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Carla Gugino has been tapped to play Hollywood screen legend Vivien Leigh in the forthcoming biopic “The Florist.”

The film is directed by Nick Sandow (star of “Orange is the New Black”) and will explore Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Screenwriter Jayce Bartok (“The Cake Eaters”) put the script together based on a box of love letters.

Leigh earned her place in cinema history as Scarlett O’Hara, the central character in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind,” opposite Clark Gable. Leigh also played the landmark role of Blanche DuBois opposite Marlon Brando in 1951’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

“I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to excavate a woman as complex, contradictory, and compelling as Vivien. From the moment I read the script, I knew ‘The Florist’ was a journey I had to pursue,...

Mary Stuart Masterson has been cast in Blumhouse’s feature film adaptation of “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” Production on the film adaptation of the popular video game series will begin in February in New Orleans.

She joins an ensemble that also includes Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard. Emma Tammi (“The Wind”) is directing the film. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop will be working alongside Blumhouse to bring the game’s animatronics to life.

As fans of the survival game know, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through. The film was written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback. The film will be produced by Blumhouse in association with Striker Entertainment. Scott Cawthon and...

Exclusive: As New York City battles through Covid-19, enduring more cases and deaths than anywhere in the world, the film and TV production sector appears to be a long way from resuming its previously brisk pace.

A new option for producers is now poised to open two hours away, however: Upriver Studios in Saugerties, a town along the Hudson River about 10 miles from Woodstock. Upriver will offer about 104,000 square feet of sound stages and other production space in a former manufacturing facility retrofit by a group led by actress and director Mary Stuart Masterson.

“As crazy as it seems to be launching a business in a pandemic,” Masterson said, “it turns out Upriver Studios is the right place at the right time for productions who need to find a safe haven.”

Outside of the city and its suburbs, the effects of the coronavirus have not been nearly as severe. Ulster County,...

“The Holdouts,” a new web series raising money on Kickstarter, is an ode to what some have called vanishing New York. It’s the story of “a blue collar guy who just wants to get day-wasted for three dollars,” but every gin joint he used to haunt has turned into a Starbucks or a Duane Reade or a Bank of America. Created by Dan Menke and Stephen Girasuolo, Menke wrote the script specifically with stars Kevin Corrigan (“Goodfellas,” “The Departed”) and Jayce Bartok (“The Cake Eaters”) in mind.

“Kevin and I for a while had been sending each other the Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York thing, bitching at four in the morning about something closing,” Menke said, speaking from his rent-controlled Williamsburg studio. “Being a native New Yorker as he is, the underlying theme of people being priced out and the struggle to try to stay here was definitely something Kevin connected with.” For years after meeting Corrigan, Menke wrote possible projects. “I would periodically get up the nerve to send them to him,” the writer said, “and he liked this one.”

Menke met Bartok when the actor appeared on his monthly variety show hosted by New York’s filthiest marionette, The Arty Need Show. Originally, the show was about two down and out actors — with a running gag that Corrigan would always get recognized for his role in “Goodfellas,” while Bartok got mistaken as someone’s cousin’s ex. “With the added backdrop of gentrification, the project has deepened exponentially,” said Bartok. “It gives it that meaning, that edge, that wow, this is relevant.”

Read More: Mary Stuart Masterson Wants to Open a Movie Studio in Upstate NY

Though he may be less recognizable than Corrigan, Bartok cut his teeth with bit parts in classics like “The Fisher King,” and “School Ties.” More recently, he has written and produced two features; “The Cake Eaters,” with Kristin Stewart and Bruce Dern, which won best feature at The Stony Brook Film Festival in 2008, and “Fall to Rise,” starring Daphne Rubin-Vega.

The gentrification subject is particularly relevant to Bartok, whose artist mother moved him to Soho when he was eleven. “We moved to Soho when it was bodegas and art galleries, that kind of ‘After Hours’ Martin Scorsese Soho, and over 20 years I watched it become this kind of Euro mall.” Bartok was a Soho holdout until five years ago, when he moved to the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn. “You couldn’t leave the house on weekends,” he said. “There was no neighborhood anymore.”

The series has a bit of an “Odd Couple” feel, with Bartok playing the naïve newbie and Corrigan schooling his character on the real New York. The team is hoping the five-minute episodes will gain momentum like the hit web series “High Maintenance,” and get picked up for television.

Why are such accomplished film and television actors turning to web content? According to Bartok, “these days, just business wise, when you have major movie stars doing pilot after pilot, and you’re competing with Tony winners for one episode of ‘Elementary,’ you’re like wow, this is it, it truly is an actor’s life.”

It almost sounds as tough as say, holding out on a New York apartment.

“The Holdouts” is produced by Savin Rock Entertainment. Help get it made by contributing on Kickstarter.

