Man, I love this Sara Jean Underwood hottie! I know I’ve said that before, but how could you not love a chick who hosts her own sexy Star Wars themed car wash for the Make A Wish Foundation and then follows it up by posing in her underwear with a team of hotties covered in food? The woman knows what I like. Here she is with the Rosie Jones , Emma Glover and Victoria Moore having themselves one hell of a sexy food fight. I’ve never been so hungry in my life.
‘[Elizabeth] Olsen rivets our attention, and the camera’s, so fiercely it verges on unbearable,’ Kat Murphy of MSN.com writes. By Kara Warner Elizabeth Olsen in “Silent House” Photo: Open Road Films Although based on a 2010 Uruguayan Spanish-language horror film, “Silent House” is supposedly inspired by actual events, which only adds to its creep factor. It’s not a movie for the faint of heart. Elizabeth Olsen stars as a young women who finds herself trapped in a remote cottage where she is haunted and hunted by unknown horrors. While critics seem divided over whether it is mostly good or bad — the film is currently hovering around the 50 percent Fresh mark over at Rotten Tomatoes — almost all of them had high praise for the technical construction of the film, which was uniquely done by filming the entire movie in one long, continuous shot . Read on through the “Silent House” reviews … if you dare. The Plot ” ‘Silent House’ introduces us to our soon to be harried heroine, a 20-something who’s returned with her father to their old family vacation home (in the woods and by a lake, natch) to pack it up, board it up, and say farewell to it before it goes on the market. But it’s going to take a lot of work — squatters have defaced it; rust has wrecked the plumbing; and mildew’s worked its way into the electrical system. The house is much like Sarah … she’s barely hiding lots of peeling paint, weak foundations, and broken windows to the soul. But why? We will find out, but first it is time to get scared! Dad and Sarah are soon joined by Uncle Peter who’s come to help with the tidying, a neighbor Sarah really doesn’t remember from childhood summers pops by, and a creepy little girl lurks just out of sight in convenient shadows. The players are in place, and the suspense begins. It’s just little things at first; a noise here, a falling piece of plastic sheeting there. And then Sarah’s dad is attacked, his eye bloodily gouged from his skull. Sarah tries to run — and she does escape the dwelling of doom, but she’s lured back inside by clever, insidious means. To reveal much more would be spoilery, but I will say that Silent House is the kind of movie you must suspend all disbelief for (OK, maybe some of the embarrassingly foreshadowing dialogue is diss-worthy) in order to enjoy. Just watch the girl, follow her, and get caught up in her terror. It works on a visceral level, similar to the French film of a few years back, ‘Ils.’ ” — Staci Layne, Horror.com The Technical Achievement “Like Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ or the original movie, the conceit of the film is that it’s entirely shot in one take with only a couple obvious times where they could have easily cheated. If you weren’t informed in advance that the movie was done in one take, you may not even realize it as the camera person/DP follows the characters up and downstairs, in and out of the house in an incredibly fluid way, barely missing a beat as we go from mundane packing activities to intense horrors. [Directors] Kentis and Lau have done a terrific job creating an atmosphere of tension, keeping the viewer on the edge never knowing what to expect or in fact, what exactly is going on. This helps to make some of the more obvious jump scares work better than they might normally, something that can also be attributed to Nathan Larson’s subtle but effective score. Even so, the filmmakers sadly go for many often-used clich
Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson carry HBO’s Sarah Palin-centered tale of the 2008 election, premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday. By Eric Ditzian Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in “Game Change” Photo: HBO Films Before I checked out “Game Change,” HBO’s Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, “It was well-acted!” — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation. I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn’t get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the “hopey, changey” circus that was Barack Obama’s romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted. When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later, I finally grasped what my coworker was getting at: The performances in “Game Change” are what separate the film from fluffy caricature or partisan hackery into a compelling, if debatably accurate, piece of current event-tinged pop culture. Julianne Moore manages to present a Palin that transcends mimicry and leaves a viewer (or, at least, this viewer) vacillating between sympathy and exasperation. As chief John McCain campaign advisor Steve Schmidt, Woody Harrelson simply kicks ass, doling