Ladies, meet Thom Evans … He’s a 28-year-old rugby player turned model who is turning heads as the face cakes of D. Hedral’s Spring/Summer boxers and briefs campaign. Ladies, do you likey? Via Mail Online reports : Thom’s latest shoot sees him modelling D.HEDRAL’s Anglefit range, designed to lift and enhance a man’s bottom. Each pair of the pants has been designed to help lift the bottom and give a more defined and pert look. Sporting a pair of the brand’s Gigolo Joe briefs, Thom turns around and locks eyes with the camera whilst showcasing the underwear’s ‘pulling power’ to perfection. The new collection incorporates the brand’s patented ‘Anglefit Technology’. And the pants – made of ‘super-light, anti-sagging, quick-drying microfabric’ – certainly hug Thom’s shape in the steamy shots. The firm say that their unique new technology gives ‘enhanced figure-hugging definition and comfort’. The fabric has been designed to stretch depending on the shape of the wearer’s bottom to create a second skin and enhance the appearance of the rear. The D.Hedral collection is available online now. Homeboy is currently chopping down former 90210 actress Jessica Lowndes, but still … Would You Hit It? Daniel Jaems Continue reading →
Kristen Stewart put on her very serious face for last night’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rarely one to light up the red carpet with her smile on any occasion, the actress embraced the evening’s punk theme by dressing head-to-toe in a dark shade of red, all designed by Stella McCartney. And by staring intensely into every camera she passed, as you can see here: Among other unique looks at the event: Taylor Swift went dark . Anne Hathaway went blonde . Kim Kardashian went flowery . React now to Stewart’s unusual look. What do you think? Ravishing! Nauseating! View Poll »
These girls are serving Malibu Barbie realness… Valeria Lukyanova Has Twin Sister Via RadarOnline : Human Barbie’ Valeria Lukyanova has a new sidekick and the freaky looking doll-like pair is proving that together they truly have twice the plastic power! The Ukrainian model’s doppleganger calls herself Dominika but her birth name is Olga Oleynik and she comes from Odessa, the same town as her mentor. “We met on the Internet five years ago,” explained 21-year-old Valeria. “We were curious about our similarities. We had the same hairstyle, make-up, and even dressed in a similar way. Our friends were sure that we were blood sisters. “We are really sisters — but only in spiritual way,” she went on to say. “We have the same outlook and lifestyle.” The plastic — and reportedly surgically-enhanced pair — has been holding lectures on spirituality for around $100 a session and say they use their unique looks to lure in participants. “We are planning to move to America soon. Dominika’s boyfriend is living in the U.S. and my husband wants to start a business there too,” said Valeria. “I am not going to be bored abroad, I’m often invited to photo-shoots and parties.” East2WestNews
We at Movieline HQ were quick to cheer when Matthew McConaughey was named Best Supporting Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle for his work in Magic Mike and Bernie . After busying himself with forgettable rom-coms, the uncannily likable Texan has been on a tear, choosing unique projects in which he can strut his unique and undeniable talents. For the first time in his career, he is a genuine contender for an Oscar nomination. Movieline spoke to the man from the set of Dallas Buyers Club (the film that required him to drop tons of weight, so if the noms don’t come this year, he’ll be primed for 2014) about awards campaigns, how he’s perceived by fans, some of his classic lines and some possible film sequels. Normally we’d take laser focus in pruning our interviews, but with a guy as wonderfully laid back as McConaughey (who announces himself on the phone as “McConaughey”) you’d be a fool to ignore all the “man”s. Before we get to this terrific year, I should let you know I’m on the road and actually in your hometown of Austin and, no joke, in the shadow of a Moon Tower . Where it all began! Great shadow to be in, man. In Texas, that’s the place to be to hang out with your buds and get on a buzz. You gotta get rural on it. Okay, since we’re talking about Dazed and Confused , I mean, you’ve embraced that role — you named your company after a line from it, right? Yeah! On the football field when Randall “Pink” Floyd is deciding whether to play football or take a drug test and I say “you gotta just keep living.” That was my first film, and a week into it my father passed away. I was dealing with my Dad’s death, man. I was trying to figure out how to keep my spiritual relationship with my father. The line came to me. I didn’t make it up, but it really helped