Eddie Murphy, Drew Barrymore tops Forbes list of most overpaid Hollywood stars

Eddie Murphy and Drew Barrymore top the Forbes list of the most overpaid actor and actress respectively in Hollywood for the year 2011.

Among the most highly paid Hollywood actresses, Drew Barrymore topped the Forbes list after returning 40 cents for every $1 of investment in her talents. Barrymore's recent films titled Everybody's Fine and 2007's Lucky You have been blockbusters.

Though Drew Barrymore's recently produced He's Just Not Into You fetched $180 million globally, it could not be counted in the Forbes list as she was not the star of the film.

Eddie Murphy came second on the list of the most highly paid stars in Hollywood. However, he is the first when it comes to male actors in Hollywood. Eddie Murphy came second after Barrymore by returning $2.70 for every $1.

The Forbes list of the most overpaid actors was created by looking at the 40 highest-earning actors in Hollywood.

21 Jump Street Trailers & Video Clips

Like the original ’80s TV series, the 21 Jump Street movie will be about undercover cops using their youthful looks to infiltrate the world of youth crime. Instead of an entire unit of undercover officers, the movie will focus on just two characters, supposedly named Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum), who pose as high school students to help bust up a drug ring. To keep up appearances, the two cops move back home with their parents.

Here’s a snippet of the info that Moviehole reported:

Couple of older cops, blessed with the young gene, go undercover in highschool. To keep up the facade, they’re both back living at home.
Schmidt (Hill) and partner Zenko (Tatum) take on the guise of two teenage brothers new at Sagan High School.
They’re there to put a stop to a drug ring, which by all indications is run by ‘coolest guy in the school’ Eric.
Naturally, both Schmidt and Zenko are forced to befriend Eric, ultimately being welcomed into his gang, but Schmidt also decides to start spending time with the suspect’s squeeze Molly.
Naturally, Doug develops feelings for the girl and ultimately risks his cover in an attempt to guard her from the impending drug bust at Prom.

There’s a ton more, including what type of jokes are in the script, how the balance of action and humor is set, and basically how the entire movie plays out (including a special cameo). But for those SPOILERS you’ll have to jump over to Moviehole.

I’m by no means ready to call this movie a slam dunk yet, but I think people who automatically diss it are being just a little dismissive – there is definite potential here. Even if you’re not a fan of Jonah Hill, partnering him with Tatum definitely adds a touch of unpredictability in terms of onscreen chemistry. At the very least, nobody can say this is the same old “Jonah Hill movie” they’ve seen before.

Love the man or not, having Tatum onboard also means that there’s potential for some solid action. I would personally love to see Jonah Hill trying to chase down a fleeing suspect on foot – the jokes practically write themselves.

But how far will the sexual humor involving adult cops and underage girls get pushed? Hopefully to “hilarious” level while still being shy of “offensive.” If they can nail that narrow target, then this film could really be something.

Finally, I loved Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and call me crazy, but I trust the directors of that film, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, to once again deliver a pleasantly unexpected surprise when 21 Jump Street arrives on March 16, 2012.

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Jennifer Lawrence: ''Hunger Games' Is Not 'Twilight''

The upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopia novels, "The Hunger Games," might have a hardcore fan base and a female lead caught between two men, but star Jennifer Lawrence says her upcoming project is not "The Twilight Saga," at least not yet.

"'Hunger Games' is not 'Twilight', and while I hear the comparisons, it's really premature to say that it will be the same phenomenon," the actress told Vanity Fair's December issue.

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"I'm so proud of the work we did on the film - [director Gary Ross] and the entire cast and crew were amazing, and I can't wait for it to be brought to life because I think it's an important story," she continued. "If it does become a crazy phenomenon, I'll soak up my freedom now!"

As for her beloved Katniss character - who endures countless attempts on her life while fighting to survive in the games and is forced to kill others - Jennifer hinted that she's portraying her as someone who takes zero pleasure in taking someone's life.

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"These kids are killing one another only because if they don't, they'll die. It's needless, pointless, unjustified violence. It's heartbreaking," she explained. "When I auditioned, I told Gary, 'I understand if you don't hire me, but please remember that after Katniss shoots a bow and kills someone, her face cannot be bada**.'"

Adding, "So, there's nothing cool about her. It's not like she looks around the arena and goes, 'Yeah, I got this.' I think she looks around helplessly, and thinks, I made a promise to my sister that I would survive; now I have to kill in order to do so."

"The Hunger Games," which also features Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz, is slated to hit theaters on March 23, 2012.

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Kim Kardashian says her marriage to Kris was not sham

Kim Kardashian, who has filed for divorce from her husband of 72 days Kris Humphries said that she did not marry for publicity.

Speaking to the hosts of Australia's Sunrise programme, Kim Kardashian said that she tried hard to save her marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries. When asked why she didn't consult a counsellor before seeking divorce, the 31-year old reality television star said, "I think when you know so deep in your heart that you just have to listen to your intuition, and follow your heart.”

Speaking about the accusation stating that the marriage was a sham, Kim replied, “I think what really just, I think, what upsets me most is that there has been from the start so many rumors of money and dollar signs ... and so much of it not being true.”