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Inexcusably self-indulgent. Tarantino gratifies his enormous self-love and his amusement at his own genius at the expense of all else. I’m “biast” (pro): loved Tarantino’s last two films…

I’m “biast” (con): …but really hate some of his films, too

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Damn. So after the marvels of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino has swung back to the Kill Bill style of filmmaking, which I described in my review of Basterds as a cinematic “circle jerk in which he and his fans get off on one another and how clever they all are to be such rapacious film geeks.” With the inexcusably self-indulgent The Hateful Eight, Tarantino has returned to the gratification of his enormous self-love and his amusement at his own genius at the expense of all else.

There are no characters to like in Eight.

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Fall to Rise" Tweetable Logline: Fall to Rise is a feature film starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tamara Tunie, Desmond Richardson and Katherine Crockett. Elevator Pitch: Fall to Rise is a feature film starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tamara Tunie, Desmond Richardson and Katherine Crockett. We are raising funds for post production. It's about a famous principal dancer injures her knee and attempts to settle into motherhood only to realize she is not that great at motherhood... she has no identity without dance, and struggles to return with the help of an equally troubled former company dancer. Writer/Director: Jayce Bartok (screenwriting debut "The Cake Eaters" starring Kristen Stewart and Bruce Dern) Production team: Tiffany Bartok,...

Bruce Dern in ‘Nebraska’: AFI Fest 2013 highlight The Los Angeles-based AFI Fest, which kicked off last Thursday, November 7, 2013, continues until next Thursday. On Monday, November 11, the highlight of AFI Fest 2013 is Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (7:00 p.m. at Tcl Chinese Theatre), likely to earn a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for veteran Bruce Dern, who earlier this year took home the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Bruce Dern, Will Forte in Nebraska.) Set in Kentucky (kidding), Nebraska accompanies an elderly man (Dern) and his son (Will Forte) as they travel from Billings, Montana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, so he can collect sweepstakes prize money he believes he has won. In sum, Nebraska is what’s called a Road Movie, in which the Road is a metaphor for Life. Shades of brothers Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise getting to know one another in Barry Levinson’s Rain Man,...

Usually when someone is described as “polarizing” it means that sensible people think they’re awful and foolish saps think they’re the greatest. Other times, it can be a matter of acquired taste, someone who seems weird and unlikeable at first and then over time, as you begin to understand what they’re about, becomes more interesting and cool. In other cases, people people’s impressions can be forever tinged by what their first exposure to someone is, and they refuse to change their minds, instead steadfastly clinging to their original conclusion because thinking differently is too much work.

I say all this because I think a sizeable contingent of the public has gotten Kristen Stewart entirely wrong. The first moment she seized most people’s attention was as Bella in Twilight, which developed a specific reputation for her as a person and as an actor, and she has...

Tomorrow, April 9, is Kristen Stewart's twenty-third birthday! To celebrate, here's a look back at the nine most critically-acclaimed film roles the "Twilight" alum has had to-date and what the movie world had to say about each. Brace for loads of praise. See also: A look back at some celebrity praise Kristen Stewart has gotten over the years It was difficult to narrow the list down to just nine, too, since Stewart's now been in twenty-five (and counting) plus movies in the span of her thir ... Focus, The Big Shoe, Speak, The Runaways, In The Land Of Women, Twilight, On The Road, Panic Room, Into The Wild, Adventureland, The Cake Eaters, Welcome To The Rileys, Fierce People.

In a new interview, K-Stew's mom reveals that her favorite movie starring her daughter is Not 'Twilight'! Click to see her shocking words. Before Kristen Stewart landed the coveted role of Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga, she was an unknown starring in small indie films. In a new interview, Kristen's mother Jules Stewart revealed her favorite of Kristen's films, and it's not what you would expect! Jules' favorite movie starring her 22-year-old daughter is The Cake Eaters! Right before Kristen gained worldwide fame with Twilight, she starred in this 2007 independent film, where she played a small town girl who was suffering from a terminal illness. Jules said, "One of my favorite films for Kristen Stewart is The Cake Eaters. It was Mary Stewart Masterson's directorial debut. Kristen plays a young girl who has Friedreich's Ataxia, which is a horrible disease that attacks the nervous system. I think she was not only beautiful,...

On the Road movie reedited for Toronto screening Based on Jack Kerouac's '50s novel, Walter Salles' Otr adaptation starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kristen Stewart (above photo) will be screened at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. We all knew that. What we didn't know is that Tiff 2012 will unveil a new cut of the film (via indieWIRE), which premiered last spring at the Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews. The 2hr20m drama has been downsized to approximately 125 minutes. That's an interesting development, as Otr has already been screened in several countries, with varying degrees of box-office success. [Check out the On the Road trailer. Check out Kristen Stewart On the Road poster; Garrett Hedlund On the Road poster.] Otr movie reedit hardly unique On the other hand, different cuts shown in different countries is hardly something new. Whether as a result of poor critical/box-office reception, (perceived) local sensibilities, and/or censorship, the movie you watch in, say, Canada isn't necessarily the exact same movie watched by someone in Singapore,...

