Highlights Of The Game
Posted in Awards/Events with tags Kellan Lutz, miami, Taylor Lautner on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullensBlue Team Tay Shakes Hand With White Team Jessica
Posted in Awards/Events with tags Taylor Lautner on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullens
Taylor Lautner shakes hands with opponent Jessica Szohr before going head to head in DirecTV’s 2010 Celebrity Beach Bowl held in Miami Beach, Florida on sunny Saturday afternoon (February 6).
At one point in the game, the 17-year-old Twilight actor took a torso-first dive into the hot sand trying to catch the pigskined football.
E Online caught up with Rob Lowe recently to ask about his guys-only weekend with Taylor late last month.
Rob shared, “Taylor’s another Colts fan and he’s such a great guy. He and I are here for the Super Bowl as well, and I brought my boys with me, so we just have a boys club, who’s been traveling around on this amazing Colts run. My wife is the Twilight freak in the house and she loves it. She’s really funny. I keep giving her reports on where we’re going, what we’re doing.”
Taylor Lautner’s Next Role
Posted in Movies with tags Taylor Lautner on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullens
Taylor Lautner is really going to stretch a bit for his next project. The Twilight Saga hunk just signed on the dotted line to play the title character in a film entitled Stretch Armstrong. Chances are that before hooking up with the film, Lautner had never even heard of Stretch Armstrong, and it’s likely that most of Lautner’s adoring young fans, the very people who’ll be rushing to theaters in 2012, never heard of Stretch Armstrong, either.
So, who the heck is Stretch Armstrong?
Stretch Armstrong is a toy, an action figure from Hasbro (actually, Kenner back in the day, with Kenner bought by Tonka and Tonka eventually purchased by Hasbro) that became a kids’ playtime favorite in the 1970s. Kenner/Hasbro sold millions and millions of the rubbery things, which could be pulled, yanked, stomped on, banged, and twisted mercilessly, and then would quickly regain its original shape. Stretch fell out of favor as time passed, but was successfully relaunched in the 1990s. And now, with Lautner ready to embody the role, it looks like Stretch is ready for another renaissance in the 2010s.
Universal Pictures made the announcement about Stretch Armstrong on February 5, revealing that the film will be a 3-D superhero adventure and explaining that the 2012 timeframe is designed to accommodate Lautner’s existing commitments, which include Max Steel, promotional duties on behalf of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and the filming of Breaking Dawn. Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer is set to oversee the film in collaboration with two producers from Hasbro, Brian Goldner and Bennet Schneir. The script is by Steve Oedekerk, whose previous credits include Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Bruce Almighty. Addressing the decision to cast Lautner as Stretch, Universal co-chairman Donna Langley said in a press release that, “In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office. He brings the perfect balance of energy and athleticism to the role of an unlikely superhero with a fantastic super power. We couldn’t be more pleased that he has agreed to be our Stretch.”
Editing Continues On Eclipse
Posted in Eclipse with tags David Slade on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullensWith the media machine in place for The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s March 20th DVD and Blu-ray release, it seemed logical that things would be quiet on the Eclipse front. But things aren’t always as they seem as director David Slade has been quite vocal lately, tweeting about the progress of his editing process.
Last week he wrote, “Big day, screening 1st director’s cut to the studio phase 1. THis will be the first time anyone out of editorial has seen the cut.“
Which he followed up today with, “Cutting like crazy, the film is getting closer working through the weekends again, adding more EDWARD!” That last bit’s sure to get the fans’ attention.
Follow David Slade on Twitter for more!
Go Blue Team!
Posted in Awards/Events with tags Kellan Lutz, Taylor Lautner on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullens
Kellan Lutz – AP Photo
Today, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse co-stars Taylor Lautner and Kellan Lutz played beach football at the 4th Annual DirecTV Celebrity Beach Bowl!
Lautner and Lutz were on the “blue team,” and a slideshow of Lautner at play is available below.
While doing the event, Lutz did an interview with ESPN, where he talked about his old football days.
“I love football,” he said. “I miss my high school days where I played. I was going to college for (football) and then acting came up so I had to put school on hold and now I’m on this acting adventure.”
