All I know about this Samantha Gradoville model is that she’s American….a locally grown tall as fuck, perky titty bitch, who is willing to get naked for fashion, or at least for her career as a model in the fashion world because it pays fucking well and offers a lot of fucking perks from fans and perverts sucking up to her all day, to money, to traveling the world 5 star status, on private jets all to be the face for a brand….pretty fucking genius….cuz all she has to do is show up and have pics taken of her and to make that dream come true…all she has to do is show a little nipple in Harper’s Bazaar UK….hoping it will propel her to the next step…and any girl willing to show her tits to get ahread…from a Girls Gone Wild flash to strippers to this…is a girl who’s professionalism I can appreciate….. That said, I’ve Posted Her Topless in Numero About a Year and a Half Ago Now here are her bikini perky nipple pics….
Sophie Monk may be a joke – or at least non-sense people don’t even remember because she’s never really done an actual movie…her real claim to fame is getting herpes from Paris Hilton via a Good Charlotte twin who imported her from Australia cuz she wanted to be Hollywood famous….I think she may have even done the whole popstar thing, at least in Australia, where she won somee reality TV show that got her to be in the same room as Good Charlotte twin in the first place…. The truth is that none of that matters, she’s a fucking nobody, even if she’s got big lips, decent tits, and a vagina capable of eating any pair of pants it faces…you know notorious for cameltoe…Sure she’s hot, but she’s getting old and has got all the attention she deserves, even if she’s doing photoshoots for nuts, half naked pretending to do sports…and even if those photoshoots are kinda amazing to look at…..she still fucking sucks…a real fucking loser….
Lamborghini Mercy, your chick she so thirsty! Kanye West And Kim Kardashian Take A Drive Through Paris In A White Lamborghini KimYe were up to their usual coupled up in front of the cameras antics in Paris this weekend: Returning to Paris for Monday’s Watch the Throne Tour encore performance, West, 35, stepped out with Kardashian, 31, on Father’s Day. The couple, who are staying at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, enjoyed a late brunch date at chic eatery L’Avenue on Avenue Montaigne before capping off their meal on a sweet note: ice cream cones from Häagen-Dazs. After making a pit stop at a luxury car dealership, West, sporting a black hoodie, and Kardashian, rocking a curve-hugging green dress and mid-calf boots, emerged in a new ride: a white convertible Lamborghini. But their hot wheels didn’t get them too far. It took the couple, who started dating in April, about an hour to drive less than three miles from Place de la Madeleine to the Eiffel Tower. “Basically, the car is like a jet airplane,” one observer tells PEOPLE, “but they didn’t plan on Paris traffic on a Sunday afternoon.” Adds another observer: “It was actually kind of funny. I mean, how often do you see anyone behind the wheel of a Lamborghini looking kind of bored?” But there was an upside to the traffic – at least for fellow drivers sharing the road. “There were a lot of people sitting in cars alongside them during their drive,” an observer adds. “Every so often, they’d be in traffic and someone in a car next to them would recognize [West] and go, ‘Oh, whoa! Kanye! So Cool!’ ” Do y’all think these two are more in love with each other or the attention they get together? Cuz we’re really not sure. Hit the flip for more pictures of their weekend in Paris, including a date to Haagen Dazs with momager Kris Jenner and a date night out at Cafe Ferdi. Source
On ‘Bieber Live,’ pop star will perform and chat with MTV News’ Sway Calloway at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. By Jocelyn Vena Justin Bieber Photo: Justin Bieber will drop his highly anticipated brand-new album Believe on Tuesday, and he’s hooking up with MTV to celebrate the big release. The pop sensation will catch up with MTV News the day the album drops for the 30-minute special “Bieber Live.” Bieber will sit down with MTV News’ Sway Calloway — not to mention 100 fans who will be in the studio and get treated to performances of his new songs “Boyfriend” and “Die in Your Arms.” It’ll all go down at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. As if that weren’t enough pop awesomeness for you, immediately following all the Bieber antics, Katy Perry ‘s new music video for “Wide Awake” will have its world premiere at 7:53 p.m. ET/PT. She’ll also be sitting down with Sway during “MTV First: Katy Perry” to chat about the video and her 3-D movie, “Katy Perry: Part of Me.” During “Bieber Live,” in addition to chilling with Sway and performing, the singer will also answer fan questions in studio and via Twitter (tweet @MTVNews with the hashtag #AskBieber). Bieber’s MTV visit Tuesday is just the latest on his worldwide promotional schedule for his album release. He’s already caused a stir in Norway, Paris and Mexico City, among other stops, as he spreads the gospel of Believe. He’s set to go on an official Believe Tour this September, and the jaunt is already sold-out. For Believe, Bieber hooked up with a number of A-listers, including Drake, Big Sean, Ludacris and Nicki Minaj. On the production end, he also got some of the finest in the business, including Max Martin, Rodney Jerkins and even ’90s ballad master Babyface. He’ll talk all about it Tuesday during MTV’s “Bieber Live.” Don’t miss “Bieber Live” on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, followed by “MTV First: Katy Perry” at 7:53 p.m., when Katy will debut her “Wide Awake” music video.
