"Hollywood couple Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have put their San Francisco-area home on the market for $15 million.The house is in the small Marin County town of Ross, about 18 miles north of San Francisco. The Penns bought the 2.2-acre property in 1996 for $2.1 million and spent more than two years rebuilding the 1933 Spanish-style house, says Coldwell Banker broker John McGeough, who has the listing". Source: www.sanfranciscosentinel.com
The director who helmed “Blade Runner” will take on one of the most highly regarded dystopian works of literature, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” Scott and DiCaprio will produce via their respective Scott Free and Appian Way banners, with Michael Costigan also producing for Scott Free and George DiCaprio producing at Appian. Peter Cramer is overseeing for Uni. DiCaprio is shooting the Christopher Nolan adventure tale “Inception” but does not have a movie lined up after that.“Brave” has had several go-rounds on television, including a Leonard Nimoy-Peter Gallagher pic on NBC in 1998. But Huxley’s idea-rich novel hasn’t had a shot on the big screen.Huxley sets his book in a seemingly perfect 26th century world that has achieved harmony by tightly controlling birth, which takes place mainly in laboratories, and outlawing family. The world is populated by a series of five castes, each with its own defined roles.
Characters who figure in to the story are Bernard, a lower-caste member, and Lenina, the woman with whom he is infatuated. DiCaprio is would likely play Bernard, who is persecuted when the leaders of the society find his behavior antisocial.George Orwell’s “1984” has had several theatrical turns, including Michael Anderson’s Columbia version in 1956 and the somewhat better regarded John Hurt-toplined take 25 years ago. The director took the Philip K. Dick novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” and turned it into the 1982 futurist pic “Blade Runner.” While the movie divided critics and didn’t enjoy a great theatrical run, it has had a long life on video and become a cult classic". Source: www.riskybusinessblog.com
"If you had a God, you'd have a reason for self-denial". "But industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning." "You'd have a reason for chastity!" said the Savage, blushing a little as he spoke the words.
"But chastity means passion, chastity means neurasthenia. And passion and neurasthenia mean instability. And instability means the end of civilization. You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices." "But God's the reason for everything noble and fine and heroic. If you had a God…"
"My dear young friend", said Mustapha Mond, "civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or defended–there, obviously, nobility and heroism have some sense. But there aren't any wars nowadays. The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much. There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do."
" Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle. Christianity without tears–that's what soma is."
"But the tears are necessary. Don't you remember what Othello said? 'If after every tempest came such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death.' There's a story one of the old Indians used to tell us, about the Girl of Mátaski. The young men who wanted to marry her had to do a morning's hoeing in her garden. It seemed easy; but there were flies and mosquitoes, magic ones. Most of the young men simply couldn't stand the biting and stinging. But the one that could–he got the girl." "Charming! But in civilized countries," said the Controller, "you can have girls without hoeing for them, and there aren't any flies or mosquitoes to sting you. We got rid of them all centuries ago." The Savage nodded, frowning. "You got rid of them. Yes, that's just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether 'tis better in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them … But you don't do either. Neither suffer nor oppose. You just abolish the slings and arrows. It's too easy". Source: www.huxley.net
In VS magazine with Drew Barrymore and Juliette Lewis, photoshoot by Ellen Von Unwerth.
WHIP IT Behind the scenes with a very earnest Drew Barrymore. "I know that many of you aren't too excited for WHIP IT, which follows Ellen Page's roller derby escapades as she tries to fit in at high school. But how does a minute long, behind the scenes look with Drew Barrymore sound?
Yeah, I didn’t think that would win you over. I actually believe this movie could be rather cute, but yes, I’m probably only going if a date makes me, which will save me some amount of man-points. Watching the featurette, I realized that Drew Barrymore in real life is EXACTLY like Drew Barrymore in every movie she’s ever been in, hence why MY DATE WITH DREW was a pretty surreal experience.
Emile Hirsch joked with Jimmy Kimmel about his green converse sneakers, Emile said that no one would be caught dead in a store buying them.
Emile talked about his artistic upbringing in New Mexico, and about his mother's artistic craft.
It was shown a montage of Hirsch's different hairdos style throughout the years in his films. The fans in the audience whooped and hollered about Emile's hair-do in "Into the Wild"!
"It's just two short weeks before 20th Century Fox unleashes Jennifer's Body on a curious public so expect to be seeing lots more of Megan Fox's body promoting the flick. But for the ladies in the room who might be curious about the men in the film, the powers-that-be have finally decided to reveal a bit more about one of them: The Haunting in Connecticut and NOES 2010's Kyle Gallner.
In the following exclusive clip from MTV, we see a visit to meet Jennifer turn deadly for Colin, the unsuspecting teen portrayed by Gallner". Source: www.dreadcentral.com
Listen to "Jennifer's Body" song, written by Hole/Courtney Love from "Live through this" album (1994), which gives title to "Jennifer's Body" film.
"A solo Jake Gyllenhaal picks up a few beauty products in Hollywood on Friday afternoon (September 4).
The 28-year-old actor’s new movie Love and Other Drugs will star filming on September 21 in Pittsburgh, Penn. The drama is based on the Jamie Reidy memoir “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman” about a salesman for male performance-enhancement drugs".
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Nylon Guys mag photoshoot, September 2009. "The future of the movies is not in Hollywood...and that's the good news!" Joseph Gordon-Levitt tells us like it is!
"Hollywood couple Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have put their San Francisco-area home on the market for $15 million.
The house is in the small Marin County town of Ross, about 18 miles north of San Francisco. The Penns bought the 2.2-acre property in 1996 for $2.1 million and spent more than two years rebuilding the 1933 Spanish-style house, says Coldwell Banker broker John McGeough, who has the listing". Source: www.sanfranciscosentinel.com
"Ridley Scott is going back to the futurism.
Scott and DiCaprio will produce via their respective Scott Free and Appian Way banners, with Michael Costigan also producing for Scott Free and George DiCaprio producing at Appian. Peter Cramer is overseeing for Uni. 
DiCaprio is shooting the Christopher Nolan adventure tale “Inception” but does not have a movie lined up after that.
“Brave” has had several go-rounds on television, including a Leonard Nimoy-Peter Gallagher pic on NBC in 1998. But Huxley’s idea-rich novel hasn’t had a shot on the big screen.
Huxley sets his book in a seemingly perfect 26th century world that has achieved harmony by tightly controlling birth, which takes place mainly in laboratories, and outlawing family. The world is populated by a series of five castes, each with its own defined roles.
DiCaprio is would likely play Bernard, who is persecuted when the leaders of the society find his behavior antisocial.
George Orwell’s “1984” has had several theatrical turns, including Michael Anderson’s Columbia version in 1956 and the somewhat better regarded John Hurt-toplined take 25 years ago.
The director took the Philip K. Dick novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” and turned it into the 1982 futurist pic “Blade Runner.” While the movie divided critics and didn’t enjoy a great theatrical run, it has had a long life on video and become a cult classic". Source: www.riskybusinessblog.com
In VS magazine with Drew Barrymore and Juliette Lewis, photoshoot by Ellen Von Unwerth.
"I know that many of you aren't too excited for WHIP IT, which follows Ellen Page's roller derby escapades as she tries to fit in at high school. But how does a minute long, behind the scenes look with Drew Barrymore sound?
"A solo Jake Gyllenhaal picks up a few beauty products in Hollywood on Friday afternoon (September 4).
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Nylon Guys mag photoshoot, September 2009.
