Cruz has a strong Chanel track record. She wore a Chanel blue feather gown to the Oscars in 2008. A few weeks ago, she chose a black-lace Chanel for Spain's Goya Cinema Awards. Our money is on Chanel for Sunday.Kate Winslet Lead actress, "The Reader"
Winslet has come a long way from her pale pink gown and hot pink pashmina shawl at her first Oscars and her emerald green velvet Givenchy by Alexander McQueen for her "Titanic" nomination. But this season, she's done best sticking to classic silhouettes in black. She hit a double wearing YSL black at the Golden Globes and a bright blue Narciso Rodriguez at the SAG Awards. For the BAFTA Orange Awards, she steered a classic course in a Zac Posen black sculpted gown with a low bun. Meryl Streep Lead actress, "Doubt"
For her 2007 Globe nod for "The Devil Wears Prada," she wore a pale pink Carolina Herrera chiffon gown with sleeves. At the 2007 Oscars, she chose a black Prada skirt and belted jacket. Our prediction: something comfortable and classy. With sleeves. Anne Hathaway Lead actress, "Rachel Getting Married"
Hathaway wore a white Loris Azzaro gown to the SAG Awards and a pale Chloe bejeweled romper frock to the Oscar nominee lunch. She's been stunning all season, thanks to stylist Rachel Zoe. On her new fashion icon status, she declined the crown. "I'm not an icon. I just had a good year." Source: theenvelope.latimes.com
A musical video featuring some images and stills of Emile Hirsch in the films "Imaginary Heroes", "The girl next door", "Into the wild", "Alpha dog", etc. Song "Hitting the ground" by Polly Jean Harvey & Gordon Gano.
"My poem 'Pickup Line Protest' shortened for Good Magazine and 247 Townhall's 'If I Were President Series.' Filmed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
So this poem is made pretty much irrelevant by Barack Obama's election. I've pretty much retired it at live shows for that reason, but thought it might be interesting to folks".
"S. Darko takes place in the summer of 1995, seven years after the original film. It follows Donnie Darko’s younger sister, Samantha (Daveigh Chase), who, in the wake of his death, has found herself at age 17 with a broken family, mired in feelings of insignificance. She and her best friend Corey (Evigan) set off on a road trip to Hollywood in a bid to ‘make it big’, but their journey is cut short when their car breaks down unexpectedly, leaving them stranded in a small desert town. When a meteorite happens to crash-land nearby, Samantha is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe’s end and it appears that their breakdown was part of some grander plan. When she finds out she was actually adopted by the Darkos, and that she is in no way related to Donnie, she must face her own demons and, in doing so, save the world and herself". Source: www.ropeofsilicon.com
The Prince of Persia Poster from "Confessions of a Shopaholic".
ET Online video interview with Jake Gyllenhaal, showing quick snippets of action, Jake having some fun and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Interview transcript:
"I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I'd be hopefully able to do anything," a playful Jake tells Thea.
The former 'Brokeback Mountain' star trained for months before the arduous Moroccan desert shoot, and has been training daily to maintain his action-hero physique, gaining five pounds of muscle.
"I guess I've gotten buff," he shrugs. "There's a lot acrobatics in the movie -- a lot of running up walls, and jumping on things and Parkour, so it requires muscularity, but it requires a lot of aerobic ability too."
When filming finally wraps, Jake promises with a smile, "It's going to turn into fat and I'm going to be happy."
'Pirates of the Caribbean' blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer is bringing 'Prince of Persia' to life, based on the hugely popular video game and scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2010. The story finds Jake as Dastan, a young Persian prince who must join forces with the beautiful and feisty princess Tamina (played by 'Quantum of Solace' Bond girl Gemma Arterton) to prevent a villainous nobleman (Ben Kingsley) from possessing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
"I'm running away from family and I'm running away from bad guys and I'm trying to prove my innocence", says Jake, trying to keep the play-by-play plot details a secret. "There's so many extraordinary elements throughout the movie."
Thank you a lot, Lisa, for updating me about our collective Photo Journal project in Hitrecord, I love you, darling! Congrats to you specially for being our "maestro" (that's how Joe called you) masterminder!!
"A collaborative project beginning on July 4, 2007 in V2.
On August 31, 2007, after the first 2 frames were taken in San Francisco, the little blue box began it's death defying journey. 540 days later, it safely returned to San Francisco on December 24, 2008 (via Santa and his sleigh).
