Reese Witherspoon: shopping spree in Brentwood

Reese Witherspoon out in LA talking on the phone on 18th December, 2009.Note from Weirdland: If you look closer through Reese' plastic bag, I think she just bought the flowery dress she would wear later on her shopping trip to Jenny Bec’s toy store (see below):"Looking to be doing just fine after her breakup with Jake Gyllenhaal was confirmed earlier this week, Reese Witherspoon was spotted doing some shopping in Brentwood, CA on Friday afternoon (December 18).In between shops, the “Legally Blonde” actress chatted on her cell phone before stopping for a pick-me-up at Starbucks".Earlier in the day, Ms Witherspoon got her workout on as she took a jog in her Los Angeles neighborhood with a few close gal pals". Source: www.celebrity-gossip.net

"Newly single Reese Witherspoon gets into the Christmas spirit with a shopping spree at Jenny Bec’s Toy Store on Saturday afternoon (December 19) in Brentwood, Calif.The 33-year-old Four Christmases actress brought along her two children — Ava, 10, and Deacon, 5". Source: justjared.buzznet.com

Happy 29th Birthday, Jake!!

Let's celebrate Jake's 29th Birthday, it's the last year in your twenties, Jakey boy, but we'll love you the same when you reach the 30's!

Here you can open this musical Birthday/Merry Christmas mix postcard, with Jake decked out in Elvis suit and dancing with a compass like water off a duck's back:

This funky card is created by Kendra - Jake Weird.

Jake & Anne get along well

Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman holding hands in NYC.

"Though she’s officially dating struggling actor Adam Shulman, Anne Hathaway may have a hankering for newly-single Jake Gyllenhaal.According to a report, the “Princess Diaries” babe and the “Prince of Persia: Sands of Time” hunk have grown super-close while filming “Love and Other Drugs” together.Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal sharing a kiss in a scene of "Brokeback Mountain" (2005).

An inside source told press, “Jake and Anne get along like a house on fire. They’ve become extremely close. Jake feels he can talk to Anne about anything, including his struggles with Reese. She’s been his shoulder to cry on and a great listener.”Jake’s recent split with Ms. Witherspoon may be a symptom of his attraction to Miss Hathaway. “Anne was deeply shocked when Jake dumped Reese. She thinks Jake is so sweet. Who knows where this could lead?” Source: femaleinteract.com

"A conversation with a very close Reese Witherspoon associate Thursday touched on ongoing stories circulating about the Oscar winner being a ''beard'' for Jake Gyllenhaal, the actor Witherspoon was seeing until their recent apparent breakup. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise (with their daughter Suri) arriving in Japan, on 8th March 2009.

While less common than in the old days of Hollywood, the term still crops up and has often been used to describe the marriages of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes or John Travolta and Kelly Preston -- despite repeated denials by all concerned".While not revealing much about the alleged collapse of the actress' affair with Gyllenhaal, my Witherspoon insider did say, ''All these stories about Reese being Jake's 'beard' to cover up his being gay are b.s. Reese has many gay friends and is fine with people being who they are, but she never would spend more than two years of her life pretending to be in a relationship with a man -- just to provide him a cover. . . . Totally not true''.
Source: www.suntimes.com

Elisha Cuthbert - The girl got hot

A musical video featuring images of the beautiful and talented actress Elisha Cuthbert, with scenes from "The girl next door" with Emile Hirsch, stills of "My sassy girl", etc.
Song "The girl got hot" by Weezer ("Raditude" album)

Elisha Cuthbert appeared in one of the musical videos of Weezer in 2006:

Weezer Perfect Situation Elisha Cuthbert

The Yellow Handkerchief Clip - Kristen Stewart

'The Yellow Handkerchief' Clip: "Do You Cry?" with Kristen Stewart and William Hurt.

"They are revealing the list from 9 to 1 and only one at a time. On the list are three of the biggest stars of 2009. They are not legendary actors or actresses but are merely starring in one of the hottest movies of the year. Kristen Stewart was the first of the The Twilight Saga: New Moon stars to be revealed on the list. Kristen was followed closely by Robert Pattinson and then yesterday MTV revealed Taylor Lautner.Kristen Stewart appears number 7 on the list of Top 9 Women in 2009. With her starring role in The Twilight Saga and new rise to the top she is a must have on MTV’s list. They also love her indie cred with Adventureland and her upcoming role as Joan Jett in The Runaways". Source: news.popstar.com

Crazy Heart, Brothers & Geek Film Top 5

"Sister of Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie has established herself as a solid actress capable of creating a myriad of characters, including her latest as Jean in Crazy Heart.

