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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Celebrities Back Haiti Efforts videos


Jake Gyllenhaal appears in this charity spot for Haiti.

"Continuing its efforts to support victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the Ad Council today launched a new TV spot starring celebrities appealing to Americans for support.
The spot features Morgan Freeman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tim McGraw, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon. A Spanish-language spot featuring Eva Longoria will be available next week.

The 30-second spot, created pro bono by GSD&M Idea City, with talent coordination by Creative Artists Agency Foundation, asks viewers to visit the Red Cross online, call 1-800-HELP-NOW or text "Haiti" to 90999 to automatically give $10 to the American Red Cross".
Source: adage.com


George Clooney spoke with MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway this afternoon about his goals for Friday’s multi-network Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief telethon, which airs tomorrow @ 8 PM. During the interview, Clooney will co-host the event alongside Wyclef Jean, and spoke with Sway about how the historic television event came together, how the telethon will make the most impact and the role of music in times of tragedy.

Leonardo DiCaprio on the phone for Haiti-aid telethon campaign.Jennifer Aniston and Daniel Craig.Justin Timberlake.


Actor Robert Pattinson leave your message about the tragedy in Haiti. And asks for your help!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Haiti Benefit Shows: Jenny Lewis & co. at Largo


Jenny Lewis sings her band Rilo Kiley's song "Silver Lining"
live at Coachella Festival.


Jenny Lewis with Jake Gyllenhaal attending "Donnie Darko" Hollywood Premiere on 22nd October, 2001.

"In the coming days, musicians and comedians from around Los Angeles will gather at Largo at the Coronet for three special shows to raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian efforts in Haiti. After the charity events, Largo will update attendees on how much was raised and how the funds are being used to save lives. The proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity, which has pledged to rebuild homes in Port-au-Prince; and Save the Children, which has a major presence and distribution center in the country. In addition, the Jenny Lewis & Friends show was just announced a few minutes ago, so tickets are available for that one if you call soon.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon attending the Coachella Music Festival, April 2009.
Jenny Lewis and Reese Witherspoon leaving the Hollywood Bowl with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Song Circle for Haiti: Jenny Lewis & Friends
Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m.
Featuring Jenny Lewis, Azure Ray, Johnathan Rice, Morgan Nagler, Becky Stark, Jason Boesel and other special guests".
Source: laist.com

She & Him - In the Sun



She & Him (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward) - In the Sun from the forthcoming album Volume 2.

Due out March 23, 2010 from Merge Records. http://www.mergerecords.com/

Kat Dennings in "Daydream Nation"


Daydream Nation is a provocative yet humorous romance about a rural community shaken by the arrival of an acerbic teenage girl.

Clip Description: Join Producer Christine Haebler on the set of Daydream Nation. It’s the third day of filming and heavy rain has threatened the shooting schedule, but the show must go on!


Daydream Nation Synopsis:

In this darkly comedic coming-of-age story, a teenage girl moves from the city to a small town, only to find she has absolutely nothing in common with the stoner-hicks who populate her high school. So Caroline Wexler begins an affair with the one person she connects with: her handsome young teacher. But with a serial killer on the loose and townsfolk disappearing around them, their relationship takes a turn for the worse—and when Caroline breaks it off in favor of a boy her age, the rejection makes her teacher crazy, driving the film towards its surreal, heartbreaking, wildly romantic conclusion. Source: ow.ly

Kat Dennings - 'Defendor' portrait during at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival n September 12, 2009.

"Kat Dennings has been out of luck with her last film getting cancelled because of studios not sure what to make of it. Now she will be seen opposite Josh Lucas in the independent romancer Daydream Nation.Story centers on a disaffected high school senior who finds herself deposited along with her widowed father in a desolate Canadian hamlet where boredom leads her into an affair with a teacher and into a more promising romance with a druggie teen.Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in "Adventureland" (2009).

It is surely going to be one of those films in the lines of the recent Adventureland. Kat Dennings and Michael Cera in "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" (2008).

But Dennings is known for her role in Norah’s Infinite Playlist. The film will be released later this year or probably next year in Sundance".
Source: www.talkingfilms.net

The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

Floria Sigismondi, writer and director of "The Runaways".

"Just in time for The Runaways' debut at the Sundance Film Festival, a new poster for the film has just made its way to the internet via an exclusive at MTV.The poster shows a "Cherry Bomb", in artful form, as indicative of one of the real band's most famous songs. It also notes the film's leading stars, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning". Source: www.examiner.com


The Runaways - Cherry Bomb Live in Japan 1977.

"The girl becoming a woman is Cherie Currie (Fanning), a paternal twin that patterns her renegade attitude and platinum blonde hairstyle after rock icon David Bowie. A humiliating talent show performance set to Bowie’s “Wild is the Wind” collapses until she’s giving her classmates double middle fingers and starting a brawl in the auditorium. Parental problems at home make her even more feisty.Joan Jett (Stewart) is her own ball of teen angst. In her introduction Joan shoplifts a pair of black leather pants, which she celebrates by huffing glue and kissing her friend Tammy. She walks out of a guitar lesson (squaresville, maaan) and teaches herself to play instead.Potentially a scene stealing role (on paper any way) is Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), the record producer that smashes the various talents into a group and manages their rise to stardom. It’s an exaggerated character of unbridled intensity, thrusting his hips as an example and screaming barbaric profanities. He forces them to use their sexuality as a weapon and shouts comments like “this isn’t women’s lib… it’s women’s libido!” Though there’s something off-putting about Fowley pointing to 15-year-old Curie’s crotch and saying, “Men want this! Filthy pussy.”
Source: www.newsinfilm.com

George Clooney donates $1 million for Haiti

"In addition to hosting the Hope For Haiti telethon tomorrow evening, George Clooney is donating $1 million to the relief efforts to help the nation - and he's not the only one in the million dollar club! Sandra Bullock, Gisele Bundchen and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have all made seven figure donations, and hopefully even more celebs will be added to this list.
It's just been announced that Madonna and Beyonce will be joining the star studded roster, which already includes celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio, Rob Pattinson, Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt, Ellen DeGeneres, Sandra Bullock, Zac Efron, Bradley Cooper, Renee Zellweger, Chris Pine, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Colin Farrell, Anderson Cooper, Wyclef Jean, Gabby Sidibe and Emily Blunt. Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Jay-Z, Bono and Bruce Springsteen are all set to perform in Los Angeles, New York and London".
Source: x17online.com

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $1 million for Haiti

Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli watch the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Orlando Magic at Staples Center on 18th January 2010.

"Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio chose to support the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF) with a donation of $1 million.
First official still of Leonardo DiCaprio in "Inception" (2010).

DiCaprio's donation was disbursed through the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund and will help with immediate relief efforts, long-term redevelopment and infrastructure projects.
The "Revolutionary Road" star has also joined the list of stars that will make an appearance during "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" this Friday".
Source: extratv.warnerbros.com