Of course, Lutz is also getting his self involved in a little bit of modeling as well . . .
Anyway, Lutz went on to say that “I don’t think I’m tall enough, big enough or strong enough to be in the Super Bowl . . .I just miss playing football and getting hit and hitting people.” Too funny.
Ask Rob Vid Plus Remember Me Pic
Posted in Movies with tags Robert Pattinson on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullens
Robert Pattinson leans into on-screen mom Lena Olin and lil sister Ruby Jerins in this new super-cute still from Remember Me.
Kellan Posing With The Sistas!!
Posted in Awards/Events, Random with tags Kellan Lutz, miami on February 8, 2010 by chasingcullens
Flash Forward actress Gabrielle Union, tennis champ Venus Williams and singer Kelly Rowland sandwich in Twilight’s Kellan Lutz at the launch of New Tide Plus Febreze Freshness Sport at The Recreation Deck at The W South Beach on Friday (February 5) in Miami Beach, Florida.
While Kellan opted to play tennis at the event, Gabrielle, 37, worked it out on the field and played football!
“Kellan, you are one lucky guy right now,” Gabrielle joked with Kellan. “Once you go black…”
FYI: Kellan’s t-shirt is from KidDangerous.com – 100% of the proceeds go toward Haiti relief efforts!
Cam Gigandet Filming Burlesque
Posted in Los Angeles, Movies, twilight with tags Cam Gigandet on February 6, 2010 by chasingcullens
Cam Gigandet grabs his camera and snaps pictures while filming scenes for his new film Burlesque in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday (February 4).
The 27-year-old Twilight actor’s film will be delayed due to the new 3-D movie trend.
Cam’s new action movie, Priest, will be delayed from the original August release date to January 14, 2011 as it undergoes 3-D conversion.
Sony also announced that it will be delaying Cam’s other movie The Roommate from September 17 to February of next year.
Dakota Out In L.A
Posted in Los Angeles, Movies with tags Dakota Fanning on February 6, 2010 by chasingcullensDakota Fanning hopped out of her mom’s SUV in LA yesterday decked out in Docs and a leather jacket. She seems to be a fan of an edgier look lately — that is, when she’s not out on the field with her cheerleading squad. The actress’s next movie, The Runaways, hits theaters in March, and Dakota recently reunited with costar Kristen Stewart to premiere their finished product at Sundance. Kristen, meanwhile, has been busy this week with jury duty, while their film is set to travel to Texas to headline the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Kristen Continues Helping Haiti
Posted in Awards/Events with tags Kristen Stewart, Marc Malkin on February 6, 2010 by chasingcullens
Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Kristen Stewart is making like Jennifer Aniston and following up on her commitment to help Haiti.
We hear the Twilight star will be on hand later this month at the opening of La Vida restaurant and lounge in Hollywood. The night will benefit the American Red Cross‘ recovery efforts on the disaster-stricken Caribbean island…
Other celebs expected to attend include our Dancing With the Stars/Brothers & Sisters pal Gilles Marini, Without a Trace star Anthony LaPaglia and members of the actors’ Hollywood United Football Club.
Stewart’s been busy working for the cause in other ways as well. As our pals over at the Awful Truth first told you last month, four people paid a nice sum of cash for a trip to the Sundance Film Festival to hang with Stewart.
In other celebrities-helping-Haiti news, Kris Allen tells us he will make a trip there, but he promises not to turn it into a photo op. “I’m going to go in March,” the American Idol winner says. “Simon Fuller asked me, ‘You want to go to Haiti?’ and I was like, ‘Absolutely!’ I want to help out in any way I can.”
Singer Usher and New Orleans Saints player Will Smith have teamed up with the United Nations Foundation to send a medical clinic to Haiti. The two men asked youths around the world to do what they can to raise $5 each to help them in their efforts.
And former bad-girl supermodel Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief-Haiti NYC, 2010 will take place Feb. 12 to benefit CARE’s work to aid mothers and their babies in Haiti. Hosted by Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, the event’s runway show will be styled by reality-TV fashionista Rachel Zoe.