Some were skeptical that Woody Allen would make an appearance at the opening night of the LA Film Festival , even with his latest Euro-whimsy To Rome With Love premiering in the kick-off slot Thursday night. But show up Woody did, with five of his starlets in tow — including Alison Pill, Greta Gerwig , and a dazzling Penelope Cruz — to debut his 43rd feature film with a few charmingly self-deprecating zingers. “I had a wonderful time making the picture in Rome,” Allen said, introducing his film to a packed theater at LA Live with a quip. “That doesn’t mean that you’ll enjoy it.” Allen continued, quietly demurring the palpable adoration of the opening night crowd, joined by Cruz, Pill, Gerwig, and Italian co-stars Alessandra Mastronardi and Simona Caparrini. “I had fun. I was there for three months eating pasta, working with beautiful actresses and scintillating leading men. It was great for me. But whether it came out or not, you have to be the judge. If you like it, I want you to tell your friends and pressure Sony, so they don’t put it in the Witness Protection Program.” [Sony Pictures Classics releases the film in select cities next week.] Allen’s Roman outing follows in the vein of his Oscar-nominated hit Midnight in Paris , exploring the spirit of the Eternal City through four light-hearted, if exhausting and scattered vignettes. In one, renowned architect Alec Baldwin visits his old Rome stomping grounds, running into Jesse Eisenberg’s 30 years-younger counterpart as he falls into an ill-advised affair. In another, a fiery hooker (Cruz) upends the life of a timid Italian newlywed. Roberto Benigni (“delightful, brilliant, sensational,” lauded Allen) shines in his own Fellini-esque tale of an average Roman businessman who becomes an overnight celebrity, enjoying — then bemoaning — the trappings of fame. And Allen stars himself, alongside Pill and a wonderfully acerbic Judy Davis, as a neurotic visiting American navigating culture clash with his Italian in-laws. To Rome may lack the pure magic and cohesion of Midnight in Paris , but it’s more fascinated with riffing on the fantasy that the Italian city inspires. (Critics were mixed following the film’s LA Film Fest premiere.) Among the themes turned over and over by Allen’s characters: Celebrity, desire, and the twin, or dueling, identities entrenched in the very fabric of the city — a place where the ruins of ancient civilization are an inescapable part of the modern landscape, a reminder of humanity’s impulse to reach for greatness, even at the risk of great failure. That hunger for life’s “what ifs?” is, the film argues, as essential as it is impossible to ignore. A starstruck woman ponders the extramarital affair that would make for a lifetime of stories; a mortician seizes the chance at operatic greatness, even under the silliest of circumstances. In the film’s most Allenesque pairing, Baldwin’s knowing John peppers Eisenberg’s Jack with the advice he knows he won’t heed, because he didn’t take it himself as a young man. Their double dose of relentless, self-aware commentary — about life, love, and the wrong choices (and ill-advised love affairs) you