The use of smoking in Hollywood movies is declining

Jake Gyllenhaal (with Tobey Maguire) in "Brothers"Jennifer Aniston on the set of "The Good Girl"Robert De NiroLeonardo DiCaprio (cigar + ice-cream)Ben StillerJessica AlbaChristina HendricksAmber HeardPenélope CruzWynona Ryder in "Reality Bites"Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan - Tyler Shields photoshootLiv TylerElizabeth HurleyRobert Pattinson ("Another Man" outtakes)Robert Pattinson in "Vanity Fair" magazine
Me reconnecting with a lonely cigarette at Les Gavarres solar

Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" (1966)

"A new study in the U.S claims that the use of Tobacco in Hollywood movies has fallen down comparatively, but people involved in the study claim that too many movies still use Tobacco to attract the audience. Keira Knightley in "Atonement" (2007)

The study was based on the blockbuster movies made in Hollywood during a span of two decades starting from 1991 to 2009. It included the number of times the use of tobacco was shown to influence the viewers.
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain"

The authority at the Centre for Disease Control said, “There’s a declining trend which is good to see. But we haven’t made nearly enough progress.”Stan Glantz, who is heading this study said, “The report showed Hollywood was “perfectly capable of making movies without as much smoking and people still come see them”.
Movies play a great deal in influencing the minds of young people, who tend to imitate what is projected in a film, and calling it a style statement". Source: uktodaynews.com

Jennifer Aniston will go wild in "Wanderlust"

"Hallelujah -- Jennifer Aniston is finally changing things up at last! After her most recent film, The Switch, flopped, we couldn’t help but think that Jen needed to take some serious risks with her roles. We’re happy to confirm that she’s doing just by signing on to the Judd Apatow-produced comedy, Wanderlust.
Judd Apatow and Paul Rudd at the after party for the L.A. premiere of 'Knocked Up' at the Mann's Village Theater on May 21, 2007
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston attending 'Object Of My Affection' NYC Screening on 15th April 1998

In the film, which begins shooting this fall, Jen and Paul Rudd play Linda and George, a happily married couple who can no longer afford to live in Manhattan when George loses his job. En route to live with his brother in Atlanta, the pair stop overnight at an inn – which really happens to be a commune – and decide to live their lives as freeloading hippies for awhile.For starters, the 41-year-old actress goes topless! Yup, that’s right – while protesting a new Wal-mart, Jen rips off her shirt to stop a slew of bulldozers! [Linda RUNS into the one already shoveled hole, RIPS OFF HER SHIRT, and stands TOPLESS in front of the bulldozer, reads the script]. Secondly, she takes the term ‘free love’ VERY literally. Not only does she sleep with every other guy on the commune, but she has a threesome with two WOMEN, one of whom happens to be pregnant! Not only that, but she also smokes weed on the regular AND - like her character Kassie Larson in the The Switch - has a baby, but there’s a twist. She may or may not know who the daddy is by movie’s end…
While seeing Jen go wild may be a disconcerting change, we’re stoked that she’s finally got the guts to try something new. Plus, Judd Apatow just might be the man to turn her career around! After all, his movies – like Pineapple Express, Knocked Up and Funny People – are box office gold. And if this doesn’t do the trick, at least Jen can pick up some pointers for Counter-Clockwise, her big screen directorial debut". Source: www.hollywoodlife.com

Along Came Polly:
Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston as Reuben and Polly in "Along came Polly" (2004)

"For a film that is only mildly funny and completely forgettable, it is easily Aniston’s best romantic comedy role. Because it doesn’t have the same recycled plot structure, sexist joke conventions or poor acting, Along Came Polly is at least tolerable to watch. With Stiller, Baldwin and Hoffman in it Aniston still manages to hold her own comedic chops, playing a flaky, scatter brained nut with a few different notes than we’ve seen her play before.

