Note to MMA fighters (and everyone about to throw down in any situation): Only taunt your adversary if you’re ready for the kick to the face you might provoke. While Shai Lindsey certainly livened up his MMA bout with Carlo Juinio in the Tuff ‘n’ Uff amateur arena Sunday, he proved that showboating is a double-edged sword. After raising his arms in a “Come at me, bro,” gesture of sorts, Juinio did as he requested, LEVELING Lindsey with an abrupt kick to the face , ending the match. Fortunately, he suffered only a massive hemorrhage to his ego.
The premise sounds like an Ingmar Bergman film,. starring Liv Ullmann . On Oct. 1, the surviving member of the venerated on- and off-screen couple is slated to be in Manhattan on Oct. 1 to watch herself onscreen: at the U.S. premiere of writer and director Dheeraj Akolkar’s Liv and Ingmar at the 50th anniversary of the New York Film Festival . Told entirely from Ullmann’s point of view and shot at the house Bergman built for the Norwegian actress on the spot in Fårø, Sweden where he declared his love for her, Liv and Ingmar is billed as a “affectionate but truthful” account of the filmmaking couple’s 42-year relationship that spanned 12 movies and a five-year affair. The Swedish filmmaker was 47 when he met and fell for the 25-year-old Ullmann on the set of his landmark Persona in 1965. The auteur and the actress, who were both married at the time, ended up living together for five years, during which Ullmann gave birth to their daughter, Linn Ullmann in 1966. Their friendship and their working relationship continued until Bergman’s death in 2007. “Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman are two legends and like any other film fan I have been in awe of their work for a long time,” Akolkar said in a statement. “But what propels me to make this film is what lies beneath their greatness — this universal and very real story of a man and a woman…[who were] lovers-friends-companions.” The director added: “This film is for everyone who has loved and lost and continued loving.” Liv and Ingmar also utilizes clips and behind-the-scenes footage from the films they made, still photographs, passages from Ullmann’s book Changing and Bergman’s personal letters to his muse. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Harmony Korine ‘s Spring Breakers premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival is still days away, but festival-goers in Venice will catch the world debut Wednesday and already the film is making some initial waves with “raunchy” and “raucous” being just two operative words to describe the feature about a quartet of sexy college girls whose plan to rob a fast food joint to fund their spring break getaway goes awry. And that is just the beginning. The film stars Selena Gomez , James Franco , Vanessa Hudgens and Heather Morris. Franco plays their unexpected savior – so-to-speak. A local thug, he unexpectedly bails them out of jail and takes them under his wing and even manages to win them over, leading them into the wildest spring break ever and into a bit more crime. In Venice, Selena Gomez who once starred in the Emmy-winning Wizards of Waverly Place acknowledged that some of her fans may find her role a bit of a surprise. “Obviously I know that coming from Disney Channel gives you kind of a brand in a way,” the 20-year-old told reporters in Venice, according to Reuters . “People do put a label on you. I know that I have younger fans, and this is an opportunity for myself to kind of grow. It is a little shocking, I think, for the younger audiences … but I think it was right for me. I did things I didn’t even know I could do on the movie and I do think it was because I trusted Harmony.” Gomez had apparently been asked to play an even racier character in the film, but opted for the comparatively more staid Faith. The 20 year-old actress said that her character in the film was her speed at least for now. “I just didn’t think I was ready for it, and I do think that Faith is right for me at this time in my career and in my life,” she said in Venice. “Of course eventually I’m going to kind of work my way up to that I think.” Fluorescent bikinis, robberies and hard beach partying aside, The Telegraph said that Spring Breakers actually does not go “far enough,” saying it is just another “mainstream Hollywood teen comedy.” That is a surprise coming from the writer of 1995’s seminal Kids and his last Toronto offering Trash Humpers . Others will undoubtedly have their say. [ Sources: Reuters , The Telegraph ]
The Toronto International Film Festival annually boasts one of the deepest and glitziest line-ups of the year, and while there are many under-the-radar discoveries to be made, TIFF can be a very effective launching pad for upcoming studio releases and Oscar hopefuls alike. With Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck , Ryan Gosling , Paul Thomas Anderson , Kristen Stewart , Jake Gyllenhaal , Spike Lee , Keira Knightley , Bill Murray and more bringing films to Toronto, which films and A-listers are set to make the biggest splash at the fest starting tomorrow night? [ PHOTO GALLERY: The 15 Toronto Titles Most Likely To Succeed ] Argo , Ben Affleck Headed to theaters in October via Warner Bros., Ben Affleck ’s third directorial effort is also his most ambitious to date following his strong crime