Star Magazine ’s newest issue features an angry looking Katie Holmes who also happens to be rocking a pregnant belly. They’re claiming that she’s under the control of Tom Cruise and didn’t want to get pregnant again. Also, apparently the whole Scientology thing is ruining her life. So pretty much, they are reporting what they always report about her life.
Anchor Bay has debuted the official trailer (via Apple ) for their upcoming thriller After.Life starring Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long. The concept for this is pretty damn unique and it’s easy to get from watching the trailer, so I won’t say much so you can enjoy the reveal. There’s some creepy necrophilia style sexuality with Ricci too, which hopefully doesn’t interest anyone, but it’s still in there. If I had to make a quick comparison, this looks like a dark intense look at the life/afterlife balance as also seen in The Lovely Bones . I’m actually kind of interested in checking this out, mainly because of Neeson. What about you? Watch the official trailer for Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s After.Life : You can also watch the official After.Life trailer in High Definition on Apple A young woman ( Christina Ricci ) caught between life and death wakes up to meet a funeral director ( Liam Neeson ) who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead, but might be intent on burying her alive. After.Life is both written and directed and by Polish filmmaker and NYU Film School graduate Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo , of only the award winning 2001 short Pâté previously. The screenplay was co-written by Wojtowicz, her husband Paul Vosloo, and Jakub Korolczuk. This first premiered at the AFI Film Festival last year. Anchor Bay Films will be bringing After.Life to very limited theaters starting on April 9th this spring. Discover More: Indies , Trailers , Worth Watching
by Cristina Ramos With his adaptation of “Where The Wild Things Are” set for DVD release on Tuesday, March 2, Spike Jonze took a night to chat about the intimate documentary about the witty and wise author Maurice Sendak, along with co-director Lance Bangs. “Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak” takes you through enchanting, funny, and sometimes sad moments of the “Wild Things” creator’s life as he recounts his childhood, the controversy surrounding his recently adapted book, his late partner of fifty years, Eugene Glynn, and his obsession with death. The 40-minute film exposes life as Sendak views it, quirks and all. In the film, Jonze and Bangs combine detailed stories with photographs and illustrations that take us on an emotional tour through what matters most in Sendak’s life. Through the past couple years they taped several casual conversations with the writer and illustrator in his Connecticut home. During these chats, he speaks candidly about his eight decades of life, starting with his early memories of being a two year old. Sendak’s life is as full of wonder as the tales in his books. You can’t help but fall in love with him and his stories as they are as inspiring as his passion for creating his wonderful works of art. After the screening, Jonze called upon long-time friend Mike Myers to help moderate a Q&A with the audience. The two directors spoke of the creativity behind the film, naming Sendak as an inspiration in and of himself. “I find his imagination is certainly inspiring. I think that’s what really drew me to him,” Jonze explained. “But what I find deeply inspiring is his ferocious honesty and his fearlessness to be honest both as a person, as a friend, and as a mentor in helping us make this movie. As the thing about him is, he has no ability of small talk or chitchat. He wants to engage in something real. He is who he is and he doesn’t have the energy to pretend to be someone else.” Jonze also spoke about Sendak’s approval of the “Where The Wild Things Are” adaptation. “Not that he hated it, but it was the fact that Max didn’t go to his room and the bedroom didn’t turn into the forest. That was something early on in writing Dave [Eggers] and I realized didn’t make sense with this movie we were writing. He didn’t hate it, but he did challenge me on it”. Despite Sendak’s eccentrities — or perhaps because of them — Jonze and Bangs were able to capture the essence of who this old man really is in their documentary. Whether it was his creepy obsession with mortality or how strange yet captivating his books are, “Tell Them Anything You Want” is a wonderful look into the life and success of one of literature’s most creative minds.
I have so many emotions running through my body right now at the site of all these supermodels in nothing but their underwear and a few strategically placed arms and teddy-bears, that I don’t know what to do with myself. I’ve never wanted to be a teddy-bear more in my life. That’s not true, for a few months in 1985 I wanted to be Teddy Ruxpin , but that doesn’t count. Anyhow, here are Marisa Miller and some hot friends breaking hearts and taking names in a photo spread for GQ UK. Hot stuff. Enjoy.
These concept headphones feature a build-in camera, projector and wireless device so you can live-stream your life to the internet. But I’m more interested in the sheepskin on the cans. Comfy! On the one hand, it’s cool to see a POV camera stuck onto something other than glasses. These actually look wearable! But I don’t know why the hell there’s a projector on there. I guess when you don’t have to worry about actually making a device, just a concept, it doesn’t hurt to throw the kitchen sink at it, no matter how impractical it may be. [ Yanko Design ]
Filed under: OS , Switchers As the resident Mac expert for my family and friends, I often find myself fielding questions from the recent switchers in my life. A lot of those questions come in the form of “how do I ?” Apparently Apple’s support folk have also encountered this phenomenon as Apple has created a knowledge base article to tackle many of these questions. The article, entitled “Switch 101: On Windows I used to…” is part of Apple’s Switch 101 series which is directly aimed at getting recent switchers comfortable with using OS X. It covers such tasks as finding and opening files, quitting applications, and using shortcut key modifiers (such as , the Command key). I have shown this article to many recent switchers both in my family and otherwise; it has always proved to be a valuable resource to those that are new the Mac platform. Another great resource for recent switchers is TUAW’s own Mac 101 series. Do you have any other tips for recent switchers? Post them in the comments and share the wealth of your experiential knowledge. TUAW Switch 101: A guide to using OS X originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
For a film with the title The Karate Kid , there is certainly a whole lot of Kung Fu and hardly any Karate but I digress.
