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Golden Globes Nominees React! Bigelow, Affleck, Hathaway & More Respond To Nominations

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Happy Golden Globes Nomination Day everyone! While you mull over this year’s crop of obvious picks (” Argo f*** yourself,” Academy ) and not so obvious surprises ( Salmon Fishing in the Yemen , Hope Springs , Taylor Swift and Jon Bon Jovi? Are we really doing this, HFPA?) let’s delight in the reactions of the chosen few who’ll vie for Golden Globes glory on Sunday, January 13. (Updated as nominee reactions roll in…) UPDATED with Jack Black hilarity & more: Helen Mirren, actress, Hitchcock (Best Actress – Drama) “Alma thanks you from the bottom of her heart for the recognition of her contribution to film.” Wes Anderson , director, Moonrise Kingdom (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical) “I received this news by text message on the fast train to Berlin. The Hollywood Foreign Press has brightened a bleak snowy day in Germany for me. I could not be more pleased on behalf of our gang.” Jack Black , actor, Bernie (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) “OK…I’m only doing Richard Linklater movies from now on. I’m so proud of our little engine that could. Thank you HFPA!” Emily Blunt, actress, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Best Actress – Comedy or Musical) “I’m so incredibly thankful to the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognizing our little movie that could. Ewan and the entire cast and crew could not be more deserving of this honor, and I’m thrilled that I’m able to share this moment among such a fantastic group of nominees.” Ben Affleck , director of Argo (Best Director, Best Motion Picture – Drama) “I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for honoring Argo with five nominations. These nominations reflect the courage and determination of real life heroes in the US, Canada, Iran and across the globe. They honor more than 120 actors with speaking roles in multiple languages, thousands of extras in the US and abroad as well as hundreds of extraordinary crewmembers who poured their heart into the film — including the great Alan Arkin, brilliant Chris Terrio and extraordinary Alexandre Desplat, who were nominated today as well and who have my congratulations and gratitude. Thanks again to the HFPA for their support.” Kathryn Bigelow , director/producer of Zero Dark Thirty (Best Director, Best Motion Picture – Drama) “It’s an honor, sincerely, and very humbling to be singled out this way by the HFPA. We’re grateful, and encouraged by their support, especially since our film has such a diverse, international cast, and as the HFPA represent so many countries across the globe. And a big congratulations to the amazing Jessica Chastain and my producing partner and screenwriter Mark Boal.” Anne Hathaway , actress, Les Miserables (Best Supporting Actress) “What a great way to wake up! I couldn’t be happier or more grateful for this news. Congratulations to Hugh and everyone who worked on Les Miz for their contribution to the best picture nomination!!!” Judi Dench, actress, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Best Actress – Comedy or Musical) “This is lovely news… Having had such a glorious time in India, I’m so happy for John Madden and Graham Broadbent and delighted to be included in such a wonderful group of fellow actors.” Richard Gere, actor, Arbitrage (Best Actor – Drama) “This was a complicated and challenging role. It’s nice to have the HFPA acknowledge the performance and for me to share the nomination with such brilliant actors.” John Hawkes, actor, The Sessions (Best Actor – Drama) “I’m so honored by these nominations and excited that the film is receiving this recognition.”  