by: Damon Houx
There’s been nothing normal about ‘The Master‘s marketing campaign. The film has released clips (many of which were of scenes deleted from the finished film), and had numerous charity screenings, and now – a week after the picture went into wide release – they’ve released a four and a half minute trailer.
The trailer covers much of the film, though it also features footage not seen in the finished film. If you don’t know by know, here’s the film’s synopsis:
A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future — until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).”We reviewed the film, and our own Matt Singer said this about the film: ” ‘The Master’ isn’t ultimately about whether Scientology is a cult or a legitimate religion, or whether L. Ron Hubbard was a philanthropic genius or a greedy charlatan. Stripped of its luminous imagery and twitchy, iconoclastic score by Jonny Greenwood, it is a fairly simple story about the symbiotic bond between two troubled men, and the way in which their connection offers both the chance to make sense of life’s confusing paradoxes together.”
But if that doesn’t convince you, maybe this last trailer will. ‘The Master’ is in theaters now.
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Emma Watson Blasts 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Speculation
Struggles to conceal her frustration with constant rumours
Emma Watson has slammed reports that she is due to appear in the 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' movie adaptation, categorically denying that she has any links to it whatsoever.
The star was first linked to the part when EL James' trilogy rose to global prominence, and the rumours were strengthened when her 'Perks Of Being A Wallflower' co-star Nina Dobrev joked that she would be tempted to the part of Anastasia Steele if Ryan Gosling played Christian Grey.
However, speaking at a press conference today, the former Harry Potter star said: "I don't know how many times I have to reiterate, I literally don't know how many times I have to say it. I must have said it in 20 interviews now. I'm NOT attached to it, I don't know why this keeps coming up over and over again."
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| Emma in London |
"I haven't read the book, I haven't been sent a script, I haven't been approached. I don't know what to say, that's it."
She continued: "I mean also, I've been saying since I was 16, if it's an interesting character, if it's important to character development, if it's the right role, then of course, if that's important to the story then I'll do [sex scenes] because I'm an actress, and that's it really."
Well, we guess that puts that rumour to bed then.
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Spring Breakers // Love__Like__Woah
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Official Trailer, Poster and NSFW Clip for Dust Up starring Amber Benson
Movie review by Keith McDuffee :
Oh, did I mention the movie’s incredibly violent? Yes, that’s where the “grindhouse” thing comes in. There’s no holding back on the absurd violence, and I mean “absurd” most positively. There are a couple of scenes in particular that are very much cringe-worthy, so much so that it’s very likely the movie will retain an NR rating. There is one scene that’ll definitely come across as uncomfortable for many folks, and yet another that’s not really “violent” per se, but is definitely something suited for NR movies. Oh, and for the record, Amber Benson herself mentioned that she insisted one particular scene stay in the film. Unfortunately I can’t tell you what it is without ruining the shock value, but you’ll know it when you see it; it’s “money.”
Support the movie by buying the DVD or subscribing to VOD.
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Motherhood agrees with Jenna Fischer.....and whoa Ellie!
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Nikita reveals call from "Playboy" boss
Acting newcomer, Nikita Mirzani, revealed that she was in a good mood thanks to a phone call all the way from the US by Playboy magazine boss, Hugh Hefner.
"We are likely to meet in the near future. Just wait and see," Nikita said as quoted by kompas.com.
Nikita acknowledges that she is determined to build a career as a Playboy model despite the criticism that she is liable to receive from most people here who consider Playboy pornographic.
"Well, Playboy has always been considered a pornographic magazine in this country but not in the US. Besides, the magazine is published in America, not Indonesia. Therefore, it shouldn't bother anyone here," she said.
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Hyundai stuns with racy new ad
Hyundai has unveiled a "sensual" new advertisement for the Santa Fe. The television advert, aptly named Upskirt, was created by an agency called Fitzroy Amsterdam and features women in various stages of undress. In fact, there's even a nipple scene that may make this video a little NSFW...
