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Feb 27 2013
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Celebrities, Rant

Allow me to help…

Anne Hathaway.

You have earned success and an Oscar with your Broadway-caliber voice and a performance for the ages in Les Mis. You have also pissed a lot of people off in the process and are, for some reason, befuddled by this notion.

Allow me to help clear this up for you…

The heartfelt emotion you try to showcase in each of your exponentially more awkward, self-indulgent press interviews and acceptance speeches is transparently feigned. The demeanor you try to pass off as humble and appreciative is painfully disingenuous and seemingly contrived.

The common word and theme here is: TRY. You keep trying to say and do things that will evoke a positive and adoring reaction from people when in fact you are achieving the opposite.

People don’t like people who try so hard; it’s fake and ‘surface’ and reveals your true, poorly masked insecurities. These repeated, desperate attempts at authenticity and “down-to-earth-ness” must stop, Anne. Just stop. STOP IT NOW. It shouldn’t be that hard to just “be.”

In case you still have lingering questions or confusion, I have included the below photos to try and further emphasize my point. Note the differences…

…between this th (7) and this th (8) ,

…between this th (5) and this th (4) ,

…and between this th (2) and this 1759852 .

So, Anne, next year come awards season how about you channel a little more of this:

Jennifer-Lawrence

…and a hell of a lot less of this:

85th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet

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Jun 19 2012
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Cannes Lions Festival, Celebrities

Best Day EVER

Met Nadia Comaneci
And got her autograph
Mingled at SapientNitro’s private beach club with Omar Epps and our students
Found heaven on earth at the Google beach club happy hour
(the drink on the right is a basil/ginger concoction – deeelish!)

Further enjoyed the opening of Google Beach (aka- “The Sandbox”) courtesy of their photo booth.
P.S. Thanks for the new profile pic, Google!
Made an avatar of myself on an iPad and had it printed instantaneously on a canvas bag (again, thank you Google beach) which is now my new favorite accessory.
 Blond hair? Check
Token side pony/braid? Check
French stripes? Check
Red TOMS? Check
Oversized watch and sunglasses? Check
Champagne in one hand, cheese in the other? Check, Check
I mean, this thing IS ME.
I plan to replicate this outfit later in the trip and carry this bag around. 
Can’t wait for that and can’t wait for tomorrow because tomorrow (and every day) is another day o’ fun!
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May 30 2012
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Cannes Film Festival, Celebrities, Red Carpet, UGA Students

‘Best Of’ Students’ Photos

I (creepily?) pulled all of these off Facebook. As you can see our students were in the right place at the right time throughout this year’s Festival.  Enjoy…

Alec Baldwin after he popped in the American Pavilion

Ben Stiller after the “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” press conference
Bill Murray heading into the “Moonrise Kingdom” after-party
Brad Pitt at the “Killing Them Softly” red carpet premiere seemingly posing for our students’ lenses
Bruce Willis heading into the “Moonrise Kingdom” after-party
Chris Rock leaving the “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” press conference
Clive Owen arriving to this year’s MasterClass featuring Phil Kaufman
The cast of “Cosmopolis” on the red carpet before their premiere
(Including: David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti)
David Schwimmer after the “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” premiere
Jury Judge, Diane Kruger, and beau, Joshua Jackson, heading into a premiere
Eva Longoria posing right in front of our students on the red carpet
Jury Judge, Ewan McGregor, leaving a premiere
Frieda Pinto after the “Moonrise Kingdom” premiere opening night
Frieda Pinto going in to the “Rust and Bone” premiere
Gael Garcia Bernal heading into a morning screening in the Debussy Theatre
Gerard Butler after the “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” premiere
Heidi Klum heading into “The Paperboy” premiere
Jackie Chan speaking on a panel at the American Pavilion
Jessica Chastain heading into the “Moonrise Kingdom” after-party
Jessica Chastain after the “Lawless” press conference
John Cusack after “The Paperboy” press conference
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian deboarding a yacht in the Cannes harbor
Kirsten Dunst after the “On the Road” press conference
Macy Gray after “The Paperboy” press conference
Martin Short after the “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” press conference
Matthew McConaughey catching our students snapping his photo in the posh Majestic Hotel Bar
Matthew McConaughey after the “Mud” press conference
The cast of “Moonrise Kingdom” entering the theatre before their Festival Opening premiere
(L-R: Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, two kids in movie, Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Wes Anderson-front)
The cast of “Mud” exiting their premiere
(L-R: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey, the two kids in the movie, Jeff Nichols, Festival director Thierry Fremaux)
Nicole Kidman after “The Paperboy” press conference
Nicole Kidman arriving to this year’s MasterClass featuring Phil Kaufman
P.Diddy (or whatever he’s called now) heading into the “Killing Them Softly” premiere
Cast of “The Paperboy” entering their premiere
(namely from bottom to top: Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey)
Paul Giamatti after the “Cosmopolis” press conference.
Reese Witherspoon after the “Mud” press conference
Robert Pattinson signing autographs in the Palais after his morning press conference for “Cosmopolis”
Sean Penn leaving a premiere
Tilda Swinton after “Moonrise Kingdom” premiere opening night
Tye Sheridan after the “Mud” press conference
Viggo Mortensen leaving the “On the Road” press conference
Wes Anderson heading to the “Moonrise Kingdom” after-party
Zac Efron in the Palais after the morning press conference for “The Paperboy”

