Natalie Portman compares "Black Swan" to "Rosemary's Baby" in terms of genre

"Like with Repulsion or even Rosemary's Baby, the real value of trip through a subjective perspective is in finding the clues with which to relate the psychic divergence to the world which is at least partly the cause for it. Donnie Darko presents us with a family and community framework which has evidently produced pressures enough on this teenager to drive him to at least one attempted suicide and to therapy with doctor Catherine Ross. Scans of Jake Gyllenhaal and Jena Malone in "Donnie Darko"
from Total Film (UK) scanned by Wetdarkandwild.com

Kelly is actually quite precise in his employment of signs and signifiers, carefully situating Donnie in this world in ways which allow the movement between realities to suggest meaningful relationships between the two levels of experience". Source: homepage.eircom.net

Natalie Portman as ballet dancer Nina in "Black Swan" (2010)

"There isn't too much that's known about "Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky's ballet dancer drama starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder. Wynona Ryder shopping in New York on 3rd August 2010

Described by many as a psychological thriller, "Black Swan" has already achieved some notoriety for its purported sex scene between Portman and Kunis, Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis likes her Starbucks coffe drinks

a possibility that Portman herself merely addressed as "not explicit in any way," despite the film certainly featuring some "very extreme situations."

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"It's very unique in tone," Portman told MTV News at San Diego Comic-Con when asked to describe "Black Swan" in terms of genre and tone. "I think of it more as a psychological thriller, like 'Rosemary's Baby' in [terms of] genre, if I had to pick a genre."
Perhaps the comparison to the iconic 1968 Roman Polanski-directed film is particularly telling, as that movie focused largely on the rapid mental deterioration of the titular Rosemary as she learns that her son could very well be the Antichrist. Does that mean "Black Swan" is going to follow a similar, supernaturally and religiously-charged path? That's hard to say at this point — but it is clear that Portman is enthusiastic about the project, previously stating that she signed on for the movie in order to explore her "adulthood." Source: moviesblog.mtv.com


Ben Stiller mocks Joaquin Phoenix during Oscars 2009


"Film buyers were mystified/intrigued by Joaquin Phoenix's "I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix" when they screened it last month.
The buyers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Phoenix comes off unsympathetically and shows very little talent for music in the movie, directed by his brother-in-law (Affleck is married to Summer Phoenix).
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter in "Walk the Line" (2005)

In some scenes in the film, the 35-year-old Phoenix is trying to get Sean “Diddy” Combs to produce Phoenix’s rap album, but the hip-hop impresario is not terribly interested. Ben Stiller as Roger in "Greenberg" (2010)

Another sequence shows Ben Stiller approaching Phoenix about starring in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” but Phoenix is barely interested. Two buyers who saw the movie were unsure if Phoenix had turned out an elaborate piece of performance art, where the joke was really on the audience". Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

Jake Gyllenhaal - Year Book picture

Jake as a kid wearing glasses in his YEAR BOOK picture
Jake continued the nerdy look as Hal in Proof (2005)

Joseph Gordon Levitt's Bike Accident on the Set of Premium Rush

The original video is here

Joe aka @hitRECordJoe's tweet, July 31:
Wanna see a lot of my blood? 31 stitches today. #PremiumRush is gonna be awesome :oD (caution gore) http://tumblr.com/x6denkdgp

He wrote this at his tumblr site:
My first real wreck today. Busted through the rear window of a cab. Luckily got my elbows up. Coulda been way worse. No, but it was my fault, I was going too fast. The director, Dave Koepp, was extremely concerned for my well-being, but I made him RECord the wound. Anyway, Premium Rush is gonna be awesome. Gratuitous ER footage to follow, stay tuned...