out sage advice and f-bomb-heavy attacks with equal aplomb — exactly how I imagine political insiders do it in real life (or, perhaps, just on “The West Wing”). Of the major players, only Ed Harris’ portrayal of McCain himself comes off as a little too much of an “SNL” imitation, his robotic physicality less reminiscent of the Arizona senator than of C-3PO. Nonetheless, all this combines to make “Game Change,” in the best tradition of historical dramas, a tense affair as you sit waiting to find out how it all will end, even as you know exactly what in fact transpired. That’s not to say this film is high art, or even particularly great: It’s not, and it isn’t. Problems abound — from hokey, no-one-honestly-utters-such-patriotic-nonsense dialogue to the enduring question about veracity — but in the end, “Game Change” is gripping throughout, because it’s “well-acted.” Many reviewers agree with that sentiment — though not all. Here’s what critics are saying about the HBO film, which premieres at 9 p.m. Saturday: The Performances “McCain comes off close to saintly, with Harris lending him a grave bafflement over Obama’s success. … Harrelson portrays Schmidt as a man who truly believes that all McCain needs to push him to victory is a little sizzle. … The film, obviously, belongs to Moore, who works hard to make Palin not so much fatally ambitious as one of those naturally confident people who believe that confidence and faith are the most important ingredients of success; ability or even competence can be learned on the job.” — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times The Spin From the Right “Moore portrays Palin as a Manchurian Candidate for the extreme right who is activated by a phone call from the McCain campaign. Like a hypnotized spy, she’s humorless, incapable of any kind of emotional connection with anyone, bewildered by circumstance and absolutely determined to meet the goal she’s been programmed to complete. … [W]hat HBO and company have done is to bring to life that which justifies the darkest part of their own incapacity to see the humanity in those who might threaten the reelection of Barack Obama.” — John Nolte, Big Hollywood The Spin From the Left “Sarah Palin has everything to lose and precisely nothing to gain from depictions that point her, as ‘Game Change’ does at various point, as an overzealous evangelical Christian. … And those of us who dislike Palin have everything to gain by recognizing that we really, truly won: Palin’s gone from the national stage. … We should accept that, be done with the victory dance, and get down to examining the next generation of plausible Republican rising stars. The greatest damage we could do to Sarah Palin — and one of the better things we could do for ourselves — is to move on from her, totally and irrevocably.” — Alyssa Rosenberg, Think Progress The Final Word “[T]he movie is better than you’ve heard but not good enough to linger in the mind. I wish it had been more of a black comedy and less of a political-psychological case study. Confronted with this level of genial stupidity and accidental madness, only satire can do history justice. Sarah Palin herself is a triumph of style and a failure of substance; ‘Game Change,’ the reverse.” — Matt Zoller Seitz, New York ‘s Vulture.com For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson carry HBO’s Sarah Palin-centered tale of the 2008 election, premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday. By Eric Ditzian Julianne Moore and Ed Harris in “Game Change” Photo: HBO Films Before I checked out “Game Change,” HBO’s Sarah Palin-focused retelling of the 2008 presidential election, I handed my screener over to a politically obsessed MTV News colleague. The next morning, he popped into my office and declared, “It was well-acted!” — which seemed like an odd way to lead off the conversation. I expected him to burst through my door, laughing about what a kook Palin is, or wondering why producers didn’t get Tina Fey to play the one-time vice presidential nominee, or waxing poetic about the “hopey, changey” circus that was Barack Obama’s romp through the general election. But, no: well-acted. When I stretched out on the couch for my own viewing a few days later, I finally grasped what my coworker was getting at: The performances in “Game Change” are what separate the film from fluffy caricature or partisan hackery into a compelling, if debatably accurate, piece of current event-tinged pop culture. Julianne Moore manages to present a Palin that transcends mimicry and leaves a viewer (or, at least, this viewer) vacillating between sympathy and exasperation. As chief John McCain campaign advisor Steve Schmidt, Woody Harrelson simply kicks ass, doling out sage advice and f-bomb-heavy attacks with equal aplomb — exactly how I imagine political insiders do it in real life (or, perhaps, just on “The West Wing”). Of the major players, only Ed Harris’ portrayal of McCain himself comes off as a little too much of an “SNL” imitation, his robotic physicality less reminiscent of the Arizona senator than of C-3PO. Nonetheless, all this combines to make “Game