Alan Arkin, actor, Argo (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture) “I am deeply grateful for this honor and particularly moved in being in the company of Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Tommy Lee Jones who I deeply admire. I am also thrilled that Ben is getting the attention he so much deserves, as is Argo .” Mark Boal, writer/producer of Zero Dark Thirty (Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture – Drama) “We’re very grateful to the HFPA. It means so much to us that press representatives from around the world have reacted with such praise. It’s especially flattering as we’ve seen the film from the beginning as a global story, one that involved and impacted much of the world. Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow and Jessica Chastain on nominations much deserved.” Tim Burton, producer/director of Frankenweenie (Best Animated Feature Film) “I’m thrilled to be recognized by the HFPA. Frankenweenie is a very personal project for me and the nomination goes as much to the animators who labored frame by frame to bring this film to life.” Mark Andrews, director of Brave (Best Animated Feature Film) “The adventure of Brave began in Scotland, where the mystery and majesty of the land fueled our imaginations. From haggis to highland games, creating this film truly changed our fate. On behalf of everyone at Pixar, we would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for the incredible honor of this nomination.” Graham Broadbent, producer, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical) “ Marigold seems to be turning in to the ‘little film that could’. We’ve had a wonderful ride — it’s been hugely enjoyed by audiences around the world, and that’s really enough for any filmmaker. We couldn’t be happier that the HFPA and SAG are remembering our film, all our cast, and particularly our two ‘international treasures’ Dames, Judi and Maggie. Ol Parker’s script and John Madden’s vision made an experience in the cinemas that was both emotional, transforming and very funny, and reminded audiences of an important universal message, ‘there’s more life to live’ — whatever your age. We are so pleased with our passionate partners at Fox Searchlight and Participant for the care they’ve given our film.” Chris Terrio, screenwriter, Argo (Best Screenplay) “Having a screenplay produced for the first time is a tremendous gift for any writer. To see the script directed by Ben, with the brilliant cast and crew he assembled, and then honored by the HFPA, feels like winning the screenwriter lottery.” Alexandre Desplat, composer, Argo (Best Original Score – Motion Picture) “It is an honor to be nominated again by the HFPA. Writing the score for Argo was a rare experience and I wish to thank Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Chay Carter for taking me onboard their flight to Iran. I want to share my nomination with all the brilliant musicians from all over the world who performed on my score.” RELATED ARTICLES: Golden Globes Unveil 70th Edition Nominees Globes Analysis: Hooper, Russell, De Niro Snubbed & Is Waltz Really A Supporting Actor? 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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Should Be The Re-Hash Of Khan

