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- New webmaster Garfield: Spidey's always in style
- Schwarzenegger son hurt in Malibu surf mishap
- 'Burn Notice' actress conflicted about violence
| New webmaster Garfield: Spidey's always in style Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:22 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP): The new Peter Parker says it's never too soon for another "Spider-Man" movie. Andrew Garfield, who plays Peter and his superhero alter-ego in next summer's "The Amazing Spider-Man," said Friday at the Comic-Con fan convention that his take on the Marvel Comics icon is a departure from Tobey Maguire's, which concluded just four years ago after three films. Though it's a short turn-around for a new version, lifelong Spidey fan Garfield says people need a hero such as Peter. "We love it. We need it. We need his strength, we need his joy. We need to see that guy swing among the buildings of New York City. We all love that guy. We all dreamed of being him," Garfield, 27, said in an interview. "It's never going to die, and I can't wait to see what the next actor does with it." Garfield, director Marc Webb, co-star Emma Stone, who plays romantic interest Gwen Stacy, and Rhys Ifans, who plays a villain known as the Lizard, had plenty of kindred spirits at Comic-Con, where they gave fans a preview of their new story of how nerdy Peter transforms into the agile crime fighter. The film is due in theaters next summer. After the trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man" played, Garfield gave Comic-Con fans a rousing opening to the presentation. Dressed in a cheap Spider-Man costume, Garfield rushed to a question-and-answer microphone in the audience posing as a jittery fan for a few moments before whipping off his mask and introducing himself as the film's star. In a breathless voice, Garfield read an impassioned summation of his adulation for Spider-Man, saying that "Peter Parker inspired me to feel stronger. He made me, Andrew, braver." Before introducing Webb, Stone and other collaborators, Garfield gushed: "This is definitely the coolest moment of my life." Director Sam Raimi and his stars, Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco, bid farewell to the franchise after 2007's "Spider-Man 3," opening the door for Marvel and Sony Pictures to go back to the drawing-board for a fresh approach. Webb, best known previously for his clever romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer," said the decades of "Spider-Man" comic books are a bottomless source for big-screen adaptations. "The Amazing Spider-Man" footage Sony showed included scenes of Garfield's Peter getting used to his strength and other superpowers, then running afoul of the police, who declare him a masked vigilante. The studio also presented scenes of Ifans as a one-armed scientist who transforms into the hulking Lizard. The footage also showed Peter building his mechanical web-shooters, a return to the comic-book tradition after the Maguire-Raimi films gave the character the ability to shoot webs organically out of his wrists. The story sets Peter on a quest to unravel secrets about his long-gone father, a journey that puts him on the path to his own fateful transformation. Born in the United States but raised in England, Garfield was a virtual unknown in Hollywood when cast last year in the new "Spider-Man" series. Before that, he had starred in the acclaimed British drama "Boy A" and co-starred in Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" and Heath Ledger's last film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." After the "Spider-Man" casting announcement, Garfield quickly shot to prominence with well-received roles in "Never Let Me Go" and "The Social Network," the latter earning him a supporting-actor nomination at the Golden Globes. Stone also has been on the rise, starring in last year's comedy hit "Easy A" and in next month's literary adaptation "The Help," as well as co-starring in Steve Carell's romance "Crazy, Stupid, Love," opening next week. Garfield recalled that Maguire phoned him on the day it was "announced that I would be taking on the mantle of this symbol that means more than him or me, and he kind of gave me his blessing, which made me feel OK about jumping into it. ... He's the best. I'm Team Tobey." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Schwarzenegger son hurt in Malibu surf mishap Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:07 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP): The youngest son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver is recovering in a hospital after a body-boarding accident at a Malibu beach last weekend, a family statement said Friday. Christopher Schwarzenegger, 13, "is a brave boy and is expected to make a full recovery," the statement said. The teen suffered a collapsed lung and broken bones. Shriver was composed when she alerted emergency workers in a phone call - apparently from the beach - about 12:20 p.m. Sunday. He "can't move off the beach - maybe like a broken ribs or something like that," Shriver tells a Los Angeles County Fire Department operator, according to a recording released by the department. "He's having trouble breathing," she says. Two of his siblings tweeted about their 13-year-old brother: Sister Katherine says "he's a tough little guy and getting better," and brother Patrick says "keep praying." The statement thanked paramedics, lifeguards, doctors and hospital staff who have cared for the injured teen. The statement was issued by the former California governor and Shriver. The couple are separated and in the midst of a divorce. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| 'Burn Notice' actress conflicted about violence Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:05 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP): Gun-toting vixen Fiona takes great pleasure in firing off guns and explosions in the TV series "Burn Notice." But the woman who plays her isn't comfortable with that. Actress Gabrielle Anwar says she's "adverse to any kind of weaponry and violence." The 41-year-old British-born actress describes herself as an "ardent pacifist" and says she has a "really hard time" with handling weapons that sometime come from the military and may have been used in actual warfare. The USA Network show describes Fiona as the "trigger-happy ex-girlfriend" of Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan), a spy who is stranded in Miami after he's discredited or "burned." Among those he turns to for help is Fiona - or Fi - a former IRA operative with a violent streak. Fiona knows her weapons, but Anwar does not. She says she is "faking everything" she does with weapons. The show's "amazing prop master" instructs her on how to look like she knows what she's doing and "how not tire fire the gun by mistake," she says, noting there are often live weapons on set. Anwar has a 10-year-old son and says she worries about glamorizing violence. She says it "bugs" her on a "personal level" when her son visits the set and sees her dolled up in heels and makeup shooting people. She admits she's "in denial" over the conflict. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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