Anne Hathaway Talks Nudity and Fear of Her Catwoman Suit in Allure
- On her Catwoman suit: "The Catwoman suit. It was a psychological terrorist. . . . The suit, thoughts of my suit, changing my life so I would fit into that suit . . . It dominated my year. I went into the gym for 10 months and didn't come out."
- On losing weight for her role in Les Misérables: "I'm doing some crazy weight stuff right now. I'm on day six of detox. . . . This diet makes me break out, so I love that. Nothing like living on hummus and radishes and then be all, 'And I got a pimple. Yeah!'"
- On nudity: "I'm as vain as the next girl, but I think it's my job to show people as they live, and nudity is part of life.
'Dexter': Yvonne Strahovski role revealed
Dexter exec Sara Colleton has dropped hints about Yvonne Strahovski's new role.Chuck star Strahovski will appear in the Showtime drama's seventh season as a character named Hannah McKay.
"So when they got caught, she turned state's evidence on the boyfriend, he went to jail for life and she started a new life. Years later, she's in her 30s and she will intersect with Dexter. I would say Hannah is a still water that runs very deep and is quite unlike any woman Dexter has ever known."
Colleton added that there is "always the possibility" that a romance could develop between Dexter (Michael C Hall) and Hannah.
"Whenever there's a man and a woman, there's always that possibility - or a man and a man or a woman and a woman or any configuration," she said. "[But] there's nothing needy about Hannah.
"Every woman that Dexter's ever... been involved with have been incredibly needy. Hannah has a cool aloofness, but there's something about her that will intrigue him."
Dexter returns to Showtime on Sunday, September 30 at 9/8c.
* Yvonne enfolded around in plastic wrappers and you get clear see-thru view of her gorgeous tits......sweeeet.
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'True Blood' Season 5: Valentina Cervi Talks Vampire Sex, Christopher Meloni
Cervi was far from afraid, and happens to enjoy nude scenes with Christopher Meloni (Roman), who plays her lover on the show.
"The writer asked me to be naked on the bed, and I kind of said, 'Oh … ' but she explained to me that Salome is free," "She doesn’t cover herself up. I totally got that, and it helped me out in the scene. She's showing her fragility with Roman. Yes, they're lovers, yes, they work together, but in being naked, I felt almost fragile, and I felt that that might have helped the scene. The way she is with him is not the way she is with the rest of the world."
The HBO series is famous for its intense vampire sex scenes, but one character is still looking for a little lovin': Pam, played by Kristin Bauer.
"I heard in the books that Pam gets a girlfriend and I'm just so curious as to how and when that can ever happen," she told HuffPost TV. "Apparently Pam is [ready for a girlfriend]. I don't know if it's just been off-camera or there's been a dry spell."
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Lara Pulver offered "swinger movie" roles following Sherlock nude scene
But the actress reveals she's more keen to do comedy than bare all again
Actress Lara Pulver, aka Irene Adler in Sherlock, has been offered racy screen roles following her now-infamous naked appearance in the popular BBC detective drama.
Speaking to Radio Times magazine, Pulver said: "I take my clothes off for a minute and a half and everyone suddenly goes, ‘Oh great, she’s an actress who will take her clothes off. We can’t get Kate Winslet. Let’s see if Lara Pulver will do a swinger movie.’"
Her pre-watershed appearance in A Scandal in Belgravia, which has been viewed more than 2.5m times on BBC iPlayer, raised plenty of eyebrows when the episode was screened on New Year’s Day, and attracted around 100 complaints from shocked viewers.
However, the 31-year-old wasn’t at all fazed by the requirements of the role, which saw her performing in nothing more than diamond earrings and a pair of high-heeled shoes.
She revealed: "It didn't bother me in the slightest and I’m someone who’s never done that sort of thing before on stage or screen…it was just a device for [Irene Adler]; it wasn’t nudity for nudity’s sake."
Indeed, Pulver suggested that the experience of performing in such extreme conditions was, if anything, empowering.
"I was in my rawest, most vulnerable physical form... standing there like that and still doing my job and doing it well," she remembered. "That’s what was empowering, realising: ‘I’m not crumbling; I’m not freaking out; I’m not shaking; I’m not not able to say my lines.’
"I had no idea what was actually going to happen, so it was empowering and reassuring to know that Lara in her most vulnerable physical state was OK."
Having turned down the offers of increasingly licentious movie parts, Pulver revealed that she would like to try her hand at comedy or producing films, though she hasn't ruled out a return to Sherlock as Adler in the future.
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Rare Photos From The Set Of “Spring Breakers” (@selenagomez @VanessaHudgens @AshBenzo)
Check out these rare photos from the set of “Spring Breakers” starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson. Spring Breakers is set to hit theaters in 2013.
