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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Shocking moments from 'The Runaways'
I'm really beginning to like this guy's Tweets LOL Check out my previous post to see what other gems he's shared.
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David Slade's "New year's gift" cancelled
Boo! Thought that counts I guess. Thanx for trying David. For those of you who missed my previous post, David Slade Tweet'd that he had a "New year's gift" for us back on New Year's day. This only makes me think my prediction of the Eclipse first look debuting at the Oscars in March seem even more viable.
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'Remember Me' Stills
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Three Sides of Robert Pattinson in Remember Me Exclusive Photos
Has it been too long since your last RPattz fix? Summit just sent us four exclusive photos from his upcoming romantic drama 'Remember Me.' Pattinson stars as a rebellious New Yorker who seeks solace in his love for Ally (Emilie de Ravin). Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper also star. Check out the photos below, and let us know what you think!
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Three Sides of Robert Pattinson in Remember Me Exclusive Photos
Has it been too long since your last RPattz fix? Summit just sent us four exclusive photos from his upcoming romantic drama 'Remember Me.' Pattinson stars as a rebellious New Yorker who seeks solace in his love for Ally (Emilie de Ravin). Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper also star. Check out the photos below, and let us know what you think!
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A lucky TWI-Hard gets inside 'New Moon' info from Chris Weitz
JennyBRUTAL, the winner of @Twilight Sweeps Contest had the opportunity to talk with Chris Weitz via phone and here are some of the things he said about Rob, Edward and deleted scenes.
1.) How nerve-racking was it to know you had to relocate several location for New Moon?
A.) It was really nerve-racking because I thought people would notice and be upset, it was a puzzle to get it just right. The outside of the school is all CGI, we built the stairway for the school and took stills. In the Cullen's house I also tried to show different rooms in the house to add to the feeling of the house. When Taylor was traveling during Twilight a fan gave him a hand-carved Native American ornament. We used that ornament in Jacob's room in New Moon.
2.) I know Edward's car is now a dark silver, but was there any reason for the change?
A.) Availability. Volvo wanted to introduce a new car into the series, instead of the older model. So they provided a newer model, brown Volvo. Immediately we knew it had to be repainted, and chose a dark, non-shiny, black colour. It added more to the first Edward scene in the movie, the feeling is upbeat but the colour of the vehicle adds to the danger lurking.
3.) How did you decide to shoot the scene where the months are passing by, considering the books only name the months that pass?
A.) We originally thought we could use a blank screen with names of the months passing but felt that it was best to portray depression visually. CGI was used and the windows were covered by green screen. We used a robotic camera for revolvement to mimic the original hand camera as much as possible. I'm not sure if you noticed but with each revolvement the room changes, there are less pictures of her friends and the room gets more sparse.
Oh darn, now I have to see NM again to check that out. LOL
4.) I really enjoyed the added scene with Victoria swimming towards Bella. (The book hints to the orange colour the water was reflecting, in a later revelation by Bella.) How did this scene come to be?
A.) Well, the orange coloured water wouldn't have looked right in the scene so we put her in the water visibly. That scene was difficult because we wanted to film her swimming towards Bella but it had to be at a distance. If it wasn't at a distance fans would wonder why Victoria didn't just get her in that short scene, but at the same time it had to feel threatening. That was all shot in Vancouver in a swimming pool, we had the actors underwater with four or five frog men with air tubes for security purposes. We also had green screens in the water surrounding the actors so we could CGI in all the particals in the water. Theres actually a program to add in all of the floating debris and colour differences in the water after filming. Kristen had a cold at the time and was scared of drowning. We had to force her to stay in the water [laughter] But Rob was more comfortable in the water, hes had to shoot underwater scenes in the past. [Harry Potter]
5.) Were there any scenes that you would have loved to see in the film but never made the final cut?
A.) Yes, one scene. Theres a scene with a motorcycle crash that gives more of a sense of danger. The reason why it didn't make the final cut was because of weather reasons, it was just too sunny to be considered Forks. The DVD will include that scene as well as extended scenes. Some of the extended scenes include more of Edward's visit to the Volturi concerning his immortality and more from the scene between Carlisle and Bella. [when he was stitching Bella up.] In one of the early drafts of the script this scene was not in the movie. Immediately I knew that had to change, it was essential to the story line.
Anyone else jonesin' for DVD extras???
6.) In the movie why were there two scenes where Bella and Jacob almost kiss when its not as dramatized in the book?