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I’m an outlier among other insufferable snobs on the Internet: I actually want Khan to be the villain of Star Trek Into Darkness . This isn’t because I desperately want the films to touch every base that the original series did. After nearly 30 years on television and 10 movies of highly uneven quality, the Star Trek universe prior to JJ Abrams’   Star Trek was suffering horribly from internal rot, not to mention a growing reliance on awful time travel plots and constant nods to series continuity. A fresh start was desperately needed if it was going to remain relevant, even if it came at — sniff — the expense of Captains Picard and Sisko*. But if Star Trek was a successful fresh start (and it was), it also brought with it some terrible baggage from the previous continuity, specifically the fact that its plot was motivated by the same time-travel bullshit that caused the TV universe to finally collapse under the weight of its own pretentions. Thank the founders that Abrams movie focused squarely on the Holy Trinity of Kirk, Spock, and Bones, or we would have noticed how awful Nero really was. But as we’ve already learned with Iron Man 2 , a successul sequel needs to do more than coast on the chemistry of its leads. With Kirk and co. firmly established, STID needs a strong conflict with high stakes, and a memorable villain (or at least a prime mover) connected to that conflict. To pull that off, you can’t force the audience to consult a Trek lore guide. Superturbonerd Trek Fans like me might want to see Harcourt Mudd, Cyrano Jones, Gary Mitchell, The Horta, or that horrible psychic kid played by Ron Howard’s brother but frankly, that’s inside baseball. Ask the legions of moviegoers for whom  for whom  Star Trek  is essentially  Kirk bangs space hotties-Spock lectures him about the logic of using a condom-Bones grumpily administers penicillin ,”the only villain they’ll recite from memory is Ricardo Montalban’s Khan Noonien Singh. Is that a problem? Only if you think that the Joker’s appearing in The Dark Knight was a problem. Iconic characters linger in the public memory for a reason, and that makes it easy for a skilled storyteller to take them and make them over into something later audiences can appreciate anew. Do it right and you can get away with anything, even making a horribly lame villain like Bane look bad-ass.  And for better or for worse, Khan is Kirk’s Joker. So milk that shit, I say. Use him well and firmly ground STID in its own past, and save less exploited territory for future sequels, when you’ve solidified the audience’s loyalty. But is Khan the villain of Star Trek Into Darkness ? Who the hell can tell? The new trailer certainly doesn’t want us to know for sure. But damned if it isn’t teasing the hell out of us. It’s already been confirmed that the villain will be canon. And now we know that whatever character is blessed with Benedict Cumberbatch’s crisp, Public School tones, he’s really angry and looking to exact some revenge – sorry, vengeance, which is way classier than mere revenge – on the people of Earth. That sounds like Khan to me! Unless Cyrano Jones is angry that the Klingons wiped out the Tribbles. There’s also the fact that the American trailer lacks one crucial scene present in the Japanese trailer (see it right before the end): a deliberate homage to the moment of Spock’s Death in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan . Even if it’s just a dodge (something Abrams does very well,) the reference can’t be a coincidence. And if this means we get to see Cumberbatch doing is best Ricardo Montalban impression, that’s fine by me. Just so long as it doesn’t mean we have to endure another go at The Search For Spock . Some additional thoughts: -If you think it’s ridiculous that a lily-white Briton like Benedict Cumberbatch could even pretend to play an Indian, it’s worth noting that Gabrielle Anwar and Ben Kingsley both have Indian fathers. -Notice the ship rising out of the water? If it isn’t the SS botany Bay, I wonder if it’s the same starship we see crashing into the San Francisco Bay later in the trailer. -The interesting thing about the trailer is just how much of Earth we’re seeing in it. Star Trek was originally pitched as Wagon Train to the stars, but of course, the wagon train had to start somewhere. The original series and subsequent iterations barely feature earth as anything other than a reference. For all we know, the only thing people do back home is build more Enterprises. Also, whenever I watch a western, I always want a scene of what people are up to back in Boston or London. It’s interesting that in the space version, we’re getting exactly that. *Truth: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is inarguably the best series. YEAHISAIDIT. Read More:  ‘ Star Trek Into Darkness’ Explodes An Early Tease Star Trek 2  Gets A Title: Where Does It Rank In The Franchise? Ross Lincoln is a LA-based freelance writer from Oklahoma with an unhealthy obsession with comics, movies, video games, ancient history, Gore Vidal, and wine. Follow Ross A. Lincoln on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. 