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"Magic City" DVD/Blu-ray Coming in October
The official word: Nothing is what it seems in Magic City. Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the hit STARZ Original Series “MAGIC CITY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” on a 3-disc Blu-ray™ and DVD set on October 2nd. SRP is $54.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $44.98 for the DVD. Pre-book is September 5th. The release contains all 8 memorable episodes of the sizzling mob drama plus bonus features including behind-the-scenes footage and featurettes exploring the cars, fashion, glamour, set design, music and history of Magic City!
Dangerous and decadent, “Magic City” begins in 1959, in Miami’s Miramar Playa Hotel where hotelier Ike Evans (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Watchmen, Texas Killing Fields) is conjuring up ways to finance his dream. He has essentially sold his soul to the devil: mob boss Ben “The Butcher” Diamond (Danny Huston, The Kingdom). Ike’s wife Vera (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace), a former showgirl, and his three children think he is an honorable man, but he just can’t break his pact with the most notorious criminal in town. So Ike’s life is a façade: his home and his business must be kept separate – but does he have the sleight of hand to pull it off?
“MAGIC CITY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” also features stand-out performances by Steven Strait (City Island); Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction); Jessica Marais (“Packed to the Rafters”); Yul Vazquez (American Gangster); Dominik Garcia-Lorido (City Island); Kelly Lynch (“The L Word”) and Elena Satine (Just Go With It).
Bonus Features Include:
Starz Studios: MAGIC CITY
The Cars of MAGIC CITY
The Style of MAGIC CITY
Building An Empire
The Golden Age of Music
Miami Beach: The Real MAGIC CITY
“MAGIC CITY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” was created by writer and executive producer Mitch Glazer (The Recruit, Scrooged). Geyer Kosinski (Changeling, The Astronaut Farmer) also executive produces the series along with co-executive producer Ed Bianchi (“Deadwood”) and Emmy Award® winning producer Dwayne Shattuck (“Mad Men”).
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5 Questions for Scream Queen Agnes Bruckner
Written by: Matt Molgaard
I fell in love with Agnes Bruckner the moment I checked out Venom. She’s absolutely gorgeous, likeable on screen and a genuine natural talent (as it turns out, she’s also a sweetheart away from work too!). The woman can act and draw the drool from a man’s gaping mouth simultaneously, and that’s quite the accomplishment. I can say that with confidence, because I’m not typically smitten by actresses, but Bruckner had me wrapped around her finger in moments. The fact that she’s a stellar thespian to boot only adds to her mystique.Among the young starlets credentials are some thrilling works: The Woods, Venom, Blood and Chocolate, Vacancy 2: The First Cut, Kill Theory, and The Pact. All of which are actually (I use the word actually because I’m not just gushing here) pretty damn impressive flicks. Well, she’s got another dark affair headed our way soon, Jamie Babbit’s twisted tale of a sinister pact fashioned by a few college students: Breaking the Girl. While Agnes didn’t leap to announce a planned release date, she did touch down on the film, the crew and her own reaction after screening it. Believe me, it sounds like something worth keeping an eye out for!
5 Quick Questions with Agnes Bruckner:
Best-Horror-Movies.com: You've already starred in quite a few horror films; tell me about a few of your favorite roles, and what specifically made them stand out for you personally, when compared with other genre works you''ve performed in,
Agnes Bruckner: I really enjoyed working on The Woods, Blood and Chocolate and Vacancy 2: The First Cut. I got to work with amazing people like Lucky Mckee, Hugh Dancy, and Arjay Smith. I had a blast. Horror is a hard genre to film because it’s so intense and you get wiped out easily. But I love the process and I really enjoy scaring people. ;)
BHM: By 25 you'd already fronted multiple horror efforts; at such a young age is it stressful to know that in some crucial ways you carry the film?
AB: It’s funny, I’ve never thought about it that way: Carrying a film. I actually find it weird and I feel out of place when I’m not in the lead or not working every day. It’s a challenge to carry a film especially when it’s a genre such as horror. But I’m a fighter and love challenges. It makes it more interesting and more fun!
BHM: I'm a huge fan of Venom. Some critics weren't crazy about it, but I thought it was a blast. Do you have any interesting stories to share from that shoot, and was Rick Cramer as intimidating in person as he was onscreen?
AB: Hahahaha! Venom is my dad’s favorite movie! It was interesting filming Venom because I was 17 and we shot it in Louisiana. The cast was all young actors and we had such a blast. Kevin Williamson is an awesome writer and it was a cool film. Rick was definitely intimidating. He is tall and built and you wouldn’t want to mess with him!
