"Joseph Gordon-Levitt walks around shirtless on the set of his new film Hesher with costar Natalie Portman in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 19).
The 28-year-old Third Rock From the Sun actor is also preparing for the big August release of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Joseph will be playing the head villain Cobra Commander in the summer blockbuster.
In a recent interview with Esquire, Joseph hinted at where movies are going now. “Today’s a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we’re the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don’t have to listen to anyone.” Source: justjared.buzznet.com
"Lionsgate has set a December 9 release date for their film Brothers, which is directed by Jim Sheridan and stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman."
This is that remake of the film of the same name by Danish auteur Susanne Bier. Which I still haven't managed to see. Hmm. Anyway, tossing this into December could maybe show they've got some hopes for awards-type possibilities, no? Jake for Best Picture! And I mean Jake himself, obviously". Source: mynewplaidpants.blogspot.com
Can be stereotypical good looks a burden for being taken seriously in a movie career? Or beauty and hotness are just the prerequisites to make it big in Hollywood?
"It's not easy being Jake Gyllenhaal, what with everyone falling in love with you all over the place. Blue-eyed and muscular, with perfect brown hair, thick eyebrows, and consistently heavy stubble, the 24-year-old combines an unforced masculinity with a boyish openness and curiosity". Source: men.style.com
"That beauty comes with a cost," says the filmmaker, who directed her in the comic "Easy Virtue" opening Friday in New York. So -- don't hate her because she's beautiful. Or because her boyfriend is Justin Timberlake.
Her movie debut, at 15, was opposite Peter Fonda in the gritty indie "Ulee's Gold"; she was good in "The Illusionist," excellent as a handicapped veteran in "Home of the Brave" and took big risks in the dark comedy "Nailed" and the arty drama "Powder Blue."
Yet to many fans, she's still remembered as "that girl from the TV show," or the officer in the tight flight suit in "Stealth" or -- worse -- simply as the pretty woman on JT's arm for the last few years. She's still a beauty waiting for her breakthrough -- like Charlize Theron the year before "Monster" -- and while she's too smart to ask for sympathy, a little understanding would be nice. "There is that old thing, 'Oh she's a beautiful woman, she has no brains', Biel says, stealing a half-hour to chat in a hotel room after a rushed afternoon of group interviews. "There's that sense sometimes of, 'Just give me a second to talk to you, please? You know, I actually have something to say!'" Biel grew up in Boulder, Colo., the daughter of an entrepreneur and a stay-at-home mom, with a quintessentially American, essentially diverse heritage -- German, English, Irish, French and Choctaw -- that blessed her with the looks that would soon translate into modeling contracts and TV commercials. "Now, acting's a cathartic experience, releasing emotions that you're feeling or stuff that you're dealing with, just letting it all out and going -- bleeeeeeeeeagh! -- all over the place" she says. "But at first, it was just fun to make believe you were somebody else, and then make them believe it, too. Make them believe that you were this sad, messed-up Goth girl. And then get them to hire you."
"London" opened and closed. "Home" opened, closed, opened again -- and then closed again. "Powder Blue" played for barely a week this month before heading straight to video. "Nailed" was eventually shut down, after endless money problems, and sits, unfinished, on a shelf.
"All you can ever do is cross your fingers and say, 'Okay, I've done my job, now please do yours and get this finished and edited well and out there', she says. When she is sitting at home, watching those movies, it's often with Timberlake. Inseparable but not insufferable, they show up at each other's events -- Biel was a happy, laughing witness to the dress rehearsals for his latest "Saturday Night Live" appearance -- but largely keep out of the gossip columns.
"That's because we don't do anything interesting," she says with a laugh. "We just hang out at home. ... Really, my job is wonderful, and I'm grateful for it and I love it. But it's my job, not my lifestyle. When I'm on a set, it can be working working working like crazy, up all hours, doing nutso things. But after that, I'm just mellowing out, seeing my friends and family, keeping on a good workout schedule. ... When I'm not working, I live a really normal life." Source: www.nj.com
Today the Easy Virtue soundtrack is available for purchase in the US.
"New Moon" poster. She was also concerned about a change of actor playing Jacob and is relieved that Taylor is staying on.
"I'm so glad they didn't have to find somebody else; we already had him! I didn't understand all the deliberation on [whether to bring him back]. But now that it's set, we can all rest.
"He's really buff!" she exclaimed of Lautner. "He definitely is. It took him a lot of time."
Kristen's Bella will be hanging with Jacob for much of "New Moon." But don’t worry about Edward, er, Robert Pattinson. She says he's doing fine. Even with that controversial haircut!
"I think he's OK," Kristen told MTV about her fanged love interest. "He's back in London now, which makes it easier for him. It's funny. It only affects you when you come to something like [Sundance]. And then, other than that, he's totally the same guy he always was." Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
The official trailer for the upcoming "Sherlock Holmes," staring Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock, Jude Law as Dr Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler and Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood, has been released.
Plot: In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters, "Sherlock Holmes" sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country. Based on Lionel Wigram's yet-to-be-published comic.
The new movie is directed by Guy Ritchie (Snatch, RocknRolla) and is scheduled to hit theaters on December 25th. Source: www.worstpreviews.com
"Helmer Ang Lee has gone back in time a few years to capture the party that led to the hangover. Taking Woodstock, Lee's Cannes Film Festival entry, presents a loving glimpse of the behind-the-scenes hijinks that resulted in the gloriously sloppy music fest.
Set in 1973, 1997's The Ice Storm was a portrait of suburban families unraveling amid adultery, casual drug use and the backdrop of the Watergate scandal. Taking Woodstock shows the summer-long buildup to the 1969 rock 'n' roll gathering that lured half a million free spirits to a rainy, muddy patch of farmland". Source: desmontandohollywood.blogspot.com
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt walks around shirtless on the set of his new film Hesher with costar 
Natalie Portman in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 19).
“Today’s a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we’re the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don’t have to listen to anyone.” Source: justjared.buzznet.com
