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Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” director Neil Marshall on nudity and creating the battle

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Neil Marshall, who directed last week’s “Blackwater” episode, talks to Empire Online about creating the epic battle and his experience working on the show.

Marshall confirms that the chain, a vital part of Tyrion’s plan to thwart Stannis’s fleet in A Clash of Kings, was eliminated from the script early on for budgetary reasons, before he came on board. The director brought his experience on such action and adventure films as “Centurion” and “The Descent” to the table, coming up with the idea for the battering ram/boat combination used by Stannis’s men, and proposing that the men defending King’s Landing be using boulders in addition to arrows. He also brought Stannis himself into the front of the battle, as opposing to Stannis leading from a distance as in the novel.

A notable section of the discussion involves the show’s use of nudity and “sexposition,” an aspect so notorious it was lampooned by SNL. What asked about his feelings on the subject, Marshall responded:

It was pretty surreal. I’d not done anything like that in my films before. But the weirdest part was when you have one of the exec producers leaning over your shoulder, going, “You can go full frontal, you know. This is television, you can do whatever you want! And do it! I urge you to do it.” So I was like, “Okay, well, if you— you’re the boss.”

Marshall further elaborated:

This particular exec took me to one side and said, “Look, I represent the pervert side of the audience, okay? Everybody else is the serious drama side—I represent the perv side of the audience, and I’m saying I want full frontal nudity in this scene.” So you go ahead and do it.

The extensive use of nudity has been debated since the show began, with frequent accusations that HBO and Game of Thrones showrunners were shoehorning sex scenes into episodes to make lengthy exposition scenes more palatable for the average viewer. Some take issue with full nudity in general, while others only have a problem when the nudity (almost invariably female) and/or sex is a distraction from the subject at hand and not central to that scene’s intent. This blunt peek behind the scenes has been startling for some. While sexuality is a definite part of the realistic fantasy world of Westeros in George R. R. Martin’s books, Marshall’s remarks seem to confirm that the show’s attitude toward nudity and sex is a rather cynical one, based on pandering to those they may not think will appreciate the show without it.

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'Snow White and the Huntsman' Tops Friday With Strong $20.3 Million

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Snow White in Battle

Universal's latest summer event pic Snow White and the Huntsman is overperforming in its domestic launch, grossing $20.3 million on Friday for a projected weekend opening north of $55 million. If Snow White starring Charlize Theron, Kristin Stewart and Liam Hemsworth stays on course, it will be the first of Hollywood's recent fairy tale re-tellings to work with moviegoers. The film also could mark a much-needed win for Universal after big-budget stumple Battleship and recent comedy miss The Five-Year Engagement.Box office observers will be watching carefully to see whether Snow White's B CinemaScore affects word of mouth over the weekend.Snow White wasn't a cheap proposition, costing at least $170 million to produce, excluding a six-figure marketing spend. It also will need to do good business overseas, where it is opening in 45 markets this weekend.Based on initial numbers, Universal is predicting a $39.3 million international opening for Snow White, higher than two other female-skewing properites, The Hunger Games ($38.7 million) and the first Twilight ($30 million). Snow White opened No. 1 in 30 of the markets, and is doing particularly well in Latin America and Asia, including placing No. 1 in Mexico with $1 million on Friday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-snow-white-prometheus-332329

Master of the Games: George R. R. Martin Spars and Parties with Fans in Montana

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The Iron Throne, shipped from New Jersey for $4,000, was a fiberglass replica identical to the one HBO uses for its hit show Game of Thrones. Sitting on the throne was Daenerys Targaryen, also known as Amy Dixon, who hadn't traveled quite so far: she drove to Missoula, Montana after finishing the semester at Carroll College in Helena. The dragons at her side, two red and blue hand puppets, materialized from somewhere in the hotel's "Lobby of Doom" just before she competed in the Gameshow of Thrones, part of the 26th annual Missoula Convention (MisCon) for science fiction and fantasy fans.

The event featured six fans dressed as major characters from the Game of Thrones series. They drank poison (Kool-Aid), dueled (with trivia, not swords), and answered anachronistic questions in character (what would Stannis Baratheon think of global warming?). A rowdy audience voted and heckled them off stage until only Amy remained, the queen of the Lobby of Doom.