BHM: I've heard a little chatter about Breaking the Girl. For the most part however, I don't know what the film is about, if there's a tentative release pinned down: Nothing really. Without breaking the rules, please fill me in!
AB: Breaking The Girls is a film I did with Madeline Zima, Shawn Ashmore and it was directed by Jamie Babbit. It’s a film about a twisted love triangle. It’s very Cruel Intentions. I saw the movie and it’s definitely a roller coaster ride! Everyone gave such solid performances and it was such a blast to work with Madeline so close. She is a very talented actress and a very awesome human being.
BHM: It certainly seems as though you enjoy working on horror films. Is it the type of situation where you say "hey, these are the jobs that are frequently available, I'll do this", or do you prefer to work in horror regularly. If that's the case, why; what draws you to horror?
AB: I work on things that I love. I read the script and there is something inside of me that says I have to do this. I think I have been drawn to Horror mostly because the female characters I have played in them have been strong willed and kick ass girls. I love doing stunts and being a warrior in movies. Its fun and I love to be challenged. It’s a hard genre and not a lot of people can pull it off. It takes work. But no matter what part I play I am always 110% dedicated and will do whatever is necessary for my fans and people who watch to enjoy it to the fullest!
Director Jamie Babbit's new self-described "genre-trashy fun," with "gratuitous girl-on-girl make-out scenes and three-inch heels" thriller "Breaking the Girl" is done shooting! Babbit previously directed the thriller "The Quiet" with Camilla Bell in 2005.
Guinevere Turner (she wrote the screenplay for "American Psycho,") wrote "Breaking the Girl," (but Mark Distefano did, according to co-writer Mark Distefano, so who knows?) and it stars Agnes Bruckner, Madeline Zima, and Shawn Ashmore.
The official synopsis?
When university student Sara (Bruckner) is slandered by a hostile classmate, she is befriended by the manipulative Alex (Zima) who proposes the perfect, untraceable crime – to kill each other's arch enemies. When Alex actually goes through with it, Sara finds herself being framed for murder…
[1] http://www.afterellen.com/blwe/06-04-10?page=0,1
AE: Um, hello, sexy professor!
GT: Yeah, there’s one professor character but it has to be a guy for various plot twists. Anyway, it’s like Wild Things if it were set in college. It’s genre-trashy fun; gratuitous girl-on-girl make-out scenes and three-inch heels.
[2] http://www.autostraddle.com/guinevere-turner-interview-gay-media-47891/Jess: Anything else coming up aside from the directorial feature?
Guin: The feature film script I wrote, Breaking the Girl is finally supposed to start filming this fall with Jamie Babbit directing [But I'm A Cheerleader and director of every TV show ever]. I’m really happy with the script and I’m excited to work with Jamie again. It’s kind of a really fun thriller about sexuality and manipulation. It’s a total guilty pleasure movie, like Wild Things or Showgirls – trashy, big and over-the-top with tons of drama.
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Lindsay Lohan Dines With New Co-Star, Porn Actor James Deen
When Lindsay Lohan isn’t stirring up trouble on the set of her Lifetime film Liz and Dick, she’s apparently chatting up porn stars, one specifically, James Deen, who is set to be her new co-star.
The pair was seen laughing it up and getting more acquainted with each other during a dinner at LA’s The Churchill, along with the writer behind their new sex thriller film, The Canyons, which the two are said to star in together.
With cigarettes in hand, James Deen and Lindsay Lohan seemed to get on just fine during a break from the dinner. The starlet was pictured dressing top-notch, in skinny maroon colored leather pants and a loose fitted white T-shirt, and a black long jacket to top off the look, and long platform heels.
As they conversed, Deen seemed to be channeled into Lohan’s looks, often smiling coyly at the actress. According to a source, during the conversation Lindsay let out a large gasp. It isn’t known what exactly the conversation entailed to get such a reaction out of Lohan, but porn star James Deen is known for doing every wild thing that comes to the imagination when it comes to his sexual exploits.
It is said that Lindsay Lohan, who as of late has vowed to rejuvenate her career, will be nude in The Canyons. The film, which will be written by Ellis, will reveal the seedy underground life of LA, and will not glamorize the lifestyle as the media often does.
Also at the dinner were writer Bret Easton Ellis -- the same guy who brought us American Psycho and Less Than Zero -- so you know this new script won't be for the faint of heart ...
The group dined at new LA restaurant The Churchill and Lilo, James and her pal Gavin took smoke breaks outside during the meal.
Filming is set to begin next month on July 9th, according to Ellis' recent Tweet. The film will be directed by Paul Schrader (who wrote Raging Bull and Taxi Driver).
We can't wait to see Lindsay in this gritty role! The film's described as documenting "five twenty-somethings' quest for power, love, sex and success in 2012 Hollywood." Hey, Lindsay wrote the book on that! Talk about method acting!
