Michael Cera, playing with his image

New still of Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Johnny Simmons, etc. in "Scott Pilgrim vs the World".

Inside Michael Cera's Jersey Shore Makeover:Michael Cera (Pizza Guido) with Nicole Snooki. "Putting his new look to good use, Cera bonds with Jersey Shore babes Snooki and Sammi". Source: www.people.com


"It’s a real game people end up playing with their image”, says Cera from Toronto, where he’s spending the holidays with his family. “That’s really not what’s important to me. It’s just not. And I don’t know how to play that game or understand why people do. It’s just not as fun to me as getting to work with people that you really like.”

For Youth in Revolt, opening January 8, Cera collaborated with director Miguel Arteta (Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl) on a film that makes excellent use of Cera’s dry wit and puppy-dog eyes.Portia Doubleday and Michael Cera attending the AFI Festival Day 5, 2009.

Based on the cult novel by C. D. Payne, the film follows befuddled 16-year-old horndog Nick Twisp as he struggles to impress a Serge Gainsbourg–obsessed romantic named Sheeni (newcomer Portia Doubleday). She craves danger and urges Nick to be “bad, very bad.”So Cera, as Twisp, leaves behind his milquetoast Clark Kent persona and adopts a superbad alter ego: He becomes Francois Dillinger, a mustachioed Jean-Paul Belmondo–inspired lothario—“contemptuous of authority,” he announces, “irresistible to women”—who wears aviator sunglasses, a thin Lester-Molester mustache, and very, very tight pants. “The genius of Michael’s comedy is that he’s never reaching for a laugh,” says Arteta. “He’s always finding a laugh in something that feels truthful …. And Michael has a very playful relationship with the truth.” “You don’t have to get caught up in being yourself in front of all these people that really don’t know you,” says Cera. “The biggest adjustment in the past couple of years was being recognized, mostly because you lose a certain amount of control over your life. It’s scary. I guess one way to deal with it is to find a way to have fun with it.”He almost prefers to be confused with his roles; it provides yet another smoke screen. “People get caught up in movies and are unable to separate reality,” he says. “A hundred years later and people still don’t understand. And that’s a good thing!” Does it bug him when his ultrasensitive movie persona is parodied? Not at all. “People love being really mean,” he says cheerily. “It’s fun!” Source: nymag.com


In Youth in Revolt Michael Cera plays Nick Twisp, a nice young guy consumed by his raging hormones. He also plays Francois Dillinger, Nick’s alter ego and the driving force behind Nick’s deviance. In these two promos Cera shows off yet another side, the major asshole side.

In this Adult Swim mock interview, cameramen barge into Cera’s house unexpectedly interrupting Cera’s ‘game room’ time. Both videos are basically the same except for one very quick yet shocking moment, a cameo by Bob Weinstein.

Source: cinemablend.com


Late Show with David Letterman 01/04/2010
Monday, January 4

Michael Cera
(Youth in Revolt)
Jenna Elfman
(Accidentally on Purpose)
David Gray
(CD, "Draw the Line")

Jake in Empire, Reese InStyle UK magazines

Jake Gyllenhaal in Empire magazine February 2010, scanned by Wet, Dark & Wild.
Jake Gyllenhaal walking with Reese, Deacon and Ava, on 30th December 2007.

Reese Witherspoon taking her kids Ava and Deacon to the dentist on 4th January, 2010.

"Reese Witherspoon looks fit and fabulous in a French Connection elastane/cotton mix dress on the February 2009 cover of InStyle UK. Here’s what the 33-year-old mom shared with the mag while munching on egg-white scramble with a side of biscuits:

How would you describe your life when you’re not working? “I try to exercise every day. I like to run for about an hour and I’m big into working out with girlfriends. It’s an acquired skill, being able to discuss your love life, children and friends – all while you’re running! But we have mastered it.” Source: justjared.buzznet.com

MTV's 2009's Bizarre interview moments

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

"MTV Movies managing editor Josh Horowitz has a particular knack for loosening celebrities up in interviews to the point that they say ridiculous things. Just browsing through the MTV video archives unearths a veritable gold mine of hilariously awkward moments. We've selected 10 of the most memorable of these, five of which we presented last week and the remaining five you can check out today in the second part of MTV's Bizarre Interview Moments of 2009.

