‘Be willing to look stupid,’ Anthony Mackie, who plays Lincoln’s best friend in the film, warns. By Kevin P. Sullivan Benjamin Walker in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” Photo: Working with a director like Timur Bekmambetov guarantees a few things. You’ll probably take part in some insane action sequences. And there will definitely be slow-motion. When MTV News sat down with Benjamin Walker and Anthony Mackie , from Bekmambetov’s latest film, ” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ,” they shared some helpful hints about how to properly act in super-slo-mo. “Don’t think about it,” Walker said right off the bat. He probably had the most to do at the slow speed as our 16th president and first commander in vampire slaying, Abraham Lincoln. But it’s never that simple, as Mackie was able to attest. “Be willing to look stupid,” he warned. The final sequence of the film finds Abe and his best friend, Will Johnson (Mackie), atop a locomotive, riding along a burning bridge. It required a lot of slow-motion running and jumping. Mackie couldn’t help but exaggerate his movement as he leapt from car to car. “There’s that whole sequence where we’re jumping from one car to the other when the bridge is burning up, and I literally couldn’t stop doing the ‘swim’ move when I was jumping. So Timur was like, ‘Don’t do the swim move,’ and I was like, ‘Sh–,’ ” he said. “So we’re on the train, and he’s like, ‘Don’t think about it,’ and I’m like, ‘All right, all right, all right.’ Action, jump, swim. In order not to do the swim move, I do a shot-put move. Needless to say, I’m glad it looked all right in the movie, because I thought I was going to look like an idiot.” Similarly, during something as simple as a ballroom-dancing scene, Walker couldn’t help act out the slo-mo. “When we were shooting the ballroom scene, it was in slow motion,” he said. “I knew it in my mind, so I start kind of slowing down. He goes, ‘No, stop. We’ll slow it down later.’ ” But if it came down to it, Mackie had one big piece of advice. “It’s all about your face,” he said. “They always say, ‘Be careful about your face.’ ” Check out everything we’ve got on ” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter .” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
Yesterday marked the official beginning of summer, but we’re already looking forward to fall here at Skin Central. Why? Because as big fans of horror flicks (and all the naked scream queens that come with them), fall is our favorite movie-going season of the year. And this October, V/H/S (2012) joins the proud pantheon of Halloween horror flicks with an anthology that celebrates the King of All Formats, the Video Home System. Our Skin Skout saw a preview at Sundance and says that while some segments are better than others, the audience went nuts for Adam Wingard ( A Horrible Way to Die ), Joe Swanberg ( Nights and Weekends ), Ti West ( The Innkeepers ), Radio Silence , Glenn McQuaid ( I Sell the Dead ), and David Bruckner ( The Signal )’s takes on the “found footage” (think Paranormal Activity ) genre. The red-band trailer for V/H/S hit the ‘net this week, giving us our first glimpse of Hannah Fierman , who goes full frontal as a monstrous seductress, and Helen Rogers , who bares boobs via Skype, in action. 00:35 for the very brief, but amply endowed, good part. V/H/S hits VOD on August 31 and theaters on October 5 , but you can see scream queens galore in Mr. Skin’s Favorite Horror Movie Nudes playlist right here at MrSkin.com
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Let’s be honest folks, Dwyane Wade stays rocking some doofy looking glasses. We’re going to save the commentary on the questionable, Crayola colored utilizing wardrobe for another time, but even LeBron James recognizes the spectacle struggle of his teammate… Continue
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Singer will appear alongside Jim Parsons in ‘Happy Smekday!’ based on a novel by Adam Rex. By Jocelyn Vena Rihanna Photo: Rihanna battled some bad aliens in “Battleship,” but now it seems she’ll be tackling a much friendlier extraterrestrial life form in her animated flick, “Happy Smekday!” She’s set to play the lead alongside “Big Bang Theory” Emmy-winner Jim Parsons. The flick, based on Adam Rex’s book “The True Meaning of Smekday,” follows an alien race who come to Earth to hide away from their enemies. When one of the aliens accidentally spills the beans about their hideout to the bad guys, he must go on the run with a teenage girl. The twosome then goes on a road trip through a dystopian America, learning about humanity along the way. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is slated for a 2014 release. “Antz” and “Over the Hedge” director Tim Johnson will helm the DreamWorks Animation project, with “Get Smart” screenwriters Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember penning the script. It’s just another film credit for Ri, who has begun her transition from singer to singer/actress. Ever since her appearance in “Battleship,” roles have been steadily coming her way. “I got a few scripts, actually, a lot of incredible roles,” she told MTV News recently. “Some of which I felt were a little too big for me, being that I never did a movie. So I wanted to really get my feet wet, try it, see what it was like and know how I wanted to move from there. I’m really glad ‘Battleship’ turned out to be the first one.” She was recently spotted on the set of “End of the World,” confirming her long-rumored cameo in the Seth Rogen comedy. She shot down chatter that she would play Whitney Houston in a biopic of her life, and her rep recently denied rumors that she would be in the next “Fast and The Furious.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘Battleship’ Related Artists Rihanna
