Yup, he did it. Gone are those untamable fiery-gold locks. Hello, nicely shaped head! Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Styleite Discovery Date : 12/01/2012 04:16 Number of articles : 2
Critics weren’t wowed by director Guy Ritchie’s 2009 original, and this time around is no different. By Kevin P. Sullivan Robert Downey Jr. in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” Robert Downey Jr. ‘s steampunk take on the classic literary detective returns for a new mystery in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” The first film from 2009 didn’t exactly wow the critics, and the sequel is no exception. The mixed response ranges from “better than the first” to “one of the worst of the year,” but the chemistry between Downey and Jude Law earned the critics’ highest complements. We’ve rounded up some of the best reviews to give you a sense what the critics are saying: The Story “As the film opens, Watson is paying a visit to his occasional partner in solving crimes. His wedding to Mary (Kelly Reilly) is fast approaching and Holmes is to be his best man. The intrigues begin in earnest with the bachelor party Holmes throws at an eccentric gentleman’s club, in which none of Dr. Watson’s pals show up but two new characters do — a very wry Stephen Fry as Holmes’ brother, Mycroft, and a Gypsy fortuneteller Madam Simza Heron, played by Noomi Rapace. Holmes has had a chance encounter (or was it) with the lovely Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) who seemed clearly over her head in something that involves Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris, the age-old nemesis, but newly arrived to the films and as dapper as he is in ‘Mad Men’).” — Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Robert Downey Jr. “Really, if [director Guy] Ritchie were on the case, even a little bit, how could he not notice Robert Downey Jr. giving the worst performance of his career? This is a director of some stature. He could talk to his star and help him. Here is an actor capable of dazzling audiences with his virtuosity, and yet there he is, slack and flat, phoning it in with a blithe delivery and his accent going in and out. Downey knows — of course he knows — that he could sleepwalk through the movie, and it will still be a hit.” — Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle The Direction “Ritchie has done it again. In an act of criminal negligence, he’s wasted Robert Downey Jr. — an actor with the perfect verbal dexterity to play Sherlock Holmes — in a sequel that eliminates smarts in favor of relentless headbanging. 2009’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ was lousy, but it was also a big hit. So the sequel, ‘A Game of Shadows,’ is more of the stupid same. It wouldn’t matter so much if Downey and Jude Law, as the bromantic Dr. Watson, didn’t look so ready to turn on the cerebral dazzle. Instead, Ritchie treats them like action goons out of his ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ basement.” — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone As a Sequel “After Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (2009) with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law grossed something like half a billion dollars, this was no time to rethink the approach. What they have done, however, is add a degree of refinement and invention, and I enjoyed this one more than the earlier film.” — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times The Final Word “It’s elementary. If you enjoyed the first ‘Sherlock Holmes’ directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson, then you’ll likely leave the sequel feeling satiated.” — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Check out everything we’ve got on “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
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Taylor Swift hits the stage at the CMA Awards, held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 9) in Nashville, Tenn. The 21-year-old country cutie took home the award for Entertainer of the Year at the show, beating out Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, and Blake Shelton. Tay thanked the fans that came out to see Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 10/11/2011 05:02 Number of articles : 2
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He makes us swoon on screen. But can he do the same through our iPods? Multiple insiders tell Us Weekly that Robert Pattinson is in the recording studio, laying down lyrics for his first-ever album. “Rob has been kicking a few original songs around for a long time, but his schedule didn’t allow it,” said one friend of the actor. “Now he’s got some weeks to get everything in line before going back to promoting Breaking Dawn .” But can Pattinson actually sing?!? Check out this video and decide for yourself. Pattinson doesn’t need fame or fortune, of course, which is why the source says “the album Rob will make will be guitar-based and drums, very organic-sounding, nothing pop,’ opposed to anything commercial. A second insider, meanwhile, compares Rob’s sound to a “stripped-down Ray LaMontagne meets Van Morrison” and adds: “Music is his first love! He’s tortured because he avoids it. When he’s sitting around jamming in the studio, it’s his favorite moment of life.” So, would you buy a Robert Pattinson CD?
The man pictured here with Malcolm Jamal Warner is the father of a bangin’ Black actress and the ex-husband of a Motown legend. Was that easy enough? Yup, that’s Tracee Ellis Ross’s dad Robert Ellis Silberstein, pictured at Essence Magazine’s celebration of Tracee as their latest covergirl. Here is again with Diana Ross’s eldest daughter Rhonda Ross Kendrick, who Robert adopted when he married Diana in 1971. Check out who else celebrated with Essence and Tracee below.
Rock legend Patti Smith set the literary world on fire last year with her memoir Just Kids , a sensitive, longing look at her friendship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The book mostly chronicles their years in New York prior to her fame as a punk poetess from the mid-’60s to the mid-’70s — before Horses revolutionized Ginsbergian rock. Now word is out that Smith is adapting the National Book Award winner into a screenplay with Gladiator scribe John Logan. Who should play the inimitable lady on the big screen?
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