Hey remember when Blake Lively got married to Ryan Reynolds in a secret wedding in North Carolina the other day…..it was awesome….everyone is talking about it….so it must be important….even though neither Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds give a fuck about us…they don’t even know us by name…let alone get involved in who we are fucking….but for some reason we care about them…like they fucking matter….even though they really fucking don’t….I assume there is a PR company behind this story somewhere…covering up something….putting her out there pantsless for Allure for a reason….a reason I can only assume is to give me something to look at….. Here are the pics…of her posing with a lamb and children….I wonder if she is Jesus…and whether this is a religious experience…
Kristen Stewart fans may have been disappointed that the Twilight superstar did not make an appearance at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards, but crowds here in Toronto had the chance to see the actress on the red carpet for the North American premiere of Walter Salles ‘ On The Road along with fellow cast members Garrett Hedlund , Kirsten Dunst , Amy Adams and Sam Riley . Stewart spoke with ML about the part she had actually landed before she filmed her first Twilight installment. Stewart shared her thoughts on the steamy relationship between her character Marylou and Hedlund’s Dean Moriarty — a life-long relationship that was rife with affairs, drugs and a wild ride on the road. [ PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, and Kirsten Dunst at the Toronto premiere of On The Road ] “They really are ‘simpatico.’ It was a tumultuous relationship. And it’s hard to love like that, but they were so in love with each other and you don’t know this from reading the book, but they stayed lovers until the end of his life,” Stewart said during a conversation with ML at a Toronto hotel over the weekend. Stewart first read On The Road as a high school freshman. A short time afterward, she was approached by director Walter Salles who had been told to consider Stewart for the part of Marylou after fellow filmmakers saw her in Sean Penn’s Into The Wild and suggested that he consider the young actress. The project took a number of years before the actual shoot commenced and in the meantime, Stewart began doing the enormously popular Twilight series, propelling her fame into the stratosphere. “I got the [ On The Road ] job on the spot and I drove away vibrating,” Stewart said. In the film version of the book written by Jack Kerouac, Stewart plays the unconventional free-spirit Marylou, the former wife and still frequent lover of Dean Moriarty, a fast-talking charismatic with an insatiable libido. Dean and best friend Sal (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken after Dean’s arrival take to the road. Marylou frequently accompanies Sal and Dean’s travels across the country in adventures fueled by sex, drugs and the pursuit of the “It” – a quest for understanding and personal fulfillment. “He kind of raised her and she always had a place in his heart, even though there were a lot of spots in that heart, but she was definitely one in the center and the same goes the other way around,” Stewart said of Marylou and Dean, the On The Road names of the real-life individuals described by Kerouac. “They both helped each other grow up.” One of the seminal works of literature of post-war America, On The Road took decades to be made into a film, even after Francis Ford Coppola acquired the filmmaking rights to the story. Stewart said she believes that society may have not been ready to see On The Road in theaters in the immediate years after the book was published, acknowledging that the film, which has not yet been rated, is racy. “I think it’s a good time to see this story visually because we are not shocked by some of the things that we were so shocked by before and it would have veiled it,” said Stewart. “It would have been so shocking seeing people doing drugs and having sex that you wouldn’t have seen the spirit of [ On the Road ]. You wouldn’t have seen the message behind it. Maybe it would have been good because it would have forced people to look, but maybe they weren’t able to do it then.” She also expressed the need for young people to have dreams and a zest for life, similarly to the characters in the film, even if those dreams are not fully comprehended. “At that stage of your life there’s so much ahead of you, at least it feels that way. At that age you need to have a faith and feelings you can’t articulate yet because at some point you need to hold onto them and you’ll find the words to describe them.” [ Movieline will have more from our interviews with Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, and Walter Salles this week. ] Read more from the Toronto Film Festival. Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Prancing around in a fluorescent bikini while going on a partying and crime-fueled rampage through the so-called “red neck riviera” — that could be the one sentence log-line for Toronto’s Spring Breakers , which arrived in North America after its first premiere last week in Venice . Fascination with former Disney star Selena Gomez ‘s romp through the new film in a not-quite-so-squeaky-clean role continued on this side of the pond but Gomez, director Harmony Korine and fellow stars James Franco , Vanessa Hudgens , Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine provided a few racy laughs of their own in Canada’s biggest city Friday. Harmony Korine even joked that a few rugged gentlemen on spring break were taken by Gomez’s presence while they shot the feature. “All these thick-necked jock dudes were rubbing up against Selena,” he said. The cast said they had themselves never been on a spring break, but Harmony Korine surrounded the cast with people doing just that while they were in St. Petersburg, FL in what Rachel Korine described as a “youth rite of passage.” But before heading to the shoot and to those soon-to-be-famous bikinis, the women in the film did a bit of a pre-party get-together to set the mood for the film and at the request of Harmony Korine. Vanessa Hudgens hinted that the group likely took on some of the trappings of spring break before heading off for their celluloid version in front of the camera. “In the beginning, we hung out before shooting. We were girls being completely raw and we freed ourselves and did what we wanted. We were able to be completely free and push each other.” James Franco first came on board on the film, speaking with Korine about the concept well before actual shooting began. He crafted his character, who is a local thug that bails the girls out of jail after they hold up a dining joint in order to fund their spring break, by using props and music sent over by Korine. “Harmony is a master at finding locations and people and having them add texture [to his films],” he said. “He sent me music and images which helped me create my character. Looks and surfaces are very important in this film.” “But I think we made him our bitch!” Hudgens shot back with a laugh. As in Venice, Gomez was peppered with questions about her Disney entree to stardom and how a film like Spring Breakers will factor into her fan base, but the 20 year-old actress said that she decided to go for it, while acknowledging the role may be off-putting for some of her young admirers. “When my series ended, I was invited to do a couple of films. I thought the independent film route would be best for me, and I decided that if I’m going to do it, I’d like to do it with Harmony.” Continuing she said, “The biggest challenge is that I have a younger generation of fans who follow my music, shows and clothing line. Everything I do is for them and this may not be so accessible to them. But the other side is that people put you in a box and it is a challenge for me because some may not take me seriously because of the brand I have — that I’m fortunate to have — but it’s also about doing things that I just want to do for me.” Gomez was the first of the women cast in the film which Harmony Korine said he imagined long before writing the screenplay. He auditioned Gomez in his living room in Nashville, TN but worried that he might scare her off before they had a chance to work together. “Selena auditioned in my living room. When she came down to Nashville, I flipped over all of this crazy art I have in my house because I didn’t want to spook her,” he said. “I think he thought I was super, super Christian so he was hiding everything,” laughed Gomez. Read more from the Toronto Film Fest. Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Also in Wednesday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, Fantastic Fest will close out its September event with Red Dawn . And David Slade is the eyed for a Disney pic based on a young-adult novel. World Premiere of Red Dawn to Close Fantastic Fest Director Dan Bradley’s action-pic Red Dawn will close out Fantastic Fest September 27th. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas and Josh Hutcherson, the film revolves around a group of teenagers embarking to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers. A Korean-invasion-themed party will follow the premiere screening to celebrate the closing night of the festival. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20 – 27 in Austin, Texas Javier Bardem Humanitarian Doc Heads to Theaters Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony is produced by Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem, Alvaro Longoria and Lilly Hartley, the documentary, directed by Longoria of Morena Films and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13. The film features Javier Bardem and focuses on a forgotten, unresolved conflict in Northern Africa where the de-colonization of the Western Sahara has displaced nearly 200,000 Sahrawi people to refugee camps. Distributor GoDigital said it will begin its theatrical run at IFC Center in NYC in mid-October, followed by a series of screenings around the country. Edward Burns Holiday Pic Heads to Theaters The Fitzgerald Family Christmas , a family drama that reunites Burns with cast members Connie Britton and Michael McGlone from The Brothers McMullen will have a late-November release via Tribeca Film which picked up the film. The story revolves around sibling rivalry and an estranged father (Ed Lauter, The Artist ) who returns home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago. Family rifts emerge, and like with any family, Christmas brings a mixed bag of complicated emotions and dynamics. The film will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival September 9th. Xan Cassavetes’ Kiss of the Damned Heads to Theaters Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures picked up