thrillers Gone Baby Gone and The Town . Based on the true story of a joint Hollywood-CIA plot to rescue six diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis, Argo boasts a stellar supporting cast – Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Philip Baker Hall, Alan Arkin, Clea Duvall, and Kyle Chandler among them – anchored by Affleck himself as real life CIA operative Tony Mendez. Oscar buzz began last weekend at Telluride , where Affleck earned kudos for his work in front of and behind the camera. The Master , Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-anticipated drama has navigated its own unorthodox course of promotion through secret screenings and teaser trailers ahead of its September 14 bow in limited release. ( Read Movieline’s sneak review here .) A highly successful official bow at the Venice Film Festival before a stop in Toronto only shored up more critical support for the period drama, about an ex-seaman (Joaquin Phoenix) drawn into the inner circle of an L. Ron Hubbard-esque figure (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Expect Anderson’s latest to keep riding the wave all the way through awards season and pique interest beyond the art house with its parallels to Scientology . The Place Beyond the Pines , Derek Cianfrance In The Place Beyond The Pines Ryan Gosling – tattooed, blond, and a biker – reunites with director Derek Cianfrance, who captured one of Gosling’s finest and most wrenching performances in Blue Valentine . Here Cianfrance pits Gosling’s vagabond-outlaw motorcyclist against an ambitious young cop (Bradley Cooper) in what Toronto Film Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey calls “a study of vengeance, memory and fate.” Rose Byrne and Eva Mendes (who’s been dating Gosling, ZOMG) also star. If you loved the Baby Goose in Drive , how can you resist? On the Road , Walter Salles Despite mixed reviews out of Cannes , Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Beat generation classic is primed to make a splash upon release this December – mostly thanks to the star power (and, let’s be real, the tabloid power) of Kristen Stewart , whose turn as the wild Marylou marks the beginning of a departure from her well-known Twilight alter ego. But On the Road could also boost the profile of Garrett Hedlund ( TRON ) – and the additional wattage of Kirsten Dunst , Viggo Mortensen , and Amy Adams doesn’t hurt, either. Looper , Rian Johnson Rian Johnson ( Brick , Brothers Bloom ) is back with a sci-fi tale with a twist: Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars underneath a prosthetic Bruce Willis nose as Joe, a “looper” – a hitman who offs targets sent back in time from the future. When he encounters his future self and fails to finish the job, Joe finds himself both hunter and hunted as time runs out. After premiering on opening night of the Toronto Film Festival, Looper will hit theaters on September 28 – a surprising must-see for sci-fi fans.
When Paramount moved their big-budget genre actioner Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters from March 2012 to January 11, 2013 — ostensibly to wait it out while star Jeremy Renner became a huge box office draw — many were appropriately skeptical. Now that the first trailer has arrived, see for yourself how director Tommy Wirkola ( Dead Snow ) updates the folktale with Renner and Gemma Arterton as the now-grown siblings/witch bounty hunters. Was the release date shuffle a case of brilliant thinking or a classic dumping ground offload? Watch it on YouTube . Gotta be real here: I love me some Renner. And Arterton holds her own as a quippy, capable lady hunter herself (well, except for the getting kidnapped and punched by evil witches part). But does it seem a little too Van Helsing ? Have audiences forgotten The Brothers Grimm ? Is it just me, or would you rather see Renner and Arterton as love interests than siblings? Also, they speak with American accents but she pronounces it “Hahhn-sel.” Sigh. Verdict: Looks too generic to get excited about, but the power of Renner compels me. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Nina Dobrev is featured in the October issue of Seventeen , going into detail with the magazine on a number of important issues, from sexual abuse to Ian Somerhalder to Harry Potter. Click through photos of The Vampire Diaries below and then read through excerpts of her interview… On her character in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower : “It’s a really heavy topic, and I hope my character gives girls some perspective. I think more than anything, girls allow abuse to happen because they’re embarrassed it happened and that they allowed it to happen. They know it’s not right. There’s no excuse for it. That’s why it’s so important to show girls that they can admit that it’s not their fault.” On dating a costar : “My goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you can’t help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long – which I did for a really, really long time.” On her love for a certain boy wizard : “I want to go to Harry Potter Land! I actually should text Emma Watson to see if she can hook us up with a backstage pass or something.” On dealing with fame : “I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.” The Vampire Diaries Season 4 premieres on October 11.
