Family Fun reigns supreme in Hollywood
By Iain Blair
Just saw Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the charming sequel which looks certain to continue audiences’ current love affair with talking animals. It’s significant that Beverly Hills Chihuahua easily destroyed Leo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott at the box office!
The Paramount Pictures release featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer, Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin and will.i.am . It is directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, who helmed the original Madagascar, which earned more than $500 million in worldwide box offices.
I hung out with will.i.am at the W Hotel in Westwood. He told me he’s getting more and more into movies now. He even shot a film in Brazil to promote his solo CD, Songs About Girls, “but it didn’t turn out very well,” he admits. But unfazed he’s still “really into” movies and acting, and next stars in the new X-Men film, X-Men Origins; Wolverine.