Reese was a guest on the Ellen Degeneres show where she revealed that she was rocking...READ MORE
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Reese Witherspoon: Screw Jimmy Choo, Bring On the Cowboy Boots!
Reese Witherspoon might wear beautiful designer gowns and shoes, but she's a country girl at heart. And country girls love their cowboy boots.
Reese was a guest on the Ellen Degeneres show where she revealed that she was rocking...READ MORE
Reese was a guest on the Ellen Degeneres show where she revealed that she was rocking...READ MORE
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Is Pippa Middleton Writing a Book on How to Party?
Pippa Middleton has already been called a socialite, fashion icon and subject of Justin Timberlake's crush.
Now, Kate Middleton's little sis may be adding author to her...
Rooney Mara Receives SBIFF Virtuosos Award
Receiving yet another accolade thanks to her performance in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Rooney Mara looked glamorous in green as she arrived on the red carpet at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California on Friday night (February 3).
The 26-year-old actress was on-hand to be presented as one of this year's recipients of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Virtuosos Award - with the tribute having been created to "recognize a select group of actors who have distinguished themselves through performances in film."
With other 2012 Virtuosos Award honorees including Shailene Woodley, Patton Oswalt, Andy Serkis, Demi�n Bichir and Melissa McCarthy, Festival Director Roger Durling said of the selections, ?I?m ecstatic about this strong line-up of Virtuosos. They all gave us indelible performances.?
The SBIFF evening comes as Miss Mara was recently interviewed by Vanity Fair for their March 2012 Hollywood Issue (watch below) - in which she spoke about how her taste in film isn?t usually satisfied by the mainstream entertainment industry.
?Most of the actors I admire the most don?t get that much press, but on purpose. I think usually throughout the year, some of the best performances are sort of the ones that are under the radar," Rooney opined. "I usually think the most interesting work is the work that is not viewed by the masses.?
Box Office: "The Woman In Black" Scares Off the Competition
Proving he's got what it takes to bring in the cash outside of "Harry Potter," Daniel Radcliffe's new movie "The Woman In Black" spooked its way atop the box office to begin the weekend of February 3-5, 2012.
The thriller/horror flick about a young lawyer and a vengeful ghost in a remote village has edged out the competition by garnering an estimated $8.1 million on opening day while projected to take $19.8 during its first weekend of release.
Making for a tightly contested battle, another newcomer nabbed itself the runner-up position, as the Josh Trank directed drama/sci-fi motion picture "Chronicle" took home $8.0 million on Friday with a predicted debut weekend take of $19.7 million.
Rounding out the top five at the box office in estimated weekend totals are last week's winner "The Grey" ($9.4 million) and the Drew Barrymore/John Krasinski starring whale tale "Big Miracle" ($8 million) in third and fourth while fifth place is a stalemate between Kate Beckinsale's "Underworld: Awakening" and Katherine Heigl's "One For the Money" ($4.9 million).
Wilmer Valderrama Ducks Demi Lovato Questions
Wilmer Valderrama was in Las Vegas last night for the Latin Grammy Awards...and guess who else?
His makeout partner Demi Lovato, who performed!
Although she skipped the red...
Friday, February 3, 2012
Super Bowl Ads: 10 Best Movie-Related Commercials
From VW's 'Star Wars' spots to Brad Pitt's Heineken run, advertisers have long used films in their Big Game commercials.
By Eric Ditzian
Matthew Broderick in his Honda CR-V commercial
Photo: Honda
Super Bowl kickoff is just days away, and while we couldn't be more psyched to watch the New York Giants dismantle the New England Patriots (because, folks, that's what will happen, end of story), we're nearly as pumped to check out the game's high-profile movie ads.
Every year, corporate America pours millions of dollars into movie-related spots — some starring Hollywood A-listers, others riffing on classic films — in an attempt to convince inebriated football fans to buy cars, beer, junk food, deodorant and whatever else we probably don't need but which might make our sad, empty lives have more meaning. At least that's how we think ad agencies approach the biggest sporting event of the year.
