Some snippets from the accompanying interview, courtesy of Vanity Fair -
About how she pursued her part in the new movie Sunshine Cleaning- "I didn’t audition—I hounded!” Adams admits. “I hounded [producer] Scott Rudin and John Patrick Shanley for months!” Another actor was attached to the part, so Adams was told to forget it. Still, she flew to New York and called Shanley with the old ruse that she was already there on other business, and could they just meet for coffee? “I’m a tenacious person, but I’m not usually that sort of dog-with-a-bone,” says Adams. “But I just loved Doubt. I loved the delicacy of it."
Regarding "Faith" - "Faith is something I’ve been exploring in my roles for a while,” Adams says as she takes a dainty bite of her room-service salad. “How we deal with doubt, how we deal with questions.” With each new character, she asks herself: What is this character’s religious background? “I think it’s a great indicator of behavior—their faith or the lack thereof."
You can read the full article by George Shnayerson through the Vanity Fair website via this link. A video clip of the shoot can also be seen here.
Some snippets from the"OMFG - IT'S THE GOSSIP BOYS" article, coutesy of Details Magazine: CHACE
Chace is cheerfully reeling off the indictments against him. "Model turned actor, dime a dozen, eye candy, doesn't know what he's doing ... and Perez Hilton says I have 'gayface.' So on top of everything else, I have to overcome gayface."
Chace, whose demeanor is friendly and relaxed, says he loves his job. Good thing, since he, like all the principals, is under contract for another six seasons. "It never really gets frustrating," he says. "Sure, sometimes you just want to have a scene where you're drunk or having fun. I'm hoping for a fall from grace for Nate. Five years from now, I better have murdered someone!" PENN
Penn, who's 21, is funny and articulate, if prone to the occasional conversational misfire that makes you want to hand him a rewind button. Example:
Penn on the paparazzi: Sometimes it's like, I wanna walk my dog, and I can't, because there might be photographers.
Me: You have a dog?
Penn: No. Everybody else does, though.
"People who don't know me that well often think I'm a bit of an asshole and take myself too seriously," he says
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That's me," he says. "Batman. I am Batman." He leans forward, liking the ring of it. "I am Batman."
"Secret identity?" I ask.
"Oh, yeah," he says.
"So who are you right now?"
He smirks. "Pure Bruce Wayne."
Read the full article by Mark Harris on the Details website via this link.
He was photographed for Interview Magazine by photographer Mikael Jansson and interviewed by the director for the recent issue.
Sample snippets courtesy of Interview Magazine and tMF.com:
GVS: So we haven’t talked about Zac yet. JF: What is Zac?
GVS: Zac Efron. JF: Oh. Well, yeah, we can talk about Zac.
GVS: Where did you see him? JF: I met him for the first time backstage at the MTV Movie Awards. Lucas Grabeel, who is in Milk, is also in High School Musical [2006] with Zac Efron, and so we had been talking about High School Musical a lot. I hadn’t seen it, but my girlfriend was a big fan of the movie—I don’t know why. She was like, “You’ve got to watch it.” And I was like, “All right, I’ll watch it because Lucas is in it.” So I watched it, and I guess I could kind of see the appeal. Some of the songs are kind of catchy. There’s one where Zac is playing basketball, but it’s also like a musical number . . . I don’t know. [laughs] I remember we were all sitting around on the set of Milk and I said, “I saw High School Musical.” I said it like I had never sounded so interested in anything before. Then I think you said that you had tried to get Zac for a small role in Milk.
GVS: Yeah. The pizza guy. He never had time. JF: Right. So then when I saw him at the MTV Movie Awards, I was like, “Hey, man. Good to meet you, Zac. I really like the movie, and I just worked with Gus, and he tried to get you in his movie.” And Zac was like, “Yeah, yeah. It just didn’t work out.” And I was like, “Well, you should really do a movie with Gus. I think it would be a good contrast to your other stuff.” He’s like, “Yeah, maybe.” And then I was walking away to go back to my seat, and he tapped me on the shoulder and said, “We should do it together, man.” And he, like, gave me a high five. He was really the nicest guy.
