Last week, we showed you photos of Kendall Jenner dressed as a seductive shark for the annual Love magazine advent calendar. As the advent countdown begins today (Happy Yet Another Unofficial Start to the Holiday Season!), Kendall has given us an early Christmas present in the form of a seriously random video involving nudity and hammerhead sharks. Okay, it's not a real shark; it's just Kendall rocking an assless shark costume and creeping on herself in the shower. Like we said, it's pretty random, but that's exactly what we've come to expect from the Love's increasingly freaky advent calendars. You may remember, that last year gave us such memorable sights as Kendall being spanked by Santa and Kris Jenner getting kinky with a candy cane . Of course, those videos were at least holiday themed. We guess they're going with more of a “David Lynch fever dream” motif this year. Anything that involves nude Kendall and a member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan actually displaying a sense of humor is fine by us. Anyway, enjoy the sight of shark Kendall perving on naked Kendall. If you can figure out what the hell it might possibly have to do with Christmas, feel free to let us know in the comments.
The stars of the cult TV series “Twin Peaks” have begun an online campaign to rehire showrunner David Lynch, who recently walked away from the Showtime revival.
It’s one of the most famous, and most controversial, nude scenes of all time, and 28 years after the film was released, Isabella Rossellini is still talking about her fully nude scene from David Lynch ‘s Blue Velvet ! Hit the jump for more info…
Though she’s mainly known as a trash-talking tabloid queen these days, LeAnn Rimes is still making a go at a music career. How do we know? Well, she occasionally talked about it on her low-rated reality show, LeAnn & Eddie . Oh, and sometimes LeAnn ruins other people’s concerts to put bring more attention to her own music. Sadly, there’s one more clue that LeAnn is mounting a comeback, but it’s likely to give you nightmares. Don’t say we didn’t warn you: LeAnn Rimes: Christmas Terror! Hey, it’s October after all, which means ’tis the season for…terrifying telepathic elves? Seriously, why don’t the elves mouths move when they talk? And how does this weird, David Lynch nightmare of a short film help promote a freakin’ Christmas tour?! Of course, the scariest part comes right at the end when you think there’s gonna be a cameo from Eddie Cibrian, but nope! Just more terrifying elves! Yes, even LeAnn won’t give Eddie an acting job. Seriously though, are we expected to believe that LeAnn really has these kinds of nightmares? We all know what really keeps her up nights is the fear that Brandi Glanville might kill her . It’s probably a good thing that LeAnn & Eddie got canceled, because if Mrs. Rimes-Cibrian kept talking trash about Brandi, that’s one dream that would have become a reality. LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Pics: Happy Home-Wreckers 1. LeAnn Rimes With Eddie Cibrian Photo LeAnn Rimes with Eddie Cibrian. They got married more than two years ago now.
Park Chan-wook’s reverence for Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch shines through in his English-language debut, Stoker . It’s a tightly wound thriller with psychosexual undertones and shocking — yet artful — violence in which, it seems, no detail is accidental and the details, both visual and auditory, add up to a lavish cinematic experience. Stoker chronicles the macabre coming of age of 18-year-old India ( Mia Wasikowska ) when her father is killed on her 18th birthday and her handsome but creepy Uncle Charlie ( Matthew Goode ) comes to stay with her and her emotionally remote mother Evie ( Nicole Kidman ). On the eve of the film ‘ s March 1 U.S. opening, I spoke to Park about his vision for the film, the alterations he made to Wentworth Miller’s white-knuckle script and the film’s connection to his 2009 vampire movie Thirst, even though, despite its title, Stoker has nothing to do with the undead or the supernatural. The soft-spoken filmmaker also told me why he doesn’t want to see Spike Lee’s take on Oldboy until it’s released weighed in on the movie violence debate that erupted in the wake of the Newtown shootings. But wait, that’s not all! Preceding the interview is an exclusive featurette, courtesy of Fox Searchlight, in which Park and his cast discuss the movie. Enjoy. Click here to view the embedded video. Movieline: This is your first English-language film, and it’s set in America. I’d love to know if you wanted make any kind of a statement about American culture in Stoker . Park: Although Wentworth was obviously influenced by Shadow of a Doubt , the first American film that Hitchcock made, it’s not a commentary on American society at all. What attracted me to the script was that the story deals with the very universal idea of this family relationship. It doesn’t matter what country you’re from, you’ll be able to relate to and enjoy this film. You have said that Hitchcock — and David Lynch as well — influenced you, but the character of India’s mother, Evelyn, would be at home in a