SNL: Andrew Garfield

Did you watch tonight? It was great!

Some fave moments:

Emma Stone

The Spiderman "kiss" skit

Andrew Garfield as Justin Timberlake

Day Three SDCC 2013

Friday at SDCC. My main goal was to get into Hall H for Veronica Mars, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Sony Screen Gems. We went to line at 8am and after 8.5 hours of waiting in line, we got into Hall H.



The line went around Hall H, down the street by Bayfront, along the water (wrapped up/down three rows worth) down around the Symphony Stage and along the water to the parking lot.

Sadly at that time the following things had occured:

• Missed Veronica Mars
• Missed Walking Dead, but saw Norman Reedus wave from the rooftop
• Missed Game of Thrones, cried a bit as cosplayers for Game of Thrones left the Hall H line that they had sat in for hours like us
• left the line to use the bathroom, which had no t.p. thank goodness I had stuff in my bag to use
• got heart burn from living off of trail mix, gatorade, bottled water and dried fruit snacks
• sun  burned patched of my arms that were not correctly sunscreened due to being hung over and under rested
• burned the top of my head/scalp from sun beating down on us
• rubbed black ink all over my face when the magazine I was using as a fan began to make my hands black and my hands began to make my face black as I wiped the sweat from my forehead.
• sat on sidewalks, curbs, grassy areas, cement areas, by the water, along the road, under the Hall H line tents and finally in a seat inside.
• met amazing SDCC fans
• collected some more Ender's Game buttons from "recruiters"
• complained enough that I am shocked no one around me smacked me upside the head

Charming right? It was a rough day for sure. Besides being hung over from the night before, getting 2 hours sleep only, and dealing with hot sun beating down on me, we waited a very long time only to miss everything.




Amazing cosplay. When we all didn't get into Game of Thrones panel these guys left and we all gave them a round of applause.

It felt this year, like there were more lines, more camping out (for hall h and just to get IN to the convention) I don't know that this was because of Twilight fans in the past setting the bar high, or if people actually enjoy laying in a sleepinng bag on the sidewalks of San Diego, but it was pretty crazy this year!

Anyhow, I did enjoy Sony Screen Gems (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Robocop, Moral Instrument, Spiderman 2) amazing stars, amazing clips, trailers, surprises and a fun time.

Metallica was also incredible. Their new movie is 3-D and looks like a pretty interesting film. They also gave our tickets for a secret concert that night, I didn't win, sadly. I felt the process was b.s. they hadn't given out all the tickets yet, but the winning #s were put on the board. Then we got tickets, and the same numbers won, but some people who just got tickets won, so how easy was it to just find the "winning #" to win? total bs but ah well.

Here are some cool things we did see along the journey:




Minion Blimp! I saw this at Long Beach airport when I left SDCC also!



We did not make it INSIDE, but Norman Reedus came to us, kinda of, Still very cool!



Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 panel



Mortal INstruments Panel



Robo Cop panel



Metallica movie panel

Amy and I went to dinner and chillaxed that evening after a long day.Much more to say and share, but I do indeed need some sleep... check back soon!


MORE SDCC HERE

Gangster Squad Prize Pack

Here is the prize available to win for VANCOUVER (or able to get to Vancouver) residents and visitors only.

One winner will get:

-Gangster Squad flask

-Gangster Squad mini poster

-Gangster Squad t-shirt

-Advanced Screening for two pass to Vancouver's Gangster Squad.

Five more winners will get:

-Gangster Squad mini poster

-Gangster Squad t-shirt

-Advanced Screening for two pass to Vancouver's Gangster Squad.

Here is how to enter:

1. Follow my blog and leave a comment below on why you want to win.

2. Follow me on twitter @mandysmind and Tweet the following:
I entered to win a Gangster Squad prize pack from @mandysmind www.mandysmind.com

Draw Date: NYE

*Advanced Screening is January 9 at 7pm at a downtown Vancouver theatre, your pass does not guarantee entry as the production company over books to ensure full capacity, please arrive early to ensure a seat.

**Must be able to pick up passes in Coquitlam or at a downtown location where I can leave passes for pick-up.

I will pick winners from both Twitter and Comments on this blog spot. Check back NYE to see if you won and to get me contact info.

GOOD LUCK!!

**CONGRATS:
Full prize pack - Tanya P (blog comment)
ALso winners of passes/swag:
@eleenie
@vivlamelika
@PaulConX
@ChrisVales
@annavancouver

Nominations for MTV Movie Awards

Yesterday twitter was a flitter (is that a word?) with Twilight Fans hashtagging their hate for MTV.

As a Canadian who thinks MTV hates Canada (can't watch their videos here) I was curious what had happened. The responses I got were that MTV *ONLY* nominated Twilight for best kiss and best movie.... ok... huh?