She was just one of a thousand-plus enthusiasts who descended on Missoula for the event, drawn by a shared love for genre stories, cosplay and the opportunity to attend panels and activities like "Raising Little Geeks," "Ancient Aliens: Fact or Fiction?" or "Throwing Axes, Swords and Knives." At almost all hours various R.P.G.s (role-playing games) were unfolding in hotel rooms.

But the biggest attraction at MisCon 2012, the thing that made people drive nine hours from Portland, or pull their kids from school, or fly in from Pennsylvania, was the presence of one very special guest: Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.



Martin entered his first event at MisCon flanked by two big guys in purple shirts and black Utilikilts, which are distinguished from normal kilts by an alarming number of straps, slots and pockets for weapons. As Martin walked to the front of a conference room, a kilted security guy whose nametag identified him as Love-a-lot-bear said into his headset: "Ops, this is Echo, was anyone able to find Alpha?"

Love-a-lot-bear and his team seemed assembled less to protect against any real threat than to provide themselves with a chance to wear fancy wireless headsets and say things like "Ops, this is Echo." The security team was like an R.P.G. that hadn't quite realized its status as a game. Martin, in a capacious pair of black Levi's, suspenders and newsboy cap, made it safely to the panelists' table and began taking questions.

"Why do you kill all my favorite characters?" someone asked. Martin flashed a wicked grin and laced his fingers in a cartoon villain's pose. "Give me a list of your surviving favorites and I'll see what I can do."

"Is Jaime Lannister cursed by the Gods?" another asked. Martin put his elbows on the table and leaned forward, "Do you really believe there are Gods? I'll answer whether there are Gods in my books when I see definitive evidence about whether there are Gods in this world. Maybe if God turns up and is interviewed on CNN or something." Another fan asked Martin if he ever just wanted to shake some of his favorite authors for making a particular choice in a book. "I'm opposed to shaking authors," he said dryly.

A vocal minority of Martin's fans post angry comments on his website. Typically they're angry at him for not delivering the next book in the series rapidly enough. He used to reply to disgruntled fans, but he soon learned the folly of online debate. "Don't feed the trolls. Delete and ignore them," he told me over cheese and cherries after his first panel. But the impatience of some fans puzzles him. "I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things."

On the second day of MisCon, hundreds of fans were waiting in a snaking line to get books signed. However strident some might be online, his fans looked vaguely amorous when they reached the front of the signing line. They smiled shyly or stared as if they couldn't quite believe he was real. With the Iron Throne replica looming just behind him, it was hard not to see Martin as monarch, greeting his awestruck subjects in a New Jersey accent.

Each fan could get two books signed and one personalized. One man passed Martin a book with a yellow post-it with the message he wanted: I will sit on your lap. Martin chuckled and said in a friendly tone, "I don't think I can write that." It wasn't the strangest personalization request he's ever seen. At one convention a fan asked him to write a marriage proposal. He pointed out to the young man that if he wrote "Will you marry me?" it might seem as if he, George R.R. Martin, were proposing. So instead he wrote Mary, will you marry John? At a room party that night, John presented the book to Mary, whose response was something along the lines of, "Are you out of your fucking mind?" They had met only two days before.

Near the end of the signing, a man presented Martin with two books and his daughter. "This is Daenerys," he told Martin, "I sent you a letter about her five years ago." Daenerys, a squirmy blonde in a pink jacket, looked about five years old. "Hello there," Martin said, "do you like dragons?" She nodded, and they made room for the next fan.

Martin has had countless pets and a handful of children named after characters from his series. "One little boy was named Tywin," he told me. "It's a nice name, but I do wonder about the role model aspect there." He's also had fans ask him to sign various body parts before they rushed off to get his signature tattooed at a local parlor.

Martin has attended conventions since the early 1970s, when there was "a bathtub full of beer" at every con and frequent "midnight skinny-dipping in hotel pools." (People at conventions call them cons. Wandering MisCon I heard of easily half-a-dozen other cons: RadCon, OddCon, Dragon*Con, WorldCon, Comic-Con, SpoCon). Cons in the 1970s were more literary and less focused on gaming. Everyone read the same sci-fi novels, and despite the beer and nudity, bookish conversation flourished. "I miss that in a way – the intense literary discussions. Now there are so many books, so many authors, everyone's read different things."

