Lord Jesus it’s a movie! Sweet Brown Cast In Tyler Perry Movie Via FunkyDineva reports: Sweet Brown is blowing all the way. Yes Gawd Sweet. Her hair is about to be layed like Hollywood. Tyler Perry has reached out to Sweet Brown and wants her to star in his upcoming big screen adaption of the play ‘A Madea Christmas’. Catch these T’s There hasn’t been any details given about her role in the movie, but surely she’s pinching herself after being asked to appear in the film. According to the report, the movie centers around a visit to the country after Madea is enlisted to help her friend pay her daughter a surprise visit that uncovers secrets. Congrats Sweet Brown !!!!!
Emily Addison is a chick that certainly looks like she is having a good time as she is stripping here in front of the camera in these pictures from the movie Celebrity Sex Tape Continue reading →
I know you were probably hoping to see Selena Gomez , Vanessa Hudgens , Ashley Benson , and Rachel Korine in their bikinis here, not making dumb heart shapes on some balcony, but don’t worry. Because now that Spring Breakers has started its media tour in Paris, that just means we’re that much closer to the movie finally coming out. And getting to see these four hotties in all their bikini glory. Can’t wait. » view all 23 photos Photos: WENN.com , PacificCoastNews
Lindsay Lohan’s maligned new film The Canyons finally has a distributor. The self-proclaimed “neo-noir thriller” starring LiLo and porn star James Deen has been acquired by IFC Films, which is planning a “multi-platform.” It will soon be available via theatrical, digital and on demand options. The Canyons Clip IFC releases indie films in theaters and on demand simultaneously, so it’s a logical fit for the controversial project written by Bret Easton Ellis. The low budget film has received major publicity … not all of it good. The New York Times magazine ran an expose on it, straightforwardly entitled “Here’s What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan In Your Movie.” Among the details revealed in the article: A Lindsay Lohan nude scene she was reluctant to film with Deen Director Paul Schrader’s mounting frustration with his actress The film’s rejection by Sundance Film Festival organizers Basically it’s been a disaster from the start, but despite the setbacks, IFC president Jonathan Sehring says people will love the underrated movie. According to Sehring, New York Film Festival director Kent Jones screened it and called Lohan’s Canyons performance “fearless” and “stunning.” Sehring adds: “This film is a wild ride through the psyche of Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader. Lindsay Lohan is terrific as Tara and James Deen will be a big surprise for people.” Check out a couple of trailers (plus an audio clip of Lohan losing it on set) below and tell us: Will you check out The Canyons? Maybe? Someday? Lindsay Lohan Canyons Outburst The Canyons Teaser Trailer (’50s) The Canyons Teaser Trailer
Hey girl, did you know Los Angeles is big enough for two Ryan Goslings ? Meet Richie Calhoun, the adult actor who’s the porn industry’s go-to Gosling equivalent since he starred in the XXX parody of The Notebook , Diary of Love. Calhoun — at present, a smart blonde with big blue eyes, a degree from a top-15 U.S. News & World Report college and an address in L.A.’s very hip Echo Park neighborhood — is such a perfect match for Gosling’s lover/fighter/poet shtick that he was asked to play him again for the adult remake of Crazy Stupid Love (aka Crazy in Love ). “I understand, yes, that from a certain perspective it’s a huge compliment,” says Calhoun of being cast as the porn doppelganger for womankind’s dreamiest hunk of man meat. So the former improv comedian took the job seriously, studying The Notebook to mimic the way Gosling kisses, cries, and—yes—even dangles from a Ferris wheel. “I watched for the way he pauses during a speech, where he would look when he was talking. Just the simple little things that I needed to do to have some kind of vague resemblance to his character.” Then he boned his very own Rachel McAdams , starlet Presley Hart. No other man in Hollywood is as physically linked to Baby Goose , so in honor of the most romantic week of the year, Movieline seized the chance to ask Calhoun about Gosling’s seduction secrets and the probability of getting sex-drenched remakes of Drive and The Mickey Mouse Club. Alas, Gosling’s latest flick, Gangster Squad did so poorly at the box office that