The Bachelor’s Molly Mesnick is pregnant with her first child. It will be the second for her husband, Jason Mesnick, who was the first single dad to star on the ABC reality show. He has a seven-year-old son, Ty, with ex-wife Hillary. Jason and Molly tied the knot in 2010. “Our family is getting a little bit bigger!” Molly Mesnick (nee Malaney) confirmed to People magazine. “I’m into my second trimester and I feel really good.” The couple met on The Bachelor and endured major media scrutiny after Jason initially gave the final rose to Melissa Rycroft , only to break up with her for Molly. They weathered the storm, however, and soon got engaged, swapped vows in an ABC special and moved in together in Jason’s native Washington State. Happiest of all about the growing family? Little Ty. “He’s been so excited to be a big brother,” Jason says , explaining that the expectant couple broke the news to an excited Ty via a game of hang man. “The answer was ‘Tyler is going to be a big brother,’” Jason says. Molly also made him a t-shirt that says ‘Big Brother’ on it. Cute. This welcome news comes on the heels of two huge Bachelor breakups: Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson, and more surprisingly, Emily Maynard and Jef Holm . Congratulations to Jason and Molly on their impending arrival!
It should come as no surprise to The Real Housewives of New Jersey viewers that Teresa Giudice dislikes Melissa Gorga. With a passion. But what is the source for this total and complete hatred? According to In Touch Weekly , it centers around Teresa’s husband, Joe, who reportedly has a wandering eye for more than just Atlantic City hoes . “When Melissa started dating Teresa’s brother, Joe would flirt with her and check her out whenever Teresa wasn’t looking ,” a source tells the magazine. “Melissa always told me he was a ‘creep.’ He’s so disrespectful to Teresa, but she turns a blind eye.” The insider goes on to claim Joe is well aware of his wife’s resentment toward Gorga and his behavior, but “doesn’t care – he thinks he’s an attractive guy.” For a lot more on this totally unscripted feud, pick up the latest issue of In Touch Weekly .
Rapper Nelly was detained last night as police officers searched his tour bus at a Texas checkpoint and found heroin, marijuana and a loaded gun on board. Nelly’s bus was stopped by the border patrol in Sierra Blanca, where Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Armie Hammer and Fiona Apple have been popped recently. A police canine detected the presence of drugs. After performing a search, officials found 36 small bags of heroin (totaling .64 ounces), over 10 pounds of weed in a duffel bag and a loaded .45 caliber pistol. The rapper was not arrested, however. Brian Keith Jones, one of seven passengers on board the bus, admitted the drugs and the gun were his. He was subsequently placed under arrest. Nelly and the others were cut loose. Why on Earth anyone is driving around with all those items at all – let alone through the most notorious checkpoint in the U.S. – is a question we can’t answer. [Photo: WENN.com]
The Hamptons International Film Festival handed out awards Sunday for its 20th edition of the event with Umat Dag’s Kuma and Cate Shortland’s Lore tying for the Golden Starfish narrative prize, while Tora Martens’ Colombianos took the Documentary prize. Toronto audience winner Silver Linings Playbook , meanwhile, also took the equivalent prize in the Hamptons, while No Place on Earth won the audience nod in the documentary category. The 20th Hamptons International Film Festival winners: Baume & Mercier Audience Award Narrative Silver Linings Playbook by David O. Russell Baume & Mercier Audience Award Documentary No Place On Earth by Janet Tobias Baume & Mercier Audience Award Best Short Growing Farmers by Michael Halsband Golden Starfish Award Narrative Feature Winner (TIE) Kuma , Directed by Umat Dag Lore , Directed by Cate Shortland Golden Starfish Award Documentary Feature Winner Colombianos , Directed by Tora Mårtens Special Jury Prize for Inspiration Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet , Directed by Jesse Vile Special Jury Prize for Performance Carlos Vallarino , La Demora GSA Short The Curse , Directed by Fyzal Boulifa The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography Lore , Cinematography by Adam Arkapaw The Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice Call Me Kuchu by Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall The Jeremy Nussbaum Prize for Provocative Fiction Lore by Cate Shortand Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award One Nation Under Dog by Amanda Micheli, Jenny Carchman, Ellen Goosemberg-Kent GSA for Curatorial Excellence Ian Birnie
