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Harvey Milk's Birthday Party

"These are the cinematic visions that have shaped and sparked my own vision — first as a curator, and then as a filmmaker myself. It is fitting that the style of 575 Castro St. should match the style of the pioneering gay films that Harvey Milk helped to develop (in all the meanings of that word).

For me, the joy of my films is found in the poetry of the static image —in the experience of time passing on film, undistracted by plot, actors, dialogue and other narrative conventions. An internal drama is evoked in the sensitivities of each viewer who is open to the subtleties of these mundane shots that are almost bereft of movement and sound. So quiet, so still. All the better to showcase the range of emotions evoked by Harvey Milk’s words".
Source: www.filminfocus.com

MILK - About The Movie (Behind the Scenes):

Classic and modern lookalikes

Jake Gyllenhaal sometimes can remind us the classic heartthrob Montgomery Clift:

Comparing Emile Hirsch with Leonardo DiCaprio, in profile shots and frontal shots:

Let´s compare James Dean with James Franco:

Amanda Seyfried and Michelle Pfeiffer:

U2's songs in "Brothers"

"The song "White As Snow" from U2's latest album No Line on the Horizon, has been called their most intimate song and is a hymnal to a soldier dying in Afghanistan. It was written specifically for "Brothers" (Sheridan and Bono - Irish brethren - have a long history together, including Bono co-penning songs from "In America" and "In The Name of The Father"), but the band decided to release it on their new record after the film's many delays. The Guardian U.K. calls it, "unadorned, evocative and suggestive. And you don't even have to know what it's about to feel its quiet power or sense its sadness." Presumably it'll be featured in the film's credits.

Update: Apparently there's another song in "Brothers" written by U2 during the Horizon sessions that hasn't been released yet called, "Winter". The track can evidently be heard on the short film directed by Anton Corbijn that accompanies the album in the digipack format".

Source: theplaylist.blogspot.com

People's most beautiful list

"People special correspondent Julie Jordan announced the selections Wednesday on TODAY in New York. She also revealed the magazine’s choice for the Most Beautiful Person for 2009: actress Christina Applegate.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, made People's annual 100 Most Beautiful List.

ROBERT PATTINSON
The Twilight star, 22, says he doesn't quite understand his heartthrob status – or the fuss about his signature tousled do. "I don't get it. It's funny, you look the same for years and no one ever mentions it. Then suddenly it's a big deal."

The longest list is “Celebrity Smiles” and that’s where readers will find many of the perennial faces on People’s list. Among them are Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Zac Efron, Halle Berry, Carrie Underwood, Heidi Klum, Brooke Shields and Eva Longoria".
Source: today.msnbc.msn.com

Don't get me wrong, Christina Applegate (the airhead Kelly Bundy in "Married with children" tv series) is a cute cookie, but I think Kirsten Dunst is way more beautiful:

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY, KIRSTEN!!

Ryan Donowho in "Altitude"

"The first trailer for "Altitude", is now available and the film involves several shots of CGI. Jessica Lowndes star of "Autopsy", makes her way into this second horror film and his time the excitement takes places thousands of feet in the air.

After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves in a showdown with a malevolent supernatural force".

Cast: Jessica Lowndes,

Ryan Donowho, Michelle Harrison, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary, and Ryan Grantham.

Source: www.28dayslateranalysis.com

Ryan Donowho and Emile Hirsch as Kyle Dwyer and Tim Travis in "Imaginary heroes" (2004).

Ryan Donowho playing drums In Puerto Vallarta:

"Earth" documentary

Leonardo DiCaprio posing in Vanity Fair, May 2007.

"Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest.

Disney had announced it would plant one tree in Brazil's endangered Atlantic rain forest for every viewer who saw the movie during its first week. According to Disney, the box-office tally hit $16.1 million, which translates to 2.7 million trees.
The trees are being planted by the Nature Conservancy, which is trying to reforest 2.5 million acres in the rain forest.

"Earth" is narrated by James Earl Jones and follows a year in the lives of three families of polar bears, elephants and humpback whales". Source: news.yahoo.com

"Earth," the first feature-length nature documentary from its new production banner, Disneynature. This amazing new film is from award-winning British producer/director Alastair Fothergill, whose credits include the Emmy and Peabody award-winning "Planet Earth" series (BBC and The Discovery Channel) and "The Blue Planet."

Follows the epic migratory journeys of four animal families as well as the earth's journey around the sun and the massive influence it has on all life on the planet, from the Arctic spring to the Antarctic winter.

Sean Penn divorces Robin

"Actor Sean Penn filed for “legal separation” from his wife Robin Wright Penn after 13 years of marriage Friday.

The couple are no stranger to break ups and make ups. Penn filed for divorce back in 2007, according to a report in Us magazine, but the petition was later dismissed. Just 3 days later, Wright Penn, 43, filed for divorce.

But in April of last year, the couple requested that authorities dismiss their petition.

It seemed the two Hollywood heavyweights were intent upon reconciling, even attending the Oscars together in