* Hermione gone wild. Prepare your magic wand, guys...
Teaser Trailer For Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring' Starring Emma Watson Goes Shopping
"The Bling Ring" steals your jewelry on June 14th. Watch below. [Premiere]
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Jena Malone Will Front ‘Angelica’ Adaptation
Jena Malone is no stranger to the genre. The 29 year old actress has had her hand in numerous horror productions over the years, many of which proved to be surprisingly rewarding films.Malone appeared in Richard Kelly’s psychological mind bender Donnie Darko, was one of four featured faces in the criminally underrated Carter Smith flick The Ruins, and was cast as one of the attractive young ladies of Zack Snyder’s outlandish dark fantasy/action flick, Sucker Punch.
She’s no stranger to dabbling with the macabre, and now she’ll step up for the first time as front-runner of a major horror release. Bye-bye supporting gigs, Jena’s moving on up in the world!
Malone has been tapped to headline Mitchell Lichtenstein’s (who brought forth the controversial but highly entertaining 2007 shock-fest, feminist power-punch, Teeth) latest chiller, Angelica. The story is a cinematic adaptation of best-selling author Arthur Phillips’ novel of the same name.
Look for a psychological thriller set in 1880s London from Angelica. Malone is gearing up to play Constance, a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home.
Phillips’ 2007 novel Angelica unfolded its sexually-charged supernatural mystery from multiple perspectives. His short story Wenceslas Square was adapted by Captain America scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely into a 2009 Black List script now titled City Of Lies. That pic is set up at Endgame with Tim Robbins directing and Ira Glass producing. Phillips is managed by Silver Lake Entertainment and repped by David Colden, Esq. and Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.
No word on when production will get underway for this one, but considering the fact that Malone is currently prepping to leap into two new roles (in Deborah Kampmeier’s Lonely Hunter and Charles Huddleston’s A Doll's House), fans probably shouldn't anticipate seeing this one hit the market in 2013. A release this year isn’t out of the question, but it looks highly unlikely at this stage of the game.
* Here is a movie with potentially to have one of the best nude scenes of 2014 if the script is anything to go by. Jena Malone has been rather stingier with nudity on live-cam than on pictorials. But it's all about to change with her new flick: Angelica directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein from his own script the guy responsible for minor cult classic Teeth with Jess Weixler).
Jena has been acting for more than a decade having entered the biz as a child performer but yet to find the role that will define her career and talent. A role synonymous with her even after she has retired from showbiz years later. Does she wants to be remembered as part of a franchise as one Johanna Mason or is she yearning for something more where she could take sole credit and critically praised for carrying a movie on her own. Angelica script has the potential to provide that in abundance if it's produced by the right people.
Mitchell is going all out to make another offbeat psychological horror (partly inspired by social and sexual underpinnings of 19th.century England) with a drop of outrageousness in making sure Angelica becomes his first mainstream hit albeit with hard R-rating. 29-years old Jena will be his muse just like Jess Weixler was in Teeth. Filming officially started in first week of March.
Nudity synopsis:
Psychological thriller set in 1880s London. Malone plays Constance, a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home. Jena is portraying both mother Constance and daughter Angelica. A challenging characterization for sure even more so considering she has to put on a prim and proper English accent.
Slowly unfolds via a flashback told from Constance POV. Jena will rise to occasion in few attention-getting segments.
[1] A brief clothed sex scene with Joseph - honeymooning in Venice.
[2] and a montage of their love making (nudity assured albeit with fades-out-and-in)
[3] Possible bush during child-birth scene.
[4] Breast nudity by a busty wet-nurse.
[5] Likely brief nudity with another love scene between Joseph and Constance.
[6] Jena Malone finally does her raciest scene yet with an implied BJ on Joseph.
[7] But the best arrives late into the movie. Jena in bed totally nude waiting for her husband to enter the bedroom.
The flick is a combination of Hysteria, Mildred Pierce and The Exorcist via Hammer Productions.
Make sure to follow Jena on her twitter. She will be providing updates on the movie and her role whenever possible. She is scared and at same time gearing to push into a new brave phase in her career. Sweet Jena wants to share the experience with her fans.
And so it begins... #angelicafilm #justabundleofnerves instagr.am/p/WcjffdIhQW/
— Jena Malone (@MaloneJena) March 4, 2013
In rehearsal for my next film. Excited to share with you once I'm allowed!! instagr.am/p/WA3FzsohYY/
— Jena Malone (@MaloneJena) February 22, 2013
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Ellen Hollman : Glamoholic [March 2013]
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Sabine Jablonski is a 360-Turning Topless Glamor Model
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The Jimi Hendrix Biopic Experience: Perpetual Haze
Noe Gold
The road to mounting a Jimi Hendrix biopic has been long and winding, frequently stalled by the roadblock that stood in the way — Experience Hendrix LLC, the estate’s tightly controlled rights and marketing organization, whose CEO is Janie Hendrix, the adopted daughter of Hendrix’s late father — without whose cooperation no Hendrix-penned music can be used in a film.
As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
“All Is By My Side,” shot last summer in Ireland and current in post, is doing exactly that. With Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) starring as Hendrix, Hayley Atwell as his live-in London love Kathy Etchingham and Imogen Poots as Linda Keith, the film focuses on Hendrix’s pre-stardom period in swinging London. The biopic has not received permission from the Hendrix estate to use any of his music, and some of the guitarist’s associates are fuming that they were left out of the loop.
With the help of music supervisor Danny Bramson, who is also a producer, the film is using its cover as an origins story to feature music not written by Hendrix but rather songs by artists including the Beatles, Muddy Waters and Chip Taylor (“Wild Thing”), which Benjamin has recorded for the soundtrack.
You won’t be hearing “The Wind Cries Mary” in this film, and the woman for whom that song was written, Etchingham, is not pleased by the prospect of the film’s release or about how she is portrayed in it. She said she was not consulted about the storyline.
Etchingham said she contacted the filmmakers and offered help but did not get a reply. “I later read in the Independent that Hayley Atwell was playing my character and that I would be portrayed as a ‘wild child’ who swore in every line. I felt that it would not be an accurate portrayal.”
The article she cites describes Atwell’s account of the movie, in which she commented on playing Etchingham as a working-class Mancunian who was a “chain-smoking wild child” with a “tempestuous relationship with Jimi.”
Etchingham’s reaction: “Firstly, I am not from Manchester. I am actually Irish … my father’s family were prosperous Irish landowners and owned property in Dublin and Wexford. They could not be described as working-class. I am not prone to swear all the time. I was not a ‘wild child’ like other ‘rock chicks.’ My friends used to tell me how sensible I was.
“I don’t know where the screenwriter got this misinformation from. I’m sure a good film could be done about his London days, but it would probably be better in collaboration with people who actually knew Jimi personally, like me and Roger Mayer, Madeline Bell, etc.”
Mayer, the former British Navy engineer and close Hendrix personal friend who has been credited with co-creating the guitarist’s signature sound, noted that scenes in the film seem to depict Hendrix as a domestic abuser. “It seems these naughty filmmakers haven’t researched anything properly,” he said.
It has been 43 years since Jimi Hendrix died at the age of 27. To date, only documentaries, such as 1973’s “Jimi Hendrix,” which features the real personalities and live performances of the people in Hendrix’s life, including his father, Al Hendrix, Mick Jagger, bassist Billy Cox and Eric Clapton, have been produced.
