In the summer of 2006, I did costume design for a movie called Growing Out while interning at Shape mag and living in Brentwood—so celeb L.A. of me. ALL those clothes you see? I picked ’em out. Designed them, if you will. The movie I worked on is available on Amazon Instant Video ($1.99) and…
“There is not enough wine for this movie,” I say to my friend, nestled into an exceptionally comfy lounge chair next to me at a luxury theater in Laguna Niguel called Cinepolis. We’ve already sampled EL James’ 50 Shades of Grey red wine, which is $15 a glass or $55 a bottle and not worth it,…
Glam like fashion mag grit glam. It’s almost like we’re really in The Hunger Games. Instead of doing conventional movie posters, Lionsgate released these “from the Capitol”, complete with its own Capitol propaganda website: thecapitol.pn. You don’t have to love or even know The Hunger Games to recognize how cool of a promotional tool this…
Yeah, you read that correctly: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution is screening the legendary film “Casablanca” – which critic Leonard Maltin calls “the best Hollywood movie of all time,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and winner of three Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (1944)—directly on facebook.com/CasablancaTheMovie on Wednesday, May 16 at 7p ET and 7p PT. Watching the…
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! HAPPY documentary: “Happiness is a skill.” Natural Grocer grocery store trip. I love tons of things there but my top three are Buffalo Guys…
Austin Film Fest is this weekend! Here’s your primer, starting TOMORROW! Gala The 9th Annual Film and Food Gala is tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct 19th at the Driskill Hotel and is co-chaired by actress Alexis Bledel (LOVE her from “Gilmore Girls,” Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Sin City) and writer/director Ryan Piers Williams. The Gala benefits the Young Filmmakers…
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Dancin’ in my pink suede boots at Caribou Club Finally hiking Grizzly, then taking the “funcut” down A girls date to see Bridesmaids at…
I just finished reading The Blind Side, the book behind one of my all-time favorite movies. I also recently read I Don’t Know How She Does It in preparation of wanting to see the new SJP movie of the same name, and now I want to read What’s Your Number/20 Times a Lady (the former…
2nd Annual 6ixth Street Benefit Free Alamo Rolling Roadshow: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF A fundraiser to clean up and revitalize Austin’s downtown entertainment district, the sunset screening hosted by the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and parkside restaurant will be a sreet party on San Jacinto, between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Gates open at 7:30p and the movie begins at 9p. Admission is free…
“The answer is so simple it’s criminal: people starting to take responsibility for their health.” This trailer is for FORKS OVER KNIVES, a film examining the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods*. *You know that…