just can’t help choosing — speaks to a filmmaker who is all too haunted by his past, yet content to come to terms with the naivete of his younger self. Given how baldly he confronts the funny business of art and celebrity in the film, from all sides — the fleeting pointlessness (and compulsive appeal) of being famous for famous’ sake in today’s reality TV culture, the eternal struggle to balance art and commerce, even the oiliness and pretension pervasive to Hollywood types alike, personified by Italian actor Antonio Albanese and with particular deftness by Ellen Page — Allen’s pre-screening sign-off remained softly humble. “Thank you very much for showing up tonight,” he said. “If you like the picture, I’m thrilled. If you hate it and think it was a waste of time coming, don’t let me know [pause] because I get depressed easily.” To Rome with Love opens on June 22. Read more from the LA Film Fest here . Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Emily Maynard is clearly still bitter at Kalon McMahon, who she kicked off The Bachelorette this week. Knowing he’s in the Bachelor Pad 3 cast , she won’t watch it. McMahon, 27, will compete against previous Bachelor and Bachelorette stars like Erica Rose, Lindzi Cox, Ed Swiderski and Season 2 winner Michael Stagliano. Maynard won’t be tuning in to watch them battle each other and fans for the $250,000 prize, she announced via Twitter Thursday. Her reasoning for that? “The fact Kalon will ever be on any TV [show] again makes me want to stab my eyeballs out with dull pencils,” the single mom explained. “Too much?” Maynard sent Kalon packing Monday after Doug Clerget informed her that he had been badmouthing her and worse, her daughter Ricki, as “baggage.” “I want to go out there and rip his limbs off and beat him with them,” Maynard seethed, adding, “I just wanna go West Virginia, hood rat, backwoods on his ass.” And so she did. It was awesome. Eight guys remain in the hunt this season, which concludes July 16. The Bachelorette spoilers (and ABC’s previews) strongly hint at who her final three are. Is Emily Maynard engaged ? Reports this week suggest so, but at this point, it’s not confirmed. All we know is that there are three clear frontrunners now. Who should she choose? Vote below!
Nicole Scherzinger may not have gone over well as a judge on The X Factor in the United States, but this former Pussycat Doll is headed overseas. To judge the same exact show! Indeed, Scherzinger has officially signed on as a panelists for The X Factor UK , saying today in a statement: “I’m so excited to join the UK X Factor family. It’s where I got my start, so it feels great to come full circle. I can’t wait to see what talent the UK has to offer and to help inspire and bring out the best in these artists.” The singer will be doling out advice from Kelly Rowland’s former seat. Much to the satisfaction of Peter Fincham, Director of Television at IT, who responded to the news with: “Nicole will bring her wealth of experience, both as a solo artist, and as a member of a group, to this year’s judging panel. We’re delighted that she’ll be joining us for the forthcoming series.”
