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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

And a LexG post in 3, 2, 1...ACTION!

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BizzarroJeffWells says ...

Cue LexG worship...

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btwnproductions says ...

More like the second coming of Winona Ryder, which is not a bad thing.

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sumo-pop says ...

I'm with you on Stewart, Jeff. She's the real deal, the bee's knees, and so on.

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drbob says ...

I didn't think it was possible, but James Gandolfini has really let himself go. He needs to start thinking about his health. He's a heartache waiting to happen.

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bobbyperu says ...

Jeff, you get these little fascinations with ingenues who are untested brands really, and both Kristin Stewart and Carey Mulligan fit the bill.

Mulligan is light years more talented than Stewart, who is the same in every picture. She was effective enough in the original Twilight and Into the Wild, but beyond that, hardly much to write home about anywhere else.

To call her anything like James Dean, Marlon Brando or Montgomery Clift is a bit flabbergasting and based on.....what? That she projects some sort of attitude? More often than not, her line readings sound somewhat cardboard, and she hasn't demonstrated much inner life yet; ditto any versatility at all. She's hardly "fascinating" even though she does give off that "rock and rollish...cigarettes and booze attitude." But that does not equate to actual acting. I doubt she could pull off a Bright Star, for example. To me, she always sounds like she's reading her lines verbatim.

Mulligan, on the other hand, is a real actress but I would say your fawning on her during the last six months has been entirely predictable.

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drbob says ...

P.S. I'm not trying to be a prick. Unlike Jeff, I generally believe it's impolite to criticize someone for their weight or physical appearance. But, I genuinely believe Gandolfini looks unhealthy and needs to do something soon.

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Jeffrey Wells says ...

Wells to bobbyperu: Great acting, I would argue, is more about close-to-the-surface hurt -- about the audience sensing the vulnerability and the anxiety and the turbulence and the trembling-whatever the very instant that the actor/actress hits the screen -- than about RADA technique.

The greatest actors have both, of course, but RADA doesn't amount to much if you don't have that first thing. My contention regarding Stewart is that she's got the first quality in spades and that the second is coming along nicely. Wait until she's 23 or 24. Mulligan has that just-below-the-surface current also but more expertise in the second category. And yet Stewart is stronger with that teeming animal-hurt thing, which is precisely what Brando/Dean/Clift had to start with. And if you don't know that about those three guys, you don't really know them.

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

You do at least acknowledge the validity of the possible opinion that Stewart is the "odd duck" out amongst the likes of Brando, Dean, and Clift, yes?

Once again -- imbued with the spirit of the Movie Godz? -- you're childlishly acting as though your point of view is the only rational perspective on things.

Pass the crackpipe.

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DeeZee says ...

So Stewart's the waitress in that Rileys thing? It sounds like she's taking her career in the same direction as Thora Birch, which may not necessarily be a good thing, if she wants to keep her name-brand after Twilight's over. But I can't deny that Princess Leia get-up she's in is hot.

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George Prager says ...

LexG_Rules says...
# All I know is I've K-Stew in FIERCE PEOPLE on the DVR tonight. It better be AWESOME. about 17 hours ago from web

# It's only been 10 minutes but I already need to listen to MY GIRLFRIEND'S GIRLFRIEND again. I will resist for a 1/2 hour so it's even better about 18 hours ago from web

my TOP #1 FANTASY CHICK OF THE WEEK = OLIVIA WILDE; NO ONE could ever top K-STEW but THE WILDE is reaching FOX/SWIFTY POWER, you must BOW
3:45 AM Jan 13th from web

# Update: I love Kristen Stewart. about 20 hours ago from web

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George Prager says ...

This sucks:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/15/dennis-hopper-divorce-sho_n_424589.html

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dixiedugan66 says ...

I usually don't like gossip...but if it's true about this being Hopper's last days or down time, I agree - it sucks big time. More than likely if he's filed it's to keep the current wifey away from a big portion of his assets.

The topic at hand - The Runaways is the one flick my friends and I would like to see so far this year. We are very interested to see how it fares at Sundance, to say the least.

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thevisceral says ...

Get her number for me, will you? I've got something I want to ram into her. I mean run by her.

