Thieves By Tuesday*

Daft Punk is the main man behind the soundtrack editing of Disney-produced movie Tron Legacy. Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, Jeff Bridges and True Blood's James Frain are in the flick, and Garrett Hedlund as well. If I'm not mistaken, he was also in Troy, and played the role as Achilles' godson. Preview the soundtrack below. Shout out to Frequenzi Independenti.

Entertainment Weekly got an interview of Green Lantern's duo Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively with Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong. They also debuted their Comic Con cover at EW and Ryan Reynolds got a few grunts regarding that computer generated costume. And seeing such a duo with enviably awesome physique is a crowd pleaser. I have this ginormous female crush on Blake Lively (those legs). But sometimes those clothes Blake dons are intended to show off rather than flaunt. Chest exposure is good but she better cover them up a little unless she wants to be considered relevant JUST BECAUSE of that. Amusing how at 0:58 Ryan is paying special attention to that.

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No. 1 Denzel Washington

Influential Score*: 40%

The Academy Award-winning actor has lent skill, credibility and gravitas to the roles he's tackled, be them portrayals of historical heavyweights like Malcolm X and Hurricane Carter or conflicted characters like Training Day's corrupt cop and The Bone Collector's depressed detective. Off camera, he has funneled some of his fame and fortune into charitable causes and foundations, including the Boys' and Girls' Club of America, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and Save Africa's Children.




No. 2 Tom Hanks

Influential Score: 37%

Over the course of his lengthy and high-profile career, Hanks has proved his power both in front of and behind the camera. Whether he's playing a homosexual AIDS victim in the 1993 tearjerker Philadelphia, a slow-talking Southerner in the 1994 hit Forrest Gump or a heroic captain in Saving Private Ryan, the Academy Award-winning actor has long captured the hearts of--and thus power over--his audience. Among his other focuses: protecting the environment, a cause the Hollywood star has put his weight behind in recent years.




No. 3 George Clooney

Influential Score: 34%

When the Hollywood heartthrob isn't gracing big screens and tabloid spreads, he's busy flexing his activist muscles. In recent years, Clooney's efforts have been largely focused on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. In 2006, he traveled to Darfur with his father, a journalist, to secretly document the genocide. The now U.N. messenger of peace also appeared alongside Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel in an appeal to the U.N. Security Council for intervention in the devastated area.




No. 4 Will Smith

Influential Score: 33%

Smith is nothing if not powerful. In fact, the rapper turned box office superstar is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office. Off-screen, he and his wife Jada have devoted much money and time to the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, an organization focused on inner-city community development, youth educational projects and underprivileged children and their families.




No. 5 Morgan Freeman

Influential Score: 33%

The Academy Award-winning actor serves up an authoritative voice, a reserved demeanor and plenty of gravitas. Among his many silver-screen credits, including a turn as God in Jim Carrey's 2003 film Bruce Almighty, are poignant roles in The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby. Off set, Freeman has offered that same sort of passion to causes like environmental and disaster relief.




No. 6 Angelina Jolie

Influential Score: 29%

Over the course of a decade, Jolie has arguably become as well known for her global humanitarian efforts as she has for her movie star status. In addition to being a mother of six and an Academy Award-winning actress, the tabloid magnet is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. Refugee Agency. In that role, she has continually offered her time, money and clout to causes ranging from global poverty to Third-World adoption.



No. 7 Robert De Niro

Influential Score: 29

Regularly regarded as one of his generation's greatest actors, the two-time Academy Award winner is best known for his portrayals of conflicted and often troubled characters. Among them: The Godfather: Part II's Vito Corleone, Goodfellas' mobster Jimmy Conway and Raging Bull's boxer Jake LaMotta. Among his other contributions: massive investment in Lower Manhattan's TriBeCa neighborhood. Among other things, his efforts have produced film studio TriBeCa Productions and the highly acclaimed TriBeCa Film Festival.




No. 8 Harrison Ford

Influential Score: 28%

The Academy Award-nominated actor remains best known for his titular role in the highly lucrative Indiana Jones film series and as Han Solo in the original Stars Wars trilogy. Though he's among Hollywood's most private stars, the four-decade actor has rarely stayed quiet about some of his long-held Democratic beliefs.




No. 9 James Earl Jones

Influential Score: 28%

The Tony-winning stage actor and eight-time Emmy nominee boasts one of the most instantly recognizable--and arguably most influential--voices in Hollywood history. Over the course of his lengthy career, his unmistakably grand baritone has been put to use in flicks like The Lion King and Star Wars as well as the "voice" of CNN. Behind the scenes, he's long been quietly devoted to advancing literacy, the arts and humanities on a local and national scale.




