| Ryan Sheckler Loves To Ride _ _ _ _ |
[30 Dec 2009|02:18pm] |
Ryan Sheckler is all about new ways to improve his skateboarding skills, which is why he’s 100% behind pal Tony Hawk’s new video game, “Ride.”
The 20-year-old X-Gamer boasts, “Everyone’s going to like the game. It’s fun, you know — it’s something different.”
Tony Hawk: Ride is a one-of-a-kind skateboard device that players can actually stand on to perform tricks. It’s got infrared sensors that detect motion so it knows exactly what moves you’re making. Pretty cool, huh?
FYI: Today is Ryan’s 20th Birthday.
( Videos + more Sheckler news... )
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Ryan's twitter and me
All caught up now?
Happy Birthday Ryan.
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| Problem with DVD screeners of the only good 2009 movie with "Moon" in the title |
[30 Dec 2009|04:14pm] |
A little dust-up is occurring in the world of Academy screeners.
Apparently, Sony has not included copies of the Sony Pictures Classics film “Moon,” written by Nathan Parker and directed by Duncan Jones, in its package of awards-season screeners. News of this exclusion comes from Jones, who has been tweeting with supporters about the situation, since it severely kneecaps the film’s — and star Sam Rockwell’s — chances at Oscar consideration.
Among Jones’ tweets Wednesday, are these references to Sony and its decision:
“we have more than asked.. we’ve knocked heads. they have chosen the films they are backing & we are not in their plans.”
“They say it costs too much for our little film as they would need to be water-marked copies as our DVD isnt out yet in the US.”
Neil Gaiman has offered his help to Jones via tweet, and others have suggested enlisting Jon Favreau to the cause, since he is rumored to be disappointed by Sony’s disinclusion of “Moon.” (There’s also a petition circulating to get Rockwell an Oscar nomination.)
It’s unlikely that the effort will change any minds at Sony, but it’s invigorating to see another example of filmmakers working outside the blockbuster system — and the filmgoers who support their films — using new technology to fight for exposure. At the very least, these partisans know that their techno-agitating will likely lead to more people seeing the film.
And that’s always the goal.
WTF, not cool. That movie was very original and quite good. Sam Rockwell needs moar love. :(
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| Samantha Ronson Gears Up for New Year’s in Sydney . . . .ALONE. |
[30 Dec 2009|05:02pm] |
Opting to ring in 2010 in the Land Down Under, Samantha Ronson was spotted arriving in Sydney, Australia all by her lonesome on Friday morning (December 31).
In town to deejay a big New Year’s Eve fete, the 32-year-old former flame of Lindsay Lohan will be manning the turntables at the Sydney Opera House.
As for her airport arrival, SamRo told awaiting paparazzi that she “looked forward to seeing a bit of Sydney over the next couple of days before flying out and back home.”
Also taking to her Twitter account, Samantha voiced her hopes of improving weather conditions, writing, “ok sydney-what’s with this weather? better clear up for tonight!”
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| My BF, Soap Star Scott Evans, Discusses Being Publicly Outed By His Movie Star Brother |
[30 Dec 2009|03:58pm] |
 
In an interview with We Love Soaps, "One Life to Live's" Scott Evans (Oliver Fish) talks about being publicly outed by his brother, "Fantastic Four" star Chris Evans, in the pages of gay publication The Advocate.
"When that article came out," Evans told the site, "[Chris] took a lot of flack from a lot of his friends who said, 'I can’t believe you did that.' Immediately I got a phone call from him. He left me this message freaking out, 'Are you okay with this? I didn’t mean to do this, I didn’t mean to hurt you.' I was like, 'Dude, I don’t care. It’s as if you said Scott Evans has blonde hair and blue eyes.' It’s who I am, I don’t really care. He was relieved to hear that, but he still comes up and says, Dude, I’m sorry about that. I’m like, I don’t care. I’m glad that he’s comfortable enough to talk about it and he’s not ashamed."
Evans also discussed Rupert Everett's infamous quote about not recommending gay men to come out in Hollywood.
"It’s probably true, and if I’m pigeonholed as a gay character the rest of my life, okay. I don’t mind. I think acting is acting. How you do a role should have nothing to do with your sexual practice as a basis. More and more there are gay roles on everything. I have no problem playing gay, or playing straight, and nobody else should either. But they do!"