Indie Roundup: ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’

Martha Marcy May Marlene" opened last week in select cities, but I think talking about it on Halloween weekend is much more appropriate. Though there's no shortage of horror flicks this season offering plenty of thrills and gore, there are few movies more quietly unnerving coming out this year than this film.

The movie opens on Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) escaping from an overpopulated farmhouse in the Catskills and disappearing in the woods. We later learn that the place is home to a back-to-land, Manson-style cult run by a charismatic leader named Patrick (John Hawkes). Later in the film we see that he starts calling her Marcy May, and with a song and a health drink spiked with a Micky, he manages to win her heart. Of course, that's the way he wins over all the dozen or so women in the cult. Martha is so wounded and eager to be a part of something, she soon finds a place in the cult. That is, until she gets pulled deeper and deeper into Patrick's crimes.

Soon after escaping, she makes a panicked, awkward phone call to her sister Lucy, who she hasn't had contact with in two years. The voice on the other end of the line sounds concerned, but not especially warm. Martha gets taken in by Lucy, who along with her new, rather humorless husband, Ted (Hugh Dancy), lives in a sterile, cavernously large lakeside vacation house. Years of undefined familial pain and lacerating expectations, along with Martha's flat refusal to talk about her time in the cult, keep the two sisters from ever connecting. Moreover, she has no idea how to fit into their upper-class yuppie life and starts acting in some very strange ways.

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At one point, Martha asks her sister, "Do you ever have a hard time telling what's real and what's a dream?" First-time director Sean Durkin deftly cuts back and forth between Martha's time with Lucy and flashbacks of the cult until the audience isn't too clear what's going on either. For most movies, that would be a criticism. In this film, it's an asset. Recalling some of Polanski's finest early flicks, Durkin ratchets up the confusion during the second half of the movie to mirror Martha's paranoia and psychological implosion. Patrick may or may not be coming to get her, but it's a gripping ride.

Stills from 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'

This movie does have a lot in common with last year's indie breakout "Winter's Bone": both were standouts at Sundance, both feature brilliant performances from John Hawkes, and both had Oscar buzz around a previously unknown blonde ingénue. Given the buzz around her performance coming out of Sundance and Toronto, Elizabeth Olsen pretty much is a lock on a Best Actress nomination and she deserves it. She's in just about every scene in the movie and her unbelievably expressive face carries the movie. Watch for her around Oscar time and watch her landing leads in future summer blockbusters.

See Stills from "Mission: Impossible III" (Burj Khalifa, Dubai)

Many movie stars like to boast about how they do their own stunts in their action movies, but Tom Cruise walks the walk. Specifically, he walks right out the window of the tallest building in the world.

Cruise has done some wild stunts in his movie career, but they all pale in comparison to the one he did for "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." The 49-year-old actor climbed up -- and also ran down -- the mirrored glass exterior of the Burj Khalifa, the 181-story, 2,723-foot-tall skyscraper in Dubai that holds the record for the highest structure ever built.

Take a look at the exclusive trailer for "Ghost Protocol," the fourth installment of the "Mission: Impossible" series. Then keep reading to find out how much of the stuntwork Cruise actually did himself.

So what percentage of the footage of Cruise hanging outside of the Burj Khalifa is actually him? According to producer Bryan Burk ("Star Trek," "Super 8"), every frame you see in the movie is really Tom Cruise. At a recent preview of scenes from the film, Burk said that Cruise did have a stunt double on set, but his job was only to test out the safety rigging. When the cameras were rolling, it was all Cruise. Which was good, because Burk said the stunt double was actually afraid of heights, and Cruise obviously had no problems with it.

See Stills from "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol

That's not to say there isn't a degree of movie magic at play here. Cruise was wearing a harness supported with cables that were later digitally erased. Still, there's no denying it took guts to get out there. Even his costars couldn't believe it. Simon Pegg, who reprises his role from "Mission: Impossible III," said in an interview, "I was there watching him doing it, which was terrifying... [He] has no fear. He just looked out and looked back in with a big smile on his face, like, 'Here we go!' And he was running round the side."

Cruise has made an effort in each "Mission: Impossible" movie to do a signature stunt that put him right in harm's way. In the first movie, in IMAX theaters a few days before it is released everywhere on December 21."

To see more of Cruise just hanging he filmed a scene where thousand-gallon aquariums exploded around him, sending 16 tons of water in his direction. For "M:I2," Cruise scaled a sheer rock wall and dangled from a helicopter six stories about the ground. And in the third movie, Cruise was yanked into the air by one cable and crashed into the side of a car by another for the scene where an explosion tosses him around like a rag doll.

See Stills from "Mission: Impossible III"

While the shots of Cruise grasping onto the outside of the Burj Khalifa are pretty impressive on a computer screen, they are even more vertigo-inducing when seen on a giant IMAX screen. 25 minutes of the film were shot on IMAX's large-format cameras, and the picture will fill the seven-story screens. "Ghost Protocol" will open out at the Burj Khalifa, check out this behind-the-scene footage.