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21
Jan

PETA Bestows ‘Proggy’ Award on James Cameron

By Holly Won't 15 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Entertainment, Movie Stars and PETA
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The only ones more excited than James Cameron about the photorealistic CGI in Avatar were the people at PETA. To that end, they gave Cameron the prestigious (I’m sure) Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film yesterday.

From the press release:

For making a film with an overarching message of decency, understanding, and compassion—as well as breathtakingly beautiful CGI that heralds a new era in filmmaking (one that we hope marks the coming end of the use of live animals in entertainment)—we have awarded James Cameron our 2010 Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film.

Because he’s now an environmental activist, this award is probably every bit as meaningful to him as the new batch of Oscars he’s making space for on his mantle. But if he thought for a moment, he might be perplexed because he used real live horses that were blanketed with electronic sensors to capture the minute movements necessary to render a believable horse-like creature in his movie. (You can see several of them throughout the video above.)

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18
Jan

James Cameron Wins Big for Avarice Avatar

By Holly Won't 26 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Businesses, Environmentalists and Movie Stars

james-cameron-GGIf you didn’t catch the three-hour-long Golden Globes telecast last night, you missed out on Ricky Gervais awesomely getting drunk while executing his hosting duties with acerbic aplomb.

Also worth watching was James Cameron and his giant ego (with forehead to match) decimating the competition — most notably his ex-wife — in both the directorial and best dramatic picture categories for Avatar. Against all odds, the film has grossed $1.6 billion worldwide already, making it the second-highest earner in cinematic history (behind only Titanic, also directed by Cameron).

Cameron has made damn sure we all understand the green allegory that Avatar represents, but in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, he takes it one step beyond the pale:

EW asked Cameron to respond to some of the criticisms aimed at “Avatar.” Check out how he responded to this one:

EW: “Avatar” is the perfect eco-terrorism recruiting tool.”

JC: Good, good. I like that one. I consider that a positive review. I believe in ecoterrorism.

Do you think he has any grasp of the type of people ecoterrorists target? Face it: Typically it’s the billionaires who are sullying the earth by building mansions precariously perched on the pristine cliffside terrain of places like Malibu.

Not to mention, James Cameron isn’t exactly known for spending his $500 million filmmaking budgets on solar-powered computers and recyclable sets. And anyone else remember the 17 million gallon water tank he had built for Titanic in the Baja California desert?

It seems like a supremely bad idea for Cameron to applaud the same ecoterrorists who have pledged to destroy “rich capitalists” and “greedy scum” — the likes of which Cameron perfectly personifies. They are not his friends.

08
Jan

Please Pick Stripping or Speaking, Natalie Portman . . .

By Audrey Skepburn 16 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Entertainment, Movie Stars and The Naughty Bits

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Crap, I just fell asleep on my key board… Sorry, guys.

Ms. Portman seems, like, sorta smart with all those languages she’s studied and that whole Hahvahd Yahd thing. And she’s sorta cute. And then she speaks. Every time, I swear, we get ourselves an “It’s alive!” moment.

In Portman’s most recent interview with Elle UK for February, which was accompanied by shots of Portman in lingerie/bustier/underpants, she’s vowing to keep her clothes on yet again:

“There was a lot of controversy about the whole Lolita thing,” she says in the interview. “My parents were super-protective about it, but I got a lot of weird letters. It was really upsetting. I didn’t want to be seen as a sex object, so I went in the opposite direction. I’m definitely not a prude about sex or nudity, I just don’t want to do something that will end up as a screen grab on a porn site.”

Let’s review, and yeah, I am gonna quote myself from November:

According to the Daily Mail, Ms. Portman will bare all again in Darren Aronofsky’s next film, Black Swan.  Her excuse cop-out reason is that even though it is “a pretty serious sex scene, and a lesbian one at that,” she insists that “it’s not raunchy — it’s extreme.”

To be fair, she may have conducted the Elle interview before her promo interviews regarding her new upcoming movie Black Swan, where she discussed her nude scene with Mila Kunis.

A word to the wise: If you are a performer conducting interviews months in advance, your personal values are “flexible,” and you are prone to grotesque hyperbolic statements, keep a journal to track your morals from day to day. Then track when the interviews will be released, and then pontificate in the appropriate order.

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05
Jan

Jude Forgets, Remembers, Love Child

By Audrey Skepburn 17 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Crazy People, Movie Stars and Socialites

judelawThis week, professional tool Jude Law is finally visiting his fourth biological child, Sophia, who is a short four months old. I guess he just hasn’t had time in his busy schedule to see the poor kid.