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REVIEW: ‘The Impossible’ Ties A Teary Bow On True Tsunami Tragedy

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There’s a question that  The Impossible , the new film from Juan Antonio Bayona ( The Orphanage ), demands be asked, and that is — is it easier for audiences to relate to tragedy when it’s filtered through white characters? This is not a new issue. The movies have a long tradition of approaching stories about people of color, both at home and abroad, through the experiences of Caucasian protagonists, a habit that speaks to both (probably not unfounded) ideas about audience preferences and prejudices and the linked reality of what most of our movie stars still look like.  The Impossible is set during the 2004 tsunami that hit South East Asia the day after Christmas, killing over 230,000 people and devastating Indonesia, India, Thailand and other countries, but it’s about how one expat family on holiday weathers the tragedy, an uplifting tale of survival and endurance amidst the ruin. On one hand, yes, it feels undeniably strange and selective to approach the worst tsunami in history by way of vacationing foreigners, with representatives of the local Thai population limited to those who come to their aid. The film begins with the family — Henry (Ewan McGregor) and Maria (Naomi Watts), and their sons Lucas (Tom Holland), Simon (Oaklee Pendergast) and Thomas (Samuel Joslin) — arriving on a turbulent flight, and ends with their worse for the wear departure on another one, and the relief that accompanies that trip to safety comes with an awareness that many of the other people left behind do not have a home elsewhere to go back to. On the other hand,  The Impossible , which was written by Sergio G. Sánchez, is based on the true story of a Spanish family (transformed here into a British one) who were some of the many visitors to the area whose trip abroad turned into a nightmare. Their experiences aren’t unworthy of being dramatized simply because they’re not representative of the underreported norm, and the film recreates the horrifying saga in ways that are startlingly visceral, including a masterful sequence in which the first wave arrives like a monster in a horror flick. This story being told doesn’t mean that others are silenced, and  The Impossible benefits from taking a limited perspective on an awful larger incident rather than try for something more panoramic. What may be a more relevant question for  The Impossible is what its aims are as a movie. It’s a thoroughly and effectively sappy effort about a family searching for one another after an incredible catastrophe in the trappings of traumatic gore film — or vice versa, but either way the two halves sit uneasily beside one another on screen. As in  The Orphanage , Bayona demonstrates he has a talent for the disturbing or flat out frightening and a taste for the sentimental, and it’s perhaps because this is a film about a real and recent disaster that both feel amplified, the shock and suffering turned up to apologize for or counterbalance the unabashed drippiness that follows. From a pure filmmaking perspective, it’s the first half that really impresses and perturbs, as Henry, Maria and the kids arrive from Japan to spend their holidays in a gorgeous beachside resort in Khao Lak. They film themselves on Christmas morning opening presents on the veranda, they release a paper lantern on the beach at night, and they sit poolside getting sunburns with other Western tourists and talking about their careers while the boys frolic in the water. The tsunami takes them completely by surprise, as it did almost everyone affected, rumbling from the horizon and taking out everything in its path. We stay with Maria as she’s swept away in the chaotic mass of water, the camera sticking with her as she clutches a tree and howls in pain and upset, then cutting over to Lucas as he’s pulled in the current, the two trying to reach each other in a world suddenly upended. It’s a tour de force sequence, and one that manages to outdo a similar one in  Hereafter with little effort. But it’s what follows that’s enough to evoke a physical reaction, as Maria trudges through the wreckage, too stunned to notice the tattered muscles exposed in the gaping wound in her leg. The suffering Watts portrays — she climbs, dripping blood and crying in pain, into a tree and in a later scene coughs up what looks like lung tissue — looks all too agonizingly real, and enabling that requires a committed and deeply believable bit of acting. But watching her ordeal is enough to make you feel shaky, and almost as troubling are the sequences that follow in which Henry trudges through the splintered remains of their hotel, looking for the rest of his family, either alive or dead. The Impossible drops you into the experience of living through the tsunami in specific, achingly realized detail, then pulls back to provide a happier ending. After so much anguish, the need to balance it out with something positive is understandable, but it’s difficult not to be aware of just how much Bayona is yanking on heartstrings as he arranges for near misses and hospital misunderstandings, teary phone calls and kindly old women (Geraldine Chaplin!) providing companionship to forlorn children. Any glimpses of good amidst the destruction are welcome, but after that jarring, unforgettably immediate account of the tsunami, the latter half of  The Impossible is so disappointingly movie -ish, tying a bow on the events after portraying them too vividly to allow them to be wrapped so neatly. It wrings out tears with an industrious efficiency that leaves you feeling manhandled after the exhilarating, terrifying footage that’s unfolded before. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Vito Schnabel: Dating Demi Moore?!?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It looks like Demi Moore may be taking her daughters’ advice. According to Page Six, the actress is moving on from Ashton Kutcher with yet another boy toy, some 26-year old named Vito Schnabel . Schnabel is the son of famous painter Julian. He’s an art dealer who was linked romantically to Elle MacPherson in 2008. Witnesses tell The New York Post that Moore and Schnabel first cozied up at the 50th birthday bash for Naomi Campbell’s boyfriend in India this month. “They were dancing and grinding all over each other, openly, in front of other guests,” an insider tells the newspaper. Ever since then, the unexpected pair has been “quietly spending time together,” another source adds. Moore and Kutcher, of course, separated a year ago, with Kutcher now openly dating Mila Kunis . There’s no word yet on when the formerly married couple will officially divorce.

