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MTV: Rob Pattinson Talks Directors For 'Breaking Dawn'

10 November 2009 1:12 PM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

MTV was part of the New Moon press over the weekend and they got a chance to talk to Rob Pattinson about Breaking Dawn and who Rob would like to see as a director. Check out more belowI probably shouldnt say this Rob revealed to MTV News over the weekend acknowledging that the wheels are slowly creeping into motion on Breaking Dawn getting made. But Ive heard that were going to shoot it in Portland.I think Gus Van Sant would be great to do it RPattz added naming his dream director.A double Oscar nominee for Good Will Hunting and last years Milk Van Sant went to school in Portland and has called the city home for many years while filming such movies as Drugstore Cowboy My Own Private Idaho and the 2005 Kurt Cobainquasibiopic Last Days.He shoots everything in Portland reasoned the 23yearold British heartthrob. Hes good at making it look beautiful. »

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Robert Pattinson Wants Gus Van Sant To Direct 'Breaking Dawn'

10 November 2009 3:50 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'I've heard that we're going to shoot it in Portland,' Edward Cullen says of the film's location and Van Sant's home base.

By Larry Carroll

Robert Pattinson

Photo: MTV News

Beverly Hills, California — In early 2008, then-little-known actors including Robert Pattinson, Ashley Greene and Taylor Lautner traveled to Portland to shoot a small vampire film that they hoped would get a theatrical release. Barely two years later, "Twilight" is one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood, with two Vancouver-filmed sequels rolling into theaters. Now, Pattinson is revealing plans to return to the city where it all began — and recommending the Portland-based Oscar nominee he wants to direct "Breaking Dawn."

"I probably shouldn't say this," Rob revealed to MTV News over the weekend, acknowledging that the wheels are slowly creeping into motion on "Breaking Dawn" getting made. "But I've heard that we're going to shoot it in Portland.

"I think Gus Van Sant »

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Gus Van Sant and American Psycho Author Take On Story of Artists' Double Suicide

14 October 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

Director Gus Van Sant is well-known for making movies focused on outsiders struggling for a sense of identity (Milk, Paranoid Park, My Own Private Idaho). Author Bret Easton Ellis is perhaps most famous for his novel about an outsider who also happens to be an outright sociopath (American Psycho). Now, Variety writes that the two will collaborate on the story of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, a couple who committed suicide two years ago.

Blake and Duncan were stars of the multimedia art world — he was a well-renowned digital artist, painter, and designer, while she was a filmmaker, video game designer, and critic — but shortly before their deaths, their behavior grew erratic. At one point, the couple became paranoid that they were under attack by Scientologists. Blake returned home on July 10, 2007 to find Duncan already deceased from ingesting a combination of medicines and alcohol. One week later, he drowned himself »

- Rich Z Zwelling

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Columbus Day Tales Of Discovery, Real And Imagined

12 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday when people are meant to take some time to reflect on the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World, the continents now known as North and South America. Most people just use the free day to brunch, shop and chill, but it's really one of those half holidays where only certain members of the gainfully employed community actually have the time off.

Still, the message of exploration, discovery, is always worth reflecting on. There are few untouched regions left on this planet, so discovery has become more of a scientific pursuit than a geographical one. The joy of being the first to lay eyes on a new land somehow remains relatable however; cinema especially has never shied away from themes of exploration and discovery, even in its earliest days. After the jump you'll see some examples of our favorite discovery flicks.

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- Adam Rosenberg

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The 50 Best Gay Movies (2009)

13 September 2009 5:40 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Why aren’t there more good gay movies? We hear this complaint at AfterElton.com a lot, and we’ve even made it a few times ourselves (although we think the results of this poll prove that there are more good movies than many of us think!).

There are surely many reasons why more “mainstream” movies don’t include gay or bisexual themes, but no doubt one of them is heterosexual discomfort – not just discomfort on the part of audiences and network executives, but also discomfort on the part of critics and others to champion these films.

This is where our poll of AfterElton.com readers on the 50 Greatest Gay Movies comes in. We can think of no better way to encourage the creation of more good gay movies than to praise and support the existence of past good gay movies!

How does this list compare to our previous poll? »

- Brent Hartinger

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Dakota Fanning For A Return To 'Oz' And A 'Shutter Island' Delay In Today's Dailies -- 8/24/09

24 August 2009 6:18 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

-- Ian McKellen told attendees at an all-night "Lord of the Rings" screening that an actor has been selected to play Bilbo in "The Hobbit." There are no further details than that, though McKellen also mentioned that he'll be getting the script "within the next week." This falls very deeply into the rumor territory for now, though I have little doubt that a script exists or that there's a Bilbo short list. Especially since "Hobbit" director Guillermo del Toro told us as much in an interview. (TheOneRing.net)

-- The word is the "Fight Club" and "Zodiac" director David Fincher is all set to direct the Aaron Sorkin-penned "The Social Network," also known as "the Facebook movie" in some circles. As you might expect, the story follows the rise of the beast that we call Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Sorkin and Fincher make for odd bedfellows; I'll definitely see this one. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Iconic Gay Movie Roles

18 August 2009 6:59 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

It’s not exactly news that as a mass medium, cinema has the power to dramatically influence and change public attitudes toward minority groups, often making them accessible and relatable to the mainstream.

