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stars, sex and nudity buzz : 02/15/2013

credit to B.Sampson
On tonight's Banshee
singer and world-class 'rider' Kay Story (brief T-and-longish A) 
Nice ass shot of Kay Story as she gets out of bed and walks outside to the balcony naked.
Kay is all pop-country modest when she wants to be but flaunting those incredible curves is her right.

24-years old nudecomer C.J. Perry (brief breasts) 

Ms. Perry is another Floridian making her nude debut on the show. She is an accomplished dancer and experienced model.

Covering all her bases with loved ones (just in case) before first nude scene comes out:
Some things never change in sleazywood:

In 2010, CJ Perry took a fateful trip to Las Vegas. The accomplished dancer, model and singer had just weathered a series of personal storms and had only $80 in her pocket. But her luck was about to change.
The Florida native left Sin City with $3,000 in blackjack earnings and decided to make an immediate and dramatic change. “I was like, ‘I’m going to move to LA,’” she says today. “I remember thinking, ‘I’m going to take this $3,000 and make it happen.’”

Perry wanted to finally pursue in earnest her dream of becoming an actor. Fortunately for Perry, she had plenty of momentum in the other components of her career. After all, she was an in-demand dancer who graduated from the Latvian National Ballet Academy and had toured with Keri Hilson and P!nk. Her striking beauty and flawless physique had helped her become a red-hot model. She was the most downloaded “Hot College Girl” on the AT-and-T and Sprint networks in 2008 and 2009.

In her first few weeks in Los Angeles, Perry booked five gigs, including a speaking role on the acclaimed television show The Game and a spot in Afrojack’s “Take Over Control” video, which has more than 26 million views on YouTube.

Since then, Perry landed a role in Universal Picture’s hit film Pitch Perfect starring Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. The movie is up for a People’s Choice Award. Perry also has a recurring role in the Cinemax original series Banshee, a drama from Alan Ball, the creator of True Blood.
Even though she’s making steady strides with her acting career, Perry has remained grounded and focused on landing her next role. “Having to work up the ladder really makes me appreciate any form of success that I have,” says Perry, who is also a trained martial artist. “It makes me really value it. I’m working really hard and striving to be a really great actress. I don’t look at it like, ‘I just want to be hot at this time.’ I invested eight years of my life in dance, training 40 hours a week. I became a great dancer. I will be a great actress because I’m approaching it the same way – my whole body, soul and spirit are working hard. I’m living it and breathing it.”

Born in Gainesville, Florida, Perry took a circuitous route to Hollywood. She and her family moved regularly because of her father’s work as a missionary. They settled in Latvia, where Perry became the first and only international student to graduate from the Latvian National Ballet Academy, the same school Mikhail Baryshnikov attended. She emerged as a tremendous dancer, a professional who toured Europe during her teenage years and became fluent in Russian before her parents relocated to the states.

Perry then enrolled at Florida State University, befriended Jenn Sterger and became a FSU Cowgirl. Sterger trained Perry and helped her develop her look. Perry was soon winning bikini contests and scoring prestigious modeling jobs, including the RIDGID Calendar and Matrix Energy Drink.

Simultaneously, Perry became infatuated with breakdancing. Even though she was a world-class ballet dancer, she didn’t know how to dance socially, much like Julia Stiles’ character in Save The Last Dance.
Once she became a proficient breakdancer, Perry was recruited in 2009 to join No Means Yes, a girl group signed to Ne-Yo’s label. Perry had the supermodel looks, the dancing ability and could sing. The group disbanded a year later when one of the girls left. But Perry’s time in the quartet provided her with the network to work as a dancer with some of music’s biggest names, including P!nk, Afrojack, Nelly, Usher, Jason Derulo, Ludicrous, Taio Cruz , Big Time Rush and Keri Hilson.

Perry’s move to Los Angeles also enhanced her modeling career. She was a Miller Lite Poster Girl for NASCAR in 2011, working extensively with Sprint Cup winner Brad Keselowski in 2012 doing on-site promotions at the races. She also earned the coveted job as the main Red Bull spokesmodel for its motocross division, a role she started in May 2012. She has also appeared on American Idol and I.C.I.R.U.S., among other television programs.
Given her role in the spotlight, Perry is keenly aware of the impact she can have on others. One of her favorite quotes, one she lives by, is from the ancient Egyptian Jewish philosopher Philo: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
“I believe that being grateful is key to having a happy life,” Perry says. “Love unconditionally. We are living in a very broken world, so let’s have compassion for everyone and let’s try to open our mind to new things and understand why people are they way they are. We all come from different parts of the world, races, cultures and religions. We can all teach something to each other if we are open-minded and have loving hearts. Let’s make change with the man in the mirror and love one another to make a better universe.”

As for her professional goals, Perry would eventually like to star in a major motion picture as a superhero (she’s a comic fanatic) and win a fistful of Emmys for her own comedy show. She imagines taking home awards for acting and writing, and keeps her skills sharp as a regular at Groundlings, Improv Olympic and UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade).

Although some may say her dreams are ambitious, Perry believes they are also obtainable. “My dad told me my entire life that the sky is the limit for your dreams,” she says. “That’s why ‘The sky is the limit’ has always been my motto. I grew up with the American Dream that all things are possible and so I’ve lived my life that way. If you’re willing to dedicate everything to making it happen, then you can make it happen.”
And CJ Perry is well on her way.

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Watch: Naomi Watts and Robin Wright Are Cougars For Each Other's Kids In Trailer For 'Two Mothers'

When tackling provocative material, there is a fine line between drama and merely being seamy and soapy. And that's the line director Anne Fontaine ("Coco Before Chanel," "The Girl From Monaco") needs to balance in "Two Mothers" which brings together Naomi Watts and Robin Wright for a very unique story.

Based on the novel by Doris Lessing and adapted by Christopher Hampton ("A Dangerous Method," "Atonement") the film centers on two best friends -- and moms -- whose world gets somewhat turned upside down when they start sleeping with each other's sons. It seems like the kind of problem that could only happen to beautiful people, living in a beautiful place with nothing but time and opportunity on their hands, but this new international trailer does show there is a bit more weight to the premise. Yet, it also just seems kind of salacious just for the sake of it.

Playing Sundance last month, response was muted at best, but you can judge for yourself when it opens in theaters later this summer.


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Sideboob, F*ck Yeah! Talking Sex at Purple’s Party

By Jada Yuan

Last week, model-slash-editor Anja Rubik drew battle lines between her new magazine, 25, which focuses on erotica from a women’s point of view, and the sex-obsessed French fashion tome Purple, which she contends is “more from a man’s point of view.” It seemed only fitting, then, at Purple’s annual Fashion Week dinner Tuesday night at Acme, followed by a dance party at the Top of the Standard, for the Cut to ask guests if they think that Rubik has a point. Is there enough erotica for women?

Purple’s editor Olivier Zahm wrapped his arm around us while smoking inside and photographing and kissing basically every man and woman in the room. He said he thought 25 was a great idea, but objected to Rubik’s idea that his publication is male-oriented. “Okay, I’m the editor, so it’s maybe more for men, but I try to have sexual fluidity in Purple,” he said, pointing out that he’s had transgender models and guy-on-guy and girl-on-girl spreads. “I think that men are women and women are men. I don’t really believe in gender.”

If it were up to him, Zahm said, “I think the porn industry should be done by a woman.” Why? “Because it would be much more interesting.” He imagines the approach would be subtler, about the beauty of the body. “Because a sex magazine made by a woman is not made to masturbate. Well, maybe it’s made to masturbate, but it’s also made to dream. A woman likes to dream first, to be mentally stimulated. And men like to see.” Zahm’s good friend Glenn O’Brien, author of How to Be a Man, concurred. “I think women like stories and men like pictures. It’s funny, if you read interviews with the Playboy playmates they always say, ‘I like a guy with a sense of humor.’ And then if you ask a guy, he’ll say, ‘I like a woman with a big rack.’”

Among the women in the crowd, Cynthia Rowley contended that she gets plenty of erotica on Sunday nights. “The last Girls episode with Patrick Wilson, I said, ‘This is like female porn!’” she explained. “They’re having sex full on, but it’s in a way that is so sensitive and smart.” Rowley said the show makes her wish she’d taken more chances in her twenties and makes her want to be more experimental now. In bed, with her husband, gallerist Bill Powers? “I think so,” Rowley said coyly.

Across the room was Theophilus London, who had come into town for the week from Paris, where he’s working on his new album. “A lot of my music is about sex lately and Paris is a good place to write about sex,” he said. “Sex is the only thing inspiring me at the moment. I’m all about sex.” He’s not having a lot of it, though. “It’s not just about me saying, ‘Oh, intercourse this, intercourse that,’” he said, explaining he’s just gotten out of a long relationship. “But the way I play the bass is sex. I have sex with a lot of girls without even having sex with them. I have mental sex. I can hang out with you all night in Berlin till four in the morning and we’re dancing and grinding, that’s sex for me. I go home satisfied.” Doesn’t he care about coming? “No, I’d rather not wake up in the morning and you’re right there and it’s awkward while you put your clothes on and, ‘Oh yeah, I might hit you up.’ I’d rather just have mental sex.”

But like Zahm, he’s also happy to have visual stimulation. London said he appreciated his fellow artists breaking the Grammys’ wardrobe rules, and when it comes to breast exposure, sideboob trumps cleavage and underboob. “The sideboob is provocative,” he said. “It makes me aroused. It’s like, ‘Damn!’ The shape of a woman is just incredible. I’m not a creep. I like seeing naked bodies. Not to be a creep, not to touch it, not to outdo myself and come in ten minutes, but just to watch it and admire the body that God has given us and built for us. Sideboob, fuck yeah!”

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Red Band Trailer for About Last Night, Coming Next Valentine's Day

Sony's Screen Gems is giving moviegoers an early look at the Steve Pink-directed About Last Night, which hits theaters on February 14, 2014 and stars Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant, Christopher McDonald and Paula Patton. Check out the Red Band trailer below!

A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.

Sony's original About Last Night... was directed by Edward Zwick and starred Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins. It was released in 1986.

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Heathcote, Mitchell to topline 'Downers Grove'

Thesps joins Lucas Till in indie thriller

By Dave McNary

Bella Heathcote and Penelope Mitchell are heading to Downers Grove, signing on to topline Derick Martini's indie thriller "The Curse of Downers Grove" opposite Lucas Till. 
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Heathcote
Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento are producing, with lensing set for spring. Martini, who directed "Hick," is helming from a script he co-wrote with Bret Easton Ellis, adapted from 2001's Michael Hornburg novel. Story centers on a paranoid high school senior who's worried about an apparent curse that takes the life of one student every year at the school. 

Variety reported on Jan. 30 that Till ("X-Men: First Class," "Paranoia") had signed on for "Downers Grove" along with Jill Hennessy and Kevin Zegers.
Penelope Mitchell
Mitchell
Heathcote, an Australian native, was tapped one of Variety 's 10 Actors to Watch last year after starring in "Dark Shadows" and "Not Fade Away." She's a winner of the Heath Ledger Scholarship Award. Mitchell has a recurring role in the sci-fi series "Hemlock Grove." 