With Lindsay wrapping Liz and Dick right now and prepping for filming again in a couple weeks, it seems the once-untouchable star is making her way back into the hearts of casting directors!
Check out the video here
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Gratuitous Nudity: Spencer Parsons on Saturday Morning Massacre
They had a scary house and just told him to make a movie. The director talks about combining 'Scooby Doo and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Saturday Morning Massacre premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The horror comedy stars a group of newcomers as paranormal investigators who trip on acid and encounter real ghosts in a haunted mansion. We spoke with director Spencer Parsons after his festival screenings to catch up on Massacre’s prospects.
What did it take to get Saturday Morning Massacre made?
Spencer Parsons: Like any film, a lot of crazy perspiration and willingness to do just about anything.
Those are the stories we want to hear.
[Laughs] Yeah, it did come together in kind of a remarkable and strange way. It’s sort of a classic making of an exploitation film sort of story. Clark and Jesse Lyda bought a mansion that was in some disrepair, to flip and turn into I believe a bed and breakfast and wedding venue. So they bought it, it was in disrepair, it looks terrible. They were touring around, they started talking about the possibility of making a horror film there because it seemed kind of creepy and weird. So then they called producer Jason Wehling and they showed him the house. He was impressed and wanted to take them up on the opportunity. So then he took it to Jonny Mars who also produced and is in the film. He got excited and wanted to take them up on the opportunity but the only thing missing here was there was no preexisting story to do in this mansion. At this point in the process, they were about six weeks out from beginning major renovations that would obviously be in the way of a shoot. So we had six weeks then to come up with a story and go in and do it. When they had to make that kind of decision, that’s when they called me, I guess because I seem to be a very flexible and yet hard working sort. So we all got together and from the word go had about six weeks to get a movie written, cast and shot out and into the world. It was a little bit like Corman looking around and finding there were some sets left over from another movie and saying, “Let’s take a couple of days and we’ll make The Little Shop of Horrors.”
Are they still flipping the house?
They are, yeah. It’s actually in much better shape. We were able then to shoot some nice little flashback sequences after they fixed some things up so that it would look like the house in its more glorious past. So that added a little bit of production value.
Where is the house if fans want to go find it?
It’s in Austin. It’s actually remarkably central. We had to do some work to make it feel isolated. We had some trouble when we were doing sound with cars passing by so it’s right near this shopping center with a big grocery store that’s right near Hancock Center. Right near I-35. Really easy to find.
What was the process of writing a script to a location? What inspiration did the house give you?
Well, I think when Jonny and Jason first got together and they were hashing out what to do having this big rambling mansion, it just kind of came back to a traditional haunted house story. When you’re trying to figure out what you do with a traditional haunted house, they kept going towards paranormal investigators kind of stuff. They realized part of the way through that everything that they were cooking up was very “Scooby-Doo.” I guess some folks would run in the opposite direction from that but they had the good sense to embrace it. Then they brought me the idea and I said, “Oh man, ‘Scooby-Doo,’ I want to run in exactly the opposite direction from that.” So it created a good tension where they brought “Scooby-Doo” to me and I was like, “But I want to do Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” So we were hopefully able to create something a little bit more interesting than I think any of us would have done purely on our own.
You hadn’t done a horror movie before, so was this always in you?
Oh, absolutely. A movie is a movie and a story is a story. I’m a big fan of Greek tragedy and when you read Greek tragedy, they’re horror stories. I think Euripedes’ The Bacchae is maybe the first zombie movie ever. So to me it was that kind of territory and what I watch normally, I just watch lots and lots of crazy horror movies and fill up my time with Maniac and Brain Damage and all kinds of grotty, crazy stuff. So I watch a lot of that material and I had been developing some horror scripts and ideas already. That was something they knew about with me, even though maybe the rest of the world didn’t. That was part of why they brought me the script. But no, I hadn’t actually made a horror film before but I gotta say, my previous work is really influenced by horror films. My first feature may not seem to be some kind of body horror thing, but a lot of my thinking on it was really more influenced by David Cronenberg films than maybe by anything else. But hopefully it was influenced in that right way where you take the artistic influence and you make something of your own. Yeah, horror was always there and I’m happy to go in and indulge and discover how to really make one of these.
Thank you for the gratuitous nudity in the sex scene. Was that a given you had to have one of those?
Well, you know, it’s one of those things with the genre. It is one of the things with the genre that you throw in some gratuitous nudity. Also personally I like that in films and if it seems like it’s going to work, and if we can approach it in the right spirit and not just be creepy and pervy about it, it is a basic human pleasure. People wanna see each other naked and I got no problem with that. Luckily my actors had no problem with that. If you see my heartfelt first feature drama, there’s some skin in that movie too. Maybe a little less gratuitous but to me I’m always game. Probably one of my bigger problems is coming up with ideas where there’s not going to be some intense sex and nudity in it.