The film has been processed. The journal is in the process of being photographed. Copious records to follow soon.
[Weirdos, I'm the #9 Parquebruil is my username in the Hitrecord forum] 1. lisa - San Francisco, California USA 2. dan - Hollywood, California USA 3. teafaerie - Topanga, California USA 4. michellepak - Culver City, California USA 5. Shygirl311 - Burbank, California USA 6. venstus - Ventura, California USA 7. schooladdict - Beecroft NSW Australia 8. Kate - Brunswick East VIC Australia 9. parquebruil - Tarragona Spain 10. english_thorn - Liverpool England 11. justforeverme - Bedfordshire England 12. Suz - Wooster, Ohio USA 13. Jolynne - Virginia Beach, Virginia USA 14. yoursundaydrive - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida USA 15. aenadal - Austin, Texas USA 16. AllegraD - Denton, Texas USA 17. Favorite - Tucson, Arizona USA 18. Ceam - Burnaby, BC Canada 19. kay - Nelson, BC Canada 20. Natalie - Milwaukie, Oregon USA 21. Clay - San Jose, California USA 22. anilla - San Francisco, California USA 23. jeffpeff - Los Angeles, California USA 24. Joe - Los Angeles, California USA
All players please feel free to upload any records of your PJC record making experience (with the exception of any duplicates of the actual record you made for the project)
There is currently a Photo Journal Collaboration 2 in the works.
Sorry, I almost missed your birthday, Joe! Blame it on my throat infection that has given me a bit of fever and the Oscar fever of last days! But I didn't forget to upload my video contribution to your collaboration Birthday project:
"Late last week, Jake Gyllenhaal spent four hours at Fred Leighton, his favorite NYC jewelry shop, and, well, you get a feeling he wasn’t there to get his watch fixed!
Was it a Valentine’s Day buy for Reese Witherspoon, his girlfriend of a year and a half? An early birthday present? (Reese turns 33 on March 22.) Or is he about to get legal with the Legally Blonde star?
“Jake spent most of his time in the room where they keep the rings,” a source tells OK!. “He looked really serious and was taking his time.”
"Not surprisingly, reports hinted at an on-set romance between Pattinson, 22, and Stewart, then 17, during the shoot in the Oregon wilds. Their off-screen chemistry was enough to concern Hardwicke, who revealed she was worried the duo's obvious closeness would mean the end of Stewart's relationship with her boyfriend of five years, actor Mike Angarano.Angarano is a close friend of Hardwicke's since she directed him in 2005's Lords of Dogtown.
Stewart takes a breath and looks at the floor when told of Hardwicke's comment.
"We were fine. I have not left my boyfriend for Robert Pattinson," she says quietly.
"But we went through a lot together. It is crazy to go through something that heavy in real life. At the end of it you are inevitably going to have something.
"I know a version of him better than anybody else in the world because I did this movie with him."
And they will do more. Both have signed contracts to appear in at least two Twilight sequels.
While stardom does not excite Stewart, the idea of being in a film franchise does". Source: www.news.com.au
Kristen Stewart mentions how was to work with Sean Penn and Emile Hirsch in this interview: -What impact did working with Sean Penn on Into the Wild have on you?
-It definitely opened my eyes to a different creative process. His direction is very specific, but still, he lets things happen. He just wants you to go for it. Once he picks his characters, he gives you that confidence. Plus, I really enjoyed working with Emile [Hirsch]. He’s such a good friend of mine. That was like a little section of my life. It was very fruitful. Source: twilightersanonymous.com
"Anne Hathaway is rumored to be helping out Oscars’ host Hugh Jackman with an opening song/dance number at the 2009 Academy Awards - check out the Oscars video clip above for a look at the nominated films.
According to Life & Style, an insider has reported that “Anne [Hathaway] is rehearsing at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood today!”
Look for performances by Beyoncé, Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) and Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia!).
Check out Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman’s opening number at the 81st Academy Awards this Sunday, February 22 at 8 p.m. on ABC". Source: tv.popcrunch.com
"The 81st Annual Academy Awards has been reported to be made merrier with the appearance of Hollywood latest hunk Robert Pattinson. On Monday, February 16, HitFix came out with the confirming news that the "Twilight" star has been appointed to be one of the presenters at the coveted awards show.