Heathcote is repped by WME, Medavoy Management and Joanna Milosz in Australia. Mitchell is repped by APA and Milosz in Australia. Till is repped by APA and Tom Sullivan at WCM Management. 

* What the hell? It appears the initial report from upandcomers.com is either false or Aimee Teegarden declined the role. Anyway they turned to reliable nudity contingent - Aussies - to push the project along. This report is from Variety. Bella is likely to portray Chrissie - the main role. Penelope should play her randy best friend Tracy.

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Five cringeworthy 1990s erotic thrillers

The coincidental conjunction of Time Out’s sex-themed issue, Valentine’s Day and an interview with ‘Colour of Night’ star Bruce Willis (what, you mean he’s made other movies?) naturally got us reminiscing about the heyday of the erotic thriller. In the late ’80s, the term was in no way pejorative. Thanks to classics like ‘Body Heat’, ‘Fatal Attraction’ and ‘Sea of Love’, the idea of a crafty crime flick with a spot of added sauciness actually made a lot of sense. But then, in 1992, Paul Verhoeven hove into view, ratcheting the whole thing up by several steaminess points and coming up with ‘Basic Instinct’. Thanks to a script that combined silliness, sleaziness and self-awareness in equal measure (not to mention rumoured sex-addict Michael Douglas’s high-end cardie collection and Sharon Stone’s… um… let’s go with ‘enthusiasm’), the film became a monumental smash. It wasn’t long before Hollywood was awash in aspirational shagging, celebrity nudity (male and female) and some jaw-droppingly ripe line readings. Here are 5 of the most memorably awful examples…

Body of Evidence (1993)
The culprits: Director Uli Edel, stars Madonna and Willem Dafoe
For some reason, everyone in the early ’90s was falling over themselves for a glimpse of Madonna naked, despite the fact that it was as easy to come across as a sex shop in Soho. Here, she hooked up with the owner of the creepiest mouth in showbiz, Willem Dafoe, for a forgettable slab of seedy celluloid slice ‘n’ dice. Six Golden Raspberry nominations followed.
Juiciest line: ‘I fucked you, I fucked Andrew, I fucked Frank. That’s what I do; I fuck. And it made me $8 million!’

Dangerous Game (1993)

The culprits: Director Abel Ferrara, stars Madonna (again!) and Harvey Keitel
Also known as a battle of the nudists. Unrepentant bum-flasher Keitel and coffee-table princess Madonna were a match made in eroto-thrills hell in this godawful backstage exposé from a director who really should have known better. You’ll never look at a lit candle the same way again.
Juiciest line: ‘You want to know why I’m like this? Because I’ve seen you suck the cock of your girlfriend’s husband and not even bat an eye.’

Sliver (1993)

The culprits: Director Philip Noyce, star Sharon Stone and writer Joe Eszterhas
‘Basic Instinct’ alumni Stone and Eszterhas attempted to rekindle the flame with yet another tale of high-society sex ‘n’ death. The result is – somehow – stultifyingly dull, as Stone drags hunk-of-meat co-stars William Baldwin and Tom Berenger into a web of intrigue, deceit and serial masturbation. The Razzie judges had another field day…
Juiciest line: ‘You’ve been spending too much time with your vibrator?’

Colour of Night (1994)

The culprits: Director Richard Rush and stars Bruce Willis and Jane March
The indisputable nadir of the entire movement, ‘Colour of Night’ teams Willis – eager to piss away all the cache he’d earned with ‘Pulp Fiction’ – with strip-happy British actress March, the tabloid-crowned ‘Sinner from Pinner’. The result is a despicably hilarious trawl through all the genre’s worst excesses: sub-Hitchcock pop psychology, gender angst, beautifully designed offices and movie stars’ flabby bottoms.
Juiciest line: ‘You stick your dick in a barrel of barracudas once, maybe you won’t lose it. You leave it in there, it’s gonna get chewed off at the root.’

Jade (1995)

The culprits: Director William Friedkin, star David Caruso, writer Joe Eszterhas (again!)
Three years and a string of utter disasters in, the erotic thriller (which, by this point, was neither) was on its last legs when Eszterhas and Friedkin pumped out this wretched killer-thriller. The promising appearance of Linda Fiorentino – so good in the tangentially linked but infinitely superior ‘The Last Seduction’ – was undermined by the fact that the male lead was a pale, odd-looking ginger with a permanent sneer. The genre was dead, the fun was over, and the video shop bargain basement beckoned…
Juiciest line: ‘I do the fucking, I never get fucked!’

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s Star Emilia Clarke Heats Up GQ in Steamy (Bed) Spread

By Marc Snetiker
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Star Emilia Clarke Heats Up GQ in Steamy (Bed) Spread
Holy Holly Golightly! Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is just a month away from her Broadway debut as the titular good-time girl in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the new stage adaptation based on Truman Capote’s classic novella. If Clarke’s new photo spread in GQ is any indication, Broadway will definitely be overflowing with sex appeal when this English starlet hits the stage. Check out a hot shot from the sultry photo shoot above, and if you’re hypnotized by this red-hot Khaleesi (Clarke’s royal Game of Thrones role), grab your tickets to Tiffany’s, which is scheduled to begin previews on March 4 at the Cort Theatre.

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Nolan Funk on Rumored Glee Guest Stars and The Canyons' "Dirty" Script

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Shot to accompany Lascivious' AW12 collection, a collection inspired by the notion of love as a binding entity – something you want to be chained to; lustful, base and raw.
This mood and idea has been deconstructed to draw inspiration literally from flesh and bone - Lola, with it's sinuous flowing design lines...
LASCIVIOUS
Model - Eleni at Union Models, London



The List - Director's Cut



HeartBreaker

Model - Bruna at Nevs, London


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Paul Schrader's 'The Canyons' Gets Picked Up By IFC

IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Paul Schrader’s "The Canyons," which has been the topic of conserable discusson thanks to the now infamous New York Times article about Lindsay Lohan's behavior on set. Indiewire respond to that article with this take on the film, written by our co-founder Eugene Hernandez. In the article, Schrader called the film "cinema for the post theatrical era," which makes IFC Films -- a pioneer in the VOD market (where "Canyons" surely could do quite well in) -- a very good firt.

The modern-day Los Angeles-set film -- written by Bret Easton Ellis -- stars Lohan and adult film star James Deen. Producer Braxton Pope led the DIY film’s extensive new media strategies which included crowdfunding and online casting.

The film will premiere day-and-date and on digital platforms in early summer in conjunction with a Special Presentation at the  Film Society of Lincoln Center where "The Canyons" will be screened and followed by a conversation with Schrader and Kent Jones, Director of Programming of the New York Film Festival.
Schrader presented a Master Class on crowdsourcing and DIY production at last year's New York Film Festival and will return to expand upon the process of making the film in a post-screening discussion.

“This film is a wild ride through the psyche of Bret Easton Ellis courtesy of Paul Schrader. Lindsay Lohan is terrific as Tara and James Deen will be a big surprise for people," Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films, said. "We are thrilled that the filmmakers’ adventure in filmmaking 2.0 has brought them to our door.”

Schrader himself added: “I am delighted our film has found an enthusiastic home at IFC. We envisioned The Canyons as a multi-platform release from the beginning and no company knows that world better than IFC."

The deal for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films with Alexis Garcia at WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers.

IFC Films is a sister label to IFC Midnight and Sundance Selects, and is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc.


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I was abused as a teenager on the director's casting couch, reveals Hollywood star Thandie Newton 

Speaking out: Thandie Newton, 40, revealed how she was abused as an aspiring actress at the age of only 16
Speaking out: Thandie Newton, 40, revealed how she was abused as an aspiring actress at the age of only 16
Thandie Newton has told how she was abused as a teenage actress on a casting couch.The 40-year-old British star said she was still scarred by a ‘horrific’ incident involving an unnamed male director when she was 18 and looking for her ‘big break’.

Miss Newton, now a mother of two and married to the film producer Oliver Parker, said she later found out the director involved had shown a video of her ordeal to others in showbusiness.

The Cambridge-educated actress, who has starred in films including Crash and Mission: Impossible II, has chosen to speak out about her abuse as part of an international campaign to end violence against women, One Billion Rising – the number who have been raped, beaten or abused. 

Speaking to CNN International journalist Max Foster, she said: 'When I was a 16 year old fresh from boarding school going out in, you know the casting couch, I was definitely objectified to an extreme.

'The way I was made to feel. The way I was exploited and the kind of role and the kinds of things I was expected to do in auditions.’

Foster asked: ‘So you were abused as a 16-year-old?’ Miss Newton replied: ‘Yes.’

She goes on to explain, however, that at the time she didn’t know how to react because it was conducted in what she describes as a ‘professional environment’.
Referring to the incident that happened when she was 18, she continued: ‘It was a screen test. 

‘There were two other people in the room – the director and the casting director, who was a woman.
Thandie Newton
Thandie Newton
Campaign: The actress has chosen to speak out about her abuse as part of an international campaign to end violence against women, One Billion Rising
Star: Miss Newton has starred in a number of Hollywood films, including Crash, W and Mission: Impossible II (above alongside Tom Cruise)
Star: Miss Newton has starred in a number of Hollywood films, including Crash, W and Mission: Impossible II (above alongside Tom Cruise)
‘The director asked me to sit with my legs apart – the camera was positioned where it could see up my skirt – to put my leg over the arm of the chair.
‘Before I started my dialogue, [I was told to] think about the character I was supposed to be having the dialogue with and how it felt to be made love to by this person.’
Humiliation: She revealed that she was humiliated aged 18 in front of a director and a casting director, as they filmed up her skirt during a screen test
Humiliation: She revealed that she was humiliated aged 18 in front of a director and a casting director, as they filmed up her skirt during a screen test
She was confused because it was a ‘professional environment’.
‘I was thinking “this is so strange, why would I need to do that?”’ she said. ‘But this is the director, there is the casting director, [it] must be normal.
‘I’m 18 years old, you know, and I’m thinking this is, obviously... I was in a protected... there were boundaries.’ 

Three years later, she discovered the video was being shown by the director to other showbusiness figures.

‘It turned out the director... used to show that video late at night to interested parties at his house – a video of me touching myself with a camera up my skirt,’ she said.
Miss Newton declined to name the director or say if she knew whether he was still in the business.

Now married to producer Oliver Parker, she said the coupl were accosted by a drunken British producer at a party in Cannes several years later who boasted of having been shown a video of her ordeal.

The actress was born in London to a Zimbabwean health care worker and her British husband and grew up in Cornwall. Her name means ‘beloved’ in Zulu.
She married English writer and director Oliver Parker in 1998. The couple have two daughters: Ripley, 12, and eight-year-old Nico.
Shock: Miss Newton, pictured in 1999 film Beloved, said she did not know how to react at the time of the abuse as she was in a 'professional environment'
Shock: Miss Newton, pictured in 1999 film Beloved, said she did not know how to react at the time of the abuse as she was in a 'professional environment'

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This News Anchor's Blooper is Hysterically Awkward

When this news anchor goes to tell a story about her son using a vibrating toothbrush to ease the pain of teething, she accidentally gets a little too raunchy for live television, if you catch our drift.

