Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception & Shutter Island

"The mystery surrounding Christopher Nolan's upcoming thriller Inception has been extremely hard to penetrate. Along with the earlier trailer revelation that it contains airborne hallway battles, there's the photographic "reveal" this weekend that the movie will feature a sharply dressed Leonardo DiCaprio sitting dangerously on a window sill.In addition, Nolan favorite Michael Caine has offered up a small tidbit about his role: "I play a professor who's teaching a guy science", Caine told Empire. "It's Leonardo DiCaprio. He's going off to do a science project and he speaks to me before he goes."
Caine couldn't reveal more because he was only handed his one scene, but another Nolan regular, Cillian Murphy, has seen the entire script and still wouldn't reveal much about the movie to MTV". Source: www.reelzchannel.com

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond" (2006).Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Departed" (2006).Leonardo DiCaprio in "Shutter Island" (2010).
Emile Hirsch in "Imaginary Heroes" (2004).
Notice the resemblance there is sometimes between Emile Hirsch and DiCaprio:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch me if you can" (2002).


Leo DiCaprio in Shutter Island coming on Feb 19, 2010.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow

Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. Marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the islands fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.

Marion Cotillard in the balcony in "Inception" (2010).Ellen Page with Leonardo DiCaprio filming "Inception".

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James Franco visits Yale

“I love you!” screamed a girl seated in the buzzing crowd when James Franco made his way to the small stage in Linsly-Chittenden Hall Thursday afternoon.

The giggling din grew even louder as Yale’s own paparazzi — students armed with camera phones and digital cameras — snapped away before Franco’s talk began. Approximately 80 percent of the audience was female.Yale Film Society president Taylour Chang ’11 called the event “a good opportunity to catch Franco on the cusp of doing much more than just acting.” Indeed, though he is best known as an actor, Franco spoke Thursday about his newer roles as a director, screenwriter and student.Franco, who visited Yale last April to sit in on Harold Bloom’s Shakespeare lecture, is currently enrolled in both the film program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Master of Fine Arts program in writing at Columbia University.
“I enjoy film, but I’ve been doing it for 12 years now,” Franco said. “I went back to school because, for me, acting wasn’t enough.”Franco admitted that he sometimes feels a bit “schizophrenic” straddling the worlds of school and stardom. But he added that the workshops in creative writing courses have forced him to improve his screenwriting abilities and, in turn, his acting.

“The accountability enforced by having peers read my writing has been very valuable,” Franco said.Franco’s love for literature and the English classes he took as an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles continue to affect his work on and off screen and, now, from behind the camera, Franco said.“All the shorts I’m directing [at Tisch] are based on poetry that I’ve read and adapted”, he said. A number of these short films were screened Thursday night at the Loria Center, followed by a question-and-answer session with the actor.One student in the audience — a fan of Franco’s work on the television series “Freaks and Geeks” — said the tea was “totally worth missing section for.”
But collaborating with producer Judd Apatow on “Pinapple Express”, Franco said, was one instance of a working dynamic between director and actor in which he felt “incredibly free.” Franco then answered questions about his acclaimed portrayal of a gay character in last year’s “Milk,” a project he said he pursued because of his love for both the film’s director, Gus Van Sant, and actor Sean Penn. Franco said working on ‘Milk’ inspired him to direct with “an anti-normative approach towards film.”Franco cited James Dean, Marlon Brando and directors like the Belgian Dardenne brothers as professional inspirations, in addition to his “love affair with books.”Franco remained after the tea to take photos with fans and sign autographs". Source: www.yaledailynews.com

"In this special collaboration with the Castro Theatre, we present Erased James Franco, artist Carter's new video homage to Robert Rauschenberg's iconic Erased de Kooning Drawing, starring local favorite James Franco. Three films screened over the course of the day prepare you for the main event at 8:00 p.m. In a double-feature matinee at SFMOMA, watch Todd Haynes's Safe, the inspiration for some of the scenes in Erased James Franco, and episodes of the cult-favorite TV show Freaks and Geeks hand-picked and introduced by Franco, who starred in the series. In the evening, head to the Castro for John Frankenheimer's Seconds, which is also revisited in Carter's new film, followed by Erased James Franco and a discussion with both actor and filmmaker". Source: www.sfmoma.org

