All about Kirsten Dunst

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Dec 22 2007

THE GREAT ESCAPE ***** BBC2 4.15pm

A group of Allied prisoners at a supposedly escape-proof Axis detention camp plot a breakout. Thrilling drama with bits of comedy thrown in for good measure, starring legends of the silver screen such as Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence, James Garner and Charles Bronson.

SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW ** CH4 4.30pm

Set in 1930s New York, this innovative action flick stars Gwyneth Paltrow as a reporter who finds out that the disappearance of some top scientists is linked to a giant robot attack and teams up with a pilot (Jude Law) to learn the truth. It’s visually fantastic, with a mix of reality and computer generated settings. Also starring Angelina Jolie, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling and a re-created Laurence Olivier.

HAPPY FEET **** SKY MOVIES PREMIERE 6pm

Elijah Wood swaps Middle-Earth for Antarctica in this Bafta-winning family adventure. A young penguin named Mumble (above right, voiced by Wood) is shunned by his colony when it turns out he can’t sing. Despite displaying a remarkable gift for tap dancing, Mumble is banished and embarks on an adventure in the hope of proving his worth. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams and Nicole Kidman.

MONA LISA SMILE *** FIVE 9pm

Historian (Julia Roberts) accepts a teaching position at all-female Wellesley on the East Coast in the 1950s.But her new-age ideas don’t go down well with her students, who, despite gaining a good education, don’t kid themselves that they can achieve anything in their stifled society without a rich husband. Inspirational drama, also starring Kirsten Dunst and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

BIG NOTHING *** SKY MOVIES PREMIERE 10.30pm

Simon Pegg shines as conman Gus, who entices teacher Charlie (David Schwimmer) into a blackmailing scheme. But when plan leads to the death of a member of the local clergy, the pair desperately try …

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Ongoing salute to excellence in HD programming recognizes each of the 45
high-definition services iO TV customers receive at no additional cost.

Bethpage, NY (PRWEB) December 21, 2007 — Cablevision Systems Corp. today is recognizing Hi-Def On Demand as its HD Channel of the Day, as part of the recently expanded "45 Days in HD, on iO TV" countdown. Available to Cablevision's iO TV customers on channel 700, Hi-Def On Demand features popular films, including unique titles originally seen in IMAX theaters that viewers can pause, fast forward and rewind any time they want, presented in the stunning HD format. Additionally, titles can be watched repeatedly for up to 24 hours from initial purchase.

During the countdown, Cablevision is recognizing each of the 45 high-definition services iO customers receive at no additional cost, including all nine local professional sports teams in HD. Unlike its satellite and phone company competitors, Cablevision does not impose additional fees and charges on customers who want to "see" in HD.

"We are pleased to recognize HD VOD as today's Channel of the Day in our ongoing '45 Days in HD, on iO TV' countdown," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "Cablevision was a pioneer in launching HD VOD which offers viewers full control over their selected titles and is an important feature of the iO TV high-definition experience."

Featured HD VOD titles include:

TransformersTwo intergalactic races of robots, the Autobots and the evil Decepticons, crash land on earth where they battle for the ultimate power source: Energon, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance. And the only person who can save the planet from certain annihilation is a teenage boy.

A action version of the original Transformers TV series

Knocked UpAfter an intoxicating evening, and several …

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IT’S been almost two years now since I began sharing the
Sticky round with Patrick Donovan. This year, we also
welcomed Tessie Vanderwert to the fold for occasional
contributions. We’ll reveal Tessie’s 10 favorite albums of 2007
today. First up, here’s how one half of Sticky saw the
year.
It’s rare to declare that you have witnessed your favorite gig
of the year in January. That happened to me walking out of the
Killers’ show at Festival Hall almost 11 months ago. Having met the
mild-mannered Brandon Flowers hours before backstage, we saw a
different person strut on stage. The band launched into the title
track from their album Sam’s Town, and the crowd sang every
single word thereafter back at him. The second encore, which
featured Flowers sitting by himself on stage singing
Exitlude was one of the only times the hairs on the back of
my neck stood up at a gig this year.
There were plenty of good gigs this year, and just as many
ordinary ones.
The year began for me in Lorne at Falls. My endearing memory:
Joey Johns embracing Tim Rogers backstage. You Am I joined
Wolfmother after midnight for a cover of Baba O’Riley. A few
weeks later, I was at Festival Hall for probably the worst gig I
saw in 2007: Tenacious D. One joke over 90 minutes in sweltering
conditions does not make for a fun night. Better value were the
Pretenders at the Prince.
Australia Day was Kiss My Grass, a locals-only dance
party at the Myer Music Bowl. Patriotism was the order of the day:
the Aussie flag became a skirt, shorts, shirt, balaclava, bandanna,
wristband and even a hair-piece. The Big Day Out had its second and
final run at Princes Park. We wait with trepidation for its return
to Flemington.
The Scissor Sisters attempted to move Vodafone Arena from its
usual sterile state. They almost succeeded, too. The St Jerome’s
Laneway Festival had its last year amid the rubbish bins in
Caledonian Lane. year, it will annex a block of Lonsdale
Street.
Swedish rockers Peter, Bjorn and John played …

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BID 2 BEAT AIDS begins December 1, 2007 to benefit LIFEbeat featuring itemsfrom Madonna, Beyonce, Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, Mariah Carey, BritneySpears, Whoopi Goldberg, Rihanna, Usher, Matt Damon, Jay-Z, Fall Out Boy, YokoOno, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Victoria Beckham, VanessaHudgens, Amy Winehouse, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Bill Clinton, Elijah Wood,Robin Williams, Hayden Panettiere, Joan Rivers & hundreds more!

