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- Bedouin Soundclash's Jay Malinowski Talks 'Mariachi-Inspired' Armistice
- Emily Maynard Kicks Former 'Bachelor' Brad Womack To The Curb - For Good
- 'Biggest Loser' Winner Olivia Ward Lost 129 Pounds
- The Hobbit Keeps Firefighters Under Gag Order
- Fifth Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Poster
- X-Men: First Class Farmers Insurance TV Spot
- Colorado invited for third try at Race to the Top funding
- Armie Hammer Says Kissing Leonardo DiCaprio 'Wasn't That Weird'
- Not guilty! Nancy Kerrigan's Brother Off The Hook For Manslaughter
- Favorite people: Oprah Winfrey does her final show alone on stage
- Favorite people: Prince William and Kate Middleton end their honeymoon; Princess Beatrice's hat goes for $130,000
- John Edwards May Face Criminal Charges
- Snowmass, Vail can't shake Ted Bundy legacy
- "Benign powder" leads to evacuation of Colorado Dept. of Revenue
- Boulder DA clears Erie cop who shot, killed German shepherd
- Deputy sheriff charged with assault after slap
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon Photos with Megatron and Shockwave
- Kellan Lutz Turns Down Britney Spears
- Fashion Stars From The Young Hollywood Awards
- EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vaughn Talks X-Men: First Class
| Bedouin Soundclash's Jay Malinowski Talks 'Mariachi-Inspired' Armistice Posted: 25 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: News, Exclusive, New Music "I've had that problem my entire life," Malinowski tells Spinner. "My favourite bands have always been the ones that have done a record that is sort of outside of [their spectrum]. That tension point is what makes it interesting, [and] if that's not something Canadians particularly like in the media, that's fair. But that's what I find interesting." |
| Emily Maynard Kicks Former 'Bachelor' Brad Womack To The Curb - For Good Posted: 25 May 2011 11:14 AM PDT  After much waffling, the latest Bachelor romance has been called off: Emily Maynard broke off her engagement from Brad Womack, this time for good! Read More >
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| 'Biggest Loser' Winner Olivia Ward Lost 129 Pounds Posted: 25 May 2011 11:12 AM PDT  The Biggest Loser contestant Olivia Ward lost nearly half of her body weight to become the winner -- and has gained a chance to start a family. Read More >
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| The Hobbit Keeps Firefighters Under Gag Order Posted: 25 May 2011 10:34 AM PDT    
News of the gag order came to light when certain members of the fire service refused to answer questions posed to them by a local news channel, claiming that they had signed confidentiality agreements. The Wellington crew had signed the agreements months ago while risk checking the set. The producers were worried that details surrounding The Hobbit might leak out, and wanted to keep the shoot under wraps. While the embargo on any information stemming from the set of The Hobbit is fairly routine and in place to keep the secrets of the film itself from getting out, The Department of Labor demanded that the Wellington Fire Service share vital information in regards to the explosion on Monday. A spokesperson for Peter Jackson went on record stating that neither the ambulance that arrived on the scene nor anyone on the Department of Labor staff were asked to sign the agreement, but there are now concerns that Peter Jackson may be getting special treatment in terms of dealing with workplace accidents. The spokesperson counteracting that accusation by saying that Peter Jackson only implemented a policy that is commonplace internationally. The Hobbit comes to theaters November 2012 and stars Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
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| Fifth Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Poster Posted: 25 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT  Warner Bros. has released the fifth poster for the upcoming summer adventure Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which opens in theaters nationwide on July 15. Take a look at the latest character poster below, which features Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 comes to theaters July 15th, 2011 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon. The film is directed by David Yates.
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| X-Men: First Class Farmers Insurance TV Spot Posted: 25 May 2011 11:03 AM PDT  To help promote X-Men: First Class, Beast (Nicholas Hoult) has joined the Farmers Insurance school for agents, where he has come under the tutelage of the great insurance professor Nathan Burke (J.K. Simmons). This may explain how Nicholas Hoult turns into the curmudgeon Kelsey Grammer later in life. Check out the latest Farmers Insurance X-Men: First Class cross-promotion in the clip below. Click to watch X-Change Student: University of Farmers!X-Men: First Class comes to theaters June 3rd, 2011 and stars Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Caleb Landry Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn.
