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Friday, July 10, 2009

Top 20 Hottest Young Actresses

"Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old).
Robert Pattinson and Kat Dennings at 12th Hollywood Film Festival's Awards Gala, on 27th October 2008.

#19 - Kat Dennings - She started in television - making appearances in shows like CSI, ER and Sex and the City. But it was in Charlie Bartlett that she really made such a good impression. As Susan, she plays the love interest of Anton Yelchin, who is playing the title role. Kendra @Jake Weird posted a review of the film, and was quite specific on Denning's role, exactly what I remember! "A pretty drama student, Susan Gardner (Kat Dennings), mistakes Charlie for a teacher when she sees him wearing a tie, and she is immediately attracted by his quirky manners, offhand remarks, and his skills in improvising theatre comedy. She is the daughter of the school's principal Nathan Gardner (Robert Downey Jr.), with whom she has a difficult relationship. Maybe this unsatisfactory family bond is one of the reasons for the mutual attraction between Susan and Charlie". I have to agree. That scene alone was enough for me to remember Dennings, and it's just a supporting role. In her more high-profile movie, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Dennings plays Norah opposite Michael Cera who plays Nick.

Amanda Seyfried at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards, Berkeley Square Gardens in London, England, on 2nd June 2009.

# 17 - Amanda Seyfried - Moviegoers may regard Amanda Seyfriedas simply an "American actress", but Seyfried was formerly a successful child model too.She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog and in the television shows Veronica Mars, Big Love, and House.But Seyfried is not simply into supporting roles, no matter the acclaim. This year and the next are going to be Ms. Seyfried's years as she is regarded as one of the young actresses to dominate the movie scene.
Here's the breakdown why that seems to be the case: At the moment it looks like her chances of being taken more seriously are steadily increasing. She is currently filming Jennifer's Body - a movie scripted by Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning stripper-turned-screenwriter who wrote this year's surprise Academy darling, Juno. ‘Diablo's a great girl', says Amanda, ‘not wild at all but very ambitious'. She was telling me about the way people treated her when she worked in strip clubs and we even went to one together here in Toronto. After that I never want to step into one of those clubs again.'

She has also completed work on the movie Boogie Woogie, shot in London with Joanna Lumley, Alan Cumming and Stellan Skarsgård
- one of her potential Mamma Mia! fathers, this time playing her lover (‘but that was cool because he's very sexy').

# 15 - (Tie) - Emma Watson and Kristen Stewart
I am inclined to consider the stylish, fashionable and charming Miss Emma Watson simply as one of cinema's most refreshing and exciting young actresses, while the intense and highly-dedicated Kristen Stewart as the next most important Hollywood leading lady.

Kristen Stewart - She'll be Isabella Swan to all Twilight fans and will always be Edward Cullen's most beloved. But she has played a number of movie roles worth mentioning, among them as the unassuming Tracy Tatro, a country girl who fell in love with Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild, as the troubled and lonely teenager Martine in The Yellow Handerchief, and as Sam, the older and tomboyish daughter of Patricia Clarkson in The Safety of Objects, her debut film.She also portrayed the young Melina Sordino, ostracized by her schoolmates, alienated by both her mother and father, and is a rape victim who decided not to utter a word in the official Sundance selection, Speak. Of course, let us not forget her role as Jodie Foster's diabetic daughter Sarah in David Fincher's psychological thriller, Panic Room. It was in this hot-wired thriller that Kristen first received critical acclaim. Her latest as the alluringly sharp-tongued arcade girl, Em Lewin (opposite the talented Jesse Eisenberg) in Adventureland, is one of the first indication of her getting cast in more matured roles. Perhaps her next high-profile role - which maybe her most challenging yet - is playing the legendary Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways, a coming-of-age biopic about '70s teenage band The Runaways.
Emma Watson at the US premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince".Emma Watson - Born in France but very definitely known as a young British actress, Emma Watson has become an attractive, stylish and versatile talent. AskMen wrote an awesome profile of Emma, and below happens to be my favorite part:
Some actors never experience commercial success, and then there’s Emma Watson.
The Oxford schoolgirl made her acting debut in 2001 in an intimate little film called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Based on the best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling, the blockbuster film went on to make $975 million worldwide en route to becoming one of the most lucrative movies of all time. "The biggest ego boost of my life", is how Emma Watson described her recent Burberry campaign shoot with Mario Testino - and now we can have an exclusive peek at just what that incredible day was like for the young actress."Emma is part of the Burberry family, we've worked with her on lots of different things", Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey revealed whilst on location in Westminster with Watson and Testino. "She is one of the great new British icons."
Michelle Williams with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal at Toronto Film Festival, "Brokeback Mountain" After-Party, September 10, 2005.

