Monday, March 29, 2010
The Runaways
As i was looking for a article on this topic.. found alot of mixed reviews on this movie.. i do agree with some of them but i didn't thin it was a bad movie it was entertaining and i wasn't bored but i do agree that it does jump from scene to scene anyways here's a little article about Dakota fanning breaking out from a child star.
NEW YORK — When Dakota Fanning was approached to play a sexed-up singer from the Seventies, she knew exactly what to do.
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"I didn't know a lot about The Runaways or Cherie Currie when I got the script, and I looked online to see the videos of the Live in Japan tour and her performing Cherry Bomb, and I realized that I wanted to play her," says Fanning, who knew of Joan Jett, but had little exposure to the electric era.
Jett is an executive producer of The Runaways (in theaters nationwide April 9), which is based on Currie's memoir and chronicles the sharp rise and fall of the all-girl band.
Fanning embraces her first major adult role playing lead singer and sex kitten Currie opposite a leather-studded, chin-jutting young Jett, played by Kristen Stewart.
Fifteen, then and now
"A lot of people still think of me as young, and as the girl from I Am Sam, or whatever," Fanning says on a sunny spring afternoon in her room at the Regency Hotel after a day of doing non-stop press. She's plopped on a couch, dressed casually in skinny jeans, open-laced boots, a gray blazer layered over a graphic tee. Around her neck is a simple Tiffany gold key necklace.
"After this (film), I might be able to do different things," Fanning, 16, says. "As you get older, there are roles you can no longer do and so many more things you can do." Mentored on-set by Currie, on-screen Fanning dives deep into the pitfalls of fame: drinking, smoking (herbal cigarettes, she says), and thrusting sexuality full-force into the camera with each throaty cherry-bomb burst.
In person, Fanning is still the sweet, fresh-faced young actor behind past performances in I Am Sam, The Secret Life of Bees and Charlotte's Web.
"I really liked that I was 15 (playing the role), and (Currie) was 15 and seeing what a different time I've grown up in and thinking, 'I could probably never do this, I could probably never be on my own and on the road and performing in lingerie.' "
In a pivotal scene in the film, Fanning's slender body is encased in Currie's signature barely-there corset, worn originally on tour in Japan in 1977. Fanning keeps the costume at home.
"That corset is kind of how she expressed herself, and for Cherie, the way she expressed her sexuality was to wear that corset and to be the cherry bomb," she says.
To beef up her vocal chops, Fanning worked with Currie's original vocal coach.
"Then I was kind of thrown into the recording studio, and that's what you hear in the movie and on the soundtrack," Fanning says, noting The Runaways often recorded songs only a few times before releasing an album. "That was a little scary, but it actually worked out really well."
With new opportunities have come new friendships. She and Stewart, called "Salt and Pepper" in The Runaways (a nod to their blond and black David Bowie-style haircuts), remain close.
"She's become one of my best friends," says Fanning, who first met Stewart after hopping on the Twilight franchise during New Moon to play bloodthirsty vampire Jane to Stewart's innocent (and human) Bella. They reprise their roles in the next installment, Eclipse, scheduled for release in June.
No longer the little kid
Walking into New Moon felt as nerve-racking as the first day of school, Fanning says, but Stewart quickly brought her into the fold. "I've never really worked with a lot of young people in movies, and this is one of the first times I've worked really closely with someone that's closer to my age than a father figure or mother figure."
The two spent the first half of that New Moon day figuring each other out. "And then we were in a tent on the set, and it had a heater in it and we were alone, and we started talking and we instantly connected," she says.
In a Runaways scene, the two kiss, something both approached with little fanfare. "I wasn't even nervous," Fanning says. "It just kind of happened. The way it's written in the script, there's no direction. It was something that happened, they were best friends. It was a different time back then."
In her own life, Fanning has managed to build a surprisingly normal teenage life. She lives at home in Los Angeles with her parents, is crazy for Panda Express takeout and attends private school. Though she turned 16 in February, she cops to not having a learner's driving permit yet.
"There are some days where I'm like, I gotta drive, I gotta get out of here, I should be able to drive myself, and there are other days where I'm like, "Mom, it's OK, you can just drive me forever,' " she says with a laugh.
