The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show taped in NYC last night, with models from Miranda Kerr to Erin Heatherton walking around in lingerie. But who would have guessed Rihanna would be the one to show the most skin? Once again, the singer took to Instagram and posted a photo of herself topless, this time backstage at the event with a cigarette dangling from her lips. “And that’s a wrizzap,” Rihanna wrote as a caption to the following image: What is up with all these desperate cries for attention from the artist, who recently released a preview of her new collaboration with Chris Brown, ” Nobodies Business ?” We have no idea and we sort of worry about Rihanna. But we also enjoy staring.
Skyfall is ready to get its L.A. close-up at AFI Fest Wednesday night. The latest James Bond film will have a “Secret Screening” tonight at the festival where free tickets are now available. The film, which has been a box office triumph in the U.K. where it opened in late October, has garnered critical acclaim and the title is even getting some early Oscar buzz – a feat that has alluded 007 over its 50 years. Directed by Sam Mendes the latest James Bond the latest installment has earned a record-breaking £53.44m ($85.36 million) in just 10 days. This is the first time a film has surpassed the £50m in 10 days in the U.K. And three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan thinks the pic, which opens Friday in the U.S., deserves attention from Oscar. “I think we made a proper movie, which was our goal,” Logan said via BBC. Asked if he thought Skyfall could get an Oscar win, Logan replied, “Yes.” Logan, who is rumored to be writing the next two Bond films that will again star Daniel Craig as the dashing British operative, received noms for Gladiator , The Aviator and most recently Hugo . Judi Dench, who is reprising her role as 007’s boss M has been named a potential nominee though she has kept a distance from the awards rumor mill. “Don’t talk about that yet, that’s a long way off,” she said. Craig, meanwhile passively acknowledged Oscar at the film’s world premiere, saying reluctantly that “of course” he’d be happy to see Skyfall get Academy Award recognition. “I mean certainly Roger Deakins who did the camera work on this; it would be fantastic if he were to be recognized because he’s done such a wonderful job,” he said. Of the 23 Bond pics over five decades, only two have picked up Oscars and both were in technical categories. Goldfinger won best sound effects in 1964, while Thunderball took best visual effects in 1965. “I think we’ve established, and as have Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace , we’ve established a tone that is the base line reality of Bond now,” said Logan. “So it can’t become camp, it can’t become grandiose in a bad way at this point, it simply has to be honest to the tone that we’ve worked so hard to create in Skyfall .” Wednesday night’s screening at AFI Fest may be an Awards consideration beginning for the pic, which will likely see huge box office returns if the film’s U.K. momentum is any indication. Tickets are available to tonight’s screening on the second floor of the Hollywood & Highland complex at the AFI Fest Box Office. Tonight’s screening takes place at 9:15 PT at Grauman’s Chinese Theater next to the venue where the annual Oscar ceremony takes place. [ Source: BBC ]
Mark Basseley Youssef , the California man behind Innocence of Muslims , is going to prison, although not for the Islam-goading movie he made. The Associated Press (via the New York Daily News ) is reporting that U.S. District Court Judge, Christina Snyder, sentenced Youssef — who’s also been identified in media reports as Nakoula Basseley — to one year in the big house after he admitted to four of eight alleged probation violations stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction, including obtaining a fraudulent California drivers license. None of the violations had to do with the content of “Innocence of Muslims,” a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens. Although a film as amateurishly made as Innocence of Muslims should be a crime, Youssef’s inflammatory film is protected under the First Amendment. As George Clooney told Movieline , the film excerpt that appeared on YouTube “made me mad and I’m not Muslim,” adding: “The simple truth is that in order to make [democracy] work, the idiots get to have their say, too. Read more of Movieline’s coverage on Innocence of Muslims : After Innocence Of Muslims, 2 Possible Muhammad Pics On The Way Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Unmasked By New York Tabloids Was Inflammatory Innocence Of Muslims Film Directed By Karate Cop, Happy Hooker Schlock Veteran? Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Also in Wednesday evening’s round-up of news briefs, Norway’s Oscar entry is headed to U.S. theaters; Skyfall is tracking ahead of its predecessor at the box office; and Doc NYC opens in New York with Academy Award hopefuls. Oscar Entry Kon-Tiki Heads to U.S. Theaters Norway’s submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar consideration tells the real-life adventure of Thor Heyerdahl’s world-famous seafaring voyage. It had its U.S. premiere this week at AFI Fest. The film opened to huge numbers in Norway in August, and the box office is continuing to climb past $13.4 million as it holds strong in theaters. The Weinstein Company, which picked up U.S., Canadian, U.K. and Italian rights to the feature, plans to release the English language version of the film in 2013. Around the ‘net… Man of Steel Heads to 3-D and 2-D Director Zack Snyder’s upcoming action adventure Man of Steel will be presented in 3-D in select theaters, as well as in 2-D and IMAX, so fans of the iconic superhero will be able to experience the movie in their format of choice. The film stars Henry Cavill in the role of Superman/Clark Kent, alongside three-time Oscar-nominee Amy Adams, Oscar-nominee Michael Shannon, Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner, Oscar-nominee Diane Lane and Oscar-nominee Laurence Fishburne. Warner Bros will release the pic June 14, 2013, Deadline reports . Skyfall Selling Ahead of Last Bond Pic on Fandango The site said the Sony/MGM movie is selling twice as many tickets as its predecessor, 2008′s Quantum Of Solace , sold at the same point in the film’s sales cycle. That film grossed $168.4M during its U.S. run and $586.1M globally, Deadline reports (http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/skyfall-fandango-online-ticket-sales/). L.A. Voters Pass Condoms in Porn Measure Measure B passed 56 to 44 per cent, mandating all male adult actors use condoms. It also requires adult film producers to apply for permits from the L.A. County Department of Public Health before shooting sex scenes and will subject them to random inspections. Critics say it will drive business out of the state where such regulations don’t exist, THR reports . Doc NYC Opens with Oscar Hopefuls The non-fiction festival is opening with two opening night films, Artifact and Venus and Serena , which premiered amidst controversy at TIFF. Director Bartholomew Cubbins’ Artifact , making its US premiere, follows Jared Leto’s band Thirty Seconds to Mars, while Maiken Baird and Michelle Major Venus and Serena grants audiences unprecedented access into the lives of the tennis world’s famous Williams’ sisters. The festival will close with Ken Burns’ The Central Park Five . The third Doc NYC takes place November 8 – 15 in New York, TOH reports .
Let’s not bother talking about how Alexa Vega went from 13-year-old Spy Kid in 2001 to a hot hitwoman wearing only a bra and chaps in the forthcoming Machete Kills in the blink of an eye (yes, you’re old, and that was over a decade ago). Or that Robert Rodriguez , who directed the 24-year-old Vega through adolescence into her teen years in three Spy Kids pics, is probably not pervy at all despite casting his former child actress as a sexy body-baring femme fatale in his tongue-in-cheek action sequel. If anything it’s you and I who are the pervs, sitting here unable to stop our brains from instantly juxtaposing this first-look image at Vega (via Vega’s Twitter account ) as Killjoy in Machete Kills with fuzzy memories of her from those bygone Spy Kids days. (It’s even worse if you remember Vega’s first film role, as Icebox’s cousin Priscilla in Little Giants . ) Nooooooo ! MAKE IT STOP, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ!!! The thing is, any child actress growing up in the business has to deal with this sort of thing at one point or another, and Vega has been steadily working in the indie world for a good decade-plus. Why shouldn’t she get to flaunt it? It’s the association with Rodriguez that gets that cognitive dissonance firing, but I suppose that might only help her performance as a Rodriguez Femme Fatale a la Salma Hayek , Michelle Rodriguez , Rose McGowan , and Jessica Alba – the kind of screen siren whose sultry sensuality is her most lethal weapon, aside from her actual lethal weapons which in this case appear to include guns and cars on fire. Hats off to Rodriguez for going there, I guess. If you need me I’ll be in the corner wrapping my brain around this madness, watching the internet explode in “Alexa Vega Is All Grown Up, WINK WINK HEHE” headlines. [via @ AlexaVega ]