me deal with the grieving period. When we got into the scene it just came out. From that day on I kept “just keep living” and applied it — because you can apply it to anything! It’s a choice. Which choice has the most residuals? Which choice has the most delayed gratification? It’s the “just keep living” choice. It works down the road — it works for deciding what you are gonna’ have for a meal or how you are gonna’ treat yourself or how you’re gonna’ treat your woman. So I named my company that, and a record company and bumper stickers – I basically branded it on most things I have. It’s clear to me that you are too cool to give a shit about awards. [Laughs] I love it. You can’t measure art, it’s silly, but… Okay, I’m glad you are going with the “but,” because if there is such a thing as being too cool to give a shit about an award like [the New York Film Critics Circle] then I’m not nearly as cool as you think. It’s very exciting. Any artist wants to create something that translates, resonates and has a long shelf life. Something people will see, get entertainment from. We were talking about Dazed and Confused , the greatest compliment I get is when people come to me and say, “I know that guy, man! I know him!” He’s a character that lives on. People say, “I knew him, his name was Kelly Hernsberg!” So, with Dallas from Magic Mike and also Bernie and Killer Joe , these are characters that, if I can share them in a way that people recognize them and they stick — that is very exciting to me. Now, look: as far as awards for art goes, with a hundred yard dash, there’s a clear winner and there’s second and third. It’s a science. It’s not a science when you are judging art but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say this is more well done than that. I think we have the right, if you are equipped to do so and you are being honest, to judge things, and in that respect I am very honored about getting an award. So you are ready to dive in, then, and start shaking hands and going into campaign mode with the goal of an Oscar nomination for Magic Mike ? [whistles.] Well, this is brand new for me, I’ll tell ya that. I asked myself that question when this was proposed to me just a few weeks ago. My publicist said, look, you are getting some attention for Magic Mike and Warner Bros. is ready to roll a campaign. Do you want to support it, too? And I’m working right now and I think “jeez, how’m I gonna’ do that?” But this is one of those “j.k. living” questions. Engage or not engage? And I’m for engaging in some form of everything. Yes. I love the film. I love the character. I loved the process of making it. Yes. I’d love to go talk about it. I’d much rather talk about acting in the role rather than selling the movie, you know what I mean? The movie was already a hit, now you can celebrate it. Exactly. It’s a hell of a lot more fun than sitting at the junket and answering questions about the wardrobe or how it was to kiss so-and-so in a movie, right? The hard part is the compartmentalization. I’ve got the films going and I’ve got a family going, but I’m not afraid to engage. This movie I’m doing now is extreme, but we found a spot to talk. You and I were going to talk the other day, we couldn’t fit it in, so I’m talking to you now, but if we didn’t talk now, I wouldn’t be in the right space to talk after starting the day, so we worked on it and got a time. I can talk with you in the morning, then I can shut that door and get back to the role, you know? This is turning into a very meta conversation. I love that, man, meta dialogue. People say don’t talk to yourself, well bullshit. I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer. There was some chatter about a Magic Mike sequel. Would you be on board if your character was fit in? You said it. If there’s integrity in the script for the character, then yes. I’d love to put those leathers on again. If it’s written well, absolutely. Have there been other films you’ve done you wish there was a sequel for? Dazed and Confused: Where Are They Now? . Rick [Linklater] and I have talked about it. It’s really fun to talk to Rick and think what Wooderson would be doing now. Nothing’s solidified, but it is fun to think about. I say he’s got a couple of kids and he’s a local DJ. The midnight to six DJ. With a couple of kids at home, probably twins. Why twins? I dunno. But he’s got twins and a wife and he’s THE SAME GUY. Rick is not afraid to do a sequel when no one expects it. He’s got the next Before Sunrise at Sundance this year. I know it. He snuck off and did it, man. One day I was talking to him and the next day I called him and he was gone. I don’t hear from him for three months he calls back, “what’s up?” I say, “hey, man, where’ve you been?” and he says he was in Greece shooting. That’s