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Gabriel says ...

It's times like these I wish I could bet my net worth on things like "LexG had a heart attack and died at the sight of K-Stew's bare back",.

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Colin says ...

Anyone else think that Stewart's nude appearance in Riley creates a backlash for Twilight fans?

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MilkMan says ...

Kristen Stewart is fucking gorgeous, bordering on sublime.

And Dennis Hopper should have been dead a long, long time ago. He's been living on borrowed time since the early 70s. Godspeed, Dennis.

Out of the Blue, and Into the Black.

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erniesouchak says ...

She's pretty now, and she'll be stunning in another 10 years, but the more movies I see her in, the more I realize she recycles a lot of the same mannerisms. Time for acting classes, maybe?

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LexG says ...

Oh, my God, look at her. Most beautiful woman ever... There's so much K-Stew this year I can't wait -- Yellow Handkerchief and Twilight 3 as well; She's HYPNOTIC... on screen, in picture, personality-wise... You cannot take your eyes off of her for a second.

In a way she kind of reminds me of the early screen roles of Liv Tyler and Scarlett Johansson, im that they seemed to function as some wise-beyond-their-years ethereal fantasy muse for older men and middle-aged directors. But then you'd seen them in person, and Liv was just awkward, boring and wimpy; Scarlett was kind of a blowzy broad... But K-Stew IS the real deal, a genuine artist and stunning beauty with real soulfulness and chops and charisma on par with Brandon, Dean, Day-Lewis, etc.

Not that Jodie Foster was ever "hot" per se, but in terms of longevity and talent, K-Stew is EASILY next in line as heir to her throne. And considering how honest and natural Stewart is, we've got 10, 15 more years of her in her prime, ie, hopefully giving me time to get my SAG card and meet her and marry her. She is ENCHANTING beyond all belief... If I were ANY director or actor, I'd want to work with her just to be around her. Bewitching.

It's like, I see those pics or one of her awesome movies, and I'm like, THIS is EXACTLY what I want every woman to be like, this is exactly "my type" to a T. But she's like 19 and is in the biggest movies in the world, is beautiful and AWESOME; When I was 19, I had a mullet, wore Cross Colours, smoked Newports, and was listening to Surface, Bel Biv Devoe, The Humpty Dance, and Urban Dance Squad, all tipping cows and drinking Old Milwaukee while commuting to college and working in a factory.

People of America, what I am saying is, SUE YOUR PARENTS if they weren't stage parents willing to drive you to L.A. Now twenty years on, I'm stuck spot-scripting and tweaking transfers on softcore porn. Lot of good COLLEGE does. I should have been famous 15, 16 years ago.

And yet here's James Gandolfini, older and fatter than me, and he gets to BE IN THE ROOM WITH HER. Oh, my God. She's so incredible and talented and awesome, making it even more depressing knowing how great the world can be, but being a zillion miles away from acting and movies, stuck in a boiler room rotting away in a cubicle 60 hours a week 'cause I gotta make rent, only acting in student films for free that never catch on.

Maybe I should remake that MY DATE WITH DREW movie and call it MY DATE WITH K-STEW.

Kristen Stewart = perfection.

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DeeZee says ...

Colin: How do you know she's nude, and not just in her pasties like Portman in Closer?

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dangovich says ...

Come on, Jeff: if you get the interview, you've got to let Lex take it. You would make his life.

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LexG says ...

I love her.

SO, so beautiful.

comment #23

BurmaShave says ...

the cold shower you all desperately need:

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/020327/124151__panic_l.jpg

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LexG says ...

Burma: Catch That Kid!

I also have a relevant sidenote. A few weeks back, me and several of my gal pals were having Movie Night, and they selected PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the Keira/Wright version.

Who should show up from time to time? Yep, CAREY MULLIGAN, looking about 13 (even though she looks mid-20s now).

This is one of my pet peeves about hype and "new" actors. When a Mulligan or Scarlett J., or some dude like Terrence Howard, finally hits a hot streak and gets all the cover articles, everyone acts like they were digging ditches one morning and found themself in a big movie by night. They did this with Danny McBride in '08, even though he was in a DAVID GORDON GREEN movie in 2002, and other stuff in between.