worldwide rights to Cassavetes’ erotic vampire film that will close International Critics’ Week this Friday in Venice. The film centers on Djuna (Joséphine de La Baume), a beautiful vampire who tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paulo (Milo Ventimiglia), but eventually gives in to temptation. When her troublemaker sister Mimi (Roxane Mesquida) arrives unexpectedly, Djuna’s love story is threatened and the whole vampire community becomes endangered. Around the ‘net… Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Kerry Washington to Speak at DNC The three will follow the Foo Fighters on Thursday’s lineup at the Democratic National Convention. Eva Longoria also is expected to speak before Obama’s appearance, THR reports . Disney Eyes David Slade for Matched The studio is in negotiations with Slade to direct an adaptation of the Ally Condie young-adult novel. The series revolves around a girl in a “dystopian future where choice is taken away, and a young woman falls in love with a guy she has not been matched with,” Deadline reports .
Take a closer look and judge for yourself… Secret Service Investigating Billboard Calling For President Obama’s Death The GOP and their supporters have really been pushing the limit lately with the anti-Obama smear tactics, but this billboard in Texas may just be the last straw. A billboard sign in Victoria, Texas had drawn an investigation by the Secret Service. The controversial sign seems harmless at a glance because it says, “Pray for Obama” and then quotes a scripture,Psalms 109:8., but it is the scripture that has caused an uproar. Psalms 109:8 reads, “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.” The man behind the sign, Milton Neitsch Jr., says that he did not think that people would notice that the sign was calling for the President’s life to end soon. He must have assumed the people of Victoria, Texas did not know the scriptures. Many people are calling the sign hateful and inappropriate and they say that it is using the holy scriptures in the wrong way. Many people are also demanding that the sign must come down. Neitsch claims that he saw an e-mail from one of his buddies that called for the President’s days to “be few” and decided to pay for it to go on a billboard on North Navarro Street in Victoria, Texas. The fact that the Secret Services is taking the time to look into this certainly all but confirms the intent of the message , but some feel that the scripture in question was included to reference President Obama’s days in office being numbered rather than his days on earth. *Sideeye.* Do you buy it? Source
Also in Wednesday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, Rialto Pictures picks up theatrical rights to French company StudioCanal’s massive library for the U.S. Indie Eden heads to theaters. Animation distributor has Oscar ambitions for several titles. And “Digital Hollywood” producer is dead of apparent suicide. Rialto Pictures Acquires U.S. Theatrical Rights to France’s StudioCanal’s Massive Library The New York-based company which specializes in classic film re-releases, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, has signed a 3 year agreement with StudioCanal to handle the U.S. theatrical distribution of over 2,000 international classics owned by the French media giant. The film library is one of the largest in the world, includes classic films by Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Chabrol, Abel Gance, Vittorio De Sica, Alain Resnais, Mike Nichols, Jacques Tati, Akira Kurosawa, Bertrand Tavernier, Orson Welles, and many others. Megan Griffith’s Eden Heads to Theaters Jamie Chung ( Premium Rush ) Beau Bridges and Matt O’Leary star in the true story about a Korean-American teenager, dubbed Eden, who was smuggled into Las Vegas and imprisoned as a sex slave. She ensured her own survival by carving out power and influence within the organization that imprisoned her. Phase 4 Films picked up North American rights to the film, which it will release in early 2013. GKIDS to Offer 4 Titles for Oscar Consideration The animated distributor said it will feature four film to compete for the 2010 Best Animated Feature Oscar and the 2012 Annie Awards. The company is planning Oscar-qualifying L.A. runs in November for From Up On Poppy Hill , Le Tableau , The Rabbi’s Cat and Zarafa . “All four films are unique and wonderful, each in their own way, and we look forward to sharing them with Academy voters and audiences across North America,” said GKIDS head Eric Beckman. Around the ‘net… Michael Douglas to Play Ronald Reagan in Indie Titled Reykjavik , Douglas is in talks to play the 40th President of the U.S. The story takes place over a few days in 1986 when Reagan met Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland’s capital on an arms treaty. Participant Media will finance the $10 million project, THR reports . The Artist Director Eyes Paramount’s Will The Artist won multiple Oscars including Best Picture this year and he is perhaps looking to Paramount project Will . The story revolves around an NGO worker in Chechnya, Deadline reports . Digital Hollywood Producer Brian Gerber Found Dead Gerber died of an apparent suicide Monday. He was founder and organizer of Digital Hollywood’s bi-annual content summit, which aims to “bring the world of content creators into the fold of digital production, marketing and technology,” LA Weekly reports .
