The TV series 'Smash' is quickly gaining a lot of buzz as the series takes a look at the behind-the-scenes drama of a Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe. The show stars Debra Messing, Jack Davenport,  Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty.

Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty and Uma Thurman were on the streets of New York yesterday filming scenes for the show. Although the pilot had an early airing (January 26), it doesn`t officially start until Monday, February 6.

Will you be watching? Did you watch the pilot?

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FilmDistrict has moved Playing the Field from March 9 (when I was very much looking forward to seeing it) to December 25. While I realize we're (supposedly) getting Of Men and Mavericks in October, that will still be nearly a year between Gerard Butler films. Not happy!

Okay, now that I've gotten that little tantrum out of my system, I can say that I get it. Playing the Field would have had a LOT of competition on the earlier date: John Carter (although come on…you can't tell me they share the same demographic), Think Like a Man, The Raven, Silent House and as I just told you earlier today, Friends with Kids. (Now that one I do see as being competition for Playing the Field.) Christmas already has The Great Gatsby and Django Unchained (both featuring Leonardo DiCaprio) so I guess Film District is positioning Playing the Field as a sort of low-brow "anti-awards season" option.

Playing the Field stars Butler, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones and centers around the homecoming of a retired soccer pro whose glory days are behind him who moves to Virginia to reconnect with his estranged ex-wife and neglected son and starts to coach the boys' soccer team.

According to Variety, A spokesman for FilmDistrict indicated Thursday that the date shift was made to take advantage of holiday season moviegoing.

Oh well, maybe with all that extra time they can come up with a decent poster.

I should have known, since there was too much activity surrounding Bel Ami, after such a long period of nothing, that a trailer was coming soon! Bel Ami is the latest adaptation of the novel by Guy de Maupassant, starring Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy, a man of modest means who basically sleeps his way through Parisian high-society during the period known as La Belle Epoque. The women in question are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci. The costumes and production design are enough to get me into the theater. An international trailer has just dropped today and you can watch it below thanks to MSN.

Bel Ami, directed by Nick Oremerod and Declan Donnellan has been filmed seven times before, dating all the way back to 1919 (although four of those were for French television.) The film also stars Colm Meaney, Holliday Grainger, Philip Glenister, Pip Torrens and James Lance. It finally has a couple of release dates, all in Europe: 2^nd March in the UK, 27^th June in France. Nothing for the US…yet.

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This may or may not be the first official poster for Gabriele Muccino’s Playing the Field starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta Jones, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, and Judy Greer.

The official synopsis for the film: A former professional athlete with a weak past tries to redeem himself by coaching his son's soccer team, only to find himself unable to resist when in scoring position with his players' restless and gorgeous moms.

I’m skeptical because at this point only one Italian site has posted it and there doesn’t seem to be any other news about it anywhere.  Frankly, I hope it isn’t an “official” poster because it’s a bland, photo-shopped mess.  I had also read in an interview with Butler that the title will most likely change before release. If that’s the case, why put out a poster?

Translated from Italian: Here is the first official poster of Playing the Field, the third American film by Gabriele Muccino for the occasion, he directed all-star cast including Gerard Butler stands. Beside him, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones for this comedy about a former football player who, after having touched the tips of fame seeks to recover the relationship with his son and his ex-wife coaching the football team of the child and arousing the sympathies of the mothers of the neighborhood.”  

As you can tell it loses something in the translation.

I don’t think this poster sets the tone the filmmakers were going for, either. It is supposed to be a ‘dramedy’ since the emphasis is on George’s (Butler) relationship with his son and his attempt to win back his ex-wife (Biel). Then again, maybe I have it all wrong and they are going for another mindless, soul-less rom-com. Judging from his previous cv, I would think director Muccino had more in him and I know Butler was trying to move away (far far away one hopes) from such fare. We’ll see.

Playing the Field (or whatever it will be called. They'd better hurry up, time's a wastin') opens March 9 in the US and 20th April in the UK

The annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball, is one of the most prestigious events on the New York social scene. Now in its seventh year, it helps raise funds for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Relief Fund, which provides support to children in poverty-stricken nations.  This year’s event was held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City Tuesday night.

Guests included Uma Thurman in a gorgeous green Atelier Versace column dress and Adrien Brody (Haters can hate but I think he's hot), both of whom have been affiliated with UNICEF for a long time. Sarah Jessica Parker was in frothy white Louis Vuitton (Matthew must have been home with the kids), Zoe Kravitz in black and white Chanel and really terrible bangs (What, no Penn Badgely? Trouble in paradise? Oh I crack myself up!). Angie Harmon looked STUNNING in a backless silver and gold Jean Fares Couture cut down to there.  Vera Farmiga is so pretty and she has a cute rock ‘n roll husband. I wish she’d stop dressing like a little old lady. Granted, this dress was by Naeem Khan, who also attended the event, but it still managed to make her look MUCH older and frumpier than she is. I understand the 40’s look she was going for and she did go all out with the Fred Leighton vintage jewelry…but still! Also in attendance, Gayle King, Kevin Jonas, Matt Lauer, Mark Ruffalo, Natasha Bedingfield, who also performed and Bravo’s Andy Cohen, who emceed the event.

Enjoy the pics!

It’s Monday morning. You need an IV drip of Starbucks just to hit the snooze on the alarm. What could get the ol’ blood racing and heart pumping better than some new pics from the upcoming dramedy, Playing the Field with Gerard Butler? (I knew you’d feel that way. Who luvs ya?) We haven’t really talked about this one yet. It’s not due out until March, but apparently The Film District knows how to play this game and is starting to give us some nibbles. To be fair, a few of these are not “new”, they’ve been kicking around the web for awhile now, but there are some that have just been released.

The synopsis is this: Gerard Butler is a former professional footballer (or soccer player for us Yanks) with a weak past who tries to redeem himself by coaching his son’s soccer team, only to find himself unable to resist when in scoring position with his players’ restless and gorgeous moms, including one mother in particular, played by Catherine Zeta Jones.

The cast includes Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer (pictured below), James Tupper and Dennis Quaid.

Playing the Field, a title which is likely to change before release, is due in theaters March 9th, 2012. (Which incidentally, is five years to the day from the release of 300. Head full of useless information, me.)