Not going to SXSW ? No worries! Not only does Movieline have you covered in Austin , there’s also this fine recommendation for the more DIY Newman’s Ownly Experience. All you need is Netflix Instant, Newman’s Own Butter Boom Popcorn, and, apparently, the troubling “half-breed Apache” flick Hombre : “In truth, not only is the blackface approach racist and absurd, it’s also executed so poorly I spent most of the movie thinking Paul Newman was placed in some sort of ramshackle 1860s witness protection program where they just throw a wig at you and make you really, really dusty. I can still see you under there, Paul Newman!” It’s either this or Red Riding Hood , which is no choice at all, right? [ The Hairpin ]
Smurfs, Cars and fairly tales headed to the big screen… oh my! It was a busy week in Hollywood, as recounted by our friends at Reel Movie News. Head over to that site for the latest in the movie world, highlighted by the following stories: According to this Red Riding Hood review , Amanda Seyfried anchors a movie that takes itself way too seriously. But there’s some teen angst and a love triangle. Movie theaters will get blue this summer, as depicted in this new Smurfs trailer. Looks like fun to us! Fans will also be revving up for a sequel to Cars , as this extended preview depicts. Let’s end up a funny note : check out a collection of Hall Pass quotes now!
Smurfs, Cars and fairly tales headed to the big screen… oh my! It was a busy week in Hollywood, as recounted by our friends at Reel Movie News. Head over to that site for the latest in the movie world, highlighted by the following stories: According to this Red Riding Hood review , Amanda Seyfried anchors a movie that takes itself way too seriously. But there’s some teen angst and a love triangle. Movie theaters will get blue this summer, as depicted in this new Smurfs trailer. Looks like fun to us! Fans will also be revving up for a sequel to Cars , as this extended preview depicts. Let’s end up a funny note : check out a collection of Hall Pass quotes now!
I saw these screen caps the other day, I was going to ignore them because I hate Megan Fox and I am glad she self-sabotaged by marrying David from 90210 who is not David from 90210 on Desperate Housewives cuz dude’s got pills to pay…. The only explanation for this movie she’s in is that some kids shat it out, got their rich dad to finance it, needed to attact a star so people would watch it, figured Megan Fox wasn’t working anymore since her only gig fired her, and offered her a couple hundred bucks to really let the world see her Oscar potential… THis is her Hilary Swank Boys Don’t Cry opportunity that saves her life as an actor….but I’m pretty sure it won’t… Let’s just hope there’s a scene where she gives a vagina puppet show..
Based on the full trailer for The Smurfs , I’m guessing that Shrek 2 and Daddy Daycare writers J. David Stern and David N. Weiss scored the most coveted writing gig in Hollywood. At points in the script where most writers may have paced back and forth for hours, struggling for the right words, this team could simply just fill in any blank with the word “smurf.” In just under two minutes, the word is used in four different contexts, only two of which I understood. But will this movie go all the way?
We’re eagerly awaiting funny lady Sarah Silverman ‘s big nude debut in Take This Waltz , so naturally she had us standing at attention when she and Howard Stern talked muff this week. Sarah is going from zero to bush in her very first nude scene, but she’s handling it like a pro. She told Howard that she felt very lucky to be involved with the movie, and though she didn’t realize there was a nude scene when she first read the script, she felt comfortable with the director and crew and agreed to do it right away. She then revealed that the scene is of her shaving her legs in a locker room, so it won’t be very brightly lit…. More after the jump!
Here are two fantastic photos of Justin Bieber performing in the UK his first night back on tour after taking a break to promote his movie “ Never Say Never .” The concert was held on March 4, 2011 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. Are you lucky enough to have tickets to see Justin live in concert in the coming months? We sure hope his girlfriend Selena Gomez is! Maybe if you attend one of Justin’s upcoming concerts you’ll be able to see the “Wizards of Waverly Place” star there too! What do you think of Justin’s stage outfit?
Here are two fantastic photos of Justin Bieber performing in the UK his first night back on tour after taking a break to promote his movie “ Never Say Never .” The concert was held on March 4, 2011 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. Are you lucky enough to have tickets to see Justin live in concert in the coming months? We sure hope his girlfriend Selena Gomez is! Maybe if you attend one of Justin’s upcoming concerts you’ll be able to see the “Wizards of Waverly Place” star there too! What do you think of Justin’s stage outfit?