As a special treat, "500 Days Of Summer" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel help us get the show started... with a shot at Horowitz. It's pretty painful, really". Source: moviesblog.mtv.com


Q: What do you get if you cross Bonnie and Clyde with Fred and Ginger?

A: Zooey and Joe.

"Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, who star in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer, strut their stuff in this exclusive look at their bank heist/movie musical homage."

Music: Why Don't You Let Me Stay Here?
Performed by She & Him

Emile Hirsch goes to Kilimanjaro expedition

"Emile Hirsch is on his way to Africa to climb the continent's highest peak.
Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandles in "Into the Wild" (2007).

The "Milk" and "Into the Wild" star is joining Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Isabel Lucas and Elizabeth Gore for a weeklong trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. The Summit on the Summit expedition, which begins Thursday, aims to use star power to help raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide.
Emile Hirsch in Africa during his Congo expedition in 2008.

"I first came across Oxfam through the story of Christopher McCandless, the young man whose journey of self-discovery, with its ultimately tragic conclusion, was well-documented in the book and film Into the Wild. I played McCandless in the latter. He had given his life savings of $24,500.68 to Oxfam before setting out on his two-year odyssey to Alaska. Inspired by that, I also donated to Oxfam, and it still feels like the best money I’ve ever spent". Source: www.mnsjournal.com

The 24-year-old Hirsch says the climb combines "an epic adventure with an educational process on the global water crisis." Fans can follow the climb online and donate as little as a dollar to provide clean water to those who need it.

Hirsch says he's ready for the more than 19,000-foot challenge, saying, "Put this on the books: I'm making it to the top."
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Source: www.summitonthesummit.com

Speculating with "Inception" plot

What’s the most resilient form of parasite? An idea. An idea has the power to build a city… to change the world, and re-write all the rules... Source: www.slashfilm.com

“Inception” takes place in a world where we have developed a means by which we can enter people’s dreams. Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb has been described as a “CEO type”, but he is also something of a criminal. He dives into people’s dreams to extract information.Ellen Page will play Ariadne, a young college student studying in Paris who is a part of Cobb’s team (along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Arthur and Tom Hardy’s Eames). Cillian Murphy stars as Fischer, a business-type who is soon to become the head of a company. Cobb’s team is attempting to insert an idea into Fischer’s mind to compel him to separate the company into two smaller companies. The reasoning for this is unclear on my end.This plot point is a bit unclear (and is a massive SPOILER), but I’m told that the wife commits suicide in the dream in order to return to the real world. When Cobb himself returns, he is charged with his wife’s murder and has to flee with his children.The film will not be typical sci-fi fare at all. It is set in the real world, present day. And virtually all of the “action” scenes take place in the dream environment. This should go a long way toward explaining the “Your mind is the scene of the crime” tagline that accompanied the trailer. Ultimately it seems like a grounded, more tangible blend of “Minority Report” and “The Matrix.” Source: incontention.com

'Inception' reordered from jerome g. villarin on Vimeo.

"Cut to the Moon score, Villarin’s edit breaks up the footage into several distinct sections. First up there’s “Joseph Gordon-Levitt fights”, which takes place across two different floors, followed by “Train vs taxi”, “The water glass”, “Leo and Ellen in Paris”, “Entering the hotel”, “The kick”, “Lukas dragged from Leo”, and a montage of unordered scenes". Source: www.slashfilm.com

Jake Gyllenhaal at LAX airport

New additions of Jake Gyllenhaal on-set in Jamie Foxx - 'Blame It' Music Video from www.iheartjakemedia

Jake Gyllenhaal sporting a yellow backpack and scarf at LAX airport on 3rd January 2010.