When horror went mainstream in the ‘90s and A-list stars started doing them, we lost the nudity from the genre.
Yeah, that’s true. I do feel like in a certain way, too many ‘80s horror films played the booby card a little too gratuitously and maybe ruined it for several years. There was the inevitable backlash from actresses and agents about it. I hope it’s maybe coming back around, again because I think it’s just a really basic human pleasure and that’s what we’re doing. That’s what we’re making and it doesn’t have to be terrible, it doesn’t have to be career killing. I do, on the other hand, have to feel for all those actresses in the ‘80s that would have to grit their teeth through a scene where it’s like, “Oh my God, it’s so hot in here” and take off their sweater just before somebody comes and hacks off their head. What sort of framing issues did you have with petite Ashley Rae Spillers and all the tall guys?
[Laughs] Honestly, if we had more time, we might have really thought about the framing issues. It was pretty much we had to keep moving so quickly that for the most part it was like, “Do we have everybody in frame? Can we make this happen?” And stuff worked out. It was funny because Josephine [Decker], the other lead woman in the film, is significantly taller than Ashley so she’s really surrounded by a lot of taller people, but ultimately when she is the leader of this group, I think it makes for a pretty nice picture that she’s the shortest but she’s also in charge.
Were the effects all practical?
Yes, we did everything practically and with some basic green screening stuff. We tried to build even those effects where we were doing some compositing around old silent movie style gags, stuff that goes way, way back where it’s about the negative space of the frame. In the old days it would’ve been passes through the optical printer. We wanted to keep it really simple. That’s better on a really low budget anyway because if you want to compete in the CG realm, you’ve got to spend a lot of money before it looks any good.
Well, the ugly truth is the best Hollywood studio CG still does not look good.
You said it, not me, but I totally 100% agree. Whatever budget, I would want to be doing as much practically as possible, and that’s for a lot of reasons. One, because I genuinely think it looks better and I love the old stage magic kind of traditions. The way that Savini for instance did a lot of his gore effects came from really old fashioned things that magicians had been doing on stage for years and years, when he created a lot of gore craze in the ‘80s. Same with Rob Bottin creating those effects for The Thing. When he was asked about it, he said, “Well, it was really more about the prep time that we had and the way that we could plan out all our angles well in advance that made those effects so good.” I’m a big believer in that kind of tradition. CG can have its place. It can have its place but I’m with you, I like the practical stuff.
Screening at the LA Film Festival, did you get to see any audiences get freaked out?
Yeah, it’s been really neat. We got applause for some of our kills, which as much a horror fan as I am, that’s not necessarily why I get into it. I’m not like, “Oh, I want to get applause when we do this terrible thing to somebody.” But it was kind of neat and gratifying and I hope in a way that this is a little bit of maybe a crossover film for people who didn’t know that they could enjoy gore. I hope that we’re making something where folks that would say that they don’t like gory films can go into it and enjoy some of the stuff in the sick and gleeful way that I do.
Have you sold the film yet?
This is our first festival so we’ve gotten a lot of good responses from distributors and from other festivals, so this is the beginning of our run. Hopefully we’ll get a really good deal that’ll help us to get it in front of as many potential people in the audience as possible.
Did you submit to Fantastic Fest?
Oh yeah. Really, really crossing our fingers for Fantastic Fest. It’s a fantastic festival and it would also be a tremendous homecoming.
What was your filmmaking community in Austin like?
Fantastic. I’ve been now living in Chicago for a couple years but the filmmaking community in Austin is why I keep returning there to make films. Since I moved, I made three projects in Austin so I keep coming back. It’s a great community. Everybody kind of throws themselves into it. People are really doing it for love there. It’s really a tremendous filmmaking scene. I think sometimes people get a little disappointed that it’s not a bit more of an industry town and that makes things difficult in terms of sustainability and being able to earn a living doing what we do, but just on the level of a fantastic almost kind of punk rock scene where everybody just goes in for the fun of it, gives it their all, Austin’s second to none.
Is it just as hard to break into the industry in Austin as in L.A.?
It is. It is very difficult. It’s because there really isn’t an industrial center there. I teach and when my students are asking me where to go after school, I ask them about their priorities. If they really need to get work in the industry then Austin is not necessarily the place to go. But if they’re looking to make films, which is a little bit different thing, Austin can be just about the best place to go.
We know about the famous ones like Robert Rodriguez and Richard Linklater. Is it very different for the really scrappy indies?