Ben Affleck ‘s look at a hidden story from the Iranian hostage crisis, Bill Murray as FDR, Marion Cotillard playing a woman whose life is dramatically altered in an instant, as well as a pair of acclaimed foreign language films are just a few of the most buzzed about movies coming out of this year’s Telluride Film Festival . Over the course of just four days here in this Colorado mountain town, attendees got a head start peek at some of the best movies of the year. Films and performance that will have moviegoers talking this fall. Marion Cotillard Saturday night here in Telluride, French actress Marion Cotillard sat at a small dinner alongside director James Gray. Directors Alexander Payne and Sally Potter were among those wishing her well at the intimate gathering after her on stage tribute. Cotillard is starring in Gray’s upcoming movie, Nightingale and Gray was here in Colorado to salute her on stage as she received a festival tribute. While the night included a five minute clip from Nightingale , the Cotillard movie that had festival goers buzzing was Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone . Marion Cotillard, Photo by Eugene Hernandez Set on a grittier side of the South of France than is typically pictured in the gossip magazines, Audiard’s Rust and Bone is the story of an animal trainer at the local Marineland who fights back from a dramatic setback. It would be an unfair spoiler to detail the nature of Cotillard’s character’s devastating journey but it’s safe to say that as she comes to grips with her future she also finds love in an unexpected place. Cotillard’s performance has been hailed since the film’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and there’s little doubt that the Oscar winner will be high atop year end lists of the best performances of the year. While it’s rare for an acting Academy Award to go to a lead in a foreign film, Cotillard already broke that barrier, winning the award for Ma Vie En Rose in five years ago. Rust and Bone opens in theaters on November 16th. Bill Murray While the best acting category will surely have some big names all vying for attention, the Telluride festival also showcased a male actor sure to turn heads. Comic legend Bill Murray plays it pretty serious in Roger Michell’s latest, Hyde Park on Hudson . He was a surprise attendee here in Telluride, walking on stage to cheers as he introduced Saturday’s screening of the 20th Century American historical drama. FDR had secrets, Michell’s film reiterates. The beloved U.S president who got the country through the Great Depression and took it into World War II was able to keep his paralysis from polio hidden from the American public. Even more buried at the time were the details of his apparent romances with numerous women, including a distant cousin near his rural upstate New York home. Uniquely, Bill Murray on Saturday compared playing FDR to performing at Carnegie Hall and cleaning out his garage. Things he never imagined doing in his life. However he said he wasn’t against giving it a shot. “I knew it would be hard,” Murray explained but added, “If I worked really hard and really tried I’d get something out of it.” In the film, scheduled to open in theaters in early December, Murray’s FDR navigates his private relationships even as his wife Eleanor tends to her own quiet affairs and his relationship with distant relative Daisy (Laura Linney) coincides with a weekend state visit by the King of England seeking the American presidents’s help on the verge of war. A Royal Affair Marital indiscretions and a monarchy collide head on in another film seen by American audiences for the first time here in Telluride, Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair . Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen stars as an aide to a mentally unbalanced King. Along the way he and the young Queen of Denmark develop a forbidden relationship. Domestic audiences will remember Mikkelsen for his turn as a villain in the recent James Bond movie, Casino Royale . This weekend’s he was also an acting honoree at the Telluride Film Festival, Mads Mikkelsen, Photo by Eugene Hernandez A Royal Affair depicts a scandal familiar to Scandinavians that doesn’t require that an audience have a detailed knowledge of European history to appreciate its universal themes. Nikolaj Arcel, writer of the original film version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , has created an engrossing costume drama that follows Mikkelsen’s insightful doctor who betrays a mad king by taking up with his wife. It opens on November 9th. Mikkelsen also stars this year in Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt , a Cannes competition entry that also screened here in Colorado and for which Mikkelsen won the best actor prize at the French festival. Amour The big winner in Cannes this year, anchored by stunning lead performances from legendary French actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, had Telluride audiences buzzing all weekend. Extra festival showings were added to meet demand here. Delicately directed by Austrian Michael