Like Gwyneth Paltrow, Tina Fey believes people are overly mean to Gwyneth Paltrow. “Any time you talk about being a working mother and you complain about it in any way, people eat your face,” Fey tells InStyle . “I remember reading some interview where Gwyneth Paltrow said something like, ‘I missed my kids on the set one day and I was crying.’ And I thought, Yeah, I’ve totally done that.” She added, “But on the Web site where I read it there were these furious comments. ‘But you’re a movie star!’ Yes, it’s much worse for a mom serving in Afghanistan. Of course. But there’s just no forgiveness.” [ People ]
If you were hoping that a new photo from Captain America: The First Avenger would mysteriously surface on the Internet this afternoon, you’re in luck. The most recent still features Chris Evans in full Captain America regalia, being held hostage by two leather-clad men (Nazis? Assassins sent from a future Charlie Sheen to destroy all World War II trolls?). Alas, the only way to free the Marvel superhero and save American ideals is to come up with a genius caption for the photo below. Ready… set…
Plus: Director Joe Johnston talks to Entertainment Weekly about the politics of Captain America and ‘The Avengers.’ By Kara Warner Chris Evans in “Captain America: The First Avenger” Photo: Marvel Entertainment For all the “Captain America” fans who have been excited by the teaser trailer and magazine features , there have been just as many complaints about the fact that not much has yet been seen of the film’s chief and formidable villain, Red Skull. Luckily for those folks, Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first look at genre-film favorite Hugo Weaving all red and scary-looking. EW also scored a meaty interview with the film’s director, Joe Johnston, in which he addresses a wide range of subjects, including why a superhuman can be sympathetic, the politics of Captain America (played by Chris Evans) and how much he had to think about Joss Whedon’s spin-off film “The Avengers.” “What I like is he’s not a superhero in the true sense of the word,” Johnston explained of how Steve Rogers/ Captain America is unlike Superman or Spider-Man. “He becomes a superhero but doesn’t have any superpowers. He is just the best possible human specimen. Imagine the fastest, strongest Olympian athlete. Add 30 percent. That’s Steve Rogers.” Regarding the character’s historic and politically charged past (the first issue of the Marvel comic featured the now-famous cover image of Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw), Johnston said that although his film is indeed a period piece, it isn’t a “flag waver.” “He was created as a propaganda tool, but he soon became much more than that,” Johnston told the magazine. “There are all these incarnations over the decades, but the film is not a flag waver. It’s about a guy who wants to do the right thing. And that transcends all nationalities and borders.” Finally, there has been much ado over the fact that several characters who have and will have their own standalone films will come together for Whedon’s highly anticipated “Avengers” movie. “I really didn’t [think about it],” Johnston said. “Because this was a period film, because this was the origin story, I didn’t have to worry about ‘The Avengers,’ which was a present-day story,” he explained. “We have present-day bookends and bring Cap back at the end, and then I basically hand him off. And ‘The Avengers’ is its own thing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Captain America: The First Avenger.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Photos Chris Evans On The ‘Captain America’ Set ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Plus: Director Joe Johnston talks to Entertainment Weekly about the politics of Captain America and ‘The Avengers.’ By Kara Warner Chris Evans in “Captain America: The First Avenger” Photo: Marvel Entertainment For all the “Captain America” fans who have been excited by the teaser trailer and magazine features , there have been just as many complaints about the fact that not much has yet been seen of the film’s chief and formidable villain, Red Skull. Luckily for those folks, Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first look at genre-film favorite Hugo Weaving all red and scary-looking. EW also scored a meaty interview with the film’s director, Joe Johnston, in which he addresses a wide range of subjects, including why a superhuman can be sympathetic, the politics of Captain America (played by Chris Evans) and how much he had to think about Joss Whedon’s spin-off film “The Avengers.” “What I like is he’s not a superhero in the true sense of the word,” Johnston explained of how Steve Rogers/ Captain America is unlike Superman or Spider-Man. “He becomes a superhero but doesn’t have any superpowers. He is just the best possible human specimen. Imagine the fastest, strongest Olympian athlete. Add 30 percent. That’s Steve Rogers.” Regarding the character’s historic and politically charged past (the first issue of the Marvel comic featured the now-famous cover image of Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw), Johnston said that although his film is indeed a period piece, it isn’t a “flag waver.” “He was created as a propaganda tool, but he soon became much more than that,” Johnston told the magazine. “There are all these incarnations over the decades, but the film is not a flag waver. It’s about a guy who wants to do the right thing. And that transcends all nationalities and borders.” Finally, there has been much ado over the fact that several characters who have and will have their own standalone films will come together for Whedon’s highly anticipated “Avengers” movie. “I really didn’t [think about it],” Johnston said. “Because this was a period film, because this was the origin story, I didn’t have to worry about ‘The Avengers,’ which was a present-day story,” he explained. “We have present-day bookends and bring Cap back at the end, and then I basically hand him off. And ‘The Avengers’ is its own thing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Captain America: The First Avenger.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Photos Chris Evans On The ‘Captain America’ Set ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Can we all agree that the Thor marketing materials thus far have been a little less than thrilling? Good. Because now we really have something to look forward to from the Kenneth Branagh-directed Marvel actioner — an epic-scale tent pole set on two worlds with a sense of humor about itself, lots of swirling, hammer-smashing action, fantastical villains and creatures to ogle, and the acknowledged fetishizing of Chris Hemsworth’s abs.
Since Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was already taken — and since Spider-Man already exists, and came out only nine years ago — Marc Webb and Sony Pictures have landed on The Amazing Spider-Man as the title for their highly anticipated Spider-Man reboot, thus ensuring that hacky box office reporters have a headline for July 3, 2012. ( Spider-Man Opening Amazing !) In other friendly neighborhood news, a new production still of Andrew Garfield in his Spidey costume has been released, this time with the mask included. Is this actually Garfield in the still or just some extra? Click ahead to decide for yourself.
We’re with Steven Tyler, Hollywooooo can’t come soon enough for our tastes. Which is good, because that’s where “American Idol” is headed Thursday night. The show made its final stop on the way there Wednesday night, pulling into San Francisco… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Show Tracker Discovery Date : 10/02/2011 12:37 Number of articles : 3
[1] CelticPredator has improved the Super Bowl commercial for Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger, by replacing the soundtrack with the song “America, Fuck Yeah” from Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Team America: World Police. The result is better than you might imagine. Hit the jump to watch it now. via: High Def [2] [1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/captainAmericaSuit-CROP.jpg… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 10/02/2011 14:00 Number of articles : 2
Where do you go when you want the honest skinny on one of 2011’s most anticipated — and possibly questionable — blockbusters? In the case of Captain America: The First Avenger , you go to Joe Johnston. Never mind that he’s the director and a paid Marvel employee.
Full disclosure: My working knowledge of Captain America mythology is minimal. So, if you’re a fan, perhaps this picture of Hugo Weaving-as-Red Skull holding the Cosmic Cube in Captain America: The First Avenger is fifty kinds of awesome. To me, it just looks like Agent Smith from The Matrix is leering at one of those Lucite photo frames you’d find filled with old pictures on someone’s desk . Either way! Click ahead to marvel (ding!) at your first look at the wish-granting plastic.