The President of the U.S. spoke to 6,000 supporters at an L.A. concert featuring Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Earth Wind & Fire and Jon Bon Jovi. Obama at Fundraiser “Everything we fought so hard for in 2008 is on the line in 2012,” Barack Obama told the Nokia Theater crowd. “And I need your help to finish what we started. I need your help.” “If there’s one thing I know, we’ve come a long way and we’ve come too far to turn back now,” he said, pointing out his recent performance during the 2012 Presidential Debates . Alluding to the fact that Mitt Romney won the first debate, he said of the night’s musicians, “They just perform flawlessly night after night. I can’t always say the same.” A suited up George Clooney also made an appearance on stage to introduce Wonder, and to also make a quick joke about Clint Eastwood’s speech during the RNC. Clooney said that sometimes celebs can hurt candidates more than they can help them. Which is true, but Eastwooding just entertained us to be honest. Presidential election 2012 : Obama-Biden Romney-Ryan View Poll »
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.
We’ve got a quartet of nude titles working their magic for you this week on DVD and Blu-ray: First, Starz’ Magic City explodes onto DVD and Blu-ray with an eye-popping assortment of nudity from Olga Kurylenko , Jessica Marais , and many more. Also nude on DVD and Blu-ray, Another Earth (2011)’s Brit Marling stars as a seductive cult leader in Sounds of My Voice (2012), and the sci-fi streak continues on Blu-ray with deluxe re-releases of Cyborg (1989) and Blade Runner (1982). More after the jump!
The Bourne Legacy , The Campaign and Hope Springs are among the latest in studio fare churned out for your summer popcorn pleasure. And some – at least – are worth a view. But if you’re itching for something else beyond the grain, check out the latest from Spike Lee, whose Red Hook Summer begins its roll out this weekend with an expansion set throughout the rest of summer. Actress/director Julie Delpy’s sequel to her hilarious 2 Days In Paris opens, but this time she trades Paris for New York in, fittingly, 2 Days In New York , in which she stars opposite Chris Rock . And David Duchovny stars in Goats , which is finally making its way to the screen after a decade in the making. More teasers, insight and films here beyond the blockbuster… 2 Days in New York Director: Julie Delpy Writer: Julie Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon Cast: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon, Daniel Bruhl Opens: New York in two locations this weekend with other cities to follow. The followup to her 2007 feature 2 Days In Paris , which took in a cool $4.433 million Stateside for that film’s distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films, the current title basically replicates Paris’ dialogue-heavy banter, open talk about sexuality and crossing social taboos, but this time Chris Rock stars as her love interest and New York is the setting. Though she has been acting since she was discovered by Jean-Luc Godard (who cast her in his 1985 Détective) and has a half-dozen features under her belt as director, the ever present challenge of financing played havoc with 2 Days In New York. “It’s fine if you have the money, and we had the money, but when the money fell apart at the last minute, it was just drama. It was the most painful experience to think you’re about to shoot and then everything just stops,” she said. Nevertheless, the production went on and the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January where it was picked up by Magnolia Pictures. Synopsis: Marion and Mingus live cozily—perhaps too cozily—with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. However, when Marion’s jolly father (played by director Delpy’s real-life dad), her oversexed sister, and her sister’s outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for a visit, it initiates two unforgettable days that will test Marion and Mingus’s relationship. With their unwitting racism and sexual frankness, the French triumvirate hilariously has no boundaries or filters…and no person is left unscathed in its wake. Watch the trailer on YouTube . Goats Director: Christopher Neil Writer: Mark Poirier Cast: Vera Farmiga, David Duchovny, Graham Phillips, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk, Dakota Johnson Opens: New York, Los Angeles, Tucson, Phoenix and Dallas with more cities to follow. From conception to being “in the can,” Goats took 10 years to make. Director Christopher Neil optioned the material from Mark Poirier and