Whitney Port allegedly dating her show’s former producer
TrendPK.com: Former reality TV star Whitney Port split from her longtime beau, ‘The Buried Life’s’ Ben Nemtin, last summer, but she has apparently moved on to someone she’s known for quite a bit.
Port is allegedly dating a former associate producer with ‘The City,’ Tim Rosenman, after having a crush on him for some time, states UsMagazine.com. The two reportedly kept in touch after her reality show ended, but didn’t start dating until some time after her split with Nemtin.
Port and Rosenman allegedly vacationed together this January in Miami.
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Angelina Jolie talks walking the red carpet
TrendPK.com: Angelina Jolie certainly knows how to work a red carpet, but apparently that person walking the carpet isn’t who she really is.
Jolie recently opened up about how somewhat odd it is to get dressed up and walk the red carpet even though she’s been doing it for years, states RadarOnline.com.
“Every once in a while I put a dress on and go on a red carpet but it’s kind of like that funny thing you do — that party you go to — but it’s not who you really are,” Jolie commented.
Jolie also admitted that her humanitarian work has helped her from leading a more shallow life that could happen if she got caught up in all this.
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‘Housewives of Miami’ finally coming back for second season
TrendPK.com: Although the ratings weren’t that great and the first season aired quite some time ago, it seems ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ will be coming back for a second season.
Bravo has released a statement confirming that they will be airing a second season of the show that will allegedly only include three of the original cast members, states UsMagazine.com. “This season will give viewers an inside look at these aspirational women as they juggle family, work and the fabulous social scene in a city where the food is spicy, and the drama is even spicier,” Bravo commented.
The returning women are reportedly Marysol Patton, Lea Black and Adriana De Moura. Others are expected to be added to the group.
Production will allegedly begin late this month.
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Oscars: Emma Stone to present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony
TrendPK.com: Emma Stone will present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. It will be her first time presenting on the show.
Stone appears in the Best Picture nominee “The Help.” Her other film credits include “Crazy, Stupid, Love.,” “Friends with Benefits,” “Easy A” and “Superbad.” She will be seen next in “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Gangster Squad.”
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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CNN suspends commentator over anti-gay tweets
February 9, 2012 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES: Cable TV network CNN said on Wednesday it has suspended commentator Roland Martin over a series of Twitter remarks during the Super Bowl game that offended America’s gay community.
“Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being,” the TV news network said in a statement.
Martin on Sunday made a series of Twitter remarks that poked fun at British soccer player David Beckham’s new underwear ad for fashion retailer H&M and at a New England Patriot football player for wearing a pink suit.
Martin tweeted: “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl”, as well as, “Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass”
His remarks provoked protests by gay and lesbian activist group GLAAD, which said Martin was advocating violence against gay people.
“CNN today took a strong stand against anti-LGBT violence and language that demeans any community,” GLAAD spokesman Rich Ferraro said in a statement following CNN’s decision to suspend Martin.
Nick Cannon completely healthy after health scare
TrendPK.com: It looks like things are back on track for Nick Cannon as he is working and healthy after his recent health scare involving his kidneys.
Cannon was one of the hosts for NBC’s Super Bowl pre-game show and revealed that things are going well for him now that he is feeling like himself again, states TooFab. “This is a great place to get back and debut the healthy Nick … I am 100 percent feeling good right now,” Cannon commented during his appearance.
Cannon has reportedly changed his diet a bit in order to stay feeling this way as he claims he was once a “fast food junkie.”
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Clint Eastwood wins Super Bowl with stirring Chrysler ad
By Sean O’Connell
TrendPK.com: As Hollywood debates which blockbuster better helped its cause with a winning Super Bowl ad campaign, America needs to rally behind this outstanding Chrysler ad featuring a solemn yet hopeful Clint Eastwood reminding us that unity is pretty much the only thing that can get our nation through its toughest times.
It’s a car ad, but only in the sense that it calls to attention the rebound of the automotive industry in Detroit.
Instead, this is a shot in the arm, a call to arms for Americans to believe in each other again … and to believe in themselves.
Eastwood uses the halftime analogy, saying that our country is figuring out how to come back, how to win. It’s a stirring ad, perhaps more effective than Eastwood’s last few films. (Sorry, sir, but the truth is the truth.)
“This country can’t be knocked out with one punch. We’ll get back up again and when we do the world’s gonna hear the roar of our engines. Yeah. It’s halftime, America,” he said. “And our second half’s about to begin.”
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“Chronicle” is a compelling character drama, a visual dazzler
By Scott Mendelson
TrendPK.com: I’ve written a lot over the last couple years about how, if superhero films are going to survive, they are going to have to be able to be about something other than the generic tropes of superhero comic book adventures. Captain America excelled because it was a World War II period action drama, while Green Lantern mostly faltered because it wasn’t about anything other than its own conventions. Chronicle (written by Max Landis and directed by Josh Trank) is a shining example of a powerful emotional tragedy that involves certain comic book conventions without really being about them. At heart, the picture is a fierce rebuttal of the now-cliche ‘with great power comes a superior destiny’ motif that has been central to the last ten years of big-budget fantasy pictures, both those based on comics and those based on young-adult fantasy novels. More than just a deconstruction of fantasy tropes, Chronicle is a thoughtful and empathetic story of three disparate teens who end up with special powers and how it does or does not change them.