James Franco photographed by Doug Inglish images courtesy of Out Magazine
For Out magazine, Franco was photographed by Doug Inglish, styled by Cher Coulter. The accompanying article featured an interview by Milk screen writer and executive producer Dustin Lance Black.
Here are various snippets found in other media outlets from his current publicity run:
"Douglas was worried that he contributed to Sean and I having to kiss for twelve hours,"says Franco. "It wasn’t twelve hours, but it certainly felt like it. The first kiss of the movie was out on Haight Street, with, like, 200 people watching, outside. It was a crane shot—I’m sure in the end it will be a really cool shot, but it starts close and then it takes maybe a minute. That’s a long time on film with everybody watching and, like, a fake mustache getting in your mouth. It was long enough that you couldn’t help thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m kissing Spicoli."
From the New York Times/T Magazine "Screen Test" video clip:
Mr. Paul Newman lost his battle with lung cancer today September 26 2008. He was 83 and passed on at his house in Westport, Connecticut. You can read a wonderful article "The Newman Chronicles" written by Patricia Bosworth through the Vanity Fair website via this link.
He photographed Monica, and other actors, in various "Old Hollywood" stagings inspired by movies such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, La Strada and Hercules.
There are some great vintage photographs of Bridget Bardot and others interspersed throughout. You can view the slideshow via the Italian Vanity Fair website via this link.
America Ferrara for Seventeen Magazine image courtesy of Seventeen Magazine and Just Jared
Here is America Ferrara's cover for Seventeen Magazine October 2008 issue. You can view a "behind-the-scenes" video clip of the shoot through the Seventeen website via this link.
There was some controversy recently when the star of Ugly Betty commented on what she thinks is the negative aspects of the female characters on the CW'sGossip Girl and the effect it has on young female viewers.
"Close, genuine female relationships are not what generally gets depicted in movies and TV shows," the "Ugly Betty" star told Seventeen. "Like, if you're watching "The Hills" or "90210", all the backstabbing shapes the way we act – you go to school, and you think your job is to find a sworn enemy and be jealous of each other."
Ferrera said she's "worked with other girls before and it was pretty catty," but that wasn't the case during the filming of the movie "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."
"I was like, 'I'm just going to show up to work and be professional – not their best friend,'" she reportedly told the magazine about how she felt before they started shooting. "But a couple of weeks into shooting, Amber [Tamblyn] and I started talking. She's a hippie, and I thought we had nothing in common – and now she's one of my closest friends!"
She also had kind words to say about co-star Blake Lively, while slamming the show she stars in.
"I mean, I love Blake; she’s a wonderful friend of mine, but shows like "Gossip Girl" kind of condition us to be mean," Ferrera said."
You can read the full article through the US Magazine website via this link.
Of course the white elephant that she's currently dealing with is the scandal involving her ex boyfriend Raffaelo Follieri's guilty plea in his embezzlement charges. More details can be found in my previous posting from Hathaway's W Magazine September 2008 issue, which can be accessed via this link.
Some snippets from the article, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly -
Regarding her current habit of being press shy and avoiding the "limelight" - ''You know those girls that, like, go out?'' she says, sipping a soy latte. ''I'm just not confident enough to do that. I'm not the sort of girl that will throw on a short skirt and tease her hair up. I feel uncomfortable with attention. Truly, I am a wallflower by nature.''
Regarding the impact that her role in "Rachel Getting Married" has had on her life and outlook as an actress - "I feel like there's a clear point in my life before this movie and after this movie,'' she says. ''I'm a fairly guarded person and I can be pretty insecure when I first meet people. But Jonathan got me. He became my friend and mentor.'' When Hathaway talks about Demme, she becomes intensely earnest: ''I've had the most honest artistic experience of my life. And I will spend, minimum, 20 years searching for another one of these.''
