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.
A clash between cultures and an unsuspecting romance set the tone in John Curran’s “The Painted Veil.”
Set in the roaring 1920s, the film is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s classic novel. It tells the story of Kitty Fane (Naomi Watts), a vicarious, spoiled, upper-middle class socialite who’s stuck in a quarter-life crisis; familial pressures mount and Kitty must leave the nest with a husband in hand.
In comes Walter Fane (Edward Norton), a drearily boring bacteriologist, who professes his love to Kitty after a soiree.
They move to Shanghai, China, where Walter has a practice and the fairytale comes to a shattering halt.
The stark contrast in their personalities ignites Kitty’s desire to find romance elsewhere; and so begins a raunchy affair with businessman Charlie Townsend (Liev Schreiber).
Cognizant of his wife’s infidelity, Walter makes a defiant move taking Kitty along with him to Mei-tan-fu, a rural Chinese town plagued by cholera.
When they complete their arduous journey Walter and Kitty are confronted by the villagers; most of who are staunch nationalists weary of any foreign intervention.
“The Painted Veil” sails at a logical pace, giving way to the gamut of events that unfold.
The first three-quarters of the movie fail, however, to captivate the viewer’s attention.
A crucial element is lacking.
Rather, it’s a formulaic tale of an affluent yet bored housewife who’s vulnerable to the temptation of scandal.
The last quarter of the film increases in substance when Kitty volunteers at the local orphanage and becomes a spectacle for the parent-less children.
As she “finds herself” she also gravitates closer to Walter and a genuine love develops between the two.
Despite this added element it fails to provide a quality that’s compelling to the viewer.
Norton’s ability as an adaptable actor makes his performance as a banal bacteriologist believable. Watts couldn’t have done a better job playing the poor-little rich girl. While both can pat themselves on their backs for a job well done in their individual roles, they fail to create a genuine connectedness between each other.
The breathtaking cinematography provided pleasing eye candy and a general distraction to the occasional dull pace of the film.
3*/5*