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India Reynolds’ Nuts Outtakes is the Glamour Model of the Day

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

As a reformed hater of Glamour models…I can say I really respect India Reynolds and appreciate her hard work… You see because just a few months ago…I used to laugh at these Glamour Models…thinking all they wanted to be was actual models…but due to lack of a good face or height…they were forced to do these low level shoots for men’s magazines… But then I realized…that these girls…are not aspiring models at all…if anything they are closer to strippers…but even stripping probably wouldn’t have been their career of choice…but instead hosting, or bar tending, or waitressing….but thanks to perks and opportunities and fame…they’ve become thrown their reservations aside and become nude models…showing off their rockin’ tits…and sex appeal that is far more interesting that actual models…and far more appealing that strippers or hookers anyone has access to….and the whole thing has made them famous…They are the Samantha Fox of the 2000s….shit’s always existed…but for some reason it brings hope of a better tomorrow….where new busty girls follow their lead…giving us an endless supply of busty topless girls we’d otherwise never see topless….

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Diamond fetches $21.5 million

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A huge, internally flawless diamond from India#39;s fabled Golconda mines was sold at auction in Geneva on Tuesday night for a record 20.355 million Swiss francs, Christie#39;s said. The rare, colourless stone weighing 76.02 carats, and roughly the size of a large strawberry, once belonged to Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872-1962), a prince of the Hungarian line of the Habsburgs. Its pre-sale estimate was 15-to-25 million Swiss francs and it fetched more than double the price paid for i

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Christie Prody Arrested For Purse-Snatching in North Dakota

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Christie Prody, O.J. Simpson’s longtime girlfriend (she dated the Juice from 1996 until he went to prison in 2009, miraculously avoiding being killed) has been arrested . The charge? Stealing a woman’s purse. In Fargo, N.D. Outside of a mall. She’s come a long way since dating Orenthal. Christie Prody didn’t even get away with the purse, because the victim fought back despite minor injuries and struggled with her until mall security arrived. Earlier this year, she was charged with stealing painkillers from a home where she worked as a nurse’s aid … and was shopping a sex tape starring herself and some schmoe. Classy chick.

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Lena Dunham Without Makeup: Would You Hit It?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Lena Dunham talks a lot about sex, both on her HBO series Girls and in a Barack Obama campaign ad that got the Emmy nominee in trouble. So with the writer/producer/actress visiting her mother in India and Tweeting a photo to Instagram of the makeup-free trip, we felt it only proper to ask the following question… … Lena Dunham: Would you hit it?   Heck yes! No way! Maybe after a six-pack! View Poll »

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More Miranda Kerr for Esquire of the Day

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I already posted these pics of Miranda Kerr in Esquire…because I am the unofficial most relevant site when it comes to models, celebrities and sluts, on the internet…according to me and my 2 readers, one of which is a virgin in India and the other is some pervert applying lipstick who wants me dead…. But in being the most relevant site for this kind of thing on the internet that no one cares about….I am forced to update you with more Miranda Kerr ass in sheer nighties…. Cuz that shit wasn’t in the first round…but I am pretty glad it happened….and here it is.

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WATCH: Kidman, Wasikowska and Goode Creep It Up In Trailer For Park Chan-Wook’s Stoker

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Although the above photo of Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska calls to mind a Lana Del Rey music video, it’s actually a still from something much more exciting: Vengeance  trilogy director Park Chan-Wook’s upcoming horror thriller Stoker.   Despite the title, which refers to the surname of the core characters, the tense, stylish trailer for the Fox Searchlight film, which you can find after the jump, does not look like a vampire tale. Rather, creepy, craven humans look like the monsters of this movie. In one scene, Kidman’s character Evie Stoker icily tells her daughter India (Wasikowska): “I can’t wait to watch life tear you apart.” In another, weird Uncle Charle Stoker (Matthew Goode) tells Kidman,  “She’s of age,” presumably referring to India. “She’s of age for what?” replies Kidman with a disgusted look on her face. “You have no idea,” responds Goode in a tone that made my skin crawl. Those who’ve come to know and expect a certain level of creative, Grand Guignol bloodshed in Park’s pictures will have to wait and see, but there are a few promising indications in the trailer. When India is taunted by a classmate at school, she stabs him with a sharp pencil.  There are also scenes of  Wasikowska hefting  what looks like a high-powered rifle. If you haven’t seen Park’s Vengeance trilogy — Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance — you might want to bone up before Stoker is released March 1, 2013. In addition to being one of Korea’s most popular filmmakers, Park’s fans include Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

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