Of all her classes, she's into psychology, and with college on her to-do list, she has a career in mind that emulates Jodie Foster's.
After promoting The Runaways, Fanning will trade press calls for roll call, swapping corsets and vampires for pop quizzes and a cheerleading uniform.
"I thought it was something, you're going to high school, maybe I'll do cheerleading. It's something fun and completely normal and a good experience to have. And if I ever have to play a cheerleader," she says with a grin, "I'll know what it's like."
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Finally ! watched shutter island.
so this weekend i finally watched shutter island after it being out for more then a month and i have to say its a great movie i don't understand why everyone was saying it was so bad. yeah it was obvious there was going to be a twist at the end. and yeah i will admit it was a little confused at the very end( I'm talking the last 2 minutes) but after processing it.. your realize how brilliant it is. so i do recommend this movie.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The price of Beauty
Last night i watched The Price Of beauty on VH1 and i have to say it was a pretty interesting and entertaining show.. i will admit sometimes Casey and Jessica can kinda be disrespectful towards there culture by not eating certain foods they might offer or spiting them back up like the bugs.. but then again what do we expect haha anyways i looks forward to watching more episodes.
Jessica Simpson found herself in the news an awful lot in the past few months, but never for any kind of work she was doing. She was criticized for looking overweight, slagged off by ex-boyfriend John Mayer for being "sexual napalm," dealt with rumors of a romantic relationship with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and nearly lit her hair on fire with some sort of ear candle. With Monday night's (March 15) premiere of "The Price of Beauty," she's back in the public eye for something she actually wants to be known for. Simpson's new show, which airs on VH1 every Monday at 10 p.m., shows her traveling around the world looking for what beauty means in foreign cultures. To promote it, she has been hitting the press hard: She appeared on Monday's episode of "The View" and also paid a visit to "The Late Show with David Letterman," where she was snapped leaving the studio in a lovely red dress.
She wasn't the only star getting close to the people, as "The Runaways" star Kristen Stewart was seen at New York's JFK Airport and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker did a bit of shopping (with his daughter in tow) at Barney's in Los Angeles. Click here for these photos as well as the entire "Spotted!" archive, which features over 400 candid shots of stars like Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Adam Lambert, Katy Perry, Diddy, Shakira, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Madonna and 50 Cent!
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Monday, March 8, 2010
I know this was the topic last week. but i went to watch Alice and wonderland at midnight on Thursday night and i saw it in IMAX 3d .. and i recommend watching it in IMAX 3d it was a good movie..not as Trippy and dark as i thought it was going to be. but it was entertaining. i liked it.. a couple of my friends didn't like it. but we all have our own opinion. i thought it was a good movie.. but like i said i expected it to be a little more freaky.. which is wasn't.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Moviegoers flocked to the premiere of "Alice in Wonderland" this weekend, with the big-budget Disney film shattering several box office records, highlighting the ongoing appeal of 3-D films.
Tim Burton's interpretation of the classic book by Lewis Carroll, starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska, opened Friday in roughly 7,400 screens at 4,000 locations.
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Despite mixed reviews, "Alice" brought in an estimated $116.3 million from Friday to Sunday. It was the biggest ever March opening and soared past the $77 million that "Avatar" earned when it opened last December, setting a new record for the debut of a 3-D feature.
The performance also blew past industry expectations. According to BoxOfficeGuru.com, the film was expected to make about $70 million in its first weekend.
Overall, "Alice in Wonderland" notched the sixth biggest opening weekend in box office history. It was also the highest grossing ever for a movie released outside of the peak movie-going months of May, July or November.
3-D mania
"It was a phenomenal opening," said BoxOfficeGuru.com's Gitesh Pandya. "It proves that moviegoers have no problem spending more for 3-D movies."
Ticket prices for 3-D films like "Alice" can cost up to $4 more than traditional films. The film was also shown in IMAX, which can be even more expensive.
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, about $80 million, or 70%, of the opening haul for "Alice" was due to 3-D ticket sales. In IMAX, "Alice" brought in a record $11.9 million.
Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, said the combined premium from 3-D and IMAX sales for "Alice" appear to have added about $22 million to the film's gross.