Richard Kelly: pushing more buttons

"Kelly has taken his penchant for logic-bending science fiction from Indiewood to the Big Show, as Warner Bros. has produced "The Box", his enigmatic adaptation of Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button".In Kelly's 1976-set thriller, a NASA engineer (James Marsden) and his high-school teacher wife (Cameron Diaz) are financially strapped Virginia parents who have been gifted with a curious wood box, topped by a cherry-red button. Soon after, a man named Arlington Steward (Frank Langella) arrives unannounced, missing half his face due to a burn and some killer CGI, and imposes a moral dilemma on the couple: push the button, and they'll earn a million dollars in cash, tax free. The catch, however, is that a complete stranger will also die as a consequence. -Come on, admit it. You'd push that button.-[laughs] Listen, it's easy to be self-righteous and say, "Oh, I would never push it." I look at it more from the logical point of view of a scientist. I'd see this little contraption and be like, "Okay, this thing has no technology in it. Whoever built it is playing a trick. If they want to give me a million bucks to come into my life, annoy me, and freak out my wife, I'm going to push it as an act of defiance, to call their bluff." The violence isn't on me unless this thing has some sort of computer chip that's going to shut down someone's pacemaker, you know? I'd push it out of curiosity.-It's appropriate that this is a period piece. In this age of instant gratification, it seems like people are far more inclined to push a button for the sake of ease today.-Absolutely. Now we have all this technology that we didn't have in 1976, the way computers and the internet have transformed our way of life. We're so much more cynical today. That was one of the reasons why I couldn't set the movie in present day. I didn't want to have that scene where Norma goes onto the computer and Googles Arlington Steward. For half the movie, the characters would be sitting in front of laptops. That wasn't really dramatic for me, and it made it implausible. It's an absurd premise. Part of what I love is that it's mischievous.

-So you want to continue working within the studio system?
-Yeah, I would very much love to stay in the studio business. At the same time, I would love to be able to expand and branch out. I've got my new script and I feel like it's very, very commercial, probably the most accessible thing I've ever written. So maybe I'm trying to make things a little easier. [laughs] But I'll never forget "Donnie Darko", which is a movie that people continue to appreciate and revisit. When it was released at Sundance, everyone was like, "This is a mess. It makes no sense. No one will ever see this movie. It's unreleasable," and it barely got released. Almost nine years after we made the film, people are still talking about it, and that makes me remember where I came from. Maybe that's why I still try to push the envelope in terms of experimental narrative, ideas or technique.

Jake Gyllenhaal in the opening sequence of "Donnie Darko" (2001).

-Although it's relatively minor, I believe you've committed a crime against cinema. How could you have changed the opening sequence in your "Donnie Darko" director's cut by replacing Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" with an INXS song?

-That was the song that we had at Sundance. It was always originally supposed to begin with INXS, and the Echo & the Bunnymen is my favorite song of the movie. It got moved to the end of the party, and [Donnie's] coming down the stairs in that big emotional moment. I was trying to utilize Echo & the Bunnymen there to give it more punch. Some people prefer it at the beginning. There's always the theatrical cut. Some people give me shit for it, but there are other people who saw the movie at Sundance for the first time, and they're like, "Oh my god, that INXS song at the beginning is so great!" Sometimes it's what you see first that you hold onto". Source: www.ifc.com

Kristen Stewart & Nikki Reed - New Moon muses

Nikki Reed shooting a scene from "New Moon" (2009).Nikki Reed wears Browns ID Black Patent Leather Oxfords laced shoes:Browns ID Black Patent Leather Oxfords.
Nikki Reed in Nylon magazine - November 2009.
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in "New Moon" (2009).
Kristen Stewart wears a Swarovski Crystal Skull Cocktail Ring designed by Alexander McQueen (see below): Swarovski Crystal Skull Cocktail Ring by Alexander McQueen.Dress by Alexander McQueen.Alexander Wang Resort 2010 Dress.Kristen wears a Black Open-Back Dress by Gucci:
Gucci Resort 2010 Black Open-Back Dress.Elizabeth and James Onyx Snake Cameo Pendant:Kristen wears Givenchy Gold Cuffs, designed by Riccardo Tisci 2010:

Jake Gyllenhaal (Popular Culture, a View from the Paparazzi)

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"Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the influential young actors in Hollywood. His films include the cult classic "Donnie Darko" (2001), the summer blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004), and the thriller "Zodiac" (2007). Jake received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film "Brokeback Mountain", which was one of 2005's biggest hits". Source: www.amazon.com