The confirmation was outed days after Laurence Mark, a first-time producer of the 2009 Oscars, hinted to E! Online on an appearance by "Twilight" star(s). "I promise you, there will be a presence," the producer stated. "You'll see. I promise there is and on more than one occasion." The Academy have yet to release any statement regarding this report. Meanwhile, it is still unclear whether Pattinson's co-star Kristen Stewart will also be seen on the show. Starting his career as a model, 22-year-old Robert Pattinson hit the jackpot after he stars as Edward Cullen in "Twilight". Before landing the role, he has been seen portraying Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". He will next be seen playing Salvador Dali in the indie drama "Little Ashes" and is expected to join the production of "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon" sometime in March.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards itself will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, February 22. The gala ceremony honoring the best in film for 2008 will be aired live by ABC with Hugh Jackman serving as the show's host. The show will be produced by Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, the men behind the Oscar-winning musical "Dreamgirls". Source: www.aceshowbiz.com
A video featuring some of Emile Hirsch's female partenaires in the films "The dangerous lives of Altar boys", "The girl next door", "Lords of Dogtown", "Alpha Dog" "Into the wild" and "Speed Racer": Jena Malone, Elisha Cuthbert, Nikki Reed , Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Stewart and Christina Ricci. Songs "She's my baby" by Mazzy Star and "Walk and crawl" by Jesus & Mary Chain.
"The author describes the evil vampire Jane – who inflicts pain on blood-suckers by thought alone – as having a face that would make a Botticelli angel look like a gargoyle." And Dakota Fanning is a shoo-in for the part! The Push star tells OK!, "It would be a fantastic experience."
How did Taylor Lautner pack on 25 pounds of muscle to play Quileute tribe member and werewolf Jacob Black? "A diet high in carbs and protein," Mark Beier, personal training manager for Crunch in Chicago, tells OK!. Bella's Boy On Set: Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella Swan, will crush the rumors of romance with Robert Pattinson by keeping four-year-love Michael Angarano close. "Her boyfriend will come to visit her on set," an insider tells OK!.Source: www.okmagazine.com
"She sees Wendy and Lucy principally as a "whole film made of silent moments", adding: "When I made Brokeback Mountain, I really prepared for the scenes that were meaty and had lots of dialogue while little scenes like 'so-and-so drives a car or looks out a window' I just wouldn't prepare for. And on the day, those silent moments were the ones that were the real challenges because it's just room and you've got to fill it."
Williams has long been famous for shunning celebrity culture. She moved to Brooklyn years before it became very cool and says she feels "very detached" from Hollywood.
She has no plans to attend Sunday's Oscars ceremony in LA and says she would never consider living there.
"I wouldn't raise [Matilda] there. For all the obvious reasons – being the daughter of…," she pauses. "Being an actor's daughter. It's a town that's about one thing and I want her to have options." She says she'd like her daughter to be a doctor when she grows up although, right now, if Matilda gets her way, she'll be a cowgirl. Yet Williams has not totally removed herself from showbusiness circles. She is currently romantically linked to the film director Spike Jonze.
"I don't really want to talk about that," she says, when the subject of Jonze comes up.
"In terms of trying to convey how you feel, you can never really say it right." Williams goes to great efforts to phrase things perfectly, pausing before each sentence. "I do worry too much about getting it just right."
Frankly, Williams seems too grounded, too bright, too nice and a little too ruminative to be a happy Hollywood bunny, even before taking into account the extra burden of her recent personal tragedy.
She hopes the solution is to throw herself into films like Wendy and Lucy, films which pay little, and in return, demand little in terms of having to promote them. "I'll be happy making movies for $300,000 for the rest of my life, if the roles are interesting. On that level, there'll always be something to go back to." Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
"Demi Lovato gets up close and personal with TVGuide.com and dishes on her celeb crushes, Sonny With a Chance and cookie dough ice cream. Check out what the 16-year-old had to say:
On her celebrity crush: “I’m gonna pick an easy one and go with Jake Gyllenhaal. Or John Mayer. But he’s more an inspiration than a celebrity crush. I’d rather work with him than date him, because it would be weird — he’s a lot older than me.”
On her guilty pleasures: “Cookie Dough. Cookie Dough ice cream — what I do is I only eat the cookie dough out of the ice cream.”
On a typical day off with friends: “We do like really stupidly normal things. Selena [Gomez] and I are not even that cool [to play the Wii]. We’re such nerds!”
On her music likes and dislikes: “I used to listen to metal when I was in junior high but now I listen to more mellow stuff now. Like John McLaughlin, John Forman and John Mayer.”
