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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Differences between Cera & Eisenberg

"I deemed it necessary to take to the interwebs to finally educate the masses on how to tell the difference between Jesse Eisenberg and Michael Cera:
1. Eisenberg is a native of Queens, NY. Cera is Canadian. It's just a coincidence that their voices sound so similar. It's not a geographic thing.
2. Eisenberg is the one with the curly hair. If you're ever not sure which one is in the movie you're currently watching, taking a quick peek at the top of his head will give you an answer.
4. In Zombieland, Eisenberg plays a nerdy guy who has an unlikely romance with the lovely Emma Stone.Emma Stone with Michael Cera in "Superbad" (2007).

In Superbad, Cera plays a nerdy guy whose equally nerdy best friend has an unlikely romance with the lovely Emma Stone.
5. On Arrested Development, Cera played the awkward but ultimately sweet and surprisingly well-adjusted young son of the insane Bluth family. In The Squid and the Whale, Eisenberg played the awkward but ultimately creepy and damaged son of the insane Berkman family.
6. When The Squid and the Whale hit theaters in 2005, critics called Eisenberg Hollywood's most promising young everyman actor. Two years later, critics forgot that they'd already given this title to someone and re-gifted it to Cera".
Source: www.film.com

Michael Cera as Harold in the short film "Darling Darling" (2005).

"Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale). He was Michael Cera before Michael Cera became Michael Cera. Except after Michael Cera became Michael Cera, Jesse Eisenberg was reduced to a poor man's Michael Cera. Michael Cera must have not been available to shoot Adventureland and so Jesse Eisenberg became the Michael Cera-type producers were looking for. And now with this vast Michael Cera over-exposure, is Jesse Eisenberg reclaiming his original Michael Cera status by starring in Zombieland opposite Emma Stone, a young actress who also starred opposite the actual Michael Cera in Superbad?
Jesse Eisenberg and Amber Heard in "Zombieland" (2009).

I'm on a roll with the questions here, is there a reason why Eisenberg's Adventureland and Zombieland are similarly titled? Is Michael Cera somehow behind all this?

All that matters now is that Michael Cera finally shows us he is more than just Michael Cera in this adaptation of C.D. Payne's novel. How so? By playing a youth who revolts thanks to an Edward Norton/Brad Pitt-type alter ego that does very, very bad things that none of Cera's past characters would ever have the balls to do. (Unlike the two different actors in Fight Club, Cera plays both roles in Revolt.)

Jake Gyllenhaal & Jennifer Aniston in "The Good Girl" - Gag Reel.

Directed by Miguel Arteta (absent from the big screen since 2002's The Good Girl),
the film stars Cera as a virgin (but of course!) named Nick Twisp, who falls hopelessly in love (in typical wimpy Michael Cera fashion, obviously) with a young girl named Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) while on a family vacation at a trailer park".
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Nerdy types who resemble Michael Cera:

Michael Cera
Why you think he’s Michael Cera:
No. 1, he is Michael Cera. Nos. 2 through 4, Michael Cera is physically negligible, a rail-thin angelic man-boy with big, earnest eyes who has probably had the same haircut since 3rd grade; he stammers when he tries to talk to women, or to almost anyone, the mark of a true sensitive high school intellectual (in movies, at least); his default expression is gape-mouthed profound bewilderment, with grace notes of adolescent stupidity and subdued teenage frustration.

Why he’s not Michael Cera: Does not apply.

Paul Dano
Age: 24 Where you’ve seen him: As the son who won’t talk in “Little Miss Sunshine”; as the preacher with pretensions who spars against Daniel Day Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”; soon in “Taking Woodstock.”
Why you think he’s Michael Cera: Thin and pale; his voice breaks when he gets excited; eerily placid.

Why he’s not Michael Cera: Michael Cera has ramrod-straight posture, Dano slouches. Default expression is more purse-mouthed than gape-mouthed; taller than Cera, with a longer neck, a more oval face; seems better predisposed for drama than comedy.

Anton Yelchin
Age: 20 Where you’ve seen him: As Chekov in the new “Star Trek” picture; as teenager Kyle Reese, future father of John Connor, in the coming “Terminator Salvation”; as the kidnapped boy in “Alpha Dog.”
Why you think he’s Michael Cera: Like Michael Cera, if cast in a World War II drama, he could easily play the young soldier who represents the death of innocence; boyish face; severely pale skin; slight in appearance; deer-in-headlight eyes.

Why he’s not Michael Cera: Rarely mugs; his delivery rests more on short bursts of misplaced overconfidence than awkward hesitation.

Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg at Sundance Festival on 25th January 2010.

Age: 25 Where you’ve seen him: As the leading man in “Adventureland”; as Jeff Daniels’ son in “The Squid and the Whale”; soon in the comedy “Zombieland.”
Why you think he’s Michael Cera: Like Michael Cera, his niche is Indie With Poignant Laughs.