[Photo credits / future TMZ photogs:
Hilary Beth Allen, Laurie Costarides Liz Egan, Erin Jackson, Kara Maltby, Raines Plambeck, Sara Porch]

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May 27 2012
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Cannes Film Festival, Celebrities

Marilyn & Macy

Ran into Macy Gray after the “Mud” premiere. 
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May 14 2011
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Cannes Film Festival, Celebrities, Guest Speakers, UGA Students, University of Georgia

Tilda Swinton

After hearing Jonathan Caouette speak to us at a hotel up by the Cannes Train Station we speed-walked down to the beach to get in our seats at the UK Pavilion to hear Tilda Swinton generously speak one-on-one with our group.
Here, the students are awaiting the arrival of Tilda. I know the background behind them is fairly white washed, but if I had adjusted the lighting on my camera correctly you would see the bright blue water of the Mediterranean underneath the bright white glow of huge yachts. Not a bad view.
Tilda was wonderful. Having just spoken to a crowd at Ebertfest in April with Roger and Nate (our professor/program director) we were able to somehow occupy a bit of her heavily sought-after time during the chaos of Cannes. She was open, lovely, honest, and insightful. Such an honor and a joy to have her speak to our group of budding film and journalism students.

She cited her two children serving as constant inspirations throughout her talk with us – especially when it comes to film. Not just acting in film, but appreciating film. Tilda described her home absent of television and video games, so when her children are exposed to movies, be it in a local Scottish theatre or simply watching Hitchcock classics in their home, she absolutely admires and is inspired by the way the children let the films wash over them and are absorbed into their young, honest psyches.
Tilda sipped on tea at first because her voice was wearing out from all of the interviews and panels she had participated in prior to speaking to us. Despite tirelessly fulfilling her duties as a lead actress in one of the most talked about films in competition, Tilda’s mood and intention with us was nothing but uplifting and informative. She is a true professional. And her humility was surprising. When describing how she became involved in “We Need To Talk About Kevin” she recalled how she was dumbfounded that Lynne Ramsay and John C. Reilly even knew who she was. She seems to forget she’s an Oscar-winning actress who is arguably one of the best of our time. I guess leading a secluded, normal life on the coast of Scotland could do that to a person. In her town she says she’s “just her kids’ mom” and at the vet she’s “just her dogs’ mom.”
Shockingly, too, was her humor. At one point a nearby helicopter loudly started up and she childishly/mockingly stuck her pointer fingers in her ears and made a face. Smiling, she angrily demanded (in a pretending manner, of course), “Who is that [in the helicopter]?!” It made me daydream and imagine her marching over to the helicopter, knocking on its door, and telling its mystery passengers to quiet down so she could continue speaking to our group of university students in peace. She has the perfect combination of celebrity prowess and innate down-to-earth nature to be able to pull something like that off effectively.
I love this last shot shown below. This is Tilda’s immediate reaction to our student, Donté Slocum’s, question: “How have you grown as a person since you first started acting?” She pensively processed how to respond as the question really took her aback.
All in all, the concise, yet full thirty minutes we spent with Tilda on the patio of the UK Pavilion were so appreciated and sincere. She really took her time with our group. My perceptions of her before this talk and after could not be more different. She is such a normal, amazingly talented woman.
The day after she spoke to us Nate received an email from her apologizing for “rushing out of there.” This completely unnecessary apology couldn’t describe her character more. Genuine, kind, and classy. What an experience!

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