Unlike many other people, I am not going to jump on the bandwagon and tell you how historically inaccurate this film is. My reasons are simply this : 1) marco evolution is still a theory, 2) this film is pure popcorn fantasy anyway and should not be taken too seriously and 3) it’s directed by Roland Emmerich, a talented filmmaker who usually sells himself short and is more likely to have a good vision and a ton of overused ideas that tend to sabotage whatever story there is. There is no mistaking that Emmerich is good with a huge cast, and will usually bring out dramatic, yet sometimes cliched themes, and most of the time he can make them work. Because of that, his films tend to be surprising successes. Since the two leads in BC are of good looking stock (especially Camilla Belle), the cheese factor should be on high dosage. So what went wrong here? (more…)
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008Ellen Gives Portia Pink Diamonds for ‘Dream Wedding’
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Ellen DeGeneres gave Portia de Rossi a glittering ring with pink diamonds for their upcoming wedding that will air in part on DeGeneres’s talk show.
“Yes, we have set a wedding date,” said DeGeneres, who walked the red carpet with de Rossi at Friday night’s 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
De Rossi wore a green satin Lanvin gown and a Neil Lane ring on her wedding finger. The ring was a marquis cut diamond set with pink diamonds.
DeGeneres, 50, who won an Emmy for outstanding talk-show host for the fourth year in a row, announced her plans to wed longtime girlfriend de Rossi, on her show back in May, shortly after California’s Supreme Court ruled the previous ban on gay marriages as unconstitutional.
The two stars are in the midst of preparations for what DeGeneres calls “the dream wedding.”
“Planning a wedding is very stressful,” says DeGeneres. “It is crazy. My gardener is now invited.”
The comedienne remained tight-lipped on the major details of her upcoming nuptials to de Rossi, 35, only revealing that “incredible people” would be performing, and that she would air part of the ceremony on her show.
But there are no signs of any pre-wedding jitters for DeGeneres.
“I can’t wait to be married. I feel like it is long overdue,” she said. “And I think someday people will look back on this like women not having the right to vote and segregation and anything else that seems ridiculous like we all don’t have the same rights.”
The two stars began dating in December 2004
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Bits and Bytes: Naomi for YSL
Friday, June 20th, 2008Naomi in YSL by Inez and Vinoodh, Linda in Prada: Previews on WWD
BAND ON THE RUN: Stella McCartney and Kate Moss
Frankie Rayder and Kate in Stella by Inez and Vinoodh
Anna Wintour gets OBE:
Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in England’s Queen’s birthday honors list
New VModel search: Supreme blog
Agyness in Jean Paul Gaultier ad
Giorgio Armani for Batman/Bruce wayne
Video- Coco and Hana at the Whitney art party
Steven Meisel and Guy Bourdin, on the Moment
Caribbean Fashion Week: on the Moment
See Models.com’s Caribbean Fashion Week coverage from 2004
Naomi for YSL FW08 photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, photo via WWD.
A brunette Tiuu
Friday, June 20th, 2008The magnificent Tiuu is newly brunette. See her new Velvet cover shot by Enrique Badulescu. You can always count on Enrique to shoot rich and gorgeous color images for his edits.
Pol courtesy of Marilyn
Velvet by Enrique Badulescu, July 08 courtesy of Marilyn
Angela, Isabeli, Taylor
Friday, June 20th, 2008July American Vogue drops the 8 page Valentino FW08 campaign lensed by Peter Lindbergh. Shot with American supermodel Angela Lindvall and Brazilian bombshell Isabeli Fontana, the surprise casting choice is rising superstar Taylor Fuchs, a relative babe in the woods compared to the near iconic duo. More to come on Taylor!
Ph: Peter Lindbergh for Valentino FW08
Ph: Peter Lindbergh for Valentino FW08
Ph: Peter Lindbergh for Valentino FW08
Ph: Peter Lindbergh for Valentino FW08
Fan Rant: School Blames ‘Juno’ for Rise in Teen Pregnancies
Friday, June 20th, 2008Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Fan Rant
Here's the set up: Folks have been a bit puzzled over the alarming rise in teen pregnancies at North Shore High School in Gloucester, Massachusetts. In the past year alone, 17 girls have tested positive for a little bun in the oven, and officials (as well as school administrators) were baffled as to why, all of a sudden, the girls in Gloucester were all sorts of knocked up. Crazy, right? And weird. I'll fully admit that to wind up with 17 girls pregnant in one high school at the same time seems a bit strange, especially when it's four times the level from the year before. Four times!
Completely baffled, officials turned to the only feasible explanation: Blame the movies. And when they looked around at popular movies within the past year -- whaddya know -- there was an Oscar winner with teen pregnancy scribbled all over it. Juno ... written by that teen pregnancy supporter Diablo Cody, and directed by a pregnant teen himself, Jason Reitman. Of course! The ridiculous rise in pregnancies had to do with Juno -- a film that made teen pregnancy look about as comfortable and enjoyable as stuffing yourself in a piece of old luggage and rolling down a mountain. There's the answer!
But should we talk to the girls? Maybe see if there's another explanation for all this? Nah. Leave it all on Juno ... after all, Fox Searchlight didn't hand out condoms outside movie theaters screening Juno (I sure as heck never got any condoms!), so, really, it's their fault for not paying closer attention. Right?
