Ashley Greene the star from Twilight and Mark Girl cosmetics have teamed up to raise awareness for campaign to raise awareness for Teen Dating Violence and Prevention. February is not only about Valentines Day, but it is also Teen Dating Violence and Prevention month.
Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month is a national campaign to raise awareness about abuse in youth relationships and promote programs that prevent it during the month of February. Throughout February, organizations and individuals nationwide are coming together to highlight the need to educate young people about healthy relationships, teach healthy relationships and prevent the devastating cycle of abuse. The repercussions of teen violence dating are hard to ignore, but it doesnt just affect the just the young victimized but their families, friends, schools, and communities.
For the victims it can often be hard to differentiate between abuse and someones normal behavior. It is often suggested that those that notice odd behaviors or tension in a relationship try to to talk to the victim in an open manner or offer to get the victim help. Ashley Greene has urged fans to support the cause as Love is respect. Will you support the cause during the month of February?
Contrino himself doesn't think Never Say Never is going to flop. But he thinks it's going to underwhelm enoughsettling for second or even third place at the weekend box office, behind Adam Sandler's and Jennifer Aniston's Just Go With It, and, possibly, the animated Gnomeo & Julietso as to invite unflattering comparisons.
"He's definitely going to end up closer to the Jonas Brothers," Contrino said.
In 2009, a year after Cyrus' Hannah Montana hybrid, Best of Both Worlds, set a new (impossible?) standard for concert movies with a blockbuster $31 million debut, the Jonases' effort "only" bowed with $12.5 million.
Never Say Never has been projected to gross anywhere from a Jonas-esque $12 million on the conservative side to a This Is It-sized $24 million on the bullish side. Contrino is the middle, predicting a $17 million take.
Any of the figures would have impressed. About four years ago.
Can you sing at the Grammys without a voice? One star is hoping she doesn't have to find out.
Pop star and Grammy-nominee Rihanna is in a race against time -- and illness -- to make her scheduled performance at music's biggest night. On Thursday night, she tweeted to a fan: "Bronchitis and laryngitis boo! I'm still goin to rehearsals tho! Sunday is everything."
Things seemed all systems go after rehearsals -- at least as far as one Grammy rep knew, saying, "We have not heard anything suggesting she isn't making it, as far as we know she will still be performing on Sunday."
So what's the latest from the singer herself? Saturday night, she tweeted to Ryan Seacrest, "I'm on every med under the sun! Don't wanna miss a thang!!!"
Thus far, expect to see Rihanna performing, though things could always change last minute.
Lady Gagas Born This Way rocked our world yesterday. We know youve been listening to the superstars newest hit for a few days now. Its great. Its exciting. Its ready to rocket up the charts.
As you form your review of Gagas newest hit, be sure to also check out these 10 Wildest Lady Gaga Videos. Be careful. Watch too many, and you might just turn into a little monster. Dont forget to tune into CBS 13 tomorrow night at 8pm for the GRAMMYs to see Lady Gaga!
10. Love Game Welcome to the Haus of Gaga. Keep your hands and glitter stick inside the car at all times.
9. Alejandro LG and Jeff Bridges are the only people who could make eyepatches hot. Be careful when you watch this, you might just lose an eye on her gun bustier.
8. Papparazzi Ever wonder what it would be like to rule a country? Just watch this video.
7. Telephone This is more a movie than a music video. Its also amazing! Be warned, the language and the video are both adult. Click here to watch it.
Photo Credit: Lady Gaga's "Telephone"/Vevo
6. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich After the video shoot, this house was never the same again.
5. Chillin Gaga was featured in Wales hit as an urban wood nymph.
4.Just Dance Who needs clothes?
3. Poker Face The video for Poker Face is mostly straight forward by Gaga standards, but her crazy glasses and unearthly dogs elevate it to something wild.
2. Bad Romance There is nothing wilder than anime. Nothing.
1. Born This Way Its dark and tragic. Its her best video yet! Okay, we know that Gaga hasnt produced a video for her sure-to-be hit yet. We just wanted you to check out her hottest new track. Check out the audio now and tell us if you love it or hate it in the comments below.
