Come on, George Clooney. It’s not enough that you’re talented, handsome and in possession of a great sense of humor?!? You need to be overly generous as well? Can’t you give other bachelors out there a chance?!? According to United Press International, the actor paid for a stranger’s meal this week while dining in a Berlin restaurant because he feared his party had been too loud while the man was trying to eat nearby. “That’s not true at all,” the man said in response to Clooney’s concern. “They had behaved in a very cultivated manner. I was stunned.” Still, the Oscar winner went ahead and footed the stranger’s $134.66 tab. Clooney is in Germany filming scenes for the upcoming film The Monuments Men . By all accounts, he’s still dating Stacy Keibler . But if they split, we have a feeling he won’t have trouble finding a new woman or six dozen.
Eva Longoria wasn’t about to let the most titillatingly named award show on television pass by without slipping out a golden globe of her own! After arriving at the Warner Bros InStyle Golden Globes Party in Beverly Hills, Eva leaned over to expose some thigh for the photogs, and ended up letting out one long-nipped Longoria tip instead. See pics after the jump!
The Berlin International Film Festival continues to roll-out its program for its February event, adding new titles to its Panorama and other sections. Many of the titles will debut as world and international premieres, with some titles headed to the festival post-Sundance. New work from the U.S. include Travis Mathews and James Franco ‘s Interior. Leather Bar , Stacie Passon’s Concussion , Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color as well as new work from Ken Loach and Jane Campion. Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love and Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables are among the Galas added in addition to titles in the festival’s Panorama and Berlinale Special screenings. The Berlin International Film Festival’s added titles: Panorama fictional films: Boven is het stil ( It’s All So Quiet ) – Netherlands/Germany, By Nanouk Leopold with Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim Opbrouck, Martijn Lakemeier World Premiere Concussion – USA By Stacie Passon with Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Emily Kinney, Daniel London, Ben Shenkman, International Premiere Flores Raras ( Reaching for the Moon AKA: The Art of Loosing ) – Brazil By Bruno Barreto, with Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires, Tracy Middendorf, World Premiere Hayatboyu ( Lifelong ) – Germany By Asli Ozge with Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser World Premiere Interior. Leather Bar. – USA By Travis Mathews, James Franco with Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, James Franco, International Premiere Kai PO Che – India By Abhishek Kapoor with Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar, Amit Sadh, Amrita Puri, World Premiere Burn it up Djassa – Ivory Coast/France By Lonesome Solo with Abdoul Karim Konaté, Adelaïde Ouattara, Mamadou Diomandé, Souleymane Bamba, European Premiere Lose Your Head – Germany By Stefan Westerwelle, Patrick Schuckmann with Fernando Tielve, Marko Mandić, Sesede Terziyan, Stavros Yagulis, Samia Chancrin, World Premiere Maladies – USA By Carter with James Franco, Catherine Keener, David Strathairn, Fallon Goodson, Vince Jolivette, World Premiere Mes séances de lutte – France By Jacques Doillon with Sara Forestier, James Thiérrée World Premiere Soğuk ( Cold ) – Turkey By Uğur Yücel with Cenk Alibeyoğlu, A. Rıfat Şungar, Valeria Skorohodova, Yulia Vaniukova, Yulia Erenler, Şebnem Bozoklu, Ezgi Mola, World Premiere Something in the Way – Indonesia By Teddy Soeriaatmadja with Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha, Verdi Solaiman, World Premiere Upstream Color – USA By Shane Carruth with Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Kathy Carruth International Premiere Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? – Taiwan By Arvin Chen with Richie Jen, Mavis Fan, Stone, Kimi Hsia, Lawrence Ko, World Premiere Workers – Mexico/Germany By José Luis Valle González with Susana Salazar, Jesús Padilla, World Premiere Youth – Israel/Germany By Tom Shoval with Eitan Cunio, David Cunio, Moshe Ivgy, Gita Amely, Shirili Deshe, World Premiere Berlinale Special Galas at the Friedrichstadt-Palast The Best Offer Italy By Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Malèna, Baarìa) With Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland International Premiere The Look of Love , Great Britain By Michael Winterbottom (In This World, The Road to Guantanamo, 24 Hour Party People) With Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Tamsin Egerton European Premiere Les Misérables Great Britain By Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen German Premiere Tokyo Kazoku ( Tokyo Family ) Japan By Yoji Yamada (About Her Brother, KABEI – Our Mother, The