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Sunday, June 21, 2009

What do Hollywood hotties look for in women?

"Jake's exJake's sister:

Am I noting their resemblance as a quiet way of wondering whether Jake is trying to find a woman who looks exactly like his sister, but with whom he can have the sex and the babies without being considered a social freak/outcast whose children have five eyes and no kidneys?" Source: gofugyourself.celebuzz.com

"Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon make a sweet couple, don't you think? It's no wonder he loves her energetic spirit and cute figure. But, according to Hungarian scientists, he might also be attracted to her because she, well, looks like his mom...Maggie, Jake and mom Naomi Foner at ACLU Foundation Torch of Liberty Awards, May 19, 2003, in Beverly Hills, CA.

Jake Gyllenhaal's mom, Naomi Foner, has high cheekbones,
just like Reese Witherspoon. And Hungarian scientists have just found that men are more likely to date women with bone structure similar to their own mothers. (The same is true for us ladies--we're attracted to men with similar bone structure as our dads'.) Source: www.glamour.com

ESQ: "George Michael's behavior around his cousin/love interest is so spastic, so real, that I gotta wonder: Is that acting?Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat in "Staff Infection", Arrested Development, Season 1, Episode 15.

MC: Well, this is where my knowledge of what I'm like around girls comes in handy. I just kind of imagined what it would be like to have a crush on my first cousin. Obviously it's confusing.

ESQ: Your signature move is the nervous laugh. That conveys more confusion than any dialogue could ever hope to.
MC: We're allowed to improvise as much as we want. Plus Alia Shawkat is great -- that's the girl who plays the cousin -- so I can play off her". Source: www.esquire.com

"I haven't been in a relationship in 14 years. I almost wouldn't know where to begin. I've been out of relationships now as long as I was ever in them. You just wake up one day and you're used to being alone. But I'm OK with that. I have my dogs".
"Monogamy? I can't wait. I don't practise it, because I haven't met the one I'd practise it with, but I believe in it absolutely. I'd join that club in a heartbeat" -Mickey Rourke.

"I like women better than men. I do. It's my female side responding. I learnt a lot from my two daughters and my wife Martine; notably, to show my vulnerability rather than get angry. In Holland I used to scream and yell, then I learnt to just tell Martine I was sad about something. I learnt to relax, too, and not to look for the divine in every moment of my life. I had continuous support from her. In fact, Martine made the decision for us to move to the United States. When I rejected RoboCop because I thought it was silly, she read the script and told me she felt I could do something special with it" - Paul Verhoeven.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

"New Moon" trailer available on iTunes and iPod


"The teaser trailer for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” can now be downloaded on iTunes for free by clicking “Movies” and then “Theatrical Trailers”. The trailer will currently be on the front page under “Newest Trailers”. Want “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” trailer for your iPod? It’s free and can be downloaded here! Just click the small link that says “for your iPod”.
Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Jake, Reese and free fries


"$102 shorter but with a free glass of wine in my future, I bounded out of the restaurant and headed toward three (!) hours of ballet. In the lobby, I saw a young woman who looked like Reese Witherspoon holding hands with a guy who looked like Jake Gyllenhaal. The goofy grin of a hotel bellhop bragging about the photo he took confirmed it. They might get free fries and lobster corn dogs, but I doubt free wines from general managers are in their futures".
Source: bocasola.blogspot.com

"2012" trailer video

Roland Emmerich and Jake Gyllenhaal in "The Day After Tomorrow" Premiere, on 31th May, 2004, in Tokyo, Japan.

"Nobody makes a better movie trailer than Roland Emmerich — the man behind “Independence Day”,
“The Day After Tomorrow” and “Godzilla.” And while many might be tempted to insert a joke here about how good or bad those movies actually turned out to be, we’ll hold our tongues and simply say this: “2012″ looks awesome".
Source: moviesblog.mtv.com


Release Date: July 10, 2009
Genre: Action
Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson
Directed: Roland Emmerich
Written by: Roland Emmerich & Harald Kloser
Produced by: Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon & Larry Franco
Executive Producers: Roland Emmerich,
Ute Emmerich,Michael Wimer

Plot:
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

Watch "2012" two video Clips in movies.yahoo.com.

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning: love scene


Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "I Love Rock N Roll".

Kristen Stewart interview confirming Dakota and her as The Runaways.

