Tag Archives: apprentice

What’s On: January Jones Has Something She’d Like to Say, Designers

Tonight is a momentous occasion, Mad Men fans: We get to see if January Jones can talk about fashion and style as a judge on Project Runway without the aid of costumer Janie Bryant standing in the wings. Elsewhere on the tube, look out for the return of The Apprentice , the verve of Nikita , and the stamina of one of the highest-grossing ’90s action movies.

Go here to read the rest:
What’s On: January Jones Has Something She’d Like to Say, Designers

WWE Star — Victim in Lady Gaga Concert Scam

Filed under: Celebrity Justice , TMZ Sports WWE star JTG — formerly of the tag team Cryme Tyme — claims some deadbeat sold him fake tickets to a Lady Gaga concert recently … and now the perp is in for a “Brooklyn-style beatdown.” JTG — a self-professed Gaga fanatic — tells TMZ, he went on… Read more

Read the rest here:
WWE Star — Victim in Lady Gaga Concert Scam

TV Bites: Mentally Prepare Yourself For the Undercover Karaoke Reality Series

Also in this morning’s TV Bites: Sean Combs’ ex-employee gets a reality show… the Family Guy “abortion episode” comes out of hiding… and Donald Trump fires his latest Celebrity Apprentice conquest.

Excerpt from:
TV Bites: Mentally Prepare Yourself For the Undercover Karaoke Reality Series

Donald Trump to Rachel Uchitel: You’re Fired!

Rachel Uchitel just got fired Donald Trump before she was even hired. The real estate mogul / reality star offered Tiger Woods’ mistress a spot on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice, which she accepted verbally , sources say.

Nicolas Cage’s Bruce Lee Homage Cut From ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

Director Jon Turteltaub let his star take him to ‘some wild places,’ but not all of them actually worked. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Nicolas Cage Photo: MTV News Oh, Nicolas Cage, you wonderfully wacky man! Who else has to tell a group of reporters that he honestly never hired a voodoo priestess to break a hex on a movie set? Who can start a conversation about irascible filmmaker Werner Herzog’s directorial style by saying, “Werner doesn’t really know a lot about jazz”? Who else could tell David Letterman a story about taking mushrooms with a cat named Louis? What would Hollywood (and those of us who write about it) do without Nic Cage? The town would be a much less compelling place, that’s for certain. Yet there is a flip side to the actor’s madcap worldview. As “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” director Jon Turteltaub told MTV News, a great majority of the ideas Cage brings to a set are simply too nutso to consider. “What’s a big percentage, 60? 70?” Turteltaub laughed. “Here’s the thing with Nic: Sometimes the ideas are completely insane and off-the-wall, but you still do them, because you can be wrong, and in the context of the film, you never know when it might actually be brilliant. “Nic made me promise before this movie that I would just let him lead me on a crazy adventure through this character,” added Turteltaub, who has also directed Cage in two “National Treasure” movies. “And I said, ‘OK, I’ll go there.’ He brought me to some wild places.” But one improvisatory moment in particular was just too weird to include in the final cut of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” in which Cage stars as immortal magician Balthazar Blake, who does mystical battle against archenemy Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). The incident took place during a scene in which Balthazar and Horvath converge in an NYU public bathroom for a plasma-bolt-filled throwdown. “At one point, Nic went into a whole Bruce Lee routine,” Turteltaub said. “We were like, ‘Oh, that’s great. Do that more.’ Cut, cut. … It won’t be on the DVD!” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

See the original post here:
Nicolas Cage’s Bruce Lee Homage Cut From ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Star Nicolas Cage Was A ‘Mischievous Kid’ During Filming

‘I have to make it amusing for me,’ actor says of acting opposite CGI. By Eric Ditzian, with additional reporting by Josh Horowitz Nicolas Cage in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Last summer, MTV News visited the New York City set of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” on a night when the production had commandeered Bowling Green park in Lower Manhattan. Stars Nicolas Cage and Alfred Molina, in the roles of ultra-power magicians, were furiously battling it out in what would become one of the film’s climactic scenes. But without the benefit of computer-generated plasma bolts — colorful beams of magical energy — the actors looked a bit silly as they grunted and gesticulated and pretended to emit powerful forces from their hands. And, yep, the actors felt pretty silly too. “There were even moments when I said, ‘I really hope this turns out. Does anyone else feel ridiculous?’ ” co-star Jay Baruchel said, more than a year later. “I would say to Jay, ‘Are we in trouble yet?’ ” added Cage. “It has to be like that. You have to have a bit of a mischievous kid in the back of the classroom to make it interesting,” Cage said. “I have to make it amusing for me, which means there has to be some level of mischief and public disruption.” The finished product, of course, looks quite a bit different than what we viewed that night on the set, thanks to Disney’s typically eye-popping visual-effects work . Cage and the other sorcerers utilize ornate rings to conjure up their magic. Originally, though, the filmmakers had a very different idea about how they wanted the supernatural energy to work onscreen. “I was in Hungary making another movie and I got a call from [producer] Jerry Bruckheimer and [director] Jon Turteltaub and they said, ‘We want you to maybe wear bracelets and hit these bracelets and that’s when the magic happens,’ ” explained Cage. “Interesting, but I said, ‘No, it has to be a ring because I have to use my hands.’ It’s like conducting. I really wanted to be able to conduct the magic into happening. … It’s more beautiful to use your hands than just smashing your wrists together.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

More:
‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Star Nicolas Cage Was A ‘Mischievous Kid’ During Filming

‘I’m Not Here to Make Friends’ 2010: An Inspiring Megamix

Environmental Theme at the Royal College of Art Summer Show

All Images by B. Alter: Kranium Bicycle Helmets The annual summer show for graduate students at the Royal College of Art in London is a chance to see what the brightest and best students in their fields are thinking about. In the past there have always been a few environmental projects: the bicycle carrier bag featured on the Apprentice , the tree listening device and the jewellery made out of

Read the original here:
Environmental Theme at the Royal College of Art Summer Show

Who Wants to Be in Mean Girls 2?

…the direct-to-DVD sequel, that is. Slashfilm has dug up a casting call for the Melanie Mayron-directed project, plus a logline: “The story revolves around a new high school student, Jo, who agrees to befriend an outcast, Abby, at the urging of Abby’s wealthy father in exchange for paying all of Jo’s costs for the college of her dreams. Jo and Abby team up to take on the school’s ‘mean girls,’ the Plastics.” Lindsay Lohan, you’d better check your Celebrity Apprentice availability. [ Slashfilm ]

See the article here:
Who Wants to Be in Mean Girls 2?

Bret Michaels Returns Against Doctor’s Orders

Filed under: Bret Michaels , Nurse! Bret Michaels will return to the stage tonight, much to the delight of his fans worldwide — but we’ve learned his doctor is not crazy about the comeback plan. Fresh off his triumphant “Celebrity Apprentice” win and “American Idol” performance ,… Read more

See original here:
Bret Michaels Returns Against Doctor’s Orders