Laurence Fishburne was close to mounting a biopic in 1993 based on the David Henderson biography, “‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky” with himself in the title role. But since he could not use Hendrix’s music, the pic never got made. Since then, prospective projects featuring Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and even Prince have failed to cohere.
The most recent project to have tried and failed was a Legendary Pictures effort in 2011 with director Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Ultimatum”) attached. But because the estate would not give Legendary topper Thomas Tull its blessing to use Hendrix songs such as “Foxy Lady,” “Voodoo Child” and “Purple Haze,” Tull opted not to proceed.
Janie Hendrix had this to say at the time: “When we do the Jimi Hendrix feature film bio, we will be involved and in control from the beginning.”
Representatives from Experience Hendrix did not respond to requests for comment.
Janie Hendrix had this to say at the time: “When we do the Jimi Hendrix feature film bio, we will be involved and in control from the beginning.”
Representatives from Experience Hendrix did not respond to requests for comment.
* While it'll be bonus to hear Hayley use f-words with gorgeous abandonment, still waiting on the confirmation if she finally shows her tits in the racy bio-pic.
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Growing Numbers Of Pay TV Subscribers Say They’ll Cut The Cord, But Don’t: Survey
This is a familiar dilemma for pay TV providers: Lots of subscribers who threaten to cancel the service are full of it. The phenomenon shows up clearly in the results of Morgan Stanley’s 3rd Annual Streaming Video Survey, out today. About 17% of pay TV customers in an online poll with 2,500 adults recently said that they’re willing to cut the cord over the next 12 months, with 8% saying that they “definitely” will do so. That would be a catastrophe for most Big Media companies; their profits largely come from cable channels or services. But here’s the thing: 16% gave the same answer last year, and 15% in 2011. And total pay TV subscription numbers remained basically flat. There’s a similar pattern with pay TV customers who say that they’ll cut premium channels this year: 26% recently said they plan to pare back, roughly even with last year (27%) and 2011 (26%). Even so, last year the number of subscribers to HBO, Showtime and Starz was up 4.8%. It’s too bad, because the survey — which has a plus/minus 1.5% margin of error — offers some interesting insights into consumer views about new media. For example, Morgan Stanley found that Netflix subscribers primarily like the service because it’s inexpensive (about $8 a month) and has a lot of content. The number of hours people say they spend each week watching movies on a TV set was up 9% to 5.7, with the biggest growth among 30-to-44-year-olds. And about 40% of viewers say they don’t buy TV shows or movies online because the price is too high.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
EU to vote on porn ban, calls for Internet enforcement
In a severe threat to online freedoms in the region, the European Parliament is set to vote in the next week on "a ban on all forms of pornography in the media."
The European Parliament will vote Tuesday on a proposal that could lead to a blanket ban on pornography in any forms of media with potentially wide-ranging implications for freedom and expression in the 27-member state bloc.Passage of the proposal, "Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU," would allow the EU to help secure the rights for those across the gender spectrum, particularly women. While the report states that there is an "increasingly noticeable tendency...to show provocatively dressed women, in sexual poses," it also notes that pornography is becoming mainstream and is "slipping into our everyday lives as an evermore universally accepted, often idealized, cultural element."
But if adopted, the proposal could infringe certain civil liberties in the 500 million strong population.
Christian Engström, member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Pirate Party, said on his blog that the "devil is in the detail," warning that the wording in an older resolution from 1997 could lead to "statutory measures to prevent any form of pornography in the media."
Dutch MEP for the Socialist Party, Kartika Tamara Liotard, tabled the report in the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) late last year.
In one section of the new report, Liotard calls on the European Union to enforce a blanket ban on pornography in the media of the 27 member states, which could also include online pornography.The report says:
17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism.The scope of "the media" has for years been ill defined and vague at best, but the report specifically includes Internet-related activities. And because the bill encompasses "any media," the belief is by Engström that this will also include the Web, social networks, emails, and include even the photos that European citizens upload.
As Engström notes: "To a certain extent, the exact meaning on this proposed ban on pornography is unclear, since neither the 1997 resolution nor the text we will be voting on next week contains any definition of what is meant by 'in the media.'"
The report goes on:
14. Points out that a policy to eliminate stereotypes in the media will of necessity involve action in the digital field; considers that this requires the launching of initiatives coordinated at EU level with a view to developing a genuine culture of equality on the internet; calls on the Commission to draw up in partnership with the parties concerned a charter to which all internet operators will be invited to adhere;The wording suggests that while Internet service providers may not be forced to comply with the principles of the report, it could give these companies 'policing rights' over their customers, similar to the "six-strike" rule in the U.S. relating to online piracy.
Point 14 also suggests that any kind of sexual content on the Web, such as on open platforms like Twitter, could also be eventually ruled out. Legislation at best can be vague and does not always specify exactly what the bill intends to do.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the U.S., for instance, are two fine examples of how specific and yet so vague some laws can be. In the case of FISA, U.S. authorities have a secret interpretation of the data snooping and wiretapping law, which has yet to be released in an unredacted form to the public.
Worryingly for principles governing the freedom of the press in the region, the report calls on all 27 countries in the EU to create regulatory bodies that could ultimately control and punish the media and companies that use discriminatory advertising, for instance.
19. Calls on the Member States to establish independent regulation bodies with the aim of controlling the media and advertising industry and a mandate to impose effective sanctions on companies and individuals promoting the sexualisation of girls;This initiative report, which will be voted on, is not a draft legislative measure, though it is a report to suggest that legislation should be in the future drafted and voted on.
While at this stage it is merely an opinion formed by a vote in the parliament, this is one of the first ways in which a new draft law could serve as a basis for the European Commission to propose such laws. The European Parliament would then bring it to a vote that could then see the draft ratified into law.
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A handful of new Hemlock Grove images come creeping in
Hot on the heels of yesterday's poster update, we have a bunch of new images from Eli Roth's HEMLOCK GROVE for you to sink your teeth into.
HEMLOCK GROVE focuses on the titular community built around a steel mill. After a young girl is murdered, two of the chief suspects pool their resources to try and find the real killer.Lili Taylor, Landon Liboiron, Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Dougray Scott, Freya Tingley, Aaron Douglas and Penelope Mitchell star. Eli Roth (HOSTEL) took the helm of episode 1 and executive produced the series.
All 13 episodes of the Netflix Original Series HEMLOCK GROVE will hit the streaming service on April 19.
Lorenza Izzo on Hemlock Grove and The Green Inferno
Eli Roth scream queen Lorenza Izzo on screening Cannibal Holocaust in the Amazon
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| Lorenza Izzo, courtesy of tumblr |
What can you tell us about your character in Hemlock Grove?
I can tell you that it starts on April 19 and, of course, it is based on the book by Brian McGreevy. I think it will change the face of horror on television. It is a monster series – and anyone who loves monsters is going to love this. There are a bunch of different monsters in Hemlock Grove. You already have Teen Wolf and you already have Vampire Diaries – so this is totally different. You don’t know what monster you are going to get.
What can you say about your role?
I play a popular high school girl who lives in this small town. Everyone thinks she is cute and innocent. Only I am not all that innocent… in fact I am kind of mischievous [laughs]. Unfortunately, I am murdered, by a monster of course, and it all goes from there. It is my murder which sets off this dark mystery…
Can you talk about the underlying themes of the show and what you think makes it unique?
The theme is that there is a monster within every one of us. It is a really cool show and because it is based on a really good book it is extremely well thought out. It is its own thing but with a lot of the stuff that is ‘in’ with people right now and which young viewers will really want to see. And because it is Eli it is also pretty gruesome [laughs]. The monster effects are really great.