I apologize for the headline on this one but this sudden spate of Malaysian film trailers is leaving me feeling rather silly. In early 2008 Syamsul Yusof released his Evolusi KL Drift into Malaysian theaters where, despite being rated 18+ it would go on to become a surprise hit. Clearly lifting elements of the Fast and the Furious franchise and transplanting them to his native country Yusof proved that fast cars are a language spoken around the globe and the only remaining question was when the sequel would arrive.
Back in October of last year it was announced that comedic actor Marlon Wayans would be playing the legendary stand up comic Richard Pryor in a biopic about Pryor. The role was originally supposed to go to Eddie Murphy, but turns out he just wasn’t right for the job. The LA Times just published a huge profile piece on Marlon Wayans tonight that focuses on how prepared he is and perfect he is for this sort of role-of-a-lifetime. It’s a good piece and I’m glad to hear that they’re moving forward with Wayans in place. “I want to be in dramas, I want to produce, I want to write and I want to prove I can handle a role such as this one.” The first big, and somewhat controversial question, is why Marlon Wayans ( this guy ) for this role? There are other more talented dramatic actors, right? What makes him perfect for this? Let’s let Marlon make his case. “Look, I want to be able to make the stupidest movies ever, because they make people laugh and they make money,” Wayans recently said with a smirk. “But that’s not all I want to do. And I think I’ve proven to some people — the ones paying attention — that I can do more. Everybody else, well, they can wait and see and make up their mind.” Simple as that. He’ll prove it soon. The project is called Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? and it depicts Pryor’s controversial brand of comedy and his battle with drugs. It’s being written and directed by Bill Condon , the man behind Dreamgirls who hasn’t much done since (except the Oscar ceremony). It’s supposed to have a $20 million budget with Chris Rock, Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor, and Mark Gordon all lined up to produce, so it sounds like it’s in good hands. “This is like an invitation to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for me, and I’ve never been more excited in my life than when I got the role,” Wayans said. But how did Eddie Murphy lose the role? If they had him locked, what changed? Producer Mark Gordon talks about what made them realize they needed to go in a different direction casting someone as Pryor. “Obviously there are a number of requirements to playing Richard Pryor — you have to be funny, of course, but this role also has so many colors to it that you need to be a strong actor who can handle the dramatic scenes ,” Gordon said. “There were discussions with Eddie Murphy… Eddie Murphy is a great star, and I have no doubt he would be a great Richard Pryor. But Eddie Murphy is Eddie Murphy in the eyes of the audience. Marlon Wayans is a great actor and will be a great Richard Pryor, but he brings less baggage .” However, they already got Eddie’s blessing to cast Wayans instead. “Eddie thinks Marlon will be wonderful in the role and he’s given his blessing for Marlon to do it,” Murphy’s publicist Arnold Robinson said. “He’s looking forward to seeing Marlon in the role.” Apparently Marlon got the gig because he impressed Sony’s Amy Pascal and Bill Condon with a “tape of him re-creating Pryor monologue material.” If he impressed them then I don’t think we have to be worried he can pull it off. I’ve actually got some faith in Wayans, I’ve seen him in Requiem for a Dream and The Killing Room at least and he was great in both of those movies. I expect Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? to be a strong Oscar contender in late 2011 , as long as they can put it together by then. I’m excited to see this, more because I want to see Pryor’s story, and not as much because it’s Marlon Wayans in the role. We’ll just have to wait and see how he does, I guess. Sound good? Discover More: Casting News , Movie News , Opinions
It’s not secret that John Mayer has a way with words, both on stage and off stage. Sadly, his off stage image needs some serious tweaking and here’s some reasons why… 8. (on dating black women) “My d^ck is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a f#ckin’ David Duke c*ck. I’m going to start dating separately from my d&ck.” 7. (on finding ‘the one’) “Like, you need to have them be able to go toe-to-toe with you intellectually. But don’t they also have to have a vagina you could pitch a tent on and just camp out on for, like, a weekend? Doesn’t that have to be there, too? The Joshua Tree of vaginas? …I’ll be happy when I close out this life-partner thing. Think of how much mental capacity I’m using to meet the right person so I can stop giving a f*ck about it.” 6. (to Perez Hilton) “I will f*ck you in the mouth to shut you up. You are not wilder than me.” 5. (on caring) “Sometimes I get so bold and I’m so confident about what I’m doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it’s a really liberating feeling to experience what it’s like to not care.” 4. (on being a womanizer) “I should be having sex with more girls. It’s crazy to me that in my head, that being 32 and dating women is going to get me in trouble. I can’t even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It’s a nightmare.” 3. (his crayon philosophy) “Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I’ve got a few missing. It’s ok though, because I’ve got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation… so when I meet someone who’s an 8-color type… I’m like, ‘hey girl, magenta!’ and she’s like, ‘oh, you mean purple!’ and she goes off on her purple thing, and I’m like, ‘no – I want magenta!” 2. (on masturbation) “I don’t jerk off because I’m horny. I’m sort of half-chick. It’s like District 9. I can fire alien weapons. I can insert a tampon. No, I do it because I want to take a brain bath. It’s like a hot whirlpool for my brain, in a brain space that is 100 percent agreeable with itself.” 1. (on Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize) “What’s he going to do, send it back? It’s like I’m getting a wrongful bulge in my pants and everyone’s thinking I’ve got a nine-inch c^ck. I’m not going to argue with them, I’m going to let them think I have a nine-inch c&ck.”