle My Own Worst Enemy, which failed to hit the jackpot by hitching a ride on Heroes' time... Photo courtesy NBC
NBC Takes Sickly Peacocks 'Enemy,' 'Jungle' Out Behind Shed In Time For Thanksgiving [Nbc]
Original at Defamer
• Thu, Nov 13
By Seth THR reports NBC has canceled both Christian Slater amnesiac secret agent show My Own Worst Enemy, as well as Lipstick Jungle, in which Brooke Shields leads a troop of cosmetic assassins down the Nung River to eliminate the AWOL and believed-insane Colonel Mary Kay:
NBC Is No Friend to ‘Enemy’
Original at SF Universe
• Thu, Nov 13
By brian NBC has pulled the plug on Christian Slater spy vehicle My Own Worst Enemy after only four episodes. Reuters reports the show only averaged 5.9 million viewers during its month on the air. This past Monday’s episode slipped to its lowest ratings yet, forcing NBC’s hand. That happened despit...
NBC Cancels 'My Own Worst Enemy'
Original at Workbench
• Thu, Nov 13
By Rogers Cadenhead I tried My Own Worst Enemy a few times and thought it was fun to see Slater argue with himself in video voicemail, but the series made some odd decisions, like casting pudgy comic Mike O'Malley as an international superspy. Television's Jonathan Bourne convinced me to put it on my TV Death Po...
What's On TV This Week.
Original at Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul
• Sun, Nov 2
By noreply@blogger.com (Vicki) Valentine New Episode at 8pm (CW) True Blood New Episode at 9pm (HBO Easy Money New Episode at 9pm (CW) Family Guy New Episode at 9pm (Fox) Desperate Housewives New Episode at 9pm (ABC) Brothers and Sisters New Episode at 10pm (ABC) Entourage New Episode at 10pm (HBO)
Review: My Own Worst Enemy
Original at Flickscribe » Reviews
• Mon, Oct 20
By Kevin When I first heard of My Own Worst Enemy, the new show with Christian Slater, I at once thought something along the lines of “How Lame,” a split personality show. DUMB. When I found the debut episode on iTunes recently for free, I even thought several times about downloading it. Boy am I glad...
'Heathers 2' Alert: Jason Dean Wants More Suicide Notes & Maybe Pirate Radio
Original at Cinematical
• Tue, Oct 14
By Monika Bartyzel Christian Slater, otherwise known as the sexy, seductive, and utterly unstable Jason Dean, is eager to go back to the Heathers fold. While talking up his new NBC show My Own Worst Enemy with AOL TV, Slater spoke about returning to Sherwood, Ohio and said:
Opinion: Hulu - My Own Worst Enemy: Breakdown - Watch the full episode now.
Original at Hulu
• Tue, Oct 14
I bet we can get Christian Slater to play the lead. He's far enough past his prime to do TV." "I'll have my secretary call his agent." "Now lets meet up for some overpriced Scotch at that new trendy spot." Was this review helpful? ...
My Own Worst Enemy: Breakdown (series premiere)
Original at TV Squad
• Tue, Oct 14
By Allison Waldman The obvious appeal of My Own Worst Enemy is two-fold: lots of action including cool gadgets, cars (thank you, GM), guns, blood and the mystery, combined with the charm and complexity of Christian Slater. Slater's a fun actor, a sort of Jack Nicholson only younger. I remember when he first st...
TV Junkie: Monday
Original at LAist
• Mon, Oct 13
By Tom Lewis 8:00pm Inside the Actors Studio Bravo - Christian Slater tells all about his nefarious past. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Christian Slater; actor Brian Posehn; the Flobots perform. Pic of Christian Slater in "My Own Worst Enemy" via NBC
Review: Light Touch Works for 'My Own Worst Enemy'
Original at Wired
• Mon, Oct 13
By Hugh Hart Christian Slater stars as a memory-wiped secret agent who unknowingly leads a double life as a happy-go-lucky family guy in the new NBC show. Wired.com
Christian Slater Grows Up For His Kids
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Mon, Oct 13
By Missy Kevin Parry/WireImage For years, Christian Slater says he delayed adulthood -- any way he could. A high school dropout battling drug and alcohol addictions, he entered rehab and got his life back on track for the sake of his children -- Jaden Christopher, 9, and Eliana Sophia, 7. "I wanted... K...
