This just in Cameron Diaz: is incredibly attractive. No, really. Often overlooked on lists of the Most Desirable Women in the World , Diaz is featured in the latest issue of Esquire , scoffing at the critics and even giving Kate Upon a run for her sexy money. By flashing her breasts and her body. Keep the drool off your keyboard and click around now: “For the first time in my life I’m content,” Diaz tells the magazine. “I’m so excited. Getting older is the best part of life. Like, I know more than I’ve ever known. I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever. And as far as the physicality of it – I feel better at 40 than I did at 25.” This issue of Esquire goes on sale November 4. We will be buying six dozen copies. So… Cameron Diaz: Would you hit it? Yes! YES! Holy God, yes! View Poll »
MTV News brings you a timeline of all the obstacles that once stood in the way of the now-greenlit sequel. By Fallon Prinzivalli Will Ferrell in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” Photo: DreamWorks Pictures Movie fans were overjoyed by Will Ferrell ‘s announcement Wednesday night that “Anchorman 2″ is finally happening . The long journey since the release of the first film left us doubting whether a sequel would ever happen. With our doubts cast aside and our excitement on the rise, we’ve compiled a timeline of all the obstacles the team overcame to arrive at the ultimate destination. August 14, 2008 : Paul Rudd tells us he thinks ” Anchorman ” director Adam McKay and actor Will Ferrell were interested in doing a sequel. “Last I heard they were starting to write [‘Anchorman 2’],” Rudd says. The setting? Possibly the ’80s or the moon . May 27, 2009 : Ferrell tells Aussie radio DJs Jono & Dana that he’ll be meeting with the “Anchorman” creators to “figure out when and how” to get a sequel in the works. August 28, 2009 : In an interview with Empire magazine, “Anchorman” producer Judd Apatow suggests that in “Anchorman 2,” Ron Burgundy, Brick Tamland and Brian Fantana will return as elderly men. “Those anchormen sometimes have their jobs until they’re 75 years old,” Apatow says. September 1, 2009 : Director McKay says that, due to the cast and crew’s busy schedules, the sequel won’t be available for another two years . He adds, “But we are definitely doing it.” Whew. April 6, 2010 : Steve Carell confirms to our very own Josh Horowitz that the “Anchorman” cast “want[s] to do another one,” but there is no script. “I don’t think they’ve [even] decided on a story line yet,” Carell says. April 8, 2010 : On the red carpet for his movie “Date Night,” Carell lies about everything. He says “Anchorman 2” has already been shot in “just two days” while the cast was drunk. When asked if it was any good he says, “It’s fantastic!” Honestly, with the talent in these comedians, we wouldn’t be surprised if it was. April 27, 2010 : Adam McKay reveals that, aside from the actor’s schedules, another holdup in the sequel is payment . Since the cast went on to become even more famous after the first movie, “Everybody’s prices went up.” Graciously, the cast agreed to take a pay cut, which is almost unheard of in Hollywood. April 29, 2010 : McKay dashes all our hopes and dreams in a single tweet : “So bummed. Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried.” May 3, 2010 : Hope is restored! As it turns out, Paramount is eager to film the sequel. Deadline reports, however, the “Anchorman” team is forced to regroup as they have a budget gap of $30 million to overcome. June 6, 2010 : With financial issues in the way, Paul Rudd jokes that if “Anchorman 2” doesn’t happen, “We’ll look to do ‘Anchorman 3.’ ” July 19, 2010 : Yet again, it seems as if “Anchorman 2” is never going to happen. The saddest part? Neither is the proposed “Anchorman” musical . A few days later, Christina Applegate says she feels let down by the news. May 2, 2011 : All hope is officially lost when Ferrell tells Collider that the sequel “is a brick wall right now” and they’re “playing around with the idea” of a “Step Brothers” sequel instead. And suddenly… March 28, 2012 : Ferrell announces on “Conan” that “Anchorman 2” is officially happening with the original director, Adam McKay, and most of the principal castmembers, including Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. The stars have aligned. It’s finally happening. Cue celebration! Check out everything we’ve got on “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
‘Jack still dies,’ director says of the 3-D re-release which he says ‘reinvents’ the 1997 flick. By Kevin P. Sullivan James Cameron Photo: MTV News When “Titanic” hits the big screen again on April 4, the ship will be changing course and heading directly into the audience. Director James Cameron has been one of 3-D’s biggest proponents for years now and has suggested in the past that any film is open for a three-dimensional makeover. It only makes sense, then, that he put his money where his mouth is and converted his own “Titanic.” Cameron spoke with MTV UK about the process and why the real reward of the re-release is the chance to see his blockbuster on the silver screen again after 15 years. The director insisted that the movie remains as it was back in 1997, except for the added