Former President Jimmy Carter gives Ben Affleck’s talked-about new movie Argo a shot of credibility in this behind-the-scenes clip from the movie. The former Commander in Chief, whose presidency was hobbled by the Iranian hostage crisis — during which 52 Americans were held for 444 days from Nov. 4, 1979 to Jan. 20, 1981 — acknowledges that, as told in Argo , there were six diplomats who managed to evade capture and were spirited out of the country as the crew of a fake Canadian science-fiction movie. Check out Movieline ‘s photo gallery from the Argo premiere featuring Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Stacy Keibler here. Adding to the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction quotient of the movie is the character of Academy Award-winning make-up artist John Chambers (John Goodman) , who, in addition to working on the Planet of the Apes movies and inventing Spock’s pointy ears for Star Trek , was a CIA agent. Chambers, working with his agency colleague Tony Mendez (Affleck) played a key role in the story. In the clip, Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston, who plays CIA officer Jack O’Donnell, says that although Argo, which opens Friday, is steeped in espionage and bureaucracy at the highest level, truly, when you get down to it, it’s about the human experience and what lengths people will go to save the lives of others.” Argo is in theaters Friday. Read more here . Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Miley Cyrus has let us into her backyard once again. As part of a new video series that was filmed earlier this summer – noticed the non-short, non-blonde , non-spiked hair – Miley and her bandmates go acoustic and cover Melanie Safka’s “Look What They’ve Done to My Song.” Watch a similar stripped down version of ” Lilac Wine ” and then click Play below:
Facebook has released a new commercial, and it’s … interesting. Having just garnered its one billionth user – there are “only” 7,070,437,029 people on Earth – the social media behemoth is celebrating with this ad. Take a look: Facebook Ad Chairs, doorbells, bridges, airplanes . These are things that people use to get together and connect, Facebook tells us in the ad, titled “Things That Connect Us.” Or allow us to talk about how CRUNK u got last nite! Werd . The idea Mark Zuckerberg stole from the Winklevii and turned into a transformative network has become part of the fabric of 21st Century life. Point taken. The point of this ad? A little less clear. Is it that we should use Facebook more? That we should no longer use chairs, doorbells, bridges or airplanes? We honestly have no idea. The ad and the milestone come as Facebook continues to face pressure from Wall Street and the public about its disappointing IPO (Zuck’s adjective). When the company first sold stock on May 18, it offered a price of $38 per share, but the stock quickly fell by about half. Yesterday, it closed at $21.83. Be glad Mark and all his buddies took all the shares and largely shut small time investors out of the company. Blessing in disguise, people.
Orlando Cruz has become the first professional boxer to publicly reveal himself as a homosexual. Said the 2000 Puerto Rican Olympian today: “I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my ascendant career, I want to be true to myself. I want to try to be the best role model I can be for kids who might look into boxing as a sport and a professional career. I have and will always be a proud Puerto Rican. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man.” Cruz holds a record of 18-2-1 with nine knockouts. The featherweight has been a professional since December 2000 and is scheduled to face Jorge Pazos on October 19. In his statement, Cruz said he was sick of hiding his true identity. “I want people to look at me for the human being that I am. I am a professional sportsman that always bring his best to the ring. I want for people to continue to see me for my boxing skills, my character, my sportsmanship. But I also want kids who suffer from bullying to know that you can be whoever you want to be in life, including a professional boxer, that anything is possible and that who you are or whom you love should not be impediment to achieving anything in life. “I want to thank my family, especially my mom, who’s my inspiration and my best reason to continue to live and my brother and my sister. I want to thank my friends for their love and support. And I also want to thank my team for believing in me and being so supportive not only in this decision, but throughout my career. I am and will always be a proud Puerto Rican gay man.”