Jake Gyllenhall and Global Green USA President Matt Petersen visit Green Service Day at the Global Green USA launch of National Green Schools Initiative at Manual Arts High School on February 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Pictures by Iheartjakemedia.com
"To appreciate the achievements of Penn and "Milk" it helps to review a few key Hollywood movies that encapsulated their eras' prevailing attitudes and prejudices about gay men's identities and lives, focusing on how they depicted their characters' bodies and body language.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) In the Depression era, "gunsel" meant either a hired gun and/or a young, submissive homosexual. Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade sneeringly flings the pejorative at Wilmer (Elisha Cook Jr.), the anxiously buttoned-up young thug working for Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet). Enraged and humiliated by Spade's incessant needling, Wilmer raises his gun and, teary-eyed, tells Spade in a choked voice, "Get up on your feet! I've taken all the riding from you I'm gonna take! Get up and shoot it out!"
Soon after, Spade cold-cocks the poor sap, reducing Wilmer to an all-too-recognizable Hollywood archetype: the gay man as weak-willed and sneaky, the implied consequence of leading a double life.
Cruising (1980) Al Pacino plays an undercover cop stalking a gruesomely savage gay serial killer who dismembers his victims. Employing a familiar pop-Freudian trope, the murderer turns out to be a dissolute Columbia University student (doing his thesis on the American musical theater, no less!) who never made peace with – surprise! – his disapproving father.
The movie tries to emphasize that this leather-clad milieu isn't representative of all gay culture, only one dark sub-strata of it. Yet "Cruising" inevitably reinforced an image of gay life as sordid, sex-obsessed and marginal.
My Own Private Idaho (1991) This warmly funny, nonjudgmental reimagining of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," written and directed by Van Sant, takes place in the Pacific Northwest, where Scott (Keanu Reeves) and Mike (River Phoenix) earn their living as hookers. Key image: In the opening frames, the camera lingers over Mike's face as he receives oral sex from a client, who then tosses two $10 bills on his bare chest. The sequence is as jarring, oddly funny and fearless as a Robert Mapplethorpe nude.
Brokeback Mountain (2005) This movie significantly placed gay/bisexual characters in the American heartland rather than the usual big-city mean streets. The main characters first meet in 1963 as star-crossed bunkmates while herding sheep on horseback. Their decades-long romance is a classic love-that-dare-not-speak-its-name scenario, in keeping with the societal constraints imposed by the story's pre-Sexual Revolution milieu. But although they hailed from wide-open spaces, the terse, vulnerable Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and the glibber, slicker Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) were trapped metaphorically in the celluloid closet. To a degree, the movie's period setting imprisons the characters in the retrograde Hollywood role of tragic, passive victims. Yet the searing integrity of the acting, capped by Ledger's towering performance, along with the visual lyricism and acute sensitivity of Ang Lee's film (Oscars for direction, adapted screenplay and soundtrack) make this a landmark in the history of cinema, gay or straight.Most memorable body language: Ennis slumped to the floor and pounding a wall in frustration after he and Jack go their separate ways.
Milk (2008)
Since the silent film era, we've usually associated great physical acting with the great screen clowns (Chaplin, Keaton). Penn has few, if any, peers among his contemporaries in using every fiber of his being to summon a character. His Harvey Milk occasionally evokes some of Penn's past cinematic portrayals: the tortured muscularity of the grieving father in "Mystic River"; the blustery showmanship of rabble-rousing Willie Stark in "All the King's Men."
In "Milk," Penn conveys Milk's sinewy force of personality, whether crouching solicitously at a lover's feet, exhorting a crowd at a rally or dropping to his knees like a doomed opera diva as Dan White's bullets drain away his life.
"Milk" opens with archival black-and-white footage of gay men in Miami bars cringing and shielding their faces with their hands as they're being rounded up and herded into police paddy wagons. Penn's Milk has no need to hide who he is, and neither, by implication, does the audience. With tough words, a gently amused smile and an athletic gait, Penn's Milk empowers those around him and those watching him on screen".
Penélope Cruz
and her emerald green velvet Givenchy by Alexander McQueen for her "Titanic" nomination. But this season, she's done best sticking to classic silhouettes in black. She hit a double wearing YSL black at the Golden Globes and a bright blue Narciso Rodriguez at the SAG Awards. For the BAFTA Orange Awards, she steered a classic course in a Zac Posen black sculpted gown with a low bun. 
Meryl Streep
Anne Hathaway