Former Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius lands at #2 with solo debut. By Gil Kaufman Adele’s 21 Photo: Columbia Records Cracking the American market has always been a challenge for British acts, but U.K. soul singer Adele is making it look easy. After her second album, 21, topped the Billboard 200 chart last week, she will do it again next week, holding onto the top spot with sales just shy of 168,000. According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, sales were down 52 percent, but that was still enough to beat out the #2 album, the solo debut by former Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius , Late Nights & Early Mornings, which had a good showing thanks to 96,000 units moved. The only other newcomers in the top 10 are the latest from Irish rockers Dropkick Murphys , Going Out in Style, which comes in at #6 (43,000), and Staind singer Aaron Lewis ‘ solo effort, Town Line, which is just behind at #7 (38,000). The rest of the top 10: Mumford & Sons , Sigh No More (#3, 54,000), Justin Bieber , Never Say Never – The Remixes (#4, 53,000), NOW 37 (#5, 44,000), Bieber’s My World 2.0 (#8, 33,000), Bruno Mars , Doo-Wops & Hooligans (#9, 32,000) and Pink , Greatest Hits So Far!!! (#10, 31,000). The latest sales totals for Mumford make them the first English band since 2009 (Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends ) to sell 1 million copies of an album in both the U.K. and U.S. One of the most notable chart climbs belongs to the left-for-dead soundtrack to the Christina Aguilera/ Cher big-screen flop “Burlesque,” which rockets up 122 spots in the wake of Aguilera’s arrest for public intoxication , the movie’s release on DVD and the announcement that Aguilera will join the judging panel of “The Voice.” Also getting a boost following its Oscar win is the soundtrack to “The Social Network” by Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross , which climbs 66 slots to #59 (9,000). Further down the line, Different Gear, Still Speeding, the debut from former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher’s new band, Beady Eye , lands at #31 on modest sales of 13,000, and Swedish singer Lykke Li ‘s second album, Wounded Rhymes, debuts at #36 (12,000). Lady Gaga still rules the singles chart on iTunes, topping the list with “Born This Way,” followed by “American Idol” judge Jennifer Lopez ‘s smash dance hit “On the Floor,” Cee Lo Green ‘s “Forget You,” Rihanna ‘s “S&M,” Ke$ha ‘s “Blow” and Dr. Dre ‘s “I Need a Doctor.” The tally is rounded out with #7 hit “F—in’ Perfect” by Pink , Katy Perry ‘s “E.T.,” Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” and Britney Spears ‘ “Till the World Ends.” Adele continued her winning ways on the iTunes albums chart, holding down the #1 spot, followed by Ambrosius, Mumford, Luke Bryan ‘s Spring Break 3 … It’s a Shore Thing, the Murphys, Lewis, Pink, Bieber’s 2.0, Beady Eye and pre-orders for Foo Fighters ‘ Wasting Light. Look for chart debuts next week from Lupe Fiasco , Avril Lavigne , R.E.M. , Raekwon and the latest “Glee” soundtrack. Related Artists Adele
‘The truth is, it’s an entirely different story,’ actress says. By Aly Semigran Amanda Seyfried in “Red Riding Hood” Photo: Warner Bros. Mythical folklore. Catherine Hardwicke. A steamy, young love triangle involving a pretty girl and two cute guys, one of which may be a wolf. There was no doubt that when the formula used to create the revamped fairy tale “Red Riding Hood” was revealed, “Twilight” comparisons were bound to be made. It’s a roadblock that its star Amanda Seyfried, who plays the film’s scarlet-caped protagonist, is entirely aware of. MTV News caught up with Seyfried to discuss the film, which opens in theaters this Friday, and why moviegoers shouldn’t go in expecting another “Twilight.” “It’s a bummer that that’s what’s happening,” Seyfried said of the inevitable “Twilight” association. The 25-year-old actress, who admitted she doesn’t like when “an audience has [certain] expectations,” recognized that a lot of it certainly has to do with “Red Riding Hood” director Catherine Hardwicke, who was at the helm of the first “Twilight Saga” movie. “That’s her movie,” Seyfried acknowledged. Adding even more fuel to the “Twilight” fire is Seyfried’s “Red Riding Hood” co-star Billy Burke, who plays her father in the film and who is known to Twi-hards as Bella Swan’s dad. “Can’t forget about that,” she said with a smile, regarding Burke’s involvement with both projects. Still, she and her castmates, including her onscreen love interests Max Irons and Shiloh Fernandez, couldn’t help but poke fun of the situation on set. “We’d make jokes about [Hardwicke] calling us Kristen [Stewart] and Rob [Pattinson] and Taylor [Lautner],” Seyfried told MTV. Interestingly enough, Fernandez was one of the actors originally considered for the role of brooding vampire Edward Cullen in “Twilight.” But Seyfried remains adamant about audiences being able to distinguish the difference between this film and the “Twilight Saga.” “Red Riding Hood” is a new take on the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” that follows a young woman named Valerie, who is torn between choosing from two men, all while her small village is terrorized by a mysterious wolf. “Yeah, I mean it does surround a girl coming of age in a love triangle, but that’s a lot of movies,” Seyfried said. “The truth is, it’s an entirely different story. “I think audiences are going to be really surprised when they end up seeing this movie because … there’s so many elements and there’s so much going on,” she assured, giving her own synopsis of the PG-13 chiller, “It’s a murder mystery as well as a coming-of-age movie, and there’s a lot of tension and it’s scary. All those elements combine to be thrilling, I think.” Do you think “Red Riding Hood” will be able to set itself apart from “Twilight”? Tell us in the comments. Check out everything we’ve got on “Red Riding Hood.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘Red Riding Hood’
