Injured Extra in 'Transformers 3'

 

The production company filming “Transformers 3” has decided to cancel plans to shoot the final scenes in Chicago when  a bank teller working as an extra was seriously injured this week.
The filming of the action movie was set to finish on  Thursday, with final scenes being shot at Millennium Park, the city said. However, plans were scrapped when  Gabriela Cedillo, 24, was hit in the head Wednesday night while filming in Hammond, Ind.
“ ‘Transformers’ has completed their filming in Chicago,” said Richard Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office in the Mayor’s Office of Special Events. “The filming that was canceled was not rescheduled.”
According to relatives, Cedillo is still unconscious Friday, in serious but stable condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
Meanwhile, the production company  has issued  a statement saying, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Gabriela, her family and loved ones. We are looking into what caused the accident.”
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration started an investigation into the incident. OSHA must first determine whether Cedillo, as a paid extra, was hired as an independent contractor or as an employee. If she was hired as an employee, OSHA would have jurisdiction.
“We're looking into the general circumstances that led to the accident and the employment status of the victim,” Lotter said. “Once we determine the circumstances, we will look into if there were safety violations or training issues.”
Cedillo was hurt while  the movie crew filmed a scene in Hammond that has drivers moving along a busy highway as explosions went off in the opposite lane. A metal object struck through the windshield of her car and struck her in the head.
Her car did not stop, as it skidded along the inner median concrete barrier for about a mile before coming to a halt, Indiana state police said.
 

The Expendables still #1 at the Box Office

 

You have to give it up for Sylvester Stallone and his mercenary muscle man in The Expendables. The movie  reportedly topped again this weekend’s box office,  and this is the second week in a row, earning another $16.5 million.
Following Expendables is the Twilight spoof Vampires Suck with $12.2 million.
In third place is Julia Roberts' flick Eat Pray Love with $12 million, followed by the urban comedy flick Lottery Ticket, which pulled in a healthy $11.1 million.
The Other Guys starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s  rounded out the top 5 with $10.1 million while the remake Piranha 3D met expectations, placed at No. 6 with $10.0 million.
The Jennifer Aniston-Jason Bateman comedy The Switch was unable to attract moviegoers, ranking at #8 with $8.1 million.
 

Trailer Debut of Natalie Portman's "Black Swan"

The first trailer for "Black Swan," which was launched online Tuesday, appears to be aballet-themed flick which is not a usual type dance movie.
In the Darren Aronofsky-directed thriller, Natalie Portman portrays the role of Nina, a rising star in the New York City ballet scene who's granted the lead role in her company's production of "Swan Lake." However, her position went shaky when a new dancer, Lily, played by Mina Kunis, joins the picture.
As the two build a twisted relationship, Nina's life pirouettes out of control and is left to face a daunting question. Is her rival Lilly even real or just a delusion?
The last scene of the trailer gives a glimppse of a curiously chilling end as Portman pulls a tiny black feather from a wound on her back.
"Black Swan" also includes stars Vincent Cassel ("Ocean's Twelve"), Barbara Hershey ("The Last Temptation of Christ") and Winona Ryder.
The film is scheduled to be released on Dec. 1, but will first premiere on the opening night of this year's Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 1.
 

“Shrek 2” bumped off the top spot by Woody and the gang

The green ogre’s second outing ceased to be on the No. 1 spot for the top-grossing animated film of all time after Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” raked in $920 million at the global box office.  “Shrek 2” held the spot for several years after earning $919.8 million in 2004.
The latest installment of the “Toy Story” franchise about also holds the prestige as Disney’s fourth most successful movie, following “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) at number 1 with $1.07 billion, “Alice in Wonderland” (2010) at second with $1.02 billion, and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (2007) at third with $961 million.
Released on June 18, “Toy Story 3” will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 2.

Angelina Jolie to play Marilyn Monroe?

Actress Angelina Jolie looks stunning during  UK film premiere of her new spy thriller, Salt, held at London’s Empire Leicester Square on Monday August 16.
Jolie, 35, donned in a powder-colored Amanda Wakeley dress with Ferragamo nude patent peep-toe shoes with platform and metal heel.
According to reports,Angie will  play Marilyn Monroe in an adaptation of the novel “The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe,” a chronicle of the last two years of Marilyn’s life through the eyes of her pet pooch, Maf.
When asked about the Marilyn rumors, Angie answered on the red carpet, “I don’t know, it’s a rumor right now. You’ll probably know before me!”
 