Project Runway will celebrate a milestone on July 19: 10 seasons! With judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia on board for another go around, upcoming episodes will feature actress Lauren Graham and designer/stylist Patricia Field among the guest panelists. The winner, meanwhile, will receive: $100,000 from L’Or
The Los Angeles Film Festival opens Thursday night with Woody Allen ‘s To Rome with Love and the event even scored the presence of the director himself — at least, according to reports. But after the spectacle of opening night carries into the main core of the festival’s selection, new and established filmmakers from around the world will be screening their latest in the festival’s various sections. Movieline asked filmmakers in the LA Film Festival’s Narrative and Documentary competitions to share some thoughts on their work. Also take a look at their trailers and be in the know… Dead Man’s Burden , directed by Jared Moshé [Narrative Competition] Synopsis : Opening with a startling act of violence, this tense, classically crafted indie Western takes place in the aftermath of the Civil War on a hardscrabble homestead in New Mexico where the McCurry clan has been struggling to survive. Martha McCurry sees salvation in selling the family farm, against the wishes of her father. With the patriarch’s death, she seizes her opportunity, but her plans are upset by the unexpected return of her brother Wade, a defector to the Union Army long thought dead. Jared Moshé’s impressive first feature depicts a family in the lethal grip of its own civil war. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Jared Moshé : Why Dead Man’s Burden is worth checking out at LA Film Festival : I hope audience will check out my film at LAFF because they’re interesting in a story that explores a country divided by the Civil War through the lens of a family it ripped apart. After the Civil War, America embraced the Western as a myth to reunite the North and the South. We looked West for a fresh start. And we got one. But wounds still festered darkly beneath the surface. Dead Man’s Burden looks at those wounds and what it would take to heal them. Also, they might want to see a classic western on the big screen. Tales from the set… Well, we shot on location at the end of a two-mile dirt road that became a clay pit every time it rained. More than once we had trek up on foot – sometimes in the dark with jumper cables. There was no cell phone reception and a limited amount of film. Dust was everywhere and in everything. We were making a period piece with strong-willed horses; attention seeking goats that would eat anything and everything; chickens that loved to hang out in the production office; and black powder guns that actually fired except when we needed them to. Making a western was a living a western. Thoughts about the trailer… With the teaser we hope to convey a sense of the world you’ll be entering when you go to see Dead Man’s Burden . This is a classic Western with vast open spaces captured on a wide screen with cowboys who ride tall in the saddle, nefarious bankers playing the angles, and women who… well, maybe you’ll just need to see the film. — Four , directed by Joshua Sanchez [Narrative Competition] Synopsis: Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, four people discover the difficulties of making an honest connection with someone else when they are trapped by the lies they tell themselves. In Joshua Sanchez’s psychologically and ethnically complex adaptation of an acclaimed Christopher Shinn play, a father and daughter, each enshrouded in loneliness, reach out for sexual intimacy: he with a nervous, self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy. Wendell Pierce, Aja Naomi King, EJ Bonilla and Emory Cohen shine in this touching, sometimes raw depiction of the evasions, power games and isolation of everyday American life. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Joshua Sanchez: Sanchez gives his take on the film : A steamy July 4th night brings four people together in two tales of seduction and conflicted desire. Joe is a black, middle-aged, married man out on an Internet date with June, a white teenage boy. Abigayle is Joe’s precocious daughter, out herself with a hot, wisecracking, Latino basketball player named Dexter. As the two couples get to know each other intimately, their realities are tested, and the outcome is bracing. Based on the play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie-winning playwright Christopher Shinn, Four stars Wendell Pierce, acclaimed for his roles in the HBO series The Wire and Treme and Emory Cohen from NBC’s Smash . Why audiences should check out Four at LA Film Festival : The performances in this film are going to blow people away. The characters are not easily defined and challenge the audience to think about their own lives in unexpected ways. FOUR is based on a play that is beautifully written piece about four people who are struggling to connect with others and with themselves. Tales from the set : We shot the film in the summer of 2011, almost exactly a year ago. It took about five years and lots of fits and starts to make it. The shoot was intense and mostly shot at night in cars. We had a lot of long nights on process trailers that nearly drove me crazy. But I think the performances and