Teen Hollywood interviewed 'Another Cinderella Story' stars Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley. The film comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 16. Here are interesting excerpts:
Is it fun to show fans this side of your talent?
Drew: It's been a long time coming for me.
Selena: Yeah.
Drew: She's a monster, but a monster in a good way. She's a great singer and she's so good to work with.
Selena: Thank you. I think it works good for both of us. I'm really, really happy for him and we're happy to be able to dance, sing and act in this. We get to do everything in this movie. It's kind of awesome.
Are you dating a Jonas brother?
Selena: No.
Drew: But I am.
Selena: [She elbows him playfully] Oh, don't tell anyone. No, I'm not. They're really awesome and really cute guys but no. We're really good friends.
Did either of you have a normal high school experience?
Selena: I haven't. I'm home schooled for the rest of my life.
So you aren't going to prom or anything?
Selena: I made my own prom, dang it! [Laughs] But, I'm not gonna go to a school prom.
Drew: I did go to prom and I was lookin' pretty slick. Had a little tux and everything. I was feelin' it. My dad gave me this ring [he shows me a handsome ring] when I graduated high school. It was a high school graduation gift and I wear it for luck.
Do you hang out off set with the 'Waverly' cast?
Yes. David Henrie is one of my best friends. Demi Lovato is my best friend but David is my best friend from 'Waverly'.
What is something people don't know about you?
Selena: I'm totally boring. I want my fans to know that. I'm not that cool.
Drew: If they saw the tour [for HSM] they might know me. The only misconception I get is that maybe I have some kind of beef with Zac [Efron] just because, 'why are you playing his character?' and the whole bit. But, I know Zac. He's a cool kid. We go to the same gym.
Selena: [Teasing] You work out? I want to go to the gym with the guys! Drew: Yeah. I'm happy for him and all his success but I am, at the same time, very glad that I'm getting a chance to step out in this movie and show that I'm not just 'the background guy'. via
This is one British invasion Quebec City will welcome.
Organizers of Quebec City's 400th anniversary bash announced Monday that Paul McCartney would appear at a July 20 concert on the Plains of Abraham to mark the celebrations.
"I am doing a big gig in Quebec City," McCartney said in a video message taped in London to announce the event. "That is to help Quebec celebrate their 400th anniversary - that's a long time!"
The show will be the ex-Beatle's only North American performance this year and is his first concert in Canada since 2005.
McCartney's presence brings the type of headliner the organizers of the festivities were hoping for.
"Paul McCartney, is more than a celebrity, he's a legend, a reference, a musical and cultural icon," said organizer Daniel Gelinas. "His presence here will draw the attention of the entire world."
"Music is a good way to celebrate an anniversary like this. It's a universal language which unites everyone," McCartney went on in his video message. "Our two countries have historic links which remain important today. We're eager to celebrate this 400th anniversary with Quebec." via
It's Independence Week everywhere in America, and at MLB.com/Entertainment, we're highlighting independence throughout baseball. From a warm summer night at an independent league game in St. Paul., Minn., to the story of Curt Flood and his dogged pursuit to make free agency a reality for everyone, there's always been a fierce spirit of perseverance pulsing through the veins of the Grand Old Game. Today, we focus on film, with a handy top 10 list of recent independently-made baseball movies you should check out soon.
Diminished Capacity (2008): Directed by Terry Kinney, the veteran actor and performer who garnered acclaim in his role as Tim McManus in the television show "Oz," this small film with a Sundance Film Festival showing under its belt and big-time cast -- Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen, among others -- follows the eccentric lead characters as they embark on a quest to sell a rare baseball card.
Sugar (2008): This Sundance-debuted feature, written and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden who scored rave reviews for 2006's "Half Nelson," delves into life in the Dominican Republic for a fictional Major League prospect and how everything changes when he reaches America.
Black Irish (2007): Written and directed by Brad Gann, who penned the sports film "Invincible," this is the tale of a strict Irish Catholic family in South Boston and the emergence of the 16-year-old baseball-playing son, played by Michael Angarano, as the family's dysfunction complicates things.
Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero (2007): This documentary from Da-Cor Pictures and director David Risotto chronicles the amazing baseball career of William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy, the first - and best - deaf player in Major League history. You'll learn that Hoy played in 1,798 big-league games and compiled a .288 lifetime batting average, 2,054 hits and 1,004 walks. He also threw three runners out at home plate from the outfield in one game.