A.) It was more of trying to get the point across and we kind of stole the thunder from Eclipe a tiny bit so it wasn't just "Poor Jacob." With less Edward we needed a little more romanticism without compromising the spirit of the book.
7.) Did you have any say in the soundtrack? If so, how difficult was it to choose what made the final cut?
A.) I actually had a lot of say in it, and a lot of great bands didn't make the cut, [example: silver sun pickups] but we knew it needed to be more downbeat. For the scene with Bella's initial depression [the months] we had an older radiohead song, but we brought in Lykke Li and she watched the scene. She came back to us with a track that worked perfectly, but was never-racking because you never know what they're going to bring back. We really wanted newer, Indie songs for the soundtrack to match the mood.
OK, I need to know what Radiohead song was in that scene originally!!!
Check out this lucky girl's full post here.
Wow, so many fun tidbits that only make me sooo much more anxious for the DVD extras!
Thanx Edward & Bella's Meadow!
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Sarah Clarke (aka Twilight's Renee Dwyer) on 'Men of a Certain Age'
First off, I LOVE Men of a Certain Age. I am not "of a certain age," but this show is pretty much the only dramedy I look forward to on TV right now. You may remember seeing the "First Look" for Men before a little movie called New Moon! in Goodrich theaters because they mentioned (you guessed it) Twilight. [See video below. The TWI reference is around 14 secs.] If you haven't checked out this TNT gem, Hulu it now!
So, point is, I was watching yesterday's episode via my trusty DVR and noticed a familiar face: Sarah Clarke aka Renee Dwyer (Bella's hair brained mom). Below is a review of the ep and her performance.
Sarah Clarke and Ray Romano on "Men of a Certain Age."A quick review of tonight's "Men of a Certain Age" coming up just as soon as I see if they have a fitting room...
On the one hand, it's an atypical episode for the young series. Where previous installments focused evenly on the three guys, this is almost entirely Joe's episode, with Terry and Owen providing a running commentary (and getting occasional brief spotlight moments like Owen's wife calling him her big sexy bear). And the style is more overtly comic than before (though never at the expense of the show's level of reality), with both the date and the cyber-sex incident leading to some explosive bits of physical comedy: Joe throwing the money at Manfro, and especially Joe running away from Dory when the "I just want to look at you" advice backfired. My laptop nearly tumbled off my lap when he threw Dory off of him, sprang up from the couch and crashed into the lamp. It's not a shock to know that Ray Romano can do physical comedy, as he did plenty of that on "Raymond," but to see a moment like that pulled off in a more subdued, realistic setting, without feeling like it doesn't belong is impressive.
(Also impressive? Sarah Clarke as Dory. I really only know her as Nina Myers from "24," so she was a revelation as this intriguing, fun, sexy potential girlfriend for Joe. I want to see much more of her as the season goes along.)
And yet even with the slapstick, and the shaggy dog nature of the whole story, "Go with the Flow" never lost sight of those small, gap-filling moments this series does so well. Joe panics with Dory and potentially ruins everything, but then they have an honest conversation about it, and for once Joe's neuroses don't scare someone else away. It was another great, vulnerable, oddly charming moment from Romano.
Even the payoff to the cyber-sex subplot, while funny, felt small and real. This one was just a pleasure to watch, start to finish.
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So, point is, I was watching yesterday's episode via my trusty DVR and noticed a familiar face: Sarah Clarke aka Renee Dwyer (Bella's hair brained mom). Below is a review of the ep and her performance.
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Men of a Certain Age, 'Go with the Flow': Joe's first date
By Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger
January 11, 2010, 11:00PM
Sarah Clarke and Ray Romano on "Men of a Certain Age."A quick review of tonight's "Men of a Certain Age" coming up just as soon as I see if they have a fitting room...
"Stop analyzing and obsessing. Just let yourself enjoy something." -TerryI really wish I wasn't at press tour so I had time/energy for a longer review of "Go with the Flow," which was one of the early episodes I watched on a screener, and which is the one where I decided I was in with "Men of a Certain Age" for the long haul.