Kristen, Dakota and Joan at studio.
"Kristen stated to MTV back in March, “I’ve been listening to Jett’s music all the time; I spent New Year’s with her,” she said. “I am just trying to make myself aware of the time period and what she was going through.”She said , “The movie allows her to tell “an incredibly triumphant feminist story, really. She is an incredibly distinct personality, and so many people love and admire her, and so many people know her as just being one of the coolest people ever to live and that, in itself, has been one of the most intimidating things that I have ever had to confront.”“The Runaways” is do to be released sometime in 2010. Source: ontheflix.com

"Kristen Stewart mulleted-up to play Joan Jett and the rest of the band, err, cast complete. Now, all we have to do is wait for the film to come out — oh, and gossip about steamy lesbian sex scenes, of course.
I suppose I shouldn’t get ahead of myself, but the word is already out about a possible on-screen hookup between Stewart and Dakota Fanning, who will play Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie. Life & Style reports:

In one scene, the girls share an intense lip-lock and their clothes end up scattered all over their hotel-room floor."Dakota’s very controlled and poised", observes Kristen. "She’s going to have to lose herself in this, because it’s really pretty heavy."
Jett is working as an executive producer on the film, which appeared to have some lesbian scenes lined up from the start:

In the casting sides for the characters, a teenage Joan is shown making out with a girl, and there is also a scene of lingering sexual tension between her and another girl after a kiss.
I find it impossible to keep up with Stewart’s allegedly wild lovelife (Is she back with her ex [Michael Angarano]? Is Robert begging her to date him — or cheating on her with another woman? I have read all of the above in one day from various tabloids. Sheesh.) I can’t help but wonder what the tabloids will say about her steamy scenes with Fanning". Source: www.afterellen.com

Robert Pattinson kisses Emilie de Ravin

"While shooting a scene for his upcoming movie 'Remember Me,' hunky 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson and costar Emilie de Ravin share a beach-side smooch in New York!"The two are in New York filming the upcoming drama, expected out in February 2010, which follows the lives of two lovers whose relationship is tested as they both experience family tragedies".
Source:www.theinsider.com


Robert and Emilie Kiss On The Beach.


Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin Costar in "Remember Me". Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper have also been added to forthcoming drama Remember Me, says Variety.

The trio will join previously announced star Robert Pattinson in the Summit Entertainment project, helmed by Hollywoodland's Allen Coulter. Lena Olin is also in negotiations to join the ensemble cast.The story revolves around a young man (Pattinson) whose brother takes his own life, leading his parents (Brosnan and Olin) to separate. De Ravin will play a woman who decides to embrace life after watching her mother be killed, while Cooper will star as her father.

Reese Witherspoon, a Pharm Girl / Megan Fox defends pot

"Reese Witherspoon shoots new scenes for her latest movie How Do You Know? on Friday morning (June 19) in Washington D.C.

The 33-year-old actress recently signed on to produce and star in the new drug-dealing comedy Pharm Girl.
Jake Gyllenhaal as drug dealer Pilot in "Highway" (2002).

Her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal also will be starring in Love and Other Drugs, another comedy about drugs. Their dinner table conversation must be full of laughs… and drug discussion!
Source: justjared.buzznet.com

"Megan Fox has defended her comments about making marijuana legal.The Transformers actress, who stars in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen with Shia LaBeouf, caused controversy after her remarks about smoking cannabis in an interview with GQ magazine.“I wouldn’t call it recreational drug use… that makes me sound like I’m going into clubs and using cocaine”, she corrected at a press conference in London, adding: “I talked about the legalization of marijuana, which I think in the United States it should be.”

She added: “If alcohol is legal, I just think marijuana should be, that’s all.”
Source: icydik.com

Proenza Schouler -Chlöe Sevigny cameo

"The Proenza Schouler show is one of New York fashion week’s hottest tickets, and tonight that sense of anticipation goes international, as Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough unveil their Spring ‘10 pre-collection at Pitti W in Florence. For their debut on the world stage, Hernandez and McCollough say they want to “up the ante”—and they’re not kidding. Far from a run-of-the-mill runway show, the event will feature a performance by Kembra Pfahler, in the guise of the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, an installation by sculptor Haim Steinbach, and a video by the soap-spoofing, drag-wearing, stardom-bound performance artist Kalup Linzy (with a cameo by a bewigged Chloë Sevigny)". Source: www.style.com

Revisiting Shakespeare in modern films

Anne Hathaway wearing a black dress designed by Oscar de la Renta at Tony Awards, on 7th June 2009.

