It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Christina Ricci , and it looks like the long layoff did her some good. Here she is at the Ninth Annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, making me wonder where Christina’s been all this time. And more importantly, whether she’s given any more thought to sleeping with a blogger. I’m, uh, asking for a friend… Related Articles: Christina Ricci Is Really Hot All Of A Sudden? Alessandra Ambrosio Bikini Pictures Simona Fusco Stratten Bikini Pictures Emma B Bikini Pictures Photos: Fameflynet
At a time when General David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer has become a media obsession, Leo Tolstoy’s 19th-century tale of love, adultery and aristocratic downfall, Anna Karenina , is more relevant than ever. And yet, with more than two-dozen film and TV adaptations of the novel in existence, director Joe Wright faced a daunting challenge: bringing a fresh perspective to the classic story. The gamble is whether its unique twist will translate into Oscar nominations. The sumptuous but unorthodox path he took — depicting pivotal scenes as if they were taking part on a theater stage — was akin to “jumping off a cliff” says Keira Knightley , who plays the movie’s title character, an alluring Russian aristocrat who breaks entrenched societal taboos and embarks on a torrid love affair with the affluent soldier, Count Vronsky. “I don’t know that we did know it would work,” said Knightley. “With Anna Karenina , it’s been done so many times before and there was a sense that if you’re going to tell this story again, you might as well do something that’s out there.” “Out there” includes depicting scenes of the titled heroine (or anti-heroine) on a stage as her marriage and social status disintegrates and she becomes the subject of societal scorn. “The worst thing we could do is fail,” said Knightley. “It was a constant conversation between us to make that balance work. But everyone was so deeply into it.” Wright, who directed the film from a screenplay adaptation by Tom Stoppard, decided just weeks before the shoot to re-work the film with the stage component. Knightely said the change threw the cast, which includes Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, into a bit of a frenzy. But she added that the group was determined to give it their all — even if there was a chance it wouldn’t work. “[Joe Wright] demands 110%. He demands complete obsession and that’s exactly what he gives back. It makes him an extraordinarily magical person to work with and frightening to work with because it’s not a job in which you go home from. It’s everything from the time that you’re making it, and I think that’s one of the reasons people said ‘let’s do it’ with this concept.” She added: “He’s one of those people you go with and say, ‘let’s jump.'” Getting to know Anna Karenina — the character and novel — was also an evolution for Knightley who had a completely different take on the book after re-reading it before production began. The first time she read it as a “sweeping romance,” but the second time she wondered if Tolstoy despised Anna. “I remember thinking [most recently] — and people will disagree with me on this — that Tolstoy hates her and I’m not sure that she’s the heroine. I think she’s the anti-heroine,” said Knightley. “She is the whole of Babylon — she’s the person to be judged. But then [Tolstoy] does at times understand her and is completely in love with her. And that’s the dichotomy of Anna and what has made her an object of fascination for so many years,” Knightley explained. “You’re not really sure what to feel about Anna. She is deceitful, manipulative and needy. But she is also wonderful, lovable, and full of energy and love. She’s all those things.” Knightley also observed that Anna is a character that makes one take a look at their moral universe, and the actress said she took great pains to keep her from coming off as a gilded cliché. “She is a creature that makes you look at yourself because you are judging this person, but then you think, ‘Do I have a right to do that?'” said Knightley. “The people we hurt the most are the people we love the most. And that’s what she does. The difficulty in playing her is you don’t want to simplify that. The easy thing to do would be to make her the victim and Karenina the bad guy and I didn’t want to do just that.” When the film comes out this Friday, there will likely be another dichotomy: Audiences and critics who love the unconventional stage settings interspersed with more-or-less more traditional linear storytelling and those who’ll object. But Knightley is pleased with what will hit the screen. “I think it’s absolutely extraordinary. I haven’t seen anything like it. I think it’s always going to be something that some people won’t like, but I’m very proud of it. If you’re talking about cinema as an event – it is certainly an event. You only see naturalism in film at the moment. Whether you think it’s over-stylized or not, you have to celebrate the fact that it’s so completely different. And I really love it. And I love how daring Joe has been and I’m very glad I jumped off the cliff with him.” Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
While Justin Bieber tries to figure out from whom he ought to pull out, the singer was pulled over in Los Angeles last night. Justin was cited by a police officer in West Hollywood around 6:30 p.m., with law enforcement officials confirming to TMZ that Bieber did, indeed, receive a ticket this time around. Bieber isn’t the best driver on the planet. He’s gotten in trouble with the law on multiple occasions for driving mishaps and illegal maneuvers, though it’s unclear what this violation was for. It’s been a rough week overall for JB. He broke up with Selena Gomez a few days ago, with many of her co-stars coming out to bash the artist over Twitter. Other reports, meanwhile, have linked Bieber with Barbara Palvin and state that he’s become so smitten with Victoria’s Secret models that he wants to live the life of a wild bachelor.