One glaring exception to this trend is Martin himself, whose books everyone at MisCon seemed to have read, not to mention his 15 million-plus book sales worldwide. Martin loves reaching a huge audience, but he resists the twin notions that popular literature lacks aesthetic merit and obscure books are always profound. As an undergrad as Northwestern, he took a creative writing workshop and got "pummeled" by the professor and his peers, who wrote self-consciously literary pieces and scorned genre fiction. "The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy. People in America waited on the docks for the latest Dickens novel to arrive. He was the Stephen King of his day. You can't expect profundity from a 19-year-old in a writing workshop, but at least teach them how to write a fucking plot."

Martin explained just how far "literary" fiction has "its head up its ass." Coming back from England a few months ago, Martin glanced at a review of well-received literary novel in a newspaper. The reviewer quoted and praised a passage that used soaring lyrical language to describe ice cubes melting in a glass of vodka. "I was thinking, OK, the style is very nice, but he's describing fucking ice melting! What does this say about the human heart in conflict with itself?" he asked, alluding to a phrase in William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Good fiction, in other words, doesn't respect arbitrary borders of genre. Some literary stuff is awful and some genre stuff is great.

Martin doesn't think that commercial success inevitably compromises quality, but he does see a danger in making aesthetic choices for commercial reasons. On the "Tackling the Silver Screen" panel, he shared some of his experiences in Hollywood, where between 1985 and 1995, he wrote for the Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast. He explained the corrupting potential of Hollywood by paraphrasing the writer Harlan Ellison: trying to make great art in Hollywood is like a climbing a mountain of shit to plant a single rose. By the time you reach the summit, you might have lost your sense of smell.

During Martin's first ten years in Hollywood, he often found himself "taking script notes from morons," in meetings. He didn't have a problem with collaboration; he had a problem with collaboration with morons. Now that he's working with David Benioff and Daniel B. Weiss on HBO's Game of Thrones, he's happy trading ideas and taking notes. Most of his complaints about the series are minor and budget-related. HBO spends roughly five million per episode, a figure higher than the budgets for most network shows, but still not enough to do everything they want. Special effects are expensive, filming in three international locations is expensive, and actors "have this thing where they like to get paid."

The second night of MisCon, I decided to investigate whether rumors of Martin showing up at room parties were true. I was also hoping to see a bathtub full of beer. Watching the nightlife felt like seeing hundreds of people doing things in public they usually did only before the bathroom mirror. At the drag show, a large man wearing black horns, silver boots and green face paint was lip-syncing the words "I'm a little naughty girl" to raucous applause. There was a general abundance of capes, wings, horns and facial hair.

I found Martin in a room surrounded by a dozen or so people, from college-aged to middle-aged. Someone carried in a bucket plastered with biohazard stickers that was releasing a vapory fog. A ladle materialized and soon bright green drinks were being dredged from the bucket. "Would you like some toxic waste?" a girl asked Martin cheerfully. "Someone gave me a green thing last night, then a brown thing. Tonight I'll stick with a margarita," he said.

The fans' shyness had relaxed since the morning signing, and the toxic waste was helping relax things even more. Martin talked with one fan about various clues that the character Renly Baratheon was gay, smiled for cell phone photo shoots and laughed loudly at jokes. He met his wife at a con, and most of his serious friendships and relationships began at cons. "I never had kids," he'd told an audience that afternoon, "so in a way I think of people at cons as family."

After a while he wandered outside to the balcony overlooking the pool, where no one was yet skinny-dipping. Two college-aged girls whispered to each other when they spotted him. One put a hand over her heart and made fluttering motions. They worked up the nerve to ask for a photo, and he posed with an arm around each girl.

"I'm sorry, I love you," one said, planting a quick kiss on his cheek. He laughed. "No, you love my books." "No, it's the man behind the books!" "Well," he chuckled, "that's a different story."



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Princess of China Video Released!

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And the wait is over! Since hearing the song back in October we’ve had promo pics and tour editions of the video, and after waiting what seems like a lifetime, Coldplay have finally delivered the full video for their collaboration with Rihanna, “Princess of China.” Taking the China theme and running with it, we see full Geisha attire as well as martial arts battles between Rihanna and Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin.

The epic video sees Martin storming up to a building, seemingly on a mission to find Rihanna, battling people on the way. Rihanna’s there waiting upon his arrival, giving her Geisha attire an S&M twist with PVC thigh high boots. The video shows the pair flying through the air with swords and fighting in the desert, as well as getting up close and personal.



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Jedward say they won't do Eurovision again (unless the Irish President asks)

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Jedward jetted home from Azerbaijan yesterday and insisted: "Ireland can still win the Eurovision ."