worked with the author to adapt the script. Producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg first saw the script through Oliver Stone producer Eric Kopeloff while she was at Plum Pictures and tried to find financing. Eventually she formed Red Crown Productions and decided to make Goats her company’s first project. “We brought it to David Duchovny who loved the character of the Goat man and said it was like something he hadn’t done before,” Lundberg said. Following a long editing process, production finished in late fall. “Sundance was the best place to premiere.” Synopsis: In Goats , Ellis (Graham Phillips) is the most adult member of his eccentric family at 15 years old. His mom (Vera Farmiga) is a New Age hippie that spends all of her time working on self-help rituals with her hustler boyfriend (Justin Kirk). His dad (Ty Burrell) left home years ago and is more focused on his new wife (Keri Russell) and family. And then there’s Goat Man (David Duchovny), the goat-herding sage who has lived in their pool house since Ellis was a child, teaching him the meaning of stability, commitment, and expanding one’s mind. When Ellis decides to leave Tucson to go to the same East Coast prep school that his father went to, he easily assimilates to his new environment – even gaining the attention of a local girl (Dakota Johnson). But as he re-connects with his estranged father, he finds Goat Man’s influence and his life out West thrown into stark contrast. Based on Mark Jude Poirier’s best-selling novel, director Christopher Neil’s hilarious and poignant film is a witty reversal of the coming of age formula, a beautifully honest portrayal of life with its rough edges, awkward moments, and non-endings. Watch the trailer on YouTube . The Green Wave Writer-director: Ali Samadi Ahadi Cast: Mohsen Kadivar, Mitra Khalatbari, Shadi Sadr Opens: In limited release. Synopsis: Green is the color of hope. Green is the color of Islam. And green was the symbol of recognition among the supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who became the symbolic figure of the Green Revolution in Iran last year. The presidential elections on June 12th, 2009 were supposed to bring about a change, but contrary to all expectations the ultra-conservative populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confirmed in office. As clear as was the result, as loud and justified were the accusations of vote-rigging. The on-going Where is my vote? protest demonstrations were again and again worn down and broken up with brutal attacks by government militia. Images taken from private persons with their cell phones or cameras bear witness to this excessive violence: people were beaten, stabbed, shot dead, arrested, kidnapped, some of them disappearing without trace. What remains is the countless number of dead or injured people and victims of torture, and another deep wound in the hearts of the Iranians. The Green Wave is a touching documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events and telling about the feelings of the people behind this revolution. Facebook reports, Twitter messages and videos posted in the internet were included in the film composition, and hundreds of real blog entries served as reference for the experiences and thoughts of two young students, whose story is running through the film as the main thread. Watch the trailer on YouTube . Meet The Fokkens Writers-directors: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schroder Subjects: Louise Fokkens, Martine Fokkens Opens: New York this weekend followed by other cities. Dutch filmmakers Gabrielle Provaas and Rob Schroder stumbled on the two women who would be the subjects of their film by chance. Provaas said her colleague moved to an Amsterdam neighborhood where local prostitutes ran their window-front enterprise, although it was not in the city’s famed sex worker district frequented by tourists and gawkers. “We were fascinated by the women working in the windows,” said Provaas. “This area where we found them is outside the main Red Light District and these women were their own bosses and doing it out of their own choice.” They soon wanted to make a film about the area weren’t sure how to proceed. “You can’t just tap the window and say, ‘Hey we want to make a movie about you.'” Synopsis: Meet Louise and Martine Fokkens: 69-year-old identical twins who have worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam’s red light district for over 50 years. Louise is newly retired due to arthritis (“I couldn’t get one leg over the other”), but Martine carries on, unable to support herself on a state pension. Between explicit scenes of her daily grind, she