On the one hand, it's an atypical episode for the young series. Where previous installments focused evenly on the three guys, this is almost entirely Joe's episode, with Terry and Owen providing a running commentary (and getting occasional brief spotlight moments like Owen's wife calling him her big sexy bear). And the style is more overtly comic than before (though never at the expense of the show's level of reality), with both the date and the cyber-sex incident leading to some explosive bits of physical comedy: Joe throwing the money at Manfro, and especially Joe running away from Dory when the "I just want to look at you" advice backfired. My laptop nearly tumbled off my lap when he threw Dory off of him, sprang up from the couch and crashed into the lamp. It's not a shock to know that Ray Romano can do physical comedy, as he did plenty of that on "Raymond," but to see a moment like that pulled off in a more subdued, realistic setting, without feeling like it doesn't belong is impressive.
(Also impressive? Sarah Clarke as Dory. I really only know her as Nina Myers from "24," so she was a revelation as this intriguing, fun, sexy potential girlfriend for Joe. I want to see much more of her as the season goes along.)
And yet even with the slapstick, and the shaggy dog nature of the whole story, "Go with the Flow" never lost sight of those small, gap-filling moments this series does so well. Joe panics with Dory and potentially ruins everything, but then they have an honest conversation about it, and for once Joe's neuroses don't scare someone else away. It was another great, vulnerable, oddly charming moment from Romano.
Even the payoff to the cyber-sex subplot, while funny, felt small and real. This one was just a pleasure to watch, start to finish.
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'Alice in Wonderland' soundtrack looks like a very good trip
The Alice in Wonderland soundtrack looks like a very good trip that this soundtrack junky will be partaking!
Take a look, this thing is pretty stacked:
The album, which is being called Almost Alice, will be in stores in March 2nd, while a video for the soundtrack's first single, "Alice (Underground)" by Avril Lavigne," is due in early February.
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The rumors swirled. You heard that All Time Low and Avril Lavigne would appear on it. And that a collaboration between Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz would, too.
Well, we're hear to tell you: Those rumors were totally true.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as you can see now that we have been able to exclusively reveal the album's tracklisting. On top of the groups mentioned above, you'll also get Metro Station, Owl City, Robert Smith from The Cure, 3OH!3, Franz Ferdinand and plenty more re-imagining songs from the Disney classic.
Take a look, this thing is pretty stacked:
1. "Alice (Underground)" performed by Avril Lavigne
2. "The Poison" performed by The All-American Rejects
3. "The Technicolor Phase" performed by Owl City
4. "Her Name Is Alice" performed by Shinedown
5. "Painting Flowers" performed by All Time Low
6. "Where's My Angel" performed by Metro Station
7. "Strange" performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
8. "Follow Me Down" performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. "Very Good Advice" performed by Robert Smith
10. "In Transit" performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. "Welcome to Mystery" performed by Plain White T's
12. "Tea Party" performed by Kerli
13. "The Lobster Quadrille" performed by Franz Ferdinand
14. "Running Out of Time" performed by Motion City Soundtrack
15. "Fell Down a Hole" performed by Wolfmother
16. "White Rabbit" performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
The album, which is being called Almost Alice, will be in stores in March 2nd, while a video for the soundtrack's first single, "Alice (Underground)" by Avril Lavigne," is due in early February.
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'Breaking Dawn' rumors cleared up by Stephenie herself
There have been a few Breaking Dawn rumors going around saying that Stephenie Meyer couldn't come to an agreement with Summit about whether BD should be 1 or 2 movies (I just know it's going to be 2 and that breaks my heart a little.) and that's what has been keeping up production of the final chapter in the Twilight Saga.Of course, we all know that would never be true, and here's the proof direct from our fearless leader's mouth via Stepheniemeyer.com .
January 12, 2010
Just a quick note on the subject of the Breaking Dawn film: there is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two. My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I've said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I'm all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I've spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way. We're all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there. I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip gets fabricated to stir things up, but there's no basis to this particular story.
Steph
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Taylor to present at Golden Globes and my 'Eclipse' first look prediction
Twilight Be sure to tune-in this Sunday when Taylor Lautner presents at the Golden Globe Awards! http://bit.ly/5CuiGK
YEAH!!! I knew there was a reason I love awards season. The Golden Globes air on Sunday, January 17 at 8pm. And, PS, I am making an official prediction: The first Eclipse scene/teaser trailer will air on Sunday, March 7, 2010. That gives David Slade and crew approximately 5 months in post to whip up some newborn goodies for us TWI-Hards that have been patiently--did I say patiently? I meant ravenously-- waiting for a first look. If I'm right, we're just 3 short months away from Victoria's vengeance and all its glory!!!!
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Team Emmett & Stephan fans enjoy!