Twilight Samurai) With Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yu Aoi, Yui Natsukawa, Masahiko Nishimura, Tomoko Nakajima, Shozo Hayashiya International Premiere Panorama special screening – Heiner Carow Prize Die Legende von Paul und Paula ( The Legend of Paul and Paula ) – Germany, By Heiner Carow Panorama short supporting films: After Hours – Germany, By Steffen Köhn, World Premiere Jury – Republic of Korea, By Kim Dongho with Ahn Sung-ki, Kang Soo-yeon, Jung In-ki, Tony Rayns, International Premiere Two Girls Against the Rain – Cambodia, By Sao Sopheak, European Premiere Fictional films previously announced: Baek Ya ( White Night ) by Hee-il LeeSong, Republic of Korea – European Premiere Behind the Camera by E J-Yong, Republic of Korea – International Premiere Chemi sabnis naketsi ( A Fold in my Blanket ) by Zaza Rusadze, Georgia – World Premiere Deshora ( Belated ) by Barbara Sarasola-Day, Argentina/Columbia/Norway -World Premiere Don Jon’s Addiction by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, USA -International Premiere Frances Ha by Noah Baumbach, USA – European Premiere Habi, la extranjera ( Habi, the Foreigner ) by María Florencia Alvarez, Argentina/Brazil – World Premiere Inch’Allah by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada – International Premiere Kashi-ggot ( Fatal ) by Don-ku Lee, Republic of Korea – European Premiere La Piscina ( The Swimming Pool ) by Carlos Machado Quintela, Cuba/Venezuela – International Premiere Lovelace by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, USA – International Premiere Meine Schwestern ( My Sisters ) by Lars Kraume, Germany – World Premiere Rock the Casbah by Yariv Horowitz, Israel – International Premiere Tanta Agua ( So Much Water ) by Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero, Uruguay/Mexico/Netherlands/Germany – World Premiere The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix van Groeningen, Belgium – International Premiere Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele Assistance Mortelle ( Fatal Assistance ) – documentary France/Haiti/USA/Belgium By Raoul Peck (Moloch Tropical), World Premiere Gold – Du kannst mehr als Du denkst ( Gold – You Can Do More Than You Think ) – documentary Germany, by Michael Hammon, World Premiere Mein Weg nach Olympia ( My Way to Olympia ) – documentary , Germany, by Niko von Glasow, World Premiere Top of the Lake Australia/New Zealand By Jane Campion (An Angel at My Table, The Piano, Bright Star), Garth Davis (Alice) TV series with Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Holly Hunter, European Premiere The Spirit of ’45 – documentary, Great Britain, by Ken Loach (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Looking for Eric, The Angels’ Share) World Premiere Unter Menschen ( Redemption Impossible ) – documentary Germany, by Christian Rost, Claus Strigel, World Premiere Berlinale Special at the Bundesplatz-Kino: Berlin Ecke Bundesplatz – Bäckerei im Kiez Germany , by Hans-Georg Ullrich, Detlef Gumm, World Premiere Berlin Ecke Bundesplatz – Feine Leute Germany , by Hans-Georg Ullrich, Detlef Gumm, World Premiere Berlin Ecke Bundesplatz – Schornsteinfegerglück Germany , by Hans-Georg Ullrich, Detlef Gumm, World Premiere Berlin Ecke Bundesplatz – Vater Mutter Kind Germany , by Hans-Georg Ullrich, Detlef Gumm, World Premiere
Twenty years after its production abruptly halted, the North American premiere of director George Sluizer’s Dark Blood starring River Phoenix, Jonathan Pryce and Judy Davis will screen at the 30th edition of the Miami International Film Festival. Dark Blood was 80% finished when Phoenix died of an overdose in Hollywood in 1993. Footage from the film sat in a vault for years until 1999 when Sluizer learned that the uncompleted film was going to be burned. With less than 48 hours notice, he obtained the footage, according to festival organizers, and had it moved to The Netherlands where it remained for over ten years. Sluizer then set out to complete the film last year and had its world premiere at the 2012 Dutch Film Festival ” Dark Blood is a film of legend, one of Hollywood’s great mysteries,” said MIFF Executive Director Jaie Laplante in a statement. “The tragic loss of River Phoenix’s outstanding talent is still profoundly felt 20 years later. We are proud that George Sluizer has honored Miami as the place to finally share his remarkable collaboration with Phoenix and the other great artists involved with Dark Blood .” The complete lineup of the 30th Miami International Film Festival will be unveiled later this month. The description of Dark Blood provided by the Miami International Film Festival: Jet-set Hollywood couple Harry (Jonathan Pryce) and Buffy (Judy Davis) travel through the desert on a second honeymoon, trying to save their marriage. Their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere leaving them to find shelter in Boy’s (River Phoenix) beaten down shack, unaware they will become his prisoners. Boy’s wife died of leukemia after nuclear tests occurred in the desert leaving him alone and far away from society. Buffy is seduced by Boy’s honesty and vulnerabilities, while Harry represents everything Boy hates about the civilized world and its culture. Buffy decides to sleep with Boy to buy the couple’s freedom, but these circumstances will push Harry to the edge, leading to a terrible tragedy. Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Mark Wahlberg jumps back into action as an ex-cop out for justice in this week’s Broken City , which sees him face off against none other than Russell Crowe as a crooked politician Crowe describes as “part Queens, and part Wall Street.” After the jump, watch as Wahlberg talks up the Allen Hughes-helmed potboiler, what brings him back to the gritty action well time and time again, and the big-screen face-off with Crowe that was 15 years in the making. Synopsis: In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption – and revenge – after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe). Billy’s relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force – and the mayor’s worst nightmare . Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The world premiere of comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone will open the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival . The festival, which launches its 20th anniversary event March 8th, also unveiled a number of other films and highlights Tuesday. Starring Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi , The Incredible Burt Wonderstone follows superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Buscemi) who have raked in millions of dollars and reign over the Las Vegas strip. Illusion is their mainstay, but the biggest thing they’re hiding is their growing dislike for each other. Complicating matters, they face increasing competition from a street magician ( Jim Carrey ) whose gaining fame as their show begins to appear tired. But things could get back on track if Burt can get a check on his out-sized ego and remember what made him fall in love with magic in the beginning. In addition to The Incredible Burt Wonderstone , SXSW unveiled a handful of titles that will debut at the festival, which takes place March 8 – 16 in Austin, TX. SXSW veteran Joe Swanberg returns with his comedy that blurs the line between “friends” and “more than friends,” Drinking Buddies . Also on tap are Alex Winter’s documentary on the rise of Napster, Downloaded as well as Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers . Good Ol’ Freda chronicles the never-before-told story of The Beatles’ secretary, Freda Kelly and the re-make of the 1981 cult hit Evil Dead by Fede Alvarez are also among the titles revealed Tuesday. SXSW will also host conversations with Matthew McConaughey and Jeffrey Tambor as part of its conference. Other guests include The Black List founder Franklin Leonard and AMC News host and Huff Post Live producer, Jacob Soboroff. “Everyone knows that we like have a good time at SXSW, and our 20th year is already well on track with smart, stylish and highly entertaining work,” said SXSW Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson in a statement. “Though this is just a taste of what SXSW 2013 will have to offer, what better way to get the party started than with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, which had us laughing our heads off, despite an 8am Monday viewing.” SXSW will unveil the bulk of its lineup January 31st. SXSW’s announced titles and highlights: Downloaded (World Premiere) Director: Alex Winter Downloaded is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. It’s about the teens that helped start this revolution, and the artists and industries who continue to be impacted by it. Drinking Buddies (World Premiere) Director/Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer. Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston Everyone’s Going to Die (World Premiere) Director/Screenwriter: Jones A modern British story about coming home, getting by and the redemptive power of feeling you’re not alone. A story where porn hotlines rub shoulders with sexy beavers on rollerskates; where the past is laid to rest, two lives are changed and nobody, finally, is going to die. Cast: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Madeline Duggan (United Kingdom) Evil Dead (World Premiere) Director: Fede Alvarez, Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues Five friends, holed up in a remote cabin, discover a Book of the Dead that unwittingly summons up dormant demons, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left to fight for survival. Cast: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore Good Ol’ Freda (World Premiere) Director: Ryan White Good Ol’ Freda tells the story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (World Premiere) Director: Don Scardino, Story by Chad Kultgen & Tyler Mitchell and Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley. Screenplay by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley As superstar Vegas magicians and former best friends Burt and Anton grow to secretly loathe each other, their long-time act implodes, allowing an ambitious rival street performer the big break he’s been waiting for. Cast: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, with Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini and Jim Carrey Spring Breakers (U.S. Premiere) Director/Screenwriter: Harmony Korine Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work. Cast: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine Announced Highlights from the 2013 Conference: A Conversation with Matthew McConaughey – An in-depth discussion with the incredibly fascinating actor, whose career continues to evolve in exciting and unexpected ways, including his bold choices with recent projects like Magic Mike, Killer Joe, Bernie and Mud. Humanizing Heroes: Storytelling Beyond Sports – The leading authorities behind some of today’s most notable sports films, Connor Schell (ESPN Films), Ken Rodgers (NFL Films) and Ross Greenburg (Ross Greenburg Productions), discuss the evolution of storytelling in sports filmmaking, its influence on pop culture and its continued resonance across all cultures and backgrounds. Bates Motel: Story to Screen with Carlton Cuse – In a Special Event combining the SXSW Film Festival and Conference in one, attendees will get an exclusive first look at the pilot of Bates Motel, the thrilling new series from A&E. Following the screening, Executive Producer Carlton Cuse (Lost) will sit down with A&E Marketing EVP Guy Slattery for an inside look and Q&A on the process for bringing this contemporary prequel to life. Jeffrey Tambor’s Acting Workshop – Jeffrey Tambor continues the tradition of his much loved acting and life workshop by returning to SXSW Film 2013. Part one-man show, part seminar, part question and answer and endlessly entertaining, Jeffrey’s hilarious and empowering presentation inspires the viewer to discover the artist within.
Ryan Gosling hasn’t saved any lives on the streets of New York lately, or gotten the bottom of the whole Area 51 aliens debate that we know he’ll solve one day. So, in the mean time, let’s take a look at these Wait! What? Internet reports that he almost became a member of the Backstreet Boys . Gosling was a member of the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club in the mid-1990s — along with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake — and he did inspire a coloring book last year, so it’s not much of a leap to imagine him wearing lightning-bolt sideburns and an all-white ensemble and using his hands demonstratively as he sings. The thing is, if you look at the Celebuzz video clip that started the blogosphere a-humming, at no point does Gosling say that he wanted to be part of the boy band. Ryan Gosling Talks Backstreet Boys Based on my minimal experience interviewing Gosling, the actor is adept at using his well-developed sense of humor to disarm and even befuddle reporters and junketeers who get him in the hot seat. The only thing Gosling really says in the clip below is that, during his Mickey Mouse Club days, he lived in the same apartment complex as Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean , who was talking about starting the band. The rest of Gosling’s spiel seems to be a self-deprecating riff on how wrong he was that the Backstreet Boys wouldn’t make it. And then there’s the telling last line of his interview: “I don’t know what they’re doing. I try not to think about it,” Gosling says. Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean Talks Ryan Gosling Those comments are now being interpreted as an indication that Gosling almost joined the band, thanks, in part, to the artful comments of McLean, who added some fuel to the fire in this interview with TMZ , and revealed that he and Gosling work out at the same gym. (They must use different trainers.) To that I can only say, if you were a nostalgia act at 35, you’d want a little bit of Gosling’s heat to rub off on you, too. Ryan Gosling’s Interview Skills Surpass Backstreet Boys’ Dance Moves As further proof that Gosling is really talented at using humor to manipulate an interview, I submit this video of the actor charmingly dominating MSN TV ‘s James Rocchi. His moves are way more advanced than anything the Backstreet Boys ever busted onstage. [Celebuzz, TMZ , MSN ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Oh, that Arnold Schwarzenegger . Even taking on the infamous Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) , the ex-Governator did things the Arnold way . From pimping his action movie comeback The Last Stand to delighting the internetz with handwritten (via iPad) quips and quotes (” It’s not a tumor! — Arnold “) to taking the briefest of political detours as he set fanboy