Ahem, and that's when the twist comes in ...
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Nicole Kidman Celebrates Her 41st Birthday
Friday, June 20th, 2008
As she marks her 41st birthday on Friday, Nicole Kidman is enjoying every minute of her life in Nashville and is eagerly awaiting the birth of her first child with hubby Keith Urban, a close pal says.
“She’s never been happier or healthier,” the friend says. “She is absolutely radiant and enjoying nesting and homemaking with Keith at their new home in Nashville.”
The special day began early, with the birthday girl and Urban making one of their regular stops at the local Starbucks.
The couple also mark their second wedding anniversary on June 25. And, by all accounts, the expectant actress has been enjoying a leisurely last few weeks before the birth of their child next month. “They are so relaxed,” the friend adds.
Kidman and Urban, 40, made a brief trip to New York last week, where they took in an evening performance of the Tony-winning August: Osage County at the Music Box Theatre – and eschewed any special, VIP treatment for the three-and-a-half-hour show.
“Nicole is always very gracious, and she doesn’t run from people,” a source says. “She looked wonderful, and they seemed very happy.” The pair did, however, dodge paparazzi waiting outside.
Closer to home in Tennessee, the couple lives a seemingly normal life: they’re regulars at their local Starbucks, take in movies on the weekends (they just saw You Don’t Mess with the Zohan), tend to their organic vegetable garden and work out together.
“She’s very nurturing,” says Australia cinematographer Mandy Walker. Kidman stars opposite Hugh Jackman in the Baz Luhrmann epic due for release in November. “She’s really lovely.”
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Dolce & Gabbana FW08
Friday, June 20th, 2008The smart designers are previewing their Fall collections on their websites. Witness beautiful campaign previews for Dolce & Gabbana and D&G.
Spotted in the Dolce & Gabbana preview: Lily Donaldson, Caroline Trentini, Jessica Stam, David Gandy, Adam Senn, Evandro Soldati and some new faces.
In D&G: Iris, Tyler Riggs, Alex Gilbert, Martha and a few fresh faces.
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Ph: Mario Testino for D&G
Ty’s movie picks for Friday, June 20
Friday, June 20th, 2008
My advice for the weekend's two big dogs is pretty straightforward: "Get Smart," sure, go ahead, just don't expect anything you haven't seen many, many times before. "The Love Guru," only if you relish the cinematic equivalent of having your nose hairs yanked out one by one. Mike Myers and M. Night Shyamalan are now both in danger of seeing their careers vanish -- maybe they should make a movie together?
If you're looking for a good old-fashioned movie, on the other hand, you could do much worse than head to the Coolidge or the Waltham Embassy to see "Mongol" (above), an epic tale that could be subtitled "Genghis Khan: The Early Years". By Wesley's report, it has all the stirring pageantry and Classics Illustrated magnificence that the studios have largely given up in favor of CGI.
Smartest movie of the week? That might be "Operation Filmmaker" at the Brattle, a documentary about an Iraqi film student hired to work on a Hollywood production and the many ways in which this goodwill gesture implodes in everyone's faces.
A weekend of Lina Wertmuller at the Harvard Film Archive. The director herself was originally supposed to show but cancelled; that's okay, since the films are worth seeing on their own. For those of you too young to remember, Wertmuller was the Italian filmmaker whose funny, ornery fables of sex and politics were the thinking couple's date movies in the 1970s. (Maybe you've seen the Madonna remake of "Swept Away"? By all means, give the original a chance.) In many ways, Wertmuller's films have badly dated -- the fate of all topical pop culture -- but their energy and intellectual stroppiness remain undimmed.
New Spanish film at the MFA all weekend -- a strong program anchored by the scratch-card satire "The Contestant" and the moody generational drama "DarkBlueAlmostBlack"
Also: "Son of Rambow" is still around and you still haven't seen it. Shame on you. It's at the Capitol Theatre in Arlington.
Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Getting Split in Half?
Friday, June 20th, 2008Filed under: RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Quentin Tarantino, War
Anyone kind of wish Quentin Tarantino would chill and experiment with actually releasing a single, standalone movie rather than bizarro omnibuses and multi-part sagas? Well, too damn bad. Harry Knowles has a fairly lengthy piece on an interview with Tarantino that will be included for the forthcoming DVD release of the original Enzo Castellari version of Inglorious Bastards, which Tarantino is currently remaking/expanding/tributing. (Remember when he announced that he planned to have it ready for Cannes 2009? That was awesome.) In it, Tarantino discusses his plans for the film, including the fact that while writing the script (which he's still polishing), he did so much research that his story bubbled over into a second movie. In other words: here we go again.Look, I'm happy to indulge the guy; really, I am. I sit through most movies anyway, and I have no problem sitting through an extra one by a filmmaker as interesting and skilled as Tarantino. He's bursting with ideas; fantastic. But there's a lot to be said for brevity and storytelling efficiency too.
The original Inglorious Bastards will hit DVD in a lavish 3-disc edition -- wait, make that "3-disc explosive edition" -- on July 29th. I note without comment that the Castellari film itself runs 99 minutes.
