We're still a couple of months away from the return of Californication, but Showtime has already set the premiere date for Season 6, and now we have a teaser to show you, which features Hank being presented with a "terrible idea." He doesn't seem nearly as enthusiastic about it as other people do. It seems his novel is about to get butchered again. Or the butchered adaptation of his novel is about to get re-butchered, anyway.
We learned last month that Californication Season 6 would premiere January 13. Maggie Grace is set to play "infamous rock groupie" Faith, while Tim Minchin will play Atticus Fetch, a character described as "a mad-as-a-hatter rock star who will write the music for the Broadway production of Hank’s hit novel." We get a glimpse of Minchin's character in the teaser below, and what appears to be the birth of the referenced terrible idea.
Rock opera! Are those ever a terrible idea? The answer is probably yes. Mostly, yes, right? Sometimes no, though. I don't know, but it could make for a really fun season (with some great music, maybe?). The teaser doesn't offer much, but it does remind us that Californication is on the way!
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Michelle bowles us over
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| Saucy ... ex-EastEnders babe Michelle Ryan in Cabaret! |
The ex-EastEnders babe posed in saucy stockings and suspenders as she took to the stage for her role as Sally Bowles in West End musical Cabaret.
She was joined by her co-star singer Will Young.
Michelle is most famous for her role as Zoe Slater in the BBC1 soap, which she left in 2005.
In 2007 she starred in a short-lived US TV remake of The Bionic Woman and has since appeared in Merlin and Doctor Who.
* Michelle Ryan loves to parade around and dance in her undies. Remember her stripper role in Girl Walks Into a Bar? She is now 28 and resorting to stage work to stay afloat financially and maintain a semblance of a film career in recession hit Britain. Surprisingly the British movie (big and small) industry seems to be thriving in contrast to the economy. Conglomerating with major US/Euro companies and studios have provided a lifeline for now. What about Ms.Ryan? Too prideful to latch on to a sugar-daddy like Holly Valance, Michelle is entering her most eventful period in terms of career. She is strong-willed this curvy girl. The stint as Sally Bowles on stage will hopefully give her the confidence to finally shed her inhibitions. Maybe she can give Hollywood a second crack without nudity clause nonsense. 2013 going to be a special year in way of celluloid nudity and my gut feeling says Michelle will be part of the first-time nudie contingent.
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Brett Ratner shoots Amanda Pizziconi : Treats! Issue #4
* This is her second shoot for Treats! Amanda is one of those models whose 'real' portfolio will even shame the glamor models. Very likely pays her rent from private collections work.
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Get Your Sexy On: What You'll See at the CineKink Film Festival
This weekend, kinky movies will abound at the CineKink film festival, which showcases erotic and adult movies for your viewing pleasure. Slated to take place at Echo Park Film Center and Studio Servitù this coming Friday and Saturday nights, the festival will show shorts, documentaries and feature-length movies. Friday's festivities kick off at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday's begin at 4:00 p.m. Tickets for each screening are $10 at the door and $7 in advance.
Meanwhile, we got our hands on some stills from the films, to whet your kinky, kinky appetite.
29-years old super pretty English actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw will bare her chumbawumbas for first real nudity on-screen in upcoming period drama Belle (2013).The love scene wasn't scribed in depth in the script but Asante discussed it with Gugu and felt it was necessary for the story to display the sexuality and vulnerabilities of the bi-racial woman struggling to find her true identity in a racially-conscious society.
The final cut all depends on the producers considering the budget is quite high for a subject matter seldom supported by audience members even in 'posh' England. They could play it safe and go PG instead.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw aka Should-Have-Changed-Her-Name-Rather-Than-Sticking-With-Something-That-Sounds-Like-It-Came-From-A-Baby's-Mouth was recently on Touch (TV series) and before that on super lame Undercovers (TV series).
The project, budgeted at £6.5 million ($10.1 million), also co-stars Tom Felton (from the Harry Potter movies), Sam Reid (playing Belle's love interest), James Norton and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).
The story takes place in the 1780s, and follows a mixed-race girl, adopted into an aristocratic family, who faces class and color prejudices. As she blossoms into a young woman, she develops a relationship with a vicar's son who is an advocate for slave emancipation.
BELLE is a tale of passion and romance in the face of overwhelming adversity. Inspired by a 1779 painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle, and her life story, BELLE tells the tale of a mixed–race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in 18th Century England.
Battling social prejudice against the backdrop of a controversial slavery case, BELLE brings to life the love story of Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha Raw) and John Davinier (Sam Reid), in a world where one of England’s most powerful men stands between them.
The film is based on a true story - specifically, the true story of Dido Belle, a mixed-race woman raised as an aristocrat in 18th-century England.
