Jennifer Aniston celebrates 43rd birthday today
TrendPK.com: Jennifer Aniston has had quite the career and all of it happened before she even turned 43 years old.
The movie star is celebrating her 43rd birthday today and likely enjoying where she is in her life right now.
Aniston has been dating Justin Theroux for about a year now, and the two seem pretty inseparable.
How do you think she’ll celebrate?
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Kim Kardashian opens up about divorce on ‘LIVE! With Kelly’
TrendPK.com: Kim Kardashian made a major public appearance when she co-hosted ‘LIVE! With Kelly,’ and it seems the gig had her opening up some more about her decision to divorce Kris Humphries.
Kim revealed that the marriage was all about wanting to be with him because she would never make such a poor business decision of divorcing him in 72 days, states UsMagazine.com.
“If this was a business decision and I really made all that money that everyone was claiming that we made off this wedding, and if the wedding was fake and just for TV — I’m a smart business woman — I would have stayed married longer,” Kim commented.
Kim also commented that she felt the need to do it sooner than later if she felt it wasn’t right: “I want babies and that forever love and if I felt in my heart that this wasn’t right, why wait years for the same result?”
What did you think of her appearance?
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Angelina Jolie reportedly not giving George Clooney’s new girl a chance
TrendPK.com: George Clooney has been with Stacy Keibler for a bit now, but it seems not all of his friends are getting along with the leggy blonde.
It is rumored that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were recently on a private plane with the two and it did not go as Keibler probably wanted it to go, states UsMagazine.com. Jolie allegedly ignored Keibler pretty much the whole time as she reportedly didn’t even really acknowledge her being there.
Jolie has been open about not having many close girlfriends as she spends much of her time with Pitt.
Do you think she seems unfriendly?
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Simon Cowell reveals engagement isn’t moving forward
TrendPK.com: Simon Cowell is engaged to Mezhgan Hussainy, but it seems that things will not be moving forward to a wedding anytime soon or possibly ever.
Cowell recently revealed in an interview with the ‘Daily Mirror’ that he is sort of on a break with his fiancee, states RadarOnline.com. “It’s quite a complicated relationship. We have had a break from each other, and we are still incredibly close,” Cowell commented.
He also added that the wedding may never happen: “It’s not on, it’s not off, it’s somewhere in the middle. I don’t know if I will ever get married.”
Do you think he’ll marry?
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‘Housewives of Beverly Hills’ stars just putting on face for show?
TrendPK.com: As is probably expected, it seems the ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ might not be as close as the show would make them appear.
Rumors are out that the women are not really all that friendly these days and wouldn’t bother hanging out if not for cameras being around at times, states RadarOnline.com. In fact, the women are becoming so distant that it is rumored Bravo wants to replace some cast members with new people who are actual friends.
It has been rumored that Kim Richards and Camille Grammer may not be back for a third season.
Who do you want on a third season?
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Oscars: Screenwriter John Logan talks “Hugo,” “Rango” and “Coriolanus” — AWARDS ALLEY
By Sean O’Connell
TrendPK.com: The only thing bigger than the films John Logan wrote in 2011 are the films he’d credited with writing in 2012 and beyond.
He’s credited with an early draft of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” He penned the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, “Skyfall,” for director Sam Mendes and star Daniel Craig. And he recently signed on the dotted line to write the screen adaptation of the smash Broadway musical “Jersey Boys.”
But it’s the three films Logan wrote in 2011 – “Rango,” “Coriolanus” and “Hugo” – that has his name buried deep in the heart of the ongoing Oscar race. “It’s kismit,” Logan told me. “Movies have their own internal time table. You never know when they’re going to achieve critical mass.”
The marathon comes to a head Tuesday morning, when nominations are revealed. We’ll see if Logan can add to his current nomination total of two. (He was recognized for penning “Gladiator” and “The Aviator,” also with Martin Scorsese.)
On the eve of the Oscar nominations, here is the gregarious, honest and refreshingly enthusiastic screenwriter, John Logan:
TrendPK.com: You have talked about how long it took to make “Rango.” How collaborative was it? Were you there for most of the process to keep changing dialogue or was it pretty much set in stone?
