Remember the days when every auto garage on Earth had a girlie calendar hanging on its filthy, grease-stained walls? Italian tire company Pirelli sure does, though their approach is a bit more, shall we say, “high fashion.” Every year the company rounds up the world’s hottest supermodels to pose for their exclusive nude calendars, which are not sold to the public and only available to a select group of important clients and celebrity VIPs. The one thing these classy dames have in common with the mechanics down at the tire shop? Lots and lots of grease- they’re all lubed up like you wouldn’t believe. This year’s nude celebrity crop includes Kate Moss , Milla Jovovich , and Japanese Babel (2006) star Rinko Kikuchi , all of whom go flawlessly full frontal posing in the great outdoors. You might not be getting a Pirelli calendar from Santa this year, but you can see all 12 of this year’s calendar girls after the jump!
‘Found footage’ sequel beats out ‘Footloose’ and ‘Real Steel’ and breaks record previously held by ‘Jackass 3D.’ By Ryan J. Downey Katie Featherston and Sprague Grayden in “Paranormal Activity 3” Photo: Paramount Pictures Moviegoers were feeling the Halloween “spirit” over the weekend. “Paranormal Activity 3” broke the box-office record for the biggest fall opening with an estimated $54 million debut, passing “Jackass 3-D” to become the highest-grossing September/October opening ever. Meanwhile, “The Three Musketeers,” “Johnny English Reborn” and “The Mighty Macs” all underperformed. Both “Real Steel” and the remake of “Footloose” held strong over the weekend. Hugh Jackman’s robot action adventure was #2 with $11.3 million for a $67.2 million total, with “Footloose” right behind at #3 with $10.9 million for a $30.9 million total. Roughly 55 percent of “The Three Musketeers” $8.8 million debut, which landed the film at #4 at the box office, can be attributed to its more expensive 3-D screening ticket prices. Co-star Milla Jovovich made entertainment news headlines with a flurry of tweets questioning the promotion effort behind the flick on the part of distributor Summit Entertainment, which also handles the “Twilight” franchise. “I think ‘summit’ have swept ‘3 Musketeers’, a grt family adventure film, under the rug in the US. Shame on them,” the actress declared in one of several tweets unleashed on Friday. The film, directed by Jovovich’s husband, Paul W.S. Anderson, was dismissed by most film critics. “An editorial mess, an atonal wreck, and a huge waste of cash from inception to release,” Scott Weinberg at Twitch wrote. “The Ides of March” rounded out the top five with $4.9 million. The George Clooney-directed political feature has earned $29.2 million to date. While the comedy “Johnny English Reborn” has done respectable business internationally, it made just $3.8 million during its first weekend in North American theaters. “The Mighty Macs” made just over $1 million, although it played in less than a third of the locations as “Paranormal Activity 3.” Lizzie Olsen’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” got off to a strong start at just four locations in New York and Los Angeles, taking in a respectable per-theater average of $34,385. Lizzie is the sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Next weekend’s new releases include Johnny Depp’s “The Rum Diary,” “Shrek” spin-off “Puss in Boots,” Justin Timberlake’s “In Time” and director Roland Emmerich’s “Anonymous.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Paranormal Activity 3” and “Footloose.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Is ‘Beyond Scary’
Actress is ‘not seriously injured and is resting comfortably at home,’ according to her rep. By Jocelyn Vena Reese Witherspoon Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Following her run-in with a car earlier this week, Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon will not press charges against the elderly woman who hit her, according to Usmagazine.com . A source said Witherspoon has no plans to press charges against the 84-year-old who struck the actress with her car while she was jogging in Santa Monica. The driver failed to yield a pedestrian sign. “The incident is being treated as an accident,” the source adds. “The driver was not given an alcohol test at the accident scene and typically she would receive a fine and a point on her driving license as it is considered a moving violation.” A rep for the actress added that she was “not seriously injured and is resting comfortably at home.” In a previous report, Santa Monica Police spokesman Sgt. Richard Lewis said Witherspoon, “suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for medical treatment.” She was discharged a short time later and spent the night at home recovering from the incident. Lewis said the unidentified driver of the vehicle, who was driving 20 mph at the time, was interviewed at the location and released after getting a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The driver has been ordered by the DMV to retake her driver’s test. Police sources told TMZ that they have ordered the DMV to bring the driver in within the next 30 days for testing. Additionally, she must take an eye exam and provide a list of medications she’s on, if any. She’s already received a ticket in connection with the incident. Related Photos The Evolution Of: Reese Witherspoon
‘We’re making a 21st-century Three Musketeers,’ Paul W.S. Anderson tells MTV News in our Fall Movie Preview. By Kara Warner Milla Jovovich in “Three Musketeers” Photo: Summit Entertainment Paul W.S. Anderson fans know his films to be intense, action-packed and not exactly family friendly (see: “Death Race” or any films in the “Resident Evil” franchise). All that changes October 21, when his re-telling of Alexander Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers” hits theaters. Based on the beloved and familiar tale of adventure, intrigue and that famous “All for one and one for all” motto, the film features an ensemble cast: Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans, Juno Temple, James Corden and Mads Mikkelsen. But don’t let the PG-13 rating fool you: Anderson told MTV News that what his film lacks in bloodletting, it makes up for with airships and swashbuckling. And everyone knows that anytime the word swashbuckling is involved, you’re in for a good time. MTV News : What made you want to retell this story, and how is your version different? Paul W.S. Anderson : I’m a huge fan of “The Three Musketeers,” the book I read at school. I grew up watching the Richard Lester adaptation of the novel, and I love the core story of the book, and that’s pretty much what we’ve stayed true to: the basic story of D’Artagnan leaving Gascony, coming