Here's a treat for all you Team Emmett TW-ans and Team Stephan Vamp Dia-ers.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
George Clooney is Team Anna (Kendrick)
The stars of ''Up In the Air'' talk about award shows, press tours, and body doubles | Jan 01, 2010
Up in the Air is a movie in large part about traveling in the 21st century. So it's only fitting that when the stars of director Jason Reitman's acclaimed film — George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick — get together on a mid-December morning in Los Angeles, they compare notes on who's been logging the most air miles in the weeks surrounding the movie's release. Kendrick has been doing double PR duty for Up in the Air and New Moon, and believes she has a leg up on Farmiga: ''I definitely made one extra round-trip from New York to L.A. that you didn't make,'' she says. ''Yes, but my 11-month-old has been with me and I'm taking his points,'' says Farmiga, who's heading back home to New York with her son as soon as this interview is over. ''He has the nastiest carbon footprint of any 11-month-old you've ever met.''
Clooney, meanwhile, is strangely silent. ''I was in Italy the whole time working,'' admits the actor, who conveniently avoided much of the Up in the Air press tour. ''It worked out so nicely for me!''
All three of them had better keep their frequent-flier numbers handy: They've got countless awards ceremonies to attend. Thanks to its irresistible mix of Hollywood gloss and timely corporate-downsizing themes — including testimonials from real-life firees — Up in the Air is a surefire nominee for the Best Picture Oscar (see our predictions on page 35). The R-rated comedic drama, which arrived at Paramount via DreamWorks, won Best Picture honors from the National Board of Review and scored the most nominations at the Golden Globes. Its three main cast members all earned Globe and SAG award nods: Clooney for his breezy turn as a high-flying consultant who fires people for a living, Farmiga as a fellow traveler with whom he starts a steamy affair, and Kendrick as his type A young colleague who's been pushing their boss to save money by sacking people via videoconference. We quizzed the three likely Oscar nominees on awards campaigns, body doubles, and their preferred airplane seats.
EW: Anna has a great line about you in the film: Someone asks her if she's interested in you, and she says, ''I don't even think of him that way — he's old.'' Is this the first time you've been described as old in a movie?
Clooney No, I even wrote a line in one of the Ocean's films. I'm like, ''You think I'm 50?'' And Casey Affleck says, ''52?'' I wrote that. I actually don't mind it. If it's coming from Anna, it's even funnier.
EW: Anna, did you feel bad delivering that line?
Anna Kendrick No! Are you kidding? After the crap that I took from this guy? Jesus! [To Clooney] How's your hip, old man?
EW: Let's wrap up with a frequent-flier question. Window or aisle?
Clooney Always window for me, so I'm at least one person away from being automatically grabbed and touched [by fans]. You need a little buffer.
Farmiga Window. Because it's a nice head prop.
Kendrick Window. Which gets tricky when the person next to you is trying to sleep and you don't know them. I have actually been in the middle of crawling over a man that I did not know, thinking that I was stealth enough to get over him without waking him — and he woke up. He was looking at me as I was hovering over him.
Clooney''Not now, baby, relax!''
EW: And finally, how does it feel to know that no matter how many Oscar nominations this movie gets, it still won't make nearly as much money as Anna's other movie, New Moon?
Kendrick Yeah, take that, bitches!
Clooney [To Kendrick, sarcastically] How did it do? Did it do okay?
EW: George, are you Team Edward or Team Jacob, by the way?
Clooney I've gone right over that. I'm Team Anna
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Girl on Girl and an 8 Ball of Coke--I am totally seeing 'The Runaways'!
UPDATED: More Tweetage
Girl on Girl and an 8 Ball of Coke-- Now I can totally get my BF to see The Runaways with me!
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Girl on Girl and an 8 Ball of Coke-- Now I can totally get my BF to see The Runaways with me!
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Update from Twilight Miami Tour
Update from Twilight Tour Miami from Dr. Cullen himself.
Ohhh, I am TW-uper excited to see Esme kick some Newborn ass!!! Maybe there's more than one decapitation...
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Ohhh, I am TW-uper excited to see Esme kick some Newborn ass!!! Maybe there's more than one decapitation...