"There were a number of factors working in favor of 'Alice in Wonderland'," Gray said, including the star power of Depp and Burton, as well as Disney's aggressive marketing of the film.
"It was a combination of appealing material and a strong marketing campaign," he said. "You could also say that there was a halo-effect from the 'Avatar' run."
While "Alice" surpassed "Avatar" in its opening weekend, analysts do not expect the Disney film's overall performance to top that of James Cameron's epic, which brought in a total of $2.5 billion to become highest grossing movie ever.
"It's going to be a more front-loaded film than 'Avatar,'" Pandya said. "It won't have the same kind of legs."
To be sure, few films have enjoyed the staying power of "Avatar." The 20th Century Fox film opened just before Christmas and benefited from a slew of holiday weekends during its extraordinary 3-month run.
But the success of "Alice" has raised expectations for a host of other highly anticipated 3-D films due out this year, including Warner Brothers' "Clash of the Titans," which comes out next month.
Other 3-D films in the works will capitalize on well known franchises, such as Harry Potter, Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Jumping the shark
Pandya said he expects most of this year's 3-D features to do well. However, he warned that the challenge for the movie industry will be to take advantage of the current buzz surrounding 3-D films without overdoing it.
"Hollywood is jumping on 3-D bandwagon," Gray said. "There's a high probability they'll run it into the ground."
He said much of the current interest in 3-D movies is due to the novelty of the technology, adding that it's too soon to tell if that interest will last much longer. For the time being, however, it appears that movie-goers are not deterred by higher prices for 3-D films.
"Right now, people seem willing to pay the premium for an enhanced movie going experience," Gray said.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Alice and wonderland!
So its Semi almost here! Alice and Wonderland! woo I'm excited to See it.. but i know this may sounds dumb but i didn't realize until maybe a few weeks ago that its more like a sequel then a remake, because well for obvious reason, Alice is getting married, not studying with her tutor and because the mad hatter says" Alice your back!?" haha any who i expect this to be huge at the box office this weekend.
TIM BURTON, the director of Disney’s 3D movie “Alice in Wonderland,” which opens next month, is no stranger to over-the-top visuals (remember “Edward Scissorhands”?). Lewis Carroll’s classic tale is the perfect excuse for Mr. Burton and his crew to go gangbusters once again. Makeup aficionados will especially appreciate the Queen of Heart’s vivid blue lids and heart-shaped lips, and the Mad Hatter’s green eyes, ringed with azure, fuchsia and brick-red eye shadows and what looks to be white mascara.
Lars Klove for The New York Times
The decision to license several beauty products inspired by the film was easy. “With an interpreter like Tim Burton, we saw a huge opportunity,” said Johanna Mooney, director of health and beauty business for Disney Consumer Products.
Urban Decay is offering a limited-edition Book of Shadows, a pop-up box, right, containing 16 eye shadows (colors include White Rabbit and Jabberwocky black), a primer and two eye pencils ($52). And the nail company OPI has partnered with Disney to introduce four limited-edition colors, left, that include Off With Her Red ($8.50 each).
This isn’t the first time Disney has teamed up with makeup companies. “Great brands find our characters very inspiring,” Ms. Mooney said, noting that Disney’s first collaboration with a makeup company for adult products took place in 2005, when M.A.C. Cosmetics introduced the Tint Toons collection based on classic Disney animals like Daisy Duck. Bath and Body Works introduced a line inspired by Tinker Bell in 2007, and last fall Disney partnered with Carol’s Daughter, a New York natural skin-care company, for a bath line to accompany “The Princess and the Frog.”
According to a report released by Mintel last August, marketing cosmetics to moviegoers seems worth it: 16 percent of 2,000 people surveyed said they had bought shampoo linked to well-known characters. Disney has also seen the evidence in its past efforts: Tint Toons sold out in one day in Japan and in two weeks domestically, while the “Princess and the Frog” products, after being posted on the Carol’s Daughter Web site, were sold out by noon the same day.
Indications are that the Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows will also be a success. According to Ms. Mooney, UrbanDecay.com featured the product on its home page last month. In less than one day, it was sold out.
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