Dido lived a significant part of her life with her great-uncle (on her father's side) the Earl of Mansfield who lived with his family at Kenwood House in Hampstead, England - a stately home where great statesmen and their families lived through the years, but is now a public space, housing expensive painting collections, and where classical performances have been held.
Dido spent some 30 years at Kenwood House, in an unusual position because she was the daughter of a slave (despite her white elite father and upbringing). But she was treated as a member of the family, to a certain extent; Dido was not allowed to eat at the same table with the rest of the family, especially if they had guests; but was allowed to sit with the women for coffee and ladily chats afterwards in the drawing-room.
This will be Amma Asante's second feature; her feature debut was a 2004 gritty and compelling South Wales-set racism drama titled A Way Of Life, which she also wrote. And for her work on that film, she was blessed with the BAFTA's (the British equivalent of the Oscars) Carl Foreman Award for best debut by a British filmmaker, as well as being named The Times Breakthrough Artist Of The Year.
It's expected to be delivered in spring 2013.
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit : Super Calendar 2013
[UHQ scanned pics]
(originally filched from FashionScansRemastered. Superb site for latest pics of your favorite celebs/models)
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First Look: David S. Goyer's Starz Drama 'Da Vinci's Demons' (Exclusive Photos)
The scribe who co-wrote "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Man of Steel" will explore religion in the historical drama about Leonardo Da Vinci.
The scribe who co-wrote The Dark Knight Rises and the upcoming Man of Steel will set his sights the famed artist's adventures with Starz's Da Vinci's Demons, an eight-part historical fantasy drama about Leonardo Da Vinci's quest to expose the lies of religion.
The action-adventure drama stars Tom Riley as Da Vinci and tells the "untold" story of a 25-year-old Da Vinci during his turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence as the artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time. He begins to not only see the future but invent it.
"The show is insanely ambitious in scope, schedule, action and the nature of Leonardo's mind," Riley tells The Hollywood Reporter, noting his challenges during the production has been to learning to do things left-handed to accurately portray the ambidextrous genius.
"My apartment is littered with sketches in various stages of completion that I attempted with my weaker hand, as well as reams of backwards writing," he says. "I've got a handy pair of foam nunchuks that I've been given to increase dexterity in my left wrist, so the double-handed sword fighting comes more naturally than it otherwise would. Safe to say, this job has pushed me harder and into stranger directions than any I've had before."
Check out an exclusive first look at Riley as Da Vinci in the photos above and below. Starz will present a first-look at the series on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. New York Comic-Con. The panel will feature Goyer, Riley, co-stars Laura Haddock and Lara Pulver and be held in room 1A21.
Da Vinci's Demons, a Starz/BBC Worldwide Productions co-production, will premiere next year on Starz.
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Sharon Van Etten : “Magic Chords”
Sharon Van Etten has dropped one gloomy, surrealistic video for “Magic Chords”, off this year’s Tramp. Directed by Rick Alverson, the majority of the clip finds Etten stalking the woods in her pilgrim’s best, which technically works for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Towards the end, she shares a relaxing swim with several corpses, and while it’s not exactly creepy, it is sort of spooky how it comes off as dazzling. Necrophiliacs be damned. Stream below.
Sharon Van Etten "Magic Chords" (Official Video) from the album 'Tramp' released February 7, 2012 on Jagjaguwar
Director, Photographer and Editor: Rick Alverson
Producers: Rick Alverson and Emilie Rex
Costume By: Custer's Last Waistband and The Cowboy Prince
Sharon Van Etten Website http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=vanettensharon
SC Distribution: http://www.scdistribution.com/music-shop.html?class=artist&artist=Sharon%...
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tramp/id487105742
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tramp-Sharon-Van-Etten/dp/B0067FGYGQ/ref=ntt_mus_dp_d...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Tramp-Sharon-Van-Etten/dp/B0067FGYGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8......
Director, Photographer and Editor: Rick Alverson
Producers: Rick Alverson and Emilie Rex
Costume By: Custer's Last Waistband and The Cowboy Prince
Sharon Van Etten Website http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=vanettensharon
SC Distribution: http://www.scdistribution.com/music-shop.html?class=artist&artist=Sharon%...
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tramp/id487105742
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tramp-Sharon-Van-Etten/dp/B0067FGYGQ/ref=ntt_mus_dp_d...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Tramp-Sharon-Van-Etten/dp/B0067FGYGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8......
In related news, Van Etten also appeared on Later…with Jools Holland this week. Replay that performance here. The appearance peppered her current European tour, which she’ll return from later this year for an appearance at the Le Guess Who? Festival.