Unfortunately, that power works the opposite way as well and the movie industry, under a strict legion of ‘so-called’ decency laws commonly referred to as the Hays Code enacted in the 1930s, tended to frown upon positive representations of the gay community up until the 1960s. Gays were still present on screen, but more often than not, they were limited to stereotypes such as the drag queen/transvestite, the degenerate, the depraved killer and so forth.

As The Celluloid Closet (1995) brilliantly revealed, many gay and bisexual men had their motivations buried in subtext – virile characters like Ben Hur, for instance, were blatantly bisexual, but had to be inconspicuous about their love for the boys.

As the years rolled on, »

- mohassan

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Uma Thurman to be a 'Soldier'

21 July 2009 4:10 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Uma Thurman will star in the indie drama "Girl Soldier" for Caspian Pictures, portraying a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda.According to Variety, Diane Nabatoff ("Narc"), Allan Mindel ("My Own Private Idaho") and Will Raee are producing, with Raee to direct from a script by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner. Story's based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves.A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few »

- Adnan Tezer

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Uma Thurman Is a Girl Soldier

20 July 2009 7:19 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Uma Thurman has signed on to star in the indie drama Girl Soldier for Caspian Pictures, playing the part of a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda, according to Variety.

Girl Soldier will be produced by Diane Nabatoff (Narc), Allan Mindel (My Own Private Idaho) and Will Raee, with Raee to direct from a script by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner.

The story is based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves.

A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few years as she rallied parents, the government, the United Nations and the pope to aid in rescuing not »

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Robert Pattinson Looks Wet and Sexy in Magazine Pictures

8 July 2009 8:18 PM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Robert Pattinson's super sexy pictures have been unveiled. In one of the photos, the "Twilight" hunk was photographed in wet t-shirt look. In another image, the British actor smiled and donned a jeans vest that showed his abs.

"They threw a bucket of water on him!" a source which was on set told Us magazine about Robert's wet look picture. "He was willing to do anything. Didn't complain at all." The photos were originally taken for Rolling Stone magazine, but since the print media never published them, Us Weekly features the photos in its latest issue, which hits the newsstands on July 8.

Robert's sexy pictures were taken in New York City in an around five-hour photo shoot. The shots were taken by photographer Theo Wenner and inspired by James Dean and a 1991 River Phoenix film "My Own Private Idaho".

In another Robert Pattinson news, E! Online has reported that »

- celebrity-mania.com

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Sexy Photos of Robert Pattinson Unveiled

8 July 2009 7:16 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Nowadays sought-after actor, Robert Pattinson, creates another media frenzy yet again as Us Weekly has made public a number of what is called as "super sexy, never-seen" shots of the "Twilight" leading actor. The pics were taken in New York City by photographer Theo Wenner and inspired by James Dean and 1991 film "My Own Private Idaho" that starred River Phoenix.

In one of the pics obtained by the publication, Robert is seen wearing a jeans vest combined with matching pants. His unbuttoned top exposes his chest for the camera. He is photographed smiling. In another pic, he is snapped soaking wet and wearing a white t-shirt and necklace. "They threw a bucket of water on him!" a source on set says of the star's wet t-shirt look. "He was willing to do anything. Didn't complain at all."

The two described photos are parts of a 6-page exclusive secret photo shoot »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Robert Pattinson Is All Wet

8 July 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »

Jonesing for more pictures of Twilight stud Robert Pattinson? Of course you are—who isn't? Fortunately, Us Magazine has unearthed shots of R-Pattz originally taken for Rolling Stone but never published. (Uh, why?!!? Bad, Bad Rolling Stone!) One of the photos depicts the World's Sexiest Vampire in a soaking-wet T-shirt, while another captures the 23-year-old actor posing saucily in a studded denim vest without a shirt. "They threw a bucket of water on him!" a source says of the shoot, which was lensed by photographer Theo Wenner and was inspired by the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho as well as by actor James »

- Celebuzz

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Power Up honors 10 Amazing Gay Men in Showbiz

15 June 2009 2:12 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Lance Bass is among this year's honorees

Power Up is a non-profit production company that develops and distributes Lgbt films and that each year since 2001 has honored 10 Amazing Women in Showbiz to promote lesbian filmmakers and projects.

This year the group has opened their kudos up to men, and have announced their first honorees for the 10 Amazing Gay Men in Showbiz, who will be honored along with the ladies in November.

Meet the gents below!