It is, it is. Linklater and Rodriguez are of course fantastic filmmakers. They were also lucky enough to come along at a time when there could be a pretty significant kind of institutional support for the sort of work that they were doing. That really doesn’t exist anywhere anymore. It’s not just Austin, so Austin itself has become a good bit scrappier over the years, but there are a lot of really great filmmakers who live there, have been based there at one time or another and are making films that play widely on the festival circuit. There’s Bryan Poyser, Alex Karpovsky has moved back to I think New York but he’s always around all over the place. Andrew Bujalski is based there now. I live in Chicago but I keep returning, so it’s definitely a really serious hub, though a lot of the efforts having to be a good bit scrappier and rougher around the edges than maybe a Linklater and Rodriguez project.
* Josephine Decker is the one displaying full range of her 'talents' in the sex scene.
Josephine Decker was in the parking lot of a Mexican dive when she got a call from producer Jason Wehling outlining what she’d be doing in “Saturday Morning Massacre.”I'm being an asshole here. Miss Decker is really multi-talented performer with exhibitionist streak.
“I just want to be sure you’re okay with this: you’re going to be covered in blood in a tank top, probably going to see your nipples through the second half of the movie and there’s a sex scene fully nude,” Decker recalls, before giving it a thought. “I’m like, yeah, sure, it’s fine.”
For a veteran of two Joe Swanberg productions who once famously shed her clothing at the Museum of Modern Art to counter the performance art of Marina Abramovic, the nudity wasn’t so much an issue, but even with a warning, Decker probably couldn’t have been entirely prepared for what would happen on the set of “Massacre,” the latest film from Spencer Parsons which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival this week.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josephine-decker/why-does-moma-hate-my-bod_b_611193.html
http://vimeo.com/user2408188
http://www.josephinedecker.com/Bio.html
http://tactical-media.blogspot.com/2010/09/josephine-decker-tactical-media.html
http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/14082/interview-joe-swanberg-pays-visit-to-uncle-kent
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The show started out so beautifully. It whisked SuperWoman off to the vibrant ’20s, to flapper dresses and close cropped hair and people sneaking their cocktails in baroque nightclubs. It was so delightful that it inspired SuperWoman’s wardrobe a bit (she bought 1920′s looking earrings that double as laser-beams) and even her date nights with SuperMan (they started frequenting a prohibition-themed bar—those cocktails are ART, people).
But something bad happened to Boardwalk Empire in its second season.
SuperWoman blames Martin Scorsese.
Sure, he looks all innocent, with his priestly Italian artistic-ness, those big classes and coiffed hair a perfect disguise. But the man is a glutton for blood. Where Season One of Boardwalk Empire threw its viewers into this fabulous and corrupt and quite recognizable world of moneylenders, war veterans, and fashionable ladies, Season Two is all about gutting people. Slicing their necks and shooting them in the eyes.
And who wants to come home from work, get comfy on the couch, and watch that?
You may be surprised that SuperWoman says this. You may say, Well, SuperWoman, don’t you use your powers to fight evil when it arises? And aren’t you always extolling the virtues of laser beams?
SuperWoman would reply, Yes. Sort of. But laser beams don’t make people bleed. (If you want to know a secret, they’re just pretend.) And most of what you’ll find SuperWoman doing is baking muffins and helping young children cross the street.
No, Boardwalk Empire is another issue altogether. It went from a show that explored politics and relationships and post-traumatic stress syndrome and women’s rights, to a show about bad people killing other bad people and sometimes only kind-of bad people who deserve to live. And instead of just implying it, instead of any of the forms of subtlety that made gangster dramas like The Godfather and The Sopranos great (okay, The Sopranos was not so subtle), this show has descended into pure violent terror with almost no reminders of beauty and human dignity or integrity. With Scorsese behind it, blood is practically an ejaculation. And it’s happening all over New Jersey. (Hey, Maybe that’s why the place is so weird.) (And hey, wasn’t Marty considering becoming a priest way back? Very interesting.)
What SuperWoman couldn’t help noticing in the last episode she decided to watch, was that there was no such gratuity in the birth scene with character Lucy Danziger. Interesting, isn’t it? The camera stayed carefully on her face and plump breasts, and not on any of the fluids that tend to gush from a woman so pregnant she’s ready to burst. Numerous times, we see her nude and having sex, but God forbid we see what a real birth looks like. In the same episode, the next scene, even, we get to see Jimmy Darmody slice a man’s throat open in a butcher shop. (Superwoman didn’t watch that. She turned away and vowed to be done with the show.)