Tennessee Williams play. Was that intentional? Actually, the intention was to not evoke Tennessee Williams because the script ran the risk of being so under that influence. Of course, I am a fan of Tennessee Williams, but it’s not where I wanted to go, though I don’t want to blame Wentworth for everything. [Smiles] Lady Vengeance and, to a degree, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance had to do with family and revenge. I feel like these themes connect your earlier work to Stoker . Would you agree? It would depend on who’s doing the interpreting. Take the vengeance theme, for example. Some people might say that this film has nothing to do with the idea of vengeance. But if you want to interpret it as a story about vengeance, you can. It lends itself to that interpretation just as well as any other. Well, without spoiling the movie, there is at least one of act of vengeance committed — more, depending on your interpretation. It’s certainly not the only theme, but it’s definitely there. You’re absolutely right. It is an entirely possible interpretation. And there you have the link to the Vengeance trilogy. But I would say that Stoker lends itself just as well to vampiric aspects and is more closely linked to Thirst . But I also wanted to focus on the coming-of-age story of a young girl, and in that sense, it’s closer to I’m A Cyborg But That’s OK. Evie’s coldness and cruelty toward India is quite memorable. Is that straight from Miller’s script or did you expand upon that in the storytelling? I actually weakened it. Take the example of Evie’s big monologue. She’s cursing her daughter — it’s a very, very cruel thing. But in the original script, the monologue ended with Evie telling India: “I can’t wait to see life tear you apart.” I wanted to add a deeper layer to Evie’s character. I wanted her to be surprised at herself for having said such a cruel thing to her own daughter. So, I worked with Nicole to add more action and dialogue. The result is that after Evie realizes the harshness of what she has just said, she tells India: “Who are you? Aren’t you supposed to love me?” And this is where we see that, underneath all of the vitriol, she’s a mother yearning for her own daughter to love her. And in that we find a very relatable and ordinary maternal figure. Have you gotten a chance to see any of Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy ? I haven’t. I don’t have any detailed information about it, and I don’t want to find out any more than I already know. When the film comes out, I want to be surprised and stunned by the great filmmaker that Spike Lee is. The violence in your film is shocking, but it’s also integral to the story. I’d love to know your opinion of the debate here over cinema violence and whether it influences actual violence. I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That’s oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not see a violent film? Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
I’m glad Philip Seymour Hoffman is in voiceover — and not in his underwear — when he declares “Man is not an animal” at the beginning of the final theatrical trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson ‘s highly anticipated film, The Master . Otherwise, the line — which is accompanied by a scene of Phoenix rhythmically pounding his fists on a table — would recall a little too closely the scene from David Lynch’s classic 1980 film The Elephant Man in which the tormented titled character, played by John Hurt, wails “I am not an animal…I am a human being!” (Actually, I’m conflating here. Hurt isn’t in his underwear in that scene, but Bradley Cooper did play the character, as directed, in his skivvies in Williamstown, Mass. just a few weeks back.) Phoenix, who acts out with his fists more than once in the trailer — and with a pistol — plays a Navy veteran who falls in with the charismatic leader of The Cause (Hoffman), a quasi-religious movement with parallels to Scientology. In one scene, a character portentously declares: “Good science allows for more than one opinion. Otherwise you really have the will of one man, which is the basis for a cult.” That’s followed by a voiceover of Amy Adams, who plays Dodd’s wife, saying: “The only way to defend ourselves is to attack,” a line that could be interpreted as a reference to Scientology’s reputation for fighting back aggressively, particularly in the media, when its organization comes under scrutiny. Here’s the trailer. The Master opens on Sept. 21. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