Sharon Van Etten 2012 Tour Dates:10/10 – Sheffield, UK @ Queens Social Club
10/25 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club %
10/26 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle %
10/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West %^!
10/28 – Orlando, FL @ The Social %
10/30 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder at FSU %
11/01 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds %
11/02 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Festival
11/03 – Dallas, TX @ Trees %
11/04 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone %
11/05 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird %
11/07 – Chicago, IL @ Metro %
11/08 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Ballroom %
11/09 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom %
11/11 – Boston, MA @ Paradise %
11/15 – New York, NY @ Town Hall
11/29-12/02 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival
12/03 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
12/07 – Minehead, UK @ ATP Curated by The National
12/29 – Lorne, AU @ Falls Festival
12/30 – Richmond, AU @ The Corner
12/31 – Marion Bay, AU @ Falls Festival
01/02 – Fortitude Valley, AU @ The Zoo
01/04 – Busselton, AU @ Southbound Festival
% = w/ Damien Jurado
^ = w/ Crooked Fingers
! = w/ John Vanderslice
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Aspiring Model Sends Me This Ridiculous Email...
by supermanpua
I received the email below last week from an aspiring model for my modeling agency. I receive stupid inquiries from models every week, but this one definitely takes the cake. It's so ridiculous I had to share it here lol.
Aspiring Model's Email
My Response
http://dcmodelingagency.com/model-casting-calls/
If you don't apply on that page, you won't be considered.
What I Really Wanted to Say
You clearly did not read the instructions on the contact page, not a good first impression. As we clearly state on the form you used to email us, we ONLY accept models via the casting call form. If you do not use that form, I will assume you're not as good looking as you claim to be. As far as I'm concerned, no pictures means you're ugly. We are in the business of looks, as a result, we assume models are ugly until we see some photos.
In addition, spelling and grammar are great ways to make or break a first impression. I cannot have models representing my agency that do not have a grasp of the English language. That would make us look bad to clients.
Take this as objective feedback, in case you wonder why you don't hear back from any other modeling agencies you apply to.
No Respect for Jump Offs
These are the kind of models that end up becoming jump offs for rappers and other high status men. However, I don't blame them. They don't have brains and try to make it in life on their looks.
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| The Jumpoff Treatment |
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| Cold and Ruthless Like Terminator |
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| You Can't Turn a Ho into a Housewife |
Friedrich Nietzsche's words ring truer the longer I'm in this game.
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you" - NietzscheOn the other hand, I do come across some models every now and then that have their shit together. Their game is on point, physically and intellectually. Now those are the broads that I would consider having on my team. But I would still be the captain of the ship.
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Former UK Guard Keyla Snowden did Photoshoot you might want to check out
No offense to Skylar Diggins who sometimes can take my posts a little personal, I always though Keyla was prettier, but we are just splitting hairs.
Since graduating from the University of Kentucky she has started her own website KeylaSnowden.com and is doing some on air work with the local TV station.
As you can see from the photos, she is doing a little modeling as well and we aren’t mad at her for that.
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Bumper Year for Adult-Oriented Korean Movies
The Korean film industry is enjoying a boom this year with the total number of viewers until Tuesday at 41.93 million, up over 10 million from the same period last year. And Korean films attracted more moviegoers than Hollywood blockbusters and other foreign films, accounting for 53.5 percent of the total number.
One reason is the popularity of films that appeal to adult audiences. Some 13 Korean films drew over 1 million moviegoers this year, and five of them were rated R.
"Nameless Gangster" was the hottest movie in the first half of this year. It won over critics and audiences with its credible yet entertaining plot and vivid characterizations of criminal elements in Korea's most attractive coastal city of Busan.
"The Concubine" topped the box office as of Wednesday as it has become the talk of the town with steamy sex scenes. "A Muse," "The Scent" and "The Taste of Money" also drew much attention with racy scenes.
Another remarkable trend is that people in their 30s led the boom. According to Max Movie, moviegoers in the age group accounted for the majority of viewers of the five adult-rated films. They helped Korean films hold their own against Hollywood blockbuster like "Avengers" and "Men in Black 3."
Viewers in their 20s generally prefer more anodyne date movies, Max Movie said, so adult-rated movies appeal to people in their 30s or over, especially women who go to the theatre in groups.
Thirty-somethings made up the largest share of viewers for all movies that hit the 1 million mark this year, except the kids' film "Speckles: the Tarbosaurus."
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| Jo Yeo-jeong of The Concubine |
"The film industry has usually targeted those in their teens and 20s, but that seems to be changing," said film critic Jeon Chan-il. "An increasing number of movies will aim to lure viewers in their 30s and that will also affect actors who appear in them."
