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Monday, March 15, 2010

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split

Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Winslet attending the Pre-Golden Globes Party 2005.
Sam Mendes, Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard at "Jarhead" Hollywood Screening.
"Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Sam Mendes, a British law firm said Monday.
The 34-year-old star separated from Mendes at an unspecified point earlier this year, Shillings law firm said. It wasn't clear whether divorce proceedings have begun. The pair have been married since 2003 and have two children.
In a statement e-mailed to journalists, the law firm said the split was "entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement."
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic" (1997).Kate "inslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road" (2008).

"Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children," the statement said.

Kate Winslet receiving her Oscar for "The Reader" at the 81st Annual Academy Awards.

Winslet won the Academy Award for best actress for her dramatic role in "The Reader" in 2009. It was the first Oscar win for Winslet, who had been nominated five other times for her roles in "Titanic," "Sense and Sensibility", "Iris", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Little Children."

Mendes, an acclaimed stage and film director, won the coveted best director Oscar for "American Beauty."
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Eclipse - Real Exclusive Sneak Peek from DVD


The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - Real Exclusive Sneak Peek from DVD. This clip will be available on the Walmart release of ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’.

She & Him Volume 2 Stream

"For such a mild-mannered and ingratiating indie-pop duo, She and Him sure is polarizing. That division is what happens when a ubiquitous singer-songwriter (M. Ward) teams up with a quintuply ubiquitous, egregiously doe-eyed, vaguely quirky film actress (Zooey Deschanel).Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel in "500 Days of Summer" (2009).

It's a recipe for skepticism, before the "play" button has even been pressed.
In songs such as "Home" Deschanel pines for a lover, but she still sounds like she's singing through a smile. As a result, Volume Two — available here for streaming in its entirety until its release on March 23 — isn't exactly dragging listeners through a complex emotional hellride.
It's more confection than confessional, but it's a kind-natured one; the audio equivalent of a spring breeze that wafts in at a perfect time."

Listen to She & Him Volume 2

Stream of She & Him songs

Joan Jett impressed by Kristen Stewart's performance

Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett on the set of "The Runaways".

-Hi Joan. So how did you feel the first time you saw the film and saw someone else playing you?
-I'm not so sure I can actually describe it. I was on set every day, watching a monitor, so it wasn't as shocking to me as if I had never seen it. But I was watching Kristen [Stewart, who plays Jett] be me everyday. I was hanging out with her and was around her as she was in character, so I don't think it was such a jolt when I finally saw it, because I was a little bit prepared. I was very impressed. She embodied me as much as possible.
-What kind of direction did you give Kristen?
Kristen Stewart in "Dazed & Confused" magazine, photoshoot by David Sherry.

-When you're you, it's kind of hard to direct someone how to be you. She had her own methods. I could tell that she was really watching me, really listening to me.Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Joan Jett at 'The Runaways' Los Angeles Premiere Afterparty - March 11 2010.

As far as direction, I just wanted her to feel free enough and close enough to me that she could ask me whatever she wanted. We did talk a lot and she would have various questions whether it was about an accent or about something The Runaways went through. I thought we were a lot a like, energetically and the way she is. And I thought there was a lot she did just naturally.
So I told her, 'Listen, just relax into it and be assured that if there is something that is way off base, I'm going to come to you and mention it, but I want you to relax and follow your instincts. And whatever you think I might do, or whatever you would do, just do it.' She needed to be able to relax and not think I was judging her on every movement. And I wasn't. I just tried to stay out of the way, really".
Source: blog.urbanoutfitters.com


Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning talk to host Andrew Freund about "The Runaways."


The Queen of Rock n' roll Joan Jett From "Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth" Cherry Bomb.


"With "Twilight" star Stewart portraying Jett in "The Runaways" movie, the upcoming comic promises to offer yet another take on the popular singer's life and career.