Johnny Depp Talks Playing a Lizard, His Sex-Symbol Status, and Gets a Visit From Justin Bieber at the Rango Press Day
Johnny Depp Talks Playing a Lizard, His Sex-Symbol Status, and Gets a Visit From Justin Bieber at the Rango Press Day
Johnny Depp got lots of laughs at the press conference for his new movie Rango in LA yesterday. The actor was joined by his costars, Abigail Breslin and Isla Fisher, as well as director Gore Verbinski at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. Johnny plays the movie's title character, a pet lizard who is forced to save the day after a lie gets him in over his head. Johnny admitted that his own kids aren't all that interested in his career, and are far more into Family Guy and Justin Bieber. It turned out that Justin happened to be in the hotel, heard that Johnny mentioned him, and dropped by to say what a huge fan he is in the middle of the press conference! Johnny joked, "What am I going to tell my daughter?" Johnny, who was as gracious and funny as you might expect, also talked about tackling the challenge of playing a reptile and the reason he enjoys making movies for children. He said:
On why he enjoys making kids' movies: "I think kids, in general, as an audience, are the way forward because theyre not sort of sullied by intellectual expectation or this or that. Its a very pure sort of response to the work, and the great luck that I had, for example before Pirates [of the Caribbean], I had a daughter. And for about four years, all I watched was cartoons. Just cartoons. And I realized at that point the parameters were far away from what we do in sort of normal, everyday movies. You can get away with a lot more. They accept a lot more and they buy it, because theyre free. So for me that was everything in terms of coming up with what Captain Jack would be. I trust kids far more than I do adults. Kids give you their honest opinion. They tell the truth."
On how his own children felt about Rango: "They actually all me the Lizard King, my children, they do. I force them to address me like that. [laughs] It was an odd sort of thing. 'Where you going daddy?' I gotta go to work. 'Well, what are you doing?' Well, Im playing a lizard. You drop your kids off at school and give them a kiss, and now I gotta go be a lizard. The things Ive done that my kids are sort of privy to Willy Wonka it doesnt register. Theyre far more interested in Family Guy or Justin Bieber. [Someone calls out, 'Are you a Belieber?'] Belieber? Ive actually never heard that one, and that is my favorite. And you know what? Yes, I am a Belieber. And I shall remain so. "
On how he feels about his sex-symbol status: "Attention is a strange sort of being anyway. If someone appreciates your work, its always nice if someone appreciates your work. Ive never quite understood the other bits, where somehow youve been voted some thing for a magazine, and its a complete mystery to me. I wake up and I have to look at that head when I brush my teeth every morning and its weird, and its unpleasant at times, so I dont know about the attention."
To read the rest of Johnny's interview, just read more.
On what Jack Sparrow has in common with Rango: "I dont know, Ive always had an affinity for lizards. Ive always felt close to them. Feeling somewhat reptilian myself at times. Oddly, I think, Gore might even disagree, but I feel like when we were doing Pirates 1,2,3, at times, when Jack Sparrow had to run, it was this very specific run I wanted. Id seen this footage of a lizard running across the water and it was the strangest thing Id ever seen. So whenever we were in that situation, [I'd] get in touch with the lizard. So I actually think that Rango was somehow planted in Gore's brain from that lizard run. When he actually called me and said, "I want you to play a lizard,' I said, 'God, Im halfway there.'
On his own experience with lying:"I actually tell lies for a living. Thats what acting is, really! I felt, having kids, that I had horrific guilt for many years paying along with the Santa Clause thing, waiting for that moment to arrive. Because youre never going to bring it up them. Theyre going to go 'Hey, youve been telling me a lie for my entire life. What are you prepared to do about it?' So yeah, I had horrific guilt and were now just on the outskirts of that, so I feel okay. These are lies that society tells you you have to keep these lies going, these myths. So I felt guilty about it. I still do.
On whether he likes making animated films vs. live action: "Were lazyat least I am. Id rather just sit in front of the microphone and do the thing. However, the process that Gore created, this sort of atmosphere that was really, truly ludicrous, just ridiculous. It was like regional theater at its worst. And somehow...[it's] emotion capture. Certain gestures, body language, movements, something you might have done with your eyes these animators took it and put in there. It was very strange. For Harry Dean Stanton to walk up to me one afternoon he walks up to me and says, 'This is a weird gig, man.' And I went, 'Yeah.' He had just started and I said, 'Just wait.'"
On how he developed Rango's voice "Early on, some of the talks that Gore and I had about the charactertalk about two grown men, middle-aged men, discussing the possibility of one of them being lizard. So it starts off on a really surreal note anyway. Finding the voice or finding the characterwe talked about when, people in life, they have a tendency to exaggerate or lie you always notice their voice goes high thats kind of where it came from. You imagined the character to be just really like a nervous wreck."
We already know Blake Lively is a Louboutin girl. Now the red sole maestro has gone and designed a pair of heels in her name. But guess what? The Blake is pretty damn ugly. Were sure Lively will pull them off gracefully, but were not fans.