# 12 - Michelle Williams - Nobody can deny that Michelle Williams is one fine young actress. In fact, Ms. Williams maybe regarded as one of today's most sought-after actress. After her impressive portrayal of Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek, she made the succesful transition into the big screen via a list of notable films.Her first starring role was as Arlene in the film Dick, a satire of the Watergate scandal, opposite Kirsten Dunst. She starred opposite Christina Ricci in Prozac Nation, and also appeared in the HBO film If These Walls Could Talk 2, and several acclaimed indie pictures such as The United States of Leland, Me Without You, and Imaginary Heroes. For her performance in The Station Agent, Williams, along with the rest of the cast, received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination for Best Acting Ensemble. In 2005, critics and audiences took note of Williams' performance in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. For her performance, she won a Critic's Choice Award and received Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.In 2006 she appeared in The Hawk Is Dying with Paul Giamatti. In 2007, she was in The Hottest State opposite Ethan Hawke; and in the Todd Haynes directed I'm Not There with Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Julianne Moore. In 2008, she starred with Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman in the Marcel Langenegger directed film Deception.Williams has been noted to "repeatedly taken chances on under-the-radar indies", such as The Station Agent and The Hawk Is Dying, "while catching the attention of auteurs like Wim Wenders (Land of Plenty), Todd Haynes (I'm Not There); and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (based on the novel it adapts, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane) - that will also star Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo.

Along with the Scorsese film, she shot four other films in succession.
Independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy was shown on September 27 and 28, 2008 at the New York Film Festival and opened on December 10, 2008. Williams appears "in every scene as a young woman living hand to mouth on the road when her car breaks down and her dog goes missing in a blue-collar Oregon town. She is one of a "vivid ensemble cast orbiting around Philip Seymour Hoffman's harried theater director" in Synecdoche, New York, the first film directed by Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation.Two other films include director Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth with Gael García Bernal; and Incendiary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Williams recently said that she is "going to take a year off" as she "stopped feeling creative a little while ago, and ... [is] just realizing it now," and is also "feeling the strain of being a working single mom" and, the untimely death of her husband, Heath Ledger.
Williams can be seen in the upcoming romance film Blue Valentine with Ryan Gosling; the film is currently in pre-production and has a release date of 2010".

Source: www.themovie-fanatic.com,

Reese smiling in Beverly Hills

Reese Witherspoon, out in Beverly Hills, on 7th July.

"The funny blonde was again spotted in Beverly Hills in yet another adorable dress. So adorable! Plus she's still smiling. Hmm, wonder why Reese is in such a good mood... maybe Jake FINALLY proposed". Source: x17online.com

Prince of Persia not a Videogame Movie

"Despite Newell's protestation, the script, by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner and Day After Tomorrow screenwriter Jeffrey Nachmanoff, is based on the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time entry in the long-running game franchise. To give himself background on the game and ensure that "key details" are accurate, Newell has an assistant playing the games."There's so much that will happen with that story because it's 1300 years ago," he continued. "This girl who was actually a kind of priest ... I'm sorry, I've been on it five days. I'm full of fucking ideas. It'll be terrific."

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney, and is scheduled for a summer 2009 release".
Source: www.escapistmagazine.com

"Taking Woodstock" screening in New York

"Take the trip this summer to Main Street, Chatham on Thursday, July 30th for a benefit screening of Taking Woodstock. The Chatham Film Club and Focus Features are pleased to announce the special screening of the locally filmed Taking Woodstock at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham, New York.
Directed by Academy Award winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) with a screenplay adaptation by Ghent resident and Academy Award nominee James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain; The Ice Storm), Taking Woodstock was filmed in and around northern Columbia County in August through October of 2008. A Focus Features release opening in August 2009, Taking Woodstock stars Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Imelda Staunton,Emile Hirsch, and Liev Schreiber.Taking Woodstock will be shown twice, at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM, at the historic Crandell Theatre. Tickets for this exciting event are $25 and will go on sale on Monday, June 22nd. Admission to the party is separately priced at $50 or $150 for reserved seating. Tickets to both the movie and the party can be purchased by mail, via the internet and in person with cash or check at retail locations: the Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, Angel's Trumpet Flowers in New Lebanon, Hudson Wine Merchants in Hudson, and Passiflora in Hillsdale.

The Chatham Film Club and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York are 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporations".
Source: www.thechathamfilmclub.com

A new Superman?