Although it is an unofficial member of the ‘found footage’ school, it uses that oft-derided format to its advantage, bringing intimacy and realism to the forefront (it helps that the film looks visually engaging and has a bare minimum of ‘shaky cam’ effect). While this may be damning with faint praise, Chronicle is arguably the best ‘found footage’ film yet made, using the technique to make its special effects feel truly special. It also contains the truest and most compelling variation on the that classic ‘they discover they have powers’ concept, feeling absolutely authentic as the three young men explore their new found abilities in not very heroic ways (my favorite involves playing that prank in a toy store that you’ve always dreamed of doing…). This experimentation phase culminates in a soaring bit of action and special effects that feels far more real than any number of $100-200 million franchise pictures that have tried the same effect. The is a plausibility to the effects work and to the scenarios being played out that renders them genuinely special and that-much more engaging. It is one thing to believe your eyes when you’re seeing practical stunt work. It is another thing to absolutely believe your eyes when you’re seeing something that cannot actually be real.
But the picture is more than just a demo reel of how to make cheap special effects look better than far-more expensive visuals. The picture is a true character study, centering around the three young men who stumble upon what can only be described as ‘super powers’. The film’s main point-of-view is young Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan), who initially begins filming in order to document the violent abuse of his drunken father and the medical suffering of his terminally-ill mother. The two other main characters are Andrew’s cousin Matt (Alex Russell) and Steve Montgomery (Michael B. Jordan), a popular and extroverted student who just happens to stumble upon the mysterious underground rock at the wrong time. Everyone shines and everyone – supporting cast, cameo players, etc – give superb slice-of-life performances. The screenplay gives the three leads so much depth that you realize about halfway in that Steve isn’t just ‘the token black guy’, but a full-blown lead character in this drama. The few female characters are pretty thin, but they are both accorded appropriate respect and not overused for the sake of having a pretty girl to put on the poster (Ashley Hinshaw does fine understated work as Matt’s crush).
Where this story goes I will not reveal, only to say that it is just slightly disappointing that the film doesn’t play around with certain formulas a bit more in the third act. Once you figure out just what story is being told, you can pretty-well map out what will transpire. But the telling is solid, with Trank and Landis confidently bringing their story to its inevitable conclusion even as we hope for a different outcome. What works in a narrative sense is the refusal to paint an arc for each major character in a conventional sense. Andrew and Matt don’t change all that much throughout the film, while Steve merely opens up a bit as he finds himself socializing with people far outside his usual peer group.
Also giving the story an added gravitas is the fact that the majority of the school is not made up of bullies and would-be enemies. When Andrew gets a brief moment of social acceptance, it feels real because it IS real. Most of the kids in this film are relatively decent people, which adds a level of pathos as we realize that Andrew has been self-ostracized and beaten-down by his father for so long that he doesn’t know how to deal with something resembling friendship. This isn’t a case of Anakin Skywalker going to the dark side because none of the Jedi bothered to intervene, or a case of Carrie White being endlessly tormented until she exploded in a fiery rage. Chances are missed and the wrong things are occasionally said, but there is potential for a happy ending, although I will not reveal if one actually occurs.
When a genre becomes old enough or repeated often enough, the tropes become so familiar that the deconstructions become more engaging and entertaining than the real thing. When film critics discuss their favorite westerns, it is usually films like The Searchers, Lonesome Dove, and Unforgiven that get heralded above the others. By looking at the genre motifs with a somewhat clinical eye, it is that much easier to find profundities within the genre trappings while both being of and standing apart from that genre. Chronicle attempts something even trickier, which is to examine the messages and ideologies of the super-hero drama without actually existing in said genre, while telling a fantastical story in an absolutely relatable and plausible fashion. It is not a super hero picture in any conventional sense, but it has an awful lot to say about them.
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S Advance
Samsung just introduced the latest dual-core addition to their lineup of Android smartphones. Dubbed Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance, the new handset promises to become the most affordable dual-core smartphone by the Korean company.
Featuring a processor and RAM bump, Galaxy S Advance’s other specifications are pretty much same as the OG Galaxy S.
Galaxy S Advance comes with 1GHz dual core processor, 4 inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, Gingerbread, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 1.3MP front camera, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, 8/16B internal memory, 768MB of RAM, Allshare, FM Radio, microSD card slot and 1500mAh battery.
It will also feature company’s Touchwiz 4.0 UI and should get ICS update in the future. Samsung Galaxy S Advance would be available in Russia starting February, followed by CIS, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Southeast and Southwest Asia, Latin America and China.
“The GALAXY S Advance adds to the successful track record of the GALAXY smartphone range with a phone that combines power and style with all the versatility of Samsung’s Hub services,” said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.
Obama praises military for Somalia hostage rescue
January 25, 2012 by Trend PK
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised U.S. Special Operations Forces who rescued two hostages, including an American aid worker, from pirates in Somalia during an early morning raid.
Obama said Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker with the Danish Refugee Council, is “on her way home.” Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted were kidnapped at gunpoint by Somali pirates in October.
“As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts,” Obama said in a statement.
In a separate statement, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Buchanan and Thisted “have been transported to a safe location where we will evaluate their health and make arrangements for them to return home.” He said the two hostages were not harmed during the operation, and no U.S. troops were killed or injured.
“This was a team effort and required close coordination, especially between the Department of Defense and our colleagues in the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Panetta said. Obama said he had approved the mission Monday.
On Tuesday night, Obama appeared to refer to the mission before delivering his State of the Union address. As he entered the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol, he pointed at Panetta in the audience and said, “Good job tonight.” The president did not mention the operation during his speech.
In his statement Wednesday, Obama said: “The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people, and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice. This is yet another message to the world that the United States of America will stand strongly against any threats to our people. AGENCIES