Well, in the past Twilight has been nominated for every possible category (Best Male, Best Female, Best Cast, Best Fight, Break Through, and so on...) in the past, Twilight has also swept most of the categories it has been nominated for.

So here is a thought... who cares?

We all love Twilight, we know if nominated it would sweep, but honestly, is an MTV Movie award so prestigious that we need every category nominated and won? For serious folks?!?!

I am not offended by this, there *ARE* other movies that exsist... *shocker* and although I have enjoyed the MTV/Twilight awards in the past, I am ok with recognizing other flicks... and yes that includes making way for the new Hunger Games.

I don't know if they will go with a Harry Potter Sweep as a final good-bye or a Hunger Games sweep as a big push/welcome.... You never know.... but it is rarely spread out evenly ha ha!

Anyways - here are the nominations and who I would LIKE (italics) to win and who I THINK (bold) will win (not always the same)

Movie of the Year
» "Bridesmaids"
» "The Hunger Games"
» "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» "The Help"
» "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

*This is hard. I loved all these movies, but it is Harry Potter's last shot - they should win!!! I also thought The Help was an amazing movie. But of course I have an undying love for BD1 and Hunger Games, but they both have more chances.... anyways - Harry Potter.
Best Male Performance
» Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» Ryan Gosling, "Drive"
» Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50"
» Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
» Channing Tatum, "The Vow"

*Channing is my man, I always choose him. But I also LOVE Ryan Gosling #2 after Channing so this is tough. Again, HP's last shot so Daniel coudl take it. Lastly, or maybe it should have been firstly, I LOVE Josh. Man, this is tough!
Best Female Performance
» Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"
» Kristin Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
» Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid Love"
» Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

*Rooney was amazing. These are all great nominees, but I have a girlcrush on Emma Stone, so I have to pick her. Again with HP over, I feel like they may take it all home, then again, maybe Hunger Games will take it all as the "new comer" - I don't know but I do feel it is rigged for publicity.
Best Comedic Performance
» Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
» Zach Galifianakis, "The Hangover Part II"
» Jonah Hill, "21 Jump Street"
» Oliver Cooper, "Project X"

*Gotta go with 21 and Chan's buddy Jonah. Though Kristen Wiig is like the most hilarious actress and I would love to see a female take this....
Breakthrough Performance
» Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
» Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
» Liam Hemsworth, "The Hunger Games"
» Elle Fanning, "Super 8"
» Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"

*omg this is tough too - I loved Melissa McCarthy, and Liam is dreamy, but I have to fo with Rooney - she ROCKED that role!
Best Cast
» "Bridesmaids"
» "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» "The Hunger Games"
» "21 Jump Street"
» "The Help"

*Again, I want to say HP or HG but because of my loyalty to Channing I pick him - always! Then Emma stone (Help) but I guess based on MTV Hunger Games will win (or HP - again as I have said, depending on if they are going for the big bang goodbye HP or the big band welcome HG)
Best On-Screen Transformation
» Elizabeth Banks, "The Hunger Games"
» Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
» Johnny Depp, "21 Jump Street"
» Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
» Colin Farrell, "Horrible Bosses

*Effie was amazing. Lisbeth was bad ass. I didn't recognize Johnny. Michelle BECAME Marilyn. Colin Farrell got ugly. That being said, I decided how I did.
Best Fight
» Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, "The Hunger Games"
» Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang, "21 Jump Street"
» Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, "Warrior"
» Tom Cruise vs. Michelle Nyqvist, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Best Kiss
» Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
» Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
» Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, "The Vow"
» Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

*This one I don't choose Channing, I don't want to see them kidd on stage... I already saw McAdams do that with Ryan Gosling (My #2) when he was wearing his Darfur tee and they re-enacted the running kiss from Notebook - heavenly.... That being said, seeing Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone do it would be amazing - especially with McAdams watching, remembering what she used to have... though isn't she still with Michael Sheen? anyways.... I vote Rob & Kristen - of course - and pray they finally effin' actually just kiss - seriously? Grow up and do it! No more games! I almost don't want them to win because I don't want to ensure another stupid antic.
Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
» "Bridesmaids" (Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McClendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper)
» "The Help" (Bryce Dallas Howard)
» "21 Jump Street" (Jonah Hill and Rob Riggle)
» "Drive" (Ryan Gosling)
» "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (Tom Cruise)
Best On-Screen Dirt Bag
» Bryce Dallas Howard, "The Help"
» Jon Hamm, "Bridesmaids"
» Jennifer Aniston, "Horrible Bosses"
» Colin Farrell, "Horrible Bosses"
» Oliver Cooper, "Project X"

Best Music
» "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO ("21 Jump Street")
» "A Real Hero," College with Electric Youth ("Drive")
» "The Devil Is in the Details," Chemical Brothers ("Hanna")
» "Impossible," Figurine ("Like Crazy")
» "Pursuit of Happiness," Kid Cudi (Steve Aoki remix) ("Project X")

What are your predictions? I could be way off - I think where I will be wrong is where I went Hunger Games or Harry Potter and it's the opposite....

