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Monday, August 02, 2010

David Fincher (with Jake Gyllenhaal in Cannes), directing The Social Network

Jake Gyllenhaal and David Fincher at The Eden Roc Hotel in Cannes, France on 18th May 2007. Pictures courtesy of Iheartjakemedia.com

Based on the novel The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, The Social Network was adapted by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing and directed by David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield star.


Here's an extended TV commercial for the film, which changes the focus from the origins of Facebook to specifically Mark Zuckerberg, the co-creator of Facebook portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg.
Jesse Eisenberg in LA Times magazine (2010)

Though this ad doesn't specifically paint Zuckerberg as a bad guy, it is interesting that they've kind of zoomed in on him rather than going with the larger group, something the trailer does and does very well.
Source: www.getthebigpicture.net


The Social Network Movie Trailer Feat. Kanye West's new single "POWER"

Sunday, August 01, 2010

Jake Gyllenhaal and Diane Kruger at Cannes 2007

Diane Kruger and Jake Gyllenhaal at Grand Journal de Cannes (France) on 16th May, 2007

Diane Kruger as Helen of Troy (Queen of Sparta) in TROY (2004)

"Always thought Diane Kruger was a bit overrated. I mean seriously… Helen of Troy? Diane Kruger with her boyfriend Joshua Jackson

Maybe a little underwhelming? Last night was no exception – obviously the assy fake bun hairdo had a lot to do with it. And the dress too. Made her look like a 50 year old socialite.
Diane Kruger attends the Palme d'Or ceremony at the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival in France on May 27, 2007.

She served as Master of Ceremonies at the Opening. Then she dashed over to Martinez Beach where a large sound stage thing has been set up for Q&A sessions and public forums for festival films. Zodiac was featured last night. Zodiac starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Jake Gyllenhaal attends the "Zodiac" screening at the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival in France on May 17, 2007.

He was wearing a suit. And suffice to say, the pants problem wasn’t a problem. Not in his suit. In his suit he was… I can’t even go there. I can’t go there without losing myself. Jake Gyllenhaal is SOOOO hot. So hot. Feel like a school girl but when he smiled, I think I peeped. Just a little squeak… but still a squeak. And a little lightheaded too.So anyway, Diane joined Jake’s panel a little later on – at one point they sat next to each other. As she approached, being that I barely took my eyes off of him, I noticed that he couldn’t take his eyes off of her. And though they barely acknowledged each other openly, barely spoke, no secret whispers, no leg grazing, nothing of the sort… my smutty sense was going off. Because it was so totally the way two people act when they want to act on something but they know they’re being watched so they go out of their way not to act on impulse and in doing so make it even more obvious… does that make sense?"
Source: www.laineygossip.com

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Stiller: intelligentsia and goofyness

Gemma Arterton attends the special screening of
"The Disappearance of Alice Creed" hosted by Anchor Bay Films
at Crosby Street Hotel on July 28, 2010 in New York City.


Asked about working with Gyllenhaal, she said: “He’s absolutely gorgeous and lovely, and quite goofy once you get to know him.

New photoshoot additions to the Iheartjakemedia gallery Jake Gyllenhaal leaving The Intelligentsia Coffee House
in Venice on 9th July 2010

"The anti-intellectual movement in America embraces the film; the intelligentsia recoils.
Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz as Ted & Mary in "Something about Mary" (1998)

The story is easy to follow. Years ago, Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) was a "dork" with a desperate crush on the gloriously radiant Mary Jenson (Cameron Diaz). He wins a prom date with her for defending her older, mentally retarded brother from a group of cool but callous jocks, but an unfortunate zipper choice ruins prom night. Already the pattern of the film is set: dating Mary is the ultimate prize, and how one empathizes with "goofy bastards" determines success".
Source: www.culturekiosque.com

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Stiller: with Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Monaghan - futuristic photoshoot (2006)

Michelle Monaghan and Jake Gyllenhaal on The Set of 'Source Code' in Montreal on 10th March 2010Jake Gyllenhaal on the Set of 'Source Code' in Montreal on 13th March 2010
Michelle Monaghan and Jake Gyllenhaal on The Set of 'Source Code' in Chicago on 9th April 2010
Michelle Monaghan attending 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on May 17, 2010

"Stiller is generally considered to be the leader of the “Frat Pack” that group of raucous and incredibly successful comedians who take immaturity as their main subject.
He can play a bumbling nebbish—as he did in his starmaking performance in There’s Something About Mary (1998) —but he can also project magnetic good looks —as in the romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid (2007). Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman as Eddie and Lila in "The Heartbreak Kid" (2007)Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan as Eddie and Miranda in "The Heartbreak Kid" (2007)Malin Akerman, Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan at the premiere of "The Heartbreak Kid" on September 27, 2007 in Westwood, CA.

He can seem both knowing and clueless. And Stiller also has one of Hollywood’s most transparent, readable faces. Like the finest film actors, he lets us see not just how his characters are behaving, but what they are thinking, what they are trying to hide. After all, had Stiller chosen, he could have been one of the finest theater actors of his generation. As the AWOL Ronnie Shaugnessy in The House of Blue Leaves, the 19-year-old actor commanded the stage like a young Al Pacino.
Ben Stiller and Wynona Ryder as Michael and Lelaina in "Reality Bites" (1994)

As a director, he has made Reality Bites (1994), a deft, multilayered ensemble film that chronicles Generation X aimlessness; The Cable Guy (1996), a wickedly funny and incisive comedy with Jim Carrey as a lonely cable repairman who was raised on television and desperately wants a new friend;
Zoolander, a hilarious sendup of fashion-industry pretension with Stiller giving a remarkably deep performance as the shallowest fashion model in history; and Tropic Thunder, which was the top box office film for several weeks this summer, a daring and politically incorrect satire of war movies that finds abundant humor in the chasm between the harsh, gritty reality of war and the cluelessness and self-absorption of big-time Hollywood filmmaking.
Stiller has been able to find success in Hollywood while also turning a mirror on it. He lets us laugh knowingly at show business, but he also reveals that show business is a reflection of both our dreams and our imperfections". Source: www.movingimagesource.us