Cera and Dennings - UK eonline

He's been in some huge movies, and Michael Cera is fast becoming a force in indie film. I caught up with the Juno and Superbad star over the weekend at the Toronto Film Fest, along with Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist costar Kat Dennings, and they dished on why waiting is good, NYC is a star and how they met their new best friends. Source: uk.eonline.com

Jake's awkward side

While Michael Cera is ascending to the awkwardness stardom, we must remember Jake's awkward side too!

Dropping his awkward character a bit

"Michael Cera, though... I look at this performance as his dry run for Scott Pilgrim. Truth be told, I had serious reservations about Cera taking that role. The character is one that I love very dearly and I have very specific thoughts about who he is and what he's like. Michael Cera, whose persona has always been that of a more than slightly awkward nerd, a guy who is smarter than everybody around him but sort of uncomfortable with that, a guy whose stumbling way with words charmingly disarms the potent bombs he can drop, plays somebody else here. He drops that Arrested Development/Superbad character and, while his delivery is similar, plays a guy with a lot more self-confidence and conviction. He's not a tough guy or a stud, and he's maybe a little on the emo side of things, but he's not intimidated by everything and everyone around him. He's more self-possessed. And he's playing a guy in a band - seeing Cera in skinny jeans and holding a guitar makes for a good segue into Scott". Source: chud.com

Michael Cera (Devotion)

"Same friends, same family, same clothes, same car, same house," Cera said Saturday while promoting his new movie, "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist," at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"People just, you know, people feel like they know you ... that's the only difference". The sandy-haired actor (who drives a Toyota Corolla, by the way) is being typically modest.

He's earned legions of female fans since breaking out on the big screen, including one who boldly proposed to him during a news conference last year at pop culture convention Comic-con".
Source: www.680news.com
"But he doesn't want anyone to confuse the characters he plays with the real Michael Cera, even if he seems in person every bit as sweet natured. He loves the Beach Boys, harmonizing off-camera on "Don't Worry, Baby" with co-star Kat Dennings, who plays Norah.

"I've been playing these parts that were written when I had nothing to do with them. I've just been working. Acting," Cera emphasized in an interview yesterday with The Star. Cera has found that a lot of people are prepared to judge him solely on his image, especially on Internet message boards.

He made the mistake Friday night of logging on to see what people were saying about him. What he read – he doesn't elaborate – cut him to the quick.

"I just get so sad. My agent told me someone had written some mean stuff about me. I don't know why he told me. Some people didn't like something I said and really wrote some mean stuff.

"And I can't imagine these things coming out of people's mouths. If someone said that, you'd just think, `Oh, my God, you're so mean! You just said that!' People really disconnect when they write it. I guess there are mean people."
"It feels like the more people know you, the more people don't like you. That's the feeling I get. I know people really like those movies and stuff, but people write really mean things on message boards and it's kind of disheartening.

"It's strange, when people don't know you at all. I feel like my sisters know me and my parents know me and my friends know me, but whenever I read something that's about me I don't associate it with myself at all. Because they can't be talking about me, since they don't know me."
Source: www.thestar.com

Happy when it rains

"you were my sunny day rain
you were the clouds in the sky
you were the darkest sky
but your lips spoke gold and honey
that's why I'm happy when it rains"

-Jesus And Mary Chain, "Happy When It Rains".

Michael Cera and Kat Dennings Interview

Michael Cera and Kat Dennings talk about their characters in Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

Michelle Obama for gay community

"One of the goals of Obama's visit was to reach out to the gay community...and to raise money in the process. So without further ado, here's the pool report, which has its own kind of straightforward style:

Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama, spoke at two fund raisers in front of heavily entertainment industry crowds on Wednesday night.

Dressed in a purple tank top with a purple floral skirt and black high heels, Obama first addressed a largely gay and lesbian audience at the home of Bryan Lourd, managing partner of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Bruce Bozzi, Lourd’s companion. The event was described by the Obama campaign as an “LGBT Reception.”

Approximately 300 donors attended the fund raiser, which took place in the wealthy, Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills. Minimum contribution for a guest was $1,000 to get through the door. Supporters who raised $25,000 were given access to a VIP room, where Obama met with them and briefly spoke. All money went to the Obama Victory Fund.

Some of the entertainment industry figures who attended the fund raiser were Kevin Huvane, managing partner of CAA, actress Kate Bosworth, actress Helen Hunt, producer Paula Weinstein, actress Salma Hayek, openly gay fashion designer Tom Ford, openly gay producer Bruce Cohen, and actress Reese Witherspoon.

[...] Mindful of the audience in front of her, she then touched up gay and lesbian issues. “In a world as it should be,” Obama said, “we repeal laws like DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’” She also said an Obama Administration would “recognize” gay adoption rights. Both lines received loud applause. Another crowd pleasing line was about the Iraq war. “In a world as it should be,” Obama said, “we end this war responsibly.”

Obama then asked the audience to get involved in the campaign. “You’re going to have to share your passion,” she said. “You’re going to have to advocate.”

She ended her 20-minute speech by saying, “Not only can we have Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, but we can change the world.”

Obama then shook hands with the donors and left the site about 15 minutes later.

Her next stop was the home of actor Samuel L. Jackson and his wife, LaTanya Richardson. Located in the gated community of Beverly Park Estates South in the city of Beverly Hills, approximately 300 people attended the event. Minimum contribution for a guest was $2,300, with VIP access for supporters who raised $25,000. All money went to the Obama Victory Fund".

Source: blogs.laweekly.com