Billy Ray Cyrus debuted on Broadway Monday night, coming on board the latest production of Chicago. And the singer was in a joking mood afterward when asked by Us Weekly about his daughter’s engagement to Liam Hemsworth . “Liam asked if he could have my daughter’s hand in marriage, and I said yes if I could be in his brother’s next movie,” Billy Ray said , referring to Chris Hemsworth and his very successful run of Thor , The Avengers and Cabin in the Woods . The country star then continued to play around, but revealed something very real and interesting in the process: “Now, they [Miley and Liam] are going to have three weddings, so I’m thinking one movie with Chris, then we got the sequel to Liam’s new movie [ Hunger Games: Catching Fire ] coming out. They have got three weddings, that has to be three movies for me.” Three weddings?!? Who does Miley think she is, Kim Kardashian ? In all seriousness, though, Cyrus said he was recently inspired by Indianapolis Colts Coach Chuck Pagano , who is battling cancer and whose locker room speech last week went viral. Said Billy Ray: “He told his team he wanted another Super Bowl trophy and he had two daughters he wanted to walk down the aisle. When I saw that last night, this guy that’s battling Leukemia, and the fact that he is talking to his team saying, ‘I want to hoist that trophy and walk my daughters down the aisle.’ I immediately texted Miley and said, ‘I just want you to know, whenever you’re ready, I’m going to be very proud to walk you down that aisle.’ She was like, ‘Daddy!’ with two smiley faces! That coach and that moment touched me.” Okay. Now we need a Kleenex.
Yesterday, Rihanna’s Unapologetic track list revealed a forthcoming collaboration with Chris Brown on her new album. Today, a snippet of said track has already leaked. The possibly misspelled “Nobodies Business” is ripe with innuendo, too. Rihanna Ft. Chris Brown – Nobodies Business [Snippet] RiRi sings: “You’ll always be the one that I wanna come on to.” HOT! “Boy let me love you and show you how’s spice show you off … I wanna be your baby, you’ll always be my baby … Tell me what you want now,” she continues. One can only assume she’s singing about the love of her life … who once beat her within an inch of it. One can also assume what she’d say about our talking about it: “Nobodies Business.” [sic]. The full track drops November 19. Rihanna’s pants are likely dropping for Chris as we speak. Sorry, Karrueche Tran . Keep deluding yourself if you like, but that’s the way it looks now. Talk to THG: What do you think of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s latest collab? Love it! It’s okay. This sucks. View Poll »
Yesterday, Rihanna’s Unapologetic track list revealed a forthcoming collaboration with Chris Brown on her new album. Today, a snippet of said track has already leaked. The possibly misspelled “Nobodies Business” is ripe with innuendo, too. Rihanna Ft. Chris Brown – Nobodies Business [Snippet] RiRi sings: “You’ll always be the one that I wanna come on to.” HOT! “Boy let me love you and show you how’s spice show you off … I wanna be your baby, you’ll always be my baby … Tell me what you want now,” she continues. One can only assume she’s singing about the love of her life … who once beat her within an inch of it. One can also assume what she’d say about our talking about it: “Nobodies Business.” [sic]. The full track drops November 19. Rihanna’s pants are likely dropping for Chris as we speak. Sorry, Karrueche Tran . Keep deluding yourself if you like, but that’s the way it looks now. Talk to THG: What do you think of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s latest collab? Love it! It’s okay. This sucks. View Poll »
Guess These Deflated Cakes This busty beach banger and her snow cakes was a cast member on one of the most popular shows on television back in the day and she was known for having one of the most envied bodies in the business. While we’re sure there a few folks that will claim that they tuend in week after week because of the superior acting skills of the bunch, most people tuned in to drool over the eye-candy cast of bangers and hard bodies. Can you guess who it is? Hit the flip to see who it is and whether or not she’s still got it…
