Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner Joaquin Pheonix Paul Thomas Anderson Philip Seymour Hoffman Scientology The Master

“SCIENTOLOGY” INSPIRED MOVIE RESURRECTED WITH JOAQUIN PHOENIX

Back in March we told you about Jeremy Renner dropping out of “The Master” – a movie loosely based on L Ron Hubbard and Scientology, to take a job in Tom Cruise’s “Mission Impossible IV.” Universal dropped the project for mysterious reasons (Scientology pressure?) but now, according to Deadline.com, the Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood”) script has gotten financing and been snapped up by The Weinstein Company and will proceed with Joaquin Phoenix in the Renner role. The original now-untitled script has been extensively rewritten for some reason (Scientology threats?) Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the ambitious self-help “guru” and Phoenix plays his ardent follower. (Ironically, Phoenix was raised by his family in the Children of God religious cult.)

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By Janet / May 16, 2011
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Jeremy Renner

CAN JEREMY RENNER FILL STEVE MCQUEEN’S SHOES?

We confess that we’re torn by the idea of Jeremy Renner starring in the biography of Steve McQueen. Jeremy is so devoted to the project that he’s also producing and set up his own production company to do so. “Bad boy” McQueen was a bigger-than-life movie star in the caliber of Paul Newman, with equally mesmerizing blue eyes. He was known as the “king of cool” and loved fast cars and motorcycles. He starred in “Love With the Proper Stranger,” “Bullitt,” “The Great Escape” etc. Steve died in 1980 from incurable cancer in Mexico at the hands of a last-resort quack doctor. The problem is, we’ve always thought of Jeremy Renner as more of a character actor than a romantic leading man. Does he have the looks and charisma to portray McQueen? It remains to be seen.

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By Janet / May 1, 2011
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Jeremy Renner Mission Impossible Scientology The Master Tom Cruise

TOM CRUISE MADE JEREMY RENNER A BETTER OFFER

Oscar nominated Jeremy Renner was set to star in “The Master” – a script by Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood”) that’s based on the life of L Ron Hubbard and Scientology – using different names. It’s about a quasi-religious organization started in 1952 America and features all the Scientology techniques such as auditing and living in seclusion on a ship – all in all, it is NOT flattering to the organization. Despite the writer’s pedigree, it’s been a rocky road to bring it to the big screen and insiders suspect Scientologists pulled strings to halt production. Ironically or not, Tom Cruise wooed and hired Jeremy Renner to star in his movie now filming, “Mission Impossible IV” (with a promise to take over the franchise) and the shooting days overlapped so Jeremy wasn’t available to do the Scientology movie. Universal dropped the project for puzzling reasons and now it is all but dead. We’re inclined to think the conspiracy theories are true.

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By Janet / March 13, 2011
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Booze Burlesque Christina Aguilera Divorce Jeremy Renner Julianne Hough Meltdown

CHRISTINA AGUILERA: IT’S TIME TO GROW UP

What the heck is going on with Christina Aguilera? Ever since she left her husband for Matthew Rutler, whom she met while filming Burlesque, she appears to have been on a bender. Rutler has become something of a caretaker while Christina, 30, parties her butt off and more than once he’s been seen holding her up. Before she married, Christina was a wild party girl but after having a baby she was seldom seen in nightclubs. Maybe the failure of her marriage, her last album, and her movie Burlesque, all AT ONCE is causing her to overindulge. Jeremy Renner was surprised when she crashed his A-list birthday party, but appalled to find her passed out in HIS bedroom with Matthew rubbing her back. She also made a scene in a New York club getting snarky with Burlesque costar Julianne Hough. Get a grip, Christina, everybody has problems.

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By Janet / January 19, 2011
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"The Hurt Locker" Jeremy Renner Make up Real Estate

JEREMY RENNER STARTED IN HOLLYWOOD AS A MAKE UP ARTIST

Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin

“Hurt Locker” star Jeremy Renner plays a tough sergeant in the movie but did you know he used to be a make up artist? When Jeremy moved to Hollywood from Modesto, California, he supported himself by working three days a week on sets doing makeup, and he acted in plays at night. Since then he’s moved on to remodeling homes and flipping them like Courteney Cox. And he does most of the labor himself.

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By Janet / January 25, 2010
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"The Hurt Locker" Best Actor Jeremy Renner

“THE HURT LOCKER’S” JEREMY RENNER WILL BE NEEDING MORE THAN ONE TUXEDO

This face might not look familiar now, but as the award show season accelerates, he will be EVERYWHERE. (Maybe you remember him as “Dahmer.”) Not a lot of people saw “The Hurt Locker” – perhaps because the subject matter is so painful, but it is easily one of the most important films of the year. We had to literally be dragged to see it and it wasn’t fun, but the movie is brilliant and Jeremy Renner is up for Best Actor in just about every competition. He’s already won The National Film Critics award (as did the movie) and that’s just the beginning.

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By Janet / January 4, 2010
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