THE $20 MILLION COUCH

Kevin Costner finally got off the couch in order to keep acting.

It can either ruin you or make you richer. Most actors develop a big head after a movie they make grosses $100 million so they ask for $20 million dollars.

Martin Lawrence wanted $20 million for National Security after Big Momma's House did well. Well, that's not quite the case. He was offered $12 million for What's The Worst That Could Happen, which came out a year after his first big success, BMH. Then his salary climbed when he took over Black Knight for Chris Tucker. Then for some odd reason, after WWTCH and BK did abysmal business, Lawrence was cut a $20 million check for National Security. Didn't the studios see the falling trend in his grosses? We don't hear much about his salary these days, but I'm sure it has to be more than $10 million. I think Lawrence is still on the $20 million couch, because why would you want to get off if you could ask for it?


Kevin Costner was the shit after his bestiality musical Dances With Wolves grossed over $100 million at the box office and won alot of Oscars. He then starred in The Bodyguard, and the rest is history. So he jumped on the $20 million couch. But because he doesn't have that crossover appeal, he was able to work out a little deal and earned $15 million (yes you read it right)for Waterworld, Dragonfly and Thirteen Days. Well, those movies tanked, and someone had to pry Costner from the couch. But here's the thing. Costner's films weren't a steady string of $100 million hits, so why did he get that huge paycheck so late in the game?Thirteen Days and Dragonfly came out in 2000 and 2002, when Costner's star was fading big time. By then, Will Smith was the King of the Box Office which leads us to believe that the Cos had a really good agent or he forcefully took $15 million from studio execs. I believe the latter for some reason.

Basically, the $20 million couch is a couch that an actor, long after his string of box office hits dwindle, refuses to leave just because he's got too much air in his head or because he rests on his past successes. Costner eventually got off because he needed to keep working, and to his credit, we've seen his wrinkly face in a movie at least once a year. Lawrence continues to act in movies, even selling out to Disney for Wild Hogs and College Road Trip. We don't know how much he was paid, but I'm sure both him and John Travolta didn't earn their $20 million Wild Hogs, although the mysterious $165 million gross on that movie may have their agents negotiating richer deals for them.

The question you really have to ask yourself after you've watched a $20 million actor's movie is..."Was it worth $20 million? Did I get $20 million worth of laughs? Do I feel like $20 million?"

Dolph Lundgren's Website

Dolph's website haha. I thought he was retired? It hasnt been updated since December 07, he must be hard at work on his next straight to DVD. Check out that DL symbol he has going on at the top.

Lundg recently had something to say about 80's/90's rival Arnold Schwarzenegger,

"I'm not the type. He's a businessman and politician while I'm not really like that. I'm more like a warrior, a traveller and a Viking."
- metro.co.uk

All Hail Dolph The Viking!!

Kevin Costners Swing Vote Decision

Kevin Costner has in the past put up his own money for his films Dances With Wolves and Open Range. Swing Vote, to remind everyone, actually came out this summer but was "somehow" spoiled by Batman Dark Knight. BATMAN VS COSTNER! The budget for the film was over $25 million and Costner donated over $21mil of that...getting close to George Lucas territory, just off by another several times that and his film has only brought in $14m and its not Star Wars, but after a few more weeks (if it has that?) and some DVD sales, it looks like Kevin has the possibility of a making a few cents. Congratulations Kevin Costner!

XXX Marks the Spot for Bad Movie

Watch Vin Diesel in his serious hardcore Action flick, "xXx." Why do we have to make a lowercase x before the capitalizing the second X and then lowercasing the next? Did the adult film industry really have a problem with a movie called "XXX" starring a guy whose name is "VIN DIESEL?" I think I just answered my own question.

Thomas Crown Affair 2: Affair with Fat Brosnan

USA Today says, Fresh from stealing Meryl Streep's heart in Mamma Mia!, Pierce Brosnan will soon return to snatching priceless goodies in The Thomas Crown Affair 2, the sequel to his successful 1999 remake that should arrive next year.

The new caper is partly based on 1964's Topkapi. "We are just using a sliver of that," he says, including the same setting, Istanbul. This time, his billionaire thief is after a rare diamond instead of paintings. While Rene Russo will not return, a female co-star has yet to be named. Angelina Jolie is considered in the running. "This is a different affair," Brosnan says.

That is an understatement, considering that Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven (Starship Troopers, Showgirls) is in charge. "He does sexy well," says the actor, 55. Which means, "I will have to go to the gym to get rid of my Mamma Mia! middle."

Yawn. This time he has to steal a rare diamond, and the movie only takes a 'sliver' of a storyline from another movie. And with the director of Showgirls and Brosnan's potbelly, this should be a fresh, new sequel.