Mirror: How did you as the actress get past Bad Blake’s (Jeff Bridges) dysfunction and have your character fall in love with him?Maggie: When you have a wonderful script and you’re acting with Jeff, it’s easy.Mirror: Have you ever been attracted to the wrong person?

Maggie: I’ve been attracted to people who have been terrible for me. Sometimes you work through it and other times you don’t. That’s part of the reason why the movie is so good – because they are unlikely lovers.Mirror: Jean is attracted to him when he’s an unkempt drunk, but when he’s clean and sober and ready to build a new, healthy life with her, she rejects him.Maggie: He gets out of rehab but how does she know he has his addiction licked. He lost her child (Buddy) and although she loves Bad, she couldn’t take a chance. He could fall off the wagon and lose Buddy again and it would completely be her fault.
Mirror: How do you compare yourself to Jean and how much personal sacrificing have you made?Maggie: You can’t sacrifice everything for your children or you’ll be an empty shell. I don’t usually like to talk about my family, but my experience with being a mother is tied to this movie. I made the movie when my daughter was almost two. Before that, I had been focusing almost exclusively on being a mother and started to get restless. I’m an actress and had so much to express. It all came out in Crazy Heart and in a way very similar to Jean’s experience because she was trying so hard to balance being a good mom and have a career. At that point, she needed something for her. I had the same feeling. I needed something for me.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard worked together in "Jarhead" (2005), directed by Sam Mendes.

Mirror: Your brother Jake and your husband Peter (Sarsgaard) are pretty awesome. Do you talk about your careers at the dinner table?

Maggie: We try not to. My husband has a great way of thinking about awards. There are people who don’t care but most actors like awards, especially me. I know it’s not good for me to think about it because it’ll make me crazy". Source: www.smmirror.com

"Maguire plays a soldier who goes missing and is presumed dead while on a mission in Afghanistan, leaving his wife (Portman) and brother (Gyllenhaal) to help each other through their grieving, only to have to deal with paranoia and suspicions when Maguire returns home a completely changed man.Like some of the greatest directors, Sheridan is one of those enigmatic filmmakers who you never quite know what to expect, but he's also very open to talking about his process, as you'll learn in this exclusive interview with ComingSoon.net":
Some of the things we discussed with Mr. Sheridan include:

* How he'd feel about having one of his own movies remade
* How the project was presented to him
* What appealed to him about the story
* What he felt he could bring to the script/movie
* Remakes – whether or not to watch the original?
* How he approached the casting, especially casting younger actors
* Balancing the lighter aspects of the movie with the intense drama
* Some of the changes he made to the screenplay
* Shooting the movie during the writers strike
* Where and how improvisation fit into the mix
* Working with the actors and working with kids
* How he'd love to do a kids' movie
Source: www.comingsoon.net

Donnie Darko chosen #9 The Cult Film of The Decade by Total Film issue 163, February 2010.

Den of Geek Film Of The Year 2009 - Top 5:
1. Moon2. District 93. The Hangover4. Drag Me To Hell5. In The Loop

"Three films standout as cast iron locks for the best of the year. Low-fi sci-fi mindbender Moon, with its retro style and use of old school miniatures and models, took science fiction back its golden age of the 70s and 80s. Sam Rockwell gives a superb central performance (sign that petition to get him an Oscar nomination!). Is Moon the best ‘cult’ film since Donnie Darko? Could just be".
Source: www.denofgeek.com

Stadiums, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arena events

Aw, do you remember that big smooch Jake gave Reese almost a year ago at the Trail Blazers Vs LA Lakers Game?

"Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers Sunday night to claim the best record in the NBA, but that bit of news seemed to play second fiddle to the "smooch seen round the stadium". During the "Kiss Cam" portion of the evening, actor Jake Gyllenhaal planted a big one on girlfriend Reese Witherspoon. Now I'm not usually one for celebrity gossip;" Source: www.examiner.com

From now on, will Jake have to attend LA Lakers games with Austin maybe? Here Austin Nichols and Jake Gyllenhaal are watching a LA Lakers game, on 11th February 2006.

"Love and Other Drugs is directed by Ed Zwick (Defiance, Legends of the Fall, Blood Diamond, Glory) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria and Jill Clayburgh. The movie is set in 1997 during the boom of Pfizer and the birth of Viagra.
Jake Gyllenhaal with one of the casting extras on the set of "Love & other drugs".

