World famous street artist 'Bansky' was in Utah for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. To promote his movie "Exit Through the Gift Shop" he put a few pieces around downtown Salt Lake and Park City.Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.Kristen Stewart.Kristen Stewart at "Welcome to the Rileys" Q&A session after the movie viewing at the Racquet Club Theatre - Sundance Film Festival, Park City Utah, on January 23, 2010.Dakota Fanning.Joan Jett.Kate Mara.Juliette Lewis.Mark Ruffalo.Adam Brody.Michelle Williams.Ryan Gosling.Parker Posey.Jesse Eisenberg.Paul Dano.James Franco.Dakota Fanning, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart and Cherie Currie.
"Everybody knows Joan Jett, but nobody really knows how hard it was to become her," Stewart said. "We've grown up being told that we, us girls, can do whatever we want, and that just wasn't the case for them.""Jett said she was on "The Runaways" set every day, helping Stewart capture her posture, her guitar style, her East Coast Maryland accent. As a teen, Jett used to send oral letters on cassette tape to an aunt, and she gave one of those to Stewart to help the actress match her voice."I told her, 'Listen, man. I trust you. You gotta go with your instincts. If there's something that's way off, trust me, I'm going to let you know,' and I don't mean bite her head off," Jett said. "I'd guide her. That time never really came, you know. She was right there." Source: news.yahoo.com
"The Sundance Film Festival went retro with the premiere of "The Runaways," a pulsating saga about the 1970s groundbreaking female rock 'n' roll band whose hits include "Cherry Bomb" and "Born to Be Bad."Taking a bow afterward were Runaways founder and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett and lead singer Cherie Currie, and Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, who play them. Currie and Fanning were platinum blondes, in sharp contrast to Jett and Stewart's coal-black hair.
Lesbian family film By mid-festival, the most sought-after film was "The Kids Are All Right" a revelatory look at a lesbian couple - played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore - raising teenagers, and the sudden appearance in their lives of their sperm donor. A bidding war broke out after the first screening, with Deadline Hollywood predicting the picture would sell for $10 million. You don't have to be an expert to see the commercial potential of "Kids." Director Lisa Cholodenko ("High Art," "Laurel Canyon") tells a story of a lesbian relationship over the long haul and the family they create. Distributors also expressed interest in "The Killer Inside Me" Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson's novel. It's a safe bet that the women in the Sundance audience who screamed at Winterbottom won't be telling anyone to see "Killer" at a local theater. They were outraged at repeated scenes of Casey Affleck beating Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba to a pulp. When Winterbottom said the violence came right from the book, these women let him know that was no excuse". Source: www.sfgate.com
"The passionate kiss shared between Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen and Kristen Steward, who plays Bella Swan, in Twilight, has been voted one of the best of the last decade.The smooch, which happened towards the end of the first movie, Twilight (the second movie, New Moon, was released late last year) came fourth in a survey, conducted by department store Selfridges in England, for best on screen kisses of the past decade. Fans of Robert and Kristen's on screen smooch described it as "a true passionate moment in movie history." Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were second for their romantic embrace in Spider-Man, while Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal's kiss in Brokeback Mountain came fourth.Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as Jack Twist & Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005).
The top-five was completed by Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz for their kiss in Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Source: www.irishcentral.com
Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, and director Derek Cianfrance pose for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival held at The Lift on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams, Sundance 2010: Exclusive Star Portraits from the EW Photo Studio.
"For Doubleday, it was about balancing the Francois within Sheeni. "She's really complex. In the book, she's way more manipulative, and to be frank, bitchy," she says. "When I read the book, I felt for Nick: 'Whew. She's a mean one!' If my guy friend was dating her, I'd say, 'Dump her!'"But I think what made me fall in love with her was that her aloofness is sort of her vulnerability -- she's a really smart person stuck in an environment that she cannot relate to. All she thinks about is moving to Paris. I loved that she's in love with Jean-Paul Belmondo. It's hard being 16 and not being so young anymore but not being old enough to do anything. It was fun to figure out how to play a person who wasn't just one thing." Source: articles.latimes.com
James Dean and Natalie Wood as Jim Stark & Judy in "Rebel without a cause" (1955).
"When you think back on the best movies about teenage rebellion which ones come most immediately to mind? Rebel Without A Cause? Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Pump Up the Volume? Freeway? Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar in "Whip it" (2009).
The common denominator among them isn’t the degree of trouble the teens cause or the level of drama and danger they find themselves in… instead what makes these movies stand apart from the Whip It’s of the world is the charisma and quality of both the lead character and actor.