Haneke, Amour is an end of life love story set amidst a devoted couple’s battle to gracefully navigate the natural disintegration of their union. Michael Haneke’s tender touch in this new movie surprised many who are fans of his films The White Ribbon , Cache , and Funny Games . Meanwhile those who were turned off by his previous work have been won over by this film. Witness the Cannes jury. President Nanni Moretti apparently wasn’t a Haneke fan but his group of jurors gave Haneke the best picture prize in Cannes. At the aforementioned dinner on Saturday night in Telluride, Cannes juror Alexander Payne was still praising the movie. Buzz this weekend was that it may just be a surprise contender for best picture when the Oscar nominations are announced. Amour opens in theaters on December 19th. Argo Speaking of golden statues, Ben Affleck’s Argo , is clearly an early awards season contender. Local attendees speculated that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master or Terrance Malick’s To The Wonder might get a sneak peek slot here but it was Argo that secured the sole surprise sneak preview in Telluride this weekend. Ben Affleck, Photo copyright Pamela Gentile A suspense-filled look at a secret plot that rescued some of the Americans captured in Iran in 1979, Affleck’s Argo was immediately buzzed about as a viable Oscar contender. The plot involves a fictitious movie project that was created as the cover for a covert plot to free U.S. Embassy employees who secretly sought asylum in the Canadian Embassy in Tehran. Hollywood and the U.S. government quietly conspired to create the fake movie and successfully freed the would be hostages. More than one high profile Academy member praised the film this weekend. They rejoiced in the positive portrayal of the movie business afforded by Affleck. At a festival that loves movies as much as Telluride, Affleck’s Argo was beloved. At the height of the film’s tense climax, the Telluride audience burst into applause. Of course, it’s way too early to say — awards season is a marathon and this is just the first mile — but persistent talk throughout the weekend was that Argo is clear cut contender for an best picture nod. “This is one of the few festivals that really about seeing movies, rather than walking around and just talking about [them],” gushed Ben Affleck on stage this weekend here in Telluride. Argo will open on October 10th 3 More to Watch Three films that probably won’t see American screens until sometime next year were among the best that Telluride had to offer this year. Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha starring Greta Gerwig as a Brooklyn twenty-something was a sheer joy to experience. Actress turned director Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell , a surprising documentary about her family secrets, was a moving and powerful tribute to her parents. Finally, Gerard Barrett’s first feature, Pilgrim Hill , was a quietly powerful portrait of an Irish farmer that will resonate in this time of economic insecurity. The Telluride Film Festival takes place August 31-September 3. Follow Eugene Hernandez on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Springbreakers is the worst movie ever made that has had this much promotion and all it took was two days of shooting sex offender Selena Gomez pre-fat and pregnant and Vanessa Hudgens post-fat and child pornographer in their bikinis….This shit re-establishes the fact that hollywood is fucking doomed and that movies are just smut used to sell product…..and in this case that product is teens who aren’t teens but were teens violated by Disney execs when they were growing up….a product I can endorse because of all that it does to influence the way every day teen girls act, dress and take pics of themselves in front of the mirror… TO SEE THE REST OF THE PICS FOLLOW THIS LINK
I don’t know which one of these bitchs is Christina Milian…because they both look the same to me…and that isn’t meant to be a racist comment…you know all black or ethnics look the same shit…or is it? I figure it can’t be racist if you think both these bitches are lovely enough to try to get pregnant, even if you do it by mailing plastic bags of cum to their fan clubs, even if the idea of Christina Milian having a fan club is a joke…since she’s had one hit song, one hot video and now reads twitter comments on The Voice….far from a hero….just another single mother stereoype….with hot tits or friends with hot tits….who cares who they belong to because there are hot tits…
Emma Watson always entertains me because she’s not all that hot, but she’s got this loyal pervert fan base who think she is…. They have been waiting for her to turn 18 since the first Harry Potter movie, you know back before she was pubic hairy, but that they waited out before jerking off to her, cuz in their wizard dens in their basements where they make potions dressed like Harry Potter, she is queen, and you must respect your Wizard queen…and not pollute her or dishonor her….people are fucking weird…. Here are some pics of her in Glamour
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