I Love Emma Stone and Ellen and Dance Dare

September Movies

There are a lot of movies out or coming out that I want to see. I have been really lucky lately to not only go to a lot of movies and screenings but also win some passes. SCORE!

First of all Recent Releases I have seen:

The Help

One Day

Crazy Stupid Love

Contagion

Afraid of the Dark - Was good, not great. The lil critters were scarier than I thought because of how they were built up and used the shadows and darkness.

Dolphin Tale - Which was crowded with screaming kids so we went to Planet of the Apes, which was pretty awesome! I actually enjoyed it more than I thought. To be honest, I had little desire to see it other than it had been filmed (albeit mostly in studio) here in Vancouver. Oh and I love James Franco and like Tom Felton. Oh and baby monkey's are cute.... though after watching this movie I learned how creepy grown apes can be ha ha.

I do still want to see Dolphin Tale - with my daughter...who isn't a screaming brat like most of the kids at that screening I skipped.

Abduction - Which comes out next weekend but I watched last night at the VIP Screening in Seattle.

Upcoming Movies:

This weekend I will see Straw Dogs and Drive. I am so excited to see my boyfriends Ryan Gosling and Alexander Skarsgård this weekend - rawr!

Also next week I have Moneyball and 50/50 screening passes. I didn't even know what the heck Moneyball was and 50/50 I am psyched for because it was filmed here.

Moneyball is about numbers and baseball and money... *shrugs* Brad Pitt makes me willing to see it.

I also want to see some of these movies:

30 minutes or Less - which looks funny but my husband wants to see it also which means we will probably wait for dvd.

Red State - Kevin Smith has talked the shit out of this film and I generally like his stuff, if anything it is an interesting perspective.

Other Upcoming Movies I don't think I will see, but you may enjoy:

Warrior - Apparently there is The Hunger Games teaser before this movie, which would be the only reason I go see it. Just not my cup of tea though seems to remind me of The Fighter?!

I've got your Number - This looks cute and funny. I love Anna Faris, Chris Evans is hot and some of her "ex boyfriends" (Joel McHale, Chris Pratt (Faris’s actual husband), Anthony Mackie, Andy Samberg, Martin Freeman and Zachary Quinto to name a few)

Also in October:

The Ides of March More Ryan Gosling - yes please

FootLoose I am sure it will not be as good as the original but I will check it out

anyways

The Big Year Filmed (partially) here so I may check it out.

Fireflies in the Garden Julia Roberts and Ryan Renyolds

Paranormal Activity 3 Looks like it actually has a plot

In Time Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried

What did I miss that you are wanting to see or have seen and enjoyed?

Crazy Stupid Love

I finally saw Crazy, Stupid, Love..........

Easy review is:

-Needs more Ryan Gosling
-Needs more Emma Stone
-I predicted the twist
-Funny overall
-Steve Carrall can be cute
-Julianne Moore is still hot
-The kid is awesome

Want more? Spoilers coming.... More...

So I predicted the twist, which is that Emma Stone is Julianne Moore and Steve Carrall's daughter. I guessed because the women are both pale red heads who are hot!

I did not predict that Marisa Tomei's character was the teacher, that was a hilarious twist.

I thought the kid was amazing. He was a great actor and fully pulled the movie along in all the right moments.

The babysitter was a whore ha ha

The story is this, for those who are under a rock...

Wife and Husband divorce, wife slept with co-worker, husband is depressed, husband meets stud, stud helps husband get girls, babysitter crushes on husband, kid crushes on babysitter, older daughter has random subplot of becoming a lawyer with a loser boyfriend and getting hit on by stud, loser boyfriend acts like more of a loser so she leaves him for stud, stud falls in love with her and goes to meet her parents which are... husband and wife. Meanwhile babysitters parents discover her nude photos for husband, husband is trying to fix relationship with wife and wife's co-worker whos he slept with shows up - - - all in the same yard, boys wrestling fight begins, cops come, funny moment.

In the end the kid's hopeless romantic side brings everyone back together and they all live happily ever after - the end

make sense?

go see it - Ryan is hot!

The Help Movie vs Book

I recently read The Help by Kathryn Stockett and on Thursday I saw the movie. Like every novel turned book there are differences, but overall the movie stuck to the story. There are a few changes that upset me and some areas that I was really excited to see on the big screen.

Since this comparison and review may contain spoilers... do not read on unless you want to be spoiled, or have read/seen The Help..