how Rick rolls. But listen, the Dazed and Confused characters are very sacred, it’s gotta’ be done right. You are aware that if you mention the name Matthew McConaughey to many people and the first thing out of their mouths will be “all right, all right, all right,” right? “All right, all right, all right.” You know the story about that, right? It’s classic. I go to the set for a wardrobe test, I’m not supposed to work that night. I wasn’t written in the script, but Rick wonders if Wooderson might be riding around trying to pick up chicks this night. So I get in the car — this is my first scene ever on film — and I’m nervous. So I’m saying to myself “who is my man? who is my man?” I had been listening to a live album by The Doors and between songs he would bark at the crowd “all right! all right! all right! all right!” Four times. So right before Rick calls action I’m thinking, “Who is my man? What am I about?” And I realize Wooderson is about weed, women, his car and music. Now I figure I’m high, I’m in my ’70s Chevelle, and I’m rockin’ out to Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold.” And there’s the woman I’m gonna go get. So I hear action, and I say “all right, all right, all right.” Basically — I got three out of four, and now I’m gonna get the fourth! And that was the first thing I ever said on film. Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
“I have a great idea whom Barack Obama should nominate as his next CIA director,” says Emily Yoffe at Slate: Gen. David Petraeus. Few people are happy that the once-saintly general was sidelined because of his consensual affair with hagiographer Paula Broadwell — in fact, in partisan-gridlock Washington, “both Democrats and Republicans have been mourning the loss of a public servant of extraordinary ability.” Well, “let#39;s mourn no more.” Obama should say that since it appears Petraeus broke n
James Cameron said last Spring he disbanded his production company’s development wing, noting that aside from his deep-sea submarine dives, that he’s exclusively in the ” Avatar business – meaning Avatar 2 , Avatar 3 and possibly Avatar 4 . Well, that was then and this is now… But, Cameron’s production company has picked up rights to Taylor Stevens’ thriller novel The Informationist which he’ll likely direct and produce. “I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them,” he told the New York Times earlier in the year. While Avatar -orama is still on, Cameron is eyeing a filmmaking life beyond the 3-D behemoth. Avatar ‘s follow-up may not hit screens for another four to five years, so it may be quite a number of years before The Informationist actually makes its way into production. But for now the plan is that his Lightstorm Entertainment label will develop the adaptation for 20th Century Fox, THR reports . “This was an opportunity to continue our relationship with Fox and Jim Gianopulos beyond the Avatar films,” Landau said in a statement to THR. “We were drawn to this book because of the terrific, compelling narrative and the character, who typifies the strong female protagonists that have inhabited Jim’s work. In this case, Vanessa Munroe is essentially a mix of Lisbeth Salander and Jason Bourne.” Said Cameron: “Taylor Stevens’ Vanessa Michael Munroe is an intriguing and compelling heroine with an agile mind and a thirst for adventure. Equally fascinating for me is her emotional life and her unexpected love story.” Amazon’s description of The Informationist: Stevens’s blazingly brilliant debut introduces a great new action heroine, Vanessa Michael Munroe, who doesn’t have to kick over a hornet’s nest to get attention, though her feral, take-no-prisoners attitude reflects the fire of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander….Thriller fans will eagerly await the sequel to this high-octane page-turner.” —Publishers Weekly, starred, boxed review Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect of the jungle’s most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for years until something sent her running. After almost a decade building a new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she’s never looked back. [ Sources: THR , The Film Stage , Amazon ]
A judging spot on The Voice is not the only exciting thing on the horizon for Shakira. The singer confirmed the great news today: She’s pregnant! Leaving a message on her Facebook page, the artist wrote that she and boyfriend Gerard Pique are expecting. “Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this time, we have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days.” Shakira and the FC Barcelona soccer player have been an item for about 18 months. She needn’t worry, either, about no one reading this announcement: Shakira has over 54 million Facebook followers.