The full interview, in which Evans discusses in depth his role as gay cop Oliver Fish on ABC's "One Life to Live," is available at WeLoveSoaps.net.
In related "One Life to Live" news, today, the soap featured Daytime TV's first gay male love scene, between Evans' character and his boyfriend, Kyle Lewis (played by Brett Claywell). I'm sure most people will bitch about how tame it is compared to, say, "Queer as Folk," but just consider that this is daytime network television before you pass judgment.
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| NBC must be REALLY REALLY REALLY desperate |
[30 Dec 2009|03:41pm] |
A network insider confirms that NBC is in talks to bring back Last Comic Standing, a talent show that ran for six seasons on the peacock network.
NBC’s reality guru Paul Telegdy is looking to re-launch the franchise with a new host (so long, Bill Bellamy!) and some format changes so it can air as part of the network’s summer lineup, which includes America’s Got Talent and (possibly) the new Losing it with Jillian, featuring The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels.
Comic pits comedians against each other in a competition for a development contract with NBC. It last aired during the summer of 2008, when it averaged 5.2 million viewers and a 7 share among adults 18-49. Though it doesn’t necessarily blow the roof off Nielsen, the show performs particularly well among adults 18-49 living in homes with $75K-plus and $100k-plus incomes.
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| Put your schlongs and melons away: graphic sex and nudity don't sell at the movies |
[30 Dec 2009|03:49pm] |
Filmmakers counting on sexy scenes to make their bank may be surprised by a new study that suggests moviegoers prefer modesty. Above, Robert Downey Jr. in the recently-released 'Sherlock Holmes.'
At least not in the movies, according to one study.
CNN reports that an examination of more than 900 films released between 2001 and 2005 concluded that sex and nudity did not ensure a big box office return, or extra media attention.
The study goes by the ungainly title: "Sex Doesn't Sell — nor Impress! Content, Box Office, Critics, and Awards in Mainstream Cinema." Dean Keith Simonton, a co-author, asserts that the study drew from the largest body of work used for film research.
"Sex did not sell, whether in the domestic or international box office," Simonton, who is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, told CNN. "Even among R movies, less graphic sex is better."
The top-grossing films in the study included movies like "Shrek 2;" "Spider-Man;" "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," all of which contained just minor to mild sex and/or nudity.
The study was inspired by something experienced a few years back by its co-author, Anemone Cerridwen, according to CNN. She had been taking acting classes and became increasingly uncomfortable with some of the sexualized content she was encountering. That led her to consider to pursuit data about the lucrative aspect of sex in movies.
"I assumed sex sold, and wanted to know by how much," Cerridwen told CNN. "I braced myself for the worst, and got quite the surprise."
Craig Detweiler, director of the Center for Entertainment, Media and Culture at Pepperdine University, said the study's findings reflect the culture's post-sexual revolution sensibilities.
"Nothing is as shocking anymore," he told CNN. "You can see it in Britney Spears' kiss with Madonna and Janet Jackson's Super Bowl performance. Things that were a big controversy among some, the next generation kind of yawned at."
Tom Jacobs, staff writer for the academic research periodical Miller-McCune, wrote about the study and said there has long been the belief that the many young males who make up movie audiences are enthralled by female nudity.
"These researchers really put that belief to the test and crunched the numbers," Jacob said. "What I took from the study is that a hint of sex is perhaps more enticing than out-and-out nudity."
The study's authors hope their findings have some direct impact on moviemaking.
"I do believe that there are a fair number of people in the film industry who want to make better films, and this study may give them some ammunition," Carridwen told CNN. "I know that Hollywood has been trying to make more family-friendly films for a while (since the '90s) and it seems to be helping ticket sales, so my guess is that this research would complement that."
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| "Thriller" going into National Film Registry |
[30 Dec 2009|03:23pm] |
"The red leather jacket. The yellow eyes. The zombies. The dance. That laugh. Think what you want about the late man himself, but videos don't come much more culturally significant than Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Which is exactly why the Library of Congress has seen fit to include the groundbreaking 1983 music video as one of the 25 films to be added to the National Film Registry this year.
The preserving body typically selects films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Not to mention films that are, well, actual films.
( Something evil's luring in the dark )
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[30 Dec 2009|12:40pm] |
Taylor Momsen on the Febuary issue of Seventeen
A new Pretty Reckless song is out!
under the cut is pictures and quotes!
