Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Josie Maran?s Blog: Meet Me and My Family!
Meet our newest celebrity blogger, Josie Maran, who's expecting her second child in July. In her first blog, the model and cosmetics and skincare guru introduces her family.
"Mad Men" Stars Take Over the 'Times Talk' Spotlight
Gearing up for the March 25th season five premiere, the stars of "Mad Men" joined together for at The Times Center in New York City on Tuesday night (March 20).
There for the TimesTalk: A Conversation with the Cast of 'Mad Men' event were co-stars Christina Hendricks, January Jones and Jon Hamm, along with fellow castmates such as Jared Harris, Dave Itzkoff, John Slattery and Vincent Kartheiser.
Joining the actors and actresses of the Emmy-winning show at the Times Talk panel was the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, who recently was asked by the NY Times about how he prepares for writing a new season.
To this, Weiner replied, "What really happens is there?s about a three-week rumination period, which involves a lot of napping, a lot of holding books. Whether I?m reading them or not, I cannot say. A lot of conversation, unrelated to the show, where I think about my own life. I get a sense of where I?m going and what I think is the next part of these people?s lives."
Continuing on, Matthew added, "Before the premiere of Season 4, I didn?t tell anybody whether or not they had a new agency, or whether or not they?d failed. We could have come back and they could have been back at Sterling Cooper in those offices. Just taking [Don's] engagement: so is that going to go through or not? What is the next stage in this person?s life? What is the story I want to tell about that?"
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
VOTE! What Do You Think of Josh Duhamel's Mohawk?
Fergie's hubby has a wild new look! Check out more star tress-formations and tell us what you think!
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Movie Review: ?The Hunger Games?
Yesterday afternoon I was invited to an early IMAX screening of The Hunger Games, which is TRULY one of the most talked about, most anticipated films of the year. As a HUGE fan of the books, I have been anxiously awaiting my chance to see this big screen film version in the hopes that the [...]
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'Prometheus' Full Trailer: To Infinity And Beyond
"Big things have small beginnings." I'm not exactly sure what Michael Fassbender is trying to get across there ?�the "Alien" universe that "Prometheus" now exists in was always huge? except now, it looks positively enormous. The first full "Prometheus" trailer premiered over the weekend, giving fans a two-and-a-half minute look at director Ridley Scott's glorious [...]
Jennifer Lawrence Preparing Her 'Bradley Cooper Box Set'
'I'm an actor digging through Angelina Jolie's garbage,' 'Hunger Games' star jokes to MTV News about replacing the actress in Cooper's next flick.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: MTV News
"The Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence has admitted she's not sure when she'll be on set for the next film in the franchise, "Catching Fire," but that doesn't mean she doesn't have plenty of projects to keep her busy until then.
"I just wrapped a movie called 'The Silver Linings Playbook,' and that'll be out at some point, I don't know when," Lawrence told MTV News recently. "And then I'm going to go shoot another Bradley Cooper movie. It's not a Bradley Cooper movie — Bradley Cooper's in the movie — it's a Jennifer Lawrence movie with Bradley in it," she joked. "Bradley Cooper and I are going to come out with a Jennifer Lawrence/ Bradley Cooper box set."
That box set, should it ever get made, would focus on two very different films starring Lawrence and Cooper: "Silver Linings," due in November, revolves around a man who tries to put his life back together after spending years in a mental institution, while "Serena" is about a Depression-era couple who face personal complications when they learn the wife cannot bear children, possibly destroying the future of their lumber company.
Lawrence will play Cooper's wife in "Serena," a part originally intended for Angelina Jolie.
"I'm not at the status where I have her roles. I have her leftovers, let's be clear," she joked of Jolie. "She left it for me. I have her garbage. No, that's a wonderful place to be. I'm an actor digging through Angelina Jolie's garbage. I've made it." Shooting on "Serena" has yet to start.
Although Lawrence has several films on her production docket, she wouldn't rule out getting back into the "X-Men" mindset as Mystique if given the chance. "I would love to do another one. I'm hearing the same as everyone else, there's mumblings," she said of her "First Class" role. "I can't wait to get painted again."
If fans can't wait that long to see Lawrence's on the big screen, they can head to theaters on March 23 when the highly anticipated "Hunger Games" hits theaters.
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'Dark Shadows' Trailer: Five Key Scenes
Tim Burton opts for gonzo comedy that should please many but may rile fans of the original soap opera.