Do you think it has the potential to run and run?
Absolutely – I can’t wait to see where it goes. And I know that they want it to have a future beyond just one season.
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| Sky Ferreira in the first picture for The Green Inferno |
Yeah, sure, we were in the Amazon making it and only finished it recently. I play a student from New York who goes to the Amazon on a protest but our group gets captured by a native tribe and horrible things happen [laughs]. The Green Inferno began when we finished doing Aftershock. Nicolás Lopez, the director of Aftershock, and Eli met a long time ago and they became best friends. I met Nicolás on my first movie, which he directed, and I also met Eli through him. Eli liked me in Aftershock and now I’m the lead in The Green Inferno. We are sort of a little family I guess.
How did you enjoy shooting in the Amazon?
Uhm… It is the sort of place you go to once in your lifetime and then never again [laughs]. We were in the middle of nowhere with tarantulas covering us and heavy rainforest rain. It was five hours of travel to the set every day on a boat. On the Amazon river. We were covered in spiders, I swear we could have died – there were pigs, cows, snakes, you name it. I was covered in bug bites. It is the most insane thing I have ever done in my life and all I know is that I am never ever going back there. You have to go down there to visit, sure, but just once. Never again.
Eli has mentioned that this is his homage to Cannibal Holocaust. Have you seen many of the old Italian cannibal movies?
I cannot say I know a lot about the genre but I was given Cannibal Holocaust to watch. Actually, the kids in the village that we shot The Green Inferno in had never seen a movie before. In fact, they didn’t even have electricity. But guess the movie that they saw before we began the shoot? Cannibal Holocaust. I was really shocked. I said to them, ‘Did you really see that?’ I am serious – I grabbed these seven year old kids, who had never even touched ice let alone seen a movie. I said to them in Spanish, ‘Did you see a movie?’ And they said, ‘Yeah we saw the comedy where they kill a turtle.’
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| Eli Roth, Ariel Levy and Andrea Osvárt in Aftershock |
Oh, it was not Eli who screened the film! No, no – it was the production company. Just to let them know what they were getting into.
What was your reaction to Cannibal Holocaust?
I had to see it twice because I was so shocked the first time I saw it. The first time I hated it but the second time I thought it was amazing. Now I understand Eli’s mind and Nicolás mind.
Eli has since gone on to do stuff for PETA. Yet these old Italian cannibal films are famous for their real torture and killing of live animals. I presume this is not a part of The Green Inferno?
No, no – Eli is completely the opposite, he loves animals. I know he also loves Cannibal Holocaust but it has nothing to do with the animal scenes!
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In House of Lies, Dawn Olivieri plays the wild but smart and savvy Monica Talbot, a top management consultant and highly competitive ex-wife of Don Cheadle’s Marty Kaan. Although Monica has remained competitive with Marty in the show’s second season, Olivieri had to adjust to a new on-set relationship with actress Ronete Levenson, who plays Tessa, Monica’s unexpected love-interest.
When House of Lies returns on March 17 with the episode “Liability”, Olivieri will be dealing with a version of Monica who unravels when her son Roscoe moves out of the house.
The Deadbolt recently caught up with Dawn Olivieri for an exclusive chat about the new direction Monica has taken this season, what it was like to kiss a girl, her character’s emotional state, and working with series star Don Cheadle.
THE DEADBOLT: So, with Monica’s sexual exploration this season, what did you think of the direction?
DAWN OLIVIERI: When I read it, I was like, “Oh, okay!” I was excited. I was excited, as an actress, to play in that world with Monica. With TV, you don’t know what’s coming next. When you get a script and it says she has a girlfriend, you think, “Are we really doing this?”
You’re having those thoughts and the character is also having those thoughts, “Am I really doing this?” It’s fun to have that parallel to the character as she goes through it as well. I love it. I love my job, so I’m pretty much up for anything Monica’s down for.
THE DEADBOLT: What’s it like to kiss a girl? Was that weird for you?
OLIVIERI: No, I’ve kissed a girl before. It’s not my first rodeo. But what was different was, having the experience that Monica had, doing it in a way that wasn’t necessarily out one night on drugs. It was like sitting in the kitchen and just being exhausted with the guys she was seeing then having this person in front on her, this entity, that believes in her, that values her. It was a different circumstance.
THE DEADBOLT: Did you feel that the show needed a bit more of Monica’s less psychotic personal side?
OLIVIERI: Oh, no! Personally, that’s all I want to play. It was more Don [Cheadle]. Even in the script, in the breakdown when I got it, when we first see Monica in the very first episode, her entrance was described as “Monica, but a new Monica. Monica, brighter than we’ve ever seen her. More like Dawn Olivieri in real life.”
So they really went after a piece of me that I’m experiencing right now. Not the girlfriend part but the spiritual, all-embracing part. It was fun for me to play her that way because it was me. It was more me floating around there.
THE DEADBOLT: How do you see Monica as compared to Jerimiah’s comment about her being a “hungry ghost?”
OLIVIERI: I can actually relate to that, even as myself. That exotic belief, that need to be ingratiated and never really getting what you need or what you’re striving for. To be honest, that pretty much describes the majority of western culture. That’s our downfall right there. We’re all one big hungry ghost. The metaphor fits perfectly. Anybody who subscribes to society as that right now may be able to relate to that.
THE DEADBOLT: Do you think Tessa’s more of a diversion for Monica from dealing sobriety and being a mother?
OLIVIERI: I don’t think it’s a diversion. I’d like to think of her as more of a stepping stone, a stepping stool even. I mean, she’s holding Monica up to a place where she wants to be seen. That place where’s she altruistic, right, winning, but winning in a real self sense. I think Tessa was there at the right time and saying the right things.
Monica hears what she’s working for. Everybody wants to hear, “You’re doing a great job and you can do this. This is who you are now. This is the only person I know.” When you’re in that reality with that person, you become their reality. You don’t have to remember who you were before, and you can lose that. It’s the good and the bad. Maybe she sees it as some of the bad but it’s helping Monica be a better person. There’s no right or wrong there.
THE DEADBOLT: What was it like having Matt Damon on the set this season?
OLIVIERI: I was excited but I never got to be on-set with him. I should’ve just gone to set just for the hell of it, to see him and watch him work. I was like, “why didn’t I do that?” I don’t think in terms of big stars. They’re just people to me. Their work is their work, but I wish I had gone. It was a great episode.
THE DEADBOLT: We know how Monica gets along with Marty in the show, but how do you and Don get along in real life?OLIVIERI: It’s great. We have the same thing that Marty and Monica have. We have that spark. We have that thing where we can look across the room and we know what we’re thinking. We have the same perspective.
Maybe that’s why I was cast as Monica. Maybe Don felt that. It’s absolutely something I felt from the cast and working with him. But you never know if it’s just you feeling that way. There’s absolutely always an undercurrent with us, which is so much fun in a scene and great in real life. I really like who he is as a person.
THE DEADBOLT: Is Monica more like you last season, or this season?
OLIVIERI: Monica at the beginning of this season is more familiar to me as I exist at this point in my life. But that’s not to say those other elements of Monica are not pieces of me that are dormant, or pieces of me that I don’t call on, they’re all me. But at the beginning of this season I felt that when I walked on set, I just kept going.
THE DEADBOLT: What can we expect from Monica for the rest of the season?
OLIVIERI: Well, I definitely want to make a note that episode nine is one of my favorites. It’s a very cathartic moment for Monica. I feel there’s a scene in there where she finally figures out exactly who she is and what it means for her to be herself.
