Brad Pitt Rocks Out With Radiohead

Hey Ruth,it had already been discussed in d earlier postings,ok!I’m no spoiler.

# 1802 lina @ 06/26/2008 at 7:13 am
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And earlier, there was a discussion about talking about the movie on an old thread; funny how you missed out on that one. :roll:

A thought for the day…
This may be a ‘duh’, but haters, Terd, tabloids, etc. deal in suspense; fans of celebrities prefer surprise. Suspense is usually bad; surprises tend to be good. Suspense is hard to execute which is why the tabs, Terd and all of the naysayers continue to look like pathetic stalkers. Surprise is pretty simple, basic, and authentic.

The JPs have given us plenty of surprises, basic, simple, authentic surprises. It’s remarkable that some can’t appreciate it and choose to seek out contrived, flat as millpot suspense.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etbutton0624,0,7743890.story?track=rss

Wow the Benjamin Button Trailer is sparking all kinds of interest in the Movie. It is a beautiful Trailer.

If nothing else, the trailer — largely devised by Fincher, the ultimate hands-on filmmaker — reminds us that not every trailer has to play like a greatest-hits reel culled from the (fill in the blank: funniest, scariest or most exciting) scenes in a film, all so hideously pre-tested that no moment with any ambiguity or mystery could possibly survive. In terms of an opening, it’s hard to top the trailer’s first image: As we pull in toward the face of a clock, the narrator (Pitt, with a New Orleans accent) says: “My name is Benjamin Button. I was born under unusual circumstances. While everyone else was aging, I was getting younger — all alone.” As he finishes, the clock ticks — backward.

Propelled by French composer Camille Saint-Saens’ melancholy “The Aquarium,” Fincher shows us Button’s life via a series of arresting images: A man rowing on a lonely lake. Pitt, studying himself in the mirror, wearing spectacles and boxer shorts, his head cocked to one side, as if bewildered by his strangely youthful appearance. A father, holding a little girl in his arms, a balloon slipping out of their hands. The trailer ends with the most bewitching image of all: A young toddler, walking with his lover, now aged, hobbling along with a cane.

Thanks to both the images and the music, the trailer does what a great trailer should — it leaves us wanting more, having tempted us with a tale that is both magical and steeped in an air of ineffable sorrow.

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-gd-vegas26-2008jun26
Entire article at link
Jay Leno to perform flood victim benefit show at Mirage

By Steve Friess, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Leno instead focuses on his work, which this week includes a hastily scheduled show at the Mirage on Friday to benefit flood victims in the Midwest. (Another show was slated to happen this last Wednesday.)

“It seems like a good way to raise money, and you can raise a couple hundred grand fairly quickly,” he says. “In other cities, you’d have to rent a hall, print up tickets, and the amount of money you would be able to give would be decreased significantly by your expenses. In this case, I call the Mirage and I say, ‘Hey, can I get the showroom to do a couple of shows?’ You keep the expenses almost to zero; nobody makes a dime.”

Leno faces an uncertain future, due to depart from “The Tonight Show” next year despite dominating in the ratings and clearly still reveling in the gig. He isn’t sure what comes next or even what sort of final-night show he might do to rival the emotional Bette Midler-serenaded 1992 departure of predecessor Johnny Carson.

Leno says he hasn’t given that moment much thought but hinted at how it might turn out. “There are only about 18 in the whole world who make a difference, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Gov. Schwarzenegger,” he ruminates.

http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/06/25/businesswire20080625006120r1.html
Entire article at link.
Over 1,300 Students Mobilize to Rebuild New Orleans on July 4th
06.25.08, 3:28 PM ET

Student volunteers from 152 campuses across the U.S. will dedicate their July 4th holiday to rebuilding New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward community for residents and their children. HOPE worldwide, with the help of these young volunteers, plans to clear 50 to 100 building lots making way for future homes, develop a memorial garden for those who lost their lives during the storm and complete other beautification projects.

Why would these students volunteer to help restore New Orleans’ Ninth Ward over their mid-summer holiday?

One volunteer, Jon Elwell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said, “I really want to help families left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. Our country has a proud tradition of people stepping up to serve. I can’t think of a better way to mark our nation’s birthday.”

http://www.makeitrightnola.org

Good Morning all. Wow people sure spend a lot of time discussing no name gossip queens, rags and the latest rumor of the moment. BP and AJ are living their lives waiting on the birth of twins. They have great projects to look forward to also.