You need only utter the words “Rocky loves Em-ily” or “Light up the eyes!” to transport me to the wondrous time known as the early ’90s, when timeless classics — timeless, I say ! — such as Touchstone’s tale of Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum opened up new worlds for 11-year-old me . Hollywood.com’s Michael Arbeiter knows what I’m talking about: “[As] rich and dense as the history of the ninja might be, it wasn’t until the date of August 7, 1992, exactly twenty years ago today, that the identity of the Japanese spy and soldier really hit its potential in terms of relevance in the canon of American film. For on this date, the great Jon Turtletaub bequeathed unto the world his third directorial feature: 3 Ninjas .” Preach . Thanks to Arbeiter for bringing this ’90s kid-cinema essential back into the conversation with his open letter ( 3 Ninjas: 20 Years Later ? Sign me up!), which today rekindled my decades-long love affair with the 1992 ninja pic. Oh, who am I kidding? That flame never went out. A few years back I committed my 3 Ninjas love to the internet in an ode to star Michael Treanor, archived at the old Cinematical , but my passion for the erstwhile Rocky endures: Treanor, 13-years-old when 3 Ninjas debuted, played Rocky with a fresh-scrubbed, clear-eyed honesty and one heckuva smile. It helped that cinematographer Richard Michelak shot his preteen actors in the dreamiest light possible (he also lensed White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II , AKA White Wolves: The One With Mark-Paul Gosselaar ). And that Rocky protected his little brothers and never gave up, even when all seemed lost. When Colt wanted to karate chop the mean kids at school, who was the voice of reason who calmed him down? Rocky. When idiot surfer-kidnappers invaded the boys’ house, who came up with the plan to take them down, Home Alone -style? Rocky did. Most of all, I loved Treanor because he rocked a dreamy, short on the sides/long in the front early ’90s hairdo that stayed perfectly coiffed even when Rocky ninja-jumped ten feet into the air to dunk on a pair of bullies in a basketball game to win his girlfriend’s bicycle back! Which brings me to the bane of my eleven-year-old existence: Rocky’s girlfriend, Emily. Ugh, Emily. The worst. It took a good few decades for me to get over my Emily-hate; it helped that by High Noon at Mega-Mountain , Rocky had wisened up and gotten himself a girlfriend named Jennifer, even if by that fourquel I’d already moved on to Team Colt. But I digress! Happy 20th, 3 Ninjas . Hollywood never quite made ’em like they made you. (Except for all those sequels. And those other ’90s kid flicks I wore out on VHS.) So good. So ’90s. The best thing Turteltaub ever made, and yes, that includes Cool Runnings . Never forget. [ Hollywood.com ]
Still enthrallingly spooky after all these years, the soundtrack to David Lynch ‘s groundbreaking — and mind-blowing — 1977 film Eraserhead got a lovingly produced limited-edition vinyl release on Tuesday that, I hope, refocuses attention on the life and tragic death of one of its key contributors, Peter Ivers. Sacred Bones records released a sweet deluxe edition of the soundtrack that initially was limited to just 1,500 copies, but after that first edition sold out, the Brooklyn, NY-based indie label has agreed to press a second edition of just 1000 copies, which it’s selling for $25.00. The package includes the soundtrack in vinyl and digital form — a convention-shattering soundscape of industrial bleeps, buzzes and hums that Lynch and sound designer Alan Splet spent years perfecting. Also included: a 16-page booklet featuring beautifully reproduced production stills that show Lynch dressed like a 20th-Century iteration of Johnny Appleseed. For me, the cornerstone of the release is Ivers’ work, not only the movie’s eerily old-timey theme song, “In Heaven,” which was sung by the Lady in the Radiator in Lynch’s film, but a previously unreleased Ivers composition, “Pete’s Boogie,” that was discovered during the transferring of the original soundtrack audio tapes. The Illinois-born, Brookline, Mass.-raised Harvard graduate was a musician whose close friends included National Lampoon founder Douglas Kenney and Saturday Night Live and Animal House star John Belushi. In the 1970s, Ivers recorded for Epic and Warner Bros Records, and beginning in 1981, he amassed a fervent cult following as the free-associative poetry-spouting host of New Wave Theatre on the USA cable network’s Night Flight program block. A kind of underground SNL , the show featured comedy and alternative bands such as the Dead Kennedys and the Angry Samoans that were really not ready for prime time. Like his friends Kenney and Belushi, who died, respectively, in 1980 and ’82, Ivers would not make it to mid-decade. In March 1983, he was found bludgeoned to death in his Los Angeles apartment. According to Wikipedia, new information in a book about Ivers’ life prompted the L.A, Police Department to reopen the investigation into his death. I contacted the LAPD to see what the status of that investigation is, and am waiting on a reply. Stay tuned. In the meantime, here’s an example of Ivers’ inspired New Wave Theatre work — further proof,if you ask me, that his life is worth reexamining. Watch It On YouTube . Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Due to the success of Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, it’s only a matter of time before it’s par for the course for a pop star to release a big-screen flick of their live show — with a little bit of their own backstory to boot. This Summer, Katy … More » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Idolator Discovery Date : 02/04/2012 09:56 Number of articles : 2