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Prostitution scandal at Zumba dance studio rocks Maine tourist town
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| Oct. 9, 2012: Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. |
But the talk of the town these days is the arrest of a local fitness instructor who's been charged with running a prostitution business out of her Zumba dance studio and secretly videotaping her encounters. Now the town is on the edge of its seat, waiting for the revelation of which of their friends and neighbors are among her more than 100 alleged johns.
"There's still some of that puritanical New England left around," said Will Bradford, who owns a copy shop in town. "There are places in the world that would laugh at this."
Alexis Wright, 29, was dressed conservatively in a jacket, blouse and slacks as she pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Portland to 106 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her fitness studio and a nearby one-room office she rented. The man police say was her business partner, 57-year-old Mark Strong Sr. pleaded not guilty to 59 counts of promotion of prostitution and violation of privacy.
Prosecutors haven't detailed why Wright would have been videotaping her encounters. But they gathered more than 100 hours of video and nearly 14,000 screen shots from seized computers, Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan said.
"The state's in over its head. This case isn't ready for prosecution," Daniel Lilly, Strong's lawyer, said at the hearing.
Wright's lawyer, Sarah Churchill, has declined to comment, and the defendants did not speak as they left the hearing. Wright, who lives in the nearby community of Wells and is the single mother of a young son, and Strong are free on personal recognizance.
Police have begun issuing summons to Wright's customers and will release the names in the weeks ahead. Townspeople say they've heard that lawyers, doctors, law enforcement officials, a television personality and other well-known people in town are included in a detailed clientele list police found.
A lot of people would rather not see the names made public because it will hurt families, children and careers, said Dan Breton, the owner of a convenience store and deli.
"I think most of my customers were shocked this was going on," Breton said. "But any time something like that happens, people get curious. It's almost like the newspapers are teasing us that there are prominent names on the list. But maybe it'll be nothing."
The superintendent of schools issued a memo to teachers and staff last week, instructing them to be on the lookout for students who have relatives on the list of names and may be teased or have trouble coping.
Wright opened her Pura Vida fitness studio teaching Zumba, a Latin-inspired fitness program that combines aerobics and dance, in 2010 about a block from the downtown business district in this town of about 10,000 people 25 miles south of Portland, the state's largest city. She later rented a one-room office across the street, above a hair salon and a flower store.
That same year, an anonymous blog appeared accusing of Wright of not being the sweet, friendly Zumba instructor she portrayed herself to be. "She's living a double life and is a porn star. She may be a prostitute for all I know," the first blog entry reads.
Police began investigating after hearing reports of cars coming to the studio and the office at all hours of the day and night and men going in for a half an hour or an hour at a time, according to a police affidavit released when Strong, of Thomaston, was arrested in July.
The landlord who rented the office space to Wright told investigators one of his tenants sometimes heard "moaning and groaning" coming from Wright's office, the affidavit says.
When the landlord checked the office himself, he found a massage table and a video camera set up on a tripod. He told police he later found an online porn video of Wright that was recorded in the office, which he recognized by the walls, the floor and the window.
When police raided the studio and office in February, they seized electronic ledgers of sexual acts, video recordings and records of clients and the sexual acts performed by Wright, according to the affidavit. Judging by what they found, police said Wright's sexual activities generated as much as $150,000.
Investigators said there was both a "business and personal" connection between Strong and the activity at the studio. Video footage showed Wright and Strong having sex, according to the affidavit.
Bee Nguyen, who rented the studio space to Wright and Strong, said Tuesday he often saw cars pulling up to the back of the studio and men going in but didn't think anything of it.
"She had a boyfriend," said Nguyen, adding that Wright and Strong owe him about $10,000 in back rent.
It wasn't clear whether Wright still had custody of her son; the agency that oversees child welfare says it can't comment.
It wouldn't be surprising to hear of a prostitution operation with clients coming and going day and night in a big city, residents say -- but not in Kennebunk, a tourist town with traditional white-steeple churches, tree-lined streets and quaint bed-and-breakfasts.
"Still, the fact that it's happening in Kennebunk shows we're not above it all," Greg Patterson said while getting a haircut at a downtown barber shop.
* Just like new starlet Teal Conrad - Alexis Wright was Zumba instructor to the world but in her heart she was natural born porn star. In fact even Teal will never (knock on wood) go far as Alexis did when she dabbled in bestiality by getting doggied by her pet dog and sucking the poor animal's jerking penis. I'm not sure it's still around. The video was quickly removed as soon as Alexis became the news of the town. Maybe the motherless guys have it on their site. Google "lexi" and "kikicu" "dog" in one combo.
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