hearts a’flutter, Schwarzenegger proved he’s still got what it takes to charm the fickle masses. (We’ll see if they vote this weekend where it really counts: At the box office.) Arnold, who returns to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-Woon’s contemporary Western The Last Stand this Friday, on which directors he’d still love to work with : “I would like to work with Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg . Also Sam Raimi would be great to work with.” Regrets — I think we can imagine Arnold has a few. But can you guess his greatest regret of all? “I most regret not doing The Rock . I love the movie, and it turned out well. When it was offered to me there was only an 80 page script with a lot of handwriting and scribbles and it didn’t seem fully baked. But they obviously did a fantastic job.” You know, typing on a keyboard can be so cumbersome. (Plus, anyone’s assistant/intern/publicist can do it on their behalf… just sayin’.) So Arnold took to his iPad to bang out some handwritten AMA answers in glorious Arnold cursive. Like this confirmation that the already-confirmed Twins sequel is indeed happening : The eternal question: ” Is it a tumor? ” Of course, the former California governor had to balance things out with some politi-speech real talk about the Republican party : “The most important thing is that we need to be a party that is inclusive and tolerant. We can be those things and be the party we always have been. We need to think about the environment — Teddy Roosevelt was a great environmentalist and people forget Reagan was the one who dealt with the ozone layer with the Montreal protocol. We also need to talk about healthcare honestly — Nixon almost passed universal healthcare. We need to have an talk about immigration and realize you can’t just deport people. We need a comprehensive answer. We also need to stay out of people’s bedrooms. The party that is for small government shouldn’t be over-reaching into people’s private lives. Mainly, we need to be a party where people know what we are for, not just what we are against.” …but he brought it back around to the important stuff : Would you rather fight 100 duck sized Predators or 1 Predator sized duck? “I would choose the 1 Predator sized duck instead of dealing with 100 duck-sized Predators. I’ve already fought a Predator-sized Predator so I am confident I could handle the duck.” [via Reddit ] Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Colin Powell took a moment this morning to call out those shady Republicans who are blatantly racist azzholes… According to Think Progress: On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, Colin Powell condemned the GOP’s “dark vein of intolerance” and the party’s repeated use of racial code words to oppose President Obama and rally white conservative voters. Without mentioning names, Powell singled out former Mitt Romney surrogate and New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu for calling Obama “lazy” and Sarah Palin, who, Powell charged, used slavery-era terms to describe Obama: POWELL: There’s also a dark — a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. What do I mean by that? I mean by that that they still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that? When I see a former governor say that the President is “shuckin’ and jivin’,” that’s racial era slave term. When I see another former governor after the president’s first debate where he didn’t do very well, says that the president was lazy. He didn’t say he was slow. He was tired. He didn’t do well. He said he was lazy. Now, it may not mean anything to most Americans, but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is shiftless and then there’s a third word that goes along with that. The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? He’s absolutely correct…Discuss. WENN
While fans and critics continue to react to this week’s leaking of Justin Bieber pot pictures , let’s take a moment here to divert attention from this young singer… … and focus it instead of a 19-year old rapper named Lil Twist. Sources close to Bieber tell TMZ that Twist has grown extremely close to the artist, which is raising a number of red flags for Bieber’s management team. It was Twist, after all, who was driving Justin’s Ferrari earlier in the week when it was pulled over by police, an incident that indirectly led to the death of a paparazzo . Considering Twist’s Instagram profile photo depicts him smoking marijuana, and that he’s tight with controversial star Lil Wayne, many fear that the Lil one is leading Bieber down a dangerous path. Twist was allegedly in the hotel room with Bieber when the scandalous pot photos were snapped, with insiders claiming he was rolling blunts for everyone at the party. So, what do you think? Should Justin distance himself from Lil Twist? And how do you feel about Bieber smoking p ot? It’s not big deal! It’s a very big deal, I think less of him! View Poll »