Paris Barclay (Director, NYPD Blue, Dirt, In Treatment)

Lance Bass 

Bob Cohen  (Executive Vice President for Legal Affairs for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

C. Jay Cox (Latter Days, Kiss the Bride)

Silvio Horta 

Graham Kaye  (Talent agent and President of Cp Productions)

Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer  (Creators, Big Love)

Don Roos  (Bounce, The Opposite of Sex)

 

Gus Van Sant  (Milk, My Own Private Idaho)

Good-lookin list, eh? Congrats to the fellas, and »

- brian

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Requiem for Another Dreamer

21 April 2009 7:10 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

What can be said, post-Oscar-fuggup, about this sick-hearted anti-American Dream that hasn't already been said, and kudoed: Darren Aronofsky's channeling of the Dardennes' immediacy, Mickey Rourke's Herculean self-deprecation, both of which currents combining to prove the script's essential conventionality to be irrelevant, just at a moment in American film in which we had all good reason to think the Industry was completely bankrupt of balls, curiosity, respect and a sense of America itself. (Let's consider in this broad formulation that 2007 was a modern aberration, unleashing a wave of nation-autopsying megaworks -- "There Will Be Blood," "The Assassination of Jesse James," "No Country for Old Men," "Zodiac," etc. -- the likes of which have not been seen since at least 1991; as in, "My Own Private Idaho," "The Rapture," "Slacker," "Tribulation 99," "Naked Lunch," et al.)

However you cube it, "The Wrestler" is a gift, for the most part because Rourke »

- Michael Atkinson

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James Franco's 15 Favorite Criterion Movies

31 March 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Criterion Collection's website posts the top 10 favorite Criterion movies of various artists each month, and this month's entry is from James Franco, whose taste in movies is as good as his stoner act. Instead of a Top 10, Mr. Franco provided them with 15 movies grouped by their 9 directors. Wha--? Forget it.

Not surprisingly, among the 15 is Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, which he had credited many times before as the movie that made him fall in love with films and inspired him to go into acting. Pictured above is a photo taken by Gus Van Sant last year in Oregon of Franco reenacting a scene from the film.

Gus is the best. Idaho was one of the first movies with which I fell in love. I would watch it repeatedly when I was a teenager. River Phoenix gives the performance of a lifetime, original and inspiring. As a young actor, »

- Arya Ponto

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The Movie Club Podcast #12: My Own Private Idaho and 10 Things I Hate About You

16 March 2009 10:48 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The Movie Club Podcast is a monthly roundtable podcast where we select two movies to dissect, analyze and discuss with a group of fellow movie bloggers and film fans. It took a while, but we finally got around to recording the next episode of The Movie Club Podcast. This time we tackled a duo of films loosely based on the works of William Shakespeare. 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles was selected in the previous month's poll by listeners like you. We decided to pair it up with Gus Van Sant's independent hit My Own Private Idaho starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix. You can listen to the episode now via the link below. Be sure »

- Sean

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Today's Short: "100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers: The Centennial Edition"

17 February 2009 10:27 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The sequel to yesterday's short, this one is an equally great montage of 100 quotes from 100 films that contain the utterance of years 1901-2000. Once again, the list of films follow the video.

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1901 The Shootist

1902 The Thin Man

1903 Jumanji

1904 The Shipping News

1905 Good Will Hunting

1906 Fast Times At Ridgemont High

1907 The Shining

1908 Back to the Future 3

1909 Ghostbusters

1910 Mary Poppins

1911 What's Up Doc?

1912 Titanic

1913 Out Of Africa

1914 Avalon

1915 Cider House Rules

1916 Hellboy

1917 The Manchurian Candidate

1918 Anastasia

1919 Godfather II

1920 Grand Hotel

1921 The Parent Trap

1922 Ghost World

1923 The Maltese Falcon

1924 The Cat's Meow

1925 The Majestic

1926 Awakenings

1927 Singin' in the Rain

1928 Phenomenon

1929 Air Force

1930 Wag the Dog

1931 Road to Perdition

1932 Fried Green Tomatoes

1933 Rosemary's Baby

1934 Victor Victoria

1935 The Green Mile

1936 The Rock

1937 Marty

1938 Star Trek VI

1939 Rear Window

1940 A Bridge To Far

1941 Casablanca

1942 Smoke

1943 The Philadelphia Experiment

1944 My Own Private Idaho

1945 Jaws

1946 Dr. Strangelove

1947 Ratatouille

1948 Being There

1949 X-Men

1950 Network

1951 Close Encounters of the Third Kind »

- Arya Ponto

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Brolin Stalked Van Sant

8 January 2009 5:21 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Josh Brolin was so desperate to star in a Gus Van Sant movie he travelled to the moviemaker's hometown hoping he'd be "discovered".

The actor, who features in Van Sant's Milk biopic, admits to taking a trip to Portland, Oregon when Van Sant was making cult film My Own Private Idaho - just so he could be near his hero.

He tells Eonline. com, "What I was going to do was find Gus Van Sant and be discovered by him. Gus would see me on the street and go, 'Oh my God. That's the guy. He's perfect. Look at him'." »

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