Hirsute actor Nick Offerman of Parks & Recreation fame has words of encouragement for men with lackluster facial hair in this new PSA: It gets fuller! Nick Offerman – Your Mo Will Get Fuller The man behind countless hilarious Ron Swanson quotes is manning up for a good cause. Nick and MadeMen (dot) com are joining forces in Movember, a month-long campaign in which men grow mustaches to raise awareness for prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. “If you know someone that has an in-between ‘stache, maybe a family member or friend, now is the time to give them your support,” he pleads. “Let them know, without judgment, that it gets fuller.” The ad also features cameos from The Office ‘s Brian Baumgartner and Oscar Nunez, who are told to hang tight until their “middle school lip dirt” turns into a “high-class handlebar.” The “It Gets Fuller” slogan used by Offerman is an obvious takeoff on the It Gets Better Project, which is aimed to help LGBT youth who face bullying .
The one and only time I met Justin was last year but I never wrote a My Bieber Experience about it so I’m doing mine now. It was November 17th 2011 at the meet and greet for the Pencils of Promise Gala. I went with my friend Julia and we saw some people there that we knew. Most of the people there were over 20 so no one really loved Justin as much as I do. It was really awkward when I was the only one bawling my eyes out when he first came in. We weren’t allowed to scream for some reason and one of the heads of the gala came up to me and said, “You seem like a screamer so no screaming ok?” Obviously I had to say okay. While we waited in line to take our pictures with Justin, we made legit eye contact so I waved to him and he smiled back. It was beautiful. A few minutes later we made eye contact again so I waved again and this time he smiled the beautiful smile and waved back! I literally fell to the ground. When it was our turn, I made sure I was next to him in the picture which pissed some other people off. When I stood next to him, he put his arm around my waist and said “Hey” but I contained my emotions so I wouldn’t look horrible in my picture with my idol. Right before they took the picture, it hit me that I was standing next to JUSTIN BIEBER, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I turned my head and just stared at his angelic smiling face to soak it all in. After they took the picture I asked if I could hug him and he said “Of course!” and hugged me. Words cannot describe how amazing it felt to be wrapped in his arms. Later at the gala, I met Kenny who was adorable and really is like a teddy bear. I also met Adam Braun and Usher. It was hands down the best day of my life. By the way I still haven’t washed the dress and sweater I wore because HE TOUCHED THEM! It’s been almost a year now and I’m not planning on washing them anytime soon. A week later, Justin was having a concert at the Today Show . We stood in the freezing cold rain for about 6 hours. An extremely nice family pretended they knew us so we could stand inside with them as VIPs in the same room as Justin when he walked out. He looked amazing. We watched the concert, cried a lot, and talked to Scooter a little bit. I raised a lot of money for Pencils of Promise so when I told him my name and what I did, he knew who I was! After the concert, we waited to see if Justin would come out so we could meet him. He didn’t but we met Scrappy and Dan and they were so nice and funny. Basically these two days were incredible and I will never ever forget them. -@sbg411 Read the original post: The one and only time I met Justin was last year but I never…