House of Lies airs Sunday nights at 10pm ET/PT.
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Girls Gone Wild traveled the entire county in The Search for the Hottest Girl in America. We asked you to cast your votes and after months on the road, we're proud to announce that Brina Moreno is the official winner of HGIA, Season 4. We originally met her in Atlanta, Georgia when she was heating up the dance floor. And after flying her to Hollywood for a celebrity photo shoot, we knew immediately she was going to be a winner. Now you can check out her newest Girls Gone Wild cover shoot, where she gets completely nude. To see what the Hottest Girl in America is hiding underneath her clothes, make sure you check out her sexy, uncensored photos here: http://bit.ly/V5d1GS
* has three different MM profiles [1]. [2]. [3]. Non-nude model but models appearing on GGW usually have nudie past.
Inside ‘House of Lies’ Season 2 with Dawn Olivieri
Actress Dawn Olivieri recently returned to House of Lies on Showtime with Don Cheadle for a second season of wild management consultant drama and comedy.
In House of Lies, Dawn Olivieri plays the wild but smart and savvy Monica Talbot, a top management consultant and highly competitive ex-wife of Don Cheadle’s Marty Kaan. Although Monica has remained competitive with Marty in the show’s second season, Olivieri had to adjust to a new on-set relationship with actress Ronete Levenson, who plays Tessa, Monica’s unexpected love-interest.When House of Lies returns on March 17 with the episode “Liability”, Olivieri will be dealing with a version of Monica who unravels when her son Roscoe moves out of the house.
The Deadbolt recently caught up with Dawn Olivieri for an exclusive chat about the new direction Monica has taken this season, what it was like to kiss a girl, her character’s emotional state, and working with series star Don Cheadle.
THE DEADBOLT: So, with Monica’s sexual exploration this season, what did you think of the direction?
DAWN OLIVIERI: When I read it, I was like, “Oh, okay!” I was excited. I was excited, as an actress, to play in that world with Monica. With TV, you don’t know what’s coming next. When you get a script and it says she has a girlfriend, you think, “Are we really doing this?”
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| Dawn Olivieri (right) shares a close moment with guest actress Ronete Levenson (left) in Season 2 of House of Lies |
OLIVIERI: No, I’ve kissed a girl before. It’s not my first rodeo. But what was different was, having the experience that Monica had, doing it in a way that wasn’t necessarily out one night on drugs. It was like sitting in the kitchen and just being exhausted with the guys she was seeing then having this person in front on her, this entity, that believes in her, that values her. It was a different circumstance.
THE DEADBOLT: Did you feel that the show needed a bit more of Monica’s less psychotic personal side?
OLIVIERI: Oh, no! Personally, that’s all I want to play. It was more Don [Cheadle]. Even in the script, in the breakdown when I got it, when we first see Monica in the very first episode, her entrance was described as “Monica, but a new Monica. Monica, brighter than we’ve ever seen her. More like Dawn Olivieri in real life.”
So they really went after a piece of me that I’m experiencing right now. Not the girlfriend part but the spiritual, all-embracing part. It was fun for me to play her that way because it was me. It was more me floating around there.
THE DEADBOLT: How do you see Monica as compared to Jerimiah’s comment about her being a “hungry ghost?”
OLIVIERI: I can actually relate to that, even as myself. That exotic belief, that need to be ingratiated and never really getting what you need or what you’re striving for. To be honest, that pretty much describes the majority of western culture. That’s our downfall right there. We’re all one big hungry ghost. The metaphor fits perfectly. Anybody who subscribes to society as that right now may be able to relate to that.
THE DEADBOLT: Do you think Tessa’s more of a diversion for Monica from dealing sobriety and being a mother?
OLIVIERI: I don’t think it’s a diversion. I’d like to think of her as more of a stepping stone, a stepping stool even. I mean, she’s holding Monica up to a place where she wants to be seen. That place where’s she altruistic, right, winning, but winning in a real self sense. I think Tessa was there at the right time and saying the right things.
Monica hears what she’s working for. Everybody wants to hear, “You’re doing a great job and you can do this. This is who you are now. This is the only person I know.” When you’re in that reality with that person, you become their reality. You don’t have to remember who you were before, and you can lose that. It’s the good and the bad. Maybe she sees it as some of the bad but it’s helping Monica be a better person. There’s no right or wrong there.
THE DEADBOLT: What was it like having Matt Damon on the set this season?
OLIVIERI: I was excited but I never got to be on-set with him. I should’ve just gone to set just for the hell of it, to see him and watch him work. I was like, “why didn’t I do that?” I don’t think in terms of big stars. They’re just people to me. Their work is their work, but I wish I had gone. It was a great episode.
THE DEADBOLT: We know how Monica gets along with Marty in the show, but how do you and Don get along in real life?OLIVIERI: It’s great. We have the same thing that Marty and Monica have. We have that spark. We have that thing where we can look across the room and we know what we’re thinking. We have the same perspective.
Maybe that’s why I was cast as Monica. Maybe Don felt that. It’s absolutely something I felt from the cast and working with him. But you never know if it’s just you feeling that way. There’s absolutely always an undercurrent with us, which is so much fun in a scene and great in real life. I really like who he is as a person.
THE DEADBOLT: Is Monica more like you last season, or this season?
OLIVIERI: Monica at the beginning of this season is more familiar to me as I exist at this point in my life. But that’s not to say those other elements of Monica are not pieces of me that are dormant, or pieces of me that I don’t call on, they’re all me. But at the beginning of this season I felt that when I walked on set, I just kept going.
THE DEADBOLT: What can we expect from Monica for the rest of the season?
OLIVIERI: Well, I definitely want to make a note that episode nine is one of my favorites. It’s a very cathartic moment for Monica. I feel there’s a scene in there where she finally figures out exactly who she is and what it means for her to be herself.
House of Lies airs Sunday nights at 10pm ET/PT.
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Girls Gone Wild traveled the entire county in The Search for the Hottest Girl in America. We asked you to cast your votes and after months on the road, we're proud to announce that Brina Moreno is the official winner of HGIA, Season 4. We originally met her in Atlanta, Georgia when she was heating up the dance floor. And after flying her to Hollywood for a celebrity photo shoot, we knew immediately she was going to be a winner. Now you can check out her newest Girls Gone Wild cover shoot, where she gets completely nude. To see what the Hottest Girl in America is hiding underneath her clothes, make sure you check out her sexy, uncensored photos here: http://bit.ly/V5d1GS* has three different MM profiles [1]. [2]. [3]. Non-nude model but models appearing on GGW usually have nudie past.
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Today, We Are All Beauty Pageant Winners Who Did Amateur Porn
Chez Pazienza
Several years back I was out with some friends in Fort Lauderdale when I came across a porn star. No, not literally.Our group had decided to go grab sushi at a popular place and as we approached the hostess stand to put our name in for a table, I basically froze in my tracks, my eyes suddenly widening and my gaze fixed directly in front of me. The girlfriend of one of my friends turned to me with a bemused look and tossed out a cliché that was actually perfectly appropriate: "What's the matter with you? You look like you've just seen a ghost." I was honestly speechless, because, as it turned out, it wasn't a ghost I was looking at but someone I'd recently seen naked. Having sex. Pretty damn well, I might add.