Usher, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown are also scheduled to perform at show, which airs July 1. By Rob Markman Kanye West Photo: Good things come to those who wait. When it was announced that both Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj would perform at the 2012 BET Awards on July 1, it was hard to imagine that BET executive Stephen Hill and his gang could pull even more star power for the Samuel L. Jackson-hosted show. But they continue to pile on: They already added Usher to the roster, and on Tuesday (June 19), Vibe.com announced that G.O.O.D. Music will make their first live television performance as a collective during the big show. Kanye West ‘s name wasn’t dropped in the report, but it is hard to imagine that Yeezy would miss out on some major camera time. ‘Ye actually leads all nominees with seven nods, including two in the Video of the Year category; he also has an upcoming label compilation, Cruel Summer, to promote. “It’s perfect. My grandma gonna be watchin’, my mom, my family, the whole city,” Big Sean told MTV News of his excitement for the show, for which he earned a few solo nominations. “It’s just tight that I can represent those people, everybody who had that dream, everybody who used to ride to school [listening to] their idols — now I’m with them. It’s just tight that I can show people that it’s possible.” It’s a safe bet that Sean, along with Kanye, Pusha T and G.O.O.D. affiliate 2 Chainz will all perform Cruel Summer ‘s lead single, “Mercy.” But if anyone knows how to seize the moment it is West, so don’t be surprised if he opens up the stage to more of G.O.O.D.’s talented roster, which includes Kid Cudi, Common, Q-Tip and CyHi the Prynce. “G.O.O.D. Music is the best team out there,” CyHi told MTV News earlier this month. “Lyrically, bar-for-bar, song-for-song, concept-for-concept, we are the world, we can take it to a cipher, we can take it on the record. It don’t matter ’cause we the best.” What are you expecting from G.O.O.D. Music’s 2012 BET Awards performance? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Kanye West
U.K. critics are divided down the middle on Sony’s ‘Spider-Man’ reboot, starring Andrew Garfield as the friendly neighborhood hero. By Josh Wigler Andrew Garfield in “The Amazing Spider-Man” Photo: Peter Parker swings back into U.S. theaters on July 3 with “The Amazing Spider-Man,” this time played by British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield — and while Stateside critics have stayed hush-hush on their feelings about the “Amazing” reboot for now, our friends across the pond have been more outspoken with their reactions. Several U.K. news outlets including The Guardian and Empire have published their reviews of director Marc Webb’s “Spider-Man” reboot, following the film’s London premiere on Monday. The consensus is not unlike Parker’s own superhero career: rocky at points, healthy at times and flat-out “amazing” in other areas. Keep reading for the good and the bad from the early “Amazing Spider-Man” reviews! Webb & The Web-Spinner “Webb successfully treads a fine line between keeping the hardcore superhero-movie fans happy and injecting a dose of meaningful affect. Parker is generally reckoned to be the most ‘relatable’ figure in the superhero canon, but the pastel-bright synthetics of the earlier movies did little to dispel the sense that the comic-book world could only construct its characters out of clunking great blocks of melodrama. In re-engineering Parker into the introspective, uncertain male more typical of his previous film, Webb is aided by a terrific performance from Andrew Garfield, who brings a genial unflappability that allows him to negotiate the often-ludicrous demands of the superhero plotline. At the same time, Webb also shows an unarguable facility for the more traditional action elements of the story, and the 3D certainly helps: he pulls off some properly nauseating shots as Parker dives off skyscrapers, rescues kids from falling, and the like.” — Andrew Pulver, The Guardian Toning It Down “The shadow of ‘Batman Begins’ looms as ‘Amazing’ opens, the gold standard of origin-skewed reboots riskily invoked. Parker as a child plays games at home, stumbles on some destiny-sealing revelations, loses his parents on a stormy night… A dark roots movie steeped in tragedy? Some ‘untold story,’ that. Webb finds much surer footing as Parker hits high school, helped by crack casting. More confident than the last, this Parker is slick on a skateboard and not shy about standing up to Flash Thompson. The geek just got chic: who better to play him than the guy with the algorithms and rhythm from ‘The Social Network’? A young buck made testy by grief, a rebel without a comb, Garfield nails all bases here, star DNA aglow. Stare-y eyes melting, he’s winningly earnest; lithe of physique, he delivers in the dust-ups; blithely gatecrashing Gwen Stacy’s bedroom, he gives good dreamboat.” — Total Film Love For The Ladies “Then there’s his needle-sharp young girlfriend, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), who wants to get under his skin even more than that radioactive arachnid did; find out what it is that makes his Spidey-senses tingle. Amid all of the soul-searching and lip-biting, it suddenly struck me: Webb has created the first superhero movie aimed primarily at women. Ever since ‘Twilight’ tipped off Hollywood to the spending power of girls and their mothers, a range of increasingly expensive films aimed at that audience has materialised. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before a superhero suited up with them in mind, although it remains to be seen how die-hard Spider-fans will react to their hero courting a different — some would say rival — demographic.” — Robbie Collin, The Telegraph The Negative Spin “Director Marc Webb aims for a new realism, stripping away the brio of Sam Raimi’s 2002 version with Tobey Maguire. He also dispenses with much of the character and sass that always made this character fun. It’s not Garfield’s fault: he is a convincingly troubled, inarticulate Peter Parker, a springily athletic Spider-Man, and has awesome hair. His greatest enemy is the script. That, and the rather wearisome 3D.” — Nick Curtis, The London Evening Standard The Final Word “Graced with great performances from Garfield and Stone, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ is a rare comic-book flick that is better at examining relationships than superheroism. If it doesn’t approach the current benchmark of ‘Avengers Assemble,’ it still delivers a different enough, enjoyable origin story to live comfortably alongside the Raimi era.” –Ian Freer, Empire What do you think of the early “Spider-Man” reviews? Let us know in the comments section below! Check out everything we’ve got on “The Amazing Spider-Man.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Related Photos The Amazing Spider-Man
Experts say that Osbourne has a promising range of treatment options. By Gil Kaufman Jack Osbourne Photo: A few tell-tale signs are what clued Jack Osbourne into the fact that something was seriously wrong with his health. The son of hard rock icon Ozzy and “America’s Got Talent” judge Sharon Osbourne revealed earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier this spring. According to the “Today Show,” Osbourne, 26, decided to visit a doctor when he noticed tingling in his extremities and suffered a 60 percent loss of vision in one eye. MS is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system and which currently has no cure, but is very treatable. It causes inflammation in the brain and spinal cord resulting in the loss of myelin, the insulation around nerves. Among the symptoms are: loss of vision, numbness, tingling, excessive fatigue and weakness. The effects can range from mild to debilitating, but experts said that with the right mix of medications and doctors Osbourne has a good chance at leading a fulfilling life. “The prognosis now is better than it’s ever been,” neurologist Dr. David Snyder, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at New York Hospital Queens told the morning show. “We have treatments we just never had before.” The disease can affect any organ system in the body, according to NBC chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman. “Every nerve has insulation around it and MS attacks that insulation so that the electrical impulses from the brain to tips of fingers and toes don’t work as well,” she said. The key for Osbourne is keeping in tune with any changes to his body and getting on the right mix of medicines to help slow down the progress of flare-ups. “Now somebody on medication, treated early, we’re very hopefully we’re interrupting the natural course of the disease,” Snyder said. “Patients are leading full lives, with families, jobs and travel.” While some people have not responded well to treatments, he said a large number do and lead full, if slightly modified, lives that may require a cane or other precautions. Around 400,000 people in the U.S. have MS, with 200 new cases diagnosed each week. Like other autoimmune diseases, MS affects more women than men, affecting females two to three times more than men. Osbourne is right in peak age range in which most cases are diagnosed (late teens, 20s and 30s), which is why his revelation is not a surprise to experts. Snyder said that given Osbourne’s age, his prognosis is relatively bright.
We’ve got an eclectic mix of nude releases on DVD and Blu-ray this week, including the nude debut of Alexis Knapp in Project X (2012), an explicit sex scene rumored to be the real deal in The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976), arthouse anatomy in the experimental noir Keyhole (2012), and a duo of stylized throwback flicks: a post-apocalyptic dance showdown that must been seen to be believed in The FP (2012) and Satanic skin in the grindhouse revival The Disco Exorcist (2011). Also nude on Blu-ray, Wanderlust (2012) may have been a Wander-bust, but all’s not lost with some full-frontal extras and nude deleted scenes. More after the jump!