Change,” in the best tradition of historical dramas, a tense affair as you sit waiting to find out how it all will end, even as you know exactly what in fact transpired. That’s not to say this film is high art, or even particularly great: It’s not, and it isn’t. Problems abound — from hokey, no-one-honestly-utters-such-patriotic-nonsense dialogue to the enduring question about veracity — but in the end, “Game Change” is gripping throughout, because it’s “well-acted.” Many reviewers agree with that sentiment — though not all. Here’s what critics are saying about the HBO film, which premieres at 9 p.m. Saturday: The Performances “McCain comes off close to saintly, with Harris lending him a grave bafflement over Obama’s success. … Harrelson portrays Schmidt as a man who truly believes that all McCain needs to push him to victory is a little sizzle. … The film, obviously, belongs to Moore, who works hard to make Palin not so much fatally ambitious as one of those naturally confident people who believe that confidence and faith are the most important ingredients of success; ability or even competence can be learned on the job.” — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times The Spin From the Right “Moore portrays Palin as a Manchurian Candidate for the extreme right who is activated by a phone call from the McCain campaign. Like a hypnotized spy, she’s humorless, incapable of any kind of emotional connection with anyone, bewildered by circumstance and absolutely determined to meet the goal she’s been programmed to complete. … [W]hat HBO and company have done is to bring to life that which justifies the darkest part of their own incapacity to see the humanity in those who might threaten the reelection of Barack Obama.” — John Nolte, Big Hollywood The Spin From the Left “Sarah Palin has everything to lose and precisely nothing to gain from depictions that point her, as ‘Game Change’ does at various point, as an overzealous evangelical Christian. … And those of us who dislike Palin have everything to gain by recognizing that we really, truly won: Palin’s gone from the national stage. … We should accept that, be done with the victory dance, and get down to examining the next generation of plausible Republican rising stars. The greatest damage we could do to Sarah Palin — and one of the better things we could do for ourselves — is to move on from her, totally and irrevocably.” — Alyssa Rosenberg, Think Progress The Final Word “[T]he movie is better than you’ve heard but not good enough to linger in the mind. I wish it had been more of a black comedy and less of a political-psychological case study. Confronted with this level of genial stupidity and accidental madness, only satire can do history justice. Sarah Palin herself is a triumph of style and a failure of substance; ‘Game Change,’ the reverse.” — Matt Zoller Seitz, New York ‘s Vulture.com For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
‘My goal is to migrate the cultures,’ Swizz tells MTV News about his new partnership with Korea’s O&Media. By Nadeska Alexis Swizz Beatz Photo: WireImage Swizz Beatz is notorious for having his hands in a few different projects at once. In addition to outside-the-box ventures like working with Christian Louboutin to score the music for Paris’ Crazy Horse cabaret, the producer is currently focused on developing his joint venture with O&Media, which aims to introduce Korean pop music, or “K-Pop,” to mainstream America. “My goal is to migrate the cultures,” Swizz told MTV News. “It’s not about me being a feature or just producing K-Pop music; it’s about migrating musical cultures around the world. And I just felt like starting with K-Pop, starting in Asia and opening up different outlets to something cool and new.” To spearhead this project, Swizz teamed up with popular Korean entertainment group O&Media. “That partnership has been coming about for a couple of months now,” he said, detailing the progress they’ve made together so far. “We have a TV show component, a tour company component, a production company and a label. We’re just active as the tunnel for artists that want to do things in the West, or artists in the West that want to do things in Asia. This is about a whole migration of cultures coming together under our umbrella to have an outlet to express themselves.” Part of Swizz’s goal is to use elements from each music culture to help grow the other. “They still do artist development [in Asia], where back here in the States, the labels and our culture lacks artist development,” he said. “Nowadays, an artist can go into the booth, put out a song the next day, and that person thinks that they’re a superstar. But within the K-Pop movement, artists actually go through artist development. They take music classes that allow them to be ready for when they do become that big star. “I think that introducing different cultures of music can help everybody out, and that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop doing hip-hop or R&B music,” he added. “I have love for all genres of music, because it’s all art, and I just want to take the boundaries and lines of segregation and make them invisible.” In the simplest terms, the super-producer wants the love to be spread evenly across the musical world. “When we go to these different countries — Korea, Japan, China — as artists from the United States, we get treated like kings,” he said. “We get treated like real stars. And I feel that when they come over to the States, as successful as they are, they should get treated the same.” What do you think about Swizz’s K-Pop efforts? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Swizz Beatz