About how the scandal has affected her personally and career wise recently - ''I was shown such enormous kindness from my friends that, as difficult as it was, I can't complain,'' Hathaway says. ''It's funny that this has become a part of my story because it's not something that I'd like to talk about all the time.'' She shifts in her seat. ''I have to be very careful because I don't want it to define me. And I don't want to subconsciously exploit it.''
The full interview by Missy Schwartz can be accessed through the Entertainment Weekly website via this link.
Grady Sizemore photographed by Julian Dufort images courtesy of Men's Vogue
Grady Sizemore photographed by Julian Dufort images courtesy of Sizemorefan.com and Men's Vogue
Grady Sizemore is featured in the "Athletes" section of the new Men's Vogue October 2008 issue. He was photographed by Julian Dufort and profiled by Bryan Curtis.
Some snippets from the interview, courtesy of Men's Vogue -
Regarding being press shy since his start with the Cleveland Indians - "I'm not good at talking about myself," he politely explained from the Indians' locker room earlier this season. "I don't like a lot of cameras in my face," Sizemore says. Sportswriters used to go up to him seeking long conversations. Now, he reports with a faint smile, they have gotten the hint.
Regarding his personal life outside of baseball - To take him at his word, his social life is about as vivid as your average Cleveland librarian's. He plays video games, cruises around in his nearly 20-foot-long baby-blue Lincoln, and forsakes dance clubs for fine dining. Asked what kind of trouble a 26-year-old can get up to after hours in the Forest City, Sizemore says, "sleep."
You can read the full interview, courtesy of Men's Vogue, via this link.
Emile Hirsch images courtesy of Nylon Guys and Just Jared
Emile Hirsch has the cover of the current NYLON GUYS Fall 2008 issue. Inside he discusses his new role as gay rights activist Cleve Jones in the movie Milk, which is about Harvey Milk, a former gay mayor of San Francisco who was assassinated. Cleve Jones is also famous for being the creator of the NAMES Project Aids Memorial Quilt.
Here are some snippets from the accompanying interview, courtesy of Nylon Guys and Just Jared - On his first role in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys: “I had no idea how to play the part. I didn’t understand the dialogue. I didn’t understand the character. But the casting director really believed in me. It’s funny because people now say, ‘That’s such a natural performance’, but in my mind that performance is the one most influenced by other actors.”
On how he chooses films to star in: “I give a f—, but I don’t give that much of a f—. I’m still going to throw in some goofy s—. I don’t want to get too precious.”
On his upcoming film Milk: “I just had such a wonderful time. it’s such a great ensemble. Speed Racer was such a highly controlled performance environment that I found, honestly, a little frustrating at times just because it’s so hard when you’re on the green screen and it’s all about, ‘Bat this eyelash a little bit here.’ On Milk, it was just a free-for-all and we were all going nuts.”
Brooke Shields, star of Lipstick Jungle, is on the cover of Shape Magazine's October 2008 issue. She speaks about getting in shape at the age of 43, as well as not being able to exercise due to her recent bunion surgery.
Some snippets of her interview, courtesy of Shape Magazine and Pop Crunch -
The 43-year-old mommy of two says she was nervous about donning a skimpy two-piece on the cover of Shape because she hadn’t exercised in two months following an operation on a foot bunion.
“I can’t believe I said I’d do this shoot when I haven’t been able to exercise for almost eight weeks.”
Nonetheless, Brooke managed to boast a completely flat tummy as she graced the cover of Shape’s Special Breast Cancer Month Edition.
The star of NBC’s Lipstick Jungle, who has enjoyed a modeling and acting career that has spanned more than three decades, reveals she suffered from low self-esteem and body insecurities for most of her life.
Brooke was horrified when a dance instructor forced her to watch herself perform in front of a mirror during class to boost her self-confidence.
“I was like: ‘Are you crazy? What if I don’t like what I see?’ I was so tall and never skinny. I just wanted to put my head in the sand and not think about my body.”
Jessica Simpson is the Celebrity Cover star for Lucky Magazine's October 2008 issue. In the issue she speaks about her favorite fall trends and must have items.