No. 10 Julia Roberts

Influential Score: 27%

Long known for her silver screen--and Academy Award-winning--fare, the Pretty Woman star is among Hollywood's most recognizable actresses. And when she isn't dazzling audiences on-screen, she has been known to offer her time and resources to UNICEF and other charitable foundations. She's also kept busy promoting the use of renewable fuels as a spokeswoman and advisory board chair of Earth Biofuels.


*Source: E-Poll Market Research, which provides over 45 appeal rankings for more than 3,000 celebrities. For example, 37% would define Hanks as 'influential', and 34% would use the descriptor when referencing Clooney. (To put that in perspective, the average celebrity scores 11% on the firm's Celebrity Influence Index.)

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See the TRAILER and MOVIE POSTERS inside this post. Let the insanity begin.



Although I'm not a fan, I’ve had arguments with people who think this movie won’t do very well when it opens. While I won’t predict a number, I think Twilight is going to do HUGE box office numbers - you just wait and see. I love that the trailer is basically "twilight in 2 minutes" giving all the major plot points away. Seriously.


Double click these images for the original size of the posters. Thanks Screen Rant.

So, just an observation.

TY MEG CERVANTES

I have a feeling this particular Freaks and Geeks star finds it hard to fit in his classes, as he is heading back to NYU. James Franco might have been trying with his backpack and clipboard, but his efforts are a waste. What with his irrepressible grin and gorgeous self, who wouldn't keep themselves boring their eyes over this heavenly god. He is actually doing a dual program with NYU and Columbia. Maybe I need to transfer schools?


Last week he poked fun at his student/celebrity status on SNL, but it seems like he's pretty devoted to getting that grad school diploma. Meanwhile on the Hollywood side of things — he signed on to star in an Allen Ginsburg biopic and has Nights in Rodanthe in theaters this weekend, but I think I'll wait for it to get in the internet...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The actor who portrays the schoolboy wizard in the Harry Potter movies received as much attention for appearing naked as for his range and depth in the London production of playwright Peter Shaffer's "Equus."

Daniel Radcliffe is now reprising the role on Broadway, and this time reviewers are concentrating on his able performance in the play first performed at the National Theater in London in 1973...

Ben Brantley of The New York Times said Radcliffe, 19, wore his part of a suburban stableboy who commits grotesque crimes against horses "like a tailor's delight -- that is, a natural fit that allows room to stretch."

"Like many beloved film actors Mr. Radcliffe has an air of heightened ordinariness, of the everyday lad who snags your attention with an extra, possibly dangerous gleam of intensity," wrote Brantley, adding his "Alsatian-blue gaze" helped his convincing performance.

USA Today carried the headline "'Equus': Radcliffe revealed as a serious actor" as reviewer Elysa Gardner said "the Harry Potter star puts to rest any arguments that his appeal should be limited to moony adolescents and maudlin grown-ups."

Like other reviewers, Gardner said Radcliffe's performance outshone the production.

"In his impressive debut in a major stage role, as the disturbed adolescent in 'Equus,' Daniel Radcliffe significantly helps overcome the fact that Peter Shaffer's 1975 Tony winner doesn't entirely hold up," said Variety.

While most reviews centered on praising Radcliffe's performance, some made reference to the nakedness that caused such a stir in London. 

"Radcliffe, despite the visceral physicality of the role, appears supremely comfortable in his own skin -- and yes, kids, thanks to the nude scene, we get to see all of it," said Newsday's reviewer Linda Winer, who also called the London-born Radcliffe "a smart, intense, wildly serious stage talent."

Variety noted Radcliffe had been criticized by some London critics for a lack of vocal control but said an extra year and a half of maturity may have helped.

"His delivery here is as confident and compelling as his febrile physicality -- whether fully clothed and wary or naked and defenseless," said David Rooney.

Brantley noted the similarity between Radcliffe's role in "Equus" and that of Harry Potter with both characters coming of age "in a menacing, magical world where the prospect of being devoured by darkness is always imminent."

Radcliffe will return to the boy wizard role soon when he begins filming the final Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

I want to know too.

I don't understand how he could be so ~amazing~ in this when he's been fairly mediocre in all of the HP movies and the five minutes of December Boys that I somehow watched. It has a lot to do with directing/who you're working with as well. He works with some good people in HP, but a lot of his scenes are against Emma Watson, and people who were cast for looking like a particular character, so....

Dakota Fanning Looking All Grown Up in The Secret Life of Bees Premier.




Dakota Fanning, along with her other costars, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo ( in ponytail), Nate Parker (Last Image), Tristan Wilds and more.


My take on their looks:

*Jennifer looks good with her diet and all, but the arms---mmm mmm meaty.
*Q. Latifah gand her lesbian do?
*Dakota Fanning looking her best tonight. I knew she's grow out to be gorgeous. Finally a child actress minus the superficial drama. How refreshing.














Jennifer Hudson, Gina Prince Bythewood and Queen Latifah at the Washington DC premiere
























Tristan Wildes at the Premier.