It's all but certain that 2012 is the year Kristen Stewart finally silences those who doubt her. Not only is she headlining Universal Pictures' summer release Snow White And The Huntsman, but she's also continuing her well-established career in meaningful indie pictures with On The Road, the long-awaited book-to-film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's infamous novel. Could this year bring more for Stewart, though? Could On The Road bring her into awards season contention? View slideshow: Kristen Stewart promotes 'On the Road' at Cannes Film Festival Her name's been thrown around in Oscar talk before, due to films like Welcome To The Rileys and The Cake Eaters, but On The Road's got a distinct advantage over those pictures, as it was selected for competition at this year's prestigious Cannes Film Festival. ...

The woman who made her name as Bella Swan reckons her new role in Snow White and the Huntsman has a lot in common with a certain vampire-loving teenager. She talks here about her 'bad-ass girl power movie'

After a year of unsuccessful auditions, the nine-year-old Kristen Stewart told her mother she wanted to pack it all in. It hadn't been her ambition to act; she had wanted to be an archaeologist. But she lived in Los Angeles, where an agent saw her sing in a school play aged eight, and so inevitably the notion was put to her. She was interested initially. Her parents were crew members, and she had spent time on film sets where there was a feeling that: "we were all in this together, and we were making something worthwhile". She takes one of many deep, meaningful breaths. "And then I would see a kid walk...

Taylor Lautner was cemented — quite literally — as a bona fide Hollywood star today. But when people look down at his hand print at Grauman’s, will it say “Taylor Lautner,” but forever read “Jacob From Twilight. You Know, The Kid With The Crazy Abs”?

While his turn in the recent double identity action caper — and box office flop — Abduction might suggest just that, it’s unfair to count Lautner out as a one-trick werewolf pony yet. While Lautner will be heading into familiar territory with the big screen adaptation of the Ya novel Incarceron, as we EW reported last night,...

By Kim Palacios

hollywoodnews.com: Today, actress Kristen Stewart of “Twilight” fame finally turns 21. The child star turned serious actress has played in twenty-two released films spanning the past eleven years, and is confirmed for another six projects set to release between now and 2014.

Her first credited role came in 2001 when she played Sam Jennings in “The Safety of Objects”. In 2002, she co-starred with Jodie Foster as Sarah Altman in “Panic Room”, a role which won her status as a more serious child actor.

Though the next several years saw her mostly in minor roles, she often chose young characters dealing with mature issues. Films that saw her in more prominent roles, such as “Speak”, “The Cake Eaters”, and “Welcome to the Rileys” dealt more directly with loss of innocence themes.

Despite her current star power, which gives her access to big-budget mainstream roles, Stewart has shown a preference for complex characters in smaller films.

Maybe the entire world has already seen a young Kristen Stewart in this Porsche commercial from 1999, but it is new to us. Watch and “Awwww” with us, please:

The woman (let’s stop calling her a girl, shall we) has an enviable resume that blossomed shortly after this commercial was shot. You know, when she worked with A-Listers David Fincher and Jodi Foster on her first movie, Panic Room. We first caught wind of Kristen in Into the Wild. She was completely captivating onscreen, and when we weren’t marveling over her acting skills we were enviously drooling over her legs. As Em in Adventureland she encapsulated everything it means to be a teenage girl in coming of age over the summer: insecure, awkward, flirtatious, unsure of herself and yet wildly confident.The break up scene in New Moon crushes us every time (specifically the seasonal change sequence) and we...

What can a pic-a-nic basket hold? A whole lot of fun for the entire family! The latest installment of the beloved brown bear that talks is coming to theaters in 3-D. This rendition has another twist though.it is live action with animation. There have been a couple animated movies/specials over the years since the animated series rolled out of the Hanna-Barbera production company back in 1961. Only running for 2 seasons, Yogi the Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo have remained iconic animated characters for almost 50 years. .

‘Yogi Bear. has the characters everyone has loved over the years and a couple new ones too. Yogi, voiced by Dan Akroyd (Ghostbusters, Antz) is no stranger to comedy. The majority of his career has been in and around comedy, if not live action then animation. His voice is unimpeachable as Yogi, which was originally uttered by Daws Butler Aka Voice Magician. Justin Timberlake (Yu-Gi-Oh!