Chasing October (2007): Matt Liston decided that quitting his job and making a documentary about his beloved Chicago Cubs in 2003 would break their "curse" and get them a World Series title for the first time since 1908. It didn't quite work out that way for the South Siders and Liston, but he did make an enjoyable and memorable film in the process.
Game 6 (2005): Actor Michael Keaton, alone, is worth the price of admission to any movie and this one, directed by Michael Hoffman and taken from a Don DeLillo story, takes us into the life of a playwright and Boston Red Sox fan who misses the opening night of his play to watch the pivotal Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Robert Downey Jr. also stars.
Up For Grabs (2004): Written and directed by Michael Wranovics, this film falls under the category of "too bizarre to be fiction." It follows the exhausting and sometimes-hilarious legal battle that ensued from the battle for the ball that Barry Bonds belted for his record-setting 73rd home run of the season in 2001.
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004): Paul Doyle Jr.'s documentary about Red Sox Nation and the long-suffering team chronicles the 2003 season that ended for the Red Sox when Aaron Boone's home run cleared the wall at Yankee Stadium in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Little did Doyle know how soon his subject would reverse its "curse."
This Old Cub (2004): This fun, nostalgic and sentimental documentary is a labor of love from a son to his father. Jeff Santo made the film about his father, Ron, the former Cubs star third baseman and broadcaster who has delighted fans throughout his long history with the team.
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998): Writer and director Aviva Kempner's documentary about baseball's first major Jewish star is a fascinating study of a man, a time in America, and a battle against anti-Semitism that Greenberg waged with his spirit and baseball skills. via
Jessica Simpson, 27, met beau Tony Romo's parents on June 27, when all of them had dinner at an Olive Garden in Janesville, Wisc.
Romo, 28, who grew up in nearby Burlington, was home to play in a golf tournament.
But making a reservation at the Olive Garden surprised even the restaurant’s general manager. "We thought it was a big joke," said Doug Belfanz. "Jessica Simpson's not going to the Olive Garden in Janesville, Wisconsin!"
Yep, actually, she did. Simpson, wearing a casual blouse and blue jeans, walked in holding hands with Romo, who wore a T-shirt and baseball cap.
Simpson had wine with her three-cheese ziti, but seemed more interested in Romo.
"She scooted up next to him during the meal," says Belfanz. "They were acting like a couple."
After dinner, they posed for a photo with the staff and signed autographs. Sneaking out through the kitchen, Simpson complimented the chefs on the meal.
"They were laughing," Belfanz says. "It was just a big family being out." via
Sure, she’s an international sex symbol and top Hollywood actress, but that doesn’t mean Penelope Cruz doesn’t enjoy a raucous game of soccer!
The “Vanilla Sky” actress and her actor boyfriend Javier Bardem were spotted in Madrid, Spain over the weekend showing their support for the Spanish national soccer team.
And wouldn’t you know it? Spain won the 2008 European Championship Final 1-0 over Germany. It looks like having a little celebrity boost was just what they needed.
After the game, Cruz and Bardem went to a local bar to celebrate, with Javier even going so far as to paint his face with Spain’s official team colors. via
Sienna Miller is in a messy love triangle with a married millionaire a month after dumping actor Rhys Ifans.
The star has fallen for Balthazar Getty, 33, a member of the super rich oil dynasty.
But he is married with four children, including June Catherine, who is just eight months old.
His furious wife Rosetta Getty is speaking to divorce lawyers today.
It is not yet known if Sienna, 26, will be named in any court papers.
But it is another messy chapter in a tangled love life which has involved film stars Daniel Craig, 39, Jude Law, 35, and Ifans, 40.
Balthazar is an actor who plays Tommy Walker on Channel 4 show Brothers & Sisters.
He is pals with Welshman Matthew Rhys, who is Kevin Walker on the programme and is another of Sienna's exes.
She was rumoured to have rebounded on Matthew after Rhys Ifans. But he was just a smokescreen for the man she was really after.
It is thought Matthew introduced Sienna to Balthazar in Prague when she was filming GI Joe in May.
Ifans tried to meet Sienna in the Czech capital but she told him she was "too busy" and promised to fly back to London to see him.
Instead she stayed in Prague to spend time with Balthazar.
