Who will play Holden Caulfield or Spiderman?

"On hearing of JD Salinger's recent death, most fans probably experienced a single emotion: sadness. Over in Hollywood, however, the hills shook with the cackling of a hundred avaricious studio execs. Finally, someone will get to make The Catcher in the Rye film.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Holden in The Good Girl (2002) - Gag Reel.

Yet perhaps the biggest problem will be casting Holden himself. Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack and Tobey Maguire have all previously been mooted. Salinger called Holden "essentially unactable. A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn't nearly be enough". The easiest way to grasp catastrophe from the jaws of success would surely be to cast a next-gen teen idol
'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson shooting new film 'Bel Ami' in the English countryside, UK.

– a Robert Pattinson or a Zac Efron – but even the more realistic candidates don't feel quite right.
There's Joseph Gordon Levitt (too old), Anton Yelchin (too Russian), Michael Cera (too geeky), or Jessie Eisenberg (too Jew-fro). Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle in "The Dangerous lives of Altar Boys" (2002).

Emile Hirsch feels like the closest fit, but you can't help thinking the best Holden will be the true unknown that no-one expects; someone unsullied by fame's own story, able to be the Holden we imagined, in the way Salinger himself might have approved". Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Here's how the final tally of votes shook out:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 27%Zac Efron: 23.2%Michael Welch: 10.5%Jesse Eisenberg: 5.7%Aaron Johnson: 5.5%Michael Cera: 4.9%Cory Monteith: 2.1%Patrick Fugit: 1.9%Erik Knudsen: 1.6%
Other: 17.4%
Source: splashpage.mtv.com

"Jews are hot. Last year, actor Jake Gyllenhaal was included on People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” list.
Jesse Eisenberg, an attractive New York Jewish actor.

Just being Jewish by itself also seems to be attractive.
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall" (1977).

“It’s like I’m exotic,’ said a student from a major Midwestern university who asked to remain anonymous. “They seem to really be interested in my curly hair.”

“Even though I could take it as a stereotype,” he added, “they are always saying Jews are funny. I guess it’s something they like.”

But aren’t the qualities mentioned in these verses -- wisdom, dignity, generosity -- the ones that really turn on everybody? Source: www.jpost.com

Alicia Silverstone revamped for "Vamps"

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the forest scene from "Twilight" (2008).
Alicia Silverstone will play a female vampire in "Vamps" (2011).
"Alicia Silverstone is reuniting with her Clueless director Amy Heckerling on Vamps, which Lisa Wilson’s GK Films affiliate Parlay Films is selling here.
Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, and director Amy Heckerling in "Clueless" (1995).

Vamps tells the modern-day tale of two female vampires who live it up in New York until love enters the picture, when each has to make a choice that will jeopardise their immortality.
Silverstone will play one of the vampires opposite Krysten Ritter, who is making her first feature starring role and is about to wrap production on the comedy Killing Bono opposite Ben Barnes.

Production is set to begin in April. Red Hour Films, Lucky Monkey Pictures partners Lauren Versel and Maria Teresa Arida, and Molly Hassell are producing.
Silverstone most recently appeared in Stormbreaker with Ewan McGregor and Mickey Rourke and is currently on Broadway opposite Laura Linney in the Donald Margulies play Time Stands Still". Source: www.screendaily.com

I liked Alicia in "Clueless", "Cool & the Crazy", "The Babysitter", "Excess baggage", "Blast from the past", "Beauty Shop", etc. I'm glad she is coming back with her next projects "Elektra Luxx" (2010) and now "Vamps" (2011).
Alicia Silverstone.

Does anybody else think Kristen Stewart (blonde version) looks like Alicia Silverstone a bit?

R.I.P. Alexander McQueen

"The British fashion industry lost one of its brightest stars yesterday with the apparent suicide of Alexander McQueen, who was found hanged at his Central London home.

The designer, 40, had been grieving over the death of his mother, Joyce, who died on February 2. He had been due to attend her funeral today.
The loss of one of the most commercially successful and respected British designers has cast a pall over next week’s London Fashion Week. Friends said that he had been under pressure to complete his autumn/winter women’s wear collection for next month’s launch in Paris. One of his lines, McQ, was due to be shown at New York Fashion Week yesterday but was cancelled.
Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page at "Whip It" premiere in Toronto Film Festival. Drew wore a yellow ruffled dress designed by Alexander McQueen from Resort 2010.Kristen Stewart (wearing a dress designed by Alexander McQueen) and Robert Pattinson photographed by Mark Seliger for Harper’s Bazaar, December 2009.

McQueen recently described the suicide of his mentor — the style icon Isabella Blow — as “the most important thing he had learnt in fashion”. During a newspaper interview conducted by his mother, McQueen was asked what was his most terrifying fear. He replied: “Dying before you.”After graduating McQueen set up his own label based in the East End of London. He went on to be named head designer at Givenchy in 1996, succeeding John Galliano, before joining forces with Gucci, which bought 51 per cent of his company.
Lindsay Lohan in Terry Richardson photoshoot for Purple Fashion Magazine, wearing a dress designed by Alexander McQueen.Anna Paquin wore a wild-print mini-dress by Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 to SAG Awards:The designer once described himself as the “pink sheep” of his family and said that he did not come out as gay until his early 20s. He had a civil partnership with the film-maker George Forsyth in 2000. However, last autumn he said that he had ended the relationship two years earlier and had started another with a porn star known as Mr Stag.

During the newspaper interview when McQueen revealed his fear of dying before his mother, she had asked him: “What makes you proud?”

“You,” he replied. “Why?” she queried. “No, ask the next one,” said McQueen. It was the only question he refused to answer. Source: women.timesonline.co.uk