it won’t get a vintage-styled XXX salute. But Calhoun isn’t waiting around to see if The Place Beyond The Pines rates a remake. Ever the heat-seeking missile, he recently dyed his hair red to play the Sergeant Brody character in the porn parody of Homeland , which just picked up three Golden Globes . Movieline: Are you aware that Calhoun, the last name you chose for your career, is the same last name of Ryan Gosling’s character, Noah Calhoun, in The Notebook ? Was that a subliminal way to get women to like you? Calhoun: I’m aware of that now. I was not aware of that at the time. You’ll have to take my word on it. The origins of my last name were sort of random. I just like that name and I think it has a masculine sound to it with out being too bludgeony, too blunt. When I discovered [that it was the same as Gosling’s character], I realized that people would wonder what you’re wondering, and I don’t care. If you had done it on purpose, it’d have been brilliant. Yeah, but it’s not the tone I was going for with the name. I didn’t choose Timberlake or Swayze or Bieber — although people wanted me to choose Bieber and I thought about it, to tell you the truth. I considered it very seriously just because it would be provocative and funny. But ultimately, I realized that there would be a lot of under-aged girls searching for “Bieber” and I just wanted to play fair. Had you seen The Notebook before you were cast? I hadn’t. I wasn’t necessarily avoiding it, I just don’t watch a lot of movies. So I watched it once for research. I didn’t cry, although I did find it emotionally affecting. I was paying a lot more attention to Ryan Gosling’s mannerisms, so my appreciation of it was probably blunted. Could you see why that role is such a crazy turn-on for women? Sure. I could understand why that’s true of almost every role he’s taken. He does a very good job with his choice of projects: he’s a complete dick who’s actually the sweetest guy on earth. That’s pretty much every movie he’s ever been in. I think that’s a recipe for success in becoming a heartthrob—if that’s your goal. Diary of Love uses some of the same names of characters in The Notebook and even some of the same dialogue. What is the legality of that? Well, it’s certainly an area of the law that is evolving. There are parodies, and then there are remakes or homages. I think when you slip into homage, certain parody-related laws don’t apply anymore. It’s tricky. Tell me about shooting some of the iconic scenes: “Say I’m a bird!” or your big breakdown in the rain where you tell Presley you wrote her a letter every day for 365 days. I think that Presley leaps onto me probably ten times in the movie. We did a lot of that at construction sites, at the beach—those were easy to shoot. Then I had to start talking and it got harder. For the bird scene, we just marched out onto the beach and found a random hunk of beach that we could use. We got this shot where a train almost hit us. The rain scene was cool because that was actually at the end of the whole thing. We’d been shooting all day and we were hurrying because the light was changing and we were making fake rain. It was cold and we were freezing and wet. We couldn’t stand still—we were just freaking out and jumping around—so that added a lot of energy. Does your version of The Notebook envision the kind of sex those characters would have had? I think the dynamic that Presley and I have is slightly different than theirs. You’d probably get closer to the real thing if you did an animated version, though I would say Tommy Pistol [the star of Horat: The Sexual Learnings of America for Make Benefit Beautiful Nation of Kaksuckistan ] does an amazing job of getting inside his characters. I think there’s a certain similarity between me and Ryan Gosling and people can project fantasies onto whatever they’re watching. But I think, ultimately, every sex dynamic you watch is unique to those people. I wouldn’t presume to say it’s like watching Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams having sex. Did you know they were a real-life couple when they shot the movie? I didn’t know that! I think that’s charming. That’s a great move for producers and directors to try to engineer something like that. If it works, then you’ve got a legendary romance movie on your hands. You’ve also shot the Ryan Gosling role for Crazy in Love , in the porn parody of Crazy, Stupid, Love . Did you do the Dirty Dancing lift? No, we didn’t! And actually, lifting my partner