The scene they need extras for will shoot on October 13th and will be a Pfizer event and rally which will require over 400 extras to portray Pfizer employees at Mellon Arena". Source: www.onlocationvacations.com

"Have you ever dreamt of sharing the big screen with Jake Gyllenhaal or Anne Hathaway? Who hasn't, right?The scene will be a Pfizer rally shot inside Mellon Arena on October 13th". Source: www.jaunted.com


The Pittsburgh Steelers badly need a win and they could be in luck when they take on the hapless Browns. NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan and Jason Horowitz have the preview.

Stadium Concerts:
In the 1970s, stadiums became the main venue for staging concert performances of popular music. Popular performers attracted audience sizes anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 people at a time. Rock music--with its mass participation and the sheer volume that was necessary to reach so many people at once--was particularly suited to playing concerts at football stadiums and in sports arenas. Rock musicians looked to the stadium as a way to play in front of the most people, for the most money, as audiences broadened during the seventies. Rock's dominance on the concert circuit continued into the 1990s. Of the 20 top-grossing North American concert tours between 1985 and 1994, the average tour grossed $55 million and visited 42 cities; nearly all of them were rock artists.By 1967, outdoor rock festivals began attracting audiences on an even larger scale. The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 drew more than 50,000 people, while the 1969 Woodstock festival attracted more than 400,000. -from "St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture".

Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Trailer #2

Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter as the White Queen & the Red Queen in "Alice in Wonderland" (2010).

Nora Zehetner: "Everybody has secrets"

Nora Zehetner, Photo by Mattias Segerholt, October 2009.

"New doctors mean new drama on Grey's Anatomy, and there will be plenty of it with the introduction of Reed (Nora Zehetner) and her Mercy West cohorts.

TVGuide.com caught up with the 28-year-old Zehetner (Brick, Heroes) to get the scoop on what's coming up. Expect a lot of fighting, and a few new relationships. Find out what else ...Nora Zehetner plays Dr. Reed Adamson in "Grey's Anatomy" TV series.

TVGuide.com: Did you have fun taking on this persona unlike anything you've played before?
Zehetner: Yeah, it's different. It's probably the most grown-up role I've had. My friends all laugh whenever I tell them I'm playing a doctor. The doctor stuff is really hard, not just the medical terminology, actually the multitasking. Having to do these surgeries or medical procedures while saying lines, it's like rubbing your head and patting your tummy at the same time.TVGuide.com: So tell us about Reed and the other doctors coming into Seattle Grace.
Zehetner: It's like going to a new school. It's like two schools being merged together and you're trying to figure out where do I fit in? You want to be the best and do the best job. We're all worried about our jobs. Reed's very feisty and a very hardworking doctor. She's maybe a little overeager, trying really hard.TVGuide.com: Which Seattle Grace doc would you say is similar to Reed?
Zehetner: Maybe a bit like Cristina [Sandra Oh], maybe a bit like Karev [Justin Chambers]. In terms of how motivated she is, maybe Cristina. I definitely butt heads with quite a few of the characters. It's kind of in her nature; she can be a little abrasive.TVGuide.com: Is there anyone Reed actually gets along with?
Zehetner: She's very good friends with Sarah Drew's character, April, whose one of the new doctors coming in. I think the Mercy West doctors are somewhat friendly. Whether they were good friends before that, I don't know, but once you go together, you band together because it's us vs. them.
Ellen Pompeo plays Dr. Meredith Grey in "Grey's Anatomy".

TVGuide.com: Do the four new doctors bring any secrets over to Seattle Grace that we'll discover as we get to know them?
Zehetner: Everybody has secrets.TVGuide.com: No judgment. McDreamy, McSteamy and Alex Karev.
Zehetner: [Laughs] I also think Kevin McKidd is super sexy.

TVGuide.com: Him too! So no sharing any kisses yet?
Zehetner: No, but I keep making this joke during all the surgery stuff. I'm, like, just throw me in that make-out closet, I'll be fine there, I don't need to do surgeries, but I should probably not say that as it is a show about surgeries — partially". Source: www.tvguide.com

Nora is equally mysterious in real life than in her movies.

"Spooner stars Christopher McDonald and Nora Zehetner chat with MPM about the redeemable qualities in McDonald's character, and what they aspire to in their lives".

Interviews by Elliot V. Kotek
Video by Per Larsson
Source: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com