The final say over the nudity: Love & other drugs, Love & sex on-screen

“I thought if I am literally trying to act and worrying, thinking: ‘Oh I can’t turn this way because that’ll show a side of my breast that I haven’t negotiated’ it would just ruin the entire
experience.
“So I sat down with my co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and the director and said: ‘I trust you guys, I trust that you are both gentlemen and you are not going to exploit the situation. Go ahead and film what you want’.

“Jake and I had the final say over the nudity. As a result of all that, the sex scenes felt natural and very true to the characters.”
Did you lose weight for the role or spend a lot of time preparing physically to play the part?
“I had to figure out what Maggie’s body would look like and I did a lot of research on the effect that Parkinson’s drugs have on one’s body.

“I discovered that they end up keeping you very thin in a sinewy sort of way. So that was the body I had to create for the character and I worked very hard to get that body, it’s not my natural physique. What do you think this film says about relationships? What is the theme?

“The thing that I love is that there are two very strong threads that run throughout the film and they are connected by Jake’s character, Jamie, who is clearly going through an enormous transformation.
“I loved getting to watch Jake’s performance, the way he navigates the two worlds and what they have in common.

“I think that two threads revolve around Jamie’s choices: whether he will choose to be the better version of himself, which is the far riskier prospect, or continuing along the path he has been taking". Source: www.getsurrey.co.uk

Jake Gyllenhaal exits LAX International Airport after arriving on a flight from NYC on Friday (January 7) in Los Angeles. Source: justjared.buzznet.com

Scans of Jake Gyllenhaal in August Man (Singapore) magazine, January 2011 issue

Anne Hathaway laughs seeing Jake Gyllenhaal dancing in underwear in "Love & other drugs" (2010)

"Sex always has and always will sell movies," says assistant editor of Film Ireland, Steven Gavin.
"But looking at Hollywood 2010 you have to ask: where is the sex? We seem to be going through an impotent era in popular cinema that can't get it up on cinema screens and is afraid to present sex in any sort of adult way. Instead, we get vacuous teenager fantasies and rom-com misogynist cop-outs."
Casting an eye over the past year's cinematic offerings, even the vapid nudity of Love & Other Drugs stands out as an anomaly.
Other recent big hitters at the box office have included the thriller Inception, the excitement of Harry Potter and the vampire on-goings of the Twilight franchise -- all of which were high on production costs and low on explicit content. Studios have cottoned on to the fact that SFX is a bigger seller than sex.

Back in the day, the merest whiff of sexual friction was a guaranteed box-office winner. Cary Grant removing a spec of dust from Deborah Kerr's eye in An Affair To Remember had women swooning in 1957, while GIs whooped in 1946 when Rita Hayworth's Gilda stripped off one long, black, satin glove.But with the dawn of the internet and stiff competition from TV shows like True Blood, Californication and Boardwalk Empire (coming to Sky this spring), titillation is no longer something we have to go to the cinema for -- our cinematic (s) expectations have changed.
"I think people have become more blasé when it comes to sex, we're not so easily shocked," says Susan Picken, head of independent Belfast cinema, Queen's Film Theatre.
'But I don't think it's as simple as saying sex does or does not sell. We've all become a lot more cynical and more demanding as movie goers. Back in the 1980s and '90s there was a real vogue for erotic thrillers but people want to see something different."
Jake Gyllenhaal holds Anne Hathaway at the premiere of 'Love & Other Drugs' in Sydney, on 6th December 2010

He added: "Sex in the cinema isn't about nudity or the mechanical spectacle of simulated copulation -- it's about the illusion of fantasy, pleasure and emotional, physical and psychological desire. We'll always want this, we just want it done well." - Chrissie Russell
Source: www.independent.ie

Malin Akerman is Linda Lovelace in a beautiful script by Matthew Wilder for "Inferno"

Malin Akerman attending the 2011 People's Choice Awards

"Malin Akerman dished on the blue carpet about her upcoming Linda Lovelace movie, Inferno (she replaced Lindsay Lohan in the lead role): "I'm very excited. It's a beautiful script. It's a story of a woman's life -- who was really tortured," she told USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell. "And it needs to be told."
Linda Lovelance at the "Director's Guild Awards" (1974)
Malin Akerman in "Interview" magazine photoshoot

She wouldn't reveal how nude she would be in the film. Although shooting is supposed to start in March, she doesn't know where it's going to be shooting. "It's still in negotiations."
When asked about next projects, she noted that she's in Happythankyoumoreplease .... and with Ryan Phillippe in The Bang Bang Club, a movie about apartheid.
"For me it's just about trying new things", she said". Source: content.usatoday.com