in it would have been easy as pie. The Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone storyline in the porn is minimized compared to the older couple’s story, Steve Carell and Julianne Moore . Our romance didn’t occupy that much of the space, but I think the best parts of the film are Gosling as a foil to Carell—they’re sort of both ridiculous, and shooting those with Steven St. Croix were really fun. Okay, I can see how you could play the Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love and pull off being sexy. But how do you manage it when you’re playing the Steve Carell character? Well, he is sexier than Steve Carell. That’s the way porn works. Someone might not have a fantasy about the Penguin from Batman having sex with Catwoman. But if you make that porn movie, then he’s a little slimmer, he’s got abs, [but] he’s still the Penguin. True, but it’s perilous. I saw a still of James Deen dressed as Quagmire in the Family Guy porn parody, and now I’ll never be able to find him attractive in anything. In an adaptation of Drop Dead Gorgeous , I played the creepy judge with the comb-over and the Member’s Only jacket, and it was the same thing. My character is not sexy in the original—and he’s not really sexy in this film—until suddenly the sex scene, and then hopefully it’s sexy. To tell you the truth, I think you can do certain things to try to ensure that you’re projecting a sexy image versus a comedic image, but comedians do serious roles and then they go back to comedy and nobody goes, “I don’t find him funny anymore!” Interestingly, Ryan Gosling is one of the few Hollywood actors to shoot a sex scene that was deemed too hot by the censors: the NC-17 Blue Valentine . I haven’t seen Blue Valentine , I should check it out. Who’s the girl? Michelle Williams. I’m on board. Good work, sir. What other Ryan Gosling films would make good XXX features? They’ll probably do Drive . But I guess it would be hard to do all the driving sequences on a porn budget. He came of age doing the Mickey Mouse Club in the same generation as Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Would you want to play Gosling in a porn parody of that? I don’t know that that’s mainstream enough to make a lucrative porn movie. I would think not. Furthermore, there are difficulties creating pornography that portrays anyone under 18. You could do the Smurfs because everyone assumes the Smurfs are adults, but if you did Goonies , you would have to age up the characters because you can’t portray 14-year-olds in braces having sex with each other. You’d have to make them 18 and in college. How good of a pick-up line is, “Hey girl”? I think it works just fine. I think a pick-up is everything that’s not that: whether a person is attracted to you and the rest of your dementia that would sell the line or not. But say, “Hey girl,” and then just don’t have anything else prepared—that’s a good way to do it. How do you react to being called Baby Goose? Baby Goose! That’s funny. That’s his nickname. Whose nickname!? Ryan Gosling. Ryan Gosling’s! I thought you were calling me a baby Gosling. I think that’s a really funny nickname. If a girl whispered that in your ear, how would you react? Am I having sex with her at the time? I wouldn’t mind. I think most people are flattered to be told by people of the opposite sex that they look like someone, if they can hear in their voice that they find them attractive. Even if it’s, “You look like John C. Reilly !” and then they kind of swoon a little. Okay, I’ll take that. I don’t know if it works the same with girls in the reverse direction, but guys, we know how to take a compliment. We’re like: “Fine. If it turns you on, that’s your business.” Do you have aspirations to cross over into mainstream acting like Sasha Grey and James Deen? Not in particular, no. Working on television for a corporation like ABC or Disney sounds like a nightmare. There’s a certain behavior contract that is formed in something like that. You can try to work a bad boy angle like Colin Farrell who just does whatever the fuck he wants. But though I like acting and acting is fun, it’s not as important to me as I think it should be for someone who’s an actor -actor. On top of that, what doesn’t appeal to me is the public scrutiny and the expectation of good behavior. I have no interest in behaving. Amy Nicholson is a critic, playwright and editor. Her interests include hot dogs, standard poodles, Bruce Willis, and comedies about the utter futility of existence. Follow Amy Nicholson on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