According to ShowbizSpy:

Jude Law has finally agreed to meet his lovechild. The British actor has arranged to visit daughter Sophia — the result of a brief romance with model Samantha Burke — in Florida. The tot was born in September 2009. Burke, 25, bragged to friends the Sherlock Holmes star phoned at Christmas to arrange a visit “within a few weeks”. “She’s over the moon. She was hurt he had not seen Sophia,” a source told British newspaper the News of The World.

It was bad enough that Law didn’t even remember baby mama Samantha Burke when the story broke. But last month, he didn’t even remember he was the proud father of a new baby, according to HuffPo:

Samantha Burke, a Florida woman who slept with Law while he was filming “Holmes” in New York, gave birth to their daughter Sophia in September. In a talk about Christmas plans, Dave asked him how many kids he has and Law said “three.” He has three children with ex-wife Sadie Frost.

For the record, he was also the stepfather for years of another child with Sadie Frost, a kid named Finlay– who I frankly just feel sorry for.

So he forgets how many children he has, and I’ll bank on him forgetting again. (To use a condom, that is.)

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29
Dec

Charlie Sheen Is Not Such A Nice Guy, It Turns Out

By Holly Won't 25 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Crazy People, Legal Messes, Movie Stars and Television Stars

Charlie-Sheen-mug-shotSo with Charlie Sheen charged with raising a knife against his third wife Brooke Mueller on Christmas Eve in front of their twin sons, I’m feeling a little sheepish for cutting him so much slack during his divorce from Denise Richards last year.

Specifically, I’m remembering writing this with some chagrin:

I have to say, [therapy] is the best parenting decision Denise has made in years, although I guarantee she’s revealing this only to make it look like Charlie Sheen is the bad guy.

Between witnessing their mom’s unbridled hatred of their dad (who, trust me, definitely returns the sentiment) and the time bomb of a reality show that she forced them to go on, her two daughters — Lola and Sam, ages 3 and 4 — are going to need a lot of professional help to resist their inevitable Britney Spearsification.

Charlie Sheen really is a bad guy, though. It’s not the first time he’s attempted to kill a woman, but it does appear to be the first time he’s done so in front of his kids. So all his protests that Denise Richards was not acting in the best interests of their daughters ring more than a bit hollow now.

Mea culpa for falling for it.

28
Dec

Tyra Pulls an Oprah, Announces End to Talk Show

By Holly Won't 15 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Businesses, Fashionistas, Movie Stars and Television Stars

tyra-banks-smizeI hate to be the bearer of devastating news, but Tyra Banks has tearfully announced the end of her talk show, effective at the end of this season.

Tyra skeptics might wonder “why wait?” but more devoted fans can find comfort in the fact that she’s not going away anytime soon. The new cycle of America’s Next Top Model premieres in February and on top of that, Tyra confides to People that she is starting her own production company:

Banks will focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a N.Y.-based film production company currently reviewing possible projects. Sticking to her mission, Banks aims to bring “positive images of women to the big screen,” says an industry insider.

“My next huge steps will allow me to reach more women and young girls to help us all feel as fierce as we truly are,” Banks says.

Because if there’s one thing the chief judge of a modeling competition is good at, it’s making young and impressionable girls feel good about themselves.

23
Dec

Sex and the City 2: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

By Holly Won't 19 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Businesses, Fashionistas, Movie Stars and Television Stars
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The Sex and the City 2 trailer has just hit the web with the force of a Manolo-clad atomic bomb, and I’d like to take a minute to remind everyone that Sarah Jessica Parker is just so dismayed at how commercial New York has become:

“You know, when I arrived in the city in 1976, New York was financially a wreck,” she remembers. “But to me it’s the New York that Matthew [Broderick] and I literally try to find every day of our lives. It was the best place in the world. It was literature. It promised everything. And for someone who loved food and smells and stimulation, who was rocked to sleep by the sound of taxis—well, there’s just so much money now, and the city is so affluent, and all the colors, all the shops, the look of a street from block to block is just terribly absent of distinguishing coffee shops, bodegas. All of that stuff that made it possible to live in New York is gone.”

Not that you’d know it from the hit television series, the first movie (which grossed $153 million in ticket sales alone, by the by), and now the second movie, with its opening shot of Carrie Bradshaw exiting her Fifth Avenue penthouse without even having to break a stride, thanks to the uniformed doormen who assist her without thanks. As the executive producer of the series and both movies, do you think she had any control over how her beloved city was represented?

22
Dec

Demi Moore and Photoshop of Horrors: It’s Getting Ugly

By Holly Won't 21 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Businesses, Fashionistas, Legal Messes and Movie Stars

demi-moore-w-coverShiz just got real. Demi Moore has authorized her attorneys to go after any and all journalists who made “defamatory statements and implications that the photo was manipulated” for the December 2009 cover of W magazine, pictured at right.