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| Bedlam ensues - James Blunt had UK's best settling album of the Decade |
[31 Dec 2009|06:22am] |
But Robbie Williams stuck it to him for the decade's most successful act...
The markets will crash, the seas will rise, and the Four Horsemen will surely approacheth, because it's official – James Blunt's Back to Bedlam was the UK's bestselling album of the decade. Blunt's 2004 debut, seen by some as an easy-listening masterpiece, by others as a banal and soppy travesty, beat out Dido's No Angel and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black to be named the noughties' most successful release by the Official Charts Company.
In the United States, Americans had the decency to make the Beatles' compilation disc, 1, top of their 10-year chart. In Britain, however, the Fabs only came in at number six with the rest of the UK's top 10 filled by Leona Lewis, David Gray, Coldplay, Scissor Sisters, Take That, and one more Dido record.
While James Blunt has every reason to celebrate, he was not in fact the decade's most successful act. Counting across releases, and including back-catalogue sales, according to Music Week the trophy belongs to Robbie Williams. The former Take That singer sold 12.18m albums between 1 January 2000 and 26 September 2009 (when data was last tabulated), followed by Westlife at 10.14m, Coldplay at 9.12m and Eminem at 8.01m. Eminem also topped the Americans' 10 year sales list, edging out the Beatles.
Williams is also the artist with the most albums – five – in the noughties' top 100. Putting the list into further perspective, Susan Boyle's recent (albeit record-breaking) debut is already at number 56.
For better and for worse, Blunt gets to have the smuggest grin on his face. When Back to Bedlam was released in 2004, first-week sales were just 482. It didn't crack the UK albums chart until the following year, when radio plays of You're Beautiful drove the maudlin ballad deep into Britain's collective consciousness. That song – and the album from which it's taken – went on to sell more than 3m copies in the UK.
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I still love Weird Al's 'You're Pitiful', which really summed this whole album up
Robbie has every reason to be so very smug
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| Brooke Mueller is already out partying |
[30 Dec 2009|03:14pm] |
This story just keeps getting weirder....
Brooke Mueller has not gone into hiding after her Christmas Day incident with husband Charlie Sheen. Mueller, who tearfully told a 911 dispatcher that Sheen was threatening her with a knife on Dec. 25, was out and about in Aspen, Colo. (where the alleged incident took place) on Monday, E! News reports.
The 32 year-old attended a cocktail party at her mother's home and hit celeb hangout Caribou Club and "stayed until closing time," a source tells E!. (this would be Dec 28).
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| Leighton Meester Post! |
[30 Dec 2009|02:13pm] |
Aside from starring as Blair Waldorf on the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” Leighton Meester is also the latest actress working to become a pop star.
On Friday Meester will perform her single, “Somebody to Love,” and other songs from her electro-pop debut album (currently without a name or release date) at Underground (doors open at 10 p.m., $20 cover; RSVP to vip@rockitranch.com by noon Friday). It will be her first trip to Chicago, and her agenda is simple: “We don’t have a lot of time,” says Meester, 23, from Miami. “We’re going to have a nice meal, we’re going to party, we’re going to do the show and maybe get to run around a little bit and see what the city’s all about.”
How much of a stigma, if any, do you feel as an actor turned musician?
I feel none, unless I’m asked that question.
Which actor-turned-musician do you listen to more: Heidi Montag or Joey Lawrence?
I wasn’t aware of either.
Of either one existing as a person?
No, I mean, I know who those people are, but I didn’t know that they were musicians or actors. I know Joey Lawrence is an actor, but I didn’t know that Heidi Montag was an actress. I think that if I look up to any actor/musicians, and there are quite a few of them, I really like Dolly Parton, 2Pac, Cher. I really like Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez. There’s a lot of ‘em. ( more of this interview... )
( arriving + performing at Klutch in Miami, FL )
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| Gabby Sidibe talks about JT again, remains adorable while doing so |
[30 Dec 2009|03:09pm] |
During an interview with PopWrap about her mega-amazing year, talk eventually turned to Justin Timberlake and Gabourey Sidibe compared him to food. More specifically, toppings at a Cold Stone Creamery.
PopWrap: OK, so what was more awesome about 2009: getting a Golden Globe nomination or having Justin Timberlake announce your nomination?
Gabourey: OK, here's the deal with that. The way I feel about the Golden Globe nomination versus Justin Timberlake announcing it, it's like the nomination is That's How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery and Justin saying my name is like cherries on top of That's How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery.