You can also enter through Lucky Magazine to win the items featured on her cover, including Fendi blazer, Temperley silk tunic, all the make up she is wearing. Everything totals up to around $4500. To preview a mini flip book version of this issue via the Lucky website through this link.
Lindsay Lohan photographed by Mark Abrahams image courtesy of Marie Claire
Lindsay Lohan "behind-the-scenes" images courtesy of Andrea Volhbrecht courtesy of Marie Claire Lindsay Lohan is the new cover girl for the Marie Claire Oct 2008 issue. She was photographed by Mark Abrahams, hari by Andy Lecomte, styled by Nina Garcia of Project Runway, formerly of Elle, now fashion editor of Marie Claire. Her make up was by the late great Paul Starr.
On the Marie Claire website, you can ready part of the accompanying "You Don't Mess with the Lohan" written by Lucy Kaylin via this link. You can also catch behind-the-scene images from the shoot here.
Here are some snippets from the article, courtesy Lucy Kaylin and Marie Claire -
Regarding her lesbian relationship with celebrit DJ Samantha Ronson, and the reasons she got a tattoo, Lohan says “Samantha has a bunch of stars, so I got that. And she got this” - indicating a little heart.
About her future moving in with "someone" - Lindsay Lohan says she’s looking to buy house with "someone"and says she’s really happy. When noting that Samantha Ronson has been a good influence on Lindsay, she doesn’t deny that Sam is a great person and a good influence on those around her, but that:“I think that anything that’s changed in my life is because of me. I’ve gone through it and I’ve had to deal with it and I’ve made the decision to move forward. So, yeah, she's a great person,"”
About a tabloid report that she had a verbal altercation with Ashley Olsen - to "get your 15-year-oldFull House ass away from my girlfriend" when she saw Olsen talking to Ronson at a club last April, Lohan retorts, "No! No. I never said anything like that. I would never talk like that. I mean, get me angry enough and I'm sure I'll have something to say, but I didn't say that."
Discussin Robert Downey Junior's road to recovery and working to rebuild his career - "He's an amazing actor," Lohan says of Downey. "Look at people like that who have gne through shit and had to work that much harder to get to where they are now." Lying on the bed in her trailer now, atop a pink comforter, looking at me through narrowed go-go-girl eyes beneath a thick canopy of fake lashes, Lohan says, "I've learned. I'll never go back. And it's not a never-say-never type thing — it's just, I know. I know."
Abut her dad -The thing that happened with her dad, Michael Lohan, the former felon who careens in and out of Lindsay's life, leaving a trail of tabloid sludge — that would be the revelation that he might have another daughter, now 13, the result of a fling with a Montana massage therapist. "I don't know what's going on with it," Lohan says, wearily. "I haven't asked him any questions. Apparently we've been in the dark for so many years. We've gone through enough with him. Enough is enough." As a result, she's shutting down communication with Dad for a bit — "until he decides to be a grown-up."
On her father Michael Lohan and the recent scandal about her having sister, his various press conferences and interviews on Lindsay -
You can see behind-the-scenes snapshots on the Allure website via this link. Some snippets from the accompanying interview, courtesy of Allure Magazine and Daily Stab blog.
On an unfaithful guy in her past:
“I don’t want to name names, even though he probably deserves it, but he fooled around,” she tells the magazine. “Oh, yeah, and lied! It was one of those things that everyone knew but me. He was a good liar. Nobody would come out and tell me. And he seemed perfect in every way.”
“We didn’t have a fight. No one cheated. It plain didn’t work.”
On how being famous makes dating harder:
“You never really know why somebody wants to be around you, or if they do genuinely like you,” Underwood — the winner of the fourth season of American Idol — tells Allure magazine in its September issue. “I wish everyone had a label on their forehead so you could automatically tell their intentions. Sometimes you just wish that no one wanted anything from you.”
On how her ex Tony Romo, who is currently dating Jessica Simpson, still calls her sometimes, but she doesn’t always pick up the phone:
“The phone will ring and it’ll be him, and I’ll maybe not answer. We were both small town people doing very big things, and we relied on each other, dealing with fame.”
