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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Amanda Seyfried in "Dear John" LA premiere

"Amanda Seyfried looked stunning at the LA premiere of her new film “Dear John” last night.
Channing Tatum who co-stars in the Nicolas Sparks’ adaptation joined the pretty actress on the red carpet.
Amanda wore a Giorgio Armani Spring 2010 blue silk dress with a plunging neckline, an open back and colour-blocked skirt.
Don’t worry about Amanda having a wardrobe malfunction or having to rely on tit-tape, because the plunge has a nude insert to protect her modesty.
Her look was completed with silver Brian Atwood “Kendall” pumps and a sparkling clutch".

Source: www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com

'Alice in Wonderland' Trailer 5

Tim Burton shooting "Alice in Wonderland" with Mia Wasikowska, January 2010.


Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover

Mia Wasikowska, cover of Teen vogue, March 2010.

Q: Describe the character you play.

Anne Hathaway: I play the White Queen. When I was trying to work her out, I kept saying to myself, ‘She is a punk-rock, vegan pacifist.’ So I listened to a lot of Blondie, I watched a lot of Greta Garbo movies, and I looked at a lot of the artwork of Dan Flavin. Then a little bit of Norma Desmond got thrown in there, too. And she just kind of emerged. And I really like her. When I first came onboard the project, Tim talked a lot about the relationship between the sisters, and that really opened the character up to me a lot. She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen. She really likes the dark side, but she’s so scared of going too far into it that she’s made everything appear very light and happy. But she’s living in that place out of fear that she won’t be able to control herself. There’s a lot to play around in. It was awesome. I had so much fun.

Q: What are you wearing in this movie?
Anne Hathaway: I’m wearing a dress designed by Colleen Atwood. It’s grand and the most fragile dress I’ve ever worn in my life. I love it so much. It’s beautiful. If you ever had a dream of being any kind of fairy princess, this is the dress you would wear. I love the idea that it’s this idealized, fairy-tale Queen, but it is in a Tim Burton movie, so there’s darkness mixed up with it as well.
Anne Hathaway presenting the nominations to Oscars 2010.

Q: What do audiences have to look forward to with this film?
Anne Hathaway: Because the world of this film begins and ends in the imagination of Tim Burton, you’re not seeing a movie that’s been shot on locations that you’ve seen a million times. Because this world has no rules, you’re seeing so many different and separate brushstrokes and colors and characterizations somehow getting combined through Tim. And what I think you’re getting is an absolute exploration of the imagination. I think that’s the essence of the book, and I think that’s the spirit Tim’s brought to the film. Everybody on the film was so clever, so creative, so imaginative-and I think that’s what the film is about-how can we tell a story that honors the imagination in the most imaginative way humanly possible? And that’s such a fantastic idea.
Source: www.collider.com

Johnny Depp’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ has been written around a “completely new” storyline.The 46-year-old actor – who stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska in the upcoming Tim Burton film – has revealed the movie will contain plenty of new twists, plots and visuals and is not solely based on the original story.

“It doesn’t look like any ‘Alice in Wonderland’ that’s ever been before. It’s a completely new story – it’s Alice returning back to Wonderland.”

“We took the combination of this classic story and new technology and pushed it into something like nothing you’ve ever seen before.”
Source: www.imnotobsessed.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal nominated to Oscar for Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Bad Blake and Jean Craddock in "Crazy Heart" (2009).

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Source: www.imdb.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 17th January 2010.

"Because I didn't get any other nominations, I was so surprised," she says. "I was completely shocked and so excited. I love the movie and I feel so proud of it. I'm excited about celebrating it and getting dressed up. I haven't done work I'm more proud of."
Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal at Variety Screening Series 2009: "Crazy Heart".

One of the first calls this morning came from her on-screen love and best actor favorite, Jeff Bridges. "Jeff called me this morning. He was barely even making words. He was kind of singing and moaning. He was so excited. I feel thrilled," says Gyllenhaal.

Her day, thus far, has been all about family.
Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard at "An Education" New York Premiere.

There's a sense of excitement at home, because her husband Peter Sarsgaard's film, An Education, is also up for best picture.Jake Gyllenhaal and his sister Maggie out for lunch on 31st January 2010.

"We woke up at 5:30," says Gyllenhaal. "I've been up forever already. I just got up really early and had coffee with my brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) and my daughter woke up. I haven't had a second to breathe."
Source: content.usatoday.com

Stills of Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore in "Chloe".

Stills of Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore in "Chloe".

Jake Gyllenhaal talks about "Avatar" being Oscar's darling


"Along with "Avatar", prospects in the Oscar's newly expanded best-picture race of 10 films include two other sci-fi smashes, "Star Trek" and "District 9", the World War II hit "Inglourious Basterds" and the animated blockbuster "Up".
Also contending are such critical darlings as the recession tale "Up in the Air", the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker", the Nelson Mandela story "Invictus" and the teen dramas "An Education" and "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire".

Among acting favorites are lead players Sandra Bullock for the football drama "The Blind Side" and Jeff Bridges for the country-music tale "Crazy Heart" and supporting performers Mo'Nique for "Precious" and Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds." All four won Golden Globes for the roles.

Among those who think it might be a good idea:
Christopher Nolan filming "Inception" with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.

"Consider critics. No critic has trouble coming up with a top-10 list", said "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, who earned a screenplay nomination for 2001's "Memento". "When you look at the critics' top-10 lists, they're broad lists, a lot of different types of movies. That works very well for critics, and maybe it'll work for the academy."
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger at British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA's) on 19th February, 2006 in London."I believe in a year where you would have `Up in the Air' and `Precious' alongside `Avatar' and `Up', I think all it does is bring more attention to the smaller films maybe people wouldn't see", said Jake Gyllenhaal, a 2005 Oscar nominee for "Brokeback Mountain". Source: www.washigtonpost.com