"Rock 'N' Roll Comics: Joan Jett and the Runaways" will hit shelves in June 2010 and is written by Spike Steffenhagen and Jay Allen Sanford, with interior art by Joe Paradise and Larry Nadolsky, and a cover by Michal Szyksznian that you can get your first look at here.
Rock 'N' Roll Comics: Joan Jett and the Runaways
32 pages $3.99
Writer: Spike Steffenhagen, Jay Allen Sanford
Pencils: Joe Paradise, Larry Nadolsky
Cover Artist(s): Michal Szyksznian

"Rock 'N' Roll Comics, Joan Jett” She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll". This one shot tells about her life from when she was in the “Runaways” to when she broke off to her iconic solo career".
Source: splashpage.mtv.com

"Holy Rollers" director Kevin Asch videos


Roundtable Discussion: Music and Film, The Creative Process
KEVIN ASCH ( Director "Holy Rollers")


Al Pacino inspired short film directed by Kevin Asch; starring Danny A., Sara Foster, Lukas Haas, Tatiana Fontes; written by Kevin Asch & Michael Knowles.


Meet the Artists: Kevin Asch on "Holy Rollers" Sundance Film Festival 2010

"Remember Me" director Allen Coulter and Will Fetters screenwriter video


"Remember Me" director Allen Coulter and Will Fetters screenwriter talks about the film:

How difficult is it for them to talk about the movie without revealing too much
How did the film change as it was getting made
What can fans expect on the DVD - Allen Coulter talks about how the studio wanted a scene back in that he originally cut out
They talk about the commentaries that will be on the DVD
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Remember Me Tyler gets pissed at his Dad (Robert Pattinson


Remember Me - Tyler gets pissed at his Dad (Robert Pattinson)

Taylor Lautner Is Flying High In "New Moon"


Taylor Lautner shows off his mad skills in this behind the scenes look at his “New Moon” stunt sequence. Coming to DVD March 20.

Anne Hathaway in "InStyle" magazine photoshoot

Anne Hathaway in "InStyle" magazine photoshoot, March 2010.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Kristen Stewart not only good friends with Pattinson


Dakota told ET about her feelings toward Kristen, saying, "She's definitely become one of my best friends and she's an amazing girl." The kind words circulated at Thursday night's Los Angeles premiere of 'The Runaways.' Cherie revealed that "my knees buckled" upon finding out Dakota would be portraying her in the film.

Kristen hoped she played an accurate account of Joan and was mentored by the rocker throughout the process. "There's only so much that you can get from photos and footage online, just stuff that you can dig up. To really capture someone's essence, it's nothing that you can ever claim," she said modestly. "Joan is literally fire and she's one of the most dynamic people that I've ever met...I could sort of hide behind her and play a rock star."


KStew endorses pics for her fans before leaving Archlight to Rock The Runaways After Party.

Kristen Stewart at "The Runaways" Press Conference.

Dakota Fanning at the premiere of "The Runaways"
on 11th March 2010.


-In The Runaways you kissed Dakota Fanning.

-“A natural and impulsive kiss, not a romantic one. In this movie I had to do more difficult things, like singing and playing. I played a woman which plays hard with a leather jacket like a man, but she is shy and vulnerable inside. The moment of the kiss was almost unobserved.”

-How was it, compared with kissing Robert Pattinson?

-“What have I to say? Rob has a bigger mouth,”
Kristen Stewart at 2010 Academy Awards (07.03.10)

-On Sunday, you were one of the presenter at the Oscars. Were you nervous?

-“A lot, but all calm down when I was on stage.”

-Let’s speak about Eclipse, the third movies of Twilight Saga…

-“I can’t wait to see the entire movie. In Eclipse, Bella practises learned lessons and she realizes there are different kind of love: if you give pain to people around you, you have to face this.”
Robert Pattinson on the cover of "Galaxie" magazine.

-Last question: do you want to clarify your relationship with Pattinson?

-“No. I can only say that with Twilight we all have become very close and what has been told about us end to debase our relationships.”

-So are you saying that you are only good friends?

“No, this is not what I have said”.

Original article in Italian:
Source: www.lastampa.it

The Twilight Saga Eclipse Official Full Trailer


The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Full Trailer is finally online!
As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella (Kristen Stewart), whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and her friendship with werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner).

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE opens on June 30, 2010.

Robert Pattinson and the 'Most Stupid Thing' He Did For 'Remember Me'

Emilie de Ravin and Robert Pattinson as Ally Craig and Tyler Hawkins in "Remember Me" (2010).

-Ally Craig: I... I don't date sociology majors.
-Tyler: Lucky for I'm... I'm undecided.
-Ally Craig: About what?
-Tyler: Everything.



MTV: Your character Tyler has some issues with anger, being tormented and especially his parents. Do you have any kind of new insight into why teenagers rebel like this?