'New portraits from "Brokeback Mountain" Toronto Film Festival

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), 1-Disc Blu-ray and 1-Disc DVD on September 14th from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

DVD Bonus Feature:
An Unseen World: Making Prince of Persia – A look behind the scenes on
the set of the film.
1-Disc Blu-ray Bonus Feature:
All of above DVD bonus plus
Deleted Scene – The Banquet: Garsiv Presents Heads

3-Disc Combo Pack Bonus Features:
All of the above DVD and Blu-ray bonus features plus
CineExplore: The Sands of Time – Take control of the dagger and use it to unlock secrets behind your favorite scenes! Turn back time and uncover over 40 spellbinding segments – including Walking Up Walls, Filming in Morocco, and Ostrich Jockey Tryouts with this exclusive interactive feature. Source: www.monstersandcritics.com




Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway at 'Brokeback Mountain' Press Conf - Toronto Film Festival, on 10th September, 2005

and we put a fine footnote with another portrait (of Maggie Gyllenhaal & Ramona from Emma Thompson's campaign My Safe Place):

"Breaking Dawn" has two date releases

Kristen Stewart in Twilight saga "Eclipse" (2010)

Summit Entertainment has just announced that while The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part One will arrive as planned on November 18 next year, Part Two won’t hit screens until November 16, 2012, a full year later.

Kristen Stewart at Twilight: Eclipse press conference in Berlin
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart at "Eclipse" premiere in Los Angeles

Yes, that sound you hear is Twi-Hards scrambling to stock up on camping supplies so that they can spend the months between movies queuing for the next one.
And the big question of course, is… at what point will the story be broken up? Will fans be left on tenterhooks wondering what happens next? Er… Doubtful, since the book has long since been on shelves. Chances are that the break will come somewhere around the [SPOILER] birth of Bella's baby, and that the extra time on Part Two is to allow for the CG-assisted creation of a half-vampire infant who grows almost visibly. [END SPOILER]

And if you care not a jot for anything to do with Stephenie Meyer’s vampire world? Then at the very least, this means you now have a solid date to scribble in your calendar for when the whole thing might actually calm down. Followed, of course, by the end of the world, sponsored by Roland Emmerich". -James White Source: www.emmpireonline.com

Jennifer Aniston in Harper's Bazaar - Barbra Streisand in Little Fockers

Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal attending 9th Hollywood Film Awards Show on 24th October 2005

The September 2010 newsstand cover with Jennifer Aniston.
"Jennifer has long idolized Streisand, patron saint of stage and screen (two Academy Awards, eight Grammys) and the exemplar of times-they-are-a-changing feminism, who is, of course, more than a muse. She's an icon.
Jennifer first met Streisand, 68, at a New Year's party a few years ago. "I've loved her since I was a kid, and all of a sudden there she is, and she's just like someone you've always known," Jennifer says. "You know when you meet people you idolize and then you walk away from the conversation thinking, 'Well, that was a disappointment; they were kinder and more fabulous in my mind'? Well, she was wonderful, and you could talk to her about anything." Jennifer is effusive in her admiration of Streisand. "Barbra inspires me because there isn't anything she hasn't done that she wanted to do, especially as a female in the time when her generation was prime. She's a true renaissance woman." Her favorite Streisand films: "The Way We Were and A Star Is Born. Both pretty great."
"I had a long conversation with Barbra about directing because I directed a short a couple years ago, and if I don't do it again soon, I'm going to burst out of my skin. And we also love interior design. Also, we are people who have been put in the spotlight, for better or for worse, and you just keep riding, and you keep overcoming, and you just stay true to what you love to do."
Barbra Streisand along with "Little Fockers" cast (Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dusting Hoffman, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner)

If Jennifer and Barbra were to do a style swap, "I'd put her in jeans and a great wedge and a beautiful blouse and a blazer. She's got legs, man. She's got a cute butt. She wears little black tights, she's beautiful." Out of Streisand's legendary wardrobe, Jennifer would love to wear the silky cream fringed dress from the 1976 Classical Barbra album cover. Maybe one day an album called Classical Jen? "Yeah! That would be full of Friends bloopers. Classic Jen fuckups."
Jennifer's new movie, The Switch, is a sperm-donor comedy opposite Jason Bateman. "He is perhaps the most adorable human being on the planet. I'm so glad he's having a resurgence," she says. Next up is Just Go with It with Adam Sandler and Nicole Kidman. Then she continues her year of the Jasons with Bosses: "I went from [Saturday Night Live's] Jason Sudeikis to Bateman, and now I'm making a movie with both of them."
Perhaps that's what a renaissance woman has these days: a glorious career, a good head on her shoulders, and lots of Jasons. Or, as Jennifer has learned from Streisand, "You don't have to stop at one thing. You can do it all if you want to." Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller in "Along came Polly" (2004)
Poster of Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller in "Little Fockers" (2010)