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I really liked most of the casting.

I am a huge Emma Stone fan and thought she did a decent job at playing Skeeter Phelan. I feel Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis were amazing as Minnie and Aibilenn. While Jessica Chastain's Ceilia Foote was not exactly how I pictured, she played the role so well and it worked. Little Mae Mobley (played by twins) was adorable and brought tears to my eyes. Cicely Tyson was NOT my version of Constatine but by the end of the movie I was pleased with her. Sissy Spacek was a hilarious Missus Walters. A shocker was Henry the Waiter played by True Blood's Nelsan Ellis. Other minor characters I enjoyed were Leslie Jordan as Mr. Blackly the news editor and Mary Steenburgen as Ms. Stein.

Some changes from novel to movie:

-Constantine's daughter Rachel was black in the movie. In the novel she is white and the whole scandal and what happened to Constantine was changed and to me less effective. It seemed rushed and in the novel it was drawn out and quite the kept-secret.

-Skeeter's mom, while cast well, was not portrayed well. The novel has her hiding her illness at first (though it doesn't bother me that the movie has her sick from the start) what bothers me is that she wasn't nearly as prim, perfect and hard on Skeeter as in the novel. I didn't mind the major change that had her stand up for Skeeter to Hilly, but it just wasn't a realistic adaptation.

-Mae Mobley was adorable! In the novel her mom is far worse than in the movie, and during potty training Aibileen "shows her" how to use the potty, by going out to her bathroom. Then Mae Mobley learns, by using Aibileen's bathroom. This is an important part in the plot I think. Using Aibileen's potty and the significance of that act was important and not used in the movie. On the other hand, Mae Mobley does take a tee-tee on one of the toilets left in Hilly's yard ha ha. A funny touch.

-Speaking of the toilets, the movie didn't show who brought all the toilets, perhaps we are to assume the general public actually donated that many toilets? Either way.

-In the movie the book is scandalous, it doesn't show just how dangerous it is and the consequences if the maids were discovered. There wasn't nearly enough "firing" and other "consquences" in the movie as in the book.

-Treelore is not described as much, nor his death's influence on Aibileen, though it is touched on a bit.

-In the novel Treelore's friend gets beaten and goes blind. This was not included in the movie at all, another example of how the severity and dangers from that era were not fully shown in the movie.

-Bryce Dallas Howard was amazing as Hilly. She captivated the mean-girl persona to a tee, but the movie did not allow her to show another side of HIlly's character. She was a good friend and a very good mom. I think this was a script flaw not an actresses. Bryce was perfect!

-The ending seemed to wrap up nicely. The novel was very much left open... no telling what was next...




So what did you think? Any other changes I missed? What worked? What didn't? Leave your thoughts below!

Teen Choice Awards 2011 Results (and my snark)

I tweeted during the show with all my opinions but here are the actual results in case you missed out. Many were not presentes live at the show anyways....

Choice Movie Action: "Fast Five."


Choice Movie Actor Action: Johnny Depp, "The Tourist."


Choice Movie Actress Action: Angelina Jolie, "The Tourist."


Choice Movie Sci-Fi/Fantasy: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."

Mandy's Mind - All the Harry Potter awards were given at the end of the night. Tom Felton and Rupert Grint accepted then via video conference from NYC Daniel Radcliffe accepted his. They were so cute!

Choice Movie Actor Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

Mandy's Mind - He is so polished, almost robotic isn't he?

Choice Movie Actor Romantic Comedy: Ashton Kutcher, "No Strings Attached."

Mandy's Mind - was he high? no, for realz? He gave some good advice about not using a credit card if you don't have money but then he broke out in a Katy Perry Song...

Choice Movie Actress Romantic Comedy: Emma Stone, "Easy A."

Mandy's Mind - #girlcrush

Choice Movie Actress Comedy: Cameron Diaz, "Bad Teacher."

Mandy's Mind - She looks old now... Remember her in The Mask?

Choice Movie Actor Drama: Robert Pattinson, "Water for Elephants."

Mandy's Mind - of course ;)

Choice Movie Villain: Tom Felton, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."

Choice Movie Liplock: Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."

Mandy's Mind - this was gross. In the movie, it was gross!

Choice Movie Hissy Fit: Ed Helms, "The Hangover Part II."

Mandy's Mind - Hangover 30 he will still make hissy fits fun.. he promises

Choice Movie Male Scene Stealer: Kellan Lutz, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

Choice Movie Female Scene Stealer: Ashley Greene, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

Mandy's Mind - this wasn't really presented, it was them introducing aperformance and they were awkward and lame.

Choice Summer Movie: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"


Choice Summer Movie Star Male: Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."


Choice Summer Movie Star Female: Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."


Choice TV Show Drama: "Gossip Girl."

