With all the hype we’ve been hearing about "Inglourious Basterds,” it better be good! Here’s Brad Pitt talking up the movie on “The Today Show” this morning. The movie hits theaters Aug. 21, 2009. Check out all of Film Gecko’s coverage here.
 

The Today Show’s Matt Lauer caught up with comeback kid Mickey Rourke on his Oscar nomination for "The Wrestler." Take a look:

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I’ve been enjoying the interviews with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, plugging their new movie “Revolutionary Road” here there and everywhere.
They recently talked with Matt Lauer on “The Today Show,” and it’s fun to see such good friends working on a movie together again. Winslet has mentioned that they’re like brother and sister, and that certainly seems to be true here. Leo compares her detailed script notes to forensic science, and she praises him for being “less puny” than he used to be. They’re sweet together!
Check out the clip below, and watch the “Revolutionary Road” trailer here.

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Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer sat down today for an interview on The Today Show. Their last interview certainly sparked a lot of controversy! Check out how things went today, and what Tom has to say about his new movie, Valkyrie, in theaters Dec. 26, 2008. And doesn’t Tom look lean and mean? He’s lost a few pounds, and looks like the Tom Cruise of days past!

It’s been 3 1/2 years since Tom Cruise told Matt Lauer on “The Today Show,” “You’re glib. You don’t even know what Ritalin is.” But Cruise is returning to the set next week. I bet they’ll get some pretty good ratings for that! 
In the live interview Monday, Cruise and Lauer will discuss Cruise’s “distinguished career, his family, including wife Katie Holmes, and children Connor, Isabella and Suri, and their life at home,” according to a press release. And, of course, they’ll talk about Cruise’s upcoming film, “Valkyrie.”
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