As Lena, the spell-casting heroine of Beautiful Creatures , Alice Englert makes it snow in South Carolina, but she was powerless to stop the weather from stranding her in Baltimore for Cinema Society’s New York premiere of the movie. Fortunately, her co-stars Viola Davis and Emmy Rossum were on hand to introduce the movie to a VIP crowd of New Yorkers that, judging from the discussion at the post-premiere party at Cole’s Greenwich Village restaurant, came away impressed by the film’s performances and writing. Although Beautiful Creatures is directed at the Twilight crowd, it’s much smarter and — for a supernatural teen love story — more realistic than the sparkly vampire franchise, thanks to Richard LaGravenese’s witty, thoughtful script and some excellent casting choices. With the exception of Rossum, the main teen cast members in Beautiful Creatures are not cut from the Team Edward, Jacob or Bella molds. Leading man Alden Ehrenreich reminds me of a young Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live with a dash of Jack Nicholson in the eyes and brows, and he’s got real charisma and range as Ethan, the book-devouring smart-ass who dreams of ditching his small-town life for New York City and falls for the exotic but troubled Lena when she transfers to his school. Englert, who is the daughter of Australian filmmaker Jane Campion , also does a great job of conveying the complexity of Lena, who’s tormented by the bitchiness of her Bible-thumping classmates and, yet, has the power to smote them all. She’s also living with the knowledge that, on her 16th birthday in a few weeks, she will either “turn to the dark” and use her supernatural powers for evil, or “to the light.” And yet, though Lena’s fate (and Evan’s role in it), form the core of Beautiful Creatures, the adults get plenty of scenery to chew. Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons play two rival casters who battle each other over Lena’s fate, and their confrontation at a church meeting is one of the movie’s high points. Irons is particularly memorable as a sardonic, old-school Southern aristocrat fed up with the town’s shabby treatment of his niece. Among the boldfaced names that were in attendance at the screening and party, which Dior Beauty hosted: Ivanka Trump, Debra Winger and her husband Arliss Howard, Crash director Paul Haggis , Girls actor and filmmaker Alex Karpovsky, former Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb and Dianne Vavra, public relations executive for Dior Beauty, which co-hosted the event with Cinema Society. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Julez got BARS… and Solo is saying so long to BK! Solange Knowles Interview With Entertainment Weekly King Bey’s baby sis Solange had a revealing interview with Entertainment Weekly recently, peep the excerpt below: On a recent Tuesday at the Museum of Moden Art’s branch at P.S.1 in Queens, Solange stood in front of an image of the African-American activist Angela Davis. “I dressed up as her for Halloween last year,” she says, snapping a picture with her iPhone in the empty museum (she had the place to herself thanks to one of her curator friends). “I just threw it together at the last minute. That’s kind of how I usually do things.” Indeed, as Knowles has demonstrated throughout her dozen-plus years in show business, she’s nothing if not resourceful. For the younger sister of Beyoncé — that pop juggernaut for whom Super Bowls and presidential inaugurations are routine — an afternoon at a museum without crowds, guards, and pesky no-photo policies is her ideal level of excitement these days. After spending nearly half her life on the major-label payroll, Knowles moved from L.A. to Brooklyn, where her never-quite-burgeoning pop career evolved into something more interesting — and in the process, she became a nouveau-bohemian star in indie-rock and fashion circles alike. True, her sleek new EP released on the boutique label Terrible Records, is her Solange 2.0 calling card. Produced by Blood Orange mastermind Dev Hynes and powered by its captivating lead single “Losing You,” the album has won her accolades and a new fan base — including Girls creator and star Lena Dunham, who used the song in the show’s season 2 premiere. Knowles, it seems, has found her element. Her liberated new look stems from the fact that she paid for all of it — the EP, the video, even her website — out of pocket. “Every decision that’s been made behind this record, from the exact color of the album’s artwork to what record stores we put the record in, has been made by me,” she says. Her son Julez, 8, is getting in on the act too: He’s already taking a stab at becoming a rapper. While Knowles is “terrified” that her son wants to enter the family business, she still encourages him to follow his passions. In fact, she keeps pictures of his handwritten verses on her phone, one of which she offered to read aloud: “You don’t know how to rap/You’re so fat, like a rat in a mousetrap/You got a pen?