Actress has reportedly completed her stay at Utah’s Cirque Lodge after suffering medical emergency in January. By John Mitchell Demi Moore Photo: Jason Kempin/ Getty Images Demi Moore has reportedly left Cirque Lodge rehabilitation center and is on vacation at an undisclosed location, E! News reports. After a January 23 health scare landed Moore in the hospital , the actress checked into the Sundance, Utah, rehabilitation center amid rumors that the actress was suffering from substance-abuse problems and a possible eating disorder. Representatives for Moore have not commented publicly on the actress’ hospitalization or what exactly she was seeking treatment for at Cirque Lodge. “Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” Moore’s rep said in a statement. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends.” However, audio of the 911 call made from Moore’s Los Angeles-area home revealed that she was experiencing seizures after smoking an unidentified substance and that she had been “having some issues” in the lead-up to the incident. “She smoked something. It’s not marijuana, but it’s similar to it,” an unnamed female caller told the 911 operator. “It’s similar to incense. She seems to be having convulsions of some sort.” “There has been some stuff recently that we’re just finding out,” another caller added. “She’s been having some issues lately with some other stuff, so I don’t know what she’s been taking or not.” What exactly those “issues” are remains unclear. Cirque Lodge, according to its website, “is considered one of the nation’s finest drug treatment centers providing services for alcohol and substance abuse” that offers “a dual diagnosis program, providing individualized addiction treatment and services for co-occurring mental health concerns.” The “exclusive and private” treatment the facility offers has attracted many celebrities dealing with addiction issues, including Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, Eva Mendes and Kirsten Dunst. Though the location was not disclosed, sources close to the actress tell E! she is “on vacation” and is “in no rush to get back to L.A.” The source continued, “She’s on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people.” Related Photos Demi Moore Through The Years
Bob Vander Plaats is now on the anti-gay marriage attack track, going after Starbucks by making up lies about what they have said about same-sex marriage equality. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The New Civil Rights Movement Discovery Date : 06/02/2012 17:34 Number of articles : 3
Over the weekend, Alan Moore engaged in a 2.5-hour webchat as a fundraiser for Cleveland’s Harvey Pekar Library Statue. More » Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : io9 Discovery Date : 06/02/2012 18:26 Number of articles : 2
We can now confirm the whereabouts of Demi Moore. According to an E! News insider, the troubled actress – who was rushed to the hospital on January 23 for “smoking something,” based on the 911 call placed on her behalf – has checked in to Cirque Lodge, an expensive treatment facility in Sundance, Utah. “She’s on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people,” the source says , adding that the actress is being treated for an eating disorder and addiction issues. Moore had reportedly been consulting with her spiritual adviser and, some claimed, even a psychic before making this decision. Cirque Lodge, meanwhile, is known as a posh facility whose resume of famous clientele includes Lindsay Lohan, Eva Mendes and Mary-Kate Olsen.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are unlike most former spouses. They vacation together, they hang out with their ex’s new significant others. They’re especially close. So it comes as no real surprise that a source tells People the actor was privy to the actress’ troubles many months ago, before she even split from Ashton Kutcher, and tried to convince Demi to do something about them. “He was worried about her and wanted her to get better,” the insider tells the magazine . “Many of her friends did the same thing, but she just wouldn’t listen.” Willis and Moore have three daughters today, two of which (Rumer and Tallulah) are reportedly crashing with their father while their mother figures out her next step . Meanwhile, multiple outlets report that both Willis and Kutcher made appearance at Moore’s Los Angeles home Wednesday yesterday in order to check up on their ex-wife. Let’s all hope this kind of support system helps Moore realize just how much she’s truly loved.
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