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Michael Jackson’s Daughter, Paris, Set To Appear In Film
When not breaking records as the first female footballer of her school, 13-year-old Paris Jackson is turning down offers to appear as a spokesperson for lingerie football leagues and — apparently — taking film roles. The middle Jackson child is slated to play the heroine in a fantasy film entitled Lundon’s Bridge And The Three Keys.
The film in based on a young adult series by author Dennis H. Christen. The plot details a particular type of magic that changes a dolphin into a human. Later, a darker spell transforms a young boy into a dragonfly and a “good jellyfish queen” becomes a sinister fairy godmother, according to Daily Mail. Profits from this film will reportedly go towards funding American public school system in some capacity. More »
Video: Katy Perry Wears Old Lady Makeup, Emotes In New Video For ‘The One That Got Away’
This video is like, way sad, you guys. But it has Diego Luna in it, so I watched it anyway. More »
Video: Welcome to the Kristen Stewart School of Acting
Welcome to the Kristen Stewart School of Acting! We’re so pleased you decided to enroll in our illustrious school over such drama school giants as Julliard and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts; we promise that you won’t regret your decision. More »
10 Celebrities Who Quit Acting
Acting isn’t like other professions – some people keep working well into their 70s and 80s, although just about any industry would have made them retire by then. But some actors voluntarily choose to retire at some point in their careers. Meet ten actors who quit (or just threatened to). More »
Lindsay Lohan Takes Kim Kardashian’s Leftovers In ‘The Gottis’
Yesterday, I wrote about how Lindsay Lohan‘s current career choices are limited to only playing real people. Though she lost out on the role of Victoria Gotti in the upcoming movie about the legendary mafia family, she rebounded and took a different role – Kim Gotti – instead. However, Crazy Days and Nights reports that the role is essentially a glorified part for an extra. The role is essentially a cameo with minimal lines, and it’s such a throwaway part that the producers had planned to cast Kim Kardashian just for the stunt value. More »
Star Shrinking: Lindsay Lohan Can Only Play Real People
Poor Lindsay Lohan just can’t seem to catch a break. Though she’s out of rehab and isn’t going to do time for her alleged necklace-stealing, she hasn’t yet landed a film role. Although there have been a ton of casting rumors, nothing has panned out for our erstwhile LiLo. However, there is one interesting connection between all the roles she has been attached to. It seems that the only parts she’s getting offered are playing real people. More »
10 Actors Who Learned A New Language for a Movie
Actors are known for going to extremes for movie roles – Christian Bale lost a scary amount of weight for his role in The Machinist, and Renee Zellweger famously packed on pounds for Bridget Jones’ Diary. Depending on the star, learning a new language is better than having to gain or lose a bunch of weight. More »
Famous ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ Alumni
Many hearts were broken – including ours – when ABC announced the cancellation of two of their long-running soaps, All My Children and One Life to Live. Though soaps get a reputation for being full of evil twins and demonic possessions (which, sometimes, they kinda are), soaps are also a breeding ground for young talent. More »
The 15 Best Instances of Enforced Method Acting
Last week, I happened upon a fascinating article at TV Tropes that discusses the Hollywood practice of Enforced Method Acting. As opposed to when actors get really into their roles through Method acting, EMA is when directors/producers manipulate the circumstances of a movie or TV show — without the actors knowing — in order to get a more genuine reaction out of their stars. You could lose an hour reading through the list, but to save you time we’ve counted down the fifteen examples from film and TV that took us by surprise. More »
Exclusive Video: Jeremy Piven Gets Beaten Up In Slow Motion
Yesterday we wondered what the hell Jeremy Piven was doing hanging with a bunch of 5th graders after he tweeted about an upcoming middle school play he was nervous about. Who allowed this? Who lets let Ari Gold near their children? Without any context, this news was funny and absurd. Of course, that was before someone sent us the footage of Jeremy’s performance, which involved a lot of contact dance and karate moves. More »
