Cue up some New Order ! Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola and Phoenix lead singer Thomas Mars were married in Bernalda, Italy over the weekend. “Everything went well,” Bernalda Mayor and ceremony officiator Leonardo Chiruzzi told the AP. “It was simple, calm, in the garden.” Guests at the wedding — which took place at the at the Coppola family-owned mansion Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda — reportedly included George Lucas, Johnny Depp, Talia Shire, Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman. Local meats and cheeses were served, but whether gnocchi was on the menu remains to be seen. [ LAT /Ministry of Gossip ]
Television watchers have been hip to Chris Pratt since he first appeared on The WB series Everwood in 2002. Other supporting roles in television ( The O.C. ) and film ( Bride Wars ) followed, but the Minnesota-born star really came into his own with his winning turn as Andy Dwyer, pratfaller extraordinaire-cum-romantic lead, on the beloved NBC series Parks & Recreation . Now, with three films coming out this fall, including two next month, Pratt is poised to tackle the big screen with a fervor his Parks & Rec alter ego would usually reserve for the Meat Tornado .
In his first solo video, Stump gets positive, grabs the spotlight for himself. By James Montgomery Patrick Stump in his music video for “Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)” Photo: Island Last week, Patrick Stump told MTV News that his brand-new Truant Wave EP wasn’t ” Take This to Your Grave, Part II, ” and if the 23rd-century pop&B sonics of the thing weren’t enough to convince you of that fact, well, then perhaps his “Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)” video will. Because the clip — which premiered Monday (February 28) on PopDust — is most certainly a departure from everything he did in his former (they’re still on hiatus , right?) band Fall Out Boy. That’s mostly because, unlike basically every late-period FOB vid, it’s not cluttered with questionable plot devices, winking in-jokes and cloying promotional shots. Instead, it’s a sunny, simple, homemade thing — a straightforward, decidedly uplifting bit of DIY inspiration. In short, it may very well be the best video Stump’s ever been associated with. Shot in dreamlike slo-mo, the video showcases a host of kids excelling at various feats — skateboarding, extreme pogo-sticking, urban gymnastics, sticking their tongue out really far — and, in the process, becoming the kings and queens of their own little kingdoms. That message gibes with the hook of the song (basically that you can “be your own spotlight,” no matter how inconsequential your talents) and, when coupled with the youthful exuberance of the video’s stars, the end result is a truly captivating, unapologetically positive experience. And it bears mention that, throughout the video, Stump appears to be experiencing the same posi-vibes as the kids he’s surrounded by. Whether he’s trying (and failing miserably) to match the cup-stacking talents of one of his co-stars or simply drifting through a skate park belting out the song’s hook, he seems — for the first time in a long time — to be completely unencumbered, free of whatever burden you’ve probably assigned to him and content to just do his own thing. He cracks up. He smiles. He’s doing this his own way. And in that regard, the “Spotlight” video is also a success, because it shows Stump following his own advice. By stepping out as a solo artist, he’s grabbing his own spotlight, becoming the ruler of his very own kingdom. This is the video he’d longed to make — free and clear and straight from the heart. It’s not Take This to Your Grave, Part II because it wasn’t supposed to be. As a video, it’s something much better. What do you think of Patrick Stump’s first solo video? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Patrick Stump
Filmmaker, also behind ‘Letters to Juliet’ and ‘Tadpole,’ lost his battle with brain cancer. By Eric Ditzian Gary Winick Photo: Getty Images Gary Winick, the 49-year-old director behind “Bride Wars” and “Letters to Juliet,” has died, following a battle with brain cancer, according to multiple reports . In addition to his mainstream credits, Winick boasted a r
If there’s anything I’ve learned from reading Jezebel , it’s that women love paparazzi pictures of celebrities but hate the assumption that they can’t get along with each other. How to explain, then, the preponderance of movies like Mean Girls, Bride Wars , and the new Kristen Bell comedy You Again , which suggest women are never more entertaining then when they’re taking each other down?
Since splitting with baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez , Kate Hudson has reportedly been making the most of her single life bu juggling three different men according to the New York Daily News . The paper’s Gatecrasher column says the star is seeing photographer Darren Ankenman, Australian golfer Adam Scott and an unnamed “big-time hedge fund manager.” Hudson met photographer and cameraman Ankenman when he worked on her 2009 flick Bride Wars . “They hit it off on the set, but nothing romantic happened until after she and Alex broke up during the winter.”