By John Mitchell
Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows"
Photo: Warner Bros
The wait is over! With less than two months to go before the May 11 release of "Dark Shadows," we finally have a trailer, and it's a doozy.
We're going to come right out and say it: We love the trailer. It's Tim Burton doing what Tim Burton does best. The look is dark and Gothic, but the feel is certifiably gonzo with a heaping side of camp and comedy. Based on its soapy source material, Burton could have taken "Shadows" one of two ways: He could have stripped it of the over-the-top camp and played it as a straight romantic drama where the protagonist was a conflicted vampire, which is what the creators of the early-'90s TV remake did, or he could turn the volume all the way up and have a little fun, flipping the super serious vibe of the original soap opera upside down and making a blood-splattered comedy. He clearly chose the latter, and that's just fine with us.
"Shadows" stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, a rich and powerful playboy who is turned into a vampire and buried alive by the jealous witch Angelique (Eva Green). Two centuries later, in 1972, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb by thief Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) and finds the world quite changed and his once great estate, Collinwood Manor, in disrepair. His descendants, including reclusive family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer), her drunken, snobby brother Roger Collins (Johnny Lee Miller) and bratty teenage daughter Carolyn (Chloe Moretz), haven't fared much better. In the present, not only does he have to again face Angelique, but he has to contend with nosy psychologist Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter, who has more than a few secrets of her own.
Here are our five key scenes from the "Dark Shadows" trailer:
First Glimpse of Barnabus as a Vampire
After a fleeting look at a pre-vamp Depp in his 18th-century prime (and seriously, can we talk about how this guy never ages?), we see Angelique working her evil magic and casting her spell. Cut to Depp's Barnabas taking in his monstrous new self from the crashing waves at the bottom of Widows' Hill, the cliff where his love, Josette duPres (Bella Heathcote), took her own life. "What have you done?" he yells up at her.
The aesthetic created for Widows' Hill is pure vintage Burton. The dark, rocky facade builds up to a point that looks like something from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" brought to life. Which means it's pretty awesome.
Meet the Collins Family
Sitting around the dinner table to welcome their long lost relative, we get introduced to all the key players in the film. "Who the hell is this?" Bonham Carter's straightforward Hoffman asks."I'm a vampire, Madame," Barnabas responds.
The whole gang — Miller, Moretz, Pfeiffer, Bonham Carter and Gulliver McGrath (David Collins) — is there, and boy are they curious about this pale-faced creeper in some very vintage wares, but Barnabas is ready to hit the road to take care of business. "How soon can the horses be ready?" he asks. "We don't have horses; we have a Chevy," Pfeiffer admits.
"What Sorcery is This?"
Barnabas just can't seem to grasp the technological innovations that happened while he was chained up in that casket for a few hundred years. Of particular concern is the television, which he seems certain is nothing more than witchcraft.
"Reveal yourself, tiny songstress," he demands before tearing into the back of the set. It's a pretty random scene, but it perfectly sums up the tone of the humor the film seems after. Things are so weird nowadays, you guys, and the old dead guy just can't wrap his head around it. Depp's delivery is spot-on though, and we can see why test audience reaction to this scene was so warmly received.
Angelique Rides Back Into Town
Burton has taken many liberties with his film, but the most interesting of them might be his characterization of Angelique as a sassy fox with a mean-girl streak and plenty of attitude. When she returns from the late-1700s, she isn't wearing her old corsets and talking about the old days; she pulls up to Collinwood in a cherry red convertible wearing modern clothes.
"You cursed me to be this hideous creator," Barnabas cries. "You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly."
Barnabas and Angelique's Freaky, House-Trashing Makeout
Even though she, you know, cursed him to eternal damnation because he just wasn't that into her, we can certainly see why Barnabas can't keep his claws off Green's sexy witch. At the end of the clip, Depp and Green engage in some very rough foreplay. The magical pair throw each other from wall to wall before ending on the floor, where Angelique gives Barnabas one last lick with her very long tongue.
"That was a regrettable turn of events," Barnabus says, taking in the destruction left in the wake.
So "Dark Shadows" fans, are you loving the fun and campy way Burton decided to tackle the sudsy soap? Or do you think he should have gone a different direction? Let us know in the comments below and hit me up on Twitter @JohnMitchell83 with your thoughts and suggestions on all things "Shadows."
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