The awkward sexual moments that transpire may mark the best TV blooper in broadcast existence.
Props to her co-anchor for not throwing a "That's what she said" out there.
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Alison Brie Net Worth


Net Worth: Stats $5 Million

Alison Brie Net Worth
American actress Alison Brie was born on December 29, 1982 as Alison Brie Schermerhorn in Hollywood, CA. She grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena. Her family is of Jewish descent. She has an estimated net worth of $5 million from her theater, film and television appearances.

At a young age, she was already interested in acting. She started performing in community theater shows at the Jewish Community Center in Los Feliz. Her very first role was Toto in the play Wizard of Oz. She graduated from South Pasadena High School in 2001. She then attended the California Institute of the Arts where she received her BFA in Acting in 2005. She also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland.

After her graduation, Alison worked in all forms of media including film, television and theater. She has performed in the Blank Theater Company’s Young Playwright’s festival and in shows at the Odyssey, Write-Act and Rubicon Theaters. She has received an Indy Award for her performance as Ophelia in the Rubicon’s production of Hamlet. Her first TV appearance was a minor character Nina, a novice hairdresser in Miley Cyrus show Hannah Montana. She also has leading roles in independent films before she landed on a role in Mad Men (2007). That was the start of her career in film and TV.

Brie starred on the web series My Alibi. She was also a main cast member in Community. In 2010, she co-hosted G4’s Attack of the Show and she appeared for a short segment in Web Soup. She had a role in Montana Amazon (2010) and Scream 4 (2011). She also appeared along with Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement (2012).

As one of the most beautiful famous faces, she has ranked in The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World. She was ranked #5 in 2010 and #18 in 2009. She also made it to the Maxim’s 2010 Hot 100 list at #99 and 2011 Hot 100 list at #49.


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Pantyface! The Weirdest New Fetish from Japan?

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And we thought bread squishing was a peculiar way to get your rocks off.
Courtesy of nerd site Akiba Blog, the following images of “kaopan” (a combination of kao, meaning face, and pantsu, or panties) are from a book of the same name, which features – you guessed it – photos of girls with underwear draped over their faces.
It’s impractical, it’s bizarre, it’s almost certainly going to have your coworkers giving you nervous glances if they catch you looking at it.
The full series of NSFW images after the jump.
The photo book is believed to have come about after the appearance of underwear-faced “superhero” Hentai Kamen, or “pervert mask”, himself a parody of long-time Japanese classics like Kamen Rider, Ultraman and Power Rangers. Whether this is a fetish that has existed for some time or whether the movie has spurred it, however, on is anyone’s guess.
HK poster
Rather than simply appealing to consumers’ sense of humour, however, Kaopan offers page after page of shots of girls in school uniforms going about their day with a variety of underwear draped over their faces.
Here we see a pair of girls enjoying a little karaoke, though how the girl on the right is hoping to enjoy her drink we have no idea.

pantsface drinks

▼ Here a girl takes a dip, fully clothed and with essential underpants.

pantsface swimming

▼ We can only imagine how surreal this outdoor photo shoot was.

pantsface street

▼Studying math. “If X = 12 and Pants = 47, then WTF is going on?”

pantsface reading

▼ And in case all that was too subtle, out come the real underwear shots.

pantsface changing

▼Our karaoke-loving pair return. Pink panty face looks rather exasperated.

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▼Umm…
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▼ The girls enjoy some physical education. With pants.
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As peculiar as this entire series of photographs is, perhaps even more bizarre for this writer is the thought that someone out there was paid to plan and take these photos. And I thought I had an unusual job…
The Kaopan photo collection is currently available to buy on Amazon JP for 1,890 yen (US$20). Those less interested in girls wearing underwear on their faces, meanwhile, can check out the equally bizarre but infinitely less creepy cinematic trailer for forthcoming movie Hentai Kamen below.


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American media distorts view of sex, sexual norms


Welcome to The Flor-Ala’s new biweekly blog on sexuality and sexual health for UNA students. Over the course of the rest of the semester, I will explore normal and abnormal facets of the sex life of college students, identify causes and effects of the modern American’s sexual stimulation through the media and discuss the sexual reality of our generation.

I recently watched the French film “Sexual Chronicles of a French Family.” The film contained extremely realistic sex scenes and normal people with flaws. There were no enlarged penises and silicone breasts — just the typical skinny boy, middle-aged man and slightly overweight prostitute.

My roommate arrived halfway through the movie, and we were both surprised that we felt totally comfortable with watching this sex-drenched film together. Afterwards, we discussed how utterly normal the sex was. It was everyday, somewhat non-kinky, married people sex and inexperienced, barely developed teenager sex. Why didn’t we feel slightly dirty or guilty like after watching raunchy porn? Well, it was just normal sex.

On reviewing the French film, I realized the blatant (but natural) sex scenes surprised me because they are so rare in American film. It is common knowledge that American cinema is much more eager to depict violence rather than sexuality, but I have begun to wonder if this is detrimental to our society’s sexual health.

I am probably (definitely) not the most knowledgeable source on porn; however, I know it when I see it.

When I think of American porn, I picture male genitals that look more like weapons than reproductive organs and women who look like they walked straight out of “Tomb Raider.”

So, why has this grotesque depiction of sex become the object of our sexual fantasies? Why do ladies fantasize about men with a shoe size 15 and men expect women to be hairless like 9-year-olds?

I think it is possible that our lack of normal and healthy sex in the media is causing a weird, oversized, flawlessly waxed sex-monster to creep into our psyches as the norm.

To clarify, I do not have a vendetta against porn, but on the other hand, I don’t think kids should be overexposed to sex through the media. I would just like to explore the possibility that we have rejected normal sexual stimulation on our living room TVs in favor of abnormal sex on our laptops under the covers.

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UPDATE 
Hi, the pic you posted of Magic City Season 1 photoshoot is from a fake Jessica Marais account. Just letting you know.

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Todd Farmer Talks My Bloody Valentine 2, Halloween 3D, The Monkey's Paw, and More!

Todd Farmer Talks My Bloody Valentine 2, Halloween 3D, The Monkey's Paw, and More!Now that Valentine’s Day has passed, this writer must ask: How many of you horror fans celebrated by watching My Bloody Valentine 3D, the wickedly fun 2009 remake of the 80s slasher classic?
Given the nature of that film’s ending, have you ever wondered why a sequel has never materialized? To ring in this V-Day right, Dread caught up with MBV3D co-writer Todd Farmer to discuss the sequel-that-never-was.

Dread Central: My Bloody Valentine 3D opened over four years ago in early 2009, reportedly made on a budget of $15 million dollars. It went on to gross over $50 million domestically and over $100 million worldwide. That success, coupled with the sequel-friendly nature of the film’s conclusion, leads me to ask – where’s the sequel?!
Todd Farmer: I wish I knew! Patrick and I had a wonderful take. We pitched it a couple of weeks before MBV3D came out and everyone was excited. We were gonna bring the whole gang back, cast and crew. But... you know. It came down to ARRRGGGGGG. I don't know. We heard lots of reasons. We heard there were rights issues; then we heard there were internal conflicts... it went on and on, and in the end none of it really matters because a great many cosmic cogs just tumble and turn in just the right direction for a movie to get made... but it only takes one "no".

Dread Central: MBV3D director Patrick Lussier had previously spoken to Dread Central, mentioning Lionsgate’s somewhat vague reasoning for abandoning the sequel. Was there ever a concrete explanation eventually given to either of you as to why the studio wasn’t willing to move forward with this potentially lucrative franchise?
Todd Farmer: In the end we heard Joe Drake, the studio head at the time, didn't feel comfortable with genre films and wanted to move the company in another direction. Now is that concrete? Who knows?

Dread Central: The original My Bloody Valentine had a rather open-ended finale as well. When you first began writing the remake, did you always see your conclusion as being somewhat of an homage to the original’s ending, or were you intending to leave the door open for another installment? Can you discuss what direction MBV2 might have gone in?
Todd Farmer: If memory serves, when we started the shoot, we had a final end to the thing but changed as we went on. Patrick came up with the idea of keeping the myth alive. You'd have to ask him his reasons, but if I had to guess, I think he loved the cast and loved telling this story. It felt like a great world and wonderful characters to revisit.
And no spoilers. Hollywood is too fickle. Who knows, one day we might come back. Of course, IF we had recently spoken with anyone about the slim possibilities of relaunching the franchise... well, I obviously wouldn't be able to tell you.

Dread Central: Given that Lionsgate still seems to be in the horror business, what with their recent success with Texas Chainsaw 3D, do you feel as though there might still be a chance that audiences could see the continuing adventures of Harry Warden/Tom Hanniger? Would you and Patrick Lussier consider reteaming for the sequel if the opportunity arose?
Todd Farmer: Yes and yes. Again, we had fun with the first one. Patrick and I weren't writing partners at the time, although we more or less were. This is the movie that made us official. So yeah, we've discussed it over the years, and it's hard not to love the little miner than could.

Dread Central: Speaking of sequels, could you give us an update on Halloween 3D?
Todd Farmer: You'd have to ask team Weinstein about H3D. I haven't heard anything in well over a year. Still marvel that we wrote a script in eight days AND that it was pretty good. I'm shocked the thing hasn't leaked online after all this time, but I suppose that's because there were only a handful who saw it.

Dread Central: Can you tell us what became of the Dark Castle remake of I Saw What You Did, which Mr. Lussier had discussed in the previously mentioned interview?
Todd Farmer: I Saw What You Did. Wow, what a fun one. Three Days of the Condor in High School. Least that's what Patrick came up with and brought me in on it. What a lovely script that was. We pitched it a four or five times, were sent off to write it, and then when we did, we were told we did exactly what we'd pitched and Rona wished he'd told use before we started that he really wanted a masked killer or a ghost. Oh. Okay.

Dread Central:Are you at liberty to discuss any of your upcoming projects? IMDb lists two upcoming features that you’ve written – Heavenly Sword and The Monkey’s Paw.
Heavenly Sword was based on the video game and is all but done. A week or two from finished. I've not seen it yet. My buddy Tom Jane does a voice so it should be fun. I'm doing the Gold Coast Film Festival in April - that's Down Under - and we plan on screening it there so I'll get to see it then.
Monkey's Paw is the darkest script I've written. It's with RKO Pictures and has a stunning new director attached, but we're waiting on him to finish The Crow. I guess I should make some calls and see if that's still the case. 

Dread Central: You’ve recently had a comic book released by DC Comics, titled Insurgent, which is currently on its second issue. Can you discuss its origins a bit? Considering how cinematic the book seems at times, did it initially begin life as a potential film? Might there be an Insurgent movie at some point in the future?
FJ [DeSanto, co-writer] and I started talking Insurgent a dozen years ago. We called it Sleepers back then, named after sleeper agents. It did start as a movie concept. A big, high dollar action thing. Although I love horror, action was always a great love of mine so when the opportunity arose to do something outside my normal box, I jumped at it. We started at Wildstorm and somehow survived several company shifts and earthquakes to land at DC. Sort of amazing. And all due to FJ's dogmatic, never give up, never surrender attitude. And yes. There has been some feature interest. We'll see what happens. As we both know, it only takes one "no." 