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Anna Kendrick explains how much of an "inspiration" Rob Pattinson is to George Clooney on Ellen
Anna Kendrick explains how much of an "inspiration" Rob Pattinson is to George Clooney on Ellen.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
'Daybreakers' casts a different light on vampires
I was really excited for Daybreakers until I read the EW review. Seriously? Ethan Hawke's vamp crusader's name is (brace yourself) Edward...? What kind of Twilight runoff verbal connection were they hoping for there? Just FYI, Michael Spierig &
Peter Spierig (screenwriters) you split the goose on that character name choice. Whatever you meant to happen with that will simply TW-ack fire because I assure you, although Ethan is smokin', he hardly dazzles. Sorry...
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Peter Spierig (screenwriters) you split the goose on that character name choice. Whatever you meant to happen with that will simply TW-ack fire because I assure you, although Ethan is smokin', he hardly dazzles. Sorry...
Daybreakers (2010)
| Jan 07, 2010
Image credit: Ben Rothstein
PLASMA SCREEN Portraying a vampire with a conscience, Ethan Hawke gets into full-on warrior mode in Daybreakers
Vampires are popping up so often these days, and in such a trendy sympathetic light, that it's getting hard to remember when they were the vicious and spooky ''other.'' You could argue that Daybreakers takes the new commonality of vampires to its logical extreme. The movie is set in 2019, 10 years after vampires have taken over the earth and established an undead society that looks a lot like the human one they wiped out. Yes, they've still got big incisors and golden eyes, but they also stand on subway platforms in Willy Loman overcoats, waiting glumly for the next train, and in line at fast-food outlets that serve coffee and ''20 percent'' blood. That would be human blood, and the reason for the scant percentage figure is that the world is fast running out of it. (It's a thin metaphor for our situation with oil.)
Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke), a vampire hematologist, works for a corporation that farms the blood of human cattle, who hang naked and unconscious with syringes holstered into their necks. Portrayed by Hawke as a sulky silent renegade, Edward lives in a cobalt blue modernist apartment that looks like it could be the vampire version of Mickey Rourke's lair in 9 1/2 Weeks (talk about crypts!). He is working on a plan to create synthetic blood, a crusade that would rescue the vampire world (and save a few humans, too). The only thing that stands in the way is — you guessed it — bloodsucking corporate greed. The sibling writer-director team of Michael and Peter Spierig gather the promising elements of a socio-satirical horror movie. But when Edward joins a roving band of human renegades, led by Willem Dafoe as a guy named Elvis, Daybreakers turns into a ponderous apocalyptic chase film — it's like Children of Men with exploding-plasma shock effects. The best thing you can say about the movie is that it pours some very old blood into a new plastic bottle. EW Grade: C
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Best 'New Moon' fanmade vid EVER!
If there was an honorary New Moon soundtrack this song ["New Moon"] by Celica Westbrook would be track one! It makes for a TW-abulous fanmade that has me seconds away from grabbing my car keys, trenching through the blizzard outside my window and heading to see NM again.
I know it's a bold claim, but this is the best NM fanmade EVER! There, I said it. I dare you to find one better. Seriously, I want to see some contenders TW-eople. A little friendly competition...?
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I know it's a bold claim, but this is the best NM fanmade EVER! There, I said it. I dare you to find one better. Seriously, I want to see some contenders TW-eople. A little friendly competition...?
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Queen Latifah sinks her teeth into the role of Bella for People's Choice Awards Spoof
As ridiculous as this spoof was, I feel obligated to post it. (You should know by now that I am not a fan of the parody. So please excuse my judgment.) Queen Latifah and "Edward" revamped the New Moon breakup scene (of all scenes to make a mockery of! Some TW-espect!) at the People's Choice Awards last night where everyone's fav jailbate crush Taylor Lautner won Best Breakout Male .
Taylor's acceptance speech
Last, but not least some yummy pics of our TWI reps at the PCA ceremony, Taylor and Kellan.
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Taylor's acceptance speech
Last, but not least some yummy pics of our TWI reps at the PCA ceremony, Taylor and Kellan.
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Cross your fingers for Paramore to rock on 'Eclipse' Soundtrack
Can we expect another single that so perfectly captures the mood of the Twilight Saga from Paramore the way ’Decode’ did? (PS Click the "Decode" link to see a live performance of the song. If you haven't seen Paramore live --go ASAP!--you'll get a taste of the synchronized headbanging, as I like to call it, from guitarist, Josh Farro, and bassist, Jeremy Davis, that I love so much around minute 2:15.) I was so bummed when they said no to the New Moon soundtrack and have my fingers crossed that they return for Eclipse.
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