Troll(s) who work for the rags, blogs or gossip sites are trying to generate discussion and find out information. They are too lazy to do the research themselves. Most of these gossip queens are antiquated and on their way out. Blogs with their fast as the internet news have made them obsolete. However, there is always a 3rd rate rag that will hire an ousted lying PR person or an aging queen. Have a great day and make it a MIR day. Thanks for all the videos and links. Let’s support WANTED, a full-filled popcorn ride this weekend. Peace to all.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/25/entertainment/main4209508.shtml?source=RSSattr=Entertainment_4209508

I like this review. “Just sit down, shut up and hold on.”

Review: Jolie Slays ‘Em In “Wanted”
Actress Heats Up The Screen With James McAvoy In “Wildly Outlandish Action Flick”
AP) The movie is called “Wanted” and the star is Angelina Jolie. No, it is not a documentary.

(AP) The movie is called “Wanted” and the star is Angelina Jolie. No, it is not a documentary.

It is, in fact, a super-stylized, wildly outlandish action flick that will pick you up, throw you around, drop you back down on the ground and leave you begging for more. It’s the ideal, mindless summer thrill ride - one you can never take too seriously, even when it starts to take itself too seriously.

Based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, “Wanted” follows the unlikely transformation of Wesley Gibson (the increasingly versatile James McAvoy) from miserable cubicle dweller to master assassin. When we first meet him, he’s being berated yet again by his obnoxious hag of a boss; if you know anything about anything, you know that in a fantasy world like this, she will surely get hers in the end.

Jolie, as the appropriately named Fox, yanks Wesley from his dreary life and introduces him to The Fraternity, a secret society of freakishly skilled, highly trained killers - of whom his recently murdered father, the man he never knew, was the best of the best. They’ve been around for 1,000 years and, as their cover, they work in a textile mill. Because no one would ever suspect that.

Kazakhstan-born director Timur Bekmambetov clearly had a blast emptying his own clip of filmmaking tricks: sped-up sequences, slo-mo, curving bullets that defy the laws of physics. And he serves up one tremendous car chase that will make you apprehensive about driving through Chicago anytime soon.

When things finally reach their breathless conclusion, not a hair is out of place in Jolie’s perfect, sexy twist. She’s back in butt-kicking Mrs. Smith mode - lethal but cheeky. The diminutive McAvoy, meanwhile, maintains much of the underdog likability we saw from him in the underappreciated coming-of-age comedy “Starter for 10,” but it’s obvious he’s had a few visits with a personal trainer. (It seems the Scottish actor has also seen a dialect coach, and has come back with a solid American accent.)

Sure, you’ve seen plenty of this type of amped-up nonsense before - in the “Matrix” series, or in last summer’s ultraviolent “Shoot ‘Em Up,” which was just as elaborately choreographed and edited but felt like more of an onslaught. That doesn’t make “Wanted” any less enjoyable.

And certainly you could have a philosophical debate about the merits of The Fraternity’s purpose: to kill people who were fated to do evil deeds anyway. But that would needlessly tax your brain, and there’s no room for that now. Just sit down, shut up and hold on.

No, Its not true. I assume you are reading the mega3 at JJB. It is just some of the posters there trying to be funny.

They are talking about Mandela’s 90th birthday celebration on GMA now and all the celebs there. Wonder if Brad will flly in. I can kinda understand if he goes for it is once in a lifetime experience, I know Angie would love to be there. But I feel that being with Angie at this time is important too, I recall my husband going away while I was 8 months pregnant to take care of business with his brother. I did not appreciate it at all, but maybe Angie thinks differently. I was not too happy with Brad being at the Radiohead concert while Angie was back at the ranch (lol), but maybe the concert visit was a father’s day gift like going to the fight in Las Vegas. She knew it would make Brad happy. Angie is such a giving soul, people just can see that. As for the lesbian thing, please, look at Ellen and Rosie! All love Ellen, she won an Emmy.
Angie is my girl!

cool new ‘Wanted’ video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhzIJp553Fo

# 1815 anustin @ 06/26/2008 at 8:13 am is it true shiloh possible nom for best supporting actress?cate!!!

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So so funny! Thanks for the morning laughs, anustin.

Euro 2008

what does this mean [standings]?

Group ATeams Pld +/- Pts
Portugal 3 2 6
Turkey 3 0 6
Czech Republic 3 -2 3
Switzerland 3 0 3
Group BTeams Pld +/- Pts
Croatia 3 3 9
Germany 3 2 6
Austria 3 -2 1
Poland 3 -3 1
Group CTeams Pld +/- Pts
Netherlands 3 8 9
Italy 3 -1 4
Romania 3 -2 2
France 3 -5 1
Group DTeams Pld +/- Pts
Spain 3 5 9
Russia 3 0 6
Sweden 3 -1 3
Greece 3 -4 0