Dread Central: One parting question: As a writer who has worked consistently in the genre, can you tell your fans – why horror?
Why horror? Funny. I have my normal answer which is... when I started, only New Line and Dimension really embraced horror. Everyone else looked down their noses at it. But horror was the way to get in. The budgets were low, and there wasn't big A-list competition like there is now. And that IS why. But something funny happened along the way. Not only was I pretty okay at horror, I loved writing it. Because horror is in everything we do. There is no good without bad, no light without darkness. Horror is funny and sad and thrilling. I write horror because... it's my home now.

A very special thanks to Mr. Farmer for taking the time to speak with us. You can check out My Bloody Valentine on both DVD and Blu-ray, while the first two issues of Insurgent can be found at your local comic book shop.
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The American Conservative on Copyright Reform


By J. DeVoy
Following up on the leaked Republican Study Committee report on copyright law reform from a few months ago, The American Conservative offers this analysis on the political right’s flirtation with scaling back certain copyright protections, such as the duration of copyright and statutory damages of up to $150,000 that can be wielded like a cudgel against small-time infringers.  From the piece:

Today’s copyright law exhibits a pattern typical of crony capitalism—regulations restrict new entrants and creators (DJs and other remix artists in the music field, for instance) to shore up the market position of current players (record labels). But there are now powerful business interests in favor of weakening copyright as well. Opposition to the Chamber of Commerce’s traditional support for strong IP protection was one reason that companies such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Google broke away to start the Internet Association, a trade group for online companies. (source)
Interesting, it is more or less the libertarian element of the political right that seeks to revise some of the copyright act’s protections downward.  While this would be a good start, a “less-is-more” approach wouldn’t be a comprehensive fix for copyright law; much still needs to be done to revise or replace the DMCA, a large statute that carries an importance (and legacy of seemingly contradictory court decisions) which was probably unfathomable when it was drafted, and to further enshrine the doctrine of fair use so that litigating to the rare decision on 17 U.S.C. § 107′s merits won’t require an individual’s financial ruin or the backing of special interests.

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* surprisingly good. Just be patient and you'll be amply rewarded by couple of spot on lead performances.

THE TAKEOVER



The Takeover
With the rise of webisodes, Hulu series and TV on the internet, it only makes sense that "The Takeover" short film is debuting on YouTube.

The new comedy is making its Internet premiere on Valentine’s Day.

"The Takeover" centers around an African American woman discussing the issues of dating as a black woman with her Caucasian, fashion designer friend.

Directed by Shaqueta L. Smith and set in Los Angeles, this short leaves audiences with the video’s cliche theme of “Is the grass always greener on the other side?”

Over the course of the film, the two women swap lives for a single day.

This short film premiered on Valentine's Day due to its romantic genre.

It stars "Scrubs" guest star, Chrystee Pharris, Lindsey Santefort of "Castle" and Mykee Selkin of "House" and "All My Children."

Selkin plays Garrett, Santefort plays Ashley and Pharris plays Tisha.

Also in the cast, playing the role of Yoshi, is Ruben Vernier.

This film is convenient due to its Internet release; it can be watched during a break via iPhone or laptop easily.

Shaqueta has experience in screen writing as she has been apart of the writing team for “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Flavor of Love.”

After working as a college representative for Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records, Shequeta was able to discover her passion for writing and directing films.

Presently, her company is called Rayven Choi Films where they are in the process of making their first feature film, “Rock The Mic.” Shequeta has written one other short film titled, “The J.H. Gunn Project.”

Music in the film plays a role itself with tunes from Maroon 5’s PJ Morton, Mishal Moore, The Eskies and Sienna Spalding.

The opening scene features interesting comic book artwork to introduce the characters due to the fact that the main character is a comic book artist.

If you’re interested in getting a glimpse into the dating scene in California than this movie is a good start.

For more information, visit www.thetakeoverfilm.com.

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House of Cards Is the Most Popular TV Show in the World Right Now (According to IMDb)

House of Cards Is the Most Popular TV Show in the World Right Now (According to IMDb)According to the IMDb MOVIEmeter, the Netflix original series House of Cards is currently the most popular TV show in the world right now.

IMDb’s MOVIEmeter is based on algorithms that determine levels of public awareness and interest. It takes into account IMDb pageviews and well as star ratings.

“IMDb Pro uses proprietary algorithms that take into account several measures of popularity for people and titles. The primary measure is who and what people are looking at on the public IMDb.com website. Other factors include Box office receipts and user quality votes on a scale of 1-10,” says IMDb.

According to IMDb, this doesn’t mean that House of Cards is the best TV show out there (although I can personally confirm that it’s undoubtedly one of the most addictive). It’s not a rank of that. What it does show is a ton of buzz and interest for the new political drama.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings seems delighted by the news:

Reed Hastings10 hours ago
Wow. House of Cards now the #1 most popular TV show in the world, according to IMDb. And I still can’t get Ted Sarandos to tell me how many millions are enjoying it on Netflix.

IMDb: Most Popular TV Series With At Least 5,000 Votes
IMDb’s advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Find exactly what you’re looking for!
Earlier this week, we learned from Netflix Content Chief Ted Sarandos that House of Cards is currently the most-watched program on Netflix – both in terms of total hours streamed and total viewers.

“We’re not doing ratings, [but] we’re thrilled with the numbers,” said Sarandos. “It’s the most watched thing on Netflix in every country we operate in.”

More good news for Netflix, who spent a pretty penny on this series (and who has plenty of other original series in the works).

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Official Trailer for Da Vinci’s Demons


Cable television has really gotten into the Renaissance over the past few years. "Da Vinci's Demons" follows in the footsteps of "The Tudors" and "The Borgias" by depicting this period of history as laced by high adventure, heightened characters and lots and lots and lots of sex.

In this way, the story of Leonardo Da Vinci is a perfect match for Starz.

A panel of actors -- Tom Riley (Leonardo Da Vinci), Lara Pulver (Clarice Orsini), Laura Haddock (Lucrezia Donati) and Blake Ritson (Count Riario) -- joined creator/executive producer David S. Goyer to promote "Da Vinci's Demons" at the TCA winter press tour. What was learned from the panel?

Da Vinci's sexuality
As any student of popular history knows, there has been a lot of speculation over the years as to the specific orientation of Leonardo's sexuality. Does the TV version follow along that speculation?

Kind of. While the trailer Starz aired showed Da Vinci sharing intimacy with (several) women, the panelists assured reporters that other orientation options were a definite possibility.

History vs. fiction
This is a historical drama, but that doesn't mean we're dealing with non-fiction. While David Goyer insisted that at least 85-90 percent of their story comes from history, "Da Vinci's Demons" has more than a little embellishment. As Goyer pointed out, "One of the themes of this show is 'history is a lie.'"

What bits are fictionalized? Well, there does seem to be a whole lot of sorcery-related stuff, which -- even if based on fact -- probably got exaggerated for TV. Also, the show brings Da Vinci together with contemporaries that he probably didn't meet.

And the best possibly fictional meeting? That would be with the Romanian prince, Vlad Dracul. You might know the man better as Dracula. That's right -- Leonardo Da Vinci meets freakin' Count Dracula!


Leonardo Da Vinci, Superhero
Many reporters quickly noted that Leonardo, in the Starz version, is something of a Renaissance superhero. It's not an accident. While we shouldn't expect Superman or anything, comparisons to Batman are definitely there. Da Vinci's parentage was mysterious and possibly violent, both men had a transformative experience in a cave, and -- as Goyer pointed out -- Batman's original cape design was based on Da Vinci's sketch of a glider.

The big difference would be that Da Vinci builds war machines, attends parties and rides a horse. That's not Batman's type of thing.


Starz bares all for 'Da Vinci'

By Robert Bianco
USA TODAY


Starz is moving from Ancient Rome to Renaissance Florence.

The vehicle that is taking Starz beyond the soon-to-conclude Roman blood-fest Spartacus is Da Vinci's Demons, a wildly violent fantasy/history riff on the early life of Leonardo Da Vinci. 

The show, which premieres April 12, comes from David S. Goyer, co-writer of The Dark Knight Trilogy -- though this being Starz, the first fifteen minutes boast more nudity than you got in all three Batman films.

"This is something new for me," says Goyer. "I've never done anything historical or period before ... But it wasn't really that difficult, because he's kind of superhero-ey anyway ... My approach to it was not that dissimilar to adapting Batman or Superman."

Goyer says he chose Da Vinci -- played by British actor Tom Riley -- as his next superhero because he was both well-known and wildly accomplished. Da Vinci, he says, was more than just an incredible artist: he was an engineer, an inventor, a writer, a lover and a fighter.

As for how much of Da Vinci's real life you'll see in Demons, Goyer says the story is about 85 percent accurate (a number experts should feel free, once they've seen the show, to dispute). "We've embellished it with a little bit of what I'm calling historical fantasy."
Not to mention blood, breasts and penises. Because this is, after all, Starz.

* Strange....was there a special full episode screening for the critics?
Anyway it appears (and this is potentially a bad fucking news) there going to be plenty of strategic nudes utilized. Hair and hand (palm-bras) covering tits including blurry of the nips with aid of CGI. But I'm optimistic STARZ had a balanced approach to the female nudity. It's more like 50/50 situation. They may have consented to Laura Haddock demand to cover her breasts in some scenes considering it was her first nudity but at the end of the day we'll get a full view of her tits and ass. STARZ strict casting policy isn't something to be negotiated once shooting begins. 






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Magic City [Season 2] : First Trailer

Magic City
On Saturday, Starz held its panel at the winter Television Critics Association event, and in the process fans of “Magic City” everywhere received some very exciting news: Danny Huston will be back, and he’s going to have some fantastic company.
In addition to all of the familiar faces coming back to Miami for more action in this risque hotel business, James Caan (“The Godfather”) will also be entering the fray. There are not too many details about his character known just yet, at least outside of the fact that he will be playing the mobster boss to Huston’s character.

As for why the legendary actor (whose most-notable TV credit is nearly 100 episodes of “Las Vegas”) decided to join this show specifically, he started things off seriously, and then ended with a pretty funny nod to all of the graphic content on the show:

“I’m at the point where I care very much about what I do and I try to maintain a little bit of integrity … I was promised that I would have 3 or 4 love scenes and of course they lied.”

There is no announced premiere date just yet for “Magic City” season 2, but we expect it to launch during the spring just as we saw the show do the first time around. There is plenty more that still needs to be revealed, but Starz is obviously hoping to take the show to the next level considering that “Spartacus” is ending and they have already canceled Kelsey Grammer’s “Boss.” The numbers for season 1 of this show were solid by network standards, but nothing that hit the ball out of the park.

* Hmm.....not a single frame with Dominik García-Lorido. Either her role been significantly reduced (browsed extensively the series stars tweets and FB....Domino is patently missing from their daily convo with each other. She seems to be a detached person due to shyness than anything else. Very close to Kelly Lynch though) or the producers keeping it under wraps to surprise us with Dominik revealing 'intro' (wink wink).
While Ben “The Butcher” Diamond will be preoccupied in Havana dealing with Ike Evans, wifey will be screwing around behind his back as usual and in some instance with his permission! More nudity by Elena Satine. Lots of naked Latina chicks (local Florida nude models and porn performers).