Most anticipated 2010's entertainments

Terry Gilliam Interview.
What has been his experience promoting this film. He’s been at Comic-Con and Dragon Con
Tells a great story of how Heath Ledger came to this movie
Heath seemed really alive on camera. What was he like on set
Are there any special editions of his previous movies coming to Blu-ray Don Quixote talk

"Mr. HEATH LEDGER (Actor): (as Tony Shepherd) You know, forgive me, but I have a couple of solutions to your problems. One: I was thinking of, you know, changing the style of the show; and two: I would change the audience, perhaps.

Unidentified Man: Change?

Mr. LEDGER: (as Tony Shepherd) Yeah. You know, but in my opinion, I'd change both but, you know, that's just me.

RAZ: That's the voice of Heath Ledger. "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" turned out to be his last film. Three days after the first round of filming wrapped, Heath Ledger died.Mr. TERRY GILLIAM (Director, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"): And I don't think in the entire history of motion pictures anything like this has actually happened where the lead actor dies literally in the middle of production and managed to get three A-list actors to come in and continue his part.

RAZ: That's director Terry Gilliam. And as he mentioned, three A-list actors, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, all stepped in to play little bits of Heath Ledger's role that were incomplete at the time of his death - the parts that took place inside the mirror, the imaginarium.

And to make it work, Terry Gilliam came up with a rather ingenious solution.

Mr. GILLIAM: We'd already established in the script the principle that if you go through the mirror with somebody else, their imagination may be stronger than yours and you become what they want you to be. And with a bit of fiddling a few bits of dialogue, I just made that clearer. And so the initial one was this lady who looks and it's Johnny and she says, ah, I always dreamed you would look like this". Source: www.npr.org

Listen to Terry Gilliams' interview

"Model Lily Cole and her boyfriend, Enrique Murciano, cuddle together on the Caribbean island of St. Bart’s on New Year’s Eve (December 31)!
Lily Cole and director Terry Gilliam attending "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" N.Y. premiere at the Crosby Street Hotel on 7th December, 2009.

The 21-year-old beauty, who can be seen in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (out now in New York and L.A. and in more theaters January 8), spent time with her 36-year-old boyfriend relaxing in the sunny weather and ringing in the new year!Lily recently told the UK’s Daily Mail that she’s hoping to act more than model in the future! “I’d like to act and not really model so much. I wouldn’t want to treat acting as a convenient thing to do now and again”, she said.

“I’ve been doing modeling for years…I’m ready for new things.” Source: justjared.buzznet.com

3. The Killer Inside Me
(premières at Sundance in January; wide release TBD)
Jim Thompson’s famous noir novel about a psychopathic small-town sheriff who hides behind a mask of banality was adapted once before, in a largely disastrous 1976 version starring Stacy Keach. But you can’t hold down a story this great; now, Michael Winterbottom—who’s shown himself capable of directing great work in almost every film genre—is tackling it, with an eerily calm Casey Affleck in the lead. (The rest of the cast is hit-and-miss; the two female leads being handled by Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson doesn’t inspire confidence, but the supporting roles are rounded out by reliable pros like Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, and Bill Pullman.)7. Shutter Island (February 19)
The ’09 fall movie season became a lot less exciting when Paramount decided not to spend Oscar-campaign money on Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of the Dennis Lehane thriller Shutter Island. This February, we’ll finally get to see whether Scorsese has succeeded in turning Lehane’s novel into an amped-up homage to horror movies past and present (and foreign and domestic), or if Shutter Island’s odd plot twists and thick Boston accents have defeated the best efforts of an American master.9. Alice In Wonderland (March 5)
Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s story has been adapted for the big screen countless times, but none of those adaptations (not even the pornographic one) captured the spirit of the original book. Given the trailers and production art that’s been released so far, Wonderland looks like a good match for Burton’s pop-art gothic style, with a cast of excitingly familiar faces. The movie isn’t a straight adaptation of the source, but that could work in Burton’s favor as well; one of the reasons Alice In Wonderland has resisted traditional movie structure is that the novel is basically structure-free, and each new story gives Burton a chance to inject some much-needed momentum. Nightmare fuel, whimsy, and Johnny Depp mad as a hatter?