In general, having access to all of those HBO shows sounded really cool and bountiful, but SuperWoman quickly realized that having access to them made them less special than getting them through the mail on DVD. The more you have, the easier it is to lose appreciation. Still, there is at least one saving grace of HBO before SuperWoman cancels her service: Girls. Girls girls girls. Best damn show on television. Beautiful, perfect. And SuperWoman is only a little jealous of Lena Dunham’s talent as writer and actress extraordinaire. (Okay. Maybe more than a little.)
And SuperWoman is sorry if she insulted anyone from New Jersey. But the place is weird, no?
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WOMEN'S RUGBY SQUAD BARES ALL IN FUND-RAISING CALENDAR
The women of the Canadian national rugby squad are baring it all in a calendar as part of an effort to "build the profile of their sport, shatter stereotypes and lend a little support to charity."
In a press release, Rugby Canada said the team hoped to promote positive body images and show the results of training hard, working hard and living a healthy lifestyle. Proceeds from calendar sales will be used to support the women's program. They are currently preparing for the World Cup and Olympic qualifiers -- the sport makes it Olympic debut in Rio de Janiero in 2016.
"Every woman on this team works so hard at being physically fit and eating properly, it is a reward to have these pictures taken so we can see our bodies in a beautiful light," says national team member Barbara Mervin. "Playing in such a rough sport, we sometimes lose the beauty that is in it. We hear all the time that we don't look like rugby players, so there is clearly a stereotype about what women rugby players should look like. But having muscles is very beautiful and being physically fit is very attractive. We are elite athletes and we are proud of our bodies."
The 16-month 2013 calendar, which can be ordered online at http://nswtcalendar.com/, features 17 members of the Canadian women's rugby team. It's far from a traditional fund-raiser, but it's worked better than the usual fare for Rugby Canada. And the organization also hopes the calendar will be a vehicle for highlighting the team's success on the field.
Canada's rugby women first put out such a calendar in 2004. The effort was the brainchild of former national team player Colette McAuley. While the proceeds help support a fledgling program, McAuley says the calendar effort is more notable for showcasing the lean, muscular bodies of Canada's female rugby players and transforming the stereotypical image of women who play sports.
"With the growth of the 7s game, you are seeing women with a very athletic body type," she said in a press release. "These calendars show another side of the rugby player. The uniforms and jerseys we wear are not very flattering to the female athletes, who are strong and muscular and beautiful. The women in the Canadian program are very attractive. This year's calendar has a wow factor, plus a very sexy factor. It's fantastic."
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Naked England Fan Attempts To Distract Alessandro Diamanti During Euro 2012 Shootout
In an attempt to distract Italian midfielder Alessandro Diamanti while he shot a penalty kick during Sunday's Italy vs. England quarterfinal match, an extremely dedicated England fan bared all.But his shorts-dropping was in vain, as Diamanti scored the goal, winning the game for Italy 4-2.
"We deserved this victory," Diamanti said, according to the Associated Press. "The penalties rewarded our dominance during the match. It's only fair, we played a great match and battled from the first to the last minute."
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A Spanish real estate company (of all things) created ads featuring "real" picts of people that were caught having sex in their cars, trying to make the point that life is more convenient with a house.
Clever, but it was banned. Clearly it was their mission to get banned for buzz. Perhaps that's the clever part, hmmmm?
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K-pop star denies raping 3 girls
Two more victims have accused beleaguered South Korean pop star Ko Young-Wook, already under investigation on allegations of raping a teenager, of sexual assault. The new charges were filed last week.
Ko, a former member of the K-pop group Roo'Ra, had previously denied the charge that he intentionally made an aspiring 18-year-old female entertainer drunk in order to have sex with her at his home.
Investigations determined that Ko had enticed the alleged victim by telling her in a phone call that he would help her become a star. He then picked her up in his car, drove her to his home, encouraged her to drink and had sex with her.
Ko admitted sleeping with the girl, but said it was consensual and that he didn't know she was a minor.
According to police in Yongsan, the 36-year-old was summoned again on Tuesday to give his statement on a new sexual assault charge by two other girls, one of who is reportedly a 14-year-old middle school student.
After police questioned him for more than 10 hours. Ko told reporters that he would "cordially cooperate with the police for additional investigations".
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Whitney Port promoting some crap.....intentional nip-slip
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Hooters Swimsuit Pageant 2012 Winner is Amanda Jemini
The winner of the 16th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant is Amanda Jemini. The 21-year-old, who works at the Hooters of Roca Baton in Florida, was selected among 100 Hooter Girl contestants and crowned the winner on Saturday's competition. She won a $50,000 cash prize and will represent Hooters as the Miss Hooters International 2012.