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Black Sails : Starts Production

Luke Arnold and Zach McGowan to Star Alongside Toby Stephens and Hannah New in Pirate Adventure Series

Neil Marshall Set to Direct First Episode 

Pasadena, Calif., January 5, 2013 - Starz Entertainment announced today that production has begun in Cape Town, South Africa on the new original series "Black Sails" from executive producer Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes with Neil Marshall (The Descent, "Game of Thrones") set to direct the first episode. The new STARZ Original series is set to air in 2014. The straight-to-series, eight-episode first season of the gritty pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island." 

Flint, the most brilliant and feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name of John Silver, who has stolen a map to a Spanish Treasure galleon that Flint is after. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight against the British Royal Navy for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day - a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality. 

Luke Arnold ("McLeod's Daughters," "Rush," Broken Hill) will star as the classic character, "John Silver," in the years before his well-known feats. Toby Stephens will be featured as the rival pirate captain to "Captain Charles Vane," played by Zach McGowan ("Shameless"). Hannah New ("El Tiempo Entre Costuras," Fuga De Cerebros 2, Maleficent) will be stepping into the role of "Eleanor Guthrie," a beautiful and determined young woman who runs the smuggling operation on New Providence. Jessica Parker Kennedy ("Max," "The Secret Circle," 50/50, In Time) has been cast in the role of "Max," a tortured young prostitute who sees the dark side of New Providence. 

"Black Sails" will be executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (producers on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Nightmare on Elm Street (2009)). The series is created by showrunner and executive producer Jon Steinberg (creator "Jericho," "Human Target") and co-executive producer Robert Levine ("Touch"). Neil Marshall (The Descent, "Game of Thrones") is on board to direct the first episode.

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Sundance Channel's 'Top of the Lake' Highlights Grittier Side to Elisabeth Moss

"It's the most comprehensive documentation of modern New Zealand that's ever been done at such a large scale," the "Mad Men" star said Saturday at winter press tour.

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Elisabeth Moss and Holly Hunter at winter TCA
For Elisabeth Moss, Sundance Channel's Top of the Lake is a far cry from Mad Men's Peggy.

The seven-part miniseries from Oscar winner Jane Campion (The Piano) follows the mysterious disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who is five months pregnant in a quiet New Zealand town. Moss plays investigative detective Robin Griffin; if the footage shown to reporters at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour Saturday is any indication, Top of the Lake goes to some very dark places.

One scene in particular showed Moss' Robin glassing a guy in the bar following an encounter before she is pulled away screaming and shouting. It's an act her Mad Men character would never do. "It was very hard technically," Moss recalled. "I was bleeding, bruises the next day, my voice was gone."

For Holly Hunter, who reunites with Campion after 20 years (they worked on The Piano together), Top of the Lake was a project that was high on her list. "The situations are fantastic because they're fantasy situations," she said.

New Zealand is primarily known for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films but it was important for the people behind Top of the Lake to show a different side to the region.

"It's the most comprehensive documentation of modern New Zealand that's ever been done at such a large scale," Moss said. "We show a very different, much more modern, much grittier, much more raw side of it. By the end of production, we couldn't pass a place we didn't shoot in."

Filming took roughly five to six months, primarily in Queenstown and a town about 40 minutes outside of it. Moss, who left for New Zealand days after finishing season five of Mad Men, reminisced about the off-the-cuff rehearsals in a shed with no heating ("it was cold") and production having one satellite phone so they call into town.

For Hunter, who -- at first -- was hesitant to take the job after reading the script, praised Campion's take on the haunting story, saying it had an "incredible maturity" to it.

Top of the Lake premieres Monday, March 18 at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel.

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STILL WORKING: Nia Long and Larenz Tate REUNITE On "House of Lies" Set


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Larenz Tate gave us a sneak peek of him and Nia Long sharing some screen time together again.  Their on-set pic inside, plus Michelle Williams' new gig....
Looks like Darius and Nina are together again!  The former Love Jones co-stars are headed to the small screen, as previously reported, to appear on the new season of Showtime's hit show "House of Lies."  The twosome will be joining the show's star Don Cheadle.  Larenz will play Don's (Marty's) younger brother, while Nia will play Don's consultant frenemy and former classmate.  And we can't freakin' wait.
Larenz posted a pic of them last night saying, "The 1 and only nialong and me chilling on the set of #HouseOfLies Season 2 Damn she's fine!!"
Well aren't they cute.  We'll be watching....

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Revealed: Horror queen Katharine Isabelle says she's terrified of blood


AFTER starring in some of the most acclaimed and blood-drenched horror films of all time, scream queen Katharine Isabelle has finally come clean – she’s not very good with the red stuff.
Katharine Isabelle in American Mary
Katharine Isabelle in American Mary
AFTER making her name in cult classic Ginger Snaps, the actress is starring in another shocker, American Mary, that has wowed critics while denting the world supplies of fake blood.

But the 31-year-old admits she is not too good with real-life gore.

Katharine said: “Even having my blood taken is a big deal for me.”

In her new film, she plays a surgical student who carries out illegal operations for bizarre clients in a part especially written for her by horror producers the Soska sisters.

Katharine said: “When I was sent the script, I was just supposed to glance at it on my Blackberry but ended up reading the whole 180 pages straight away. I loved the character.

“It was not till I had dinner with the sisters some time later that they told me they had written American Mary with me in mind – which was extremely flattering.”

Katharine Isabelle in American Mary
Katharine Isabelle in American Mary
But she left research into the film’s bizarre subject matter – the world of body modification surgery – to her two directors.

She said: “I’m a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the internet.
“But the Soska sisters had done so much research and they explained everything I needed to know. So I did not have to freak myself out.”

The movie tells how Katharine’s medical student character starts making money with illegal ops on bod-mod clients before embarking on a bloody trail of revenge in a film hailed by horror fans as a modern classic.

The Canadian actress, who also starred in psychological thriller Insomnia with Al Pacino, says she gave one of her most convincing performances when she overcame her nerves to out-bluff the movie legend and a bunch of Hollywood hotshots at the poker table.
Katharine Isabelle and Al Pacino in a scene from Insomnia
Katharine Isabelle and Al Pacino in a scene from Insomnia









Although she was a novice at the game and nervous about being in such exalted company, Katharine said: “I bluffed my way into that poker game and through it.
“I went into that game with $50 and left with six times that.
“It is totally bizarre and it is my best story to tell over a few drinks.”
Although she managed to maintain a convincing poker face over the card table, Katharine admits that, inside, she was a bag of nerves. She said: “When I left the game, I was shaking like a leaf.”
Making Insomnia, which was directed by Christopher Nolan, was also a career highlight. She said: “Working with Al was amazing. I was shocked, honoured and terrified, all at once.”

Katharine – whose real name is Katharine Isobel Murray – is fiercely proud that she is of Scots descent.
She said: “My roots are Scottish. My dad’s parents are from Scotland and my mum’s dad is Scots.” That tartan connection is why Katharine is so thrilled to be making guest appearances, with the Soska sisters, at screenings of American Mary at the Edinburgh Filmhouse and Glasgow Film Theatre.
She said: “I’m so excited. We are going to travel through Britain by tour bus, stopping off for screenings of the film along the way. I have never been to Scotland before. I can’t wait.”

Katharine was born into a showbiz family. Her father, Graeme Murray, was a double Emmy-winning production designer on hit sci-fi TV series The X Files for 10 years and her brother, Joshua Murray, is a film and TV actor.
Katharine said: “I grew up on my dad’s sets but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up being a worker.
“It took me a long time to realise that my work ended up being seen by people. As far as I was concerned, I was just in the family business.”
Katharine and her dad worked on an episode of The X Files called Schizogeny, involving an orchard that appears to have murderous powers.
“It was the most stupid episode ever,” she says with a chuckle. “Trees would come flying through the window and grab people.”

The success of werewolf flick Ginger Snaps put Katharine in the limelight and earned her Hollywood offers. But she was determined not to be enticed from her Canadian home.
She said: “I was 18 and not ready to throw myself into the depths of Hollywood. I like my life and I like Vancouver.”
Now Katharine feels more comfortable about handling the Hollywood scene. She added: “I’m in a much better position than I would have been when I was 18. I know how to keep myself sane.
“My brother lives down there so I visit him but I come back to a normal life in Vancouver where nobody cares who you are.”

Another thing that sets Katharine apart from the usual notion of a Hollywood starlet is her refusal to do nude scenes. She said: “I don’t think it is a big deal – 99 per cent of the time, nudity is gratuitous and unnecessary.”

American Mary will be in cinemas on Friday and released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 21. Katharine will appear at Edinburgh Filmhouse on Saturday and Glasgow Film Theatre on Sunday.

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Chris Albrecht Touts Starz’s Independence, Original Programming Rampup at TCA

Starz CEO Chris Albrecht gave a brief state of the network at the opening of Starz‘s portion of TCA’s press tour. He addressed the company’s pending spinoff from Liberty Media. “This month Starz will become an independent company separate from Liberty Media with yours truly as CEO of a private company,” he said. “It is daunting and exciting. For this room what it means is we will now be in charge of our own balance sheet, and be able to accelerate our rampup into original programming.” The importance of original programming is even greater for Starz now as it faces the 2016 departure of its top supplier of theatrical movies, Disney, which recently inked a deal with Netflix. “The first thing I would say is, there was every opportunity for us to make the deal or not make it,” Albrecht said after the session about the negotiations with Disney. “And the reason we chose to not make it is, Disney movies are not the future of Starz, and to dramatically increase the amount of money we’re paying for movies right now didn’t really seem to be the prudent way to commit Starz’ financial resources. Originals are an essential part of our future.”

This year, Starz is launching three new original drama series, Davis S. Goyer’s Da Vinci’s Demons, which was presented to critics today ahead of its April 12 premiere; limited series The White Queen, a 10-episode limited series based on the best-selling historical novels by Philippa Gregory; and the Michael Bay-produced Black SailsAlbrecht announced that production has begun in Cape Town, South Africa on Black Sails, which takes place 20 years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island, with Neil Marshall (The Descent) directing the first episode. The straight-to-series, eight-episode first season of the gritty pirate adventure centers about the tales of Captain Flint and his men will air in 2014. There is still no movement on two dramas that had been given series straight-to-series orders before most of those rolling out this year, Marco Polo, which has faced issues in its attempt to film in China, and Noir, an adaptation of the anime series. “We just can’t get that creatively to a place where everybody feels good about it,” Albrecht said about Noir after the session. “I would never say that there is no chance, but it’s a little more frustrating as time goes on.”

Albrecht also addressed some of the projects Starz has in development as part of its shift to more originals. He mentioned Crime from William Monahan Turf, about the birth of hip-hop; and Power, exec produced by 50 Cent. Albrecht said that Incursion, the sci-fi drama from Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight, continues to be in active development and “creature development.” He also made a prediction for 2013 that “there will be the rapid acceleration of our Starz and Encore play authenticated platforms in terms of their distribution.”

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Hey Everyone, You Need To Stop Smoking Weed Right Now, Because Miss Universe And O’Reilly Say So


Newly-crowned Miss Universe Olivia Culpo was brought into the “No Spin Zone” last night for the sole purpose of agreeing with Bill O’Reilly that pot is bad and no one should be able to use it legally because it ruins lives by forcing you to be a liberal and listen to rock music and such.