To some, Kristen Stewart is simply "the 'Twilight' girl." Her arresting turn as love-struck teen Bella Swan in the swoony series of vampire romance blockbusters put her on the map and earned her the mantle of "movie star." And for many young actors, this would have represented the chance to cash in, to do a whole bunch of well-paying wannabe hits with various supernatural love interests. Stewart, on the other hand, prefers the more challenging route: offbeat indies, parts that speak to her in a genuine way, and the occasional portrayal of an icon (like, say, Joan Jett). She only hopes that those who want to see her as nothing more than Bella will give her a chance."There's a road I'm going down now, and I'm aware that there's not as much of an audience for strange movies—for different, eclectic movies—and I totally accept that," she says.

Independent filmmakers have done everything from maxing out their credit cards to forming limited partnerships, creating hedge-fund tax shelters, squeezing relatives and friends and crowd-sourcing through websites like Kickstarter.com. But it gets increasingly challenging and they have to be ever more innovative about finding the money to make their movies. So now, a new approach: the tax-deductible donation. That's the idea that writer-actor Jayce Bartok has hit upon for his new film, Tiny Dancer, a drama about a former ballerina contending with her post-career life. Bartok, who wrote and acted in The Cake Eaters, the 2007 directorial debut for Mary Stuart Masterson that starred Kristen Stewart, has come up with a plan through which benefactors can contribute to the film's budget - and receive a tax deduction as a charitable donation. It's being done through The Independent Collective, which Bartok and his wife...

VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip Kristen Stewart (photos) is just 20 years old, but she clearly has a knack for picking varied, interesting and challenging projects to work on. Let’s review, shall we? High school rape survivor (Speak), terminally ill teenager trying to lose her virginity and experience love (The Cake Eaters), iconic rocker Joan Jett (The Runaways), an angst-filled teen prostitute (Welcome to the Rileys) and a clumsy vamp-lover (Twilight)… to name a few. Her obvious interest in exploring unique, character-based stories has left us wondering for a while: when is this woman gonna produce her first movie? When, god damn it!? Co-star (and, er, brother?) Robert Pattinson (photos) has been quietly producing some of his films recently, and we wanted to find out if and when Kristen was gonna do the same thing. Here’s what she told us Monday night at the Welcome to the Riley’s screening.

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Kristen Stewart (photos) is just 20 years old, but she clearly has a knack for picking varied, interesting and challenging projects to work on. Let’s review, shall we? High school rape survivor (Speak), terminally ill teenager trying to lose her virginity and experience love (The Cake Eaters), iconic rocker Joan Jett (The Runaways), an angst-filled teen prostitute (Welcome to the Rileys) and a clumsy vamp-lover (Twilight)… to name a few. Her obvious interest in exploring unique, character-based stories has left us wondering for a while: when is this woman gonna produce her first movie? When, god damn it!?

Co-star (and, er, brother?) Robert Pattinson (photos) has been quietly producing some of his films recently, and we wanted to find out if and when Kristen was gonna do the same thing. Here’s what she told us Monday night at the Welcome to the Riley’s screening.

Kristen Stewart is already getting a lot of attention for Welcome to the Rileys, a film with James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo that opens in NY, La, and Boston on October 29th, and it looks like those who have dismissed her as a result of her Twilight time may have to rethink things.

As for me, such turns as Adventureland, The Cake Eaters, and to a certain extent, The Runaways, have already made me take her pretty seriously, but there is a quiet intensity to Welcome to the Rileys which may finally get through to a broader range of critics, and the general public. Take a look at a few clips, and see what you think.

Welcome to the Rileys is an emotional journey that takes us through grief, self-reinvention and healing. The Rileys have been struggling in their marriage since losing their teenage daughter eight years prior. Once a happily married and loving couple,...

The Runaways, Adventureland, The Cake Eaters...all movies in which Kristen Stewart has taken on a dramatic role and shown that she can work beyond the vampire-smitten-teen framework of Twilight. And now, check out the trailer for Welcome to the Rileys—you know, that movie where Kristen plays a stripper—for another example of those dramatic chops at work. There's some buzz in the online world that this role might earn K.Stew and Oscar nom. What do you think? Check out the trailer and let us know.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse cast members, among them Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Greene, Julia Jones, and Elizabeth Reaser, were at The Jimmy Kimmel Show on Monday, June 14. (The [bottom] clip above just shows the Eclipse stars at the taping; there’s no sound.) The top clip takes you back in time. "Your fans are very enthusiastic," says host Jimmy Kimmel to Kristen Stewart, when she appeared on his show at the time Mary Stuart Masterson’s The Cake Eaters opened in March 2009. (Adventureland opened the following month.) Talk about understating the facts. In this old (but very interesting) clip, Stewart was greeted with wild applause and (female-sounding) screams. That’s one thing that’s curious about Kristen Stewart: she seems to be much bigger among women than among men. That must be (I think…...