But the wacky twins, 20, admitted they won't be hoping to head back to Eurovision for a third year running - unless the President asks them to do it.

Now the lads want U2 to man up and represent Ireland at next year's concert in Sweden - to ensure Ireland definitely win again.

Edward said: "I think Ireland is going to win next year with somebody else.

"I think Bono should go. Or Robbie Williams."

John smiled: "I think we'll leave it to somebody else to do it next year. We'll leave it to a new artist out there who is undiscovered.

"Ireland do have a chance of winning - we've won seven times before."

Edward added: "We never know what will happen. If the President rings us up and says, 'John and Edward, we need you. Seriously we need you guys'. Then we'll think about it."

The lads were mobbed by more than 500 fans who turned up to welcome them home at Dublin Airport - with some even chasing them around the car park.

Despite coming a disappointing 19th place with Waterline in Baku , the boys want to help pick next year's entrant - who needs to be just as energetic as them.

John said: "It's about getting the whole nation involved - with us everybody wanted to watch it.

"The person who does it next year needs to have a good following."

Edward added: "We could have our own TV show on RTE to find the next person to represent Ireland."

But the Grimes brothers insisted they won't be sobbing over their poor result - and promised they will use their flat hair again.

John said: "We're never disappointed because we've gained so many fans. We've been to a totally different part of the world, we never imagined we'd be to."

Edward added: "I think it was good that me and John introduced flat hair because before that it was an undercurrent thing, so it's good that so many people saw us with flat hair. And yes we will use flat hair again."

The boys also revealed they were happy that Sweden took the trophy home - after becoming good pals with Loreen who was staying at their hotel.

John said: "We were friends with Loreen so it's really great that she won.

"We used to see her at breakfast each morning and she's really cool."


also previews of the new album. the songs are catchy as fuck, idc











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evastated tbh. Sorry mods, I didn't realise we weren't allowed to use pictures from our tumblrs.

BOX OFFICE : THE AVENGERS Becomes Third Highest-Grossing Film Ever

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It's official! The Joss Whedon-directed superhero epic The Avengers
is now third highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, just behind Avatar
and Titanic...


Well, this is rather a huge accomplishment for Marvel Studios: The Avengers is
now officially the third highest-grossing movie ever domestically (The Dark
Knight previously held that spot), with James Cameron's Avatar and Titanic
being #1 and #2. And this is where the film will stay, as it probably won't
manage to pass Titanic's gross (with the re-release). According to Box Office,
the Joss Whedon-directed film managed to add another $5.6 million on Friday,
which means the total gross is now $538.116 million. And it also passed Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 for a #3 spot at the global box office.




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Rolling Stone: Carly Rae Jepsen 'I Want to Do Justin Bieber Proud'

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Just a few months ago, Carly Rae Jepsen was a budding singer-songwriter best known for her third-place finish on the 2007 season of Canadian Idol. Few people in America had even heard of her. That changed last December, when Justin Bieber heard her song "Call Me Maybe" on the radio while visiting family in Canada. "'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen is probably the catchiest song I've ever heard," Bieber tweeted to his 22 million followers. "Lol."

In that moment, Jepsen's life changed forever. "All of a sudden people were direct-messaging me from Germany and all over the world," she tells Rolling Stone. "It was crazy." Things got even crazier in February when Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale uploaded a YouTube video where they lip-synced to the song – kicking off a slew of similar clips by Katy Perry, James Franco and many others. The song is now Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 and approaching Song-of-the-Summer status. We spoke with Jepsen about the origin of the song and her humble beginnings.

I think a lot of people assume that "Call Me Maybe" was written by a bunch of pros off in Sweden or somewhere, but that's not really the case.

No, it was written be me and two of my good friends, Josh Ramsay and my guitarist Tavish Crowe. It started like any song starts, just sort of a folky tune that I was playing while I was on the road with Tav. The lyrics came very easily. We weren't really over-thinking it. We brought in Josh, and he helped us kind of pop-ify it. He's really good. He's got a little bit of pop genius in his blood. It was written, recorded and produced within four or five days, tops. It was a pretty easy song to write.



How long ago did you write it?
I think it was a little before Christmas.

What first sparked the idea? Was there an actual guy you were thinking about?
Oh, there's always a guy – and this case is no different. The first line was, "Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad," which was written for the guy I'm still seeing today, actually. It was just the idea that I felt that something was really missing, and when he came into my life he was the person I was missing.

I guess a lot of people can relate to the butterfly feelings you have when you meet someone you connect with immediately.
Yeah. I think there's also that time when you do have chemistry with a complete stranger and you kind of wish you had the nerve to go and approach them or say something, and so often you kind of leave it instead. I know that I've experienced that, where I've been like, "Wow there's something there and I don't know what to do about it." So it's kind of fun to write a song about, what if you actually turned around and went and introduced yourself? I mean what harm could come from that?

After coming in third place on Canadian Idol, did you think it was all over for you?
So many people seem to have that take on it, that third was not quite good enough. But to be honest, I was really stoked to be third. I didn't expect to get very far in the competition. I didn't look at it as my ticket. I looked at it like one of those fluke-y things that if it worked, great, and if it didn't, no big deal. But the fact that I wasn't eliminated every week was a very pleasant surprise to me. And when I got third, I kind of used that as, "OK. I've had my 15 minutes of Canadian exposure and this is the best opportunity I've ever had to put out a CD now with my own songs" – and that's exactly what I did.

Tell me about some of the crappiest gigs you ever did before you got your break.
Before Canadian Idol was on, I did everything, you name it. At one time I fronted a swing band. I remember they were advertising for a saxophone player in a local newspaper, and I called them. I was like, "Hey, so I see that you need a saxophone player." And they were like, "Yeah! Do you play?" And I was like, "No! But I sing!" They were like, "OK...". They ended up auditioning me anyway, so I ended up playing these weekly swing dances. Also, I worked at a coffee shop where I basically ran this weekly singer-songwriter night. It was called Choose Organic Coffee. And every Friday night, I would have different people come to sing and I would open the shop late.

And I waitressed for a while. I remember waitressing at Browns, this restaurant in Kitsilano, and at the time my music was being played on the radio, so I'd be asking people if they wanted fries or Coke or what not, and in the background my song was playing. It was a very weird reality.

A lot of people assume that you're about 16 years old, but you're 26. Are you bothered by that?
No. [Laughs.] I mean, I don't think I've ever heard 16 before. The youngest I've heard so far is 18, and it's always extremely shocking to me. I don't feel like I look 16, and I hope I don't carry myself like I'm 16. It's always nice for a woman to hear she looks younger than she is. I try to take it as a compliment.


Are you looking forward to opening up for Justin Bieber on his arena tour?
It is exciting. It's also a really big responsibility. I want to do Justin proud. I'm kind of diving into late-night debates, like "What are we going to have for lighting?" and, "What's the set list going to look like?" And styling … It's just a fun sort of brainstorming time to get creative, now that we certainly have the resources to put together the show of my dreams.

Do you have a favorite one of those YouTube videos where people lip-sync to "Call Me Maybe?"
I have a ton that I really like. There's one called "Call Me Maybe Obsessed" and it's some local guys in Canada that are, like, macho football players and they do this sort of guilty pleasure spoof about how they don't really like the song, and then behind closed doors you see them dancing to it. It's really adorable and well done. But, of course, I think that Justin and Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale and the guys from Big Time Rush was sort of the video that sparked them all, so it will always kind of hold a special spot in my heart.

What's the status of your new album?
It's not all the way finished right now, so it's hard to kind of completely talk about it because I'm just discovering what it might be. But it's definitely a fun process to be in the middle of working on it. Probably my favorite part of all of this is just writing and creating and dreaming up the story I want to tell through music.

I definitely plan on collaborating with other people on songs, including my good friends Josh and Tavish. I've also got a couple songs of my own. I'm actually in Atlanta right now because I'm doing some writing with Dallas Austin.

Have you picked out your next single yet?

Curiosity is the next song I'm shooting a video for, after that I have some contenders for sure. About a week ago, I had a little living room dance party over one that I'm feeling might be the one. But until I commit to it and until I'm done with the writing process and everything, you never know if something else pops up. So I just want to wait and see before I announce the title of it. But yeah, I have some ideas floating around for sure.




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lol I love when they ask about her age, cause I know how ontd feels about that

Rihanna "Happy 420" In June


Promo for USA shows - Fairly Legal and Common Law

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Fairly legal has been especially bad, I think Kate has no chemistry with the two guys she is supposedly torn between. Ben  too darn emo, the only half decent character on  the show is Lauren and she is underused. 

I'm liking common law, outside of the pointless couples therapy there is very little psuedo-gay subtext. I really like Michael Ealy's character he has some depth outside of the whole pretty boy sleeping with tons of women thing. I know it is only 3 episodes in, but would it kill them to get some WOC in this? 


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This is really an excuse for a discussion post because I have so many feelings - LOL. 

adam levine is dating another model

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He split with his girlfriend Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna only two months ago.

But ladies man Adam Levine has clearly moved on - with a beauty who is supposed to be friends with his ex.

However, after The Voice judge was spotted kissing Behati Prinsloo in Hawaii, perhaps the two women's friendship may be over.










Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2153009/Adam-Levine-shares-kiss-Victorias-Secret-beauty-Behati-Prinsloo--modelled-ex-Anne-V.html

Jupiter Ascending by the directors of the The Matrix sounds like Snow White And The Huntsman

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The problem with getting inside information on a Wachowski Siblings film is that you never feel quite sure that your sources aren’t playing with you. So outlandish and crazy are the plots, you are forced to ask, again and again, “You’re … you’re messing with me, right?”
But we were assured, repeatedly, that this is not the case when it comes to the description of Jupiter Ascending that has just been shared with us.



So, what is the heretofore clandestine Jupiter Ascending about? Imagine a universe in which “human beings are just the Cro-Magnons, or even the Australopithecines, of what beings can ultimately go on to become in the galaxy,” explains our source, before adding, “It’s a return to form for [the Wachowskis], because these higher forms of life are watching us from other, albeit this time non-meta worlds, but actual, other worlds, as in planets and moons.”
Our spy says the film, which has yet to begin shooting and is supposed to be the first entry in a trilogy, centers on an unlikely (and as with The Matrix, ultimately reluctant) heroine: A recent Russian immigrant — played by actual Ukrainian immigrant Mila Kunis — who is busily scrubbing toilets for a living. Unbeknownst to her, she actually possesses the same perfect genetic makeup as the Queen of the Universe and is therefore a threat to her otherwise immortal rule.

(Here, we wanted to stop our source and note that this film has already been made and released this year: It was called Mirror Mirror, and it didn’t quite pan out, but things were getting so crazy, we didn’t want to interrupt.)

These evolved beings fall into various different groups, all of which share some human DNA but who have become evolved after being bred with animal DNA to heighten their best characteristics — e.g., soldiers getting their fearlessness, strength, and a pack mentality from wolves; workers getting their industriousness and reputation for diligence from bees.
Pretty soon, a bounty hunter of the evolved-being type is dispatched to dispose of the Cleaning Lady with the Great Pair of Nucloetides, but, as you’d expect with a Matrix re-dux, they fall in love. (Here again, we wanted to point out that this movie has also already been made, and that it is called Snow White and the Huntsman, but again, we didn’t want to interrupt.) And for having fallen for his target, the bounty hunter — who we hear will be played by Channing Tatum — well, let’s just say that things get messy after that, because his employers take a-less-than-enlightened-being reaction to his decision to protect rather than kill her.

We also hear that an offer may soon be going out to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, though in what role we have no (Earthly) idea.


http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/plot-details-of-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending.html

Miley in BRAVO about Eating Disorder and Cutting Rumors

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This was originally in German, so the translation maybe a little bit off.

Location: The stylish Luxury-Hotel SLS in Beverly Hills (310 Euro/night). In a suite on the fifth floor Miley is sitting on a couch, barefoot. Me, the Reporter of BRAVO, am here for an exclusive Interview. And she didn't hold back!

BRAVO: Miley, a lot of people are worried about you because you lost a lot of weight recently…

Miley: I love that my fans think about me. But I'm healthier than ever! I'm neither anorexic nor do I have psychological problems or cut myself. Really, I'm as fit as a fiddle and in a great mood!

BRAVO: Do these rumors bother you?

Miley: No. I learned that it is irrelevant what I do - somebody will take offense anyway. If I loose a few pounds because I changed my diet, I'm anorexic. When I used to have a few pounds more, I was called fat. If I have sex, I'm a slut. If I don't have sex, I'm a loser. What's up with that? Therefore I live my life how I want - and I am happy with it. If this bother somebody he has to cope with that himself.

BRAVO: Still you sound a bit upset...

Miley: No, I am really not. I learned a lot about that from my boyfriend Liam. He is really calm - he doesn't get upset easily. I admire that and try to live according to that.


BRAVO: So what does Liam say about your new body?

Miley: Liam is happy because I feel better now than before. He supported me to change my diet. My doctor diagnosed that I have a Gluten intolerance. It is a protein that some people can't digest.

BRAVO: So what's on your diet now?

Miley: Primarily fish, chicken, salad and fruits - and some red meat from time to time. But not fried, only cooked or grilled. And I don't eat white bread, only gluten-free wholewheat bread.

BRAVO: There's not only trouble in real life, though. In your new movie "LOL" you play the 16 year old Lola, who has a lot of problems herself.

Miley: Yes! Lola is a typical teenager. I think a lot of girls can identify with her. And the boys who will see the movie can learn a lot from her about girls (laughs).

BRAVO: Lola has her first sex in the movie and is afraid to talk about it with her mother. Did you tell your mother everything you did with your friend in the bedroom?

Miley: I probably told my mom more than what she wanted to know (laughs). I'm really lucky, me and my mother, we were always close. I never had to keep secrets from her.

BRAVO: Your mother is also the producer of the movie and your boss. Does this work on set?

Miley: Sometimes it's a pain (laughs). I can't stand when she tells me: 'Do the scene again like this and this.' Then I tell her: 'Mom, you're not an actor, leave it to me and the director.' But it's ok that she is there on set - we trust each other hundred percent. That is a nice feeling, because trust is really important in our business - and not something that can be taken for granted.



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Dita Von Teese: I'll strip when I'm 70

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Dita Von Teese may continue burlesque dancing until she is 70.

The 39-year-old star has no plans to retire from striptease any time soon. She still feels passionate about her performances and is planning new shows.

"I have some top-secret amazing new ideas for the evolution of my show," she told the Advocate.

"Just wait and see: If I want it, I can be onstage till I'm 70! I've got something special up my sleeve."

Von Teese admits she thought she would be too old for the stage by now, but keeps changing her mind about her retirement age.

"I think it's a constant evolution, and has been since I first started performing 20 years ago," she said.

"It's amusing that when I started, when I was 18, I was convinced that by 30, I would be finished and that no one would want to see a lady of that age stripteasing.

"It's funny, the notions we have of age when we are very young. I strongly believe that I'm at my best now, and what my show has evolved to is much more than I ever dreamed."

However, Von Teese is making sure she has other projects to keep her busy for when she does say goodbye to burlesque. She has a series of books, a lingerie range, a new make-up collection, a dress line and a second perfume to follow her self-named fragrance.

"In addition to the burlesque shows, I've been spending the past several years setting myself up to retire from the stage, between saving my earnings and starting new projects that don't rely on me being G-string-clad," she said.

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Get Ready For Queen Duff's Pop Comeback

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Duff says they won't be having any more little ones any time soon. "Obviously we want more kids but we want to really enjoy Luca. I'm young. I still want to work and I feel like I have a lot to do."

Speaking of work, Duff is jumping back in the music studio. "I'm getting kind of nervous," she dished. "Next week I have all these meetings set with different producers and writers. I'm excited to start that process and I'm so nervous."

Hilary Duff is absolutely over the moon about her 2-month old baby boy Luca.

"There's really no words to describe it," Duff told us of motherhood at Bing and DoSomething.org's kickoff event for Bing Summer of Doing in L.A. "It's the most incredible thing every day. It softens you so much. I feel like a big mushy ball."

But is little Luca keeping Duff and her hockey-star hubby Mike Comrie from enjoying married life?



"We go out like once a week together and try and do something fun," the 24-year-old said. "We either go to dinner…we're going to go bowling next week. It's weird scheduling so much because we used to do things on a whim and no we have to schedule. But it's good. It's really important for your relationship."

As for how Comrie, 31, is as a dad, Duff gushed, "He's really incredible. He's so hands-on, so thoughtful, so loving. He's really a natural, it's incredible. I got really lucky."


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Wonder Girls release jam of a lifetime

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The Wonder Girls have returned with their new mini album ‘Wonder Party‘ along with the music video for their title track “Like This“.




Watch the making of the video under the cut






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Desperate Housewives' Kathryn Joosten Dies at 72

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Emmy winner Kathryn Joosten, whose emotional death scene as Karen McKluskey gave Desperate Housewives‘ recent series finale its biggest emotional punch, died yesterday of lung cancer in Westlake Village, CA. She was 72.


Joosten won her Emmys in 2005 and 2008 in the Oustanding Guest Actress in a Comedy for her portrayal of Wisteria Lane’s crankiest (but still loveable) resident.


Prior to her Housewives success, Joosten was best known for playing Mrs. Landingham, secretary to Martin Sheen’s President Bartlet, on The West Wing.


She also had roles on such shows as Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, Joan of Arcadia, and Dharma & Greg.


Joosten, who didn't begin her acting career until she was 42 famously told interviewers through the years that Housewives‘ creator Marc Cherry had promised never to kill off Mrs. McCluskey, seeing how many of her prior characters hadn’t survived to their shows’ series finales.


According to her rep, Joosten was surrounded by family at the time of her death.


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Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers undergoes 'procedure' for tumor

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Robin Quivers, Howard Stern’s longtime radio wing-woman, announced last week that she would be undergoing "a procedure" to remove a newly discovered tumor on her bladder, a procedure that reportedly was performed on Wednesday, May 23.

Quivers was noticeably vague with her initial statements on the issue, stating on-air on “The Howard Stern Show” on Monday, May 14 only that she would undergo "a procedure" to remove a grapefruit-sized growth on her bladder, which had awakened her the previous weekend, preventing her from urinating. Reports Examiner.com, following the emergency, Stern’s co-host of more than 30 years had a CAT scan, which revealed the tumor, and came to work the following Monday attached to a catheter.

It was also Stern who suggested Quivers’ surgery took place on Wednesday, offering an emotional tribute to his cohort during his broadcast that day, and commenting on her absence, "Doing a show without Robin is like cutting off my left arm. Or my right arm. Or maybe both.

"She was my backbone, you understand,"
Stern said. "Where I would lose courage, Robin always had the courage. She always is the brave one. Always the brave one with me. I could go to her, and I could always rely on her.”







“When you see me, I’m peeing,” Quivers joked. “It could be something not so bad. It could be really bad ... Hopefully it's something that can just be cut out.”

In response, Stern replied sarcastically, “Think of me for once. You'll be dead and I'll still have to do the show."

While the results of the operation are unknown, the 59-year-old Quivers mentioned she’s had non-cancerous fibroid tumors in the past, and is hoping the current condition is similar. Also reported by Examiner.com, “The Howard Stern Show” producer JD Harmeyer is equally out of the loop on Quivers’ condition, remarking, “I know as much as the audience does. Clearly she doesn’t want the full details of what’s she’s going through out on the air, because she hasn’t given the full details and I think the less people here who know the full details, the better chance she will have of them not spilling out.”

Stern has said a few times now he would not continue the program without Quivers, which may not be a far stretch considering his current position as co-host of “America’s Got Talent,” and ongoing contract dispute with SiriusXM radio, which broadcasts his show. Reports USA Today, after signing a five-year contract with the network in 2010, the self-proclaimed King of All Media sued the company for $300 million in March 2011 over a bonus dispute. The suit was dismissed by a judge in April, citing the ambiguous language of his contract, but Stern said he will appeal.

Whether or not Quivers’ potential exit would be reason enough for Stern to cut ties with the satellite radio company is speculation, but the host appeared disheartened by his colleague’s struggle.

"I'll f***ing kill you if you have cancer," said Stern when he heard the news. "I'm not doing the show without you… I'm quitting if you're not doing the show."

"Oh, don't make me cry," she replied.


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first spartacus season 3 teaser trailer

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New (blazing) Music: The Stereotypes (Bieber, Danity Kane) feat. JoJo - Don't Say Nothin'

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While we wait for more music from JoJo, the pop starlet teases us with her sexy collaboration with JON MCXRO, a group made up of production trio The Stereotypes (Far East Movement, Justin Bieber). The track, along with collaborations with Miguel and Bun B, appears on their new album The Fifth of Never (Gold Cup Edition).

JoJo’s oft-delayed album Jumping Trains is still awaiting a release date. “Curious 2know the status of my album? tweet BlackgroundMG,” she wrote. “They control the $ & album date. In the meantime, I’m gonna keep working LoveUAll.”

She received a major co-sign from Nicki Minaj, who shouted her out on Twitter. “Yo jojo on sum real g shit ‘the high road’ is one of the best rnb albums of all time. (IKR?) Why aren’t u making music??? I need another one my G,” tweeted the “Starships” rapper.

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*Lights up and chillTs to this song*. Also, Nicki told no lies. Hew knew she had such flawless taste?
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