dimension. “It ends the same way. The ship still sinks. Jack still dies. Oops, I hope I didn’t spoil it,” he said. As Cameron has said before, he believes that the 3-D element of the re-release plays a supporting role. He simply wants people to see “Titanic” as it was meant to be seen: in a theater. “I think the first thing you should think of, the most important thing, is that you’re going to see it in a movie theater, which is really fundamentally different for anyone who is under a certain age. It hasn’t been in a theater for 15 years, so people know it from video. But they haven’t taken that ride where you commit to the three hours, and you’re going to go on that emotional rollercoaster, and you’re going to come out of the end of the movie in a certain mental, emotional state. It’s very different.” That isn’t the say that the 3-D doesn’t add anything. Cameron sees the conversion as a way to reinterpret the experience. “The 3-D is a kind of way of doing that, a way of reinventing the film, and the 3-D does add something to the experience that was never there before, an immediacy, even an intimacy, which is interesting.” Luckily for Cameron, he had originally shot “Titanic” in a way that was conducive to a 3-D conversion. “Even though I wasn’t shooting it as a 3-D movie 15 years ago, my particular style is to use wider lenses and to wrap the actors in the scenery,” Cameron said. “Because the ship — I don’t like to use the term that it was a character — but the environment was constantly informing what was happening, the elegance, the beauty of the ship, the gilt-edged luxury juxtaposed with steerage third class. All those themes are really manifested in the physicality of the ship. The style of seeing all of that when you convert it to 3-D, it just has this lucidity. You just feel like you’re there.” Are you planning on seeing the 3-D re-release of “Titanic”? Leave your comment below! Check out everything we’ve got on “Titanic.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
‘I did try to look at every single thing that exists,’ he tells MTV News of his research for the role. By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Andrew Garfield Photo: MTV News Most Spider-Man fans would agree that the man who plays the iconic hero should be a fan. In that respect, Andrew Garfield fits the bill perfectly. When Garfield spoke with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz before a screening event for fans , he explained his process of tackling the role for “The Amazing Spider-Man,” and it involved lots and lots of comic books. “I did try to look at every single thing that exists. That is impossible, I discovered, but I did my best,” he said. But naturally, as a fan, there would be certain incarnations of the web-slinger that resonated with Garfield and helped him conceive his take on Spider-Man. For Garfield, those insights came from many different comic book sources. “There were certain things that I loved for his physicality. There were certain things that I loved for his wit. There were certain incarnations that I loved for his body type,” Garfield said. “The Ultimates, I love the body type in the Ultimates and his physicality in the Ultimates, but I also love the artwork in the ‘Torment’ series, the [Todd] McFarlane series.” Once those pieces were found, it was a matter of stringing them all together into an in-depth conception of the superhero. Garfield and his stunt team attempted to go through every level of Peter Parker’s life and think of the implications of his powers. “Me and the stunt boys, we created a room where we just had a shrine to everything Spidey and to everything Peter Parker, because we wanted to make sure the physical language wasn’t just a guy in a suit being a guy in a suit and throwing punches and throwing kicks,” he said. “We didn’t want it to be Jason Statham in a suit. We wanted it to be a half-spider, half-boy, who has spider DNA running around his blood system.” To realistically pull this off, the team went step-by-step to imagine how Spider-Man would realistically act, something necessary for bringing him to the big screen. “We wanted to understand deeply what that meant in terms of how he moves, in terms of skin sensitivity, in terms of his abilities of awareness. Imagine if he had six eyes. Imagine if he had more legs and what that means, not just within the suit but in day-to-day life,” Garfield said. “He can eat Chinese takeout with his feet, while he’s also writing a note, while texting with his shoulder. What does that mean? We tried to approach it from as organic a place as possible.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Amazing Spider-Man.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: Andrew Garfield Related Photos The Amazing Spider-Man
Hough also tells MTV News she’s ‘super excited’ to reunite with ‘Rock of Ages’ co-star Russell Brand on the still-untitled Diablo project. By Jocelyn Vena Julianne Hough Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic add link: Julianne Hough is building quite the film r