"In order to introduce the new Hyundai Santa Fe, Fitzroy Amsterdam developed an edgy campaign where the new design — the so-called Storm Edge design — is placed centrally," the agency said.
"With this new design, Hyundai pushes the boundaries within their communication. This is perfectly in line with their pay-off slogan: 'New thinking. New possibilities'."
Sure, sex sells and everything, but a Santa Fe? Really? Surely the typical hot-blooded male isn't part of the target audience?
Well, regardless, you're probably dying to watch it now. Check it out below, but — again — be warned that it may not be suitable to view at work. Not that you're probably even reading this...
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'Anjanette look-alike' goes nude on FHM cover
Yam Concepcion is Viva's 'newest sweetheart'
MANILA, Philippines -- The "future headliner" of Viva Entertainment's sexy flicks is being launched in a big way -- via a debut appearance on the cover of men's magazine FHM.
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| Yam Concepcion in the October 2012 issue of FHM. Photo courtesy of FHM.com.ph |
A relative newbie to showbiz, Concepcion, according to FHM's official website, is being groomed by the talent management arm of Viva Entertainment to headline its upcoming sexy films.
Now intent on making a name for herself, the "rakista" (she is a drummer for a grunge band called Ursa Minor) is also described as "[Viva's] Anjanette Abayari look-alike" on the production company's profile page for the sexy starlet.
Abayari is a beauty queen-turned-actress who gained popularity in the '90s, notably for portraying the fictional superhero Darna in 1994.
Apart from sharing a resemblance to the former beauty queen, Concepcion may be remembered by some for having appeared on the cover of the defunct men's magazine Maxim in February 2010, and for starring in a number of music videos, including Mayonnaise's "Sinungaling."
Concepcion's appearance on FHM is one of the magazine's more daring covers in recent memory, as it features the first nude cover girl after a string of "bikini" outings.
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Flight attendant suspended from job for taking intimate photos of her peers
Flight attendant Wang Lin is a photography enthusiast know in the photography circle, for documenting the life of her peers in the air and on the ground.
Recently, Wang sued her employer Okay Airline and demanded compensation, as she was suspended from her job for nine months over the claims that her photos leaked on the Internet brought the company into disrepute.
The documentary series show female flight attendants in moments when they were not serving passengers. They were seen resting on board flight or in the dorms after the flight, applying makeups, talking in the phones with families, friends or lovers, sharing their secrets, and with other intimate scenes.
Wang has exhibited the documentary series in a photography festival and won prize.
But it sparked controversy when some anonymous web users turned the photos into a voyeuristic slideshow and spread it online. She was accused of exposing other people’s privacy to the public, and in China, female flight attendants refer to a certain appeal of fantasy to the men.
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'Lady whisperer': Cabbie's snaps of topless female passengers land him an exhibit
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| "I didn't think I could become an up-and-coming artist at my old age," says taxi driver Hans-Jürgen Watzlawek, 68, whose photos of passengers' breasts have gone on display at a Berlin gallery. |
MUNICH, Germany – A Berlin taxi driver whose pictures of women exposing their breasts in the back of his cab are being displayed at a local art gallery insists that the black-and-white photographs are nice not naughty.
"It's not about eroticism or sex, but about the breast as a female attribute," cab-driver-turned-artist Hans-Jürgen Watzlawek told NBC News.
Known for its hip and cutting edge exhibitions and galleries, the Berlin art scene sees many edgy pieces of art. Nonetheless, in Europe's self-proclaimed art capital one can always find a new twist on modern art.
It all started four years ago on a night shift when a regular customer told Watzlawek that she suspected she was pregnant because her breasts had grown.
When he said he didn't believe her, she lifted her shirt and exposed her breasts. The cab driver, an avid amateur photographer who always carries a camera, asked if he could snap a picture. She agreed.