A friend of Matthew's said: "They began meeting in Prague and that was when the chemistry started and he began wooing her.
"She had a boyfriend and it didn't immediately turn physical but there was something there.
"This behaviour is typical Sienna. She loves the power of being able to take a man off another woman.
"At least Rhys Ifans can try to get over it now. He knows she lied to him about Prague so that will make it a bit easier for him to move on."
For the past month Sienna and Balthazar, said to be "besotted and smitten", have been getting closer.
The tycoon's wife and children Cassius Paul, Grace, Violet and June Catherine, are all thought to have gone to stay in one of the family's well-staffed villas in Italy while a divorce is thrashed out.
A source confirmed: "Sienna got to know Balthazar through Matthew and they hit it off. They have grown incredibly close. He secretly flew to London and Prague to be with her. She has spent last week in a Hollywood house with him."
The pair have been holed up day and night with each other as their romance blossomed.
Sienna flew to Los Angeles last Monday after finishing her nine-month relationship with Ifans.
On Wednesday Sienna ordered a takeaway and took it back to a hideaway house in Hollywood she was sharing with Balthazar.
They ate out in LA on Thursday and met friends including actor Johnny Lee Miller for drinks on Friday, arriving separately.
A witness said: "Getty came in and everyone made space for him to sit by Sienna at the table. They clearly knew they were together."
Before he was married Balthazar was romantically linked with Drew Barrymore and Milla Jovovich. via
In The Wackness, Josh Peck plays Luke Shapiro, a hip hop–loving white kid who hangs out in downtown NYC, sells marijuana out of an Italian ice cart and pays his therapist (Ben Kingsley) in joints. The movie, which is set in 1994 and opens Thursday, has generated serious buzz thanks to co-star Mary-Kate Olsen (and her hard-to-imagine make-out scene with Sir Ben).
But 21-year-old Josh—best known for the squeaky-clean Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh—is the real star. The Hell’s Kitchen native “battled it out among the usual suspects” for the role (he declines to name names) and won the part, he says, because his NYC background so closely mirrors his character’s. Josh, who is Jewish, was raised by a single mother and “loves Mos Def, Talib Kweli and KRS-One.” He plays chess in Washington Square Park and eats soup dumplings in Chinatown. He tosses out urban phrases like “cool cats” and “that’s tight” and cracks self-deprecating jokes (he lost quite a bit of weight recently, and laughs that he might not be able to stand New York winters “now that I lack insulation”). So how does the actor justify playing a pot-pusher when he has a devoted youth following? “Well, in some ways this was a selfish endeavor, but I hope my fans will take a leap of faith with me,” says Josh. “And if they’re too young to do that, they can watch the movie on DVD in a few years.” via
he Grammy-winning music veteran, who has collaborated on gospel songs in the past with BeBe Winans ('Jesus Children of America'), The Williams Brothers ('Too Close') and Kirk Franklin ('Why'), is recording an album called 'The Gospel Inspired by Lula,' which is a tribute to his late mother Lula Mae Hardaway.
Wonder's mother passed in May 2006 and he originally hoped to have CD available to consumers on Jan. 11, 2008, which would have been her 77th birthday, but he's yet to complete the recording process.
During a recent teleconference call to promote his "A Wonder's Summer Night Tour," Wonder detailed the gospel endeavor.
"Some of it is going to be traditional gospel but some of it is going to be ... I'm trying to do some (different) stuff," he explained. "I might do something in Arabic. I might do something in Hebrew. My whole thing of the title is just saying 'Spreading the good word, the message."
While many of Wonder's R&B offerings have featured inspirational gems like 'If Your Love Cannot Be Moved' featuring Kim Burrell off of his 2005 release, 'A Time 2 Love,' his all-gospel CD will include new material in addition to unreleased inspirational records that the public has never heard.
"I've written a few things on the road and ... I've had songs throughout the years that I never recorded and so a combination of those songs and some traditional things will make up for the project," he shared, before adding: "And I'm excited about it."
In addition, Wonder is working on an additional project called 'Through the Eyes of Wonder,' which is a performance piece that will depict his experiences as a blind man.
"What I want to do with our live performances is to create visuals that [give] my take on how I see the world and how most various things affected me," he explained.
His "A Wonder's Summer Night Tour" will continue throughout the summer with plans to hit Europe and as well. via