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — (World AIDS Day) — Biddingbegins at noon on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, an annual auction of rare andautographed items from stars in music, film, Broadway, sports, politics, andtelevision. It’s the world’s biggest celebrity tag sale, offering everythingfrom Borat’s hat to a CD signed by High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens to aSpiderman doll signed by Tobey Maguire. Proceeds benefit LIFEbeat, the MusicIndustry Fights AIDS to support its ongoing AIDS/HIV programs nationwide.Sponsors of this 10-day eBay auction include MTV, Borders and Sirius SatelliteRadio.

LIFEbeat has amassed nearly 1000 items for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, making it thelargest charity auction of its kind in eBay history. Items include: CDsautographed by Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse,and Taylor Hicks; signed books by Madonna, Anderson Cooper, Ethan Hawke, RosieO’Donnell, Stephen Colbert, Martha Stewart, and Bill Clinton; posters signedby Britney Spears, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst, andBeyonce; record presentation plaques and instruments from Aerosmith,Metallica, Prince and 50 Cent; as well as DVDs, photos, magazines and otherautographed memorabilia.

Unique items include: an iPod designed by Yoko Ono; signed scripts fromGrey’s Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother and One Tree Hill; a box ofcereal for Blades of Glory signed by Will Ferrell Jon Heder; signedcostumes from Sacha Baron Cohen, Ricky Martin and Hilary Duff; MTV talentcredentials worn and …

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People News
Miu Miu model Kirsten Dunst

Nov 29, 2007, 13:30 GMT

Kirsten Dunst is the new face of fashion label Miu Miu.
Kirsten Dunst - © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
The ‘Spider-Man’ actress will take over from Lindsay Lohan - who fronted the spring/summer 2007 campaign - and star in the fashion house’s adverts for spring/summer 2008.
A source said: “Kirsten just wrapped a photoshoot for Miu Miu’s new range in Los Angeles with fashion photographers Mert and Marcus.”
Previous faces of the Prada clothing line - headed by Miuccia Prada whose nickname is Miu Miu - include Kim Basinger and Chinese actress Zhou Xun.
Earlier this year, Kirsten, 25, caused controversy by saying she believes the world would be a “better place” if more people smoked marijuana.
The ‘Virgin Suicides’ star said: “I drink moderately, I’ve tried drugs. I do like weed. I have a different outlook on marijuana than America does.
“I’ve never been a major smoker, but I think America’s view on weed is ridiculous. I mean - are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.”
(C) BANG Media

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by Kam Williams

Fourth Installment of Cheerleading Franchise Out on DVD
Seven years ago, Bring It On was the sleeper hit of the summer which kickstarted the careers of a couple of relatively-unknown actresses, Gabrielle Union and Kirsten Dunst. The pair squared-off as the captains their high school cheerleading teams, one, all-black and hailing from the ‘hood, the other, lily-white and located in the suburbs.

The film worked by creating a palpable tension between credible characters caught up in a realistic across the tracks drama. And although neither Union nor Dunst would reprise her role, the original was parlayed into a franchise which is presently releasing its third sequel on DVD.

Sadly, this installment is a pathetic rip-off which bears virtually no resemblance to the first, except that it revolves around cheerleading. It actually might have been better titled West Side Story 2, since the two squads have been renamed the Jets and the Sharks, and a boy from the former falls in love with a girl from the latter.

Strangely, despite the fact that during Bring It On 2 the kids entered college, they are somehow back in high school again, here. More curiously, the lead black character has been reduced to a one-dimensional, support role as a stereotypical sassy sister leveling threats like: “I will slice you like government cheese.”

Worse, she boasts about participating in drive-by shootings since she was a child. Then, worst of all, during the denouement, she reveals that she’s “been ‘hood ratting it up” because she’s “really an Oreo, black on the outside, but white on the inside.”

At this juncture, she is offered a shoulder to lean on by her suddenly-sympathetic, patronizing blonde adversary, who advises: “If you want respect that badly, just be a bitch.” I’m not even sure exactly what that is supposed to mean.