"I know that girl," I finally said, still a little dumbstruck. I then shook myself out of my daze, hurriedly dragged my friends off to the side, and explained that the hostess at the sushi restaurant -- the 20-something blonde with the pixie-cut and the tattoo around her bellybutton, visible because of the halter top she was wearing -- had done porn for an amateur website run out of South Florida. (They didn't bother asking how I knew this; they know me.) While my friend's girlfriend tried to get me to approach the hostess and bring up her possibly-secret identity, probably for no other reason than the group's entertainment, I shot it down in a hurry. Yeah, I was in a bit of a state of ecstatic shock -- the kind that I suppose can only come from actually being face-to-face with someone who has no idea that you were their voyeur at one point -- but the last thing I wanted to do was publicly embarrass someone who'd done nothing wrong objectively but still may have done something she regretted. Sure, I watched porn, but I was still kind of a gentleman -- I wasn't going to be a dick to this girl. The fact that she'd had sex on camera, on the Internet, didn't give me carte blanche to hassle her or potentially get her fired from her job.
So I said nothing. We had dinner. I admit that I watched her for a bit out of the corner of my eye. We all went home. Please try to contain yourself and refrain from asking the obvious question about what I did when I got back to my place.
I've been thinking about this little chance encounter quite a bit lately, given the trouble that Melissa King is going through. In case you've wisely unplugged yourself from the Internet over the past week or so, King is the 18-year-old beauty queen who was forced to resign as Miss Delaware Teen USA when it was revealed that she'd done a sex scene for an Internet site that specializes in amateur porn. At first, King denied that the girl in the scene was her, but on Monday the production company behind the site released another clip that must've knocked the wind out of a regret-filled King: It showed her reading a legal release stating that she was Melissa King and that she wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was making the decision to do porn of her own free will. In other words, it pretty much confirmed what many already knew. The girl on the Internet was definitely her.
There are all kinds of facets to this story and a thousand questions raised by it about who we are as a culture, how the Internet and social media feeds our need for personal celebrity, and what the mistakes of youth mean when proof of them is now as far away as your computer and can last forever.
Melissa King shot her porn scene -- which, despite being all smiles for, she admits on-cam was done mostly for the money -- then probably figured she'd just get on with her life. The life she'd planned on having before she decided to have sex on the Internet, basically dropping a landmine into her world that might remain hidden or might very well be stepped on at some point, blowing everything sky-high. It's almost impossible to imagine that as her career in the pageant circuit began to flourish and her dreams began to come true there wasn't always that pit in her stomach, the one that knew it could all end in a second, and, ironically, the more legitimately famous she became the stronger the possibility that her past indiscretion would be dug up and dragged through the streets for all to see. It's a pretty fair bet that, regardless of my surprise encounter at the Lauderdale sushi restaurant, the more anonymous you are in your daily existence, the better the chances you can get away with something like doing porn or having it in your past somewhere. Yes, it can still cause a hell of a headache even for the average person, but when you're not in the spotlight -- particularly for being attractive -- there's a much better chance people won't go looking for it.
I feel bad for King, I really do. She's basically just a kid who did something I guarantee she now regrets completely (and may have regretted long before this). Her life as she had hoped it would be is pretty much in shambles at the moment, but internet fame is a double-edged sword and not necessarily in a bad way. The feeding frenzy mentality that turns someone into the subject of instantaneous media fascination and public gawking leaves the herd constantly craving fresh meat to feed on. Disgrace only lasts for so long in our media culture these days. People move on to something else in a heartbeat and generally forget what had occupied them just a couple of weeks previously; there will be other salacious stories to latch onto and new Melissa Kings to heap judgment on in no time. This girl's life will go on, maybe not the way she had originally planned, but if she stays strong, keeps her wits about her and just barrels through this mess, she'll come out the other side just fine and probably a little wiser.
It would be nice if King's story can be a harsh lesson for today's youth. I did a lot of awful things when I was young, but thankfully no one ever got them on tape. I'd say that I can't imagine where I'd be right now if they had, but I personally made the decision a while ago to embrace all my worst qualities and make my life largely transparent. I'm out there, warts and all for all to see, and without meaning to have kind of, ironically, used openness to insulate myself from unwanted exposure. The unfortunate thing is that, Internet culture being what it is, this may be the only way to survive these days: either don't do anything terrible or accept that there are no secrets anymore and just "shoot the hostage," copping to whatever you've done that you should, by all accounts, be ashamed of. The problem is that even though today's youth are much savvier than we were at my age, they often still don't truly understand the consequences of their actions. They can't look ahead far enough to make the right decision when faced with one that can have repercussions capable of lasting a lifetime.
Melissa King is a living testament to this. Who knows? Right now she may very well be entertaining the notion of taking the giant pile of shit she inadvertently created in her life and spinning it into gold, capitalizing on her sudden notoriety by doing more porn, as she's of course been offered. I suppose you could make the argument that it's a career no more unseemly or exploitative than parading around in your bathing suit for Donald Trump. And turning infamy into fame is the American way these days, after all. Still, this wasn't what King had planned for herself. It wasn't supposed to be this way and, what's more, it didn't have to.
I have no idea whatever happened to that hostess at that sushi restaurant, where her life eventually took her. I know this though: Whether she likes it or not, I can always find her on the Internet.
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Roberts' film gets Tribeca premiere
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| Emma Roberts stars with John Cusack in Adult World |
The 22-year-old actress, the niece of Pretty Woman star Julia, plays a budding poet who takes a job in a local sex shop in Scott Coffey's indie comedy.
Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti's comedy Almost Christmas, Justin Long's romantic comedy A Case Of You, Neil LaBute's drama Some Velvet Morning with Stanley Tucci and Alice Eve, and Clark Gregg's Trust Me starring Sam Rockwell and William H Macy, will also feature at the New York film festival, which was created by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal in 2002.
Byzantium, starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan, will be shown for the first time in the US, while At Any Price, which stars Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid, will have its New York premiere.
Other films premiering at Tribeca include Whoopi Goldberg's documentary I Got Somethin' To Tell You, The English Teacher with Julianne Moore, and Greetings From Tim Buckley, which stars Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley as the young Jeff Buckley.
The Tribeca Film Festival, now in its 11th year, runs in New York from April 17 to 28.
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from Bruno TiezziTwo years ago, model Poonam Pandey declared that she would go nude for the cricket team if India won the T20 world cup. She may not have kept her word, but it did get her noticed. Critics condemned her brazenness at using her assets to get attention. But Pandey remains unapologetic. “I have always been bold, comfortable with my body and sexuality,” she says, and recounts an incident from her school days: “In a race, when we started running, I noticed that other girls were conscious about their flying skirts. I was only concerned with my goal: winning. And I did win.”
The model-turned-actress says that in her forthcoming film Nasha she will fulfill all her “fan’s desires.” She’s already given ‘fans’ a preview of her sexy body via pictures posted on Twitter. And she has absolutely no qualms about it. To naysayers who criticise her for flaunting her sexuality, Poonam scoffs: “I am today’s girl and my generation is bold, so what.”
Like Pandey, Sherlyn Chopra too believes her sexuality offers her a position of power. The model-turned-actress, who became the first Indian woman to pose nude for Playboy, is now set to appear in the buff in her upcoming film Kamasutra 3D. Sherlyn says that she sees herself as a sexual revolutionary, “I am bringing rationality to sexuality. What for others is a position of vulnerability is a position of power for me.”
For item girl-turned-reality star Rakhi Sawant, the journey without connections in the industry may have been “hellish”, but she is proud of her achievements. “Yes, I showed my cleavage and hips. At least, I danced my way to success and did not prostitute myself,” says Rakhi, taking a dig at the heroines who disassociate with their past outings the minute they succeed. “Today they are playing glamorous roles, but their past is dirty and they will never admit to that,” says Rakhi.