In preparation for the commercial excellence coming our way Sunday, we took a look at Super Bowls past — as well as this year's pigskin classic — to pick the 10 greatest movie-related ads of all time.
10. Honda's Riff on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
This one sneaks onto the list neither because it's a great commercial (it's not) nor because it's hilarious to see Matthew Broderick once again telling us that life moves pretty fast (it's just depressing). No, this 2012 Honda ad makes the cut because there's never, ever going to be a "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" sequel, and if this is a close as we get, hey, we'll take it.
9. Nissan's "Top Gun" Pigeons
Imagine being inside an ad agency when some creative exec pitches an ad in which a bunch of flyboy pigeons take flight, to the tune of "Top Gun" hit song "Danger Zone," and attempt to poop all over a Nissan Maxima, but the car is too damn speedy and the birds — one of them voiced by "Cheers" mailman John Ratzenberger — can't unload on it. And the Nissan suits say, "Hell yes! Let's fork over a million dollars and air this baby during the Super Bowl." The late '90s were weird. And awesome.
8. Budweiser's Alcoholic Dog
Would a dog's most traumatic memory be the time he tried to chase after a Bud truck? Would this be the recollection a dog, in the best tradition of a method actor, turns to on a movie set to cry on cue during a maudlin death scene? Do dogs drink beer? Listen, it's the Super Bowl. These things don't have to make sense.
7. Visa's Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Everyone's favorite movie-related drinking game made a very amusing appearance in the 2002 Super Bowl, as Kevin Bacon attempted to pull off what just might be a bit of credit-card fraud. Now drink!
6. Heineken's Brad Pitt Beer Run
We suppose there's a world in which Brad Pitt doesn't have an army of underlings to send out on a beer run and instead has to stroll, under cover of darkness and as a thousand rabid paparazzi converge on him, to the market to pick up a six-pack. In a far different world, Heineken spent roughly the GDP of a third-world country to hire Pitt, license the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and produce a classic Super Bowl a classic Super Bowl ad in 2005.
5. FedEx's "Cast Away" Resolution
Who didn't want to ring Tom Hanks' neck in "Cast Away" and be like, "Dude, just open that FedEx box, 'cause there's totally a satellite phone, a GPS locator, a fishing rod and a water purifier in there"? This 2003 Super Bowl ad gave us the next best thing.
4. Noxema's Cream Ad with Farrah Fawcett and Joe Namath
This ad, starring the movie star and the New York Jets QB, might not make it by today's network censors. So it's simply amazing that it aired during the 1973 Bowl and had Namath cooing, ''I'm so excited, I'm going to get creamed!" as Fawcett slid into frame.
3. Pepsi's Michael J. Fox Apartment: "Apartment 10G" (1987)
In 1987, Michael J. Fox had it all — except some Diet Pepsi to offer his very new, totally bodacious next-door neighbor. So MJF does what anyone in his position would do: He jumps out his window in the rain to fetch her some calorie-free pop. Gentlemanly! Of course, when he returns with soda can in hand, he learns the new gal has an equally gorgeous roommate. Both of them love Diet Pepsi. And Michael J. Fox. City living is the best!
2. Volkswagen's Bark Side
Eleven dogs. One "Star Wars" theme song. Nothing more needs to be said. In fact, nothing is said the entire time (in the same, savvy style as Budweiser's 1995 frog spot). Just watch it before it airs during this year's game. Genius.
1. Volkswagen's Force
When a little boy clad as Darth Vader held up his hands, attempting to use the Force to start a Passat, he also jumpstarted the hearts of every Super Bowl viewer on the planet. Last year's classic ad was the perfect synthesis of everything a Big Game spot should aspire to be: cute but not too cute, funny without trying too hard, nostalgic yet utterly fresh. Though we somehow doubt parents raised on "Star Wars" rushed over to the local VW dealership seeking the sense of familial togetherness apparent in the commercial, that's not really the point (at least outside ad agencies and automobile manufacturers). Honestly, most of the people talking about the ad probably couldn't even name what kind of car the kid Force-ifies. What's key is people were talking — and still are talking a year later.
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