Kristen Stewart may be an international superstar thanks to her role as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga, but she actually had critics and moviegoers singing her praises well before Twilight (2008) exploded into theaters. Born to John and Jules-Mann Stewart on April 9, 1990, Stewart kicked off her acting career at just eight years old, in a school play, and just a couple of years later, after brief appearances in The Thirteenth Year (1999), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), and The Safety of Objects (2001), she wowed audiences with a remarkable performance as Jodie Foster's diabetic daughter in the thriller Panic Room (2002). Stewart never looked back from there, mixing major studios films with indie projects, and amassing such credits as Cold Creek Manor (2003), Speak (2004), Catch that Kid (2004), Undertow (2004), Fierce People (2005), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), The Cake Eaters (2007), Into the Wild (2007), What Just Happened (2008), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), and Jumper...

Today, the young woman whose propitious film repertoire has taken the world by storm, the one and only Kristen Stewart, turns twenty years old. ....

In both movies, a ... The Safety of Objects (2001) – IFC Films

• Panic Room – Columbia Pictures

• Cold Creek Manor – Buena Vista

• Speak – Speak Film Inc.

• Catch That Kid – Fox 2000

• Undertow – United Artists

• Fierce People – Autonomous Films

• Zathura: A Space Adventure – Columbia Pictures

• In The Land Of Women – Warner Bros. Pictures

• The Messengers – Columbia Pictures

• The Cake Eaters – Screen Media Films

• Into The Wild – Paramount Vantage

• The Yellow Handkerchief – Samuel Goldwyn Films

• What Just Happened – Magnolia Pictures

• Jumper – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

• Twilight – Summit Entertainment

• Adventureland - Miramax

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) – Summit Entertainment

• Welcome To The Rileys - Apparition

• The Runaways (2010) - Apparition

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'It's just one of those things where you try and get a movie off the ground that's small,' she says of the gender-bending prison comedy/drama.

By Larry Carroll

Kristen Stewart

Photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage

Hollywood — In late 2008, it was hard to find two hotter Hollywood talents than Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed. The co-stars and real-life best friends had just taken over Hollywood with the surprising success of "Twilight," had "New Moon" and other sequels on the way and were being courted by producers all over Hollywood. But rather than sign up for some generic teen-road-trip movie or romantic comedy, the duo chose to reunite ... in a fact-based drama/comedy that would have them playing men?

It was called "K-11," and from the moment of its inception it became one of the stranger projects being developed in the business — particularly because it seemed like such a daring choice for Stewart and Reed.

Jackson Rathbone, who portrays "Jasper Hale" in Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and whose film The Last Airbender releases this summer, has apparently signed up for his next project, Truckstop.

Cinematical reports that Rathbone is signed onto the film to portray "a man with cerebral palsy who works at a truck stop while caring for his dying father."

Cinematical also "hope[s] he's bending the ear of New Moon co-star Michael Sheen, since the actor was simply excellent as Art Honeyman (a man with cerebral palsy) in Music Within."

Another resource he might be able to use is Kristen Stewart, who portrayed a young woman with Friedreich’s ataxia in The Cake Eaters, n ...

'That's awesome that 'Twilight' has given my other little movies a hand,' actress says of other roles.

By Larry Carroll

Kristen Stewart

Photo: MTV News

Beverly Hills, California — Under normal circumstances, you would not be able to see "The Yellow Handkerchief" in theaters this weekend. You'd similarly have not been able to see "Little Ashes" or "The Cake Eaters" theatrically, and most likely need some serious hunting skills to track them down on DVD. But in a world where the media is quick to look down on Twilighters, perhaps it's time to give the fanbase some credit.

On Friday (February 26), Kristen Stewart will appear in "The Yellow Handkerchief" at a limited number of theaters across the country, with hopes for wider release. It's a small-budget film that was shot with no major stars, no studio behind it, and a script that wasn't a remake, sequel or toy tie-in. All these things,...

'It's so hard to compare roles — [but playing Bella] was difficult for other reasons,' actress says.

By Larry Carroll

Kristen Stewart in "Twilight: New Moon"

Photo: Kimberley French/Summit Entertainment

Beverly Hills, California — Ever since she broke through playing Jodie Foster's tough, imperiled daughter in the 2002 hit film "Panic Room," moviegoers and critics alike have been quick to praise Kristen Stewart's acting skills. Now, the 19-year-old actress is back in theaters next Friday (February 26) with "The Yellow Handkerchief," a romantic drama she was cast in after Foster recommended her to the film's producer, six-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn. But when it comes to which role was tougher to play — her "Handkerchief" rebel Martine or "Twilight" icon Bella Swan — KStew and Cohn disagree.

"I followed Jodie's advice because she's a great actress and director," Cohn said of casting Stewart in "Handkerchief," a love story featuring old and new romances blossoming side by side.

Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper recently spoke out in defense of his decision to include two of Kristen Stewart's film on this year's festival schedule. Those films, of course, are Welcome To The Rileys and The Runaways. In Rileys, Stewart portrays a young woman (who happens to be a stripper), and she is joined on the cast by The Sopranos alum James Gandolfini and her former The Cake Eaters co-star Melissa Leo. In The Runaways, you already know, Stewart portrays the one and only Joan Jett, and she is joined on the cast by her New Moon and Eclipse co-star Dakota Fanning. Clearly, both roles are of night and day difference (almost literally) from Stewart's work in Twilight, b ...

MTV is counting down the biggest stars of the year this week and each day they reveal more from their list of the top nine men and women of 2009. Today at the 7 spot is Twilights own Kristen Stewart. Check out more belowMTV ShowsAt 19 years old she already has an amazing 23 films under her belt. Yet Kristen Stewart entered 2009 with a lot of questions Was Twilight a fluke? How would the notoriously pressshy starlet handle Alist fame? And would New Moon kill her as she promised?2009 Highlights It all began in the snowy mountains of Park City Utah where a bundledup KStew arrived at the Sundance Film Festival to discover that paparazzi were everywhere quite a difference from early 2008 when she walked down the streets unbothered. The Twilight star was there to unveil Adventureland a sweet comingofage drama that was wellreceived by critics and became a minor hit nationwide in April.

'Twilight' star kept her indie cred with 'Adventureland' and broke box-office records with 'New Moon.'

By Larry Carroll

Kristen Stewart

Photo: George Pimentel/ WireImage/ MTV News

Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we'll be unveiling our top nine men and women of 2009, counting down to the #1 man and woman on Friday.

7. Kristen Stewart

At 19 years old, she already has an amazing 23 films under her belt. Yet, Kristen Stewart entered 2009 with a lot of questions: Was "Twilight" a fluke? How would the notoriously press-shy starlet handle A-list fame? And would "New Moon" "kill" her, as she promised?

2009 Highlights: It all began in the snowy mountains of Park City, Utah, where a bundled-up KStew arrived at the Sundance Film Festival to discover that paparazzi were everywhere — quite a difference from early 2008, when she walked down the streets unbothered. The "Twilight" star was there to unveil "Adventureland," a...

The cast of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse dominated the 20 Most Searched Celebrities list for Teen Vogue. The most searched celeb was Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner was the third-most searched (behind Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince star Emma Watson ... ... Kristen Stewart's The Cake Eaters came to DVD, and, also in the spring, her comedy/drama Adventureland with Jesse Eisenberg released to theaters. Robert Pattinson's Little Ashes was also released this spring, and his film How To Be made its way onto the Independent Film Channel and finally to DVD as well. Meanwhile, he also filmed Remember Me. Kristen Stewart filmed The Runaways this summer with Dakota Fanning before they both returned for Eclipse, and Taylor Lautner filmed Valentine's Day (alongside an all- ...

Monday was Arbor Day for me. That is, I watched two Austin Film Festival films up at the Arbor Cinema. The best anyone can do is three features a day from this point on, but I was too busy watching a screener to make it any earlier (and more on that later).

I don't know how much of it was rainy Monday, post-conference, or just being out of downtown, but the Aff movies at the Arbor were not crowded. That's not to say it was empty -- there was a respectable sized crowd for both films I saw -- but no one was forced for sit in the front row. Keep that in mind for all venues for the next three days; unless you're late, you're likely to get into everything now. If it's at the Paramount, you'll get in.

First up for me was How I Got Lost (pictured...

Fans of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's golden girl Kristen Stewart know The Cake Eaters. Why? Well, to put it simply, this was Stewart's masterpiece. In the film, she portrayed Georgia, a young lady stricken with a rare but crippling disease called Friedreich's Ataxia. Mary Stuart Masterson, who directed The Cake Eaters, won four awards for the film at four separate film festivals. For starters, she took the "People's Choice Award" for "Best Indie" in 2007. She also won the "Audience Award" for "Dramatic Feature" at the Ashland Independent Film Festival, the "Discovery Award" at the Sedona International Film Festival, and the "Best Feature" award at the Stony Brook Film Festival in 2008. The Cake Eaters was released starting in April of 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival, but it didn't come to DVD until March of this year. Masterson had spent time, according to one report,...

For starters, Interview Magazine isn't the only publication to be showcasing Stewart's beauty on the cover. Allure Magazine, who had a gorgeous photoshoot with Stewart this summer, will be featuring Kristen Stewart in their November issue - forthcoming on October 20th.Meanwhile, Celebuzz went back in time - saying positive things, this time - and looked back at Stewart during her formative years as an actress in Panic Room with Jodie Foster. The New Haven Register, too, took a leap back (albeit a shorter one) to showcase Stewart's film The Cake Eaters and its involvement with the Tribeca Film Festival. They included a snippet about Stewart's performance as Georgia in the film, noting the authenticity in delivery of a difficult part. Sam Bode said Kristen Stewart really “hit the nail on the head ... As for appearances, Stewart is expected to making a showing at Spike TV's Scream 2009 awards -...