Whether it’s Sunny Leone the adult star who made a sizzling debut in Jism2, or aspiring actress Veena Malik, who posed topless for a magazine, these girls with their in-your-face sexuality and brazen attitudes are proving they have got what it takes, and they’re completely unapologetic about using their assets to their advantage.
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But the threat of suspension wasn't enough to dissuade Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition's "Rookie of the Year 2010" Chrissy Teigen from posting her first fully nude pic to Instagram in celebration of surpassing 200,000 followers on Twitter.
In fact, Teigen out-and-out flouted the ban on Instagram nudes, captioning her photo, "If this doesn't get me suspended I dunno what will."
Well, at the time of writing, the post has been up for over 11 hours, and has managed to rack up over 6,500 likes without being removed, so perhaps Instagram only has a problem with unattractive nudes.
Teigen, meanwhile, appears to have not been entirely of sound mind and body when she decided to Instagram that image.
"Shit," she tweeted soon after. "I didn't think it was that bad but I'm on the wine."
The model-turned-actress says that in her forthcoming film Nasha she will fulfill all her “fan’s desires.” She’s already given ‘fans’ a preview of her sexy body via pictures posted on Twitter. And she has absolutely no qualms about it. To naysayers who criticise her for flaunting her sexuality, Poonam scoffs: “I am today’s girl and my generation is bold, so what.”
Like Pandey, Sherlyn Chopra too believes her sexuality offers her a position of power. The model-turned-actress, who became the first Indian woman to pose nude for Playboy, is now set to appear in the buff in her upcoming film Kamasutra 3D. Sherlyn says that she sees herself as a sexual revolutionary, “I am bringing rationality to sexuality. What for others is a position of vulnerability is a position of power for me.”
For item girl-turned-reality star Rakhi Sawant, the journey without connections in the industry may have been “hellish”, but she is proud of her achievements. “Yes, I showed my cleavage and hips. At least, I danced my way to success and did not prostitute myself,” says Rakhi, taking a dig at the heroines who disassociate with their past outings the minute they succeed. “Today they are playing glamorous roles, but their past is dirty and they will never admit to that,” says Rakhi.
Whether it’s Sunny Leone the adult star who made a sizzling debut in Jism2, or aspiring actress Veena Malik, who posed topless for a magazine, these girls with their in-your-face sexuality and brazen attitudes are proving they have got what it takes, and they’re completely unapologetic about using their assets to their advantage.
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Celebrates Twitter Milestone by Violating Instagram TOS with Fully Nude Pic
Instagram's infamous Terms of Service expressly forbid the posting of any "nude, partially nude...pornographic or sexually suggestive photos" by users.But the threat of suspension wasn't enough to dissuade Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition's "Rookie of the Year 2010" Chrissy Teigen from posting her first fully nude pic to Instagram in celebration of surpassing 200,000 followers on Twitter.
In fact, Teigen out-and-out flouted the ban on Instagram nudes, captioning her photo, "If this doesn't get me suspended I dunno what will."
Well, at the time of writing, the post has been up for over 11 hours, and has managed to rack up over 6,500 likes without being removed, so perhaps Instagram only has a problem with unattractive nudes.
Teigen, meanwhile, appears to have not been entirely of sound mind and body when she decided to Instagram that image.
"Shit," she tweeted soon after. "I didn't think it was that bad but I'm on the wine."
* trouble in paradise perhaps with her and John I'm-not-marrying-kind Legend?
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On a hot fall afternoon just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, Antony Starr is busy getting punched in the kidneys, slammed against a wall and kicked in the solar plexus. As he pauses for a breath, a command comes: "Let's work on that strangling again!" Just a typical day on the set of Banshee.
Flash back to late April. On the first day of shooting, the actor playing Starr's opponent in a brawl came at him a bit too strong. "He cracked me in the face and split my lip open," Starr recalls, "but our schedule was so tight, I didn't get to the hospital for six hours." That's when Starr realized just how different filming Cinemax's noirish thriller would be from the comedies and dramas he was used to making in his native New Zealand. "They shot me with painkillers and we kept going," he says with a chuckle. "It was a sign of things to come." Thankfully, Starr, who plays a master thief and ex-con who assumes the identity of a sheriff named Lucas Hood in the titular Pennsylvania small town, survived the 10 episodes with just a few additional bumps and bruises.
Cinemax's first purely original mainstream series (Strike Back and Hunted are British coproductions), Banshee is intended as the new face of the channel — nicknamed "Skinemax" for its previous reliance on soft-core erotica. "Our aim in our rebranding," programming president Kary Antholis admits, "is to find producers, writers and directors who [can create] pulp with sophisticated narratives — what Tarantino, Cronenberg and the Coen brothers are doing with movies."
So when executive producer Alan Ball (True Blood) brought Banshee to the network, Antholis grabbed it. Created by first-time TV writers Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler, the show centers on Lucas' attempt to reunite with his true love and partner in crime, Anastasia (Ivana Milicevic), after having served 15 years for a jewel heist. While he was imprisoned, she fled to Banshee, married the local DA and remade herself as mom Carrie Hopewell. When Lucas tracks her to the town, he decides to hang around and play lawman — the kind who punches first, asks questions later and occasionally steals stuff.
With its brutal violence, extreme villains and graphic sex, Banshee feels like a superior late-night exploitation flick. But, says showrunner Greg Yaitanes, "in the end, it's a love story within a candy-coated action show." The demographics bear this out. Like all of Cinemax's programming, Banshee is aimed primarily at young men, but, according to Antholis, about 35 percent of the audience is women. With an average gross audience of 2.7 million viewers, it's also the network's most popular series. (Cinemax has ordered 10 more episodes for 2014.)
Antholis hopes the show's numbers and positive reviews will help convince the likes of Comcast and DirecTV to push the network in their premium packages. "Our mission," he says, "[is] to give them a narrative, to say to them that Cinemax is on the map with original programming."
Hoping to immerse fans into the world of Banshee, the network has gone multiplatform with the comic book Banshee Origins, social media extensions and 13 prequel webisodes.
The season's penultimate episode, airing this week, opens with Carrie bleeding in Lucas' car after killing the thug her father, Ukrainian mob boss Rabbit (Ben Cross), sent to bring her back to him. Her dad blames Lucas for the theft of his cache of diamonds and even more for the theft of his daughter's affections. As Carrie recovers, Milicevic says, "Ana, the woman she once was, starts to seep through her pores. When she learns her family is in danger from Rabbit and his men, she becomes Mama Bear, a vigilante."
It's not just Rabbit who has Lucas in his crosshairs. There's also Banshee's sadistic formerly Amish crime boss, Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen), and Carrie's husband, Gordon (Rus Blackwell), a war hero. "The love triangle between Lucas, Carrie and Gordon," Yaitanes says, "has come to a head."
But Lucas' toughest challenge is saved for the March 15 finale. "He faces a test that makes him examine who he really is," Starr says, "and what he is willing to do to protect those he loves. For any action, there's a reaction. We let it all hang out in the last episode."
Do they ever. Back on set in Charlotte, the deafening sound of gunfire ricochets through the location, a long-abandoned mill. The body count rises as opposing armies of gunmen train their Glocks and Remingtons on each other. Some are there to rescue a kidnapped comrade; others are seeking revenge. "Like a contemporary Western, it's the bad guy coming to town with his mob," Starr says. "It's an epic finale."