Mandy's Mind - Blake Lively accepted and she was quite plesant.

Choice TV Actress Drama: Blake Lively, "Gossip Girl."


Choice TV Show Fantasy/Sci-Fi: "The Vampire Diaries"


Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Ian Somerhalder, "The Vampire Diaries."


Choice TV Actress Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Nina Dobrev, "The Vampire Diaries."


Choice TV Male Scene Stealer: Michael Trevino, "The Vampire Diaries."


Choice TV Female Scene Stealer: Katerina Graham, "The Vampire Diaries."

Mandy's Mind - I loved the Ian, Paul, Nina bit... adorable!

Choice TV Villain: Justin Bieber, "CSI."


Choice TV Reality Show: "Jersey Shore."


Choice TV Male Reality/Variety Star: Paul "Pauly D" Del Vecchio, "Jersey Shore."

Mandy's Mind - WHY are teens watching Jersey Shore?

Choice TV Show Comedy: "Glee."


Choice TV Actor Comedy: Cory Monteith, "Glee."

Mandy's Mind - I loved that they all went up to accept and that both Cory and Darren Criss spoke. I was shocked Lea Michele didn't go - she tweeted some lame excuse about needing to sleep and prepare for shooting Glee the next morning - um, so does everyone else, snob!

Choice TV Actress Comedy: Selena Gomez, "Wizards of Waverly Place."

Mandy's Mind - not into Selena but her damn song is STUCK in my head "love you like a love song baby oh oh"

Choice TV Breakout Star: Darren Criss, "Glee."

Mandy's Mind - LOVE

Choice Music Male Artist: Justin Bieber.

Mandy's Mind - He is Canadian and I don't hate him, but I am not a dan of his gf and he said to put god first and family first. This means he is either god's son or confused. Then he said Jesus loves us all... I don't think that is true and I think the beibs is trying too hard.

Choice Music Female Artist: Taylor Swift.

Mandy's Mind - I LOVE HER but I do not get the clique. She is holding hands with Selena who dated Taylor Lautner before Taylor Swift did. She is also holding hands with Ashley Greene who dated Joe Jonas after Taylor Swift did. So... it's like all the teeny-bopper celebs (and fame-whore Ashley Greene) date each other then spill their guts to Taylor Swift who writes awesome songs about it all? Hey, works for me!

Choice Music Group: Selena Gomez and The Scene


Choice Music Single: "Who Says," Selena Gomez and The Scene.


Choice Music Female Country Artist: Taylor Swift.


Choice Music Country Single: "Mean," Taylor Swift.


Choice Music Love Song: "Love You Like a Love Song," Selena Gomez.


Choice Music Breakup Song: "Back to December," Taylor Swift.

Mandy's Mind - YAy Taylor! Enough Selena already please Wait - this is a teen show, I will let it slide!

Choice Summer Music Star Male: Bruno Mars.


Choice Summer Music Star Female: Katy Perry.


Choice Summer Song: "Skyscraper," Demi Lovato.

Mandy's Mind - Cool she addressed her "issues" this past year - good for her!

Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female: Taylor Swift.


Choice Male Hottie: Justin Bieber.


Choice Female Hottie: Selena Gomez.


Choice Comedian: Ellen DeGeneres.


Choice Twit: Justin Bieber.


Choice Vampire: Robert Pattinson.

Mandy's Mind - used this opportunity to promote Cancer Bites and educate people on Blood Cancers... smart move.. esp because Robert Pattinson uncensored is NOT approporiate for a teen show ;)

Choice Web Star: Rebecca Black.

Mandy's Mind - kill me please

Ultimate Choice Award: Taylor Swift.

Can't wait to see "The Help" with Emma Stone

I am getting excited to see The Help staring my #girlcrush Emma Stone. I am also nervous, I want to finish the book before I see the movie and my time to read has been limited lately...

They recently did a screening (Saturday in Mississippi) and the press tour is in full swing with appearences and interviews all over... here are a few:



USA Today writes:

MADISON, Miss. -- Hundreds of curious onlookers and paying fans gathered to see "The Help" on Saturday, the story of a budding white journalist (Emma Stone) fresh out of Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi) in the early 1960s who convinces black maids Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer) to risk their jobs and lives to give her a first-person account of domestic service.

Canada.com writes:

We have the mercurial Emma Stone - at 22, one of the most promising young stars of her generation - talking about the emotional challenge of her first major foray into a serious dramatic role.

Sitting next to her is award-winning actress Viola Davis, who made an indelible impact with her Oscar-nominated performance in the 2008 film Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams.

These two actresses of different generations and backgrounds are united in a common cause today. They want their new movie called The Help - an unflinching but ultimately uplifting look at racism in 1960s Mississippi - to find an audience when it opens Aug. 10.