Cera fills that gap like a Na’vi warrior fills Smurfette. (I know that’s both nonsensical and obscene, but Avatar is all the rage now so I felt compelled to include it somehow…) He begins the movie in basically the same role he played in Superbad, but when Francois appears Cera manages to steal the movie not only from the other actors but from himself. His demeanor, expressions, voice, and even the way he carries himself all change visibly and dramatically from Nick to Francois. It’s truly the first new and different character Cera has played, and it hints at untapped abilities within the young actor.Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday at the premiere of ''Youth In Revolt'' on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
The movie exists in it’s own little universe of style and hipness slightly reminiscent of last year’s (500) Days of Summer. The opening credits convey a trip in claymation, a later car ride is presented via photo cutouts, illustrations leave the page and float into air… director Miguel Arteta does a fine job of limiting the use of such scenes so they never outgrow their welcome. Another important facet of the film is the fine line it walks between innocence and filth". Source: www.filmschoolrejects.com
"Join Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Emmy Rossum, Forest Whitaker and others who are standing up and speaking out for the change we need. Tell your senators we must have a strong, comprehensive energy bill that will put Americans back to work, reduce our reliance on foreign oil and curb the carbon pollution that threatens our future. Then share this video with a friend and help us spread the word".Source: rushprnews.com
"Leonardo DiCaprio grabbed lunch with friends in LA yesterday before he picked up a toothpick on his way out and headed off to make a purchase at the jewelry and home decor store OK. It could have been a treat for Leo's on-again girlfriend Bar Refaeli, who's back in his life in a big way with a vacation in Cabo, courtside seats to see his beloved Lakers, and even a super domestic trip to Target". Source: www.popsugar.com
"Two 2010 films will have Eisenberg once again taking on approximations of real people, though the two new roles will offer new takes on that recurring career theme. In the Sundance flick "Holy Rollers", he plays a Hasidic youth pulled into a world of international ecstasy dealing, a story based on actual New Yorkers. Later in the year, he'll appear on screen as Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," which follows the creation and early years of the now ubiquitous site. As Eisenberg explained to MTV News at Sundance, he sees a connection between the two new film roles in terms of being faithful both to the truth and to the scripts. "You can never really do something exactly," he said. "This 'Holy Rollers' movie is almost similar because it's inspired by true things and our characters are based on an amalgamation of a few things. To do this one, there was no resource we could go to. You just use your imagination in a different way". And you rely heavily on the script, as the 26-year-old explained in an earlier interview with MTV about "Social Network." "It's hard to look at interviews now with Zuckerberg, who has become the head of a big company and probably has people guiding him along the interview process, and then extrapolate what he might have been like in a dorm room at 19 with his buddies," he said. "You're always going to the script for guidance more than anything if you're playing a real person." Source: moviesblog.mtv.com
"Scripted by critical darling Aaron Sorkin, director extraordinaire Fincher’s second foray away from the darkness of his earlier work recounts the rise of online powerhouse Facebook, with Jesse Eisenberg starring as the site’s founder Mark Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake as Napster mastermind Sean Parker, along with Rashida Jones (NBC’s Parks & Recreation) and Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). Sorkin’s screenplay is an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. James Franco, Danny McBride and Zooey Deschanel in "Your Highness" (2010).
This new October 1 opening places The Social Network against two other notable flicks: Matt Reeves’s horror remake Let Me In, and David Gordon Green’s medieval comedy Your Highness, starring James Franco, Danny McBride, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel". Source: blog.reelloop.com
World famous street artist 'Bansky' was in Utah for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. To promote his movie "Exit Through the Gift Shop" he put a few pieces around downtown Salt Lake and Park City.
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.
Kristen Stewart.
Kristen Stewart at "Welcome to the Rileys" Q&A session after the movie viewing at the Racquet Club Theatre - Sundance Film Festival, Park City Utah, on January 23, 2010.
Dakota Fanning.
Joan Jett.
Kate Mara.
Juliette Lewis.
Mark Ruffalo.
Adam Brody.
Michelle Williams.
Ryan Gosling.
Parker Posey.
Jesse Eisenberg.
Paul Dano.
James Franco.
Dakota Fanning, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart and Cherie Currie.
"Everybody knows Joan Jett, but nobody really knows how hard it was to become her," Stewart said. "We've grown up being told that we, us girls, can do whatever we want, and that just wasn't the case for them."
"Jett said she was on "The Runaways" set every day, helping Stewart capture her posture, her guitar style, her East Coast Maryland accent. As a teen, Jett used to send oral letters on cassette tape to an aunt, and she gave one of those to Stewart to help the actress match her voice.
"I told her, 'Listen, man. I trust you. You gotta go with your instincts. If there's something that's way off, trust me, I'm going to let you know,' and I don't mean bite her head off," Jett said. "I'd guide her. That time never really came, you know. She was right there." Source: news.yahoo.com
Taking a bow afterward were Runaways founder and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett and lead singer Cherie Currie, and Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, who play them. Currie and Fanning were platinum blondes, in sharp contrast to Jett and Stewart's coal-black hair.
By mid-festival, the most sought-after film was "The Kids Are All Right" a revelatory look at a lesbian couple - played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore - raising teenagers, and the sudden appearance in their lives of their sperm donor. A bidding war broke out after the first screening, with Deadline Hollywood predicting the picture would sell for $10 million. You don't have to be an expert to see the commercial potential of "Kids." Director Lisa Cholodenko ("High Art," "Laurel Canyon") tells a story of a lesbian relationship over the long haul and the family they create.
Distributors also expressed interest in "The Killer Inside Me" Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson's novel. It's a safe bet that the women in the Sundance audience who screamed at Winterbottom won't be telling anyone to see "Killer" at a local theater. They were outraged at repeated scenes of Casey Affleck beating Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba to a pulp. When Winterbottom said the violence came right from the book, these women let him know that was no excuse". Source: www.sfgate.com