Pretty Little Liars teased a major reveal – nay, a betrAyal! – on last night’s summer finale, “The Lady Killer,” and O… M… G, the ABC Family drama did NOT disappoint. The series shocked viewers by unveiling two members of The A-Team. First, Nate, who turned out to be Linden James, the former True North boyfriend of Maya. Second… Toby!!! That’s right, the character returned, reunited with Spencer, SLEPT WITH HER and then turned out to be one of the show’s hooded sweatshirt-wearing villains. Viewers are still reeling from the surprise, with Pretty Little Liars Season 3 set to resume in January. Until then, let the theories fly and sound off: Are you taken aback by Toby as an A-Team cohort?
These kids and these cotdamn shoes…SMMFH Texas Teens Arrested For Breaking In To Mall To Steal Air Jordan Sneakers Two teenagers were arrested this week after cutting into the roof of a mall in Houston to steal Nike Air Jordan sneakers. A security guard at Greenspoint mall, on the north side of Houston, saw the thieves in the Foot Action store early Wednesday morning and called police. John Grant, 19, and another male, 16, were arrested at the scene, but a third suspect believed to be around the same age fled. “We believe we know the identity of the third male who fled on foot and is still wanted,” Cannon said. Grant has a court date of Aug. 29 at a state district court and is currently in custody with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Police and the prosecutor’s office will not release any details about the 16-year-old because he is a minor. Grant, who does not have an attorney according to court records, could not be reached for comment. John Cannon, Houston Police spokesman, said officers responded to a burglary call at 4:45 A.M. on Wednesday and found the suspects stole 16 pairs of Nike Air Jordan sneakers valued at $175 each. Limited editions of specific Nike sneakers, such as the soon-to-be-released LeBron X Nike Plus basketball sneaker, are often bought and re-sold for costs as high as $1,000. Violence and long lines have plagued stores like Foot Locker as fans wait hours for a limited number of sneakers. As for the perpetrators… Police charged the minor with burglary of a building, a felony, and evading police on foot, which is a misdemeanor. Gant was charged with burglary of a building, which is also a felony, the Houston Police said. 90% of these young kids never even saw Mike take a jump shot, much less remember the shoes. Yet here they are fighting, cutting, killing, and getting arrested for them, ig’nant azz ninjas… Image via Hypebeast Source Continue reading →
Also in Friday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, the New York Film Festival has unveiled plans for an inaugural Midnight sidebar and Transmedia program. Peter Strickland’s latest thriller is headed for U.S. theaters after screenings in Toronto and New York tests. Kodak announces departure from key photo biz areas and The Dark Knight Rises passes an international box office milestone. Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep Heading to U.S. Theaters Sony Pictures Classics has picked up U.S. rights to Redford’s feature which stars Shia LeBeouf, Julie Christie, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, and Susan Sarandon. A thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity. It will screen at the upcoming Venice and Toronto film festivals. New York Film Festival to Host Midnight Movies and Convergence Program Thrillers will have a section to call home for the first time at the 50th New York Film Festival. The premieres of three films will take place at the festival which opens with Ang Lee’s Life of Pi September 28th. Barry Levinson’s The Bay , Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio and Outrage Beyond by Takeshi Kitano will screen in the festival which continues through October 14th. Additionally, Transmedia