Mira Sorvino's Husband Arrested for Public Intoxication
Mira Sorvino's Husband Arrested for Public Intoxication
Christopher Backus, who is married to Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino, was arrested in San Diego early this morning on a charge of being drunk in public.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ cops were called to the Hyatt Regency Islandia in San Diego after hotel guests complained of hearing a loud argument between Backus and Sorvino over "poor time management skills."
We're told when cops arrived at the hotel, Backus was walking around with a bat and yelling at guests and security. Law enforcement tells us cops were willing to let Backus cool down in the drunk tank for a few hours, but his behavior was so outlandish, they had no choice but to bust him.
Backus was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of being drunk in public and was booked into San Diego Central Jail at 12:37 AM where he is currently still in custody.
The Twilight Sagas Robert Pattinson who is currently finishing up filming Break Dawn in Baton Rouge will be a presenter at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards which will be presented February 27th, 2011 at least according to the IMDB (Internet Movie Database) Robert is listed on their site along with other people as a presenter.
Nothing has been officially confirmed yet. Dont get your hope up Twi-hards we will keep our fingers crossed for you. Of course we will keep you updated as we get more news. Dont forget to stop by and check
Filming is coming to an end in Baton Rouge for Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2 and the cast is getting ready to move to Vancouver. Breaking Dawn cast members Bill Tangradi who plays Randall a nomatic vampire and Andrea Gabriel who plays Kebi a vampire from the Egyptian Coven recently tweeted that their time in Baton Rouge is done.
Meanwhile Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and the rest of the gang are heading to Vancouver in the next week. They will only be shooting in the city of Vancouver on one day Mar. 14, theyll be at a theater for part of the day and then theyll be filming on Beatty Street.
Breaking Dawn will be filming in British Columbia from February 21st to April 13th but in many locations. Any twi-hards heading down to Canada for the filming. Send us your pics and tips and we will be glad to post them!
Miley Cyrus, 18, at the Clive Davis pre-grammy party appeared to be sporting a whole new figure as she arrived at the party, sparking speculation that she has gone under the knife. Has the pressure of Hollywood and always being in the spotlight finally gotten to her? In September 2010 when rumors surfaced that she wanted a boob job Miley addressed the rumors and said not true.
Miley has been trying hard to shed her Hannah Montana image. She has been trying to get rid of the little girl image and make people see she is all grown up. Miley wants to look sexy and get the roles of the hot voluptuous girl. In the dress Miley is wearing to the party it certainly looks like something has changed in the boob department. What do you think has she had some help from the doctor? or is she just growing?
Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover sells for Exclusive
Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover sells for Exclusive
Exclusive Films International head Alex Walton has reported a deluge of interest here on the Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover.
Walton has closed a raft of deals on the film, which stars Cyrus as an FBI agent who infiltrates a college sorority and has just wrapped principal photography. US buyers are circling and a domestic deal is expected soon.
Deals have closed with Germany (Constantin), France (Metropolitan), Australia (Roadshow), Russia (West), Latin America (California), Scandinavia (Svensk), Benelux (Independent) and Eastern Europe (SPI).
Miley is a worldwide phenomenon as a TV star, musician and fashion figure and the market has proved she has great value in film to our distributors, Walton said.
Tom Vaughan directed So Undercover and the key cast includes Jeremy Piven, Mike OMalley and Kelly Osbourne.
Waltons EFM slate includes George Clooneys political drama Ides Of March which sold last week to eOne in the UK, Tobis in Germany and Metropolitan in France, among others as well as Martin Scorseses Untitled George Harrison Documentary and Hammer Films production The Woman In Black starring Daniel Radcliffe.
NEW YORK, United States The landscape of fashion communication and commerce continues to change radically, and not just for big brand innovators like Burberry and Louis Vuitton. For a whole generation of formerly emerging designers including Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang and Thakoon Panichgul digital innovation is now front-and-centre of their strategies for taking their businesses to the next level.
On Thursday at the Independent Fashion Bloggers conference part of Social Media Week here in New York I interviewed Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, who told a rapt audience of more than 200 fashion bloggers how social media is dramatically changing the way they think about the way they work, the way they sell and the way they communicate with consumers, driving sales and interest in their brand from a younger, tech-savvy consumer.
Following a return to form at his A/W 2011 show on Saturday, the ever energetic Alexander Wang is opening his first flagship store here in New York this week, but is also making substantial investments in his online presence, with a revamped website and online store to open later this year. We see digital as fundamental to our development as a brand, and one of the most powerful ways for us to connect with our customers, said Dennis Wang, the designers brother and CPO.
And big digital moves are also being made by Thakoon Panichgul, the Thai-American designer who became a household name to consumers around the world when Michelle Obama wore his floral print dress on the evening Barack Obama accepted the 2008 Democratic Nomination, and as one of the stars of The September Issue, chronicling Anna Wintours reign as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue.