Jezebel.com laughed it off:

As those who actually read our posts know, at no point did we say or imply that Demi Moore demanded, “desired” or “required” that she be “slenderized.” Nor did we accuse her of lying about it. Instead, we quoted her Tweeted denials and a skeptical, professional photographer’s challenge of them. That said, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize if we cast aspersions on, or in any way hurt the feelings of Ms. Moore’s left hip, waist, or legs.

And fashion photographer Anthony Citrano pointed out the total lack of merit of such litigious scaremongering:

I did not insinuate that your client was untruthful or hypocritical. I did not imply or infer that the photo was manipulated at her behest. I simply said that the photo had very obvious signs of clumsy retouching, most particularly what appeared to me (and thousands of others) to be a missing chunk of hip.

And I absolutely stand by my statements.

I also have a very hard time understanding what is “defamatory” about describing an image as retouched. Digital retouching is an important part of modern publishing and photography workflow. I doubt a single image has graced a major magazine cover in the past decade without being altered in some way. Ms. Moore’s implication that her image went straight from camera to cover is incredible, whether she believes it or not. Simply put, this never happens.

Citrano also notes that W creative director Dennis Freedman, who has been staunchly defending the purity of the Demi photo for the past month, once voiced contempt for the retouching duo that handled this very cover.

Jezebel and Citrano seem to be handling this frivolous legal menace perfectly well on their own, but we thought it wouldn’t hurt to link them to this post from last week. Demi Moore can’t threaten to sue everyone just because her pride about her agelessness has started to crack.

18
Dec

Ricky Gervais Has a Wonderful Life, Wishes It Sucked More

By Audrey Skepburn 14 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Entertainment, Foodies, Movie Stars, PETA and Writers

ricky imageAnother fabulously wealthy person is complaining about being rich. This time it’s Ricky Gervais. What is wrong with this douchebag?

Earlier this month in a 60 Minutes interview, as reported by the Daily Mail:

“When I did The Office I was so proud. Then the cheque came in and it ruined it a bit, because I didn’t want people to think that was mixed in with my pride, I suppose. But, as you say, I got over that.” And he explained that this attitude comes from growing up in a poor household.

And here’s Gervais complaining in 2007. From The Sun:

The Office and Extras star told how his estimated £7million fortune plagues him with guilt. Gervais, 46, told Tesco magazine: “I don’t sit back and say, ‘I deserve to earn silly amounts. Doing so has made me feel guilty. Apart from being able to afford more things, I haven’t changed my habits. “I didn’t go into the industry because I wanted to be famous. “It can all get a bit embarrassing.”

Apparently, he hates his wealth so much that he just had to move into Hampstead, one of the most exclusive parts of London a few years back. He’s right near Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow. Oh, and all the toys he’s bought himself (with his wealth) were extensive enough that his new neighbors were pissed. From the Telegraph:

“The creator of The Office and Extras has not even moved into his sprawling £2 million home yet, but residents are outraged over the extensive construction work he’s carrying out. The builders arrived last month as Mr Gervais sets about transforming his house, adding a pool, sauna, gym and a games room with golf simulator.”

[ ...] Jenny Warren, who lives nearby, said: “It was a perfectly nice house before Ricky Gervais came in and spent enormous amounts of money on it. We wake up in the morning to the sound of a huge generator. It’s unnecessary. There are plenty of swimming pools and gyms in Hampstead as it is.”

Ricky followed that purchase with an apartment in 2008 on New York City’s Upper East Side. For $1.66 million, according to Real Deal.

The PETA-backing, meat-eating Gervais insists he’s “the same person I’ve always been.” But I very much doubt that the poor kid living in public housing in Reading would have complained about having money, or been embarrassed by it.

So for the sake of us “poor kids” who are still “poor,” Ricky Gervais needs to shut up. If he really hates his wealth, maybe he should stop using it. Or give me some.

Hey funny guy! It’s not funny.

18
Dec

Smackdown of the Week: Brian Blessed vs. Pam Anderson

By Holly Won't 20 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Bad Boys & Girls, Movie Stars, PETA and Television Stars

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Renowned British stage actor Brian Blessed has the dubious honor of starring opposite Pamela Anderson in the recently opened theater production of Aladdin. Here’s what he has to say about his co-star:

Asked outside London’s New Wimbledon Theatre if he was looking forward to working with her, he said: “Pamela f—— Anderson? I wouldn’t touch her with yours. I’ve starred alongside Sophia Loren. What the f— is all that about Pamela Anderson?”

There’s no hypocrisy here, I just thought this quote was epic. Happy Friday!

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