'Expendables' beats 'Eat Pray Love' over the Weekend

It's rather obvious that Men dominated the box office this weekend.
Sylvester Stallone’s manly fueled Expendables against Julia Roberts’ Eat Pray Love, it was the Expendables that  won the weekend easily.
Grossing $35 million, it was a crucial victory for Lionsgate. However, Eat Pray Love was not bad  either, depite its limited appeal to men, it grossed an estimated $23.7 million, making it Roberts’ highest opening as a leading lady after 2001′s America’s SweethearT
Meanwhile, the new release, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, had a tougher time linking with audiences. The Michael Cera-starrer got only $10.5 million, far cry than the studio had expected. The film from British director Edgar Wright, had a budget of $60 million, was a asuccess at Comic-Con that did not materialized to the real world.
Summer is about to be over. Next weekend, let's see how Piranha 3-D fares against the return of Nanny McPhee.
 

Rihanna’s new gig: Acting

Grammy award-winning Pop/R&B singer Rihanna will be making her movie debut in the sci-fi action flick “Battleship,” which is inspired by a classic board game where one player blindly attempts to destroy his opponent’s ships strategically placed in a 10x10 grid.  Filming will reportedly begin on August 30 in Hawaii.

Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) and Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights and X-Men Origins: Wolverine) will also appear in the movie as brothers and naval officers who must protect the world from alien invaders.  The movie will be directed by Peter Berg, who also helmed the 2008 superhero film Hancock, and produced by .

“Battleship” hits screens on May 2012.

Russell Brand, Is he an Underwear Model Material?

Comedian/actor not to mention the very fortunate man to capture Katy Perry's eyes, has thought of something crazy again.

Russell Brand  waltzes out of St. Bart’s Church donned in a bright pair of blue and purple underwear and a pair of socks on Tuesday July 27 on New York City’s Upper East Side.

But this antic move is for his upcoming movie, and he was shooting new scenes for "Arthur".

Jennifer Garner his co-star is  a wealthy heiress who’s apprehensive about her modest background and is set to marry the title character (Brand) in an arranged marriage.

Cast of 'Avengers' Completed

Marvel Studios has finally  completed its A-list "Avengers". Earlier rumored,  Mark Ruffalo indeed took the Hall H stage as your latest Hulk. The completion of casting was  just in time for a group pic.

The Con's Marvel panel "superheroes" who brought excitment to the crowd were:

Robert Downey Jr.,
Clark Gregg
Scarlett Johansson
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Evans
Samuel L. Jackson
Jeremy Renner
Mark Ruffalo
director Joss Whedon
Marvel Studios' President/producer Kevin Feige.

Reportedly, Downey expressed his views on Leonardo's latest movie "Inception" by praising Christopher Nolan but  he said to the crowd by saying "The Avengers" would be even more mind-blowing.

While Director Whedon, taking the opposite tack, merely told the crowd: "I am going to blow it."

Vanessa Hudgens at Comic-Con 2010

Actress Vanessa Hudgens was spotted at Comic-Con 2010 today, plays one of the other realities for the main characters and is known as 'Blondie.'

The actress arrived came in sporting a cute black dress and finished with simple pair of heels.
There, she also spoke to fans about her role in the film to give a better understanding of her character.

Zack Snyder described the movie 'Sucker Punch' as "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns" in the past which would include dragons, B-52 bombers and brothels. Snyder's wife and producing partner Deborah Snyder concludes, "in the end, it's about this girl's survival and what she needs to do to be able to cope."

Angelina Jolie with Brad Pitt at SALT Premiere

Brad Pitt was with his leading lady, Angelina Jolie, at the premiere of her new spy thriller, SALT.

The premiere was at LA’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Monday July 19.

Brad, 46, looked so dashing in his Tom Ford suite while Angie, 35, kept it sexy and short in a black Emporio Armani dress. She also wore  Ferragamo shoes, an Asprey bracelet and earrings of her own keeping it simple yet sexy.

Aside from Brad, Angie’s dad and brother, actors Jon Voight and James Haven, was also present to show their support.

Salt, which co-stars Liev Schreiber, will open  this Friday July 23.

Angie is scheduled to guest  at Comic-Con on Thursday.