Roles in ‘Battleship,’ ‘John Carter’ and ‘Savages’ make the ‘Friday Night Lights’ alum one to watch in 2012. By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Taylor Kitsch in “John Carter” Photo: Disney Kids are growing up fast these days. One day, they’re playing fullback for the Dillon Panthers. Next thing you know, they’re saving Mars, selling weed and fighting aliens on a battleship. For Taylor Kitsch , 2012 is the year he grows up. A fan favorite from the “Friday Night Lights” television show, Kitsch makes the transition to full-on action star with “John Carter” and “Battleship.” If that weren’t enough, later in the year, he’ll star in “Savages,” a crime film helmed by one of Hollywood’s most formidable directors, Oliver Stone. And Kitsch knows exactly what he’s getting into: “It’s a pretty all-or-nothing year, right?” “All-or-nothing” is about as close as you can get to properly describing the year Kitsch has in front of him. Aside from starring in “FNL” creator Peter Berg’s next film, “Battleship,” Kitsch is smack-dab in the middle of Disney’s big-budget sci-fi epic “John Carter.” When it comes down to it, the fate of “John Carter” may rest firmly on Kitsch’s abs. “Of course, there’s the physicality,” said Kitsch, explaining his revealing wardrobe, comprised mostly of a glorified loincloth. “You’re pretty out there, not going to lie.” Kitsch insisted that the fashion choices never bothered him because it was true to the character. “It felt right, so it wasn’t such a big deal,” he said. Despite the film’s special effects and high budget, Kitsch said there is something much deeper to this story of a transported Civil War captain. “There’s kind of that stigma with big movies that it’s just action,” Kitsch said. “But with this, it’s really just the core of this guy and his journey of reinventing himself and finding himself again.” With such a full plate, Kitsch said he feels a whole mix of emotions, both good and bad. “I think it’s a bit of everything,” he said. “I’m excited. I’m nervous, but I’m also super proud of it, and I can’t wait to show. Especially from ‘John Carter’ to ‘Battleship’ to ‘Savages,’ that’s such a different landscape of a character.” It’s not just you, Taylor. We’re excited too. What are you waiting for? Your must-see movie needs your support. It’s time to show character, poise and heart. Vote for your picks now at MTV Movie Brawl 2012 ! Check out everything we’ve got on “Battleship.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos 2012 Ones To Watch
“I kind of went my own way, really. I didn’t watch the [ Alien ] films. When I found out I was doing it, I didn’t revisit them. Greg Louganis was my first inspiration. I figured that I’d sort of base my physicality roughly around him, and then it kind of went from there.” [ MTV Movies ]
Garfield and Emma Stone discuss their take on the flick’s iconic characters at Comic-Con. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Andrew Garfield Photo: MTV News When “The Amazing Spider-Man” took Comic-Con by storm over the weekend, much of the buzz was about the movie’s trailer and our first glimpses of Spidey in action and villain-to-be Curt Connors . But when MTV News sat down with stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone , we got a little more touchy-feely and asked for more insight into how they decided to approach their much-beloved characters. “I’ve always loved this character, and I’ve always loved the base essence of this character,” he told us on Saturday. “And I feel like this character is everybody. It doesn’t belong to me; it doesn’t belong to you; it doesn’t belong to him, her or he or she.” Garfield said that the nerdy-in-real-life/kick-butt-in-spandex hero has given him “so much reassurance over the years,” that the character has incredible importance for him. “There’s so many elements that I care about. One of the elements that I was interested in was doing something with his physicality,” he continued. “I wanted to be as if the venom from the spider bite was doing something specific to his DNA.” While Spider-man goes through some crazy changes, Peter was easy for Garfield to figure out. “He’s everyone. He goes through the same struggles that all teenage boys go through,” he said. “It’s impossible to not relate to.” Though she’s aware Gwen Stacy’s history on the page, Stone said a lot of her approach to the character was “instinctual” and based on her reaction to Garfield’s Peter. “I think, from the beginning, the attraction between Gwen and Peter is pretty apparent, and that just kind of intensifies throughout the course of the movie,” she said. “Gwen really relates to the story through Peter. And I don’t want to give too much away with that, but she’s … sweet.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Amazing Spider-Man.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Videos MTV News’ Comic-Con Takeover With Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone & Eliza Dushku
Well you heard it from the man yourself… Playboy boss Hugh Hefner said he believes sex addiction is a “cop out” excuse for having an affair. “I think ‘sex addiction’ is a convenient phrase for what is really an obsession. Sex is not like a drug or alcohol. It doesn’t affect the physicality in the same way.” Hef added: “People make choices. Most people who cheat do it because they think they can get away with it.” So true! Related Links: Elin And Charlie’s Day Out