There's no such thing as an overnight sensation, and even those people have been kicking around. You don't just "happen" into PRIDE AND PREJUDICE when you're 13. When I'd hear these Mulligan stories about her mailing videotapes to Jim Sheridan and Michael Mann, I thought she was some plucky upstart with a dream. Turns out she'd probably been in acting guilds for half her life, and had agents and managers and representation since she was a LITTLE KID.

This is IMPOSSIBLE to achieve in one's late 20s, early 30s, and supernatural to attain, as I am, at age 36-37. How could I even possibly get an agent? Invite them to my Shakespeare class? Show them my David Poland cartoons?

The Catch-22 of this biz is impossible to overcome unless you GET IN AS A KID.

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BurmaShave says ...

Indeed, Lex. I first took notice of Howard in BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE, in a sort of "Hey this guy is much better than this movie" way. That movie had Giamatti too.

Just off the top of my head, Alan Rickman and Rex Linn didn't start acting until their late 30s, early 40s. Varied careers obviously, but still, it's a crap shoot. If it's your passion you have a leg up already.

Also no joke in about another year I would not be surprised if you could get management as a personality. Continue with the blogging and writing. I mean don't listen to me I gave up film junior year of college, live in D.C., and honestly couldn't tell you what I do for a living.

In the meantime, get a better muse than some chick whose name is secretly Ronan Culkin.

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LexG says ...

I wonder what Kristen is doing right now.

Probably not listening to Taylor Swift songs on YouTube and eating El Pollo Loco, on lunch break from spot-scripting edited porn on a Friday night at 10:44pm.

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LexG says ...

Also, Jeff, if you do get an interview:

Ask her about her shoes. K-Stew is beyond fetching in her cute Chuck Taylors, or whatever they happen to be. Shoes RULE.

I have this recurring fantasy that I take, if not K-Stew, let's say a similarly petite, edgy, serious, old-soul-type awesome chick in a HOODED SWEATSHIRT and CHUCK TAYLORS who "gets" me, and we go to the movies together and sit down front, like maybe at an arthouse or revival show seeing "Antichrist" or some Fulci movie, and she puts her Chuck Taylors up on the seat in front of her and our heads touch.

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DeeZee says ...

Because the "success" of Aeon Flux proves that we need a Theron-like beauty for an action film.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/16100/teresa-palmer-in-mad-max-fury-road-
Sony rigs a favorable test-screening score for the Karate Kid remake.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/16096/-karate-kid-remake-tests-very-high
Bayformers 3 promises to be a more intellectual glimpse into the man vs. machine aesthetic espoused by the previous films in the series.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43650
Bigelowe and Malick want some Taliban action.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/16099/bigelow-malick-circling-taliban-
Rusty Dickhead is still a fat fucking retard.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100115/pl_politico/31539
Courtesy of Dark Horizons:
Trailer for the Porco Rosso remake, er Red Baron @
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/theredbaron/
Cliffhanger meets "Stolz der Nation"?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/northface/
Runaway Bride for 20-somethings?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thegoodguy/

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Wiggumx says ...

Fuck you, DeeZee.

Lex, your uncontrolled lust for teen actresses is getting a *bit* creepy. I don't know what else to say about it. Also, you are projecting a lot onto her based on what you hope that she will be. This is also sad and, well, creepy.

Outside of that, your posts are entertaining (when they aren't creepy,) and your bit about Mulligan is spot-on. Everyone is an "overnight success" or plucked from obscurity when they have actually been working and trying for years. It's a story that has been repeated for decades.

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LexG says ...

45 minutes into FIERCE PEOPLE, and K-Stew has spent virtually every second of her screen time making out with... Anton Yelchin. NOT her finest hour. And Donald Sutherland pulled down his pants to reveal to Yelchin that he has no balls. What the fuck IS this movie?

Wiggumx, thanks for the props... some points well-taken in there, but young Hollywood actresses and pop stars are 20 years old with the life experiences of a 60-year-old jetsetter. K-Stew seems wiser, classier, better-traveled and with a better head on her shoulders than most shut-in 40-something friends of mine who are still wearing baseball caps and playing X-Box.

