Alec Baldwin, was the host at the recent Elle Magazine sponsored Women in Hollywood Awards. As part of his hosting duties, Alec incorporated some tongue-in-cheek humor about life in Hollywood.
Taylor Lautner Accepting Twilight Scream Award
October 20, 2009
Tune into Spike TV on Saturday tune in October 27th at 10 PM to check out some World Premiere Footage in high quality.
Chris Weitz Talks to The Hollywood Reporter
October 20, 2009
Chris Weitz gives an indepth interview to The Hollywood Reporter (illustration Chris Morris), not shying away from any questions or answers:
“THR: How much did you interact with Stephenie Meyer?
Weitz: A lot; we’ve had a real good collaboration. Crucially, she approved me as director, and she didn’t have to. We had some discussions that were very important — my convincing her that I didn’t want to take her baby and run away with it, or tell a story that was counter to the spirit of what she was trying to tell. I see myself, in the last few movies I’ve done, as adapting literary properties into film, so that’s how I treated this one. We got along like a house on fire.
THR: What kind of suggestions did she give you?
Weitz: It would normally be me e-mailing her and running things by her when I felt I was on the edge of getting a detail wrong, everything from the powers of a given vampire to the look of a particular scene or what she imaged a location looked like. And sometimes, when I felt that I was creating something new within the framework she had set up, making sure she was aware of it and that it didn’t make her sick.
THR: For example?
Weitz: A good example is the headquarters of the Volturi. The oldest vampire family lives in Italy, and it was important to me there be nothing in their surroundings that reeked of any other vampire movie. So the interiors are done in a very classic Renaissance style and are very crisp and very bright, which you would not normally expect from a vampire movie”
Vanity Fair: Attack of the Wolves Parts 1 & 2
October 20, 2009
Vanity Fair interviewed members of the wolf pack as part of their ongoing series. First up is Alex Meraz (photo credit John Russo):
“You didn’t have stunt doubles at all?
No! They were pushing for it, we were pushing against; we wanted to do our own stuff. We had to train for a good two days, eight hours each day just practicing jumping, making sure we were landing safely. On the day [of shooting], we were actually jumping from a green screen cliff but it was actually taller and a little bit more dangerous because there was foliage and grass on top of it—it was a little slippery. We were fine, and it was really fun.
What was it like having to come together and bond as the Wolf Pack?
We were entirely new, and it was a lot easier. We relied on each other to get through everything. There was so much to learn, but it was organic. We spent a lot of time together at the gym, and that’s what helped. As far as the original cast from Twilight, they were really cool. We didn’t spend much time with them because all of our scenes were really just with the Wolf Pack. It was easy.”
Get the rest of Alex’s interview here.
Vanity Fair will be adding more later today. Stay tuned and we’ll insert the extra info here when it becomes available.
11 New Moon Stills Released
October 20, 2009
Some of the new stills we have seen before in various trailers, even if it was just for a brief second on screen.
However, as one of my officemates eloquently said, “Who cares?!” She the promptly printed out my favorite photo (seen above) and it’s now plastered on the wall of her cubicle.
Which photo is your favorite? See the gallery on E!.
Justin Chon Talks to Ningin
October 20, 2009
The Asian pop culture and current happenings website Ningin talked to Justin Chon about his upcoming plans and life since Twilight.
“JI: Cool deal. So, has life here changed for you since Twilight happened?
JC: Life — I mean, in some ways, yeah. Like I get to travel a lot. Ya know, once in awhile I get recognized for something. But uh, yeah, I’ve been traveling a lot. In the last year I got to go to Paris, uh Spain, France…(laughs)haha Paris is in France, London, Florida, Korea, New York, Vancouver, Washington, Arizona, Australia, Chicago –twice…I think that’s it.
JI: Of those places, which place did you enjoy the most?
JC: Paris. Ya know what, I honestly thought I wouldn’t love Mona, I’d love Italy but uh…that’s not the case. I thought the French in France would be a bunch of high-nosed rude people, but that’s not the case. If you’re overly nice to them, they treat you with just as much respect. I think they’re just used to American people coming in and poo-poo-ing on sh**. And uh, they just don’t like that. So if you’re really nice, they’re nice to you. The thing I love about Paris was that it’s big city, but it has a really calm attitude. Everyone is just really chill and quiet. Not wild,
JI: Or frantic…
JC: Which I also love! But at the same time it’s fast paced. The subway doors opens before the car even stops — you get to where you’re going and once you get there, you relax. And I really like how everyone is into their own thing and not staring you. I remember I was on the train and some girls were screaming a song — no one gave a sh**. They just let them be teenagers, and no one was trying to reprimand them. Well, people laughed but it was awesome.”
Dancing Like Robert Pattinson?
October 20, 2009
Jackson Rathbone’s The Girlfriend: More Than Meets the Eye
October 20, 2009
It turns out that there is a lot more than lighthearted romance going on in Jackson Rathbone’s project that also heavily involves his 100 Monkeys bandmates. Director Justin Lerner spoke with MTV about an, up until now, not revealed plotline about the film’s main character, Evan Grey:
“The Evan Grey (played by Evan Sneider [who]also inspired the character) is a man in his twenties with down syndrome[sic] who wants to find love from a woman, and the film (appropriately titled) is about his journey to find a girlfriend. During the course of the tale, Evan comes into some sort of means — which we assume to be money — that he uses to help the girl he’s loved since high school (Shannon), who is currently a single mom.”
100 Monkeys is providing songs for the soundtrack. When asked about the role of music in the film Jackson Rathbone (who is also a producer on the film) said, ““I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a film before it’s finished, but a lot of times you watch a film half way through the cutting and there’s no music and you’re just like, where’s the emotion,” he said. “Once you add the music, it just really takes you along for the ride. Even back in the silent picture days you had somebody playing the piano.”
Read more about Jackson’s take on the soundtrack here.
Ashley Green InStyle Shoot
October 20, 2009
Ashley Greene appears in this month’s InStyle. She talked with the staff between takes about her personal signature style. The piece is part of their 60 Seconds of Style collection.
InStyle also just launched a makeover model. They wrote in to tell us that, “We just added the Twilight Saga makeover tool on our site.
We added eight complete hair and makeup looks to our Hollywood Makeover straight from the set of New Moon. If you upload your photo, you can try on Jane’s fierce Volturi look or Bella’s soft waves. We got exclusive expert tips from the Twilight Saga hairstylist and makeup artists, so you can recreate the looks for Halloween and download your vampire revamp to your Facebook page.”
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