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Our Favorite Montages: Real Genius
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Sep 17
By Elisabeth Rappe Of the "nerdy science kid" movies of the 1980s, I've always preferred Real Genius over Weird Science, and it has everything to do with young Val Kilmer. Not because he was godlike in his looks, but because he was hilarious in his bunny slippers. Kilmer is one of those actors you just want to sha...
more fan-pic spam!
Original at Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Thu, Jul 23
By warau_inu Thank you so much for the comments on my previous entry! I felt very welcomed! I have a few more pictures I drew of them... I was even more motivated to draw them when one of the users here suggested I see Val Kilmer's older films "Real Genius"
Streets of Blood red band trailer online
Original at Filmstalker
• Tue, Jul 21
The trailer for the New Orleans cop drama has arrived online, you know the one with Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Sharon Stone and Michael Biehn, and quite frankly I'm not sure what to make of it. I had expected it to look complete rubbish, and it's close to that, but not that close. There's a feeling that...
MacGruber: Because 'SNL' Movies Have Such a Great Track Record
Original at Cinematical
• Wed, Jul 8
By Jenni Miller Why not make a movie based around one of the unfunniest recurring characters of late, the normally likeable Will Forte's MacGruber? Yes, it's true. Monika wrote in May that Lorne Michaels said he's considering a feature-length film version of the Saturday Night Live MacGruber sketch, a...
Kilmer for MacGruber?
Original at Filmstalker
• Wed, Jul 8
What is happening to Val Kilmer's career? It's all over the place, and the latest news is that he could be joining the film version of Saturday Night Live's comedy sketch MacGruber, a take off of MacGyver, itself always touted to be made into a film but never making it. The news says that both V...
Maybe Tom Cruise can be Val Kilmer's lieutenant governor?
Original at The New Mexico Independent
• Fri, May 22
Just Jared NM Near the end of a third-quarter timeout, they showed Val Kilmer and three of his chins on the Jumbotron, punctuating the moment by playing “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. You know, a “Top Gun” homage. He took a second or two to get the joke, ...
White House Pet Correspondent Lucky Sees Stars & Stripes!
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, May 13
NY Knight Rider actor Val Kilmer will possibly be running a political campaign to become the next New Mexico Governor. He has a new dog, named after his good friend, rapper 50 cent. And calls him "Fitty" (that's 50 cent's nickname). ...
Christopher Walken, Ray Stevenson, and Val Kilmer Fling Car Bombs with 'The Irishman'
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, May 7
By Monika Bartyzel Sounds like Christopher Walken, doesn't it? Or, at least, his well-honed movie persona as charismatic tough guy. In a bit of pitch-perfect casting, The Hollywood Reporter posts that Walken, Ray Stevenson, and Val Kilmer have signed onto Jonathan Hensleigh's The Irishman -- an adaptat...
Val Kilmer Asks $33 Million for New Mexico Ranch
Original at Luxist
• Fri, Apr 17
The Wichita Eagle CA - Jared Paul Stern The star of The Doors and Batman Forever assembled the impressive property, which remains largely unspoiled, about 13 years ago. Why would he sell such a thing if he plans to stay in NM? Does he need the money to run for office? ...
Clip joint: gay films
Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk
• Wed, Apr 15
UK 5) Donds to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for managing a proper, non-patronising, non-"gay" gay role – played with irritable nonchalance by Val Kilmer, finally making good on a certain speech about Top Gun. For anyone new to Clip Joint, we'd love it if you ...
Late-night movies: Top Gun
Original at Press-Enterprise
• Sun, Apr 12
CA Yeah, the good ol' "Top Gun" days. There's hardly an American male whose blood doesn't race when thinking about those soaring jetfighters manned -- yes, MANNED -- by Tom and his ol' pal/nemesis Val Kilmer. And there's hardly an American female who ...
Calling Hollywood to run the West
Original at Read It Here
• Mon, Apr 6
AZ Macho Hollywood actor Val Kilmer has starred in more than 40 movies, often playing tough cops and Western gunfighters. He's probably best known for playing the 1995 Batman and punching out a villain called The Riddler. Now Kilmer wants to become a ...