will get a two-day focus during the festival September 29 – 30. The event will host panels, workshops and “immersive experiences” designed to be an “intimate gathering for creators, designers, thinkers and fans.” For details on both events, visit The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s website . Peter Strickland’s Thriller Berberian Sound Studio Heads to U.S. Theaters The film stars Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco and Antonio Mancino about a sound engineer’s work at an Italian horror studio that becomes a case of life imitating art. The feature will screen at the upcoming Toronto and New York film festivals. ” Berberian Sound Studio is a dazzling cinematic tour-de-force that brings to mind Hitchcock,Argento and De Palma featuring a brilliant performance by Toby Jones,” said IFC/Sundance Selects president Jonathan Sehring about the film which genre label IFC Midnight will release at a later date. Around the ‘net… Sesame Street Puppeteer Jerry Nelson Dead at 78 He voiced Count von Count as well as many other beloved Sesame Street characters including Snuffleupagus, Sherlock Hemlock, Camilla the Chicken and Kermit’s nephew Robin. He also worked on several Muppet movies, Deadline reports . Kodak Set to Quit Camera Film and Photo Paper Business The announcement means an end to it making films for still cameras, photo papers, souvenir photo products at theme parks, scanners and picture print-out kiosks at stores. It would leave the business focused on printers, cinema film stock and chemicals, BBC reports . The Dark Knight Rises Passes $500M Overseas Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy finale has grossed $501.1 million overseas, making its worldwide total (when combined with almost $414 million in North America) to $915 million, Screen Daily reports .
If you thought Gloria Govan’s beef with the “Basketball Wives” Miami cast end when she and her sister Laura got their spinoff, well you were wrong. Recently, EUR associate/partner Cherise Nicole (www.CNikky.com) got together with Gloria Govan of “Basketball Wives: LA.” They met up at Evolution Dance Studios in North Hollywood where Gloria was getting in some hand to hand combat training for a new project for the Comedy Shaq Network called “Clean Ops.” “Clean Ops” chronicles a female assassin, V (portrayed by Govan), as she eliminates undesirable targets. She’s been trained, from an early age, to be a classically trained ballerina as well as a weapons and hand to hand combat expert. Although, you’re unsure what side she’s on, what is clear, is that you don’t want to be on her bad side. Anyway, keep that whole combat/assassin thing in mind ’cause when Cherise jokingly asked Gloria if she had use her new skills on anybody on “Basketball Wives” … Miami or LA, who would it be? Govan didn’t hesitate. “I think I’d use my moves on every cast member in Miami. I would wait for Evelyn. Evelyn would be last. I’d knock out Shaunie first. And then … you know Royce apologized to me after the last reunion. So, I wouldn’t knock her out. I’d just smack the sh*t out of her.” She continued, “Susie I like. Jennifer just gets on my nerves … like her voice irritates me so I would try to take out her voice box.” The interview was done a few days prior to Evelyn allegedly getting head-butted by her soon to be ex-husband, Chad Johnson, and Gloria was just joking … we think. Anyway, she wasn’t through knocking Evelyn, figuratively that is. Gloria also told Cherise about the new season of “Basketball Wives,” being a Mom of 2 twin boys and ironically, the violence that happened on the last season of “Basketball Wives (Miami).” The new season of “Basketball Wives: LA” debuts on Monday, September 10. Do you think Gloria’s comments will result in more drama from Shaunie, Royce, Jennifer and Evelyn? Is she talking reckless or just keeping it a hundred? Source