The Good Girl
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Aniston as Holden and Justine in "THE GOOD GIRL" (2002)
Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as Charles and Lucinda in "Derailed" (2005)

With the exception of Derailed it is really her only dramatic role to date, and it is a good one at that. In a story of cross-aged lovers, Aniston plays a Wal-Mart type employee having an affair with a young man that gets complicated when their boss finds out and demands sex not to tell, which really adds some mystery to the ‘who’s the daddy’ suspense. It’s certainly a gimmick, but it’s a good gimmick". Source: cynicritics.com

Justin Theroux at "Tropic Thunder" L.A. Premiere on 11th August, 2008 in Westwood, CA

"While Justin Theroux is writing and preparing to direct Zoolander 2 for Paramount Pictures, he has found time to squeeze in a lead role Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in "The Object of My Affection" (1998)

in Wanderlust, joining Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston in the David Wain-directed Universal comedy about a couple's attempt to escape the trappings of the city for a counterculture life.
Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux as Alex Rose and Coop in "Duplex" (2003)

While he started out in front of the camera, Theroux is taking acting and writing jobs in equal measure. He just wrapped the villain role in the Universal comedy Your Highness opposite Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman. He was the sole credited writer on Iron Man 2, a job he got after co-writing Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller, which led to Zoolander 2". Source: www.deadline.com

Cinematical's Early Picks for Best Actor 2010

“Love & Other Drugs”, directed by Edward Zwick
"This re-teaming of Venice/Toronto premiere “Brokeback Mountain”‘s not-quite-couple Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway is based on Jamie Reidy’s memoir “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.” Gyllenhaal plays said Viagra salesman, who meets and falls in love with Hathaway’s character—who has Parkinson’s Disease (cue Oscar buzz). The film’s trailer has proven quite popular and buzz is already quite high. But 20th Century Fox decided to keep audiences away from “Drugs” until its November release (unless it pops up somewhere else, though that seems doubtful)". Source: www.indiewire.com

Jake Gyllenhaal in Leadville Trail 100 Mile Run on August 22, 2010 (c) Jerell Klaver and Brandon Fuller

"There's a young and cocky Viagra salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs), a young and cocky internet pioneer (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network), as well as the young and confused (Andrew Garfield, Never Let Me Go & Keir Gilchrist, It's Kind of a Funny Story). Real-life leftovers from the Dubya years in Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack) and Joe Wilson (Sean Penn, Fair Game). Rebecca Hall and Ben Affleck as Doug MacRay and Claire in "The Town" (2010)

Killers both fictional (George Clooney, The American & Ben Affleck, The Town) as well as real and potentially innocent (Sam Rockwell, Conviction). And then trailers that are practically the first step to highlighting eventual Oscar campaigns (Jim Broadbent, Another Year; Stephen Dorff, Somewhere; John Malkovich, Secretariat)
Who will go lead and who will go supporting will factor in later as well and we're still waiting to get our first looks at Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Matt Damon (Hereafter), Johnny Depp (The Tourist), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), James Franco (127 Hours) and Christian Bale & Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter. Some we'll be seeing in full in Toronto next month, where I will also catch up with Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling as Cindy and Dean in "Blue Valentine" (2010)

IF THE NOMINATIONS CAME OUT NEXT WEEK (IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE)
1. Robert Duvall "Get Low"2. Leonardo DiCaprio "Shutter Island" or "Inception"
3. Michael Douglas "Solitary Man"4. Ben Stiller "Greenberg"
5. Michael Caine "Harry Brown"

THEIR TOP COMPETITORS (BASED ON TRAILERS ONLY)
1. Stephen Dorff "Somewhere"2. Sam Rockwell "Conviction"
3. Jim Broadbent "Another Year"4. Jake Gyllenhaal "Love and Other Drugs"
5. Kevin Spacey "Casino Jack"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: IF THE NOMINATIONS CAME OUT NEXT WEEK (IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE)1. Mark Ruffalo "The Kids Are All Right"2. Bill Murray "Get Low"
3. John Hawkes "Winter's Bone"
4. Richard Jenkins "Eat Pray Love"
5. Ben Kingsley "Shutter Island"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: THEIR TOP COMPETITORS (BASED ON TRAILERS ONLY)Diane Lane and John Malkovich as Penny Chenery and Lucien Laurin in "Secretariat" (2010)

1. John Malkovich "Secretariat"
2. Bob Hoskins "Made In Dagenham"Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin as Sally and Roy in "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"

3. Josh Brolin "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" or "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"
4. Tom Wilkinson "The Debt"
5. Jeremy Renner or Chris Cooper "The Town"
Source: www.cinematical.com