In this particular segment, basically every “fact” said was downright wrong… and Culpo’s posturing as an anti-pot crusader was, shall we say, hilariously transparent.

O’Reilly began the segment by introducing the fact that the recently-crowned Culpo believes that pot use is “not a positive thing,” teeing up what is sure to be a 5-minute agreement-fest over the fact that marijuana kills your grandma’s dog and everything you’ve ever loved.

But gee, Bill, I wonder why the Miss Universe winner is going to be anti-pot, anti-drinking, and anti-everything. Is it because the “facts” are on your side and she’s just another one who sees the “get off my lawn, you ignorant hippies” light? Or is it because if a Miss Universe is caught so much as uttering a curse word, she becomes the subject of derision. This is, after all, Donald Trump‘s competition, and the contestants and winners have to play by his rules.

So would Culpo go to one of those newfangled pot clubs in legal states like Colorado? “No. No way. Not where it’s legalized.” So wait, she’d go where it’s not legal? I’m confused.

She then repeats a common line that the legalization of marijuana “sends the message that it’s harmless.” To which O’Reilly said: “Absolutely that’s what it does.”

Except that’s not what it does. Do we think liquor is “harmless”? No. But it’s legal because people — especially adults — can make the choice about what to put in their bodies. And they can face the consequences of their actions if they do something embarrassing or illegal while under the influence of the product, and — wait, why am I even bothering with this? Yes, that’s absolutely what it does; simply no other way to see it.

“How did you formulate an anti-recreational use platform?” O’Reilly asked, clearly ignoring the point from four paragraphs above. Since he must’ve missed it, I’ll repeat it: Because she’s Miss Universe and if she were to endorse any remotely controversial behavior (alcohol, pot, sex before marriage, cursing, being nude, witchcraft) she would be in deep trouble.

But moving along, here’s where things start to get real shifty: Culpo then concedes that medicinal marijuana has its benefits. She says that it can help the terminally ill and people with mental illness, but then when pressed on why pot is bad (because that’s all O’Reilly really wants to hear), she says: “Because everyone has a different reaction to it. Some people get paranoid. It’s been proven to increase schizophrenia even.”
So let’s break this down: Culpo believes marijuana can be helpful for the mentally ill, but it also causes schizophrenia? Huh?

And no… marijuana has NOT been proven to cause schizophrenia. See the plethora of studies in pretty much any major pharmacological medical journal. Or not. Because we know how little the facts actually matter when pot gets discussed on a primetime conservative opinion show.

The two then went on to agree with each other on how everyone knows someone who has had a bad reaction to marijuana, and thus it’s a bad thing that no one should ever be legally able to enjoy. But here’s a pesky little thing that neither of them seem to realize: the same thing goes for alcohol. But why isn’t alcohol illegal? It sure does ruin lives. And the government’s own studies have found it (and nicotine) to be leagues more addictive than marijuana. I am in no way advocating for the prohibition of either substance, but you see how this line of logic is, um… flawed?

Culpo seemed hesitant at the idea of becoming an actual anti-pot campaigner, as O’Reilly said she’d only be effective at telling the kiddies to lay off the bong if she actually believes it. And so, he had to put her convictions to the test:
“You ever smoke pot?” he asked.
“I can’t answer that,” she replied with a nervous laugh.
“Okay, so that’s a yes,” he said. “But obviously you don’t want to do it anymore.”
“No way!” Culpo replied. She also said she doesn’t drink because she’s 20 and has to respect drinking age laws.

But here’s where the entire “anti-pot crusader” image was revealed as a sham. O’Reilly asked: “Intoxication is not for you?”
She pauses. Clearly hesitates. “Definitely not for me… during this job. While I’m an international role model.”
In other words, “Once a new Miss Universe is crowned……”

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12 sexy Twitter users pose nude for benefit calendar

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The frigid temperatures in Macedonia aren’t ideal for shedding clothes, but a group of women are doing it anyway for a benefit calendar.
Twelve barely dressed ladies, who are also active Twitter users, are participating in a humanitarian project for cancer research sponsored by IlinaBookbox.

Each month the ladies pose in is adorned by their Twitter handle and a weird quote. Take @Zveda, a.k.a June, who apparently raided the Black Swan wardrobe closet for her outfit. "I do a good impression of myself," she quips.
Then there is February, a.k.a @AlexsandraM7, who exhibits her How I Met Your Mother fandom by curiously using a joke from show's central womanizer, Barney: "When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be awesome instead."
At least Macedonians have an alternative way to counting down the days until summer.
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Everybody Loves Porn Reaches 2 Million YouTube Views



newscaster_32766_user“The Skin Business,” the documentary film formerly known as “Everybody Loves Porn,” is yet to be released, but has been steadily drawing interest from the public. Growing curiosity about the film has led to over two million views of the trailer on You Tube.
“The Skin Business,” a film by Lucky Devil Entertainment, produced by Harley Fire and directed by Adriana Hemans, is about the world of adult entertainment and features the industry’s most recognizable stars, most notable directors and most profitable productions.
“It’s no surprise that people are interested in this film, when you have over 50 of the top adult stars, including Jesse Jane, Jessica Drake, Kayden Kross, Alektra Blue Nikki Benz, and Joanna Angel,” said Harley Fire. “And we were lucky enough for be able to be on set for some of the most memorable productions of last year, with directors Will Ryder and Axel Braun.”
Lucky Devil Entertainment, recently inked a distribution deal with Ytinifni Pictures, and the decision was made to change the title of the film from “Everybody Loves Porn” to “The Skin Business” in order to attract orders from some of the big box retailers. Ytinifni has reach in over 184 territories across the globe and relationships with more than 200,000 active buyers. The release date for the film has been set for June of 2013.
“We’re very excited about the release and our new partnership with Ytinifni,” said Director Adriana Hemans, “because we think with them we can reach the largest possible audience.
Lucky Devil Entertainment is now embarking on a new project, a sequel to the “Skin Business.” Where the first film focused on the business aspects of the adult industry and how the Internet era has changed the way we watch porn, the second film seeks to delve more deeply into the personal lives of porn super stars and what happens when the cameras stop rolling.

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Indian Models Posing NUDE For Maxim India [January]2013
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Rochester's David Schickler co-writer of new Cinemax show 'Banshee'
Written by Jeff Spevak
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While living in his parents' basement in Gates, David Schickler penned the New York Times 2001 bestseller Kissing in Manhattan. / Marie De Jesus/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A handful of men are brawling in a creek at the bottom of a wooded North Carolina ravine. It’s cold; everyone’s wet. At one point they stop fighting and one of the men spots the guy who’s responsible for their predicament.It’s David Schickler, wearing the new Timberline boots that he bought for himself in celebration of this event, standing relatively dry and warm among the crowd of 70 or so production people shooting this first scene for a new Cinemax television series, Banshee.

The miserable actor looks at Schickler, the Rochester writer who’s the show’s co-creator, and asks: “Does it get worse than this?”

It may, if co-producer Alan Ball (True Blood and American Beauty) and Schickler have a hit on their hands. Banshee makes its debut at 10 p.m. Friday, and at least a half-dozen people will die in that first hour. The body count will continue to rise. Ten episodes have been filmed. Schickler and his co-writer, Jonathan Tropper, have been commissioned to write another two. And yes, lots of people are also having sex in the fictional town of Banshee, Pa. 

“I don’t know what my mother will say when she sees this,” Schickler confesses.

SCENE ONE. Naked women, a lot of corpses, and a love story.

Schickler pulls out his phone and flashes a photo sent to him by Tropper. It’s a shot from New York City’s Times Square, where a huge poster for Banshee glowers from the side of a building. “Small town. Big secrets,” the advertisement reads, and Schickler points out the less-obvious details. “There’s a guy lying in a pool of blood, and in the background an Amish guy digging a grave.”
Schickler explains how the story of an ex-con who steals the identity of a murdered sheriff in Pennsylvania’s Amish country suddenly appears in Times Square. “When you come up with a TV show pitch, you’re selling a world,” he says. “What they call in Hollywood ‘renewability.’ They want to see this is a five-year-long idea. ‘Convince me, as the money guy, that you can keep doing this for five years.’ They want to know that there’s that much depth to the main character’s troubles.”

The money guys want The Sopranos and NYPD Blue, shows driven to hell and maybe back by tortured characters. “Will this man be damned or absolved?” as Schickler puts it. Banshee’s damned man is Lucas Hood, played by the relatively unknown New Zealander Antony Starr. “And we think he’s going to be a star,” Schickler adds. “Lucas Hood is our Tony Soprano; he’s our Andy Sipowicz.” Alan Ball agreed. He has Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe statues on his mantle for writing films like American Beauty and as co-producer of the HBO hits Six Feet Under and True Blood. When he signed on as a co-producer, Banshee had a real heavyweight on the team.

Despite the violence and action, Schickler insists he and Tropper have also written a love story. “It’s not gratuitous,” he says. “There are naked women and a lot of corpses. But there are deep relationships. The main character is trying to get back the woman he loves. In the end, the relationships between the characters are what keep you with the story. We both love a good fistfight, in stories. But there’s a romantic arc at heart in our literary novels.”

SCENE TWO. A killer with a tender stomach.
It might be easier for Schickler to create these kinds of characters if he himself is driving to hell and back. We shall see, perhaps this fall, when his memoir is scheduled to be published. He reveals little for now, merely describing The Dark Path as “how I spent my youth, in the early ’70s, on a path to being a Catholic priest, and where my love for women, writing and the world challenged that path.”
Long story short, Schickler is not a priest. He didn’t even get close.

He was 30 years old when he moved into the basement of his parents’ home in Gates — the kind of hothouse environment in which fragile writers bloom like heirloom tomatoes — spending the next three years creating what would prove to be his breakthrough novel, the New York Times 2001 bestseller Kissing in Manhattan. The monk-like existence suits Schickler, who seems to like to simplify mundane decisions, like fashion and menus. His closet appears to be nothing more than unadorned shirts in varying shades of graduate-student drab. One place where he can frequently be found writing is a Bruegger’s where the employees know him by name, and where Schickler generally orders the same thing: chicken spaetzel soup. He has a tender stomach, this literary architect of death explains, and doesn’t like to challenge it.

SCENE THREE. The simultaneously wonderful and terrifying world of success.
This is a good lesson for a writer: Schickler learned how to deal with failure at an early age while growing up in Gates. “I failed miserably in Little League,” he says. “My mother would take me across the street after the games to Russell’s Ice Cream to make me feel better that I sucked at any sport involving a projectile.”

He ran cross-country and track at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Brighton, acted in plays and musicals, played guitar in church groups. But Schickler also wrote poetry and short stories. His 10th-grade English teacher has since passed away, but Schickler carefully writes down his tribute to Father Larry Wroblewski, to get it exactly right.
I blame him for making me feel that reading and writing stories would be the coolest, most swashbuckling career possible.

Schickler was still writing while studying international relations at Georgetown University, and afterward while waiting tables at Chili’s, enduring rejections from creative writing programs. His writer’s voice still eluded him: A main character in one of his stories was a refrigerator. “Let’s just say that I hadn’t yet learned much about making characters relatable,” Schickler says.