How does the 68-year-old explain this openness?
"The cabin of a taxi has a certain intimacy, it's like in a confessional box," Watzlawek said. "Passengers often share their stories – especially during journeys at night."
(* or in the words of king douche Joe Francis : "because they were drunk")
So over the last four years, he took 50 pictures of topless women. They posed for him after he asked a few who showed an interest in his photography, Watzlawek said, who added that he had never photographed their faces.
"The project lives on anonymity; no woman I have asked has ever complained of sexism," he said.
And he denied that some of the women were drunk when he pictured them, as tabloids have suggested.
About half of the passengers he asked to pose agreed to do so after he told them that he hoped to run an exhibition.
"I was surprised myself, but they told me that I seem trustworthy – maybe you could even call me a lady whisperer," he said.
'A provocation'Compared to Berlin Art Week, which took place in the city's illustrious galleries earlier this month, Watzlawek's exhibition, which opened on September 20 at the Galeria Casablanca, is a low-key affair although it has attracted considerable attention.
Gallery owner Zoltan Labas said the show, "Flash Berlin 0.1", has been well-received, especially by women, but admits it has been controversial.
"Of course, it's a provocation and it touches the border between art and non-art," he said.
"While the breasts are in the center of the pictures, the backgrounds tell the stories," Labas added. "You see the clothes and posture of the women, or who else is sitting in the cab – at times it's the boyfriend or husband."
Watzlawek is not alone in his unconventional approach to routine places.
Recently, garbage collectors in Hamburg remade a waste container into a pinhole camera to snap the city's streets. It was a successful public relations stunt that won a silver lion at the Cannes International Advertising Festival.
Watzlawek, who is retired but returns to the steering wheel for a couple of nights each month, insists that his exhibition was not a public relations stunt.
"I just want to finance my expensive photography hobby which is difficult with my small pension," he said.
So after several decades working nights as a baker and cab driver he seems to have found his calling, although he doesn't think he's destined to become the next Damien Hirst or Andy Warhol.
"I didn't think I could become an up-and-coming artist at my old age," he said.
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Kaya Scodelario, Joe Dempsie, Rory Kinnear, Eddie Marsan to star in C4 drama Southcliffe four-parter about a small-town shooting to be Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin's first UK television work
Skins stars Joe Dempsie and Kaya Scodelario, Black Mirror's Rory Kinnear and acclaimed actor Eddie Marsan (Vera Drake, Tyrannosaur) are among a strong cast that's been announced for new Channel 4 drama Southcliffe.
The four-parter, to be shown next year, explores the fallout from a series of shootings that take place in a single day in a fictional English market town.
Bafta-winning actress Shirley Henderson (Trainspotting, Anna Karenina) is also in the drama's ensemble cast, along with Sean Harris (Prometheus), Anatol Yusef (Boardwalk Empire) and Nichola Burley (Wuthering Heights).
Southcliffe is written by Tony Grisoni (Red Riding), produced by Derrin Schlesinger (Four Lions) for Warp Films, and will be the first UK television project for Sean Durkin, director of the 2011 independent US film Martha Marcy May Marlene.
"Southcliffe is a fictional market town inhabited by fictional characters, but with similarities to many actual people and places in Britain today," Grisoni said. "Invisible people, anonymous places. The inexplicable chain of events at the dark heart of this four-part drama shatters time and space for Southcliffe's inhabitants. Violence and sudden bereavement confronts them with emotions they are unequipped to understand. Rather than analyse or moralise about our characters' actions, we share in them. Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness."
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger added: "Tony Grisoni's unique ability to convey the darkness and subtleties of human behaviour is in full evidence in these four brilliant scripts, and I'm delighted that Warp Films and Tony have found a world class director like Sean Durkin to bring them to life."
The four-parter, to be shown next year, explores the fallout from a series of shootings that take place in a single day in a fictional English market town.