And your first reaction is not whether he is an actor but whether he is that guy you’ve never heard of whom you agreed to friend on Facebook.
His skin is translucent; his eyes are wide. His delivery is pure hesitation, followed by a spew of words.

Why he’s not Michael Cera:
More geared toward drama than comedy. His hair is generally curlier. His default expression is less panic than bemusement.
Source: www.popmatters.com

MOTTOLA:
“People always ask me if I thought of Michael Cera before Jesse for the role of James, and the truth is I was a fan of Jesse’s already and he was the first person I thought of. I think Jesse, maybe because he’s a New Yorker and is more neurotic than Michael, he felt more like me. My only hesitation with Jesse was that he’d done Squid and the Whale, and there’s some overlap in the characters, but when I sat down and met with him I thought, ‘Okay, I can live with the comparison,’ because I think that’s a great movie". Source: www.visimag.com

Jake Gyllenhaal, Alicia Silverstone and pet dogs

Jake Gyllenhaal with German Shepherd Atticus on 11th March 2006 in Malibu Beach.

Reese Witherspoon taking Jake Gyllenhaal's German Shepherd Atticus for a jog through her Brentwood neighborhood (while Jake filmed in Morocco 'Prince of Persia') on 10th September, 2008.


Jake Gyllenhaal and his dogs. He has nice dogs... I like Puggles...


"Alicia Silverstone has revealed she became a vegan after deciding she could never eat her pet dogs.The Clueless star said she used to eat meat, but the prospect of tucking into her canines turned her off eating ANY kind of animal.She said: 'I have three dogs. One day I realised if I wouldn't eat my dogs, why eat any animals, any meat? Why's a baby cow different from a dog? 'They have the same joys, same pain.

Alicia Silverstone’s Sexy Veggie PSA
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She said she became a vegan in 1998 after going to an animal rights' meeting.

Alicia, 33, told a US newspaper: 'You can't eat bad food. You must understand which food's good for your body. So I changed my diet. Immediately my weight stabilized, I had more energy, the whites of my eyes grew whiter, nails got strong, skin cleared, medications went down. I healed myself.'

She has since written a book about her experiences called "The Kind Diet".
Source: www.monstersandcritics.com


A musical video dedicated to the beautiful and talented actress Alicia Silverstone. Song "Amazing" by Aerosmith.

Brothers Blu-Ray, Anne Hathaway to announce Oscar nods

Ryan Kavanaugh, Jim Sheridan and Jake Gyllenhaal at "Brothers" Film premiere Cocktail party on 21 November 2009.

"Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced 2009's Brothers starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman (currently filming Marvel's Thor) is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on March 23.The complete disc details are not yet available at this time to share. We can tell you that Brothers on Blu-ray will include a pair of featurettes and a commentary track with director Jim Sheridan". Source: www.thehdroom.com

Adam Shulman & Anne Hathaway at Armani Prive fashion show - Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture on 25th January 2010.

"Anne Hathaway, nominated for an Academy Award for Rachel Getting Married, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak will announced the nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards on Tuesday, February 2. Hathaway and Sherak will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 Oscar categories at 5:30 a.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Anne Hathaway in "Valentine's Day" (2010).

Among Hathaway’s other screen credits are The Devil Wears Prada, opposite Meryl Streep, Bride Wars, Get Smart, Passengers, Becoming Jane, Brokeback Mountain and The Princess Diaries.
She’ll next be seen in Valentine’s Day, followed by the role of the White Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Love and Other Drugs, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal". Source: www.altfg.com

Hitrecord - Ghetto Storyboards complete (prop 8) video



super super super ghetto - just the barest sketch of an idea. Fortunately I'm putting together a crack team (heh heh) who can totally make something way way way better...
Prop 8. Court Trial Animation by Teafaerie in the
Hitrecord page by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Lips: Finger touch & Biting Beauties

"I believe I count 22 different times that Kristen Stewart bites her lower lip in this montage from CollegeHumor... and these are just clips from Adventureland and Twilight(I thought the vampires were supposed to do the biting)! I'm sure you would find another couple dozen if you go back to her work in Panic Room, Zathura and The Messengers". Source: geektyrant.com


Kristen Stewart - Lip Biting Beauty video.

Jake Gyllenhaal Trailer Addict - Brothers Interview.Kristen Stewart playing with her lips/fingers again.Robert Pattinson.James Franco.James Franco biting his lip.Olivia Wilde.Lindsay Lohan.Cherie Currie (The Runaways).Anna Kendrick.Drew Barrymore.Marilyn Monroe.Jennifer Aniston.Lady Gaga.Paz Vega.Rachel Weisz.Zooey Deschanel.Bar Refaeli.Megan Fox.Dita Von Teese.Brittany Murphy.Natalie Portman.Emmanuelle Seigner.Alison Lohman.Scarlett Johansson.Amber Heard.Elisha Cuthbert.Ashley Greene.Maggie Gyllenhaal.