Hell, I've never even left North America in my 36 years, not even for a vacation. I haven't owned a car newer than a *1990*. I've never made more than 60K in a single year. None of that has much to with the subject at hand, but always amusing when people complain about objectifying "young starlets" like they're these delicate souls, as if some gas station sadsack catching a glimpse of Miley Cyrus's back in a tame photo shoot is some massive corruption of her innocence. Showbiz kids have generally seen or been around more sordid stuff by age 18 than a Tijuana nightclub proprietor.

*That doesn't apply to K-Stew, who is a delicate flower and sensitive and awesome and responsible, but just young Hollywood types in general. If we're talking "maturity age," most of them are about 47, and I operate at the mental level of an ADHD 15-year-old who hasn't found out that Nu Metal is played out yet and still wants to be Fred Durst. Only in the body of a good-natured, unexceptional, tubby dork who would probably pass out or at LEAST be rendered mute in her presence.

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Science Adventure says ...

Don't give up Lex. You and MilkMan are the reason I still come to this site every day.

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jbf81 says ...

There's no such thing as an overnight sensation, and even those people have been kicking around. You don't just "happen" into PRIDE AND PREJUDICE when you're 13. When I'd hear these Mulligan stories about her mailing videotapes to Jim Sheridan and Michael Mann, I thought she was some plucky upstart with a dream. Turns out she'd probably been in acting guilds for half her life, and had agents and managers and representation since she was a LITTLE KID.
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Lex G, Pride & Prejudice was actually Mulligan first acting job ever , she was 18 at the time not 13 and only got the job because the casting director wanted no actors for those small girls roles, the director thought they would give the film a more natural performances . After that film she got a few small parts and was doing British television, but she never was a child actress. She was literally a waitress before getting that gig.

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Lex isn't interested in the facts, he's interested in perpetuating the myth of Hollywood ( its unattainable, waifish starlets along with it) as this impossible place to break into so he can feel better about the fact that he'll never end up working there in his lifetime.

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dixiedugan66 says ...

I dunno Lex, you make me want to hide my daughter in a convent school.

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snowback says ...

Anyone who has any doubts about her talent should watch SPEAK -- a very underrated picture that was at Sundance a few years ago but was clawed back by Showtime as a TV release. It has all the makings of a maudlin after school special but manages to be genuinely moving instead, thanks to extremely good direction and a startling performance by KS.

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joncro says ...

Lex, post some links to those student films please, we'd love to see you onscreen.....

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raquelswell says ...

Carey Mulligan has talked about her background countless times. Her father manages posh hotels. She grew up living in them. Went to posh schools. Actor/producer Julian Fellowes (who himself had an upper class upbringing) came to her school and that's how she made contact with him. If she indeed was a waitress, she chose to be a waitress instead of going to college. She has managed to establish herself as an actress and garner award attention in merely 6 years. She was never a struggling actress.

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LexG says ...

SPEAK is one of K-STEW's best and is highly recommended. Even though I'd seen her in Panic Room, Cold Creek Manor, etc etc by then, when I saw SPEAK I knew IMMEDIATELY she'd someday be the biggest actress in the world.

Raquelswell! HA! That is awesome... thanks for posting that. Absolutely NOTHING against Mulligan - she is charming, talented, and delightful - But this idea that she was some upstart on a British farm blindly mailing videos to American auteurs on a hope and a prayer is ludicrous. Again, you don't just START your career in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

And if *I* mailed some audition reels to big-time directors from my home address? Let's see how quickly those end up RTS'd or thrown into a bin. You can't submit videos to major directors and get considered unless you have MAJOR power behind you wanting you to happen. So, yeah, I highly doubt she was waiting tables in the London iHop at 8am and working with Donald Sutherland and Keira Knightley that night by sheer luck and happenstance.

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kamichojin says ...

Props on the 1st Rileys poc. I believe that is the 1st time I've ever considered Stewart vaguely attractive.

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kamichojin says ...

"pic"-edit option?

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bella_34 says ...

Wow she's doing adult roles already i cant believe it .. I hope she stays with her wholesome image...

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dachshund says ...

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