‘You can have ‘The Avengers’ and you can also have films like ours, which are smaller,’ he tells MTV News. By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Chris Pine Photo: If you’ve been following along with Chris Pine’s movie career, the last few films in which he’s appeared (“Star Trek,” “This Means War,” “Unstoppable”) might lead you to believe that the man is only action/adventure-oriented. Not so, as demonstrated by his work in his latest film, “People Like Us,” which revolves around a man who is tasked with delivering a $150,000 inheritance to a sister ( Elizabeth Banks ) he has never met. MTV News recently sat down with Pine to discuss the unique tone and subject matter addressed in the film, which is based on the real-life experiences of its writing team, Alex Kurtzman (who also served as its director), Bob Orci and Jody Lambert, and is not necessarily the type of movie that big studios are gunning to green-light. “Everyone I’ve talked to at the studio level who makes these decisions, it seems like it’s become an even more bottom-line kind of industry, so movies like ‘Paranormal Activity’ or something that’s made for $3 million and goes on to gross $200 million or the big tentpoles that have the big marketing machines behind it, those are the movies they have to make,” Pine said about studios feeling pressured to churn out surefire blockbusters. “It’s a real tribute to DreamWorks and to Steven Spielberg. First of all, Alex wrote a great script and as much as the business of show business can sometimes dominate at the end of the day, people in what we do, we love good stories, we are hungry for good stories,” he explained of the selling point of “People Like Us.” “I think if something like ‘The Artist,’ a silent film in black-and-white with French actors can do well. I think it’s a great sign that in our times you can have both; you can have ‘The Avengers’ and you can also have films like ours, which are smaller.” Pine said what he hopes people will enjoy in watching “People Like Us” is the fact that it features realistic characters trying to solve realistic problems, in addition to its old-school dramedy vibe influenced by James L. Brooks and Cameron Crowe. “Alex talks very much about his influences — Brooks, Cameron Crowe, obviously — we always talked about ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Kramer vs. Kramer.’ What’s great about those films, there’s nothing hooking you other than hopefully a story about a family that you relate to because it looks very much like your own, so it doesn’t necessarily mean these people have to go a great many places,” he said. ” ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ is a great example. You get lost in the minutia of this world of a kid making waffles or was it pancakes? We’ll have to look that up. That’s the world Alex wanted to create. That was the joy, figuring out the everyday living of these characters.” Check out everything we’ve got on ” People Like Us .” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
Also in Monday morning’s round up of news briefs are a slew of winners from a number of U.S. festivals including Nantucket, Silverdocs and Palm Springs ShortFest. Ethel and The Intouchables Win Nantucket Honors The two films tied for the Nantucket Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Stella Meghie’s Jean of the Joneses was recognized as the winner of the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition. The award for best screenwriting in a feature film was presented to Sarah Koskoff for Hello I Must Be Going . The Award for best screenwriting in a short film went to Nash Edgerton and David Michod for Bear . Other juried awards included best storytelling in a documentary which went to Alison Klayman for her film Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry Mike Birbiglia garnered the best writer/director award for his film Sleepwalk with Me . Only the Young & Planet of Snail Take Silverdocs Prizes Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ Only the Young won the best U.S. feature at Silverdocs documentary film festival in Silver Springs, MD over the weekend. The film is a portrait of adolescent friendship and romance in suburban California. The festival’s Planet of Snail took Best World Feature. The film follows a deaf and blind Korean and his wife. For more awards, visit their website . Around the ‘net… Palm Springs ShortFest Gives Top Prize to Behind the Mirrors , Paulie Behind the Mirrors won Best of the Festival, while Paulie by Andrew Nackman won the fest’s Panavision Grand Jury Award. A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences by Joos Reijmers won the Audience Favorite Live Action Short nod and UK filmmaker Rajinder Sawhney won the Future Filmmaker Award for Khaana , THR reports . To Rome with Love Tops in Debut: Specialty Box Office Though the opening weekend numbers are not quite as stratospheric as last year’s Midnight In Paris , the filmmaker’s latest To Rome With Love are nonetheless impressive. The Sony Pictures Classics release debuted in 5 theaters, grossing $379K on this side of the Atlantic, averaging just under $76K, Allen’s second-best in per-theater terms, Deadline reports . Rufus Wainwright Readying The Great White Way The singer is working on a movie musical he says is “loosely” based on his life and will include songs from his back catalog,” Rolling Stone reports . SnagFilms Picks Up Decoding Deepak The doc directed by Deepak Chopra’s son Gotham Chopra is going to online film portal SnagFilms. The film will be released October 5th day and date in major market theaters and nationwide on VOD and digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, VUDU and Xbox Live via SnagFilms, Deadline reports .
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