I know we all kind of visualize Taylor Lautner as a big strapping serving of beefcake and cheese, but the Abduction star is sensitive, too. Just ask him how he reacted to both the end of production and an early-edit screening of Breaking Dawn, Part 1 . Or don’t ask him! Fine! Either way, here’s your Buzz Break.
Whether he is playing a cultural icon, a pajama bottomed-stoner or a soap opera performance artist “whose canvas is murder,” James Franco oftentimes relies on a gravely stage whisper to deliver his lines. From anyone else’s mouth, it would sound creepy, but coming from Franco, it is acceptable and even worthy of Academy Award recognition.* In celebration of his patented delivery, New York Magazine has assembled sixty seconds worth of the actor’s most inspired dramatic whisper work over the past decade. Click through for take-off.
By now you’ve seen the awesome trailer for Cowboys & Aliens , you’ve enjoyed director Jon Favreau’s lively interviews with the film’s executive producer Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford , and you’ve listened to possible love interest Olivia Wilde describe the time she was nearly trampled to death by a horse on the sci-fi thriller’s set. Now, in anticipation of the film’s upcoming release, it’s time to see a new clip featuring a surprising act of violence between two of our favorite action stars.
Bridesmaids is arguably the biggest success story of the year, if you consider that its box office grosses not only turned a female R-rated comedy into a blockbuster, but gave new life (and industry confidence) to the entire subgenre of lady-fronted comedy. Looking back on the first half of 2011, though, not every surprise was a Bridesmaids ; some hit the jackpot without making nary a splash in the public eye. Continue along our look back from the midpoint of the year and consider these five quiet hits that you probably didn’t know were hits.
You know John Francis Daley from the Freaks and Geeks shrine you maintain in your rec room, but you may not realize that you also know him from his success as a screenwriter: His Horrible Bosses , which he co-wrote with Jonathan Goldstein (whom we also interviewed — stay tuned), pulled in $28 million over its premiere weekend, edging out even Bridesmaids ‘s debut. We caught up with the 25-year-old scribe, whose future projects with Goldstein include the Steve Carell starrer Burt Wonderstone and a remake of Vacation , and asked about Horrible Bosses ‘s original ending, dealing with success, and residual Freaks and Geeks fanaticism.