visuals in this film speak for themselves and draw people into the world we worked hard to create. We shot the film in lots of long take close-ups and close-up two-shots. I was inspired a lot by Faces and Kids , both of which are films set on one night with four main characters. Thoughts about the trailer… For this one minute teaser, I wanted to create a sense that the film is a ride you go on over the course of one night. I think it sets up the characters and the situation nicely, while hinting at some of the drama that will unfold, while not giving away too much. — A Night Too Young , directed by Olmo Omerzu [Narrative Competition] Synopsis: On a snowbound New Years Day, two gawky, innocent 12-year-old boys are asked to buy vodka by Katerina, a young woman they barely know, and the two men who accompany her: one her reluctant lover, the other his friend who wants to be her lover. The boys bring the booze to her apartment, and so begins a night they’ll never forget, as they become silent pawns in the strange sexual power games that grown ups play. This finely polished gem of a comedy, by gifted 26-year-old Czech director Olmu Omerzu, subtly shifts from humor to menace to dream, compelling the audience to watch with the same wide-eyed fascination as these two bewildered boys, who will never be quite so innocent again. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Olmo Omerzu: Omerzu gives his take on the film : In a New Year’s Night two boys on the edge of puberty end up together with two men in a young woman’s apartment. Here they become witnesses and at the same time tools for the invidious relation games of the adults. David, Katerina and Stepan are torn between seduction, lust and yearning for love, which ultimately leads to hurt and disappointment.With the break of dawn each of them is at least one night older. Why audiences should check out A Night Too Young at LA Film Festival : A Night Too Young is not a typical coming-of-age story. I would label it as some kind of allegory, where the child’s world is reflected in the adult world and vice versa. Each child character has his own adult representative, an adult alter ego. The parallels between the child and adult characters allow us to work out what each child will be like when they’re grown up. Tales from the set : The very first shooting day was actually the “love” scene between Katerina and the boy – it was necessary because of the location planning – so it was a real icebreaker for the actors. From that moment the mood on the set was relaxed. Thoughts about the trailer… We wanted to create the feeling of urgency and uncertainty, to leave the viewer with questions to be answered. We believe the trailer is disturbing and energizing at the same time, also thanks to the selection of music. — The Iran Job , directed by Till Schauder [Documentary Competition] Synopsis: Director Till Schauder spent a year in Iran with journeyman American pro basketball player Kevin Sheppard, who signed on to play for the upstart Iranian Super League team A.S. Shiraz as one of two non-Iranian players (his roommate is a giant Serb). This lively, well-told tale is not simply a standard “fish out of water” sports doc: it’s also a snapshot of the radical fissures in Iranian society. Sheppard, a gregarious charmer, makes friends wherever he goes and forms a fascinating relationship with three strong, independent Iranian women who bristle at the restrictions of an oppressive theocracy. Their touching, unlikely bond makes for an illuminating study in cross cultural understanding. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Till Schauder: Schauder give the spiel on the film : The Iran Job follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job in one of the world’s most feared countries: Iran. Why audiences should check the film out at LA Film Festival : Because Kevin will make you laugh in spite of the prospect of playing in a country that’s supposedly full of illegal nukes and Islamic terrorists. In the process he will challenge your expectations about a hated nation – from the perspective of a duh-rag wearing, hip-hop loving, cross-culture-curious American athlete. With the world’s attention laser-focusing on Iran, and elections just around the corner, this is a critical time to take a fresh look at Iranians. Tales from the set : I filmed Kevin in Iran over several visits, while my wife Sara, who’s also the producer of the film, was back in Brooklyn, pregnant with our second child. On my last trip – in the run-up to Iran’s controversial presidential election – I was informed that I had made it onto a “black list” (for reasons still not clear to me), and was put in detention in a kind of “hotel-prison” inside the glitzy new Tehran airport. So while Sara was at home, 5-months pregnant with kid number 2, I was stuck in Tehran hand-shredding some not-so-cool-documents-when-you’re-stuck-in-Iran and flushing them down the toilet. I was sent back to New York on the next plane — a stroke of luck in retrospect given the number of filmmakers and journalists recently arrested in Iran. I’m still not allowed back in, which is a shame because I’d really like to take my kids there, and of course share the film with the people in Iran. And further thoughts… People are people everywhere in the world. If we focus on that we’ll find a way to work around our