Hooters 2012 Pageant Top 10
Miss Hooters 2012 Winner Amanda Jemini
Amanda Jemini, Miss Hooters International 2012
Jamie Gunnels, from Hooters of Columbus, GA was named Miss Photogenic
Ivy Souza from Hooters of São Paulo, Brazil, was selected as Miss Hooters World, representing Hooters 27 international markets
The winner of the 16th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant is Amanda Jemini. The 21-year-old, who works at the Hooters of Roca Baton in Florida, was selected among 100 Hooter Girl contestants and crowned the winner on Saturday's competition. She won a $50,000 cash prize and will represent Hooters as the Miss Hooters International 2012.
In addition to the cash prize, Jemini will also appear in the famous Hooters Calendar and appear in Hooter campaigns and commercials.
"This was my first time participating in the Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant and it was an unbelievable experience," said Jemini. "The week leading up to pageant day was filled with early wake up calls, hair and makeup and all-day photo shoots, but the real highlight was meeting wonderful kids at the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital. It was special to spend time with them and help to lift their spirits."
The 100 contestants were chosen from 18,000 Hooter girls worldwide.
There are over 460 Hooters restaurants across the U.S. It also has branches in 24 other countries.
The appearances of the waitresses is the main feature of the restaurant. A "Hooters Girl" is a waitress employed by the restaurant chain. They wear a white tank top with "Hootie the Owl" and short orange running shorts.
The Miss Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant has been held since 1996, a competition of Hooters Girls from around the world.
* My kind of beauty pageant. Seductive eyes on super-hot Amanda. Jamie possess that wholesome package you love about Southern girls. Fuck-hot smile and real friendly. If you nice and sincere with her, the best of Southern hospitality awaits you.
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Why Porn and Journalism Have the Same Big Problem
The smut business just isn't what it used to be.
The early days of the Internet were a bonanza for major pornography studios, as the web transformed adult entertainment into an instant, unlimited, and completely private experience -- always just a credit card charge and a cable modem away.
But what the Internet giveth, the internet taketh away. As the most recent Bloomberg Businssweek recounts in its feature on the rise of the new and controversial .XXX domain, the big production companies have seen their profits shrink by as much as half since 2007, as audiences have fled to aggregators such as XTube and YouPorn that offer up a never-ending stream of free naked bodies.
Stuart Lawley, the entreprenuer behind .XXX, has a plan to try and reclaim some of that lost revenue -- micropayments. Per Businessweek:
Next year, ICM plans to introduce a proprietary micropayment system. This service, Lawley promises, will help blue-chip pornographers fight back against the proliferation of free and pirated smut online. "We're going to do for adult what Apple (AAPL) did for the music business with the iTunes store," he predicts.
Consumers who have become conditioned to grainy, poorly shot giveaways, Lawley says, will get reacclimated to paying for higher-quality hard core. Price, quantity, and specificity are key. Rather than the traditional model--$24.99 upfront for all-access monthly memberships--porn consumers will shell out 99¢ apiece for short clips of niche material (akin to buying a favorite song, not the whole album). Perhaps more compelling, people seeking porn on their mobile devices will have a convenient way to purchase a quickie on the run.
Yikes. Comparing your business plan to Apple is pretty standard corporate trope these days, but in the case of porn, the iTunes analogy is hopelessly inapt. Here's the problem: Pornography is mostly a commodity product. Music is not. People have favorite bands and expect a certain level of production value in their music.
Bruce Springsteen devotees aren't just as happy listening to Bob Seger or an a cappella rendition of "Born In the USA." It's at least a little rarer to have favorite porn stars. And the audiences aren't demonstrably sensitive to production values. Worse yet, the tools for do-it-yourself filming are improving every time Apple upgrades the iPhone's video camera.
In other words, convincing people to pay for to watch sex is a much taller task these days than getting them to pay for a song.
In fact, it's a bit like getting them to pay for a newspaper. Like the porn studios, big media companies have seen their own profits plummet in the face of free aggregators, amateur bloggers, and the nearly limitless competition supplied by the web.
Unsurprisingly, micropayments have been a hot topic in the news industry over the past few years. But so far, they haven't really taken off. Here's how Clay Shirky explained the fatal flaw with the idea back in 2009:
The fantasy that small payments will save publishers as they move online is really a fantasy that monopoly pricing power can be re-established over we users. Invoking the magic word "micropayments" is thus grabbing the wrong end of the stick; if online publishers had that kind of pricing power, micropayments wouldn't be necessary. And since they don't have that pricing power, micropayments won't provide it.
What holds for journalism in this case holds for sex. In both cases, the competition is so broad that customers are likely to go elsewhere rather than pay. There are, obviously, exceptions in the case of newspapers -- the Wall Street Journal has a profitable paywall, and the New York Times appears to be having some early success with its own. But that might be cold comfort for the adult entertainment world.
That is, if you assume people still have slightly higher standards for their news than for their porn.
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