Christian Slater's "My Own Worst Enemy" Gets Great Reviews
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Oct 13
By The Huffington Post News Editors Christian Slater plays a man with two identities. Henry Spivey is a midlevel management consultant and suburban dad with a nice wife, two children, a dog and a minivan. When he is asleep, or thinks he is asleep, Edward Albright takes over as a multilingual superspy and trained assassin.
Ed Westwick to visit Live with Regis and Kelly today
Original at Gossip Girl Report
• Mon, Oct 13
By cherilvern Westwick will join other stars stopping by the set including American Idol judge Randy Jackson and Christian Slater, whose new TV series My Own Worst Enemy will premiere tonight on NBC at 9 p.m. CST. Check your local listings for times. Share This
Christian Slater gets GED to set an example for his kids
Original at Blogging Baby
• Sun, Oct 12
By Bethany Sanders Filed under: Celeb parentingDid you know Christian Slater was a high school dropout? Neither did I. But though the actor of two might not need that diploma to round out his resume anymore, he recently went back to school -- to bone up on academics for the GED test. His inspiration? His childre...
Romancing the Stone Aged
Original at CollegeHumor Updates by RC
• Sun, Sep 21
Hollywood tart Sharon Stone has slammed 10 shots in 10 minutes for an radical treatment to save her long faded youth. The Botox was poured into shot glasses as Stone slammed the and turned the glass over on the doctors desk to show she drank it all. Stone also is slamming reports she is dating he...
Tonight’s NBC Fall Premiere Party to Air Live on Stickam.com
Original at Watching Heroes
• Thu, Sep 18
By Debbie Stars from Heroes are scheduled to be there, as well as celebrities from other popular NBC shows. The casts of The Biggest Loser, Chuck, ER, Life and The Office, as well as newcomers Kath & Kim, Knight Rider and My Own Worst Enemy, will all be there celebrating the start of the fall telev...
Christian Slater: Threat or Menace?
Original at Workbench
• Wed, Sep 17
By Rogers Cadenhead My friend and fellow boobtube connoisseur Jonathan Bourne has posted his Television Death Pool predictions, split into two parts like a very special episode of Blossom. Here's his list, ordered from most to least likely cancellation:ER (NBC)Life on Mars (ABC)My Own Worst Enemy (NBC)D...
Pump Up The Volume - Review
Original at Observation Bubble
• Mon, Mar 31
By GhostLikeSwayze Christian Slater put on about as good of a performance as he could. This may be one of the only movies, next to Heathers, that I have seen with Christian Slater as the lead that I have somewhat enjoyed. For a 90’s movie, Slater pulls ...
Strand to Distribute Anthony Hopkins' 'Slipstream'
Original at Cinematical
• Wed, Aug 22
By Christopher Campbell Well, call me one of the curiosity seekers. Slipstream, which co-stars Christian Slater, John Turturro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeffrey Tambor and Camryn Manheim, is described by Hopkins as "a comedy of the absurd," and that is actually good enough for me. Of course, mainstream audience...
Christian Slater
Original at FemaleFirst.co.uk
• Tue, Jun 12
He will replace current star Dallas Roberts as Tom, an unhappy son who feels trapped by his family circumstances in the Tennessee Williams drama. One said: Christian loves England but Ryan never really felt at home. They are both very sad.
Trailer Park: Fish Out of Water
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, May 25
By Matt Bradshaw He Was a Quiet Man Christian Slater plays an office drone who saves a woman's life when one of his co-workers goes postal. In keeping with today's theme, Slater's character is thrust into fame and a new position in the company, and develops a romance with the now paralyzed woman. Maybe it's be...
Cinematical Visits the 2007 Gen Art Film Festival: Night 7, He Was a Quiet ManOriginal at Cinematical
• Tue, Apr 17
By Erik Davis On a personal level, this was a pretty cool night for me as I got to meet Christian Slater for the first time. In the video above, I speak with Slater about the film, his role (which has him playing a quiet and lonely cubicle hermit trying to decide whether or not he should listen to the voices in h...
SXSW Review: He Was a Quiet Man
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Mar 23
By Jette Kernion I've always visualized Christian Slater as being the age he was in Heathers and Pump Up the Volume -- the kid with aspirations of being Jack Nicholson. I never thought of him as having anything in common with character actor Stephen Root until I saw He Was a Quiet Man at SXSW, and it was rather a...