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| Colorado invited for third try at Race to the Top funding Posted: 25 May 2011 11:05 AM PDT Colorado is one of nine states eligible for a new $200 million phase of Race to the Top funding, the U.S. Department of Education announced this morning. |
| Armie Hammer Says Kissing Leonardo DiCaprio 'Wasn't That Weird' Posted: 25 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT  Actor Armie Hammer has described his onscreen kiss with Leonardo DiCaprio, insisting the same-sex smooch "wasn't that weird." DiCaprio plays the title role in Clint Eastwood's upcoming movie "J. ... Read More >
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| Not guilty! Nancy Kerrigan's Brother Off The Hook For Manslaughter Posted: 25 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT  The brother of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the case of their father's death. However, Mark Kerrigan still faces sentencing for assault and battery aga... Read More >
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| Favorite people: Oprah Winfrey does her final show alone on stage Posted: 25 May 2011 10:22 AM PDT Oprah thanks her viewers, Maria Shriver's friends calm her down (a little), and The Situation takes one (or five) on the jaw. |
| Posted: 25 May 2011 10:22 AM PDT News on the royal wedding front, Ashton Kutcher wins the lottery (sort of), John Rich wins "Celebrity Apprentice" and the Botox-injecting mom isn't about to win anything. |
| John Edwards May Face Criminal Charges Posted: 25 May 2011 11:09 AM PDT  |
| Snowmass, Vail can't shake Ted Bundy legacy Posted: 25 May 2011 10:53 AM PDT On Jan. 12, 1975, a 23-year-old registered nurse named Caryn Campbell decided to retrieve a magazine from her room in the Wildwood Inn at Snowmass. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "Benign powder" leads to evacuation of Colorado Dept. of Revenue Posted: 25 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT State employees were evacuated from the Colorado Department of Revenue's downtown building this morning after mailroom workers reportedly opened an envelope containing white powder, which investigators later determined to be harmless. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Boulder DA clears Erie cop who shot, killed German shepherd Posted: 25 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT An Erie police officer who shot and killed an "unlicensed, off-leash" German shepherd May 10 after he said it approached him in an aggressive manner "was justified in using deadly physical This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Deputy sheriff charged with assault after slap Posted: 25 May 2011 11:02 AM PDT A Denver deputy sheriff faces assault charges after she allegedly slapped an uncooperative DUI arrestee in the county jail. |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon Photos with Megatron and Shockwave Posted: 25 May 2011 10:04 AM PDT  Two new photos have been released for the highly-anticipated sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which arrives in 2D and 3D theaters across the country on July 1. Click on these new photos below, which feature the Decepticon villains Megatron and Shockwave, to access our growing gallery.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon comes to theaters June 29th, 2011 and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Alan Tudyk, John Malkovich. The film is directed by Michael Bay.
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| Kellan Lutz Turns Down Britney Spears Posted: 25 May 2011 10:02 AM PDT  Britney Spears wanted Kellan Lutz to star in her latest music video. Did the Twilight star jump at the chance? Or decide to pass? Read More > |
| Fashion Stars From The Young Hollywood Awards Posted: 25 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT  The Young Hollywood Awards were busy handing out their own brand of rewards to the stars of tomorrow, so today we're giving props the stars that rocked the red carpet. VIDEO Teen CelebTV: Young Ho... Read More > |
| EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vaughn Talks X-Men: First Class Posted: 25 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT   The director behind this summer's biggest superhero prequel offers new insight into the recreation of Marvel's mutant universe, in theaters June 3rdX-Men: First Class has finally screened for a select handful of lucky individuals, and the praise has been unanimous. Director Matthew Vaughn has created one of the freshest, and most exciting superhero films in recent memory. Packed with great action, exciting characters, and an in-depth, detailed storyline, X-Men: First Class is now looking like the film to beat this summer. It's going to be a massive hit. We recently caught up with Matthew Vaughn to chat with him about his accomplishment in making a true crowd pleaser, here on the eve of its release. This is our conversation. One of the biggest complaints about the first four films is the ensemble nature of each sequel. That not everyone is given enough to do on screen, and certain characters get lost in the background. You sidestep that with X-Men: First Class. What were the challenges of working through this huge mosaic of personalities to find that perfect character balance, ensuring that everyone got their due? Matthew Vaughn: Every movie I have made, for some reason...Well, I know why...They always have lots of characters in them. I feel much more comfortable having a multiple character piece than a more traditional single character piece. That actually scares me more. Because in the end, when I am editing, I like to have a choice about how I keep the audience watching. I like the choice of being able to flip through each character. It's my job to make sure each scene has a narrative drive, bringing it all together. From when I was a producer doing Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, to Stardust and even Kick-Ass, there are a lot of characters running around. It is something I have always enjoyed doing. While you were in the process of first figuring out this story, did you ever see any of the secondary characters losing themselves to the guys who were more at the forefront of the action? Matthew Vaughn: No. Not really. It gets quite technical. I think that is why people find screenplay writing more challenging than any other type of writing craft. It is quite technical. You have to figure out, "This person is going to be fighting that person, and this plot will have to tie into that." The amount of characters are picked to be able to fit into what needs to happen. That part was the easy part. Getting the script right was the easy part of making the film. Fans seem concerned that there isn't going to