Leonardo's ‘Inception’ Surpasses Box-Office Dreams

'Inception' has proven that movies don’t have to be in sequels or even animated to do wonders when it comes to  box-office business during the summer.

“Inception,” is described as a complex dramatic thriller about dream invasion. It was at No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend with $60.4 million in ticket sales.

That number of sales gave the star of “Inception,” Leonardo DiCaprio, the biggest opening of his career. (While “Titanic,” which starred Mr. DiCaprio, went on to become one of the highest-grossing films ever made, it took in $28 million on its first weekend.)

According to Dan Fellman, president for domestic distribution at Warner Brothers,“Being original and fresh and different matters in this marketplace, and this movie had all of those things.”

“Inception,”  won mostly positive reviews from critics. This movie was written and directed by Christopher Nolan, the cinematic powerhouse behind films like “The Dark Knight” and “Memento.”

Leonardo DiCaprio Talks about 'Inception'

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio shares his opinion on his latest movie 'Inception'. He admits that it's not a script he managed to grasp first time round.

"It took multiple reads," says DiCaprio. "But it really was about being able to sit down with Chris Nolan and delve into his mind."

Inception is Nolan's cerebral sci-fi follow-up to his Batman epic The Dark Knight, which has gainedmore than $1bn at the global box office.

DiCaprio plays  Dom Cobb, the leader of a team of thieves who raid secrets from other people's dreams.

Other cast includes Sir Michael Caine, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard.

The movie is a sure bet action packed taking place within dream worlds. There is bunch of scope for some eye-popping set-pieces.

You will see a freight train appearing out of nowhere on a busy Los Angeles street. A whole city folds itself over like a paper.

Even for a film set in several dream worlds, Nolan  has kept computer tricks balanced, not really overdoing it.

There was a  scene, where DiCaprio and Ellen Page  are sitting outside a Paris cafe when the whole street explodes around them, while the actors were right in the middle of it.

"We were there," confirms DiCaprio. "He doesn't use a lot of green screen - he's a very cutting-edge film maker, but he's very old school in his approach. He immerses his actors right into those environments and makes you react as if you were there."

Several of the sets were built to spin and tilt to attain some of the film's zero gravity scenes. When asked how it feels to be thrown around?

"There was a long dialogue between Cillian and myself - four or five pages - and the whole set was on hydraulics. It gave a whole sense of urgency to the scene.

DiCaprio has dealt and worked with several of the greatest directors on the planet: Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island), James Cameron (Titanic) and Steven Spielberg (Catch Me If You Can).

So when asked how was it with Nolan? the actor answered, "There's a certain calm and ease that he has," says DiCaprio.

"You'd think that someone who's been able to pull of such ambitious high concept films would be frenetic and mad, but the man simply knows what he's doing.

"I remember watching Memento and Insomnia years and years ago and being fascinated by the multi-dimensional plot structures that unfolded before my eyes."

Inception is out in the UK on the 16th of July.

Shia LaBeouf & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers' set

Actor Shia LaBeouf came to  the set with co-star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to shoot scenes for Transformers 3 at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 13.

The "Transformers" actor will fly soon to his next location as he is also scheduled to finish filming in Chicago for the new movie.

A recent poll has  named Shia as one of the hottest actors under 25 years of age.

The reader’s poll showed in this June’s InStyle magazine has Shia following Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Zac Efron on the list.

Ryan Reynolds' First Look as Green Lantern

Here's what  Ryan Reynolds as the green superhero Green Lantern, looks like.

Here are Reynolds' comedic views:

Opinion on the perils of flying at high speed: “The first time you do it, you’re deeply considering an adult diaper.”

Views on maintaining a monk-like diet: “It’s all part of the job, so I guess I can’t complain. You spend one day a week eating what you want and the other six days eating drywall and wood chips.”

His say about wife Scarlett Johansson playing the role as Black Widow in the Iron Man franchise: “We have a lot of comic books lying around the house – more than the average young married couple.”

Lastly, on his face being plastered on green-hued products everywhere: “There’ll be the Green Lantern hubcaps. The Green Lantern terry-cloth onesie. The Green Lantern prostate check.”

Green Lantern is scheduled to be released on June 17, 2011. The movie was directed by Martin Campbell  of Casino Royale, together with co-stars Tim Robbins, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard.