"While rehearsing the role of Viola (who pretends to be a dude named Cesario) in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in NYC's Central Park, Anne Hathaway went to great lengths to — how to put this delicately? — pad her performance. ''I'd be lying if I said I hadn't walked around my apartment with a sock shoved down my front'' says Hathaway, 26, of prepping for her gender-bending part. ''I'm definitely new to the sock.''
Hathaway is also new to the Public Theater's annual Shakespeare in the Park series. In Twelfth Night, which runs through July 12, she plays opposite Tony winners Audra McDonald and Julie White, and admits that keeping up with the 17th-century poetry is draining: ''I'm a little brain-dead because of the iambic pentameter. I'm steeped in it.'' But she's no stranger to the stage — she performed at a New Jersey regional theater in her teens — or the Bard. (Odd bit of trivia: Hathaway has the same name as the great writer's wife.) ''Since the first time I did Lady Anne's monologue in Richard III,'' she remembers, noting a Shakespeare-focused acting class she took at age 15, ''I was hooked.''Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway at "Brokeback Mountain" press conference, on 2nd September, 2005 in Venice, Italy.
She's in talks to reteam with Brokeback Mountain costar Jake Gyllenhaal in Love and Other Drugs and is attached to Get Smart 2; the musical biopic Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland; the rom-com The Fiancé and the star-studded film Valentine's Day. ''When I signed, both Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts were on board',' Hathaway says of the last project. ''That was good enough for me!'' Source: www.ew.com

"When we heard Emile Hirsch would play Hamlet in a modern-times Shakespeare remake directed by Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke, flashbacks of teen flicks (most of which involved Julia Stiles) adapting 16th-and-17th-century masterpieces flooded our collective memory.It's difficult to predict how Hardwicke's Hamlet will fare, though it's certainly got an experienced creative team behind it. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen (American Beauty) will produce, while Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia, The Painted Veil) will write the story into the 21st century, setting it at an East Coast liberal arts college where Hamlet's father had been president. Drafting a fresh script already separates this update from those that have juxtaposed original-text readings with modern scenery. "You will understand everything without having a copy of Shakespeare for Dummies with you", Harwicke recently told EW. To some critics, this tactic represents the kiss of death. But perhaps Hirsch, who has proven his acting chops in recent years with Into The Wild and Milk, can help carry the movie through the obstacles that arise in taking on such a literary giant.
The Film: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Inspiration: Romeo and Juliet
The Players: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
The Verdict: Baz Luhrmann's masterpiece created a gorgeous visual and emotional landscape: Trash-laden, bleak-looking beaches, roadways and deserts dovetailed with the ominous gleam of fluorescent crosses and swimming pools. Swift camera angles and careening car chases dictated this visceral version of two star-crossed lovers caught between gunslinging family gangs. DiCaprio, Danes and Co. skillfully delivered Elizabethan verse while subtle details in the modern set design and costuming referenced the original play, smoothly bridging the time gap.
The Film: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
The Inspiration: The Taming of the Shrew
The Players: Julia Stiles, Health Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The Verdict: Shakespeare hit high school in this late-'90s favorite, which deftly translated Katherine's wrath into adolescent angst. It still holds its reign as the fun, classic teen flick that forever gave 10th-grade English students an excuse to watch Heath Ledger in class, but didn't achieve much else in the way of Shakespearian performance. Plus, it really could have done without that corny poetry reading, which would resurface in AIM away messages for years thereafter.
The Film: Hamlet (2000)
The Inspiration: Hamlet
The Players: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Julia Stiles, Bill Murray
The Verdict: Likely the film against which Hardwicke's Hamlet will be judged, this version used its distinct relocation—the kingdom of Denmark as the corporate world in early 21st-century Manhattan—strongly to its advantage. The recently murdered CEO of Denmark Corporation must be avenged by his son, played by Mr. Reality Bites, who frequently sports a knit beanie. This update, like Romeo + Juliet before it, kept the Shakespearian verse (albeit trimmed down), and earned critical acclaim for its slick transition into the cold, high-tech world of big business.
The Film: O (2001)
The Inspiration: Othello
The Players: Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett, Martin Sheen
The Verdict: The Moor of Venice went from military general to basketball MVP (with a standout performance by Phifer) in this version, re-imagining the racially charged tragedy at a vastly white Southern prep school where Hugo (Iago) and Odin (Othello) are coached by Hugo's father. Adding the daddy-doesn't-love-me trope to the plot created a relatable twist, but ultimately detracted from the inscrutable malice of Iago in the original text. Also, Josh Hartnett should probably be barred from delivering lines like: "You should watch your girl, bro."

Source: www.pastemagazine.com

Friday, June 19, 2009

Prince of Persia and Aladdin

"Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Motor sensational, Paris or maybe hell - I'm waiting
Clutches of sad remains
Waits for Aladdin Sane - you'll make it
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Millions weep a fountain,
just in case of sunrise".

"Aladdin Sane" -David Bowie (photo taken by Mick Rock).

"I grew up on Aladdin; I think audiences are ready for an Arabian Nights-style film. I worry a little that Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia will step on the material a bit, but Haddon is a good enough writer to bring a freshness to whatever he chooses. I think, much like with Pirates of the Caribbean, that there's a huge gritty mysticism angle to explore with the source material. Something to wow families and yet intrigue adults. Why not? If you're going to remake something at least go with classic material that's stood the test of centuries".
Source: www.seattlepi.com