be enough action in the this movie. That we've seen it all in the trailers. Which is a ridiculous concern, especially after you've seen the movie itself, and how it plays out. Do you think audiences' short attention spans, and Hollywood's willingness to cater to that, stands in the way of great storytelling when it comes to making a superhero movie in this day and age? Matthew Vaughn: I think most moviegoers are in denial when they say they want a lot of action. I think they are bored of it; these big movies with loads of action and no drama...Action, for me, is only exciting if it is propped up by a story and characters who you actually care about, and why they are fighting. Whether they are in jeopardy, esc, esc...It is my number one goal to always make sure that the action is the least important part of the film. Story, and the characters, are what I am most interested in. Then I will pepper in the action. Because that is fun to watch. But I have seen too many big budget movies in the last few years, where the CGI and all of the action has just become dull. In my mind. It is all shot and edited too quickly. You don't care who wins or loses. You can't even tell half the time. I think the audience, if given the choice, deep down, will enjoy it more if there is a strong story over blowing up things. There is also a nostalgia factor in this particular prequel that we didn't get in the first four X-Men movies. This feels like what I remember when I would pick up one of the X-Men comic from the Sixties or Seventies. It has a cool, pulp feel that makes it really special, from the blue and yellow costumes to the set design, and everything in-between... Matthew Vaughn: I read the Sixties comics. The movie is set in the Sixties. X-Men was created in the Sixties, and I really wanted to capture that. I thought, "We are giving birth to a new X-Men world. And they were born in the sixties, they lived in the Sixties...Why don't we take our style and tone from that." At the same time, I wanted to make sure the movie could stand on its own two feet. We did go back and watch all of the other films. I saw a bunch of stuff in those past films that we could borrow from, and fit in, without ruining or hurting the credibility of this new movie. There is a continuity between First Class and the first three movies. But you also deviate from the path that has been laid out by those films. Is it your hope to take this in its own direction once First Class movies into the realm of sequels? Matthew Vaughn: This will definitely be its own entity. It was my job to make a movie that works, and it's my job, if I do make another one, to continue to make this work as a good film. Not caring about those other films. But, at the same time, I don't want to disrespect them. I think that we have set this up now. We can have so much fun in a sequel. We have done all of the hard work. Now you know all of the characters, and now you know what is going on. Now you want to see Professor X and Magneto going at it. Does expanding this Universe, and by the rules of a sequel, having to add more mutants into the mix, pose a concern to you? You've found a perfect balance with the characters we see now. How will throwing five or six more guys into the mix upset that balance? Matthew Vaughn: The next one? We will only have one more new character. I won't say who he...I won't say who he or she is! But we will only be bringing one more new character in. Because, I think, as Professor X is in a wheelchair, Magneto needs to have a nemesis he can fight with. Someone that will be his equal. You won't tell us who it is? Is there any sort of hint you can give us? I mean, are you not telling us who it is because you don't know? You guys are still deciding? Matthew Vaughn: I know who it is. It would be nice if I could say something, but I can't, mate! When Bryan Singer made the first two movies, he had this strong undercurrent and message of tolerance. Was it important for you to carry that message through in this? Matthew Vaughn: That was what was in the comics. It was all about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. That was a social message we definitely wanted to keep. We also found that Raven was a great way of showing how girls are shy and worried about their physique. We wanted to show that you didn't have to be concerned about that as well. So, yeah, we wanted to give it a social message. That was always important to us. We've seen some advanced reviews come out before the movie opens, and it has been nothing but raves. Those who have seen it are in awe of what you've created. Is that a relief? And has it been irritating in this digital age to see so much pre-criticism aimed at what you were doing, even before you shot that first frame of film? Matthew Vaughn: I'd rather people think the film was going to be bad, and then being pleasantly surprised than people thinking its going to be good, but then being horribly disappointed. I am one who always lets the film do the talking. You can't worry about people who are going to say the movie will be bad. They are just going to say it. Hopefully, people will watch it and go, "Hey, I was wrong!" Or they will decide not to watch it, and those people were never going to see it anyway. So what do I care? Maybe Fox was pushing the bad word themselves, just so people would be pleasantly surprised at how awesome the movie actually is once you've seen it for yourself... Matthew Vaughn: Avatar was something that people thought was going to be dreadful. Look what happened with that! What was the challenge of changing some of these characters, yet retaining those elements that we, as fans, know as legacy? Matthew Vaughn: There are so many characters, it would take about a half an hour to answer that. But I will talk about Professor X and Magneto. They went and studied the comics. I said, "Look, you have to make your own Professor X and Magneto. You can't be impersonating Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart. But what we have to take from those movies is that there was this true friendship forged somewhere in their past. We have to make sure we capture that." After that, it was up to them to create those characters, and figure out what this should be. Is there a chance we will ever see Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart in a flash-forward in the sequel? Matthew Vaughn: I have never thought of that. I don't know! I have worked with Sir Ian McKellen before, and he is a lovely guy. I would love to work with him again. So, never say never! X-Men: First Class comes to theaters June 3rd, 2011 and stars Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Caleb Landry Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn.
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