Despite the shocking conclusions to some storylines, Yaitanes promises to keep the tension high when the show returns for Season 2. And those who have read the comic will recognize a new antagonist for Lucas: a federal agent sent to investigate the violence-prone town. His name is Jim Racine, and he also knows all about Rabbit and his gang.
He just shouldn't expect anyone to put out a welcome mat.
Banshee airs Fridays at 10/9c on Cinemax.
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Inside Cinemax's Bloody Hit Banshee
On a hot fall afternoon just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, Antony Starr is busy getting punched in the kidneys, slammed against a wall and kicked in the solar plexus. As he pauses for a breath, a command comes: "Let's work on that strangling again!" Just a typical day on the set of Banshee.Flash back to late April. On the first day of shooting, the actor playing Starr's opponent in a brawl came at him a bit too strong. "He cracked me in the face and split my lip open," Starr recalls, "but our schedule was so tight, I didn't get to the hospital for six hours." That's when Starr realized just how different filming Cinemax's noirish thriller would be from the comedies and dramas he was used to making in his native New Zealand. "They shot me with painkillers and we kept going," he says with a chuckle. "It was a sign of things to come." Thankfully, Starr, who plays a master thief and ex-con who assumes the identity of a sheriff named Lucas Hood in the titular Pennsylvania small town, survived the 10 episodes with just a few additional bumps and bruises.
Cinemax's first purely original mainstream series (Strike Back and Hunted are British coproductions), Banshee is intended as the new face of the channel — nicknamed "Skinemax" for its previous reliance on soft-core erotica. "Our aim in our rebranding," programming president Kary Antholis admits, "is to find producers, writers and directors who [can create] pulp with sophisticated narratives — what Tarantino, Cronenberg and the Coen brothers are doing with movies."
So when executive producer Alan Ball (True Blood) brought Banshee to the network, Antholis grabbed it. Created by first-time TV writers Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler, the show centers on Lucas' attempt to reunite with his true love and partner in crime, Anastasia (Ivana Milicevic), after having served 15 years for a jewel heist. While he was imprisoned, she fled to Banshee, married the local DA and remade herself as mom Carrie Hopewell. When Lucas tracks her to the town, he decides to hang around and play lawman — the kind who punches first, asks questions later and occasionally steals stuff.
With its brutal violence, extreme villains and graphic sex, Banshee feels like a superior late-night exploitation flick. But, says showrunner Greg Yaitanes, "in the end, it's a love story within a candy-coated action show." The demographics bear this out. Like all of Cinemax's programming, Banshee is aimed primarily at young men, but, according to Antholis, about 35 percent of the audience is women. With an average gross audience of 2.7 million viewers, it's also the network's most popular series. (Cinemax has ordered 10 more episodes for 2014.)
Antholis hopes the show's numbers and positive reviews will help convince the likes of Comcast and DirecTV to push the network in their premium packages. "Our mission," he says, "[is] to give them a narrative, to say to them that Cinemax is on the map with original programming."
Hoping to immerse fans into the world of Banshee, the network has gone multiplatform with the comic book Banshee Origins, social media extensions and 13 prequel webisodes.
The season's penultimate episode, airing this week, opens with Carrie bleeding in Lucas' car after killing the thug her father, Ukrainian mob boss Rabbit (Ben Cross), sent to bring her back to him. Her dad blames Lucas for the theft of his cache of diamonds and even more for the theft of his daughter's affections. As Carrie recovers, Milicevic says, "Ana, the woman she once was, starts to seep through her pores. When she learns her family is in danger from Rabbit and his men, she becomes Mama Bear, a vigilante."
It's not just Rabbit who has Lucas in his crosshairs. There's also Banshee's sadistic formerly Amish crime boss, Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen), and Carrie's husband, Gordon (Rus Blackwell), a war hero. "The love triangle between Lucas, Carrie and Gordon," Yaitanes says, "has come to a head."
But Lucas' toughest challenge is saved for the March 15 finale. "He faces a test that makes him examine who he really is," Starr says, "and what he is willing to do to protect those he loves. For any action, there's a reaction. We let it all hang out in the last episode."
Do they ever. Back on set in Charlotte, the deafening sound of gunfire ricochets through the location, a long-abandoned mill. The body count rises as opposing armies of gunmen train their Glocks and Remingtons on each other. Some are there to rescue a kidnapped comrade; others are seeking revenge. "Like a contemporary Western, it's the bad guy coming to town with his mob," Starr says. "It's an epic finale."
Despite the shocking conclusions to some storylines, Yaitanes promises to keep the tension high when the show returns for Season 2. And those who have read the comic will recognize a new antagonist for Lucas: a federal agent sent to investigate the violence-prone town. His name is Jim Racine, and he also knows all about Rabbit and his gang.
He just shouldn't expect anyone to put out a welcome mat.
Banshee airs Fridays at 10/9c on Cinemax.
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Miss Alabama USA Mary Margaret McCord talks Katherine Webb, bikinis and Alabama football
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| Miss Alabama USA 2013 Mary Margaret McCord will appear at Fashion Week Alabama in Huntsville. |
And Mary Margaret McCord wore that dress when she won Miss Alabama USA 2013 pageant in December at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre.
"I won Miss Alabama in it, but it means more than that," McCord says of the dress. "I worked so hard to get that. And that was something I didn't want my parents to have to pay for, so I worked and paid it off myself. It wasn't cheap, but it was my dream dress and I got the chance to design it basically from scratch."
A Gadsden native, McCord is a 23-year-old brunette with smoldering chestnut eyes who stands about five-foot-seven and talks in a sweet-sounding voice. She's studying for her master's in marketing at the University of Alabama.
On a recent afternoon, McCord is at a photo shoot in a Birmingham home for Miss USA head shots. She'll compete in the pageant this June in Las Vegas.
Today, McCord's rocking big hair and a fully-beaded cocktail dress. She's set to appear at Fashion Week Alabama's VIP Red Carpet Reception 6 p.m. March 9 at the Von Braun Center East Hall (700 Monroe St.), where she'll speak and do some runway modeling.
Mary Margaret, the Miss USA Alabama pageant includes as swimsuit competition. What do you do to keep from being nervous before modeling a swimsuit in front of so many people?
Honestly, I don't get nervous for the swimsuit. That's my favorite part of the competition. And I really didn't get nervous this year, I hate to admit that but I guess the third time is easier. [McCord competed in the Miss Alabama USA 2011 and 2012 pageants, finishing runner-up to Katherine Webb in the latter.] I really don't like opening numbers ... I didn't get nervous, but that's my least favorite part of the completion.
Why is the swimsuit part your favorite?
I just like it because there's more energy to it than evening gown and you get to be a little more playful. It's more like a runway show than anything.
When you go back home to Gadsden, what's something you always try to make sure to do, besides hang with family and friends?
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You just turned 23. What do you want to be doing when you're 33?
Honestly, I don't have a specific career I want to pursue, but with marketing you can go a lot of different ways. I'll probably start out in a sales role, maybe medical sales. After Miss USA, I'll probably move to Nashville. It's just a city I'm interested in going next. But I don't limit myself and say, "This is where I want to be in 10 years"; I just kind of say, "The world is open for me to do whatever and opportunities will come" and kind of keep an open mind about it.
Growing up, your nickname was "Taz." How'd you get it?
I'm the youngest child, and I think the youngest child is always known for being a little more rambunctious. I guess I liked to get a lot of attention so I would run around and scream with my arms in the air. That's why they nicknamed me Taz, because I reminded them of the ("Looney Tunes" cartoon character) Tasmanian Devil.