John Logan: It was pretty established early on, but we spent a long time getting it there. And it was the most mad cap experience I’ve ever had making a movie. We did most of the heavy lifting at Gore Verbinski’s house, away from a studio and away from society. The creative team was there, and we would walk around, through the hills, or sit in the backyard and hash things out. This involved a lot of acting on our parts, as we popped up and played almost all of the characters. We wanted the movie to have an off-the-cuff feel, an idiosyncratic energy.
But by the time you get to doing a story reel, the language and dialogue had to be set. And so once we got the actors in to record it – and we sort of filmed them doing it as if we were doing a live play – it was all pretty set. Though we did use that process as an excuse to further explore these characters and to let the actors improvise around the text.
It was more fluid then I think animation usually is.
TrendPK.com: And yet, it’s so drastically different than “Coriolanus.” Tell me how you became involved with Ralph Fiennes’ Shakespeare adaptation.
It was years ago, and it came to me because of my great affection for Shakespeare. The reason that I am a writer today is Shakespeare, and just falling in love with theater.
I’d always thought, from the time I started writing screenplays, that sooner or later I would try my hand at adapting Shakespeare. And I always thought “Coriolanus” was the one that I was going to do. I think that it’s a very cinematic story. And very modern. But not in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that anybody in the world would want to make a movie of “Coriolanus” until I met Ralph Fiennes! Laughs
We have similar contact. Kathryn Bigelow is a dear friend of both of ours. We met, and he sort of pitched me his take on the movie, which is exactly how I thought it should be … very modern. And we just dove in and did it.
TrendPK.com: You always wanted to bring Shakespeare into a modern time?
Completely. Well, with “Coriolanus.” If I were doing “Winter’s Tale,” I wouldn’t. But this, because of the central character, seems to me to be very modern. It’s less about the contemporary parallels, of which there are many. What I find particularly filmic and modern is the character of Coriolanus. He is a very complicated, murky individual. He’s deeply, deeply complex. And one of the things that draws me to people I want to write about is the examination of deeply flawed characters. Whether it’s Charles Foster Kane in “RKO 281” or T.E. Lawrence or Norman Bates. The people who we don’t understand, but the camera can let their internal lives come out. And that’s why, to me, “Coriolanus” was going to make such a great movie.
TrendPK.com: Shifting to “Hugo,” as we run through your impressive credits from the year, I’m curious if you connected with the topic of film preservation in the same way that Martin Scorsese does?
It’s less about preservation for me as it is understanding where you stand in the continuum of your art form.
I think we all stand in the good grace and on the backs of those who came before us in the movies. It’s shocking to me when I meet film people who’ve never seen “Night of the Hunter,” who don’t know “Vertigo,” “Intolerance,” “Top Hat” or “The Band Wagon.” Who don’t understand who Ben Hecht was. To me, it’s very important to know the lineage of your art form, whether it’s in the theater or movies, which are the two forms that I like to explore.
Clearly, there’s that thing in “Hugo” that is about the acknowledgement of the masters of the form. And I know Marty connected to that, as did I.
TrendPK.com: One topic that emerged from “Hugo” was the advancement of 3D technology, as Scorsese figured out how best to use it to aid his storytelling. Does 3D change the way that you write, and if so, how?
It certainly did in my case. Once the decision was made to go to 3D, it encouraged me to write a different way. When I write screenplays, I try to imagine the whole thing in a sort of virtual, 3D environment anyway. So it encouraged me to find ways to go into things and through things, so I wrote more sequences of Hugo going through the tunnels, of the camera going inside of the automaton to see how all of the pieces work. Or simple things like the dogs being a Doberman and two Dachshunds because those are long dogs that would look good in 3D.
TrendPK.com: Ah, that’s interesting.
Right. So it absolutely informed a lot of decisions in a really exciting way.
TrendPK.com: Would you like to potentially go back and do “The Time Machine” in 3D?