to Paris to seek his fortune and wanting to be a Musketeer and meeting the Musketeers. All that has stayed entirely true to the book in terms of character and narrative. The only thing we’ve goosed up is the action part of the movie to up the ante, considering we’re making a 21st-century Three Musketeers. MTV : What can you tell us about those intriguing airships in the trailer ? Anderson : One of the things I found a little repetitive in the book is when the Musketeers returned from London with the diamonds, because they had to fight their way out of France to get the diamonds back and then they had to ride back, it kind of felt like a part of the book that had very little incidents because they’re covering the same grounds, only less happens. I always thought that was something maybe we could add some action to, and that’s where the idea for the airships came from. It’s based up on the theory, Da Vinci drew these fantastic designs of war machines. Some of these got built, a lot of which didn’t, his flying machine, his tank. In addition to being a great artist, he was a great military thinker and designer of military hardware. We have this idea that in the movie one of his great inventions is kind of brought to life, that’s where the airships come from. They’re probably in reality, a hundred years too early, but Da Vinci was so far ahead of time we’re using that to justify the intro of the airships. What that allowed me to do as a filmmaker was have some fresh, spectacular action at the tail end of the movie. MTV : We’ve seen your lovely wife, Milla Jovovich, in a lot of your movies. What new sides of Milla will we see in this film? Anderson : It was one of my attractions for making the movie. I’d always wanted to see Milla in a period film. I always felt that she would look awesome in the dresses, and she’s got a kind of period face as well. I always knew that she would fit well into the 17th century. One of the big attractions to making and seeing the movie is seeing these opulent costumes and also the fact that it features M’lady De Winter, who’s one of the original really bad girls in literature and bad girls in movies. Milla does quite a lot of action, but in real 17th-century dress, in the corsets and skirts flying. It’s pretty exciting and unique. I’ve never seen anything done like that before. MTV : We’ve seen that she can handle big action scenes Anderson : She can, but I have to say: Having to do a swordfight in a corset and a huge heavy skirt was incredibly demanding. She had to train wearing the corset while she was doing the stunt training for the film, because it altered your body weight completely. Also, the corsets are designed to look attractive rather than allow you to do action scenes. They’re quite restrictive on your breathing, so some things she had to train very, very hard for, but she was insistent that she wanted to do a big action scene wearing the period costume. She was already a good martial artist, but she became an excellent swordswoman. She trained very hard to do the sword fighting. In the movie, in the trailer, even when the swords hit, there are all these sparks that come off them, and I’m sure people are going to think that was computer-generated, but the fact is those were real metal blades. … The actors got their bruises and rapped knuckles and black eyes and bloody fingers, so I hope everyone appreciates the sword fighting, knowing that it’s them doing it. MTV : With all the fight sequences you’ve filmed, have you picked up any skills yourself? Anderson : I’m not a world-class martial artist, but whenever we block a scene with the actors, I always put myself in the scene. Obviously, I’m not as flexible as Milla and my high kicks aren’t as high, and I don’t have as much stamina, but I’ll block through the whole fight being her to show her what I want. I’ll do that with every actor. I get in there whether its 17th-century pistols or machine guns if we’re doing a “Resident Evil” movie. In that regard I’m kind of a method director. I would never ask an actor to do anything that I wouldn’t be willing to do, whether it’s walk on a really high building or fall off something. Anything I’m asking an actor to do, I would be prepared to do as well. I would do it badly, of course. That’s why they’re actors and getting paid all that money. It’s good thing I’m stuck behind the camera. From “Abduction” to “Muppets, “Moneyball” to “Breaking Dawn,” the MTV Movies team is delving into the hottest upcoming flicks in our 2011 Fall Movie Preview. Check back daily for exclusive clips, photos and interviews with the films’ biggest stars. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Three Musketeers.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos Fall Movie Preview 2011 Related Photos Exclusive Photos From Fall’s Biggest Flicks
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Milla Jovovich has squared off against many insidious adversaries in her career, including zombies ( Resident Evil ), evil itself ( The Fifth Element ), and critics ( The Messenger ). So why is it that her latest foe, a real-life affliction known as prosopagnosia — which confuses a person’s ability to recognize the faces of friends and loved ones (or, in Jovovich’s case in Faces in the Crowd , the face of her would-be killer) — seem like the silliest and most far-fetched enemy of all?
You’ll read a lot in the coming 48 hours about how Michael Bay is the scourge of the Earth, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the dumbest movie of the summer, and the fact that it will make money only proves audiences are stupid. One retort for those of you who actually like Dark of the Moon ? At least it isn’t The Three Musketeers . Click ahead to watch the latest trailer for his Alexandre Dumas “adaptation.”
Earlier this week, the British Board of Film Classification refused to approve The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) for public distribution on DVD, meaning that the British people will not be able to add the gross-out sequel to their home library anytime soon — legally, at least. As disappointing as this is for Tom Six fans, this is not the first time that the UK has banned a film because of illicit content and it won’t be the last. As such, let’s remember nine other films that were prohibited overseas.
It may not be nearly as racy as the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster porn , but Summit has released the first poster for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeers . Take a look at the official artwork for the 3D remake of Alexandre Dumas’s famed story — and figure out which cast members carry the most marketing weight based on their poster size. Sorry in advance, Matthew Macfayden.
