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| Posted: 05 Aug 2011 03:59 AM PDT Horrible Bosses – Nick, Kurt and Dale all work for horrible bosses. Since they can't really quit their jobs, the trio instead devise a foolproof plan to get rid of their bosses. Or at least, they think their plan is foolproof ... Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Fox, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Julie Bowen. The Reef – A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Starring Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley and Adrienne Pickering. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Rising Up To The Planet Of The Apes Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:32 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Indian actress Freida Pinto got her big break when director Danny Boyle cast the ex-model as the love interest in the 2008 Oscar-winning hit Slumdog Millionaire. Now, she's hitting silver screens in her first big-budget, effects-driven Hollywood movie. Since then, the 26-year-old has appeared on People magazine's ``Most Beautiful People List,'' starred in smaller, art-house films for Woody Allen and Julian Schnabel, and is the current face of L'Oreal cosmetics. In Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Pinto plays an expert in primate behavior opposite James Franco and a bunch of genetically enhanced chimps who prepare to take over the world. The movie is a prequel of sorts to the popular Planet Of The Apes movies of the 1960s and '70s, and it follows director Tim Burton's take on the series with 2001's Planet Of The Apes. Pinto sat down with Reuters to talk about making the film and why she is a Hollywood -- not Bollywood -- star. It's been over 40 years since the first Apes film with Charlton Heston. Where does this film fit into the story? It's a modern-day origin story, set now. It's about how a scientific experiment with a potentially life-saving new drug goes terribly wrong and leads to an ape revolution. I think the fact that it deals with topics such as animal testing is very relevant and current. It's very different from the original. You play a primatologist. Did you do much research for the role? A lot. Like most people I only knew what I'd been taught in school about chimps, and that's not enough. So I watched a ton of videos about Jane Goodall, who I'd love to meet. All her research was fascinating and so useful, especially in how she studied human behavior in comparison to chimp behavior. Did you get to work with real chimps, or was it all performance capture? No real chimps. It was pretty amazing. We've progressed so much with visual effects technology that we didn't need to use real animals. Avatar was a huge step forward, and in this film we've gone even further, in that we could shoot scenes with the motion capture apes outside -- we didn't have to be confined to a studio like before. Any surprises working with James Franco? I always try to go into every film with flexibility, because all actors work differently and have different styles. Some are very intense in between takes and scenes, but James was very relaxed and always so prepared. So he could be reading a book and the moment they said 'Action!' he'd be totally present. This is quite a cautionary tale about human's tampering with nature, genetics and science. What did you learn from it? It's a message film in a way, but it made me realize how important it is to start a conversation about very serious issues and not just be numb to them. How far do you go in order to better people's lives and fight disease, and at what cost? It definitely made me think about it all. You're next playing Phaedra in another big action film, Immortals. I actually shot it before Apes although it's not out until November 11, 2011. I'm the oracle priestess who can see and predict the future, although she doesn't quite know how it'll unfold. Although it's set in ancient Greece, we shot it in Montreal, and it was an amazing experience. [Director] Tarsem Singh created a living set, with all these fantastic cliffs and shrines, so it wasn't just all green screen. You're starring in all these big Hollywood epics. Will you ever make a Bollywood film? I am trying to balance it all with smaller indie films, and I just did Trishna with Michael Winterbottom, which is my second Indian film after Slumdog. So I feel I've done the Bollywood thing in a way. Where are you based? Any plans to move to Hollywood? I live like a gypsy, all over the world. My main bases are Bombay and London, but even when I'm back home in Bombay I still live out of a suitcase, because I feel like if I unpack, within a few days I'll get a call to go somewhere else. So I prefer keeping that one bag always packed. And filmmaking is so international now. We did Apes in Vancouver, although it's set in San Francisco, and all the effects were done in New Zealand. Hollywood's really more a state of mind now. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Schwarzenegger inches back after child disclosure Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is making a comeback. The former California governor on Thursday made his first speech in the state since confirming in May that he fathered an out-of-wedlock son, the latest sign he's gradually maneuvering back into the public eye. Once among the most public of men, Schwarzenegger has appeared in public only sporadically in recent months. In the days after he split with wife Maria Shriver, he told his talent agency to postpone his movie projects. His Twitter account - once busy with posts and photos from afar - fell out of use. He hired a divorce lawyer, and the former Hollywood star known to crave the spotlight went into a self-imposed exile to sort out his family problems. That's been slowly changing. He started tweeting again in late June when he traveled to his native Austria for an environmental conference, far from his troubles in the US Last month, he announced he will return to acting with a starring role in the Lionsgate film "Last Stand." Schwarzenegger will play a border-town sheriff who unwittingly finds himself battling a notorious drug kingpin on the run. He never mentioned his marital problems in his appearance before a business group at a downtown hotel, or his admission of fathering his now-teenage son with the former maid, Mildred Baena. The crowd gave him a standing ovation, and applauded him warmly after he recounted how he teamed with business leaders to reform the state's workers' compensation laws. He gave a glossy recounting of his uneven years in Sacramento, cherry-picking accomplishments such as redistricting reform and never mentioning that the state economy has struggled for years. Sporting a deep tan, he joked that he was running for president in 2012 - of a bodybuilding association. Speaking for about ten minutes, the moderate Republican warned about the dangers of political gridlock, telling the group that partisan division was choking progress in California and Washington. "We have too many of the legislators that are too far to the right or too far to the left, and therefore nothing gets done," he said. The speech comes in the midst of his divorce, which is unfolding largely behind closed doors. Last month he withdrew a request for a judge to terminate Shriver's right to spousal support, and he clarified that he is willing to pay his estranged wife's attorney. Once a popular governor, Schwarzenegger returns to the public stage with his image badly bruised. One poll taken after disclosures about the out-of-wedlock son and his split with Shriver found nine of 10 voters in his home county of Los Angeles didn't like him. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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