``Everything about every role for me is a challenge,'' Stone sighs, ``but this was the first time I'd ever done a movie based on a book, and to me, it was very, very important to live up to the character I had in my head.''

[Source & Source]

INterview with Bryce Dallas Howard on set of 'The Help'

Cinema Blend writes:

It's 95 degrees in New York City today, which makes today kind of perfect to revisit my trip to the set of The Help, which was shooting last August in Greenwood, Mississippi under the sweltering conditions that are typical for the area but no less unbearable. You may have already caught my conversations with stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer from the set; today I've got the film's director, Tate Taylor, plus Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays the film's villain Hilly Holbrook.

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Have you adjusted to seeing yourself this way in costume, like when you walk by a mirror?
It’s really weird. And also just ‘cause the character’s so despicable there’s a couple of times that I’ve gone to watch playback, like, to watch the scene over again, just to see a gesture that I did so that I can match it, and I literally, I, like, kinda cringe, like I don’t really want to look at it. What’s interesting is when you start doing a role, at first the image of the character is really shocking but then you play the character, like, 18 hours a day.

Oh, so you’re more shocked by the real you now.
Yeah, because proportionally, you’re more hours the character than you are yourself.

How easy is Hilly to slip into because she’s not a nice woman.
No, she’s really not a nice woman. But it’s really fun to be such a terrible character and I think that the feeling on set is so joyful. In reading the book – and the script is the same way – it’s a really salacious read, it’s really juicy, but it does at moments get really quite heavy. I think Tate has created this environment on set of making everyone feel really playful so that in those moments where it’s really intense and obviously incredibly loaded given our history as a country, that we don’t fall into this lull as actors of just being like "Oh my gosh, this is too much.” Normally for a character like this I would not be able to sleep at night and all of that kind of stuff, but I think because of the feeling that Tate’s created on set, it’s just when she’s evil, it’s really, you know, it’s more fun than it is scary.

Can you talk a little bit about working on the accent? And is the accent not just a matter of place but also of time, is there a different accent in the 60s than now?
Definitely. Nadia, the dialect coach, has been really specific and she’s recorded a lot of people whose dialect would be pure according to the time period. So, people who have retained their accent from the 60s and, you know, were part of the Junior League and just a part of, like, the social circles that these women would’ve been a part of.

Are accents easy for you?
It’s really fun, I really love it and I look forward to it and I enjoy it, but I really appreciate and need the support of a dialect coach. I wouldn’t know where to begin in terms of the nuance of the accent. I would be able to do probably, like, you know, a broad Southern accent but--

It might be the wrong city, the wrong time.
Exactly. Like the only other time I’ve done a Southern accent, I played a character in the 1920s from Memphis. And, so of course there are similarities but there are some pretty distinct differences as well that Nadia pointed out when I first started doing it.

And what’s the trick of, like, playing kind of the snake in the grass? Like in this scene, we’re watching you be really friendly and open but there’s still, maybe because we’ve all read the book, but we still sense kind of the darkness in the there too. It’s gotta – they’ve gotta be there at the same time.
Right. She’s kind of this duplicitous character in that way. I was doing sort of like more of this arch villain thing at first and someone said, “Bryce, you really – you have to protect these women and this time in all this devastating honesty." Most women were definitely not like Hilly, Hilly’s a particular person, clearly. But it is really important to play that she’s not just a two-dimensional character. I mean, she, she believes in certain things and, and obviously it’s, it’s not only misguided, I mean, it’s evil, it’s – her beliefs are evil, but there is an origin for her beliefs. It’s important to really kind of understand the psychology behind it.

Did you do a lot of research, outside of reading the book, to figure out this time period?
The research that I did was fascinatingly personal because my mom was raised a lot in the South in Louisiana. She was born in the 50s so in the 60s and 70s, she was at times ostracized and called “the Northerner." She actually started readingThe Help and had to put it down because it was so intense for her to read it. And now she’s picked it up again and she was like, “I can read Stephen King before bed, I can read Anne Rice before bed, but I have to read The Help during the day,” because it rattles her. And so I spent a lot of time talking to her just about her experiences and what was normal and what wasn’t.




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Bryce Dallas Howard Interview for 'The Help'

I bought this book and can't wait to read it, before I see the movie. I am a huge Emma Stone fan also, so can't wait for this movie!

BTS - The Help

The Help comes out this August and I cannot wait I have not read it yet but will soon. I love Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard, both who are in the movie along with Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and many more.

Buy the book here and we can read it together?






Here is a BTS look at 'The Help'

Emma Stone passes up Pride & Prejudice and Zombies

Emma Stone passed on the heroine role in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Lionsgate’s adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel tells the tale of a woman’s quest for love and independence amid the outbreak of a deadly virus that turns the undead into vicious killers.