Video: The Ultimate Nicolas Cage Mashup
I’m obsessed with Nicolas Cage, and I don’t care who knows it. I’ve written articles before explaining how I think the Coppola-familiar is actually in on the joke of Nicolas Cage, and how, while his role-choices may be dubious, his acting ability is beyond question. People point to The Wicker Man, National Treasure, Knowing, and countless other “awful” Cage films to support their cause, but I counter with Adaptation, Matchstick Men, Moonstruck, and Leaving Las Vegas. More »
James Franco Is Not Passing His Classes – He got a D in acting for his NYU class. Maybe he should just stick to General Hospital roles after all. (via Vulture)
Video: ‘Welcome to the Rileys’ Proves That Kristen Stewart Has At Least Two Facial Expressions
Now that Twilight: Eclipse has been out for a full week (can you believe it?!) and The Runaways is just a fading memory of Dakota Fanning singing something, we were almost nervous that Kristen Stewart wouldn’t be in every single blog, magazine, and subway ad for at least another six months (when we could start gearing up for the first Breaking Dawn). Luckily, a last-second reprieve from this state comes courtesy of indie flick Welcome to the Rileys, which stars… More »
Crushable Quote Of The Day: The Situation Might Actually Have Dissociative Personality Disorder
Okay, we get that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has made a name for himself by, well, naming himself. As in, talking about “The situation” in the third person. That’s his shtick (besides his abs). But we’re starting to think this isn’t so much an act as Mike thinking “The Situation” as a completely separate entity than himself. Even People noticed something off about him in their recent interview:
“He’s got a lot going on. He’s got a clothing line, songs,… More »
Jeremy London Escaped From ‘Kidnappers’ With Acting!
We thought that troubled former teen star Jeremy London was being prudent when we went a whole week without hearing about his alleged gunpoint-induced drug consumption and kidnapping. After all, his story didn’t quite add up, he had a history of drug dependency, and even his family didn’t believe him, so perhaps he was going to just…we don’t know, stop talking about it? That’s not the case. Now Jeremy is giving exclusive interviews to People magazine about surviving his harrowing… More »
Oh Good, James Franco Published Some More Stuff – And it’s a 1,500 word essay on acting? At this point there are really only two options for how James Franco manages to cram so much craziness into one day: Either he’s popping a ton of study drugs like the rest of his classmates (at the various colleges he is going to, graduating from, or teaching in at any given time), or…actually, no that’s probably it. (via Lapham’s Quarterly, h/t Vulture)
Amanda Bynes Quits Acting To Focus On…Not Acting
A lot of blogs are giving Amanda Bynes crap for saying that she was “retiring” from acting this weekend over Twitter. And in one respect, she totally deserves to get called out for announcing this over Twitter. That is why you have a publicist, Amanda Bynes, so you don’t end up sounding like Courtney Love on an Internet-binge when you are actually trying to say something. ON THE OTHER HAND:
If Amanda Bynes wants to quit acting, she is totally entitled… More »
Hilary Duff Transformed!
Hilary Duff chats with Style Series presented by Diet Coke about her journey. They ask how she juggles albums, TV, fashion, fragrance, charity work, and more.
“It’s a funny question. I think that when you do something and you love it, it’s easy to fit everything in! I truly love it. It doesn’t seem that difficult.”
They ask Hilary how she decides what to focus on. “I get bored easily, I guess. For six months I’ll… More »
Hilary Duff to Appear on ‘Ghost Whisperer’
Wohooo!! Not only do we have a new NBC show and a guest arc on an NBC show of Hilary’s choosing to look forward to, we also have breaking news that Hilary Duff will be making a guest appearance on CBS’ Ghost Whisperer!
Hilary Duff will make an appearance in an upcoming episode of Ghost Whisperer as a “beautiful woman of mystery” who may have been involved in the death of a man (kind of like all Ghost Whisperer episodes seem… More »