and Louise stroll the city in matching outfits, recounting hilariously ribald stories from a lifetime of sex work. (Discussing a client who was a chaplain, one recalls: “Don’t you remember, we even had a little confessional!”) An immensely affectionate portrait of two women who have seen and done everything (and everyone), Meet the Fokkens is a rollicking and revealing look at the world’s oldest profession in the 21st century. Watch the trailer on YouTube . Red Hook Summer Writer-director: Spike Lee Cast: Jules Brown, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Tony Lysaith, De’Adre Aziz, Turron Kofi Alleyne Opens: Manhattan and Brooklyn this weekend followed by Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in two weeks. “The key with this one, is that we’re working hand in hand with Spike and his team at 40 Acres,” RHS distributor Variance Films founder Dylan Marchetti said referring to Lee’s film outfit, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. “They’re savvy and they’re smart. He has a few tricks up his sleeve. I’ve never seen someone so busy and working hard. He doesn’t just do a New York press day and then call it quits.” Marchetti said the film purposely does not draw conclusions and the audience will have to come up with their own. “In a nutshell what’s interesting about RHS is that it’s personal for Spike,” said Marchetti. “He’s saying something but not telling people what to think and we’re tying our marketing to that. We want them to figure that out themselves and they’re a smart audience.” Synopsis: Red Hook Summer tells the story of Flik Royale (Jules Brown), a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse (Clarke Peters) in the housing projects of Red Hook. Having never met before, things quickly get off on the wrong foot as Bishop Enoch relentlessly attempts to convert Flik into a follower of Jesus Christ. Between his grandfather’s constant preaching and the culture sock of inner-city life, Flik’s summer appears to be a total disaster – until he meets Chazz Morningstar (Toni Lysaith), a pretty girl his age, who shows Flik the brighter side of Brooklyn. Through her love and the love of his grandfather, Flik begins to realize that the world is a lot bigger and perhaps a lot better than he’d ever imagine. Watch the trailer on YouTube .
Given author Stephenie Meyer’s close connection to Summit’s Twilight films (she came onboard to produce the final two films), the vampire saga has retained a firm sense of authenticity even as scripter Melissa Rosenberg has tweaked and added details to translate Meyer’s vision for the big screen. But a new EW Breaking Dawn Part 2 preview teases a “pretty big shock” for fans expecting stark faithfulness to the series-ender. What could be more shocking than the all-out vampire/werewolf/baby-loving party that already is Breaking Dawn ? According to EW , who has a slew of new Breaking Dawn Part 2 images including the above look at Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson in happier, more undead times, Rosenberg changed plot elements in the film’s last act that had Pattinson going, “What?” (Seriously. That’s what he says he said.) The good news is, Rosenberg didn’t act alone; she and Meyer supposedly conjured this maybe-huge, probably not-so-earth-shattering deviation together: Even devoted readers of Meyer’s books are in for a pretty big shock in the final third of the film, when the plot strays from the last novel in a sequence dreamed up by Meyer and longtime screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg one night over dinner. “When I first read the script, I got to that part and was like, ‘What?'” Pattinson says. “And then I had to go back a page.” Still, even those averse to change will be more than satisfied, and probably thrilled, by how the series ends. The actors certainly are. Says Pattinson, “It does it a serious justice.” The bad news (for now) is, fans have no idea how major or minor said change is. Since much of Breaking Dawn the novel is spent rallying for an epic final showdown between Edward and Bella’s army of vampire friends and family and the insidious Italian coven fronted by Michael Sheen, there’s a good chance the tweak is related to the X-Men: The Last Stand -like standoff between the two opposing enemies. Then again, since that standoff also happens to be rather anticlimactic — it’s the reason I never thought the book could be adapted easily to the screen — any injection of some new dramatic advancement would be welcome. But hey, who knows? Maybe it’s something as simple as a flashforward to Jacob and Renesmee’s happy future together, which isn’t weird at all . [ EW via CinemaBlend ]