VALDOSTA'S WESTERN LEGENDS
Original at Valdosta Daily Times
• Thu, Apr 2
GA VAL KILMER. Possibly the best “Doc” Holliday performance came in 1993’s “Tombstone.” Kurt Russell was “Tombstone’s” star, but Kilmer stole the show with his cool portrayal of “Doc.” Definitely the huckleberry to pick. Not that it makes any difference, ...
Knight Rider: Season 1 Review
Original at IGN TV
• Thu, Mar 12
CA He is picked to be the driver of KITT, a talking morphing car, voiced by Val Kilmer, that can scan just about anything or anyone for anything whenever the story is in need of something happening. Mike and KITT "work" for Knight Industries, ...
Val Kilmer Crowned 41st Bacchus
Original at WDSU
• Fri, Feb 20
LA NEW ORLEANS -- Batman turned Bacchus to help brighten the day of some of the kids at Children’s Hospital. Actor Val Kilmer has been named the 41st Bacchus for the Bacchus Parade. Kilmer visited children on every floor during his appearance. ...
Obama on Biden: I don’t know what he’s talking about
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Tue, Feb 10
MA By Jimmy Orr | 02.10.09 Top Gun references aside (although they are timely, as Val Kilmer wants to be New Mexico’s governor), when Barack Obama had a chance to clear Joe Biden’s name last night – in front of the whole nation – he passed. ...
Discuss: Have We Entered a New Wave of Hollywood Politics?
Original at Cinematical
• Sun, Feb 8
By Monika Bartyzel THR also notes that if he runs, it won't be a conventional campaign. Kilmer says that it's all about getting out and listening to people, but will that also include shepherding in a new generation of politicians? When ol' Ronnie Reagan was entering the political world, he was coming out of a...
People in the News
Original at Annapolis Capital
• Fri, Feb 6
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MD - SANTA FE, NM - Holy hornet's nest, Batman! The New Mexico governor's mansion? Fresh from the inauguration, actor Val Kilmer is pondering running for ...
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Hot Male Celebrities Gone Wrong
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Sun, Jan 4
By Allie Val Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and...
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. Face Bomb-Making Charges For 'Delgo' [Misfires]
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Dec 15
By STV Delgo's $916,000 gross is the lowest ever by a film that opened on more than 2,000 screens — 2,160 to be exact. Its $424 per-theater average means that some showings of the animated sci-fi fantasy in more competitive markets likely played to audiences of fewer than five people at a time. Last...
The Punisher : War Zone Movie Review
Original at MoviesOnline
• Sun, Dec 7
Canada - Dec 7, 2008 He is Michael Keaton to Stevenson's Val Kilmer. Speaking of "Batman", there is so much of Nicholson's "Joker" in "Jigsaw" that it's not even funny. ...
Today's TV Highlights
Original at Daily Press
• Fri, Dec 5
VA - Dec 5, 2008 Val Kilmer and Jon Voight also star. 8 pm TNT "The Guardian" Ashton Kutcher takes a serious turn in this 2006 drama as Jake, a new Coast Guard recruit with ...
Movie review The Salton Sea (2002)
Original at World Films
• Thu, Dec 4
By Post The Salton Sea is a distant region in the Southerly Calif. desert between Los Angeles and such outlying hell-holes like Palmdale and Bakersfield. The title serves as a snatch of a metaphor of sorts as to the emblematic environs one mightiness determine himself abode later a duet to a fault m...
Opinion: Top Secret! (1984)
Original at Permission To Kill
• Thu, Dec 4
By noreply@blogger.com (David) Meanwhile, to divert the world’s attention from their wicked scheme, the East Germans are holding a music festival. Among their guest is Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer). Rivers is a decadent Rock ‘n’ Roller. Incidentally, Elvis Presley played a character called Deke Rivers in Loving You. To go off...
El mitote Nov. 30
Original at Santa Fe New Mexican
• Sat, Nov 29
NM - Nov 29, 2008 On MSN, the list of 10 stars who have lost their "dreamy" status includes New Mexico's Val Kilmer. According to the story, "It's not that we expect Val ...
Morning Mix: Nicole Kidman to Play Transsexual in Upcoming Movie
Original at Capitalweather.com
• Mon, Nov 10
In our continuing effort to chronicle Beyonce's morph from pop star into pop eccentric, we offer this photo of B performing at Sunday's World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. Note the crazy woman hair and, yet again, the metallic handy thingy. (Reuters) Headlines: Britney Spears takes sons on...
New Mexico Gov. Val Kilmer To Offer Attractive Tax Incentives To Productions Willing To Cast Him
Original at Defamer.com
• Fri, Nov 7
By Seth Amazingly, Norm Coleman's wafer-thin lead over Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race continues to erode, with the latest numbers suggesting the former SNL star now trails his Republican foe by exactly one-half vote. (The single ballot bears a crescent moon inside a GOP circle, accompa...
New Mexico Gov. Val Kilmer To Offer Attractive Tax Incentives To Productions Willing To Cast Him
Original at Gawker
• Fri, Nov 7
By Seth Amazingly, Norm Coleman's wafer-thin lead over Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race continues to erode, with the latest numbers suggesting the former SNL star now trails his Republican foe by exactly one-half vote. (The single ballot bears a crescent moon inside a GOP circle, accompa...
New Mexico Gov. Val Kilmer To Offer Attractive Tax Incentives To Productions Willing To Cast Him [Val Kilmer]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Nov 7
By Seth Amazingly, Norm Coleman's wafer-thin lead over Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race continues to erode, with the latest numbers suggesting the former SNL star now trails his Republican foe by exactly one-half vote. (The single ballot bears a crescent moon inside a GOP circle, accompa...
Val Kilmer Mulls Run For Governor
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Nov 7
By The Huffington Post News Editors After I wrap this film, I'm off to LA to see my kids then home to New Mexico to talk to friends and see what they say. I know I'm not yet qualified for the job. It's not like I need fame. If that's what it's all about, I wouldn't live in New Mexico.
Val Kilmer Ponders New Mexico Governorship
Original at gawker.com
• Fri, Nov 7
By Ryan Tate Val Kilmer announced that he's officially thinking about maybe running for governor of New Mexico. Once he bounces the idea off some political types. [Post]Kevin Bacon, presented without comment: "The men's room is always the best place to meet your admirers." [Post]If you got a late-nig...
Val Kilmer Ponders New Mexico Governorship [Gossip Roundup]
Original at Gawker
• Fri, Nov 7
By Ryan Tate Val Kilmer announced that he's officially thinking about maybe running for governor of New Mexico. Once he bounces the idea off some political types. [Post]Kevin Bacon, presented without comment: "The men's room is always the best place to meet your admirers." [Post]If you got a late-nig...
TV Review: Knight Rider 1.3 - Knight of the Iguana
Original at Film School Rejects
• Thu, Oct 9
By Mister Hand The job gets much harder when KITT (voiced by Val Kilmer) is infected. Meanwhile, Mike’s jealousy begins to show when Sarah (Deanna Russo) reconnects with an old flame (guest star Jeffrey Pierce, “The Nine”), who may be the key to ...
Opinion: Knight Rider
Original at Sydney Morning Herald
• Fri, Sep 26
Australia - Sep 26, 2008 Justin Bruening is the new hunk behind the wheel, while Val Kilmer is the new voice of KITT. A quarter of a century ago, the tale of one man's permed, ... Review: Knight Rider TV Premier Episode TheMustangNews.com
Review: Knight Rider - Series Premiere on NBC
Original at TVaholic.com
• Tue, Sep 23
By Jason the TVaholic Knight Rider premieres tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 24th on NBC. Free TVaholic Reader Downloads: Printable Fall 2008 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 9.14.2008 - ABC has pushed back the second season premiere of Samantha Who? until October 13th.Printable Fall 2008 Cable TV...
Note To Lisa Marie Presley: You're Not The First Star To Be Called 'Fat' By A Magazine
Original at Gawker
• Mon, Mar 10
By Molly Friedman Among the story's gems were, "where a six pack once rippled on Val Kilmer's chest, now stands what looks more like a rather large beer belly," and "there appeared to be a lot more to Kilmer than once met the eye." But the report does give Kilmer one reason not to just drift off into the waves and e...
Note To Lisa Marie Presley: You're Not The First Star To Be Called 'Fat' By A Magazine
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Mar 10
By Molly Friedman Among the story's gems were, "where a six pack once rippled on Val Kilmer's chest, now stands what looks more like a rather large beer belly," and "there appeared to be a lot more to Kilmer than once met the eye." But the report does give Kilmer one reason not to just drift off into the waves and e...
Val Kilmer is K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider
Original at The Saint and Leslie Charteris
• Sat, Feb 16
By noreply@blogger.com (Dan Bodenheimer) One of the most famous television cars is The Saint's Volvo P1800, and Val Kilmer drove a Volvo C70 in the 1993 movie of The Saint. Well, we now hear that Val Kilmer will be the new voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider -- another famous television car to rival the Volvo!
Val Kilmer Replaces Will Arnett As Voice Of K.I.T.T. Due To Conflict Of Truck-Pimping InterestOriginal at Defamer
• Thu, Feb 7
By Mark In an unexpected development sure to rock the sentient-sportscar-voiceover world, Variety reports NBC has announced that it's had to make an 11th hour substitution in its casting of KITT for the network's soon-to-debut Knight Rider movie, rushing last-minute savior Val Kilmer (Val...
Val Kilmer May Be Fatman Forever
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Nov 14
By Robespierre As a result, the swollen, aging forefathers of Hollywood - John Travolta, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks and Val Kilmer, to name a few - face Sophie's choice: remain fat and bloated and spend the winter of your life starring in mortifying autobiographically-titled films such as Wild Hogs, Th...
In The End, Val Kilmer Would Pinch A Loaf, And Order Would Be Restored To A Tense Set
Original at Defamer.com
• Mon, Apr 23
By Mark The peace of a quiet Echo Park household was shattered early this morning, when a harried representative of a local movie shoot came bearing news of an emergency unfolding on the the nearby set of Columbus Day: Val Kilmer, the frantic crew member would reveal, had no place to poop. Reports T...
In The End, Val Kilmer Would Pinch A Loaf, And Order Would Be Restored To A Tense Set
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Apr 23
By Mark The peace of a quiet Echo Park household was shattered early this morning, when a harried representative of a local movie shoot came bearing news of an emergency unfolding on the the nearby set of Columbus Day: Val Kilmer, the frantic crew member would reveal, had no place to poop. Reports T...
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: A Dapper Jeremy Piven Strolls Along Cahuenga With Leggy Friend In Tow
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Apr 3
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and let everyone know about the time you saw Val Kilmer imparting...
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: A Dapper Jeremy Piven Strolls Along Cahuenga With Leggy Friend In Tow
Original at Gawker
• Tue, Apr 3
By Seth PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and let everyone know about the time you saw Val Kilmer imparting...
Help Put Val Kilmer's Kids Through College With Your Condiment Purchases
Original at Defamer.com
• Tue, Nov 28
By Seth Former matinee idol turned gracefully aging crackpot Val Kilmer has patterned a plan for a small organic food business after Paul Newman's hugely successful line of Newman's Own specialty foods. But unlike the "over $200 million" from sales of salad dressings and marinara sauce donate...
Help Put Val Kilmer's Kids Through College With Your Condiment Purchases
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Nov 28
By Seth It would seem a waste of time and resources for Kilmer to subject himself to a lengthy latex and spirit gum makeup application session just to approximate the timeworn and quintessential Newman of the logo. After all, the label illustration already bears a striking resemblance to a widel...
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: David Spade Graduates From Curves To Co-Ed Gym
Original at Defamer.com
• Mon, Aug 14
By Seth We asked for more PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings, and you came through! Keep them coming to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and update us on the most recent fluctuations of Val Kilmer's magical, morphing belly.
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: David Spade Graduates From Curves To Co-Ed Gym [Sightings]
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Aug 14
By Seth We asked for more PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings, and you came through! Keep them coming to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and update us on the most recent fluctuations of Val Kilmer's magical, morphing belly.
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: David Spade Graduates From Curves To Co-Ed Gym
Original at Gawker
• Mon, Aug 14
By Seth We asked for more PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings, and you came through! Keep them coming to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and update us on the most recent fluctuations of Val Kilmer's magical, morphing belly.
Opinion:
Original at Phil Windley's Technometria
• Tue, Dec 7
MOVIE - ALEXANDER - Review Rating $$ (OUT OF 10) STARRING - Colin Farrell (Alexander), Angelina Jolie (Olympias), Val Kilmer (King Philip), Jared Leto (Hephaistion), Rosario Dawson (Roxane), Anthony Hopkins (Old Ptolemy), & Christopher Plummer (Aristotle). DIRECTOR/CO-WRIT...