Laughs No, I’m leaving H.G. Wells in my past.
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– Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
– Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
– Producer Jim Burke for “The Descendants.”
– Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
– Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
– David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
– Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
– Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
– Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
– Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
– Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
– Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
– Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
– Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
– Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
– Producer Grant Heslov for “The Ides of March.”
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LIVE: “The Artist” Star and Director in Live Q & A – Oscars
TrendPK.com: The Weinstein Company announced today that they will feature a live Q&A session with director Michel Hazanavicius, and star Bérénice Bejo live online, beginning at approximately 1:30PM PT/4:30PM ET. The event will feature the director and actress, just days after the film was named BEST PICTURE by the Producers Guild of America and the Golden Globes.
The Q&A will be streamed online at www.theartistmovie.net and www.facebook.com/theartist.twc allowing film fans across the world to submit questions and participate in a discussion with the cast and crew on the making of the film. The Weinstein Company hosted a similar event with the ensemble cast of THE ARTIST earlier this month as well as last year with the film, THE KING’S SPEECH and had over 20,000 questions submitted in a 30 minute period during the Q&A. The Artist has been nominated for three SAG AWARDS including Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting Actress for Bejo.
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies. The film opened in U.S. theaters on November 25th.
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius THE ARTIST stars Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Beth Grant, Joel Murray, Ken Davitian and John Goodman. It is written by Michel Hazanavicius and produced by Thomas Langmann.
ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as SCREAM, SPY KIDS and SCARY MOVIE. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes, including Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH, winner of four 2011 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture.
Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as GRINDHOUSE; I’M NOT THERE; THE GREAT DEBATERS; VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; THE ROAD; HALLOWEEN; THE PAT TILLMAN STORY; PIRANHA 3D; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; A SINGLE MAN; BLUE VALENTINE; THE COMPANY MEN; MIRAL; SCRE4M; SUBMARINE; DIRTY GIRL; APOLLO 18; OUR IDIOT BROTHER; I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT; SARAH’S KEY; and SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D. Currently in release are MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; THE ARTIST; THE IRON LADY and CORIOLANUS. Upcoming is W.E.
TWC is also active in television production, with credits including the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series Project Runway, the VH1 reality series Mob Wives, and the critically acclaimed HBO comedy/crime series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency which also received a Peabody Award. The company is currently producing After The Runway, Project Runway All Stars and Project Accessory. The company currently has 17 series in different stages of development, including Marco Polo, a scripted historical series about the great explorer; and The Nanny Diaries, being adapted for ABC by Amy Sherman Palladino (Gilmore Girls).
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Oscars: “The Descendants” producer Jim Burke on George Clooney, Hawaii and the awards race – AWARDS ALLEY
By Sean O’Connell
TrendPK.com: Alexander Payne and Jim Burke’ creative collaboration dates back to 1999’s “Election,” a comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick that helped define the director’s razor-sharp wit and keen observational voice.
Nearly 15 years later, they’re back with “The Descendants,” an equally witty and insightful human drama starring George Clooney that has been enjoying more than enough awards-season buzz. In fact, according to the pundits, if any film can upset “The Artist” in the Oscar race, it’s Payne’s latest.
It was a pleasure to sit down with Burke and discuss his film’s position in the Oscar race ahead of tomorrow’s nominations. He expanded on filming in Hawaii, and the challenges faced in making smart films for grown-up audiences. Here’s Jim Burke:
TrendPK.com: Long before “The Descendants,” you produced such outstanding films as Tamara Jenkins’ “The Savages” and Alexander Payne’s earlier drama, “Election.” These are complicated, difficult stories of characters at real crossroads. Are you looking for parallels to your personal life when contemplating material to produce?
Jim Burke: You know, the process of just talking about “The Descendants,” any movie sort of becomes revealing about one’s self. Laugh I learn as much about myself as I do about … speaking for me, I think a lot of our decisions are done subconsciously.
TrendPK.com: And do you feel that you support these types of films because there aren’t enough smart, adult options at the theaters these days?