Too bad, I love Emma Stone... who do you think may be cast...?

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Summer Movies 2011 - Are you ready?

Summer is a time for movies. If you are cheap like me you will try to sneak into as many movies as possible in a weekend or hitup the drive-in theatre where for a mere $12.50 you can see three movies (2new ones, 1 older one, but it is still three movies, one low price, if you canstay awake that long!

Lot's of movies coming out this summer... some are obvious must-see's other's intrigue me... here are some clips/trailers/comments/release dates...

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May

We have already started this month and I have seen Bridesmaids and Something Borrowed. I also went to the drive-in and slept through Rango, Thor and a third movie... oops!

Still, this month I hope to check out a few of the following flicks:

Skateland.

Not a fan of Ashley Greene, but love the 80s. Even so0 I can get my 80s fix with ANY OTHER 80s MOVIE... or even a modern movie that takes place in the 80s... Adventureland please? We'll see, this islikely a dvd wait...



Beautiful Boy

I must see this. I cry watching the trailer even! It will be an embarassing bawling movie but I love the actors, I sympathize with the plot and I must see this!



Midnight in Paris

To be honest, I know very little about this film but I like the cast and know Rachel and Michael hooked up on set so I kinda wanna watch it. Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen,Adrien Brody and Carla Bruni Sarkozy.



Pirates

I need to re-watch previous ones before I go see this. I know I am bizarre but it is just how I roll... do it for HP (everytime) and did it for SAW and every other series'd movie.



Hangover 2

I loved the first one and can't wait to see the second one!



Kung Fu Panda 2

Will take the kiddo :)



Tree of Life

Great cast, touchey topic. About life



June

Xmen First Class

I like Xmen, so does my hubby. I think this wll be cool since it's more of a prequel.



Super 8

I love JJ Abrams and combined with Spielberg... epic! Plus Dakota Fanning's lil sis Elle is in it and the trailer looks cool... strange.. but cool.



Green Lantern

Canadian Hottie Ryan Reynolds (ok I never considered him a hottie but he has his moments) hub is anxious to see this... looks cool, I will check itout.



Mr. Popper's Penguins

I read this ages ago. Very cute!



Cars 2

OMG this wll be awesome! Loved first one and waited a long time to see this !



Bad Teacher

I think this movie will not be great BUT the trailer makes me laugh and I love Justin Timberlake as an actor (shocking I know - I just think he is amaze)



JULY

Transformers

To be honest, my husband loves these movies, I tolerate them. The first one was good I barely recall the second and don't care much to see the third... this is the third isn't it?



Larry Crowne

This movie, the idea, is kind of boring, plain blah... but it is Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, so by default it will do well right? I don't know, I want to check it out...



Zoo Keeper

Don't judge me... this looks cute! Like Night at the Museum but in a zoo?



Horrible Bosses

This will probably be dumb, but I saw the trailer the other day and giggled enough that I would probably go check it out anyways.



Winnie the Pooh

Loved this story and cartoon so excited to take my kiddo to see the movie.



Harry Potter

Nothing to say here - quite obvious!



Avenger

More my husbands thing but I am intrigued by cute boys - Chris Evans mmm



Friends with Benefits

I hadn't even heard of this movie until I saw it preview the other today. Andy Samberg, Mila Kunis, Emma Stone, Justin TImberlake, Woody Harrleson, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, the list goes on... looks funny and cute.



Cowboys and Aliens

thought it would be dumb but would see it for Olivia Wilde (girlcrush) but turns out it looks kinda interesting, maybe.



SMURFS

80s love though these guys look kinda creepy... maybe they did inthe 80s too? *shrugs* I do like Doogie Howser, er, Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays (Heroes, Glee) but George Lopez, Katy Perry and more are also in it (via voice)



Crazy Stupid Love

This is another one that looks good. I love Emma Stone though (Another girl crush sorry) BUt more importantly, Ryan Gosling - - HELLO? hottie! I predict Emma Stone is Steve Carrall and Julianne Moore's daughter - who knows! It looks funny and lot's of eye candy! Watch for the Twilight line in the trailer LOL



AUGUST - Coming Soon!




So which ones are you most looking forward to seeing? Any I missed that are worth checking out? COmment Below!

Easy A - Great Movie

I saw Easy A last night with some friends and I thought it was absolutely perfect!

I want to see it again! Already!

It was so funny and cute and a modern coming of age movie.

Emma Stone was so perfect for the role and although there are many aspects of the movie that are unbelievable, it is entertaining and fits well together.

For example, her family dynamics will have you laughing non-stop though hardly typical even in the most modern family's today.

Amanda Bynes' character is the most annoying Jesus-preaching character but you just can't help but laugh at her and her pudgy little cheeks that she did not outgrow in puberty.