How Kristen Stewart will look like when portraying Joan Jett in "The Runaways" could have been teased through a paparazzi shot of the actress found via Jezebel. The "Twilight" star has been captured transforming her Bella look into being '70s rocker Joan by sporting a jet black hairdo.

In the biopic, 19-year-old Stewart has been set to carry out the role of Joan, who is the singer and guitarist of the 1970s all-girl rockband named The Runaways. She will be sharing screen with Dakota Fanning who will play Cherie Currie, Stella Maeve who is touted to star as Sandy West, and Alessandra Torresani who will portray Lita Ford.

The movie "The Runaways" itself will follow the teenage band formed by Joan Jett and Cherie Currie as they experience meteoric rise, and chronicle their dissolution and disillusionment. Joan serves as film's executive producer with Italian music video director Floria Sigismondi writing and helming.

Kristen Jaymes Stewart was but a newborn babe in arms on April 9, 1990. John and Jules Stewart brought her into the world on that day and bestowed her with that daring namesake. Eighteen years later, that very name would be one echoing from gleeful mouths across the globe - as she would make her way around to promote the world-renowned film she took the challenging lead in. Kristen Stewart’s advance to the metaphorical top has not been instantaneous, by a long shot, but her role in 2008’s Twilight would ring in not only her first year of adulthood, but also, it seems, a whole new professional lifestyle. Her start was ambitious, but Stewart’s beginnings in film were impressive, indeed. At eleven, Stewart took her first role in a film called The Safety Of Objects. Portraying Sam Jennings, that little lady stole the stage as an angst-ridden know-it-all that many eleven-year-olds find themselves to be.

Ta fan Jen writes in about Robs acting skillsnbspCan Rob Act? by Jen For many a Twilighter the name Robert Pattinson meant little until the man whos now become the obsession of every teen and 20something and in some cases their mothers hit the screen as the ideal man okay if you forget hes a bloodthirsty vampire. But no matter how popular hes become with the tweens or how hotly hes pursued by the paparazzi the question remains is Robert Pattinsons appeal merely the infatuation of the female audience or can he actually act? Based on reviews for his recentlyreleased Little Ashes it depends on who you ask. While the London Daily Express calls his portray of the late Salvador Dali a spirited performance others like MTVs Kurt Loder thought the film collapsed as soon as Pattison dressed to look like a foppishly twisted version of Little Lord Fauntleroy appeared on screen.

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Question: Is it true? There is going to be a Girltrash! movie? We've read on Killola's page that Lisa is starting shooting in October so it must be true and she also hinted that the whole cast is going to be back in. Do you know anything more? Isn't this exciting?

― Nathalie, Toronto

Answer: Yes, the rumors are true, and, yes, also exciting! For official confirmation, I checked in with Girltrash! creator Angela Robinson, and here's what she told me:

We are in talks with producers to shoot a (very low budget) Girltrash! movie in December, starring the original cast, plus some new characters.

The Cake Eaters, the short but compelling film just released to DVD this March, stars (the star that truly is) Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and actress Adventureland Kristen Stewart, and for good reason. On another note, Bruce Dern was surprisingly cavalier in the film. As a fan of Big Love, the HBO television series centering around a polygamous family (starring Jeanne Tripplehorn, Bill Paxton, Ginnifer Goodwin, Chloe Sevigny, and Dern, amongst others), I know Bruce Dern as the love-to-hate father of Bill and Joey Hendrickson, with a sharp... The same, too, can be said for Aaron Stafford (Beagle) and Jayce Bartok (Guy). These two were careful to present their characters in a modest light. In turn, their presence in the film contributed well to is overall feel and effect..

Kristen Jaymes Stewart, who is currently in the midst of filming The Twilight Saga: New Moon, is officially nineteen years old today (April 9th)! Including her current projects (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, K-11, and The Runaways), Stewart's youth has proved no obstacle to accomplishment as she boasts twenty-two films (and counting) on her resume already. Beginning back in 2001 with her role as Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects, and up to her latest completed and newly released picture Adventureland, Kristen Stewart has seen the kind of success that most actors might only dream about. Kristen's curriculum vitae includes the following films (in order from oldest to newest): The Safety of Objects, Panic Room, Cold Creek Manor, Speak, Catch that Kid, Undertow, Fierce People, Zathura: A Space Adventure, In the Land of Women, The Messengers, The Cake Eaters, Into the Wild, Cutlass, The Yellow Handkerchief, What Just Happened,...