Every year for the past four years, at every concert I’ve been to, I’ve tried to meet Justin. From hotel stalking, to just simply going to buyouts and waiting outside the tour bus, it’s never happened. It all started this time with me not having any tickets to the Believe tour for Houston, Texas. I didn’t think I would get tickets, but the next day my local radio station started giving out tickets. I ended up being the first one to win tickets from them! I expected to go and enjoy the concert, with no intentions of meeting him. My friend then told me to join BieberFever.com and enter the contest for meet and greets! I entered, and ended up not winning. But my sister, who didn’t send in a picture, but sent in an essay, and showed Hoogs how #BiebsMeetDestinyAndFaith was trending, won! The day of the concert came and I was SO nervous. I went to the venue around 10 AM, and hung around the venue all day with my friends. I had butterflies in my stomach all day long. I literally felt so sick, and could not eat at all! I mean, I WAS MEETING JUSTIN BIEBER. I couldn’t believe it myself. We got our meet and greets around 3 pm and went in line. We were in line for a good hour, and the lady said, “Make friends! Six girls in a picture!” My group got together, and since me and my twin sister have never met Justin, my friends let us stand next to him. When we got to go in, I walked in first and saw him. He looked perfect. Literally, his face is flawless. He had on a brown shirt, a SnapBack and glasses. I said, “Hi Justin” nervously, and he said “Hey sweetie!” and held out his arms for a hug. I hugged him, then the other girls poured in and said hi and got their hugs. Before we took our picture, I said “Justin, can I kiss you?” And he said, “No there’s too many girls, lets just take a regular picture, ok?” And I was like “Oh ok…” and he said “Next time we meet, you can kiss me.” I was like ok cool, but on the inside my ovaries exploded into like a million pieces. They snapped the picture and we hugged him goodbye one last time and left. Even though it was only like 2 minutes, I’m so grateful I got to meet him. If you haven’t met him, don’t lose hope because I know it will happen. It happened for me! Just believe. More here: Every year for the past four years, at every concert I’ve been…
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills claim “The Higher the Heel, the Closer to God” but what if they’re only platform boots. We recap all of the campy shoe choices and strange animal moments in our THG +/- review. Kyle and Adrienne meet at a posh kid’s boutique to pick out something for Portia’s fourth birthday and Kyle thinks Adrienne is looking for pants for herself. What? Apparently Kim is small enough to shop for clothes there too. Minus 20 . If you are a grown woman you should NOT be able to fit into kids clothes. If you can, you really need to rethink your diet because something is very wrong. Taylor gets Paul and Mauricio to agree to don heels for a domestic violence charity walk. Plus 15 to Mauricio for walking the walk. At least those were real heels. Paul’s platform boots were a complete cheat. The least he could have done was wear those chunky Dorothy heels or a pair of kitten pumps. What’s a few crunched toes for charity? Yolanda’s job these days seems to be managing her daughter Gigi’s modeling career. I have to say the girl is a knock out. She looks just like her Mama did at that age. Plus 10 . And although Yolanda borders on meddling, her advice seems to be spot on most of the time. Kyle throws Portia’s fourth birthday party and Kyle seems upset when ponies show up instead of unicorns. Um…Kyle. I hate to burst the fantasy but… And I guess she should have specified white unicorns. I’ll almost give her that one. In what movie have you ever seen a brown unicorn? Minus 11. Between the llamas and the ponies, Kyle really should have hired a popper scooper. Minus 8 . Overall it’s a pretty boring party but I couldn’t believe Kyle thought everyone would be on their best behavior because it was a kid’s party. Minus 13 . That’s pretty naive. She gives these girls more credit than I do. Plus 15 to Brandi for at least trying to keep the peace, however Taylor had no trouble spreading the gossip. Minus 10 because although Taylor looked a bit happier than we’ve seen her, she definitely needed some makeup…or how about some time in the sunlight. I think all of that botox is doing strange things to her skin. Kyle tells Lisa she doesn’t mean to meddle…except that’s exactly what she’s doing. Plus 12 to Lisa for telling her the feud with Adrienne is no one else’s business. Now if Adrienne would only man up and apologize. Like that’s going to happen. Episode total = -10! Season total = +17!
