Three of the stars of Crazy Rich Asians Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Gemma Chan sat down with Global Grind’s Sr Entertainment Editor Xilla Valentine to talk about their new film. Crazy Rich Asians is generating a lot of buzz ahead of its release with a lot of people saying this is Black Panther for Asians people. Using an all Asian cast, this contemporary romantic comedy that is based on a global bestseller follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s rich family. Along the way, all types of secrets are revealed during this highly entertaining movie. During our interview, Awkwafina chimed in about how she feels when people compare Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther said, “I’m going, to be honest. I don’t really like comparing Crazy Rich Asians to Black Panther. I think that Black Panther was a long time coming and that was something that was a little bit separate.” The Oceans 8 actress continues by saying, “I will say that Nico Santos, our co-star who plays Oliver, he has this great saying that is ‘rising tides lift all ships.’ We are seeing these movies make a big impact at the box office, which is proof that people want to see these stories. The very age-old rumor that minorities can’t sell, doesn’t cut it. So right now we are seeing an era in Hollywood that’s celebrating stories that we’ve haven’t seen before.” We also get to talk about their favorite clothes, and the wind blowing in every crevice. Every! Crazy Rich Asians is in theaters everywhere Friday.
Three of the stars of Crazy Rich Asians Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Gemma Chan sat down with Global Grind’s Sr Entertainment Editor Xilla Valentine to talk about their new film. Crazy Rich Asians is generating a lot of buzz ahead of its release with a lot of people saying this is Black Panther for Asians people. Using an all Asian cast, this contemporary romantic comedy that is based on a global bestseller follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s rich family. Along the way, all types of secrets are revealed during this highly entertaining movie. During our interview, Awkwafina chimed in about how she feels when people compare Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther said, “I’m going, to be honest. I don’t really like comparing Crazy Rich Asians to Black Panther. I think that Black Panther was a long time coming and that was something that was a little bit separate.” The Oceans 8 actress continues by saying, “I will say that Nico Santos, our co-star who plays Oliver, he has this great saying that is ‘rising tides lift all ships.’ We are seeing these movies make a big impact at the box office, which is proof that people want to see these stories. The very age-old rumor that minorities can’t sell, doesn’t cut it. So right now we are seeing an era in Hollywood that’s celebrating stories that we’ve haven’t seen before.” We also get to talk about their favorite clothes, and the wind blowing in every crevice. Every! Crazy Rich Asians is in theaters everywhere Friday.
Here’s Hailey Clauson showing why she’s one of my new favorite busty blondes at the United Nations x Parley “For The Oceans” Launch Event in New York. And that’s not the only thing the red hot Hailey’s helping launch right now, if you catch my drift… I’m talking about the Little Tuna, just to be clear. Photos: WENN.com
‘If they think of you first as a filmmaker, then all of the exploration stuff must be so that you can be a better filmmaker,’ he tells MTV News. By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz James Cameron Photo: MTV News When James Cameron returned from this record-breaking deep-sea dive to the Mariana Trench, many people assumed the expedition must have been for a movie, most likely ” Avatar 2 ,” which is said to involve the oceans of Pandora. But Cameron, when he spoke with MTV News, insisted that is simply not the case. “Completely spurious rumor. People try to connect the dots, right? If they think of you first as a filmmaker, then all of the exploration stuff must be so that you can be a better filmmaker. Wrong conclusion,” he said. “That’s like [saying] ‘A frog with no legs is deaf.’ ” The director said the two aspects of his life are connected, but not in a way the rumors suspected. “The correct conclusion is I do the movies to pay for the expeditions, so every once in a while, I have to come back to make a movie,” Cameron said. “It’s pretty much that simple.” Even with films planned for the immediate future, Cameron doesn’t seem that worried about his explorations getting in the way. “I think the studio execs that want another ‘Avatar’ film are probably more concerned than I am,” he said. Cameron’s trips to the bottom of the ocean are admittedly dangerous, and he spoke openly about the potential risks involved with that kind of exploration. “I would say watch out for implosion. When a pressure vessel implodes at that kind of pressure, it does so at supersonic speed,” he said. “There are things worse, though, like coming up outside of the search area, because you’re bolted into the sub. You’re going down pretty far. It’s possible to come partway up, get moved 25 miles in a current before you come all the way up. That would be bad.” According to Cameron, that kind of morbid thinking is what prevents actual tragedies from occurring. “You could freeze to death at the bottom, you could have a fire inside the sphere and asphyxiate — all kinds of bad stuff. The reason you get morbid is by going through all the scenarios ahead of time, you’re doing the engineering to prevent them and you create all the procedures to prevent them,” Cameron said. “It’s basically what NASA does. You list every single thing that could go wrong, and then you do everything you can to have that not happen.” As for where Cameron hopes to explore next, he said the ocean will keep him busy for the foreseeable future. “We have a vehicle now that can go, by definition, to anywhere in any ocean in the world. If it can go to the deepest place in the Challenger Deep, 65,000 feet down, it can go anywhere else,” he said. “There’s so much yet to be explored. That’s an unknown continent on our planet. Think about Google. You can basically call up a satellite photograph of some hill in the Congo in seconds, but you can’t do that underwater. I could be exploring down there for the next whatever.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Avatar 2.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: James Cameron
From: A Gift Of Love II. – ”When i kiss” read by Jared Harris / Music ADAM PLACK / Words DEEPAK CHOPRA / http://www.youtube.com/v/EdZqE-rtRM4?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Read the original here: DEEPAK CHOPRA When i kiss (Valentine to Tagore)
Photo: NASA, Public domain R.I.P. Some things are so massive that they can only be appreciated from the vantage point of space. Many of the giant icebergs that are breaking off Antarctica are drifting Northward (is there any other direction that you can go to from the South pole?) and getting stuck on the shallow continental shelf that surrounds South Georgia Island. These icebergs are so large, that when they melt, the fresh water that they release in the ocean is enough to alter the local marine ecosystems…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Photo by Joelk75 via Flickr Creative Commons Baby fish are getting the short end of the stick with warmer ocean temperatures, and populations of coral reef fish species could see a significant decline. A team of biologists looking at the arrival of young fish along the Rangiroa coral atoll in French Polynesia have found that fish populations are suffering as plankton, a major food source for the young fish, collapses with the warmer temperatures. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
image credit Brian Marshall Brian Marshall runs a robot orphanage, repurposing used parts that “refused to give up on life just because they were being discarded.” They are quite clever and funny, if a bit expensive at hi s Etsy store, but he also creates wonderful sculpture photos of his robots in action. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted onDecember 3, 2010byBenny Hollywood|Comments Off on Rachael Harris and Angela Kinsey Hit the Water for Sea Turtles (Video)
Image via Oceana video Oceana has launched a new PSA for sea turtles that takes a silly approach to a serious issue. The ad features comedians Angela Kinsey (“The Office”) and Rachael Harris (“My Boys” and “The Hangover”) as the two work very hard to be the next Bond girls. Watch the video after the jumo. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