Aly Michalka (Hellcats) plays the on-again, off-again best friend who is ditzy but entertaining.

Cam Gigandet (Twilight, upcoming Burlesque) plays a minor but important role as another member of the "Jesus Club" and Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) is the school mascot who manages to make me fall in love with him (Sorry Ed Westwick steals my heart on Gossip Girl and with that shadow removed, I was ALL about Penn! rawr!)

The whole movie has little gems that make it genius. Like a modern John Hughes movie (oh yes, I said it, but they address that in the movie itself!)

Over all the movie is a podcast of Emma Stone's character explaining how and why she has arrived in this situation. The snappy one-liners are clever and hysterical and the characters interactions make you almost wish you could go back to high school and behave as they do.

Of course real life is not as funny or kind and in the real world the situations from this movie would lead to far worse consequences than depicted in the movie, but indeed it is jut a movie and a fantastic one at that!

Go check it out and let me know your thoughts! I plan to go again because I am sure there were funny parts I missed from laughing too hard.

Vanity Fair Young Hollywood too skinny, too white...

Twilight Lexicon posted this:

Vanity Fair’s new cover features one of their regular pieces that they have been doing for a number of years: a piece on rising female talent in Young Hollywood. This year it has drawn fire because of it’s utter lack of diversity for the second year running.

No one is discounting the talent of the actresses involved in the cover or accusing them of anything inappropriate, but Hollywood insiders are wondering where other names are. Yahoo’s shine stated, “Every woman on its new cover is extremely thin and very, very white. Unless Vanity Fair considers one redhead to be diversity, we feel the need to cry foul.” EW has a pole asking which of the lot will be remembered in 10 years. Currently Anna and Kristen are doing very well in that pole.

Rope of Silicon says:

Zoe Saldana, Gabourey Sidibe or perhaps even Freida Pinto are names most people will shout from the rooftops, "What about women of color?!?!?"

In all honesty, of the group the only names I see as truly belonging are Cornish, Mulligan, Hall, Wasikowska and Kendrick, the others are just filler or have already been featured on such lists for some time now. Stewart and Seyfried were featured on a Vanity Fair cover labeling "Hollywood's Next Wave" in August 2008 so I have a hard time considering them "new" Hollywood. Of course, Saldana was featured in the 2008 issue so I guess there are "outs" everywhere.

Mandy's Mind - It's funny I didn't even realize they were indeed all thin and white. I just looked at them as young actresses... Who else would you have included if you were choosing? Any you would have not included?


My thoughts.... Stewart, Kendrick, Wasikowska, are all correct with out a doubt... Emma Stone I really like, but haven't seen anything "amazing" mostly comedies which I like enough.... Then there is Mulligan, Seyfried and Hall, who I haven't seen a lot of so I am indifferent to them. [Though I am going to see Dear John tonight]

Evan Rachel Wood has been around for a long time non? I wouldn't have included her.... and is it just me or - is she almost unrecognizable? She looks - different.... and while on a random brain wander... remember Leelee Sobieski... I always expected her to go big... but she has kind of just faded eh? Must be that voice... gah!


Who to add?

I'd say...Gabourey Sidibe, Emily Blunt, Frieda Pinto, Emily Browning, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and if we are going really young Abigail Breslin

Who would you add? Remove?

All Girls Photo shoot...

Lainey Reports:All our girls
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Twi-Hards kept tweeting at me and bombing my inbox yesterday – their tits were in a twist over a photo shoot involving Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin for Vogue. E!Online broke the story that the two were photographed at the LA County Museum of Art. Emilie has apparently offended the Twi-Hards because she was cast in a film with Pattinson. She’s a “fat ass bitch” because the two are friends. They feel this way of course because they’re just trying to look out for Kristen Stewart who is “ROB’s ONE TRUE LOVE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Please.

Kristen can take care of herself. Kristen was It before Robert Pattinson and she will be It after Robert Pattinson. Because in this equation, Robert Pattinson is the longshot. So while he fannies about with his hearthrobby image, Kristen Stewart is up to more prestigious endeavours.

How about the Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue?

Yes. The Hollywood Issue.

I’ll attach a few of my past favourites just to give you an idea of what the Hollywood Issue means.

I’m told exclusively that it took place a few days ago. Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood, Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone, Mia Wasikowska, and more. A girl crush lady boner. So many of my girls. And SO happy Emma Stone was invited. Hopefully Amanda Seyfried has a new publicist?

It’s a strong young crop of female talent. And on the heels of the Portmans, Knightleys, Hathaways, Johanssons, who themselves are following the Winslets, the Blanchetts, the Cruzes, the Paltrows, the Watts, the Thurmans, and the Moores, this is yet another reason why Lindsay Lohan can’t work.