differences. Stay tuned for Movieline’s coverage of the LA Film Festival , which kicks off tonight with Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The Los Angeles Film Festival opens Thursday night with Woody Allen ‘s To Rome with Love and the event even scored the presence of the director himself — at least, according to reports. But after the spectacle of opening night carries into the main core of the festival’s selection, new and established filmmakers from around the world will be screening their latest in the festival’s various sections. Movieline asked filmmakers in the LA Film Festival’s Narrative and Documentary competitions to share some thoughts on their work. Also take a look at their trailers and be in the know… Dead Man’s Burden , directed by Jared Moshé [Narrative Competition] Synopsis : Opening with a startling act of violence, this tense, classically crafted indie Western takes place in the aftermath of the Civil War on a hardscrabble homestead in New Mexico where the McCurry clan has been struggling to survive. Martha McCurry sees salvation in selling the family farm, against the wishes of her father. With the patriarch’s death, she seizes her opportunity, but her plans are upset by the unexpected return of her brother Wade, a defector to the Union Army long thought dead. Jared Moshé’s impressive first feature depicts a family in the lethal grip of its own civil war. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Jared Moshé : Why Dead Man’s Burden is worth checking out at LA Film Festival : I hope audience will check out my film at LAFF because they’re interesting in a story that explores a country divided by the Civil War through the lens of a family it ripped apart. After the Civil War, America embraced the Western as a myth to reunite the North and the South. We looked West for a fresh start. And we got one. But wounds still festered darkly beneath the surface. Dead Man’s Burden looks at those wounds and what it would take to heal them. Also, they might want to see a classic western on the big screen. Tales from the set… Well, we shot on location at the end of a two-mile dirt road that became a clay pit every time it rained. More than once we had trek up on foot – sometimes in the dark with jumper cables. There was no cell phone reception and a limited amount of film. Dust was everywhere and in everything. We were making a period piece with strong-willed horses; attention seeking goats that would eat anything and everything; chickens that loved to hang out in the production office; and black powder guns that actually fired except when we needed them to. Making a western was a living a western. Thoughts about the trailer… With the teaser we hope to convey a sense of the world you’ll be entering when you go to see Dead Man’s Burden . This is a classic Western with vast open spaces captured on a wide screen with cowboys who ride tall in the saddle, nefarious bankers playing the angles, and women who… well, maybe you’ll just need to see the film. — Four , directed by Joshua Sanchez [Narrative Competition] Synopsis: Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, four people discover the difficulties of making an honest connection with someone else when they are trapped by the lies they tell themselves. In Joshua Sanchez’s psychologically and ethnically complex adaptation of an acclaimed Christopher Shinn play, a father and daughter, each enshrouded in loneliness, reach out for sexual intimacy: he with a nervous, self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy. Wendell Pierce, Aja Naomi King, EJ Bonilla and Emory Cohen shine in this touching, sometimes raw depiction of the evasions, power games and isolation of everyday American life. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Joshua Sanchez: Sanchez gives his take on the film : A steamy July 4th night brings four people together in two tales of seduction and conflicted desire. Joe is a black, middle-aged, married man out on an Internet date with June, a white teenage boy. Abigayle is Joe’s precocious daughter, out herself with a hot, wisecracking, Latino basketball player named Dexter. As the two couples get to know each other intimately, their realities are tested, and the outcome is bracing. Based on the play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie-winning playwright Christopher Shinn, Four stars Wendell Pierce, acclaimed for his roles in the HBO series The Wire and Treme and Emory Cohen from NBC’s Smash . Why audiences should check out Four at LA Film Festival : The performances in this film are going to blow people away. The characters are not easily defined and challenge the audience to think about their own lives in unexpected ways. FOUR is based on a play that is beautifully written piece about four people who are struggling to connect with others and with themselves. Tales from the set : We shot the film in the summer of 2011, almost exactly a year ago. It took about five years and lots of fits and starts to make it. The shoot was intense and mostly shot at night in cars. We had a lot of long nights on process trailers that nearly drove me crazy. But I think the performances and visuals in this film speak for themselves and draw people into the world we worked hard to create. We shot the film in lots of long take close-ups and close-up two-shots. I was