The real question is how long will African-American females continue to …

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Surfing hunk KELLY SLATER has dismissed rumours of a romance with KIRSTEN DUNST - because he’s not even met the actress.
The extreme sports star - who has previously hooked up with Cameron Diaz and Israeli model Bar Rafaeli - was recently said to have a new love in the Spider-Man beauty, but Slater denies having anything do with Dunst.
He tells TMZ.com, "I have no idea what that’s about. I’ve never met her my whole life."

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Drop Dead Gorgeous (3-5 p.m., COM) - A satire about a teen beauty pageant - Isn't that redundant? This comedy of killer babes who would kill for the tiara stars Denise Richards and Kirsten Dunst as the contestants, and Kirstie Alley and Ellen Barkin as their moms, a Midwestern hypocrite and a trailer-trash trollop.
NFL Legends: Brady, Manning, Favre (5-6 p.m., 6ABC) - NFL fans have had the privilege of watching three all-time great players perform in the same era, and they're still going strong. This NFL Films special highlights the lifelong road that the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning, the New England Patriots' Tom Brady, and the Green Bay Packers' Brett Favre have traveled to the top of their profession, and includes interviews with all three, their families and their teammates.
Snowglobe (8-10 p.m., FAM) - If you've ever lamented the fact that your family is nothing like a Norman Rockwell painting, especially around the holidays, you'll feel Angela's (Christina Milian) pain. The heroine of this new fantasy, she comes into possession of a magical snow globe and is transported into the perfect happy-holiday world within. But you just know a lesson about what's really important is coming.
Dreamgirls (8-10 p.m., HBO) - It took a long time to reach the screen, but writer-director Bill Condon's adaptation was worth the wait. Beyonce Knowles has her best film role yet as the central vocalist in a 1960s girl group, and Jamie Foxx also does sterling work as their manager. Still, the cast standouts are Murphy as a soul-music superstar and Jennifer Hudson, the American Idol veteran who earned an Oscar for the film.

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I have a really long to-do list in a notebook somewhere. I call it my things-to-do-before-I-croak list. It includes stuff like places I want to see, books I want to read and things I’d like to accomplish. Thanks to AfterEllen.com, I can sort of cross off one of those items. No. 67: Get published. Sure, the Internet wasn’t what I had in mind when I added that particular item to my list, but it counts in my world.

Another thing on my to-do list is attend the Sundance Film Festival. If I could manage to squeeze in the time off and barter my way to Utah, I’d make 2008 the year to get that one crossed off the list. The complete list of films screening at next year’s festival was released over the course of the past couple of weeks. Not only do some of the films sound intriguing, but the list of who’s in those films should make the red carpet a true treat. In last week’s Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. we told you about one reason to head for the Utah mountains, a reason named Saffron Burrows. Here are a few more reasons to make the trek.

One of the people I would expect to see strutting about town is Lena Headey. Not only would I love to drool over her in person, but I’d also like to see the movie she’s in that’s screening at Park City at Midnight. It’s called The Broken and tells the tale of a woman who sees herself drive by in her own car while on a busy London street. She follows the mystery double into "a living nightmare." Lena Headey in what sounds like an eerie psychological thriller? Count me in.

Kirsten Dunst will likely be there as well, along with Winona Ryder. Dunst directed one of the short films being screened in competition. The film is called Welcome and stars Ryder, who’s got not one but two films on the Sundance screening list.

The Year of Getting to Know Us, a film about a man afraid of commitment starring Jimmy Fallon, is getting its world premiere at Sundance. What’s so special about a movie …

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Thirty years ago, it was a byword for gore, suspense and over-acting. Now the
Hammer House of Horror is open for business again, exclusively online, writes
Hannah Strange.

Beyond the Rave, the first horror movie made by Hammer Films since 1976, will
be released not in cinemas but through MySpace, the world’s biggest social
networking site, on which it will be streamed in episodes next spring before
being released on DVD.

The studio said that Beyond the Rave would contain all the ingredients of a
Hammer classic: “vampires, blood, death and suspense throughout”, but, as
the name suggests, with a 21st century twist.

Hammer’s resurrection follows its takeover earlier this year by a consortium
led by John De Mol, the Dutch producer behind Endemol and creator of Big
Brother. The new owners have promised to plough £25 million into a new
generation of films for horror lovers via the web and mobile phones.

Featuring Sadie Frost, arguably the perfect choice for a breathy Hammer Horror
heroine, the film is a UK co-production with MySpace, which is owned by News
Corporation, parent company of Times Online.

Celebrated for 1950s horror movies such as The Curse of Frankenstein and
Dracula, Hammer Films launched in 1934 and became one of the best known
British film companies in the 20th century, elevating actors such as Peter
Cushing and Christopher Lee to worldwide fame.

This latest venture aims to refashion the genre for a modern audience using a
host of up-to-the-minute technologies, according to Simon Oakes, Hammer Film
Productions chairman and chief executive.

“When Hammer Films first started, it was an innovative production company and
this new venture marks the beginning of a journey to recalibrate the DNA of
Hammer Films for a new audience,” he said.

“To relaunch MySpaceTV’s first UK co-production is perfect for a company
originally born out of a culture of …