PW: So what will you do when and if you finally meet him?
Gabourey: Oh, I'm going to pretend to be cool for exactly 10 seconds. Like, when I met Lance...
PW: On the "Jay Leno show," yeah, we all say [laughs].
Gabourey: How awesome was that?!? I just screamed but then I thought "calm down so you can be friends with him." So with Justin, I'm going to fake being cool for as long as I can so I can possibly be friends with him, maybe more! [laughs] See, I feel like he's not going to friend a fan.
PW: Um, you're peers now!
Gabourey: Are we? Oh please, I'm so not on Justin's level!
PW: Does he have a Golden Globe nomination? I don't think so!
Gabourey: True, but he's got like a million Grammys!
PW: Well, I think Golden Globes trump Grammys -- it's even got twice as many "Gs" in in!
Gabourey: Word. And there's one "G" in Gabourey too -- booya!
Couldn't get cut to work right, so whole IV is at the source! (for the record, I was gunna title the jump "my favorite color is fluorescent beige")
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| Dr. Death Steve Williams dies |
[30 Dec 2009|03:01pm] |
The wrestling world has lost a legend, as it's sad to report that former UWF and All Japan Triple Crown champion Steve "Dr. Death" Williams lost his battle with cancer last night, passing away at the age of 49.
We will have more details as we receive them and would like to pass our deepest condolences out to the family, friends and fans of one hell of a great athlete.
Williams began his career in 1979, originally trained for MMA, however began wrestling for Bill Watts' MidSouth Wrestling. He formed a team with Ted DiBiase, and feuded with Eddie Gilbert, and was one of a few number of wrestlers who got an early push when MidSouth Wrestling was bought by Jim Crockett and renamed Universal Wrestling Federation.
Williams had stints in both WWE and WCW, becoming WCW World Tag Team Champions with Terry Gordy.
In 2004, WIlliams underwent surgery for throat cancer and was declared cancer free for a year.
He worked briefly in Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's former developmental facility, teaming with current Raw superstar Jack Swagger.
He had a couple of matches this year before oficially retiring, following the death of longtime friend Mitsaharu Misawa.
Once again, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of a legend, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.
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| Model Beverly Johnson sued by ex who claims he was paid to be her boyfriend |
[30 Dec 2009|02:49pm] |
Beverly Johnson may be one of the world’s most well-known supermodels, but according to a lawsuit filed by her ex-boyfriend Mark Burk he was paid to be the former supermodels man. According to TMZ.com, Burk is claiming that he was paid to be Johnson’s boyfriend and that during their relationship he was to receive exactly half of the earnings she made while they were together. Burk also claims that Johnson was willing to pay him “for the rest of his life in the same style and manner that was established.” No offense to Mark Burk, but his claims definitely sound a little suspect.
( Why this may seem a little suspect )
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We should all be thankful for Beverly Johnson because without her there would be no Ty Ty Banks or crazy Naomi
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| Peter Jackson knighted |
[31 Dec 2009|08:32am] |
 Sir Peter Jackson has called receiving his knighthood an "incredible moment". The honour, announced today, comes on the back of yet another box office success for Sir Peter, after his film The Lovely Bones was released on Boxing Day. The film-maker is among five New Zealanders to become knights or dames in the New Year honours list. Sir Peter, whose career started with the 1987 horror Bad Taste, was made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. That followed the final in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, which won nine Academy Awards in 2004 - the most won by a single film. In a written statement, Sir Peter called receiving the honour an "incredible moment". "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong." The honour reflected New Zealand's "film pioneers" who blazed the trail for the industry, he said. He added that it was a tribute to his parents, Bill and Joan, "who gave me the most valuable gift of all - unqualified encouragement and unconditional support, [and] would have been beside themselves with pride at this moment". It is understood Sir Peter is now working to adapt the Mortal Engines fantasy novels for the screen, as well as producing The Adventures of Tintin and The Hobbit. His World War II film Dambusters is due for release next year. Source |
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| Lil Wayne says goodbye to fans |
[30 Dec 2009|02:21pm] |
NEW ORLEANS — Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.
The artist returned to his hometown of New Orleans for a performance Monday on what he's calling his farewell tour.
"I'm nothing without you," he told the screaming crowd of thousands of fans at the New Orleans Arena after opening the concert with "A Milli," which last year earned him a Grammy for best rap solo.
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