inspired a lot by Faces and Kids , both of which are films set on one night with four main characters. Thoughts about the trailer… For this one minute teaser, I wanted to create a sense that the film is a ride you go on over the course of one night. I think it sets up the characters and the situation nicely, while hinting at some of the drama that will unfold, while not giving away too much. — A Night Too Young , directed by Olmo Omerzu [Narrative Competition] Synopsis: On a snowbound New Years Day, two gawky, innocent 12-year-old boys are asked to buy vodka by Katerina, a young woman they barely know, and the two men who accompany her: one her reluctant lover, the other his friend who wants to be her lover. The boys bring the booze to her apartment, and so begins a night they’ll never forget, as they become silent pawns in the strange sexual power games that grown ups play. This finely polished gem of a comedy, by gifted 26-year-old Czech director Olmu Omerzu, subtly shifts from humor to menace to dream, compelling the audience to watch with the same wide-eyed fascination as these two bewildered boys, who will never be quite so innocent again. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Olmo Omerzu: Omerzu gives his take on the film : In a New Year’s Night two boys on the edge of puberty end up together with two men in a young woman’s apartment. Here they become witnesses and at the same time tools for the invidious relation games of the adults. David, Katerina and Stepan are torn between seduction, lust and yearning for love, which ultimately leads to hurt and disappointment.With the break of dawn each of them is at least one night older. Why audiences should check out A Night Too Young at LA Film Festival : A Night Too Young is not a typical coming-of-age story. I would label it as some kind of allegory, where the child’s world is reflected in the adult world and vice versa. Each child character has his own adult representative, an adult alter ego. The parallels between the child and adult characters allow us to work out what each child will be like when they’re grown up. Tales from the set : The very first shooting day was actually the “love” scene between Katerina and the boy – it was necessary because of the location planning – so it was a real icebreaker for the actors. From that moment the mood on the set was relaxed. Thoughts about the trailer… We wanted to create the feeling of urgency and uncertainty, to leave the viewer with questions to be answered. We believe the trailer is disturbing and energizing at the same time, also thanks to the selection of music. — The Iran Job , directed by Till Schauder [Documentary Competition] Synopsis: Director Till Schauder spent a year in Iran with journeyman American pro basketball player Kevin Sheppard, who signed on to play for the upstart Iranian Super League team A.S. Shiraz as one of two non-Iranian players (his roommate is a giant Serb). This lively, well-told tale is not simply a standard “fish out of water” sports doc: it’s also a snapshot of the radical fissures in Iranian society. Sheppard, a gregarious charmer, makes friends wherever he goes and forms a fascinating relationship with three strong, independent Iranian women who bristle at the restrictions of an oppressive theocracy. Their touching, unlikely bond makes for an illuminating study in cross cultural understanding. [Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival] Comments by Till Schauder: Schauder give the spiel on the film : The Iran Job follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job in one of the world’s most feared countries: Iran. Why audiences should check the film out at LA Film Festival : Because Kevin will make you laugh in spite of the prospect of playing in a country that’s supposedly full of illegal nukes and Islamic terrorists. In the process he will challenge your expectations about a hated nation – from the perspective of a duh-rag wearing, hip-hop loving, cross-culture-curious American athlete. With the world’s attention laser-focusing on Iran, and elections just around the corner, this is a critical time to take a fresh look at Iranians. Tales from the set : I filmed Kevin in Iran over several visits, while my wife Sara, who’s also the producer of the film, was back in Brooklyn, pregnant with our second child. On my last trip – in the run-up to Iran’s controversial presidential election – I was informed that I had made it onto a “black list” (for reasons still not clear to me), and was put in detention in a kind of “hotel-prison” inside the glitzy new Tehran airport. So while Sara was at home, 5-months pregnant with kid number 2, I was stuck in Tehran hand-shredding some not-so-cool-documents-when-you’re-stuck-in-Iran and flushing them down the toilet. I was sent back to New York on the next plane — a stroke of luck in retrospect given the number of filmmakers and journalists recently arrested in Iran. I’m still not allowed back in, which is a shame because I’d really like to take my kids there, and of course share the film with the people in Iran. And further thoughts… People are people everywhere in the world. If we focus on that we’ll find a way to work around our differences. Stay tuned for Movieline’s coverage of the LA Film Festival , which kicks off tonight with Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