Columbia University’s writing program finally relented, then Schickler moved on to teaching at a boarding school in Vermont. Still writing. Three novels to this point, none published. “Broke, in a crisis of confidence,” Schickler says. “Wondering: How are you going to make a living doing that?” He returned to Rochester in 1997, took a job at The Harley School, and moved into the basement. And wrote.

Those words became Kissing in Manhattan, a collection of short stories connected by the fact that the characters are living in the same apartment building. The New Yorker took a chance on a chapter called The Smoker, a weird tale of an inexplicable yet palpable relationship between the teacher at an all-girls boarding school and one of his students.

The magazine arrived at stores on a Monday. “It was early June, final exam week,” Schickler says, “and I snuck out during morning break, drove to World Wide News and bought a copy of The New Yorker. Four hours later, I got a call from a Hollywood production company that was interested in the film rights to the story. I had a two-book deal by the end of the week. It was simultaneously the most wonderful and terrifying time in my life.”

SCENE FOUR. Overnight success sometimes takes a decade. Or two.

Peggy and Jack Schickler’s basement was fine for writing, but did little for their son’s personal life. “I was 30. I couldn’t find anyone to date,” Schickler says. “Then Kissing in Manhattan happened, I decided to move to New York City and start dating 1,000 New York City hotties all at once.”

He didn’t get out of town quick enough. Martha DeLaCroix, who taught fourth- and fifth-graders at Thornell Road School in Pittsford, had begun haunting cultural events around Rochester, in the hope of elevating her social circle and perhaps meeting some nice guy. She spotted an announcement in the newspaper about a reading being given by a local writer, David Schickler, at Geva’s Nextstage.

DeLaCroix is not prone to psychic episodes. But when she first spotted Schickler at the side of the stage, waiting to be introduced, she thought: “You’re going to spend the rest of your life with this person.”
They met after the reading, and the relationship began. But Schickler warned DeLaCroix that he was moving to New York City, where the hotties eagerly awaited the new guy on the literary scene. “Don’t try too hard,” DeLaCroix warned him.

He ran the literary circuit with writers like James Frey, whose A Million Little Pieces, a scary memoir of drug addiction, was one of the acclaimed books of 2003. And he met Tropper, a novelist with a taste for literary wisecracks and dysfunctional relationships. “We had a lot in common,” Schickler says of Tropper. “He was close to his family. Close to his religion, me Catholic, him Jewish. As writers we favored a darker, sexier, more-adventurous brand of books and screen stories.”

The reviews were good for Kissing in Manhattan — and its 2004 followup, a Bonnie and Clyde-style thriller of laughs and violence called Sweet and Vicious. But good writing does not guarantee a smooth transition to television and film. A screenplay was written for The Smoker. Natalie Portman was to star, but it didn’t happen. Schickler himself wrote a screenplay for Kissing in Manhattan for Robert Redford’s production company. It didn’t get produced. Schickler wrote the Sweet and Vicious screenplay for Universal. That didn’t go. He wrote Toxic, “a sexy thriller script. Nicole Kidman was attached.”
“Attached.” Schickler’s in so deep, he’s using the lingo. But Toxic didn’t happen either.
Then about three years ago, Schickler and Tropper started developing their idea for Banshee.

SCENE SIX. Wicked fun.

The basic job description for writers hasn’t changed for centuries, but the setting does. William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler and F. Scott Fitzgerald led a long line of established writers to Hollywood in the 1930s to create screenplays. A similar migration is occurring now, only toward this different medium: the dense, extended cable television series, as established by such shows as The Sopranos, Mad Men and The Wire. The bright literary lights Michael Chabon, Salman Rushdie and Gary Shteyngart have been toiling on their own shows. But supreme literary content does not guarantee success in the now-superheated terrain of cable drama. Jonathan Franzen, a novelist so celebrated that he warranted his own Newsweek cover, was adapting his bestseller The Corrections for HBO. It died on the storyboard table.

But Banshee lives. It got a B+ review this week from Entertainment Weekly. “Ultra-violent, over-the-top, and wickedly fun,” it writes.

SCENE SEVEN. The loneliness of the long-distance writer.

New York City proved to be an illusion. James Frey’s career flamed and disintegrated when A Million Little Pieces proved to be a mirage of a few hundred fabrications. The New York City hotties never appeared. “I kept calling Martha, saying ‘I miss you,’ ” Schickler says.

The reality for Schickler, now 43 years old, is he’s back home. “Thank God Rochester was here for us,” he says. He and Martha married and have two kids, Luke is 7, Cora is 4. And there is Martha Schickler Photography, specializing in newborns, children and high-school seniors taken on location. Schickler still runs every four or five days, more in the fall, when he returns to McQuaid to coach the seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade cross-country teams. When he needed advice on police procedures for Banshee, he called a friend with the Rochester Police Department. He’ll watch Banshee at a private premiere party at the Midtown Athletic Club, with no shortage of family; Shickler estimates he has about 70 first cousins in this city.

Working at the bagel shop, or an office at his father-in-law’s business, or his attic office in his Brighton home, Schickler creates his unsettling worlds. Stories that he was producing even as a teenager at McQuaid, when his sister Anne Marie would introduce him with the biographical addendum, “This is my brother David. He writes weird stories.”

Schickler took no offense. “That wasn’t an unacceptable thing,” he says. “That’s just what I did.”
From here, it is easy enough for him to step into the mirage world of television, where North Carolina is Pennsylvania. With the exception of two days in Manhattan, all of Banshee was shot in and around Charlotte. This TV deception also works for Homeland, set in Virginia, but shot in a studio across the street from Banshee’s studio.

“Making a television show is an incredible collaborative experience,” Schickler says of this gossamer universe he has finally broken into. “As a writer you need to be around to write scenes that are going to be filmed five minutes later. And every minute is costing the company money.
“Writing novels alone, in a room, can be a lonely profession. Even for somebody who likes the sound of his own voice.”

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Love, Family and Coffee: The Zen of Analeigh Tipton


When a beautiful woman has an unabashed enthusiasm for nerd obsessions—things like sci-fi cult movies, zombie survivalism, comic book conventions, and other pastimes of guys without girlfriends—it’s hard not to be a little suspicious. It usually feels calculated, an obvious attempt to make an otherwise otherworldly starlet seem more attainable and therefore desirable. It’s a means to make everyday Joes think, “She has strong opinions about the Star Wars trilogy and likes to dress up like Harry Potter characters? We have so much in common!” It’s a facade, but a profitable facade.
Analeigh Tipton isn’t one of those woman.

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The confusion is understandable. Judging by her resume, she seems like one of those flawless Hollywood stars-in-the-making, born camera-ready and never dating anybody who didn’t have a black AmEx card. The Minnesota-born Tipton is a former child figure skating champion, a third-place contestant on America’s Next Top Model, and an up-and-coming movie actress that the New York Times once predicted was a “face to watch.” She’s performed alongside household names like Steve Carell in Crazy, Stupid, Love, Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet, and John Malkovich in the upcoming zombie romance Warm Bodies, out in theaters on February 1st.
But there’s another Analeigh Tipton, the one who isn’t quite as sultry and urbane as her photographs might suggest. She’s the Tipton with a license plate on her car that reads “So Jedi.” The one who goes to Dungeons and Dragons parties in LA, and hosted a costume party for her 21st birthday where guests showed up dressed like knights and trolls. Yes, she was a figure skating champion, but she retired at 16 because she got too tall and gangly. Sure, she was a contestant on Next Top Model, but she lost because she was adorably clumsy and couldn’t say the sentence “easy, breezy, beautiful.” She eventually gave up on modeling entirely, because the lifestyle, in her words, “kind of sucks.” Even as a child, she was a fledgling nerd in the making. She grew up with three imaginary best friends (which convinced her parents to send her to “friendship classes” to help her become more social) and dreams of becoming a career astronaut or maybe the female Carl Sagan.
Tipton’s nerdy passions are hardly a contrivance or publicity stunt. Her public image may be a smoldering sexpot, but when nobody’s watching, she’s wearing elf ears.
I called Tipton to talk about her acting career, and our conversation organically evolved into a spirited discussion of zombie apocalypses, astronaut toilet habits, and her habit of befriending rodents in New York City ghetto apartments. I got the strange feeling that this is not an uncommon occurrence for her.

At least on paper, Warm Bodies sounds ridiculous. A zombie love story?
I know, I know.

It sounds like a bad Saturday Night Live sketch.
If you don’t know much about the story, I can see why anybody would be skeptical. It seems pretty laughable.

Did it take a lot of convincing before you agreed to do it?
Not really, no. I came around pretty quickly when I read the book, and I got the tone they were going for, which is fun and funky. And then when I saw who else was involved, well, I couldn’t say no. I mean, John Malkovich? Why wouldn’t I want to be in a movie with John Malkovich? I’m not made of stone.

You’re a big science fiction fan, right?
Huge.
 
Do you like your science fiction with a little romance thrown in?
Science fiction in general? Not necessarily. But there’s not too much romance in science fiction anyway. And I don’t think there are many zombie books or movies with a love story.

I can’t think of one.
Which is too bad. I think that makes it relatable. Love is universal. I can’t relate to being a zombie or killing zombies, but I can relate to being a girl and finding love in unexpected places.

What’s your favorite zombie movie?
One of my first experiences living in LA was at the New York Film Academy. They had a movie night where they got all the campers together and we sat in a pool and watched a horror movie. It was Night of the Living Dead, and it just blew me away.

Do you prefer fast or slow zombies? Do you want your zombies to be lurching or sprinting?
I like my zombies slow by nature. When they sprint, it becomes a little too real for me. I need to be able to run away and not have them catch me. If there’s ever a zombie apocalypse, that’s my weapon of choice. Running.

What happens if you get cornered? What’s your plan B?
I’ll throw a bunch of puns at them and see if they can figure it out.

Puns?
Yeah. Their brains aren’t really functioning at full capacity. Maybe I can confuse them with puns and wordplay. Doesn’t that sound like a good plan?

It sounds brilliant. You’ve clearly thought this through.
One time I memorized the Greek alphabet. So that could be pretty useful.

Against zombies? I guess so.
They won’t know what the hell I’m talking about. I’ll just start saying puns mixed in with letters from the Greek alphabet. No zombie will have the patience to endure something like that. I’m writing a zombie apocalypse tip book.

You are? Please let that be true.
Not really. But now I think maybe I should.

I’ve read things about you on the Internet, and it makes you sound like kind of a nerd.
What did you read?

Well let’s separate some fact from fiction. I’ll tell you a few rumored factoids about you, and you tell me whether it’s true.
Okay.

You went to a Harry Potter movie in full costume.
Well that’s not entirely true. I actually went to all the Harry Potter movies in costume.

Wow. The Internet downplayed the embarrassing truth. That’s a first.
I also dressed up for the midnight releases of the books.

Do you dress as a specific character, or do you like to mix it up?
I usually go as Hermione, because one of my favorite hair tools is my crimper. If I did it again, I’d probably go as Dobby.

Here’s rumor number two: You play Dungeons and Dragons.
That’s absolutely true. I love D-and-D. My character is a dark elf with a long crossbow. I’ve had her for about two years. She’s not that powerful, but she’s witty.