/No? I didn’t think so/I’ll get you one if you know how to flow, yo/You got a pocket? I didn’t think so/Because you’re like an armadillo in the road, bro/Have you seen the movie hunger games?” And then it stops there. After the museum, Solange heads to Williamsburg, the bustling hipster mecca of Brooklyn, for rehearsal. But first she picks up an order from local comfort-food joint Pies ‘N’ Thighs: fried catfish, mac and cheese, greens, lemonade, and pecan pie. “I’m such a Southern girl,” she says almost apologetically. “I plan on moving back in the next year or two, when it makes sense for Julez schoolwise. I think either Austin or New Orleans. Somewhere warm, for sure.” We’re kinda shocked to that Solange is planning to leave Brooklyn but we could definitely see her and Julez being happy in Austin or New Orleans. Is anybody surprised that her kid wants to go into the family business ? Cuz we’re not! Photo Credit: Ruven Afanador for Entertainment Weekly
Is Toni “retiring” from music to fulfill all her freaky fantasies?? Toni Braxton Says She Wants To Play A Gay Woman In A Movie Via Huffington Post Singer, songwriter, reality star and actress Toni Braxton may have announced plans to retire from music — but the Grammy winner still has a few tricks left up her sleeve. The mother of two told theGrio’s entertainment editor Chris Witherspoon that she doesn’t want to record any more albums, but hopes to focus on acting instead. “For what I do I have to love it. I have to feel that excitement and it’s gone,” Braxton shared. “I’m just not going to do any albums anymore; maybe touring occasionally here and there because I love performing, but not as much as I did in the past. But no new projects.” On Feb. 9, the star of the reality television show “Braxton Family Values” will be seen in Lifetime’s “Twist Of Faith.” The made-for-TV movie focuses on a single mother who is the lead singer of a gospel choir and falls in love with a Jewish man. The “I Heart You” singer, who was seen alongside LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Vivica Fox in 2002′s “Kingdom Come,” says she wants to expand her repertoire even further by tackling a lesbian role on the silver screen. “I would like to play a lesbian,” she revealed. “I don’t know why. And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing: just something completely different than people would expect from me. Not a lipstick lesbian, either.” If Toni decides to jump face first into her career like this then we’re sure she’ll have the support of the men AND some of you ladies. Image via WENN
Those handsome, talented boys from One Direction have released the first preview for their upcoming movie 1D3D. Get it … it’s 1D in 3D, people! The brief teaser aired on the UK’s Daybreak. Peep it: One Direction 1D3D Movie Preview This summer, Harry Styles , Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan will star in the movie which chronicles the band’s world tour. In the clip, Zayn says: “As a group we’re stronger than if it was five people by themselves.” Niall notes, “I always wanted a little brother, now I’ve got four!” Aww. One Direction’s 1D3D reportedly hits theaters on August 30, 2013. Will it do as well as 3D films by Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry ?
On a night filled with tears and a few decent performances, American Idol passed 28 men on to the next round last night. Did your favorite make the cut? Or are you already prepared to turn on Season 12 and its new panel of judges? Scroll down for a list of many of the remaining males and sound off now… Lazaro Arbos Curtis Finch Jr. Devin Velez Gurpreet Singh Sarin Cortez Shaw Jimmy Smith Nick Boddington Charlie Askew Burnell Taylor Marvin Calderon Adam Sanders Johnny Keyser Vincent Powell Mathenee Treco Charles Watson Bryant Tadeo David Oliver Willis Elijah Liu Jeff Hermano Josh Holiday Joshua Jada Davila Kevin Harris