"A New Superman? Consider the Possibilities:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: For your consideration, an actor who has been working since he was a child, but is just now getting wide recognition. Getting his major break on the TV series Third Rock From the Sun, he’s set to star as Cobra Commander in the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. With a fresh face, strong profile and a frame that muscle could be packed onto for the Superman parts of filming, Levitt has a great canvas on which to paint the persona of DC’s flagship hero. Emile Hirsch: Another budding young star, Hirsch is no stranger to work with special effects and the world of comics and animation. Starring in 2008’s Speed Racer, Hirsch has some experience in an action film, and has also proven his dramatic ability in films such as Milk and Into the Wild. He lost quite a bit of weight for his role in Wild, proving that he’s able to mold and change his body for a role. With lots of critical acclaim for his performances in those two noted films, Hirsch would add credible acting talent to a reboot.Ryan Gosling: Not a typical Hollywood actor, Gosling has made a name, and a solid critical reputation, playing quirky and unique characters in films such as Lars and the Real Girl and Half Nelson. Choosing Gosling could add some “new branding” on the classic hero. Warner Bros.’ risk with a different direction would certainly stoke interest from those who have seen every film in the Superman series as well as those who are curious. Gosling is also approaching thirty, and using an actor who has a few years on someone such as Routh would also be part of a new approach.Jake Gyllenhaal: Someone who certainly is no stranger to the silver screen, Gyllenhaal would add a huge boost in star power and name recognition to a Superman project. Gyllenhaal wouldn’t need much work to be physically ready for the film; consider his work in the film Jarhead, and he can certainly handle a demanding role, physically or emotionally, as seen in both The Day After Tomorrow and Brokeback Mountain. Imagine the buildup and anticipation with an actor of Gyllenhaal’s stature attached to a project with this much behind it!
James Marsden: A little old, at thirty-six, to play the boy in blue? Maybe. But audiences, especially comic book audiences, already know his work as Cyclops in the X-Men franchise as well as his appearance in Superman Returns! Would it be interesting to cast someone who already made an appearance in the film series before as a different character? Maybe so, but an angle exploring a little bit older superman could prove interesting as a reboot or continuation of the storyline from the last film. Marsden could certainly pull it off!
So who else should be on this list? Are there other actors, perhaps on TV, with small parts in films, or at your local playhouse who should wear the cape and symbolic S? If so, let us, and more importantly Warner Bros., know! Should they quickly resign Brandon Routh? "
Source: comicbook.com

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Robert Pattinson -Us Weekly photoshoot

"The next trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon will, as rumored for several weeks now, appear exclusive in front of Bandslam which releases on August 14. The news is confirmed by Summit Entertainment via twilightersanonymous.com.

"The first New Moon trailer with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner set online records to the tune of 10.6 million downloads after its first week of availability. This trailer has a chance of beating that record, along with Iron Man 2's teaser and the first James Cameron's Avatar trailer". Source: www.thehdroom.com

Jokes from Beautiful Women

Anne Hathaway (with Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain")"This woman walks into a bar, and she has the hairiest armpits in the history of armpits. She sits down, raises her arm, and says, "Bartender, I would like a drink." There's an old drunk sitting next to her. Slurring, he says, "Barkeep, I would like to buy the ballerina a drink." She accepts, drinks it, raises her arm again to get the bartender's attention, and orders another. The old man says, "Barkeep, you just keep giving the ballerina anything she wants." Finally, the bartender goes over to the drunk and says, "Sir, that's nice of you, but how do you know she's a ballerina?" The old man answers, "Son, you don't get to be my age without learning that only ballerinas can lift their legs that high."Gretchen Mol (with Matt Damon in "Rounders")"Why should you never tell a joke while ice fishing? Because the ice will crack up".Elisha Cuthbert (with Emile Hirsch in "The girl next door")"There's a bear and a rabbit in the woods. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, "Do you have a problem with shit sticking to your fur?" And the rabbit goes, "No." So the bear wipes his ass with the rabbit".Amber Heard (with Seth Rogen in "Pineapple Express")"Two drivers climb out of their cars after colliding at an intersection. One pulls a flask from his pocket and says, "Here, have a nip of whiskey to calm your nerves."
"Thanks," says the other driver, taking a swig. "Here, you have one, too." "Nah, I'd rather not — the police will be here soon."
Olivia Wilde (with Emile Hirsch in "Alpha Dog")"One night, on a camping trip, Sherlock Holmes wakes up Watson and says, "Look at the stars. What do you deduce?" Watson thinks for a minute and says, "Well, I see millions of stars, many of which resemble our sun, which most likely have their own planets, which most likely have life-forms like us, so I deduce that there is life on other planets." And Sherlock says, "No, you idiot, someone's stolen our tent."Diane Kruger (with Quentin Tarantino)"A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied smile on his face. The egg is frowning and looking frustrated. The egg says, "Guess we answered that question."
Source: www.esquire.com