Written by Brett Weinstock If you read my previous review of “Twilight”, you may have noticed that I am definitely a fan of Kristen Stewart. Since watching her in “Panic Room”, I have always felt there was an undeniably unique quality about her. As her career progressed, I enjoyed most of the films she was in. After watching “The Messengers”, I remember something John Corbett said in his interview about the cast and crew. When referring to Stewart he said something like “she’s a one of a kind type of actress and possibly the best I have ever worked with…and she’s only sixteen.” Now, I am probably paraphrasing, but the point is simple- this girl can act. At this point you are probably wondering why I am talking so much about her talents and haven’t mentioned the film yet- that’s because this film, much like...

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, and Kellan Lutz, all stars of Twilight and returning cast members of The Twilight Saga: New Moon are all in the top 10 stars on IMDb. Other stars of the Twilight series include Billy Burke, Elizabeth Reaser, Christian Serratos, Dakota Fanning, Anna Kendrick, Michael Welch, Eric Yorkie, Gregory Tyree Boyce, Jamie Campbell-Bower, Noot Seear, Bronson Pelletier, Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman. Ranking number one and number two consecutively, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are enjoying quite a bit of post-Twilight intrigue as well with their various new works. Kristen Stewart's film The Cake Eaters was just released on DVD the same day as Twilight was, while her film Adventureland just came out in theaters last night. Rob, whose film How to Be is making waves with its soundtrack release, is also preparing...

In a new article from The Star Kristen Stewart discusses everything from her indie flick The Cake Eaters her most recent project Adventureland her future project The Runaways and of course the box office hit Twilight and suretobeboxofficehit New MoonDuring the filming of the vampire saga which has gone on to suck up nearly 500 million U.S. at the box office the actress focused on the work at hand not allowing herself to think about the fans thatve turned the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer into global bestsellers.I had tunnel vision and I wasnt paying attention she says.Then Stewart showed up for a book signing in Rome and was given a reception that literally left her rocking and reeling the crowds were so big and intense.While we were exiting the building I couldnt get to the car she recalls. I was dragged by security. I wasnt even on my own feet.

Cinema Paradiso, home of Fort Lauderdale's International Film Festival, is hosting a number of events during the months of April and May, including a celebration of the theatre's 10 year anniversary. The art-house theatre will feature filmmakers, actors, and screenings of films from student films to classics.

Actress Mary Stuart Masterson ("Benny & Joon", "Fried Green Tomatoes") makes her feature-length directorial debut with "The Cake Eaters," a 2007 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival favorite. Masterson will be an attendance for the April 2nd screening at 7:00pm. The film also stars Kristen Stewart of "Twilight."

Sal and Richard, of Sirius Radio's "Howard Stern Show," will be on hand for an R-Rated discussion on April 3rd. April 10th brings Tax Relief Night at Cinema Paradiso, where they'll screen 1964 comedy "What A Way To Go." Shirley MacLaine stars as a multi-millionaire who tries to give away 0 million to the IRS after her four husbands, played by Dick Van Dyke,...

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2062. Amelia Rated PG For some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking. Release Date: October 23, 2009 Angels and#038; Demons Rated PG-13 For sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material. Release Date: May 15, 2009 Baby On Board Rated R For crude and sexual content, nudity and language. Born Rated R For bloody violent content, disturbing images, sexuality/nudity and language. The Cake Eaters Rated R For some language and sexual material involving a teen. Dragonquest Rated PG-13 For action/adventure violence, brief sexuality and drug use. Everybody's Fine Rated PG-13 For thematic elements and brief strong language. Release Date: November 20, 2009 Hachiko: A Dog's Tale Rated G Home Rated PG-13 For some disturbing thematic material. The Messenger Rated R For language and some sexual content/nudity. The Rebound Rated R For language, some sexual content and brief drug use. Skid Marks Rated R For sexual content,...

MPAA ratings: March 25, 2009. The following feature-length motion pictures have been reviewed and rated by the Classification and Rating Administration pursuant to the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program. Each of the designated ratings is defined as follows under the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program.

G -- General Audiences. All ages admitted.

PG -- Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG -13 --Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

R -- Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Nc-17 -- No One 17 And Under Admitted.

Amelia

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Rated for some sexuality, language, thematic elements and smoking.

PG

Angels & Demons

Columbia Pictures

Rated for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.

PG-13

Baby On Board

Angry Monkey Entertainment, LLC

Rated for crude and sexual content, nudity and language.

R

Born

Lightning Home Entertainment

Rated for bloody violent content, disturbing images, sexuality/nudity and language.

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Well, it's a James Bond week as we have several new releases from 007. We also have a pair of Francois Truffaut films coming to Blu-ray from Criterion and Paramount has released two new films from its Centennial Collection. On top of that I think this is the first time ever that all of the announced new released dates have "buy now" links with them should you feel the need to preorder some of the latest titles announced including a new Criterion release of Bergman's The Seventh Seal as well as Paramount prestige releases including Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road and Defiance. I should also note that Bolt will be releasing on DVD today after the Blu-ray saw an early release on Sunday. I detailed this film in my recap last week and should you be interested in what I had...