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills claim “The Higher the Heel, the Closer to God” but what if they’re only platform boots. We recap all of the campy shoe choices and strange animal moments in our THG +/- review. Kyle and Adrienne meet at a posh kid’s boutique to pick out something for Portia’s fourth birthday and Kyle thinks Adrienne is looking for pants for herself. What? Apparently Kim is small enough to shop for clothes there too. Minus 20 . If you are a grown woman you should NOT be able to fit into kids clothes. If you can, you really need to rethink your diet because something is very wrong. Taylor gets Paul and Mauricio to agree to don heels for a domestic violence charity walk. Plus 15 to Mauricio for walking the walk. At least those were real heels. Paul’s platform boots were a complete cheat. The least he could have done was wear those chunky Dorothy heels or a pair of kitten pumps. What’s a few crunched toes for charity? Yolanda’s job these days seems to be managing her daughter Gigi’s modeling career. I have to say the girl is a knock out. She looks just like her Mama did at that age. Plus 10 . And although Yolanda borders on meddling, her advice seems to be spot on most of the time. Kyle throws Portia’s fourth birthday party and Kyle seems upset when ponies show up instead of unicorns. Um…Kyle. I hate to burst the fantasy but… And I guess she should have specified white unicorns. I’ll almost give her that one. In what movie have you ever seen a brown unicorn? Minus 11. Between the llamas and the ponies, Kyle really should have hired a popper scooper. Minus 8 . Overall it’s a pretty boring party but I couldn’t believe Kyle thought everyone would be on their best behavior because it was a kid’s party. Minus 13 . That’s pretty naive. She gives these girls more credit than I do. Plus 15 to Brandi for at least trying to keep the peace, however Taylor had no trouble spreading the gossip. Minus 10 because although Taylor looked a bit happier than we’ve seen her, she definitely needed some makeup…or how about some time in the sunlight. I think all of that botox is doing strange things to her skin. Kyle tells Lisa she doesn’t mean to meddle…except that’s exactly what she’s doing. Plus 12 to Lisa for telling her the feud with Adrienne is no one else’s business. Now if Adrienne would only man up and apologize. Like that’s going to happen. Episode total = -10! Season total = +17!
Oprah will be making products that come straight from her farm in Maui and trademarks for ‘Oprah’s Organics’, ‘Oprah’s Farm’, and ‘Oprah’s Harvest’ all have applications open. According to The Daily Mail , the potential names will be used for bath soaps, sunscreen, massage oils, hair products, organic salad dressings, and frozen vegetables, soups, beverages, and snack dips. The Oprah empire already includes a television network, satellite radio show, lifestyle website, magazine and even a school in South Africa. Now, it looks like media mogul Oprah Winfrey, 58, is delving into the world of organic products. Several applications to trademark ‘Oprah’s Organics,’ for bath soaps, sunscreen, massage oils, hair products, as well as organic salad dressings, frozen vegetables, soups, beverages and snack dips, were filed late last month according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Organization. Applications for an ‘Oprah’s Farm’ trademark for a beverage and catering service, as well as ‘Oprah’s Harvest’ were also recently submitted – the addresses of which include the Wilshire Boulevard location of Ms Winfrey’s business and the Chicago offices of Winfrey’s Harpo Inc. Her $2.7billion empire also includes a girls’ school in South Africa, as well as hundreds of acres of land in Maui, which include a large farm and a bed and breakfast. A representative for Ms Winfrey told The New York Post: ‘The trademarks were filed for Oprah’s farm on Maui to enable the farm to grow and distribute produce on Maui and throughout the Hawaiian Islands.’ Ms Winfrey, who has spent most of 2012 splitting her time between her new home base since she left Chicago, in Montecito, Calififornia, and New Orleans, where she is starring in a film called The Butler, opposite Forest Whitaker, due out in 2013, topped Forbes’ list of highest-paid celebrities this year earning an estimated $165 million. At age 41, Winfrey had a net worth of $340million and replaced Bill Cosby as the only African American on the Forbes 400. The philanthropist continues to support educational causes, spending over $100million on her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. As of 2012, Winfrey had also given over 400 scholarships to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Between 2004 and 2010 she ranked among the 50 most generous Americans, and according to Forbes, her lifetime giving is estimated at $400 million. What do you think about Oprah’s new gig? Would you buy an ‘Oprah’s Organics’ product?? Images via tumblr
90 + 4 mins: FULL-TIME: Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 90 + 2 mins: CHANCE! Sterling works it across the edge of the Chelsea area and finds Luis Enrique who fires in a left-footed shot but Cech gets down well to palm it behind. 90 mins: Four added minutes to play at Stamford Bridge. 88 mins: CHANCE! Suarez races on to a through ball behind the Chelsea back line but Petr Cech saves the day for the hosts, rushing out of goal to block the Uruguayan#39;s first touch on the edge of the area. Very close.
