In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
Beyond the sometimes-outrageous, often wild and crazy, performance that one expects from Steve Martin, the silver-crowned 60-year-old is a gifted actor.
King Tut may be a cocky stiff without the persona, but signs of Martin’s true acting abilities have been seen throughout his career, whether it was playing the annoyed grumpy family man opposite John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles or more recently responding to his disorderly household in Cheaper by the Dozen.
His dramatic skills?the ones that are not dependant on a response of laughter?have never been more evident than in his most recent work, Shopgirl.
The film, based on Martin’s 2001′s novella, stars Claire Danes as Mirabelle, a struggling artist, forced to sell gloves at an L.A. department store.
Mirabelle meets Jeremy, played by Jason Schwartzman, and is turned off by his immaturity after their first date. She’s sophisticated, he’s far from it, but perhaps thinking he’s the best she can get, or maybe curious as to why she is attracted to this unshaven oddball, she calls him and their relationship continues.
In the department store, she meets Martin’s character, Ray, a much older gentleman, well-kept, handsome, dressed in a bold suit, reeking of power and money. In other words: the opposite of Jeremy.
Jeremy realizes he needs to change and begins a long tour serving as a band’s equipment manager. Mirabelle and Ray begin a relationship that everyone ?Ray and the audience?knows is doomed from the start. Ray tells a psychiatrist that the relationship is purely sexual. Mirabelle tells her friends she sees a future. She’s so content with her new relationship that she stops taking her anti-depressant medication.
Ray has everything he could want in the world, except happiness. How he got rich, what profession he is, or was, in and his history of past relationships is never discussed. All the audience knows is he’s wealthy and dishonest. That’s all they need to know.
Mirabelle is young and vulnerable. In one scene, she returns to her parent’s home and it becomes obvious why she left and moved to California. Her family lacks any emotions and barely utters a word while she is present. Just being able to live alone in California makes her a success.
Without losing her smile, Mirabelle is slowly being destroyed by a relationship that is based on sex, which she is too blind to see. The film is a half comedy, half tragedy. Even with a member of the comedic royalty always around the corner, Schwartzman brings the much-needed comic relief to an otherwise depressing plot. It’s easy to forget that Martin normally plays the funny role, with the combination of his exceptional acting and Schwartzman’s ability to cause laughter.
It’s difficult to really care for anybody in the movie besides Mirabelle. You are angry with Ray, and you don’t see enough of Jeremy to really gain a definite opinion. But you’ll see some aspect of yourself in Mirabelle and pray she opens her eyes.
Martin’s acting will be appreciated and the audience will no doubt see that the true comedic legends, who seemingly are always “on,” have to also really know how to act and hide the comedic urge when necessary, like in Shopgirl. It’s what sets Martin and Robin Williams apart from guys like Rob Schneider and Andy Dick, who both will one day be given purchased stars on Hollywood Boulevard despite not deserving them.
Don’t judge the movie by its marketing campaign. The poster shows Mirabelle surrounded by Ray and Jeremy, but the movie is far from a love triangle (Ray and Jeremy never even appear in the same scene together). It’s far too easy to classify this as a typical love triangle, suggesting Mirabelle has to choose between a young-slacker and a rich-older man, because it’s far from that. Shopgirl will entrance you into a world where you ponder the true meaning of love, money, and happiness.
4*/5*
Shopgirl hits theatres in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto on October 21. It will screen in other cities in following two weeks. Check your local listings to see if it plays in your area.