Meanwhile, Reynolds was reported getting injured in Green Lantern set. However,according to reports, it was only a minor injury in his shoulder.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Shows Toned Tummy

Gorgeous Rosie Huntington-Whiteley  can't help but flaunt  her toned tummy when she  took a break from filming Transformers 3 on Friday (July 2) in Culver City, Calif.

The 23-year-old Victoria's Sectret model and actress sported a sexy white dress as she filmed with Shia LaBeouf later in the day.

Rosie was featured in shots for Burberry’s Fall/Winter 2010 campaign. To see the video of the ad campaign, see for yourself.


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Hayden Panettiere Spotted On the Set of 'Scream 4'

After getting the cast of "Scream 4", Hayden Panettiere has been finally snapped on the set of the movie.

Sporting a black jacket matching it  with a short skirt and  black stockings, the former "Heroes" star was spotted shooting the scene set at Woodsboro High School.

Earlier on the production of this month, Panettiere was accompanied with the new cast member Emma Roberts.

The blond star will be expected to start shooting the fourth "Scream" installment on July 5 at Woodworth Middle School in Ternes St Dearborn, MI which was made into Woodsboro High School for the production.

In the brand new installment of "Scream" movie series, Hayden Panettiere's  role is a nerdy film geek who is a best friend of Jill, played by Emma Roberts.

Original cast members were reprised by Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette  in their respective roles in the upcoming movie.

Leighton Meester Spotted at Monaco Beach

Not that she was dating or anything, but she was there because of work.

"Gossip Girl" star was seen filming "Monte Carlo" in France for few days. Leighton Meester together with the production, went in another country. She has been photographed shooting the film in Monaco, Italy with her male co-star Luke Bracey On Friday,  June 25, .

Meester donned a purple one-piece topped with a peach-colored robe. Meanwhile the Aussie hunk, shows his abs as he is shirtless. In their snaps, the two were standing face to face while filming their scenes. Selena Gomez and Katie Cassidy who joined Meester in Paris were not visible during the filming.

"Monte Carlo" follows a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris, accompanied by her future, uptight stepsister. When one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, they are caught up in a whirlwind of attention and find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.

The film is set to distribute  on theaters across the U.S. on February 2, 2011.

Glimpse of your favorite star in Twilight Eclipse Premiere

The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival held at Nokia Theatre on Thursday,June 24 flooded with good looking casts of Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

First on the list is the beautiful lead star Kristen Stewart,



Kristen Stewart, 20 is looking hot on the black carpet in her white one-sleeve embroidered wool mini dress with a cut out at the back from Elie Saab.



Robert Pattinson stands out, as usual, in a bright marroon suit from  Gucci  on the black carpet. He brought his two sisters Lizzy and Victoria as his dates for the evening. An awesome brother he is.



Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard and Julia Jones all looking fab on the black carpet at the premiere of their new movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Dakota donned a beige lace one shoulder cocktail dress from Elie Saab with matching spiky Christian Loboutin shoes. Bryce sported in a gorgeous yellow Christian Dior gown.

Julia wore a gorgeous Marchesa dress, Brian Atwood pumps, Judith Leiber clutch and Chopard jewels



Ashley, 23, wore an  Alexis Mabille Couture dress, Christian Louboutin heels, VBH clutch and Buccellati jewels.

Nikki Reed, 22, wore a beautiful Marchesa dress, Louboutin shoes, Brumani jewels, and a Jenny Packham clutch.



Hunk Kellan Klutz wore a black suit with sheen, white shirt and black tie by Dolce & Gabbana. His supportive girlfriend AnnaLynne went strapless in Nicole Miller.

Amanda Seyfried Offends Leonardo DiCaprio With Role Offer

Amanda Seyfried was definitely appalled when  she accidentally "insulted" Leonardo DiCaprio by suggesting to him to play her father in a new movie.

The "Titanic" star is producing Seyfried's upcoming film "Red Riding Hood", and when the actress met the star to talk about the movie she triedto convince him to take an onscreen role.

However,  DiCaprio was unenthusiastic when he realized Seyfried wasn't asking him to play her love interest, but she wanted him for the part of her character's father.

She tells Britain's Daily Mirror, "Unfortunately, he's not in it. I asked him if he would play my dad but he got insulted. He said, 'I don't do male leads in love stories anymore'."

"And I said, 'I wasn't talking about the male leads, I was talking about my dad! You're what, 35? Age yourself up a bit!' "