10. Greenberg (March 12)
A new film by Noah Baumbach (The Squid And The Whale, Margot At The Wedding) is always cause for anticipation: No one else is currently as adept at milking comic misanthropy and abrasion for all it’s worth. But Greenberg promises more than usual, if only for the number of flashpoints it brings together: Ben Stiller exploiting his squirmy self-deprecation for pathos rather than annoying attempts at getting laughs opposite Greta Gerwig, break-out It Kid of the mumblecore scene (Hannah Takes The Stairs, Baghead) and seemingly a potential legit Hollywood star. Plus an original score by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. Given his prowess in the wordless realm as shown by 45:33, it’s about time this happened. Fingers crossed.
22. The Green Hornet (December 22)
A svelte Seth Rogen is the titular lead.
Michel Gondry is going to direct so the film’s visuals might blow some minds.
Edward James Olmos is making an appearance, hopefully with Battlestar Galactica-like stoic intensity.
The band Anvil is in there, too.
Christoph Waltz from Inglourious Basterds plays the villain who tries to get every crime boss in Los Angeles to work together.
Cameron Diaz, who actually wasn’t all that bad in The Box.25. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (TBD)
It’s a pretty safe bet that Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series will make an easy transition to film, what with the comic books’ relatable twentysomething slacker milieu and a youthful pop-culture sensibility that draws heavily on indie-rock and videogame references. But factor in director/co-writer Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz), who has shown a remarkable aptitude for the comedy-action hybrid that characterizes the books, and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World has the potential to be something more than a likeable adaptation. Michael Cera as the tweaky, bumbling lead, and Jason Schwartzman as the “big bad”; a rumored mix of live-action and animation done by O’Malley himself; and glowing early buzz from directors Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air) and Greg Motola (Superbad, Adventureland) after seeing an early cut.Jake Gyllenhaal on the Set of 'Nailed' in Columbia, South Carolina on 17th April 2009.

29-30. Nailed/The Fighter (TBD)
After the notoriously difficult shoot of I Heart Huckabees resulted in screwball comic triumph, David O. Russell was deep in purgatory. Nailed—a D.C. satire—was set to bring him roaring back, but production shut down after Capitol Films imploded financially with the film nowhere close to done. Jessica Biel claimed there wasn’t enough footage to bring it together in post, but now the money’s been raised and the movie’s allegedly on track for the 2010 Cannes market.
Meanwhile, Russell managed to shoot a whole other movie—The Fighter, a boxing movie starring the perfectly cast Mark Wahlberg—that’s also on track for release soon. Assuming the currently all-shook-up indie market can get its act together and buy/distribute the movies quickly, 2010 should give us not one but two Russell movies—even as the man himself prepares to do Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.32. The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace
(TBD, now maybe 2011?)
Posthumous releases always represent a moral quandary for an artist’s fans. There’s the understandable interest in seeing new work from someone who won’t be producing anything new ever again, but it’s a ghoulish feeling, like going through the pockets of a corpse that’s still warm. When David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008, he left behind an unfinished manuscript called The Pale King about a group of IRS workers struggling to deal with the massive boredom of their jobs. But Wallace’s fractal-like attention to detail makes for surprisingly compulsive reading, profound in its minutiae, beautiful in its tedium. The Pale King will, at best, be a depressing reminder of an abbreviated life, but at worst, it should have at least a little of Wallace’s insight and level-headed passion. And it will also have footnotes, and they will be excellent". Source: www.avclub.com