Yeah, yeah, I do feel that way. But the business, the way it operates right now, is not set up for films like that, “The Savages” or films like that. Producers have choices we need to make. And sometimes, maybe, we make choices for not the right reasons. Sometimes you make a movie because you have bills to pay or a kid to send through college. Things like that. Those are the films that the people who have all of the money want to make.
Personally, I know that that consideration comes with the territory. I learned very early on that the selling starts with the word, “No.” Laughs I hear “no” all of the time. But if I have something that I really believe in. Those “no” answers are like rocket fuel for me. They empower me, because that “yes” feels that much better.
TrendPK.com: Logistically, is Hawaii a complicated location in which to shoot?
Well, logistically, it’s biggest problem is that it’s far away. And not just that it’s far away, but once you get there, it’s expensive to stay there. So just the everyday kind of things are a little bit more expensive. The housing gets more expensive, so there’s that added cost. But the real truth of it is that a lot of movies shoot there. You just don’t know it. “Pirates of the Caribbean” was filmed there. “Tropic Thunder” and a lot of Adam Sandler movies were filmed there.
TrendPK.com: But in precious few of those was Hawaii as essential a character as the state was in your film.
Right, exactly.
TrendPK.com: Back to the Oscar race for a minute. “The Descendants” has been a prominent player in the awards race since its debut in Telluride. Practically speaking, what does awards recognition mean for ticket sales and a film’s bottom line?
It means a lot, really. And it validates the people who believed in us. When you make a movie, you have to go to someone for help with production and distribution, and they have to make a decision. Part of that decision depends on the movie, and part of that decision depends on the people who are going to make it. So it feels wonderful that their belief and trust was rewarded.
TrendPK.com: It also, I assume, helps is opening the next door for you.
Oh, it does. And not just for us, but for other people who are making movies that are not sequels or based on bestsellers.
The more movies that don’t follow the traditional path and break out and be successful … I guess dating back to “Blair Witch,” where you saw a sort of low-budget horror movie succeed and the other films that followed … not that’s sort of a mini part of the business. To make horror movies for the cheap. And there is a smaller part of the business that’s carved out for what I’ll call auteur films, movies with a voice and a vision. We like to say around here, “We like to make them like they used to.” Laughs
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– David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
– Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
– Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
– Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
– Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
– Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
– Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
– Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
– Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
– Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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Kristin Cavallari announces she is pregnant
TrendPK.com: Kristin Cavallari may have had a broken engagement with Jay Cutler last year, but hopefully they have worked things out completely because they are going to be parents.
Cavallari and Cutler just recently announced that they are now expecting their first child together, states People. “We are thrilled to announce we are expecting our first child together. It’s an amazing time in our life and we can’t wait to meet the new addition to our growing family,” the two commented in a statement.
The two reconciled late last year after a brief time apart.
Do you think they will last?
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Oscars® “Celebrate the Movies” with Launch of Digital Exhibition
TrendPK.com: In anticipation of the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has launched “Celebrate the Movies,” a digital exhibition spotlighting iconic moments from 84 films.
Beginning today, January 23, the exhibition will appear on digital billboards in Los Angeles, and on ABC’s digital “SuperSign,” an electronic landmark in New York’s Times Square. It will also be showcased on an online gallery on Oscar.com, and extend to youtube.com/Oscars, where fans can share their most memorable movie-going experiences through video or text.
Images will debut in groups of 20 within the next two weeks. The 84 films represented span eight decades, beginning with “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) and culminating in “Avatar” (2009). Highlights from each decade include “Gone with the Wind” (1939), “Casablanca” (1942), “The Killers” (1946), “Sunset Boulevard” (1950), “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961), “True Grit” (1969), “The Exorcist” (1973), “Saturday Night Fever” (1977), “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989), “Apollo 13″ (1995), “Shrek” (2001), “Ray” (2004), and “The Dark Knight” (2008). The exhibition highlights all of Hollywood’s major genres, as well as independent, animated, foreign-language, and documentary films.
Included in the first 20 images are the eight that were featured in the key art campaign, which was unveiled in late December.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
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 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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