Note from Weirdland: I have to agree with Malin here, Inferno's script, as well as Malin, is beautiful (in a totally different way) and I feel so fortunate of having been able to approach Matthew Wilder's script and I must say it's harrowing and fabulous, with a prodigious ear for the 70's era slang, with striking atmosphere and characters, ferociously defined in all their mightiness and ardor, getting properly its message across without resorting to shock tricks or abusing in any way of Linda Lovelace's ill-fated character. Lust and sadness go hand in hand, echoing classics as "Belle de jour", "Drugstore Cowboy" or "Boogie Nights". No cheap goods or calculated explotation in this brilliant, mournful transcript. Wilder, whom I consider one of the sharpest guys in this industry (and a movie comrade/friend) is a wildly talented writer and director whose career ahead of him I hope it bestows him many honors and joys.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart attending People Choice Awards 2011

Kristen Stewart accepts the Favorite Movie Actress award onstage during the 2011 People's Choice Awardsand Robert gets emotional when Kristen goes to receive her Award Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson attending the 2011 People's Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 5, 2011


Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner at People´s Choice Awards 2011


The cast of Twilight is front and center as Queen Latifa says a view jokes and asks a few questions.

Kristen was wearing Reem Acra Pearlized Sequin Blush Chiffon Dress, Jimmy Choo Double Platform Pumps and Chanel Camélia Bracelet with Onyx and Diamonds:

Kristen Stewart was chosen the best dressed at People Choice Awards 2011:

10. Malin Akerman
9. Johnny Depp
8. Emma Roberts
7. Zac Efron
6. Minka Kelly
5. Taylor Lautner
4. Kim Kardashian3. Taylor Swift
2. Selena Gomez1. Kristen Stewart

Happy Birthday, Stephen Bogart!

Lauren Bacall holding Stephen, son of her and Humphrey Bogart.
Lauren Bacall kissing her son Stephen Bogart

Her relationship with Humphrey Bogart was highly sexual.
On set for ‘To Have and Have Not’ (1945), where she and Bogart (then married to his third wife Mayo Methot) first got together, director Hawks would call breaks in filming to allow the couple to disperse the sexual energy between them. They would emerge later from Bogart’s dressing room, flushed and smiling, then filming would continue.

"90% of the actresses are the dullest broads in town. They have no appeal for me whatsoever, and that goes for Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell and Gina Lollobrigida. In fact, the only actress in town with true allure is Lauren Bacall".
-Humphrey Bogart (Orange Coast magazine).

"Because he was going through a difficult period with his wife, Mayo Methot, a talented actress who was hitting the bottle too much, he was often grouchy and irritable. He was also being underpaid. Despite Bogie's complaints and my own changes, trying to improve each scene, I was enjoying each day".Kaaren Verne and Humphrey Bogart in All Through the Night (1941) directed by Vincent Sherman

"Offscene, many happenings also kept things bubbling. Peter Lorre and Kaaren Verne fell in love and eventually got married after Peter divorced his wife, a gracious actress named Celia Lovsky. Bogie and Mayo had a series of drunken brawls. One morning he came in looking awful. I asked what happened "I came home late last night", he said, "and that bitch of mine locked me out. I had to sleep on the front lawn and damn near froze my ass off". It was not too long before they were divorced" - Studio affairs: my life as a film director By Vincent Sherman

Humphrey Bogart visiting Peter Lorre and his daughter Catharine

Lauren Bacall and son Stephen Bogart during the Premiere of 'The Mirror Has Two Faces' at Ziegfeld Theater in New York City

"[Stephen] Bogart was only 8 years old when his father died from cancer of the esophagus, and says he doesn’t remember much about him.

“I remember him en toto, as a person, but nothing specific”, he said. “He was working all the time and on the weekends he went out on the boat, Santana. I remember his look, and him wearing a brown jacket. I remember a lunch at Romanoffs. We didn’t do a lot together. Oh, and I remember going to Catalina Island.”

“You know it all depends on how you measure success,” he said. “I’ve got a job. I’m doing some things. I got three great kids.” Source: www.wptv.com

Leslie Bogart, Stephen Bogart, and Lauren Bacall during Humphrey Bogart Postage Stamp Premiere at Mann Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States.

People Choice Awards 2011 stream

http://www.ustream.tv/peopleschoiceawards