Today, Panichgul confidently explains to BoF how the brand new Thakoon.com will bring his brand straight to consumers, bypassing those once uber-powerful magazines.
BoF: At our Breakfast Club meeting late last year, you expressed some frustration at the state of digital in fashion. Is that why you are now taking matters into your own hands and leading the charge?
Thakoon: Yes, in part. I want us to speak a little louder and have more control of what we are saying in the digital world, as opposed just having an audience that justs chats about the brand. I think the frustration also came out of a little lack of understanding on my part; but now that Im really in it and understand it, Im totally excited by it and enjoy taking part in the community.
BoF: The initiatives planned for Thakoon.com include big investments in content, commerce and community initiatives. How will the new Thakoon.com help drive the business? How will you measure success?
Thakoon: Thakoon.com will allow us to communicate our message to a global audience. For us it is more about branding and letting our customer know who we are as opposed to showcasing product. We want to allow visitors to make a personal connection with the brand. There is so much character behind a brand that gets lost in translation when going through the traditional channels of designer to retailer to consumer. There is value in this character it is our DNA. We want to show our customer what we find so special about our brand.
BoF: How will you measure success?
We will measure our success by how well we stimulate and engage our consumer with our content. Our main objective is to increase brand awareness, so this increased awareness will be a true measure of the success of the initiative.
BoF: You will be revealing a series of video webisodes on your new website beginning today showing what happens behind the scenes in your studio. But some people say that having cameras around all the time leads people to feel like they have to perform. How do you keep things real, knowing that you are constantly being watched?
Thakoon: We are in such rapid growth mode, so there is so much happening all the time that im focused on the job in front of me that I dont even notice the camera. Also the camera is super tiny and the filming is very casual so that makes it easier. We dont have a boom and a crew with lights so theres no performance necessary. The way we are documenting is much more intimate, spontaneous.
BoF: Will viewers be able to participate or is this purely a voyeuristic experience?
Thakoon: I think it will evolve naturally, like anything. Its totally new for us that we will figure out what is interesting and whats not over time. But I believe in the organic process, doing things as it comes because it has to be genuine. So anything that we do voyeuristically or if we ask for audience participation, all of that will come if it makes sense.
BoF: Your e-commerce site is due to launch in the summer. Is the entire Thakoon product range available to buy online?
Thakoon: For now, we will not make the entire range available. Our philosophy has always been slow and steady. We want to start slowly, offering a selection what we feel are key pieces.
BoF: The new Thakoon.com is billed as the first stage of the companys new media initiative. Whats to come?
Thakoon: I think of it as a new platform, where we can really play. Obviously it would be exciting to do ad campaigns, but in time. For now, this new platform really gives us so many opportunities, because you have control, you have a voice, you have a great audience. Its a new way of marketing, which is totally exciting. The skys the limit.
Thakoon.com launches today with a livestream of Thakoons A/W 2011 show at 6pm EST.
Report: 'Spider-Man' Tangled in Labor Department Web
Report: 'Spider-Man' Tangled in Labor Department Web
The Foxwoods Theater, the home of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' is seen in this Oct. 5, 2010 file photo.
NEW YORK -- The New York State Department of Labor has issued two safety violations against the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," the stunt-heavy show that has been plagued by injuries to cast members, a newspaper reported.
Citing an anonymous state official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the findings, The New York Times reported Saturday that the safety violations were related to accidents last year.
The official said one violation involved an actor who fell more than 20 feet during a performance; the other was related to two performers injured while rehearsing a stunt in which cast members are catapulted from the back to the front of the stage.
No financial penalties have been imposed on the production, but state safety officials will perform surprise inspections from now on, the official said. Further violations could lead to the withdrawal of variances issued last year allowing aerial stunts that involve Spider-Man and the other characters.
Show spokesman Rick Miramontez told The Associated Press in an e-mail early Sunday: "The production is in full compliance of DOL guidelines and will continue to work with state officials to maintain the highest safety standards at all times."
Labor Department spokesman Leo Rosales did not immediately respond to requests for comment by the AP on Saturday.
The producers have 60 days to appeal the Labor Department's findings.
"Spider-Man" has become Broadway's most expensive show and its opening has been delayed four times since beginning previews Nov. 28. The show is now scheduled to open March 15.
The production is led by "The Lion King" director Julie Taymor, with music by U2's Bono and The Edge.
Cast members injured include an actor playing the web-slinger who fell 35 feet during a performance and suffered a skull fracture and cracked vertebrae, and a lead actress who dropped out after she suffered a concussion.
Can you sing at the Grammys without a voice? One star is hoping she doesn't have to find out.