What kind of rapport do you have with your Miss Alabama USA predecessor Katherine Webb, whose fame has really skyrocketed over the last few months?
I actually am very good friends with Katherine. The year she won I was her first runner-up, and she was one of the girls I really bonded with and we kept in touch. She was so sweet and kind to me. After I won, she was so excited because she knew me and knew I'd carry on the title as an honor as high as she did. Whenever she's in town, she'll give me a call and I'm supposed to be meeting up with her soon because I told her I needed a lot of advice before I competed at Miss USA. She has been so helpful and given me any information I needed. I couldn't ask for a better person to follow in their footsteps.
What kind of preparation, maybe something most people wouldn't expect, are you doing for the Miss USA pageant?
A lot of people don't realize we're there for three weeks. And so not only am I training physically and mentally, but I'm also about to pack probably eight suitcases full of stuff to go to Miss USA for three weeks.
You recently did a signing with former University of Alabama football standouts D.J. Fluker and Jessie Williams. What sort of stuff did you talk about when you were hanging out with them?
Most of the time we were there we were signing autographs and talking with fans, so we didn't really talk about anything specific. We just joked around. My mom and sister were there and asking them multiple questions about the Alabama football team. Jessie did tell me he wanted to wear my crown so maybe more people would want their picture taken with him. [Laughs.]
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| Miss Alabama USA 2013 Mary Margaret McCord. |
They found it when I was three weeks old, so I've had it since I was born. I have to visit the heart doctor every two to four years. I do find myself getting tired at the gym or working out. When I was on dance line, I would sit down more often than the other girls would, but it's not something that hinders me in any way. I just tell people it's a unique thing about me. And if you listen to my heart, it sounds different than anyone else's, so I kind of joke around and say I beat to a different drum.
You played the trumpet for seven years as a kid. What was your jam on the trumpet?
[Laughs.] Oh, there wasn't one I could play extremely well, but we did a concert where it was all "Phantom of the Opera" music and I love musicals so that was probably my favorite thing ever to play.
Who's a famous person whose personal style you admire?
Um, I'm really bad at following celebrity fashions, but if I had to pick someone I'd probably pick Audrey Hepburn, just because she has a very classic style and a lot of the things I keep in my closet are plain and simple, but I'll find ways to change it with jewelry or different types of accessories. I think I probably relate to (Hepburn) most style-wise. Very tailored and structured clothes.
Obviously, you're very beautiful. Are there any ways you can tell if someone is being nice to you just because of that or if they're being genuine?
[Laughs.] It's actually very easy to tell. As a woman, you grow up and you learn to tell what people really want.
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Slackerwood: What was your casting experience like for Loves Her Gun? How did you hear about the film?
Trieste Kelly Dunn: Geoff sent me a Facebook message about it. It sounded really exciting. Then he sent me an outline and I got even more excited. Then he said he wanted to improvise the dialogue and I got terrified.
What is your favorite aspect of the character of Allie?
Dunn: I love that she's a mess. I think she's trapped in her anxiety and, really, her imagination. She's not a "nice girl" with an even temperment. It's fun playing someone who isn't "likable."
As an actress you're often told things like [be] more sweet, smile more, flirt more, be warmer. Fuck that. That's not the whole picture. That usually comes from network TV directors who need you to play into an idea of how they think women ought to be or what they think viewers want to see.
It's nice not having to do that sort of acting in independent films. At this moment in her life, I like that [Allie] is a fuck up and makes bad choices and isn't reasonable. What's the fun of being reasonable? Reasonable is not fun for an actor.
How long were you in Austin for the project? Where were your favorite places to hang out off the set?
Dunn: Oh man. Where do I begin? I love Austin. The weird tradition of floating down a river with a tube full of beer has to be one of the best things ever invented.
Also, one night at Cheer Up Charlies they played country music. There were cowboys and hipsters and everything else and everyone was doing the two-step. So great!! Dying for another night like that in Texas. Brooklyn would try and make something like that happen but it wouldn't be authentic.
Are there any other projects you've worked on recently that you want to tell us about?
Dunn: I'm on a new TV series for Cinemax called Banshee. We start shooting the second season in a month. I haven't read any new eps yet, but I hear I get to do some crazy stuff so I'm very excited. I also have an arc on a series that's airing right now on CBS called Golden Boy.
Have you been to SXSW before? Any event (doesn't have to be film-related) you're looking forward to?
Dunn: I have been to SXSW before and I am totally overwhelmed by the amount of things I want to see and do!!!! Tell me what to do!
Loves Her Gun screens four times at SXSW -- encore screenings are on Monday at 1:45 pm at Topfer Theatre, Tuesday at 11:15 am at Alamo Drafthouse Village, and Friday at 4 pm at Topfer.
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Austin at SXSW 2013: Trieste Kelly Dunn 'Loves Her Gun'
By Elizabeth Stoddard on March 8, 2013
The latest film from Austin director Geoff Marslett, Loves Her Gun, has its world premiere at SXSW, screening tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:30 pm at Violet Crown (screening info). Actress Trieste Kelly Dunn stars as Allie, a troubled woman who heads to Austin after surviving an attack in NYC.
Dunn herself is a native of Utah, attended North Carolina School for the Arts and is now a resident of Brooklyn. Before the rush of the film festival starts, she talked with us via email about getting to play a female character who isn't reasonable, going tubing in Texas, and more.
Trieste Kelly Dunn: Geoff sent me a Facebook message about it. It sounded really exciting. Then he sent me an outline and I got even more excited. Then he said he wanted to improvise the dialogue and I got terrified.
What is your favorite aspect of the character of Allie?
Dunn: I love that she's a mess. I think she's trapped in her anxiety and, really, her imagination. She's not a "nice girl" with an even temperment. It's fun playing someone who isn't "likable."
As an actress you're often told things like [be] more sweet, smile more, flirt more, be warmer. Fuck that. That's not the whole picture. That usually comes from network TV directors who need you to play into an idea of how they think women ought to be or what they think viewers want to see.
It's nice not having to do that sort of acting in independent films. At this moment in her life, I like that [Allie] is a fuck up and makes bad choices and isn't reasonable. What's the fun of being reasonable? Reasonable is not fun for an actor.
How long were you in Austin for the project? Where were your favorite places to hang out off the set?
Dunn: Oh man. Where do I begin? I love Austin. The weird tradition of floating down a river with a tube full of beer has to be one of the best things ever invented.
Also, one night at Cheer Up Charlies they played country music. There were cowboys and hipsters and everything else and everyone was doing the two-step. So great!! Dying for another night like that in Texas. Brooklyn would try and make something like that happen but it wouldn't be authentic.
Are there any other projects you've worked on recently that you want to tell us about?
Dunn: I'm on a new TV series for Cinemax called Banshee. We start shooting the second season in a month. I haven't read any new eps yet, but I hear I get to do some crazy stuff so I'm very excited. I also have an arc on a series that's airing right now on CBS called Golden Boy.
Have you been to SXSW before? Any event (doesn't have to be film-related) you're looking forward to?
Dunn: I have been to SXSW before and I am totally overwhelmed by the amount of things I want to see and do!!!! Tell me what to do!
Loves Her Gun screens four times at SXSW -- encore screenings are on Monday at 1:45 pm at Topfer Theatre, Tuesday at 11:15 am at Alamo Drafthouse Village, and Friday at 4 pm at Topfer.
* you guys have to watch the vid...hot sexy babes (with tush
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