Robert Pattinson: I knew a lot of teens who were troubled, and then you meet their families and you're like, "I don't know what his problem is." The families always seem really nice and supportive, and it's just this unknown. You have this energy, and you don't know where to place it. I think the reason why [Tyler] has a problem with his father and not his mother is that he knows his mother isn't strong enough to take it. If he started attacking her, she'd just break. His father is still a fighter, so he's always going to fight against him.
MTV: The movie seems very realistic in its depiction of NYU students — how much did shooting in New York with real locations help?

Pattinson: I always thought about the apartment. If this is just a typical NYU student's apartment — living in the East Village in this really nice apartment — I always thought that was a bit much. It's like a million-dollar apartment! It did help.
Robert Pattinson opposite Chris Cooper in "Remember Me".

MTV: Was it daunting doing those scenes with Oscar winner Chris Cooper?

Pattinson: Yeah. I don't know how I'd feel if I had any fighting back to do. I just continually get beaten up by him. [Laughs.] It's hard, especially being strangled. It's difficult to look like what's actually happening. You're doing it [for the camera] as well, so it's like you're being strangled but nothing really happens. You're just standing there, experimenting with myself. I don't really know what the face is like for someone getting strangled.

MTV: Were you hurt in that particular scene? Because it's very convincing.

Pattinson: No, not at all. But I did hurt myself in a scene they cut out, where I flipped out. [In the scene] I walked into a big confrontation and ended up getting completely destroyed by your competitor. I was doing this thing, hitting myself afterwards in a spur-of-the-moment thing, which they cut out of the movie. But I kept hitting myself so hard. I was in so much pain for the rest of the shoot. It was the most stupid thing I've ever done.
Source: www.mtv.com

Happy 25th birthday, Emile Hirsch!

Emile Hirsch at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards
on 5th March 2010.


"Emile Hirsch is best known for playing the foolhardy, adventure-seeking Christopher McCandless in the Sean Penn-directed film Into the Wild. This fact was not lost on Hirsch as he ascended Mount Kilimanjaro in January, realizing his outdoorsy cred could take a serious beating if he failed to reach the mountain's summit. Especially if Jessica Biel, Isabel Lucas, and Lupe Fiasco, who joined him on the climb, beat him to the top.
Hirsch and company climbed the 19,341-foot Tanzanian peak as part of Summit on the Summit, an effort spearheaded by Grammy-nominated recording artist Kenna to raise awareness about the billion people who don't have access to clean drinking water. A documentary following the climb airs on MTV this Sunday.
Emile Hirsch, Jessica Biel and Kenna.
Isabel Lucas.

Emile Hirsch: Yeah. The way I got involved is that I was friends with Isabel Lucas, and I called her when she was working on a movie in Michigan. She told me all about this climb. I said, "Wow, that sounds amazing." Isabel's very sweet: she didn't make climbing Kilimanjaro sound very scary or hard. And I didn't actually know that much about Kilimanjaro up to that point. So it sounded like this almost glorified hippie hike. It could have been a hill to me for all I knew at that exact moment.

Kristen Stewart and Emile Hirsch in "Into the Wild" (2007).

-Are you ready for my obligatory Into the Wild tie-in question? It's hard to ignore that you were in that movie and then went on a real-life expedition...

-I know. It's kind of fun in that it added to the pressure to get to the top.
-Did you have any Into the Wild moments? Wanting solitary time away from the group?

-There definitely were certain moments of that, but they were very few and far between. It would be while I'm walking to the outhouse at night that I'd have my moment of solitude. We weren't really trekking off on our own.
-Is Hamlet your next project? Is that still happening?

-I don't think so right now, no. We kind of hit a little road bump. It's hard to get people to shell out the dough for the Bard. It's unfortunate, but true.

-Do you turn down a lot of roles? Are you particular about what you choose?

-I mean, I guess I am to a certain extent. I don't know. That's a weird thing. I can't say that I'm just sitting around not doing movies. I'm definitely not doing that. I don't think I've been remotely involved even in reading scripts that have gotten made in the last year and a half. I'm not king of the mountain, sitting around passing on it all. Far, far from it. I think the only things that are getting made in the last two years that I've really read were things that ended up happening, but I wasn't really ultimately considered for, anyway".
Source: www.vanityfair.com