Do you have a group of friends that you play with?
There are meet-up groups around LA where they have tournaments. I go to one in Pasadena at an old comic book store, and some of the tournaments last for almost eight hours. Sometimes I just go to watch. It’s so incredible to see all these people using their imaginations.

Here’s the last rumor, and this should pretty much confirm whether you are or aren’t a nerd.
I’m kind of afraid to hear this.

You dream in Klingon?
Umm…

That’s true?
Not exactly. I think I said that to somebody to emphasize how much I really do love Star Trek and Star Wars and anything space related. But I’ve never actually had a dream where people were speaking in Klingon. I wouldn’t know how.

You’re not fluent?
I’m not. I wish I was. Maybe that’s telling. My big ambition is to learn Klingon so I can dream in the language.

I hate to break this to you, Analeigh, but you’re a huge nerd.
That’s not surprising news. [Laughs.]

Is it surprising to other people? They must have preconceived notions about you.
All the time. It makes dating difficult. I get way too excited about things that I probably shouldn’t be excited about. There’s a good and a bad to it. I can understand any girl who doesn’t wear her loves on her sleeves like I do.

You’ve seriously scared away guys because you’re too enthusiastic about nerdy things?
Yeah. I think so. But it’s not just the nerdy things like science fiction movies and D-and-D. I’m a hardcore science nerd, too. I love space and I love string theory and I love Carl Sagan books. When I was a girl, I was more obsessed with Stephen Hawking than Mickey Mouse. But for me, one side feeds the other. Stephen Hawking makes Star Wars more interesting. It’s the truth in a lot of the magic. But that’s a lot to explain on a first date. [Laughs.]

It really is.
“I know I’m getting super-excited about Star Wars, but here’s why.”

“It all dates back to the Stephen Hawking poster I had on my wall as a girl.”
[Laughs.] Exactly, yeah. No guy wants to hear that. So I just try reassuring them. “I love to dress up like an elf, sure. But I promise I’m not going to make you wear a Gandalf beard tonight.”

Didn’t you originally want to be an astronaut when you were younger?
Completely. I went to Space Camp when I was kid, and then after that I went to Aviation Camp. I tried in high school to join the Air Force Academy, which seemed like the best route to being an astronaut, but I couldn’t get the application to apply. Did you know that you have to apply for an application?

I had no idea.
There are so many hoops you have to jump through. And I have too many heart conditions, they’d never let me in. So instead I just read about it and fantasize. I have a NASA app on my phone.

I interviewed Buzz Aldrin a few years ago.
Oh wow.

And for some reason, I thought it was a good idea to ask him how he peed and pooped in space.
Well sure. It’s the most obvious question.

Do you know?
They have bags, right?

That’s right. “Blue bags,” they’re called. He told me about being on Gemini 12 and almost colliding with three bags of his own excrement on a return trajectory. These are things about astronauts that don’t usually get reported.
And they should. One of my favorite movies growing up was RocketMan. It was a Disney movie, and I don’t think anybody even remembers it. I have it on DVD. I forget who was in it. There’s a chimpanzee, that’s all you need to know.

You’ve sold me. I need to see this movie.
They go up in space, and the chimp has some gas. His space suit slowly blows up. It gets bigger and bigger, and he becomes this huge floating bubble of his own gas. And all the other astronauts are just absolutely disgusted. But he thinks it’s great, because now he gets to bounce around the spaceship.

These are legitimate concerns. What actually happens if you fart in zero gravity?
That’d be my first question. If I became an astronaut, I’d be like, “So you have a bag for this, you have a bag for that. What about gas?” Everybody talks about number one and number two. What about the thing in between?

What number is a fart?
I think it’s just a decimal. If pee is number one and poo is number two, a fart would be like .5, right?

If you had a chance to interview Buzz Aldrin or any other astronaut, what would you ask?
Besides the poop question?

Yeah, besides that.
[Long pause.] It would be so personal that I know it’s something they could never answer. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be outside of the world looking down on everything, on your own existence. But that’s what I’d ask. I’d want to know about that private first thought, when they look at the earth and see everything all at once.

What about space tourism? Richard Branson is selling tickets to Virgin Galactic, which will apparently take passengers on a suborbital cruise.
I don’t think that’s something I could justify. Isn’t it ridiculously expensive?

Tickets are $200,000. But isn’t that a typical paycheck for a Hollywood movie?
Not for me. [Laughs.] Even if it was, spending it on something like that would be so self-indulgent. Let me take this huge amount of money and use it to go look at a blueberry in the sky.

Isn’t that something you want?
As an astronaut maybe, where you’re not just up there to gawk at the scenery. On a space tourism flight, I wouldn’t be contributing to anything. I’m just paying for the view. It would be such a waste.

Even though you love it that much?
I do. But $200,000 for that? There’s nothing else I could spend $200,000 on? For people who can throw that money around, go ahead. But I want to do something more meaningful with my money.

Your father’s a mathematician. Was he supportive of your acting ambitions?
He was, to a degree.

The unpredictability of acting is scary for any parent, but especially a parent who’s all about numbers and logic and A leads to B leads to C.
Acting is none of those things.

As an actress, you could be eating ramen noodles one night, and buying your third home in Miami the next.
And then back to eating ramen noodles.

Exactly, yeah. It’s the worst possible career for anybody who wants their life to follow a predictable trajectory.
My sister is a lawyer, and she went by the book doing everything that should be done, and she did it incredibly. I convinced my parents that I was going to take my shot in LA not as an actor or a model but as a writer and director.

And that seemed less terrifying to them?
It did. That was more logical to my father. Working behind the camera was something that was tangible. There was control over how much you created with writing. Or at least that’s what he thought.

There’s more control in a writing career? That’s hilarious.
It didn’t seem as precarious and unstable to him.

Has he met any writers?
I don’t think so.

I’m not even sure if I’ll be paid for this interview.
Right? A writer’s entire existence is about not having control. But they supported me becoming a writer. It seemed like a much more structured path. The day I told him I wasn’t going to school anymore to be a writer and I wanted to be an actor, that wasn’t an easy day.

You might as well have told them you wanted to be an astronaut.
It would have been easier. Even when it started to work, it was surreal trying to explain to my dad, “I got a role in the Green Hornet movie. I’m playing ‘Hot Chick’.” We all laughed about it, but I don’t think they really understood. For my dad, it was like, “Well, the next role you have should be bigger than this one. And then the role after that should be even bigger.”

Oh boy.
That’s not how it works.

Not even close.
When I went from a big Hollywood movie to a small cult movie, I had to explain to my parents that independent films are not what they used to be. It has nothing to do with quality. They see the big movies that have the big openings, and anything else they’re very skeptical of. But my dad is learning. He’s learning to support me and believe in me, even when the logical side of his brain doesn’t like what he’s hearing.

There’s plenty for your parents to worry about even when things are going well. While working on the movie Damsels In Distress, which got a wide release last year, you moved to New York City and lived in a crappy little apartment under the Queensboro Bridge between a strip club and a preschool.
That’s right. I’ll never forget that place.

Were there times when you thought, “What the hell am I doing here? This is insane!”
Oh sure. I was so incredibly lonely and kind of scared. New York is a big city. And I was living alone in an apartment where it was just me and a mouse.

A mouse? Are you sure it wasn’t a rat?
No, it was just a mouse. He was my roommate. I named him Pedro. But hearing his little feet click across the floor every night, it was comforting. Just to know there was something else living in this little place with me, it brightened everything. Everything felt a little warmer. Which is maybe kind of odd.

It’s definitely odd.
I don’t think I would say the same thing about a cockroach. But because Pedro was a cute little mouse, it felt different. And I discovered later he had friends.

The place was infested?
No, there were just two of them. But they filled my luggage with little gifts.

They crapped on your clothes?
Yeah, pretty much. I smelled like mouse shit for a year. But then I discovered Febreze.

As an actress, you’re always in a new city, flying to a new location. Have you found a secret to living in strange places, and never feeling like anywhere is home?
In the last few years I’ve learned to travel light. One bag with two t-shirts and a toothbrush. And I never actually move in anywhere, even if I’ll be living there for two months. Because the mentality of trying to leave, of trying to re-situate yourself to a new environment is exhausting.

You’d rather just live like a gypsy?
That works better for me. I’ve simplified my life so much. I’ve boiled it down to the essentials. It’s the only way to keep your head on straight. I’ve lived in New York, Montreal, Seattle, Michigan, and then New York again. When it gets to be too much, I just remind myself of the basics. There are three things I need to survive. Three things I need to remember to keep balanced. I just tell myself, “You’re happy, you have a loving family, you have your coffee.”

That’s it?
That’s it.

That’s pretty good, actually. You could build a religion on those three things.
I think so too. I really do. Just give me happiness, my family, and a cup of coffee. Everything else will work itself out.

(This story originally appeared, in a slightly different form, in the December/January 2013 issue of Malibu Magazine.)

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Fifty Shades of Grey won't be another Twilight


The British screenwriter of 'Fifty Shades of Grey', Kelly Marcel has given an interview to the Sunday Times newspaper where she says of the movie version of E L James's S-and-M trilogy: "This isn't going to be Twilight. It's going to be raunchy… We are 100% going there." Although she admits some of the sex scenes have been edited out in order to get some plot in.

The books, about a torrid love affair between a college student, Anastasia Steele, and mysterious billionaire, 27-year-old Christian Grey, have been translated into 45 languages worldwide, selling more than 32 million copies in e-book and print in the US.
Universal and Focus snapped up the film rights for $5 million in March 2011 after a heated Hollywood bidding war.

The movie, which will be rated NC-17 (18 in the UK) is being co-produced by Dana Brunetti, who brought us 'The Social Network' and James herself.

Marcel, 38, the co-creator of Steven Spielberg's US sci-fi TV series Terra Nova, believes the book is a "modern love story involving two complex characters" and that she feels "very deeply" for Christian.

The script is being very closely guarded. "There are shredders arriving at my house at this moment because in LA my trash was gone through."

Although casting rumours are rife, Marcel insists no actors will sign up until there is a finished script.

Marcel recently wrote the script for Saving Mr Banks, about Disney's 20-year pursuit of the film rights to Mary Poppins, starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks. She also did the rewrite on 'Bronson' with British actor Tom Hardy, who wears a tattoo on his upper arm "Skribe" dedicated to Marcel (the "K" is for Kelly).

* There is no freakin' way the movie going to be rated NC-17. Everyone involved in productions front line is in to make cash even E L James. Loads of em'. We all know no theater chain will carry any flicks with dreaded NC-17 except for very limited run in major cities. FSOG will be rated hard R with plenty of cam maneuver, angled shot and low lighting. Dialogues (voice-over) inserted to describe the action substituting some of the more unfilmable scenes. Big studios ass-kissers MPAA will help as well by passing it quickly without required major cuts. James was in Los Angeles recently to work out the kinks and finalize the script with Marcel and Brunetti (also the unofficial House Of Cards show-runner). But feelers are being sent out to some actors (and their rep) to gauge their interest. James wants a British actress (Emma Watson or Felicity Jones) but others prefer a relatively unknown like Alexandra Daddario who boosted her eligibility and profile with a good turn in recently released 'Texas Chainsaw 3D'.

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