Bafta-winning actress Shirley Henderson (Trainspotting, Anna Karenina) is also in the drama's ensemble cast, along with Sean Harris (Prometheus), Anatol Yusef (Boardwalk Empire) and Nichola Burley (Wuthering Heights).
Southcliffe is written by Tony Grisoni (Red Riding), produced by Derrin Schlesinger (Four Lions) for Warp Films, and will be the first UK television project for Sean Durkin, director of the 2011 independent US film Martha Marcy May Marlene.
"Southcliffe is a fictional market town inhabited by fictional characters, but with similarities to many actual people and places in Britain today," Grisoni said. "Invisible people, anonymous places. The inexplicable chain of events at the dark heart of this four-part drama shatters time and space for Southcliffe's inhabitants. Violence and sudden bereavement confronts them with emotions they are unequipped to understand. Rather than analyse or moralise about our characters' actions, we share in them. Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness."
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger added: "Tony Grisoni's unique ability to convey the darkness and subtleties of human behaviour is in full evidence in these four brilliant scripts, and I'm delighted that Warp Films and Tony have found a world class director like Sean Durkin to bring them to life."
Are Sex Scenes Necessary in Film?
Posted by Charles Clark
Sex. Sex. Sex. The promise of which will keep you reading. Why? Because people love sex. Even the most inhibitive of us think about it, fantasize about it, and, as you’ll see, want to watch it.What makes sex so vital to film? What makes it so vital to our culture? Forget that it’s biologically necessary to our very existence; but how about sex as art? Or how about sex as power, or reward? Sex can be freedom or control. I’m sure we can all agree, whether we think it’s playful or sad, or violent, or cleansing, that when two people come together, no matter their preference, they share a bond, a dramatic connection that is pure, magnetic, and animalistic; all coalescing in that one beautiful, crazy moment.
How does this relate to story? When you’re sitting there in your favorite row of your favorite theater, and on the screen is the heroine and her beau, giving each other shy, reluctant looks, sharing intimate little smiles; knowing, as you know, that what they truly want is to navigate their way to the bedroom. But why? What does it add to the story? The answer is simple: drama.
Sex is drama. It is the apex. It is the peak of something and the end of something; it can be hello or goodbye, thus describing the ultimate paradox. Either way, we spend an hour rooting for our characters to come together, whether what stands between them is a war, as in Cold Mountain, or a revolution as in Doctor Zhivago, or perhaps it is the social customs of a particular historical period, which keeps us riveted as Elizabeth Bennet pines for her Mr. Darcy.
A movie without sex or the implication of it is a movie without a soul, a movie that doesn’t say anything. However, sometimes, it not only says something but screams something, especially when it’s graphic. How about Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, or Marsellus Wallace being raped by Zed in Pulp Fiction while Butch, our hero of the scene, creeps down with a samurai sword; or more recently, David Fincher’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Lisbeth Salander’s perpetual abuse by authority figures is a representation of abuse against women in general, a primal scream for the world to wake up! That’s power. That’s a message. That’s saying something.
Whatever the conflict, it is the drama of that moment that captivates us; as in our own lives, the drama of that wanting, that wishing, that hoping, that keeps us dreaming of that one moment, where perhaps that guy or girl sees in us what we watch our heroes see in each other time after time. We want that cinematic moment; a meeting at the end of the pier as the boats pass gently by, a farewell on the platform as the train pulls away; a close of the door and flick of the light, as we lie in the darkness next to that someone, and what we hear is their beautiful breathing and pounding heart and softness of their skin on our fingertips. Maybe it’s just the expression of whatever love means to us, whatever it means to you; that one expression that keeps us wanting, that keeps us longing, that keeps us watching.
Picture this: Photography student Julia Kozerski knows everybody loves a weight loss story so she lost more than 160 pounds and captured it all in the mirrors of dressing rooms.
But what's more interesting, is the series of naked photographs here where the reality of excess skin is not so pretty.
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