Anne Hathaway got married this weekend to some dude naed Adam Shulman….. I am posting it cuz she’s onee of those actors nerds, virgins and losers believe they are dating in their second life that is their first life….you know in fantasy land that is magical and amazing while real life is socially awkward and lonely… Which means a lot of you are furious…screaming at your computer screen, destroying the life sized model of her you made out of your own semen…. And that is hilarious. You people never get over the fact that she is in movies, not the character in the movies, and that if you met her, in the rare as fuck chance that you met her, it’d probably not lead to you having sex or even having a conversation with her….where you exchange numbers and plan to talk again,.So I’m glad she’s forced you to get over her…. TO SEE HER WEDDING PICS FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SEE: Anne Hathaway’s recently married pre-married awesome tits in a sex scene from LOVE & OTHER DRUGS with the one celebrity I’ve had a physical altercaton with who will remain nameless cuz he’s a fucking loser and his name is too hard to type….click the MORE button….NSFW…after the jump…touch your toes…
Not only does Lauren Vandervoort have a nerd name, you know one that sounds like a Harry Potter Character, something that probably makes her nerd fans cum faster as they chronically masturbate competitively over pics of her on chat room and obscure social networks when they are not making plans for their imaginary wedding to her….but apparently..she also hates drunkenstepfather….they all do….. If that’s not arrousing enough for you, here are pics of her for Esquire looking good……
If you can appreciate a musical that unabashedly uses a 1996 Blackstreet jam as a communal rallying cry, then Pitch Perfect will be the most fun you have at the movies this year. (Also, we can totally be friends.) Producers Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman, joined at an LA screening by cast members Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Anna Camp, and Ester Dean, revealed how they first saw the potential in a nonfiction book about real life college a capella competitions – or, in the parlance of Pitch Perfect : The a-ca- drama . In a post-screening Q&A with Just Jared founder Jared Eng, Banks and co-producer/husband Handelman explained that they were inspired by GQ editor Mickey Rapkin’s nonfiction book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Capella Glory . Based on the ups and downs of real a cappella college teams they developed the feature about Beca ( Anna Kendrick ), a loner college freshman and wannabe mash-up DJ who reluctantly joins the Bellas, a floundering all-girls singing group struggling to sing their way to the top. (Jason Moore, nominated for a Tony for the raunchy Broadway comedy-musical Avenue Q , directs; the script is by 30 Rock scribe Kay Cannon.) Musical numbers abound as the Bellas and their all-male rivals, the Treble Makers, compete through the a capella season and face off on campus. In addition to producing, Banks also provides comic relief in the film as a seasoned a capella competition commentator alongside John Michael Higgins. “The part was meant for Kristen Wiig,” Banks admitted. The film brings Kendrick full circle back to her musical roots; years before making her film debut in the 2003 musical Camp – after which she earned fans from Rocket Science and the Twilight movies and earned an Oscar nomination for Up in the Air — she got her start on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony at the age of 12. Skylar Astin, another Broadway-born talent best known for starring alongside Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in the original cast of Spring Awakening , makes a big screen splash as Jesse, the classmate/rival who sings his way into Beca’s heart. Being on set was “like an all-star theater camp,” he said, before granting an audience member’s request for a song by belting the theme to The Gummi Bears . As the plus-sized foreign student who introduces herself as “Fat Amy,” Rebel Wilson ( Bridesmaids ) steals scenes left and right (“I’m the best singer in Tasmania… with teeth”). Casting the character presented a unique challenge. “In the script the character is called ‘Fat Amy,’ so it’s really hard to send it to actresses,” Banks said. “Rebel recognized what an iconic character Fat Amy would be.” Chart-topping songwriter/singer Ester Dean, who’s written for Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and Britney Spears, shared her own unusual Pitch Perfect casting story: After lobbying for a voice part in Universal’s The Lorax , Dean was sent to audition for the role of Cynthia Rose, the tomboyish maybe-lesbian member of the Bellas with a booming voice. She got the part and wrote Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been” during the three-month shoot in Baton Rouge. (In a funny twist of fate she “covers” “S&M” in Pitch Perfect — a song she wrote herself. ) Meanwhile, co-star Brittany Snow, who tapped into her musical talents in Hairspray , plays one of two senior Bellas leaders who take a capella very seriously . Her favorite number? Singing Blackstreet in an empty pool during Pitch Perfect ‘s riff-off, though she was envious that it’s Kendrick who gets to perform the rap intro. No diggity, no doubt. Pitch Perfect opens on September 28. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Leighton Meester may be overshadowed in the Gossip Girl universe this week by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds ‘ secret wedding, but she still looks gorgeous (and backless!) on the cover of British Cosmopolitan ‘s October 2012 issue. Excerpts from Leighton’s Cosmo interview below … On her style vs. her character Blair Waldorf’s : “I’ve never seen Blair with the same bag, coat or shoes twice. I don’t know anyone who had that.” “I had two pairs of jeans [when I was a teenager] that I rotated. I wouldn’t trust myself with a Prada brag! I didn’t even want to change for gym so I’d wear sweatpants over my jeans, then sweat around the track for an hour.” On her awkward side: “If I’m not around close friends or family, I can get quiet and awkward, and it probably comes off as not very nice or just plain weird!” “It’s not meant to. I try to pull myself out of it but sometimes it’s hard for me to open up. In the past it was easier for me to trust people. Nowadays I judge pretty quickly: ‘You just want to be my friend because I’m on a TV show.’” On makeup: “I don’t care if there are a million photos of me with no makeup. I love being able to walk down the street without it. We should promote women not having to wear makeup, or at least feel we can go out without it.” For more Leighton, check out this SEXY Gossip Girl Season 6 premiere clip!
Thomas Beatie is hoping to support the pregnant woman this time around. The 38-year old – who first made headlines in 2007 after undergoing transgender surgery, yet preserving the organs needed to give birth – split from his wife in April of this year and is now dating someone named Amber Nicholas. And he tells The Sunday Mirror that he wants to have another child, with one major catch: “Being pregnant is the most incredible experience,” Beatie says to the newspaper. “But we want Amber to do it this time around. I think it would be amazing to experience pregnancy as the father.” While married to ex-wife Nancy, Thomas gave birth to three children. And he’s not against trying for another, even if it means defying doctor’s orders. “My surgeon has advised against me getting pregnant because it would be a lot
Carly Rae Jepsen and Justin Bieber are about to make beautiful music together… literally! The 26-year old will release a new album on September 18 (titled “Kiss”) and one of the tracks included on it will be a duet with the young man who made Jepsen famous. It’s called “Beautiful” and you can sample about 90 seconds of it here:
