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JJ Abrams Wants Han Solo To Clash With Captain America, Batman & Superman

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The battle over May 2016 is getting more and more interesting. A while back, we thought the Summer of 2015 was the be-all, end-all for summer sequels. Those months were scheduled to include all the movies that are currently being released as well as two of the most anticipated movies ever: Star Wars Episode VII and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Those two films were later slotted into December 2015 and May 2016 respectively. May 2016 got more interesting, however, when Marvel dated Captain America 3 for the same release day as Batman v Superman. That’s where things stood for a while.

Then Harrison Ford broke his leg.

Now, while Disney is dead-set on holding December 18, 2015 as the Star Wars Episode VII release date, director/producer J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy have reportedly asked, and been denied, a move to May 4, 2016.

Below, we examine the potential Star Wars 7 release date change from both sides of the argument.

Latino Review wrote about the butting of heads between Abrams, Kennedy and Disney CEO Bob Iger. According to their sources, Iger denied a request to move the release date into May. How exactly that went down, when the conversation happened (and, frankly if it did) are up for debate. That’s why we’re listing this as a rumor. But Latino Review’s sources are solid so we’ll move on from there.

When Star Wars Episode VII was first announced, many envisioned it would open on Memorial Day 2015, retaining the same time frame as every single other Star Wars episode. The films was pushed to December when pre-production slowed down due to J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan doing a rewrite of Michael Arndt’s original draft. Since then, December has been earmarked as the new Star Wars month with Gareth Edwards’ first spin-off scheduled for one year later, in December 2016.

But if the rumors are true and Ford’s injury will keep the actor off set for anywhere from two to six months, even the most inventive scheduling will make hitting all the previous deadlines very difficult. So it makes sense that Abrams and Kennedy would request another five months to work.

It would give them time to keep the script they know and love. They could keep Harrison Ford’s Han Solo as the center of the story, and do more work on the visual effects, editing, and score. Plus, it would keep the Star Wars May tradition alive. Imagine seeing Star Wars Episode VII on May the Fourth Be With You? Chills.

On the other hand, Disney’s insistence in keeping the release date makes more sense. They didn’t buy Star Wars just to make movies. They bought it for everything else. Movies allow Disney to make even more money on merchandise, licensing, theme parks etc, and a December release date is the best time for that. It’s the holidays, so sales on everything from action figures to Happy Meals go through the roof. Kids and adults alike are off from school and work so they go to the movies and box office receipts are higher. Plus, there’s less competition into the new year. A May release has a ton of competition for the next three months. A December release has almost none.

Iger also promised his shareholders a Star Wars movie in 2015. That’s important. He plans on leaving Disney in June 2016, and having Episode VII‘s full box-office gross under his belt would be a nice win for his final months at the job.

Financially, though, May vs. December seems negligible. I honestly don’t know a lot about this but Disney has quarterly reports and an annual report. A release date change will have a MASSIVE effect on quarterly earnings but not any on the annual. The company’s annual earnings are measured from September to September and both December 2015 and May 2016 will fall into the 2016 financial calendar. So while a move to May might make Disney less in the First Quarter of 2016, they’d hypothetically make that up in the Third Quarter. Whether or not one is more important than the other, I don’t know, but these are the kinds of things Iger is taking into consideration when J.J. Abrams or Kathleen Kennedy call.

Plus, Disney already has two huge movies planned for May 2016. There are Captain America 3 on May 6 and Alice: Through the Looking Glass on May 27. Sure, either could potentially move to make room for Star Wars, but the studio has to think about cannibalizing the audience. They also have to think about allotting resources for marketing and publicity, advertising dollars, space on toy shelves. It’s a huge jigsaw puzzle and the easiest solution is to keep the film in December 2015.

The one thing a December 2015 release doesn’t favor is the quality of the movie. Yes, it had already been pushed as late into 2015 as possible and Ford’s injury is a terrible set back. But rushing a movie is never a good thing. If the studio doesn’t care and just wants the film as a line on a spread sheet, that’s a problem.

Anyway, as of now, we’re right where we started. Star Wars Episode VII will be released December 18, 2015 and no matter what the director and producer want, they’re going to try their hardest to hit that. Hopefully, if nothing changes, that doesn’t hurt the quality of the film. If it does, well, there will be dozens of other Star Wars films to fix the mistakes. We might end up saying, “Help us Gareth Edwards, Rian Johnson and Josh Trank. You’re our only hope.”

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Legendary Soul Singer Bobby Womack Dies at 70

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Iconic R&B/gospel crooner and songwriter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame soul singer Bobby Womack, whose music was covered by, among others, the Rolling Stones, died Friday at age 70.

A representative for Womack's label XL Recordings confirmed the news of his passing this morning to The Hollywood Reporter. He was suffering from colon cancer and diabetes at the time of his death. An obituary first appeared on Rolling Stone.com.

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Katy Perry did NOT have Selena Gomez axed from Direct Management!!!!

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Direct Management’s Martin Kirkup has written in to take issue with our recent item regarding Selena Gomez and Katy Perry (see below). “Your story is false in all respects,” Kirkup asserts, “and since other outlets have repeated your story focusing on an allegation which is very damaging to Katy Perry—that she is responsible for another artist getting fired, which is categorically untrue—we believe HITS has a responsibility to disavow this malicious rumor as quickly as possible.” Kirkup further notes that “[Perry’s day-to-day manger] Bradford Cobb is a full and equal partner with Steve [Jensen] and me at Direct Management Group, and the three of us make major decisions together.” As for parting ways with Gomez, Kirkup writes, “a young woman looking for new management asked us to manage her six weeks ago. Our advice to her was to take some time off, travel abroad, think through what she wanted for her life and for her career—since she has a lot of options in music, film and television—and when she returned from this trip, we’d all talk. That’s exactly what happened. We found we really just didn’t have the same views or strategy about her career and agreed not to move forward together. As her lawyers can confirm, we never discussed or signed a contract, nor did we ever act on her behalf. I know it’s a lot more boring than the very colorfully offensive version you printed. Sorry for that!”

I knew the story was false as Katy has always been extremely supportive of
Selena and has also been a great friend and mentor to her over the years!

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Jesse Williams On People Of Color And History

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Burgess Jenkins Talks About Taking Over The Billy Abbott Role On The Young & the Restless!

This week on The Young and the Restless, Burgess Jenkins debuted as the new Billy Abbott. The actor follows in the footsteps of two stars: now three-time Daytime Emmy winner, Billy Miller who chose to leave the series late last year, and David Tom, who returned to the role and replaced Miller only to be let-go by the number one soap and in turn replaced by Jenkins!

On-Air On-Soaps caught up with Burgess at the Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception last week to get his initial thoughts on taking on the pivotal role that has been the topic of conversation for many a Y&R fan.

How have your first few weeks been at The Young and the Restless?

BURGESS: My first few weeks at Y&R have been fantastic!

Has your on-screen brother, Peter Bergman (Jack) been nice to you?

BURGESS: Never! (Laughs) In fact, not only has Peter been incredible, gracious and kind, he was the first person to call me and wish me well and welcome me to the show. And as I was saying to Peter earlier, from the first time that we met to the days right after and leading up to my first day on the set, I felt this bond with him like brothers would feel. It was really cool.

Do you feel pressure coming into a situation where the very popular Billy Miller stepped down from the role of Billy Abbott, and David Tom returned to the role only to be let-go?

BURGESS: I don’t really feel that way, because I feel like I have a job to do and I am embracing and enjoying that job. Everyone has been incredibly supportive moving forward and not only that, but I don’t know all the ins and out of that stuff and what went on… and I will leave it at that. I can’t speak intelligently about what went on before because I don’t know all that happened.

How has it been working with Amelia Heinle (Victoria) & Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea)?

BURGESS: Terrific… both of them! They are very giving actors and the chemistry with both of them is wonderful. So much is about the writing and what it represents and you feel it in the scene work. It’s really very palpable and nice.

Stepping into the role of Billy Abbott, what do you feel is the essence of this character?

BURGESS: Billy is loose cannon and you don’t know what you’re going to get. He is very earnest and passionate. Billy means what he says and he doesn't always make the right decisions, but he is doing it because he is trying to do what is right. He is a flawed, wonderful character.






Anthony Geary Talks Fluke, Almost Exiting General Hospital and More!



Just when you think Anthony Geary couldn't possibly dazzle us more, he does! The seven-time Emmy winner, who plays General Hospital's Luke Spencer, is once again causing trophy buzz, this time for his kickass turn as Luke's evil lookalike, who has been tagged Fluke — for Fake Luke — by the fans. Now for the bad news: Geary, who recently underwent major surgery, will be off the show until the fall for an extended recovery and vacation, so it will be quite a while before Fluke's true identity is revealed. But not so fast! TV Guide Magazine grabbed Geary before he jetted off to rest up at his home in Amsterdam and had a candid chat about his health, his art and Fluke's pervy scenes with Kiki!

TV Guide Magazine: First things first. How are you feeling? All is okay?

Geary: It's great. As I'm sure you know, I had a back operation. It's been a challenging year. I knew for a while that I had to have this surgery but I love my story on GH and didn't want to walk away from it, so I delayed the operation a bit. I had two operations, actually — one on April 21 and another April 23 — thinking that after two weeks I'd be able to fly home to Amsterdam. As it turned out, it took me two weeks before I was even walking. I decided to take six months off the show because I was told it would be an arduous recovery. I need to walk two to three miles a day to get my strength back and regenerate the nerves damaged during the operation. But the surgery was a success and I'm a fast healer. I have only myself to blame. My chickens finally came home to roost.

TV Guide Magazine: How so?

Geary: When I was a child I thought I could fly — thanks to Disney's Peter Pan — and I was always jumping off the top of the house. My mother would scream at me to stop but it went on for years. I was also a high jumper and a pole vaulter in school and then, when I was in my early twenties, just to be extra foolish, I worked for two summers as a cliff diver in Acapulco. I'd dive three times a day off of 60- and 80-foot cliffs, timing it with the tide coming in but sometimes hitting the rocks. I always had headaches. [Laughs] But, when you're that age, you just figure, "Hey, I'll just smoke another joint and it'll all be fine." I also worked as a dancer for a while, without any training, so who knows what further damage I did to my body. Now I'm paying for it. I was X-rayed and found out I had two almost complete breaks in my spine. It was pretty terrifying. I was one fender-bender away from being in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.

TV Guide Magazine: And now you're bionic?

Geary: I'm a cyborg! I got a titanium knee a few years ago and now I have a metal cage around my spine. Not only can't I go through security at the airport without setting off alarms, if I walk past your house your garage door will open.

TV Guide Magazine: Do you at least have a cool scar to show for all your troubles?

Geary: I have a beautiful scar all the way down my spine, going from my pelvis up to my neck. As soon as it's healed I'm covering it with a tattoo of a zipper. [Laughs] When I go swimming you can say, "Hey, who's that in the Geary suit?"

TV Guide Magazine: Which goes well with the question GH fans have been asking: Who's that in the Luke suit?

Geary: I'm not allowed to say, of course, but I'll be back to raise more hell in October as the guy they call Fluke. [Laughs] That name started on the Internet and now they actually put it in the scripts!

TV Guide Magazine: You're clearly having a ball with this story and your work — especially in the scenes where Fluke met Luke — has been spectacular. I haven't seen you this turned on by the writing in years!

Geary: Thank you very much. That's wonderful to hear. Doing Fluke has been a real cleansing after all my years of complaining and wondering what happened to Luke's black hat. To be able to take something this far and this dark has been a real joy after 36 years. Of course, we had to do it with a different character, since Luke is not a sociopath.

TV Guide Magazine: I was starting to get the feeling that the current GH regime had either lost interest in you or had no idea what to do with you.

Geary: I think you're right. A year or more ago I went to them and said, "I'd like to exercise the out in my contract. I'm really not pleased with what's going on with Luke. I feel like I've done it and done it and done it." As you know, I have a wonderful life in Amsterdam and felt it was time for me to pack it in and go there permanently. And [executive produce] Frank Valentini and [hear writer] Ron Carlivati were wonderful. Frank said, "We don't want you to go, but we understand." Then, when I had about four months left to go, I realized it was going to be hard to walk away — a lot harder than I expected. This show has been my life for so long and I felt I still had something more in me. They said, "Great! What do you want to do?" I told them, "I'd like a story when Luke is proactive rather than reactive. I want him to cause problems for people, rather than helping them solve problems. I want to see a side of Luke we've never seen." When Ron came up with this Fluke idea he said, "Now, this is pretty far out. I don't know if you'll want to do it." And he got about three sentences into it and I said, "I'm in! Sign me up!" This storyline has revived my whole interest in the game.

TV Guide Magazine: The subtle differences between Luke and Fluke are stunning, and very eerie. When you play Fluke everything is slightly off-kilter — his voice, his energy, even his eyes are different. How are you pulling this off?

Geary: I started by researching sociopaths and decided that somebody as mercurial as Fluke would have to be really calm, really placid, with an exterior that wasn't overtly violent or volatile. From there I slowed my speech, found a different rhythm and pitched my voice to more of a whisper. When you say the eyes are different, I have to credit my brilliant makeup artist, Donna Messina, who did some really special, subtle things with my eyes to give me a predatory look. Those are the physical things. Then there were the personality changes. Luke is very expressive and has a great sense of humor, so I eliminated all that from Fluke. He doesn't use nicknames like calling Tracy "Spanky Buns." This guy has no joy in life.

TV Guide Magazine: And he's such a horn dog, making cheesy passes at Kiki, Olivia and Jordan. But he never gets lucky.

Geary: No, he doesn't! [Laughs] And he thinks he's so f—king charming and suave and sexy. Tracy is the only woman who actually comes through for him, and he doesn't want her. Sure, he'll go to bed with her, but he's thinking of Kiki.

TV Guide Magazine: Fluke and Kiki — hands down, the most horrifying match in soap history!

Geary: Even I was shocked when he went after her! I thought, "God, I hope we're not going into pedophilia territory. But, hell, we're already on this ride, so let's see where it goes." I love that Kiki found Fluke so creepy. I think even poor Kristen Alderson was grossed out. After a few scenes with me she said, "Eeeee-w, I don't like this." And I'm, like, 'Thank you!" [Laughs] Because I live for this stuff!

TV Guide Magazine: You've also been pushing — make that shoving — the envelope with Fluke's dialogue.

Geary: During rehearsal, when Fluke was making a play for Jordan at the art gallery, I ad-libbed the line, "Here's the painting. Would you like to come back and make sure it's...well hung?" I was sure they wouldn't let me say that in the take, but Frank Valentini came over and said, "You are so saying that line!" He and Ron have pushed the envelope right along with me. There are a couple of directors at GH who were really disturbed by my choices but Frank backed me up and said, "Trust him. Let him fly." And I'm very grateful for that.

TV Guide Magazine: Fluke is so fearless that it borders on recklessness. It's like he doesn't care if he gets busted, and that leaves some of the other characters looking like idiots.

Geary: He has no filter and he doesn't care. It's fun to play that but it's been really difficult for the other actors, particularly for Jane Elliot [Luke's wife, Tracy]. Fluke's behavior is so obviously different from Luke and so extreme that you wonder why Tracy is buying it, but I think Jane has handled it well by drawing upon her character's vulnerability and deep need to be loved. That softens the blow a bit, but it's certainly been tricky. There are days when I've seen a script and think, "How the hell am I going to do this believably?" But then I remember that Fluke has no moral compass whatsoever.

TV Guide Magazine: This isn't the first time you've acted opposite yourself — 20 years ago Bill Eckert famously died in his cousin Luke's arms — but your Fluke-Luke scenes were even more awesome. Tell us about that.

Geary: Bill Ludel directed those scenes beautifully and seamlessly. I was just amazed when I saw it all put together. We shot everything in the same day. We did the Fluke shots first, then I had a break for two scenes so I went off and shaved my head and then we did Luke.

TV Guide Magazine: Let me guess, going bald was your idea?

Geary: Of course. [Laughs] At GH, it's all about the hair. You know that. "Change your hair, change your life." That's what Kin Shriner says. Of course, he never changes his hair because he's got a perfect life.

TV Guide Magazine: Don't all actors have a fantasy of playing a drooling vegetable in a nuthouse?

Geary: Everybody wants to do that! And the crazier the better. I figured Luke had been in that asylum so long and had undergone so much electroshock treatment that he'd be a drooling cabbage. "Tracy? Who's Tracy?" I'm very proud of those scenes and am so glad they were well received. I think next fall, when I return, there will be a real confrontation between Luke and Fluke. I don't know how it'll happen but it must happen eventually. Luke will get out of the madhouse and have to deal with Fluke. It's gotta be Luke who takes him down.

TV Guide Magazine: What's up with that Miscavige Institute anyway? After the Heather Webber fiasco, you'd think the Feds would come in and shut that joint down.

Geary: That's so true. Where the hell is this place, anyway? It's like something out of an old Joan Crawford movie, written by Stephen King.

TV Guide Magazine: We know you can't reveal Fluke's true identity but, when we finally do have all the facts, will we buy it? Or will it fly in the face of credibility?

Geary: I know who he is and what his motivation is, and I think it will be highly believable when all is revealed — and that's what was most pleasing to me when Ron pitched the idea.

TV Guide Magazine: Will you miss Fluke while you're away?

Geary: You know, I really will! You will be seeing a bit more of him. Because of my delay in leaving for Amsterdam, I was able to shoot several more scenes that will keep him on the air here and there while I'm gone — mostly phone and Skype conversations with Tracy and Julian. They sent a crew to my house to shoot some of it and I went into the studio for a day. You'll see Fluke getting in touch from his travels in Thailand and Tibet or wherever and Tracy whining, "Luke, come home!" He's supposedly working on getting the ELQ shareholders onto Tracy's side but I think he also has his own nefarious agenda. He's probably trafficking in eyes, kidneys and other body parts.

TV Guide Magazine: As you said, it's all about the hair, so one last question: How did you play all those extra phone scenes as Fluke when your head is shaved like Luke?

Geary: Simple. [Laughs] It's called the miracle of hats!



Erika Slezak Talks Prospect Park, If She Would Play A Role On GH!



It is always great to hear from six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Erika Slezak ! And now in a new interview exclusively on her website via her long time fan club president Walter Miller, the most legendary star of One Life to Live shares her thoughts on went happened to the online revival of OLTL, the lawsuit involving Prospect Park, if she would like to work at General Hospital with former One Life EP Frank Valentini, and what it has been like for her trying to find work as an actress post-Viki! Here are a few excerpts below!

Erika on what the last year has been like for her and her thoughts on the end of One Life to Live’s online reboot:“I have good days and bad days. I’m never unhappy, but I would very much like to go back to work. Last year when the Prospect Park thing happened, I was very happy, and then it all fell apart. I want to applaud Prospect Park. They really tried. I think they wanted it to succeed, but it was a new audience for them, and a different venue. In order to get the daytime audience to watch online, they needed to give them daytime, and they weren’t. They were trying to change it up and do something our audience was simply not used to. But it may have been too much music, too much loud music, too many new characters (new actors playing existing characters), whom they focused on immediately. Maybe less traditional, and it became a problem. But they really tried, and I commend them for that.”

Erika addressing published reports that she is mentioned in the Prospect Park lawsuit claiming the company owes her money:“Yes, but they owe ABC a lot more than they owe me. They owe the company that provided all of the lights and cameras, as they had rented all of that from them. They owe the studio too. Well, they just owe a lot of money in a lot of places. That’s not to say that they won’t pay it, but they are going to have to come up with some money.”

Erika on if she would be up for playing a role on General Hospital“It would depend entirely on the role, but I would happily work on any thing – and yes, I would love to work for Frank again. He’s an awesome man and a wonderful producer.”

Erika on auditioning again and how it has been going:“I’ve auditioned for a bunch of things, and in each case they said the audition was wonderful, and the producers and directors loved me, but they had someone else in mind from the start. So, that happens. My agent said that we are going to have to find a producer who is a good friend of mine, who has ME in mind for a part from the START. Of course, I’m joking! But that’s what happens, you know. People have worked with other people over the years, and they see a role and say, ‘My friend would be great for this,’ but according to the union, they have to see people audition for it, and they do. But in the meantime, I’ve been able to meet a lot of interesting, talented casting directors, and directors, and producers, which has been very good for me. Hopefully, something will come out of that.”



The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darin Brooks and Former Y&R Star Kelly Kruger Engaged!



Fantastic news for one of our favorite couples! The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darin Brooks (Wyatt) asked his long time girlfriend, former Y&R star Kelly Kruger (Ex-Mac) to marry him while the couple was in Paris for a shoot for the CBS soap opera!

In a very cute tweet, Brooks with an image of an engagement ring and wide grin smile stated, “Well I asked her…” which was followed by a picture of him kissing his gal with the Eiffel Tower behind them.





Kimberly McCullough Returns To General Hospital!



Actress Kimberly McCullough will be returning to General Hospital later this summer. McCullough hinted at her own return via Twitter Monday, posting a picture of script pages with the caption, "A day in the life of a soap actor. Say 'soap-y' I dare you."

GH boss Frank Valentini confirmed that Robin will return to Port Charles, but declined to say whether she'll be reconciling with her husband Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson).

Soaps in Depth followed up McCullough’s annoucnement with a tweet of their own, confirming Robin will be returning: Yes, Robin is coming back. Do I think she's coming back to stay? No way. It'll be short-term. End marriage? Bring back Jason? Possibly.

Soaps in Depth's tweet also managed to fuel the rumor mill, as speculation over the return of character Jason Morgan escalates. It’s been rumored for weeks now, that the Young and the Restless’ Billy Miller has signed with the daytime drama as a possible Jason recast.

Soap Opera Digest shared the Kimberly McCullough return news on their Facebook page, and fans were definitely opinionated on this one.



Kick Off The GH Fan Club Weekend With Nancy Lee Grahn!!



Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) would like to kick off the GENERAL HOSPITAL Fan Club Weekend with you at her special event to be held Thursday, July 31, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the King's Head Pub & Restaurant in Studio City!

You can purchase tickets here: http://www.nancyleegrahn.com/events/nlgfcw2014.html, and admission includes dinner and soft drinks (alcohol will be available at a cash bar). It also includes hours of fun with Grahn, with a Q&A session, personal time, autographs, pictures, raffles, silent auctions and much, much more!



Kelly Kruger Joins B&B!



Y&R Alum Kelly Kruger (ex-Mackenzie), the real-life fiancée of B&B star Darin Brooks (Wyatt), will appear on the soap on Friday, August 8, during the upcoming Paris remote.

Kruger will play Eva, a chic and savvy Forrester publicist.



Phyllis Is Back In August!



THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS fans (and Genoa City residents!) should mark Monday, August 11, on their calendars, because that's when Phyllis is coming back!

Of course, she's been in a coma, so it'll probably take a little while before she's fighting fit again.

And she'll look a little different as soap vet Gina Tognoni (Dinah, GUIDING LIGHT; Kelly, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) is taking over the role from Michelle Stafford (who is now playing Nina over on GENERAL HOSPITAL)!



Cameron Mathison Clears Up Y&R Rumors!



Congratulations to first-time parents Linsey Godfrey (Caroline, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL) and Robert Adamson (Noah, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS), who welcomed Aleda Seren Adamson into the world on Thursday, June 12!



Is Angelica Rivera too provocative to be Mexico's first lady?



Mexico’s first lady Angelica Rivera makes a bold statement after landing on the cover of a renowned international magazine.

The July edition of the women’s magazine Marie Claire portrays a gorgeous Angelica Rivera posing with her daughter Angelica Sofia. Both looking fierce, both looking flawless.

This, by the way, is the first time in Mexico’s history that a first lady makes the cover of a fashion magazine.

Though the cover shows an elegant Rivera dressed in a ruffled-white blouse and black blazer, the inside 22-page article is causing commotion, leaving the question in open air: Is she too provocative to be a first lady?

The different spreads show the wife of Mexico’s president Enrique Peña Nieto sensually flaunting different looks, including a leather trenchcoat, strapless evening gown with a back-opening and a skirt with a split that reveals her legs.



According to a story on the Washington Post, by comparison, when U.S. first ladies have been photographed for magazines, the mood of the images has been regal, maternal and occasionally even business-like. Sex appeal is not an intentional part of the package.

But there’s more to the Marie Claire story than Rivera unleashing her sex appeal. The edition, which will be distributed in Mexico and the Americas, is called Redefining Girl Power for a reason.

“I always ask myself why am I considered ‘The First Lady’, when in fact, all women in this country should be considered first ladies,” Rivera says in the article.

“It is a title that was established a long time ago, that is why I say that all women are important and all Mexican women are ‘a first lady.’”



The former actress, popularly known for her role as Gaviota in the 2007 telenovela Destilando Amor, also talked about her passion for fashion, especially with Mexican designers such as Macarios Jimenez and Benito Santos.

“I have had the honor to represent Mexican women when I accompany my husband to other countries, and have been dressed with Mexican designs that have achieved international recognition,” said the 44-year-old, whose sometimes compared to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Queen Letizia of Spain.



“I am convinced that our designers are the best of the best, and so far the only brands that dress me are Mexican, given they are very capable of interpreting the current Mexican woman style, which is a woman who likes to look good, dress up, is cultured, who works, and who cares for her children and family.”

For her particular photo shoot with Marie Claire, however, Rivera strutted international brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Tom Ford, Hermes, Tory Burch and Louis Vuitton among others.






The Week In The Year 2013!




After spending a night alone at her loft, Steffy decided that Hope could give Liam what Steffy couldn't. Steffy planned to go to Paris for good and asked Hope to take care of Liam. Liam was confused when Steffy cryptically ended their marriage, and as Steffy boarded a plane, Hope told Liam that things were working out as they'd been intended to. Brooke fainted before she could tell Katie and Bill about the baby. Upon learning that she'd had a miscarriage, Brooke decided to keep silent about the baby and affair with Bill. Refusing to be Bill's pawn, Maya told Rick the truth about why she'd broken things off. The couple reunited, and Rick finally ended things with Caroline.






John admitted to a stunned Marlena that he still had unresolved feelings for Kristen. John said that he was remorseful about his dark plan to break up Kristen and Brady, but Marlena told him that they were through. Kristen and Nicole fought over their feelings for Brady. Sami shot Detective Bernardi to save Rafe's life, but E.J. was there for her when she needed him. Sami felt guilty and was sad for Bernardi's wife and son, but she stuck to her story and told Hope and Roman that Bernardi had tried to kill Rafe. Hope arrested Sami when the police did not find the weapon to verify her story. Kristen vowed to get her revenge against Marlena. Sonny surprised Will and suggested to him that Gabi and Arianna should move in with them. Later, Gabi decided to move in with Will and Sonny. Kristen told John that she was free of him forever. Jennifer believed J.J. when he told her that he had not vandalized Daniel's car and that he was sorry about what had happened with Parker. Daniel told Jennifer that he still had his doubts about J.J., and that led to an argument between them. Daniel tried to explain his position, but Jennifer walked out on him. Kristen met with a mysterious man as part of her plot to get back at Marlena. Stefano left town.






Patrick and Sabrina made love. Britt managed to stay a step ahead of Felix and Sabrina, who were determined to get a sample of Britt's blood to prove that Britt wasn't sick. Sonny postponed the hit on Franco because he didn't want to put innocent people at risk. Carly arranged for Shawn to shoot Franco on Metro Court Restaurant's terrace. Olivia had a vision of Sonny covered in blood, so she ran out to the terrace, thinking that Franco intended to kill Sonny. Shawn's sniper bullet struck Olivia as Olivia threw herself between Sonny and Franco. Sonny threatened to kill Carly if Olivia died. Alexis caught Shawn in a lie. Franco knew that Carly had arranged the hit on him, but he promised to keep quiet because he was determined to make amends for his past. A bone marrow biopsy confirmed that Danny had leukemia. Diane was shocked when Silas refused to postpone the custody hearing so that Sam could focus on Danny. Silas explained that he would be doing Sam a favor by taking Rafe off of her hands. Rafe was stunned when the judge ruled in Silas' favor. Taylor was disappointed when the prom was cancelled because of the shooting at Metro Court, but she persuaded T.J. to take her out on a date, so they could still enjoy their evening. Kiki was upset after a talk with Franco, so she went to the apartment to talk to Morgan but found Michael home alone. Morgan used Michael's credit card to gamble online. Luke called to make an appointment to get the results of his tests.






Phyllis found Summer's birth control pills and warned her daughter against making a mistake. Kyle planned a special evening to celebrate Summer's graduation, and Summer suggested that they get a hotel room, but she eventually opted to spend the evening with her friends. Phyllis decided to move back in with Jack. Nick was devastated to learn that his DNA was not a match with Summer's, and Phyllis blasted him for playing God. Fen partied with fellow "losers" after graduation. Michael and Lauren started marriage counseling. Victor presented Nikki with a honeymoon trip to Italy, and he set up a test for Adam in his absence. Adam informed someone that Victor would be out of town. Chelsea was horrified when she blurted that she loved Dylan, but she was thrilled when he later returned the sentiment. Anita threatened to tell Adam the truth about Chelsea's baby's paternity. Avery and Leslie started their own law firm. Leslie sought access to Gus's safe deposit box. An excerpt about Devon from Neil's journal appeared online. Cane hired Hilary Curtis as his new assistant. Noah and Sharon commiserated over not knowing what to do with their lives. Sharon turned to a stranger at a bar for attention. Chloe realized that Kevin had stolen again, and she left him. Victoria suspected that Billy was having an affair, and she caught Billy and Chloe in an innocent hug.





PREVIEWS FOR NEXT WEEK!




Monday, June 30
Kate (Lauren Koslow) is shocked when she finds out about the connection between Jordan (Chrishell Stause) and Clyde (James Read); Nicole (Arianne Zucker) attempts to clear Eric's (Greg Vaughan) name. Jordan and Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) discuss their past, and the reason they have been running all these years.

Tuesday, July 1
Sami (Alison Sweeney) and EJ's (James Scott) wedding begins; Theresa (Jen Lilley) is not happy when Eve (Kassie DePaiva) flirts with Brady.

Wednesday, July 2
Chaos erupts at Sami and EJ's wedding; Roman (Josh Taylor) uses Giselle (Vanessa Branch) to make Marlena (Deidre Hall) jealous.

Thursday, July 3
Eve's lawsuit against Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) casts a shadow on JJ's (Casey Moss) graduation day; Marlena and Roman rush to support Sami in her time of need.

Friday, July 4
The residents of Salem celebrate the Fourth of July; Eve tries to seduce Daniel (Shawn Christian); Theresa shares a warm moment with Caroline (Peggy McCay).








Monday, June 30
Levi (Zachary Garred) and Maxie (Kirsten Storms) interrupt Morgan (Bryan Craig) and Kiki's (Kristen Alderson) brownstone project; Franco (Roger Howarth) plans to tell Michael (Chad Duell) who killed AJ.

Tuesday, July 1
Ava (Maura West) asks Delia (Ilene Kristen, reprising her Ryan's Hope character) to help protect her against Sonny (Maurice Benard); Lulu (Emme Rylan) learns if she can carry the embryo to term.

Wednesday, July 2
Nathan (Ryan Paevey) and Maxie find themselves in a compromising situation; Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) makes a discovery about Nina (Michelle Stafford).

Thursday, July 3
Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) asks Spencer (Nicolas J. Bechtel) to help her win back Nikolas (Tyler Christopher); Maxie and Nathan share an intimate moment.

Friday, July 4
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Monday, June 30
Maya (Karla Mosley) gets in hot water with Caroline (Linsey Godfrey); Aly (Ashlyn Pearce) introduces Oliver (Zack Conroy) to a secret part of her world.

Tuesday, July 1
Hope (Kim Matula) confronts Quinn (Rena Sofer) about her role in Liam's (Scott Clifton) injury; Rick (Jacob Young) is torn between business and family.

Wednesday, July 2
Rick and Caroline confront Oliver about Aly; Liam fears for his safety.

Thursday, July 3
Wyatt (Darin Brooks) confronts his mother about Liam; Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) gets the surprise of her life.

Friday, July 4
Bill (Don Diamont) and Deacon (Sean Kanan) come together for the first time in years; Quinn gets angry when she hears who Liam talked to about her threat.









Monday, June 30
Tensions between Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Christine (Lauralee Bell) increase; Kelly (Cady McClain) tells Jack (Peter Bergman) about her relationship with Stitch (Sean Carrigan).

Tuesday, July 1
Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) reach an understanding; Leslie (Angell Conwell) tells Nikki about the revenge plot.

Wednesday, July 2
Colin (Tristan Rogers) confesses to Jill (Jess Walton); Summer (Hunter King) works to help Austin (Matthew Atkinson); Devon (Bryton James) battles feelings for Hilary (Misheal Morgan).

Thursday, July 3
Dylan (Steve Burton) takes a bad turn; Jack gets shocking news; Paul (Doug Davidson) talks to Nikki about their history.

Friday, July 4
Nick and Sharon (Sharon Case) celebrate the Fourth of July; Victoria (Amelia Heinle) confronts Stitch and Kelly.




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'The Legend of Korra,' Season 3: TV Review

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The third season premiere finds Nickelodeon's animated teen adventure series firing on all cylinders, delivering suspense, humor and bone-crunching, element-bending action.

If your only exposure to the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender came by way of M. Night Shyamalan’s 2010 feature film adaptation, then I am truly sorry. I can see how that limp, bland take on creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s blisteringly entertaining animated series would steer you away from ever checking out the source material. And that’s a shame, because Avatar -- a story about a world where certain people can “bend” the four elements to their will and a young Airbender named Aang who is destined to be the Avatar, who alone can restore balance to a pre-industrial civilization that’s out of whack -- is everything an animated series can be. Avatar: The Last Airbender is like a cross between Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Stand By Me if it was animated by Hayao Miyazaki.

After Avatar ran its three seasons, DiMartino and Konietzko hatched a sequel, one that took place a generation later and followed a female Avatar named Korra (voiced by Janet Varney) as she struggled with an industrial age that didn’t want benders, with adjusting to like in Republic City after living a country life, with the highs and lows of young love. The first season of The Legend of Korra was a heady burst of superlative worldbuilding that was built around the civil unrest between those who have powers and those who don’t. The second season, however, got mired in its own fascination with how the spirit world -- from where the Avatar draws his or her power -- and the real one balance each other out. It was a bold decision on the storytellers’ part, but it wasn’t entirely a successful one.

But with this third season -- at least judging by the first three episodes -- The Legend of Korra has gotten its groove back. After the Harmonic Convergence of the second season finale -- which let aspects of the spirit world cross into the real world, and vice versa -- Republic City has become infested with massive green vines that are choking the city’s roads and buildings and no matter what Korra does, she can’t get rid of them. Worse, the Mayor of Republic City explicitly blames her for the scourge and the press follows suit. (It’s not every show ostensibly made for children that spends time talking about approval ratings.)

The one apparent upside of the Harmonic Convergence is that airbending -- a skill that had been absent for decades before Avatar Aang was born and is still possessed by a rare few -- has popped up in people all over the world. So Korra, her mentor Tenzin (voiced by J.K. Simmons) and her friends hit the road to find them, recruit them and teach them so, together, they could rebuild the Air Nation that had been gone for so long.

But not everyone wants to be special. Worse, not everyone should be special -- especially not Zaheer (voiced by rocker Henry Rollins), a criminal who uses his newfound power to escape from a supermax prison and free his three like-minded compatriots. Together, they’ve all got murder on their minds.

Listen, I could tell you the various and sundry ways The Legend of Korra is a show worth checking out. I could say it’s telling the same kind of dense, serialized stories that children’s shows rarely attempt. I could remind you of how few female heroes appear in genre entertainment, let alone one who isn’t sexualized -- and yet remains in complete control of her femininity -- and is clearly the most powerful person in the world. I could point out that the animation is gorgeous and the action scenes are among the best on TV.

Instead, I will just say this about The Legend of Korra -- and Avatar: The Last Airbender before it -- and it's maybe the highest compliment I can give: It’s Game of Thrones for kids.

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Aaron Yoo, Randall Park, Ki Hong Lee and more cast in Wong Fu Production's First Feature

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After crowd-funding over $300,000 and 3 months of intense pre-production planning, Wong Fu has finally announced the start of their principal photography and revealed the principal cast for their first feature film.

Their film takes place in a world where all relationship activity is documented and monitored by the Department of Emotional Integrity (DEI). Much like a credit score is given to represent financial responsibility, a relationship score is given to keep individuals accountable for the relationship activity and choices. The score is public for all to see, and affects various aspects of daily life. In the film we follow two couples who are experiencing different challenges in their relationships. Seth and Haley are two high schoolers who are registering their relationship for the first time, and Ben and Sara, a former couple in their mid twenties who must meet again to settle an old report. Through these two stories we are going to explore how love changes over time, and how to believe in your heart again after it's been hurt.

Here is the cast....
AARON YOO (The Tomorrow People, Disturbia, 21)


BRITTANY ISHIBASHI (Castle, Parenthood, Emily Owens M.D.)



BRANDON SOO HOO (From Dusk Till Dawn, Tropic Thunder, Ender's Game)


VICTORIA PARK (Revenge, Bunheads)


CHRIS RIEDELL of The Brothers Riedell


JOANNA SOTOMURA (Video Game High School, Emma Approved)


KI-HONG LEE (The Maze Runner, The Nine Lives of Chloe King)


RANDALL PARK (Fresh of the Boat, The Interview, Asian Jim from The Office)


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Supermodel Adriana Lima Spills on Her Workout Secrets, Aging Gracefully, and Losing the Baby Weight

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Yes, even supermodels sweat! Wetpaint Entertainment was recently invited to join Victoria Secret supermodel Adriana Lima for an #UrbanJungleWorkout last month at the chic NYC Aerospace gym, and it wasn’t just about the kickboxing, as Adriana was raising money for a charity close to her heart — The St. Luke Foundation for Haiti.

After the hardcore workout, Wetpaint Entertainment got the exclusive scoop on how the supermodel juggles motherhood, working out, and how she got back in shape just in time to strut the catwalk for the Victoria Secret show.

Wetpaint Entertainment: How has motherhood changed you?
Adriana Lima: It’s the best gift of life. For me to be able to create life, I feel very blessed … And those two little girls, they’re so amazing. They change me in so many different ways. They teach me so much — how to be more patient. All your priorities in life change after you have a kid. All of a sudden, like everything else in the world is not important. The most important thing is your children.

What are your favorite cheat foods?
I love cupcakes. They are great.

Do you workout with any of your Victoria’s Secret friends?
Doutzen [Kroes]. Right now she’s expecting a baby so she’s like the greatest workout partner. And she’s really strong too. [We] support each other actually.

During your last pregnancy you gained 40 pounds. How did you lose the weight so quickly and get into shape for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show?
Well I don’t think I lost everything, but I did my best. You know honestly nobody forced me. [I was like] I’m just gonna go work out, eat healthy, and lets see what happens. So, day by day it was a struggle. I did not know that I was going to be able to be in the show. I found out four or five days before the actual show, so it wasn’t easy.

Do you notice your body changing as you get older? Do you have to work harder?
Yes your body does change. Everything changes once you grow up. The way you carry yourself, your values, your body. But you know I’m not afraid, I’m happy about becoming older. I actually prefer how I look right now then when I was younger. And also there is something that comes with age … you become more confident, you know. I’m going to embrace aging with no problem, and I’m going to continue working out … hopefully until I’m 70 or more.

Any secret beauty product to share?
[Adriana holds up Amazon flavored water] Truly, in Brazil, its great for your skin. It’s a great form of hydration ... there is a trick that I use — which is if you wet a cotton pad with cold coconut water for your puffy eyes, you put it on your face and its refreshing.

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Honey I Shrunk the Kids Turns 25: One Of It's Stars Remembers Film!

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25 years ago today, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids became an unexpected hit for Disney, as families flooded the theaters to see what happened after a group of neighborhood kids were blasted by a shrinking ray and left to fend for themselves in their suddenly-dangerous backyard.

Starring Rick Moranis and young actors like Thomas Brown, Amy O'Neill, Jared Rushton and Robert Oliveri, the flick was a massive success when it was first released, spawning two sequels, a TV series and an attraction at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.

To help celebrate the milestone anniversary, toofab's Brian Particelli sat down with Thomas Brown, who played the slightly short, but totally dreamy, boy next door Russ Thompson Jr.

Now 41, the actor opened up about working on the film in his teens - describing the crazy conditions shooting in Mexico City, his favorite moment to film on the giant set and revealing one secret we've ALWAYS been curious about: What was the giant cookie made out of?!

These days, Thomas is living happily with his wife of 23 years and their children in California. He continues to act and will star in director Glenn Withrow's The Firemen later this year. He tells us he's also preparing to direct his first film too -- and is "looking forward to the next 20, 30 years of my life."





Find out what happened to the rest of the cast, with tales varying from success to tragedy.








Rick Moranis (Wayne Szalinski) He is also known for roles in “Ghostbusters” and “The Flintstones.” He stepped away from acting a couple years after his wife passed away from cancer to focus on his family, but has since released 2 comedy albums.








Marcia Strassman (Diane Szalinski): Most known for her role on "Welcome Back Kotter," Strassman returned for "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" and starred on the "Tremors" TV show. In 2007, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but considers herself a "cancer warrior."








my O'Neill (Amy Szalinski): After the film, she appeared in many televisions shows such as “Murder She Wrote” and "Star Trek: The Next Generation." According to costar Thomas Wilson, she's currently a traveling circus performer.








Robert Oliveri (Nick Szalinski): He later appeared in "Edward Scissorhands” and reprised his role in "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid." He retired from acting shortly after and lives in Florida with his wife and children. He hasn't been seen in public for years.








Thomas Wilson Brown (Russ Thompson, Jr.): A former child star for his role in "Silverado," Thomas later starred on "Knott's Landing" and is prepping to direct his first film. He currently lives in California with his wife and three kids.








Jared Rushton (Ron Thompson): Jared later starred in "Pet Sematary Two" and "A Cry In the Wild." He went on to play guitar and sing for bands Withdrawal, Goobye Effect and Deal by Dusk. His most recent photo is from 2006.








Kristine Sutherland (Mae Thompson): Sutherland is most well-known for her role as Joyce Summers on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” She recently took an interest in photography and opened her own studio. She also appeared on "The Following."








Matt Frewer (Russ Thompson, Sr.): Matt later played Moloch in the film adaptation of “Watchmen.” he also appeared on "Eureka,""Falling Skies" and played Dr. Aldous Leekie on "Orphan Black."








Carl Steven (Tommy): Carl later played Young Spock in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and voiced Fred on "A Pup Named Scooby Doo." He died of a heroin overdose in 2011, while serving a 13 year prison sentence for robbery. He left behind a son.






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Series 2 of BBC's Musketeers Will Be Sexier, More Violent + Capaldi's Replacement

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A new post-watershed time slot of 9 pm means that creator Adrian Hodges has been able to ramp up the violence and sex. Viewers of the next series of hit action drama The Musketeers can expect extra gruesome fight scenes and lots more swashbuckling bedroom scenes!

It turns out that when the first series was written its creator Adrian Hodges was told it would air at 8pm on BBC One. That meant that the fights and steamy sex content had to be toned down for a younger, family audience, Hodges has explained. However, the show ended up going out an hour later at 9pm.

Now filming is under way for series two and Hodges has revealed that the scripts and story-lines are much more geared to a later, post-watershed audience.

He explained:“We wouldn’t have done the first series in that way, had we been doing the whole thing as a 9pm show. We would have pushed the tone much further in terms of sexuality and violence. So for this second series, I knew we were going out at 9pm and so we have pushed it harder for this audience.”

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Hodges also said he had to make drastic changes to his plans for the second series because Peter Capaldi, 56, who played the evil Cardinal Richelieu, quit to become the new Doctor Who. Aware the show was without a baddie, they have brought in Hustle’s Marc Warren, 47, who will play the Comte De Rochefort.

Hodges added: “Marc will be the villain and he will run through the whole series, coming in and out of the boys’ stories like The Cardinal did.”

Joining the cast is James Bond actor Colin Salmon, who appeared in three 007 films playing Charles Robinson. He will guest star as a character called Tariq - described by show bosses as "a mysterious interloper on the run from Spain" and Misfits actress Antonia Thomas will play his daughter, Samara.

The first episode of the Sunday night show attracted 9.3million viewers, making it the most successful drama launch on BBC1 since Call The Midwife.

The Musketeers, which stars TV hunks Luke Pasqualino, 23, as D’Artagnan, Howard Charles, 38, as Porthos, Santiago Cabrera, 35, as Aramis, and Tom Burke, 32, as Athos, is back early next year.

The show, based on the stories by Alexandre Dumas, pulled in an average of six million viewers for each episode in the first series and has been sold to 78 countries around the world - including France.

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Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Revenant' is Adding More Cast Members! + PR pics with w/Toni

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Leonardo DiCaprio wears his favorite hat as he steps out with a pal on Thursday (June 26) in New York City.

The 39-year-old actor’s new film The Revenant is reportedly adding two new big actors to the bill!

Tom Hardy and We’re the Millers star Will Poulter are currently in negotiations for the film, Variety reports.


The film is based off of the Michael Punke novel about an 1820s frontiersman on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

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10(4) Essential Films Of The Korean New Wave

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This weekend, after what seems like roughly a decade of delays, rumors, teases, announcements, retractions and general bloviating, Bong Joon-ho’s anxiously awaited “Snowpiercer” hits screens. Of course it seems like years, but it was in fact “only” last October, after its South Korean August bow, that the film snuck out in France (from where we reviewed it), after which it rolled out in Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, and you know, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan before finally coming to the U.S., marking one of the stranger international release strategies for a genre picture starring a recognizable American action star in recent memory. Might it be the only Chris Evans film ever to open in Mongolia three months before the U.S.?


Of course, we’re being a little facetious: “Snowpiercer” may indeed feature Captain America (along with Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and John Hurt among the more familiar faces), but it’s hardly a Chris Evans vehicle. In fact, it’s probable that its surface similarity to an easy-to-market popcorn flick (Hollywood star, comic book provenance, high-concept sci-fi) proved one of the contributing factors to the confusion and prevarication around its release: as any of us who’ve seen it can attest, it is definitively not a straight-up popcorn flick, and it’s possible that the Weinsteins envisaged flaming torches and pitchforks from irate moviegoers raging that they’d been sold an arthouse experiment under the guise of a sci-fi blockbuster. Because it really is very weird — in a way that will delight cinephiles, but that may well leave more mainstream audiences scratching their heads. So it is probably about right that it’s opening limited (and thankfully — or perhaps not — uncut), that “Transformers: Bombastic Subtitle” will siphon off the majority of of the “WTF dude?” brigade and that the name above the marquee is most definitely that of its Korean director, Bong Joon-ho.

Bong already has an international profile, mainly based on the breakout arthouse success of the equally odd, genre-fusing mindfuck that was “The Host” (not to be confused with last year’s terrible Saoirse Ronan YA adaptation unless joyless timesucks are your thing). But he is also part of a generation of Korean directors (at this point almost exclusively male, at least those who have found a measure of international distribution, though 2013's Busan Film Festival did spotlight several first-time female directors so hopefully some green shoots there) who came of age just as newly democratic South Korea started to blossom culturally and artistically. Bringing both a broad appreciation of genre cinema and a uniquely Korean perspective, along with poster child Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy”), Lee Chang-dong, Hong Sang-soo, Kim Ki-duk and Kim Ji-woon, Bong is at the forefront of the so-called Korean New Wave (which also spawned adorable neologism “Hallyuwood” with “Hallyu” roughly translating as “flow from Korea”), which was seeded in the mid-90s but really started to thrive, and to gain international recognition in the 00s. More recently, as “Snowpiercer,” Park Chan-wook’s“Stoker” Kim Ji-woon's English-language debut"The Last Stand" and last year’s “Oldboy” remake prove, Hollywood has caught the K-wave bug, so for those of you who are wondering where to begin, here’s a handy starter pack of 10 films, featuring all the aforementioned directors, and those titles of theirs we feel can give the best overview of the thriving and ever-expanding Korean New Wave.

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“A Tale Of Two Sisters” (2003)
With a more immediately commercial sensibility than some of his contemporaries, it made sense that Kim Ji-Woon would be the first of the Korean New Wave filmmakers to head to Hollywood, with last year’s underrated Arnie-starring actioner “The Last Stand.” As fun as that film was, it wasn’t unfiltered Kim, and while some would have picked out “A Bittersweet Life” or “The Good, The Bad & The Weird,” we’d favor “A Tale Of Two Sisters,” probably the definitive contemporary Korean horror movie, as one of his most complete and satisfying works to date. Riffing on a famous, much-filmed folk story called “Rose Flower and Red Lotus,” and initially seeming to be taking some visual cues from the run of J-horror like “The Ring” and “The Grudge” that had been so popular a few years before, Kim’s film seemingly centers on a pair of sisters, Su-mi (Im Soo-jung) and Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young) who find reason to be suspicious of their new stepmother (Yeom Jeong-ah), their late mother’s former nurse after Su-mi begins suffering from terrifying visions. But as ever, things are more complicated: this isn’t a simple murder mystery or ghost tale (though it’s effective as both), but a first-rate Kubrick-remakes-”Haesu” mindfuck that lingers not so much over what you can see (though there are some horrifying sights there), but on what’s happening just on the other side of frame. The film isn’t well suited for the more ADD horror-fan: it’s slowly and deliberately paced (running close to two hours), and admittedly can be tough to follow first time around during its time-jumping third act as it explains what’s going on. But it’s otherwise an artful, rich and legitimately unnerving picture, especially when held up against the tepid 2009 U.S. remake “The Uninvited,” which features Elizabeth Banks and David Strathairn, and dumbs down to the point that the whole thing feels entirely generic.

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“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring” (2003)
The cuckoo in the nest of director Kim Ki-duk’s otherwise often extremely violent, disturbing and/or sexist catalogue, ‘Spring’ is also by far our favorite of his contributions to the New Wave, being a slow, achingly beautifully shot, contemplative parable inspired by Buddhist teachings. Look a little closer, though (and it’s almost impossible not to with photography this immersive and evocative) and you’ll see some of the enfant terrible’s trademarks come through. There are scenes of animal cruelty (specifically toward fish, snakes and frogs, and, depending on how you feel about using a live cat’s tail as a paintbrush, possibly cats), which have hampered his films’ U.S. distribution on occasion, and while there’s certainly less evidence here of the misogyny he’s frequently accused of, we could wish the quickly-sketched-in women in the film weren’t quite so peripheral and slight.

But it’s simply not his focus here: his concern is with the loss of innocence, and eventual gaining of wisdom of a young apprentice monk (Kim Young-Min, and then Kim Ki-Duk himself in later years) who lives with his teacher and “master” (Oh Young-su) in a tiny one-room temple that floats on a raft in the middle of a tranquil lake surrounded by the sights and sounds of harmonious nature. A young woman (Ha Yeo-jin) comes to the temple to heal from an unspecified illness, and the apprentice ends up running away with her, only to return many years later having, as his impossibly wise teacher foresaw, had his love turn to possessiveness, and his possessiveness to murder. Later again, following the death of the master and his release from prison, he returns to take up the mantle in the temple himself, even gaining his own apprentice as the cycle of pain, cruelty, grace and acceptance begins over again. Considering its pessimism (we are doomed to repeat our mistakes) and the tragic bent of the storytelling, the film's tone of utterly absorbing, and oddly inspirational serenity is quite remarkable, and if nothing else shows that Kim has talent to burn in other registers than the "watch-it-if-you-dare" violence and perversity of his Venice-winning “Pieta” or 2013's "Moebius." Or, by the sounds of its rape-and-murder storyline, his newest, "One by One" which is due to open the Venice Days sidebar at this year's Venice Film Festival.

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Park Chan-Wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" (2002, 2003 & 2005)
It would be pretty sacrilegious to compile a list of Korean New Wave cinema and not include its most iconic and influential film to date "Oldboy," and yet last year's ill-conceived remake, plus the fact it's a frequent touchpoint for revenge movies in general, and contains one of our favorite extended take sequences ever, has seen us writing about it a great deal lately. And so we're cheating with this spot and giving it to three films, Park Chan-wook's so-called "Vengeance Trilogy" of which "Oldboy" is the middle entry. The definition of a thematic trilogy, (characters and setting all change, but the stories share ideas, motifs and arcs) it starts off with 2002's "Sympathy for Mister Vengeance" which stars Song Kang-ho as the rich father of a girl who drowns during a botched kidnapping. Already here the stylish violence and inventively twisty morals are in evidence as your sympathy, appropriately enough, teeters between the grieving father and the kidnappers who had their own moral justifications for their crime. It's maybe the more complete film but it has been largely eclipsed by its slicker, blacker, more keep'em guessing follow-up ('Sympathy' only got a small retrospective international release after the success of "Oldboy"). And then, two years after "Oldboy" (these were consecutive features from Park) came "Lady Vengeance" which did get an international theatrical release, and while it never got quite the same kudos as its predecessor, arguably holds up just as well (if not better) to repeat viewings. It's also refreshing, if maybe not hugely progressive, to have the protagonist be a woman, especially as women are so often, rather worrisomely, the victims of violent crime in New Wave Korean genre filmmaking. And with its deliberate pacing, set pieces that are perhaps less graphic than the previous entries, but often more psychologically vicious, surprising dark humor and constant switchbacks that build to a trademark twist climax, it may be the most muted of the trilogy, but it is also arguably the most complex and layered.

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“Nobody’s Daughter Haewon” (2013)
Once you’ve seen one of Hong Sang-soo’s films, you’ve seen them all. That would be a very glib and inaccurate way of talking about the director, but it’s easy to take a certain amount of sympathy with that viewpoint: his films (which aren’t widely distributed in the U.S., but are favorites of the festival crowd), often feel like variations on a theme, often tackling similar issues of disconnection, self-absorption and alienation, with a structural playfulness that belies their surface wispiness, and certain recurring elements in each, like a character who is a film director. But it adds up to an increasingly remarkable and beguiling body of work, and last year’s “Nobody’s Daughter Haewon” is as good an entry point to his filmmaking as any other, at once accessible and a little off-putting. The titular Haewon (Jung Eun-chae) is being left alone in Seoul: her father (who appears to not be Korean) is never seen, and her mother moves to Canada at the opening of the film after one final dinner together. She recently broke up with her film studies professor (Lee Sun-kyun), who’s also a movie director, and the ripples of that break-up continue to play out as the film unspools. Those who demand a certain emphasis on plot are never going to adore Hong (despite his narrative playfulness), but there simply isn’t anyone else, in Korea, or in the rest of world cinema, quite like him, this film, like so many of his others, attaining a unique rhythm -- in particular, “Nobody’s Daughter Haewon” ends up feeling like that state between dreaming and waking, the state in which Haewon spends much of the film. And it also rewards multiple viewings, initially seeming slight but unpacking itself into a rich and complex take on mortality, history repeating itself and the nature of home. It’s another entry in what’s becoming one of the most beguiling filmographies in contemporary cinema.


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The 25 (5) Best Movie Bollockings

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Sometimes, polite encouragement and disapproving stares prove unequal to the task. Sometimes, even that British reserve has to crack and you just have to tell someone off in no uncertain terms. At times like these, cinema has your back. Whether you're a football manager with an underperforming World Cup team this week, or just a worker trying to get the best out of your colleagues, one of these epic harrangues should have the answer...



THE UNTOUCHABLES


This appears to start as a delightful morale booster from everyone’s favourite mobster, Al Capone (Robert De Niro). He even has a hilarious prop (a baseball bat), prompting laughter from his sycophantic audience. Lots of talk about individuals and teamwork, plenty of baseball metaphors; it’s all familiar stuff for a pep talk. But what’s less familiar is when Capone suddenly brains one of his men repeatedly, right there at the table. As the blood seeps across the tablecloth and threatens to ruin the starter, his cohorts learn that he means business.



FULL METAL JACKET


The gold-plated standard for army drill sergeants everywhere is undoubtedly R. Lee Ermey’s Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. One of the only actors besides Peter Sellers who Kubrick allowed to improvise his own dialogue, Ermey’s rapid-fire insults and abuse are ridiculous, hilarious and terrifying. “How tall are you?... Five foot nine? I didn’t know they stacked shit that high!” Oh, and mothers don’t escape his spittle-flecked venom: “It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama’s ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!” And all that’s before he’s half choked poor old Lawrence to death. This is tough talk, with the emphasis very much on the "tough".




DOWNFALL


Ok. Yes. This one might be slightly difficult to take seriously nowadays, given the staggering number of re-subtitled ‘comedy’ versions we've had over the years. From Miley Cyrus to The Hobbit, Adolf Hitler has been furious about a lot of things (including the fact that people are parodying Downfall). Still, none of these can quite take away from the power of Bruno Ganz’s original performance. Realising the gravity of Germany’s predicament, he lets loose the most almighty rant against his most senior underlings with a rage at once terrifying and impotent. Better still, Ganz has taken the whole afterlife of his performance in remarkably good humour (the subtitles are fake, btw).





GOLDENEYE


James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) hasn't exactly pleased M (Judi Dench), and the fact that he’s being all petulant and pouty doesn't help matters. M picks up the signals (“You don’t like me, Bond”), but isn't having any of it. “I think you’re a sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War… If you think for one moment I don’t have the balls to send a man out to die, your instincts are dead wrong.” M’s had some withering moments since (particularly in Skyfall), but she never made Bond seem quite as small as she did here.




FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF


The greatest skiving in cinema history comes complete with a wonderful switcheroo bollocking. Ferris (Matthew Broderick) and Cameron (Alan Ruck) are about to set off on their day of adventure, but first, they must free Ferris' girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) from school. Principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) is on the phone with someone claiming to be Sloane's father, who says Sloane's grandmother just died, so his daughter will need the day off. Rooney is sure it’s Ferris pulling a fast one, so he highhandedly demands to see the corpse. At that moment, Ferris Bueller himself calls up on the other line. Rooney’s stammering terror is a joy to behold, even though we know that it’s actually Cameron pretending to be Sloane's dad. There’s also a wonderful feeling of wish fulfillment in seeing Cameron shout at the headmaster, “Pardon my French, but you’re an asshole! Asshole!”

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Britney Spears walks her dogs on their leash, and someone clearly let her off hers

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Popstar Britney posts the most adorable video of the week on her instagram

Britney did a little “Britney Jean” promo on Saturday, posting a personal video of her and her boys walking the dogs.
In the clip, Brit Brit films her sons walking ahead of her as she walks her dogs. Oh, and she’s bored as hail.

She posted:
How I spend my Saturdays….lol.





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i love that she's allowed to use her own social media! slay!

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Miley Cyrus Adopts New Dog, Emu!

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time to start making Emu accounts smilers. Hes here and here to stay I welcomed Emu Coyne Cyrus into the family a couple days ago. Been keepin him a secret cause sometimes I'm weird like that. It's taken some time to be ready for this next step and loving again. There will never be anyone like Floyd. There was a bond that was so deep it's irreplaceable but that's not what I am trying to do. Never will I replace Floyd and that's something I had to take time to understand. we had a very special memorial service for Floyd and I felt my angel Floydy give Emu his blessing. I prayed to Floyd to just give him a touch of his awesomeness and he has. He is so special and different than my baby Floyd and I think Floyd did that on purpose. But sometimes he does little things that remind me of him and it makes me smile I'm blissed the out right now ️ I feel like this is a new beginning in so many ways. I feel a change coming on




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Calling ONTD Thots: Ester Dean & Juicy J Drop 'Twerk'n 4 Birkin'

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New Toy Accessory Lets Men Have Sex With Their iPads

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Sex robots, blow-up dolls, automatic sperm extractors — the number of ways for men to get their rocks off with the physical assistance of technology is growing every day. So, men around the world will be overjoyed to learn about a truly unique new offering from Fleshlight. The company has figured out a way to enable dudes to have penetrative intercourse with their iPads.

The Fleshlight LaunchPAD is basically a case for your iPad with a cupholder glued onto the back, into which you can insert your fave variety of Fleshlight. Not surprisingly, guys everywhere are rejoicing, as reflected in LaunchPAD's rave reviews. A user named "JT" gushes, “The LaunchPAD takes watching POV videos to a whole new level! It feels like I’m really having sex with my favorite porn stars.” Another happy customer, who goes by the name of "Fleshlover," sums up the appeal with passionate concision: “Stoya porn on your tablet + the Launch Pad + Stoya’s Fleshlight makes it feel like she’s really in the room! IMHO this is better than the real thing.”

As you can see in the video above, this would theoretically change Skype sex into a more seamless experience (for the guy, that is), since it is now possible for men to physically hump virtual images of their faraway SO.

Of course, the logistical challenges presented by strapping an iPad to your Fleshlight might diminish the appeal for some: that much rubber/metal/glass/plastic in one unwieldy package would make for a pretty clumsy sex toy. But, if nothing else positive comes out of this, at least this joyous piece of cinematic advertising was shared with the world.

The LaunchPAD is available now for the (plus, you'll need a Fleshlight to put into the attachment). Have at it, dudes.


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