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  • Blake Lively Moving into Movie-Star Big Leagues

    Blake Lively is moving into the movie-star big leagues.

    The Gossip Girl actress is currently filming scenes for The Age of Adaline which also stars Ellen Burstyn and Harrison Ford.

    Lively plays Adaline, a woman who stops aging following an accident.

    The plot “follows the miraculous life of the 29-year-old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the 20th century she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life.”

    The role is the actress’s first since the 2012 film Savages. Academy Award-winning Burstyn, 81, will appear as Adaline’s mother.

    Michiel Huisman — best known for his role on Game of Thrones — also stars in the film, playing Blake Lively’s love interest in the upcoming film.

    Kathy Baker and Amanda Crew round out the cast.

    Lively, 26, and Burstyn were spotted in the Gastown District of Vancouver, Canada late last week having lunch together as they prepared to shoot scenes for the movie scheduled to be released in 2015.

    Seems like the Lively-Reynolds household is busy, busy, busy.

    Blake‘s husband Ryan Reynolds is slated to take on the role of a lawyer in the upcoming film The Woman in Gold with another Academy Award-winner, Helen Mirren.

    Blake looks beautiful in her retro look for the film.

    Check out some Twitter pics of her 70s-inspired look for The Age of Adaline:

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  • Blake Lively to Star in ‘The Age of Adaline’

    Blake Lively was spotted preparing to shoot an upcoming film, and she looked like she stepped straight out of 1970 when she first appeared on set. Ready for her role in The Age of Adaline, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star was seen earlier in the week reading lines with costar Ellen Burstyn in the Gastown District of Vancouver.

    Lively spoke recently about her belief in the power of fragrance and how she takes particular ones with her as her career takes her all over the world.

    “Fragrance is a superpower. Because if you smell the fragrance of someone you love, whether it’s your mom or your husband, the smell of your niece and nephew’s hair – that is one of the most powerful emotional experiences you can have.”

    “When I first moved to New York I bought this baby shampoo that my nieces and nephews wore and their baby lotion. And I used to wear it because I missed them so much that having my hair smell like them made me somehow feel more connected with them.”

    It would be interesting to know what fragrances Blake Lively brought with her to Vancouver while she shoots The Age of Adaline.

    The Age of Adaline “follows the miraculous life of the 29-year old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the 20th century she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life.”

    Michiel Huisman plays opposite Blake Lively in the upcoming film. He is best known for his role on Game of Thrones.

    In addition to Lively, Burstyn, and Huisman, The Age of Adaline also stars Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker, and Amanda Crew. It is set to hit theaters some time in 2015.

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  • ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Hits the Small Screen

    The VC Andrews novel Flowers in the Attic came to life last night in Lifetime’s movie adaptation of the book. Starring Heather Graham and Kiernan Shipka, this adaptation is one that is likely worth watching.

    For those who don’t know, Flowers in the Attic is an American gothic tale that touches on incest, child abuse, and dysfunctional family dynamics.

    The movie and novel are narrated by a young Cathy Dollanger (played by Shipka,) who with her brother Christopher and younger twin siblings Cory and Carrie, live a privileged life with their mother Corinne (played by Graham) and father Christopher, Sr.

    When Christopher, Sr. dies in a car crash, the family is left with nothing, and move in with Corinne’s mother, Olivia (played by Ellen Burstyn,) who hates the children. She locks them in the attic, leaving them to fend for themselves, except when she drops off the daily food and torment.

    When days turn into years, the children become restless. The combination of hormones and boredom strike Cathy and Christopher, and one thing leads to another. Although the book describes it as a rape, the Lifetime movie holds back a bit on that. Bottom line is that brother and sister do something brothers and sisters aren’t supposed to do.

    After years of abuse and neglect, the children realize they need to do something, or else they will be locked away forever.

    Check out the official trailer for the movie:

    Reviews regarding the movie vary. The Los Angeles Times described the movie as “sanitized” and “silly.” People magazine, however, says the movie is “crazy good.”

    Here’s a sampling of what the Twittersphere thought:

    This is the second time Flowers in the Attic has been turned into a movie version. The first time the novel hit the big screen was in 1987.

    Lifetime has already begun working on the script for the second movie in the five-book series, entitled Petals in the Wind, which picks up where Flowers in the Attic left off.

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  • ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Receives Highly Lauded Reviews, EP Michele Weiss Weighs In

    It looks like the Lifetime network has done great justice with its film adaptation of the perversely creepy 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic.

    According to People Magazine, the film adaptation and the novel are equally absurd, yet “psychologically coherent,” as both versions of the dark fairy tale contain the same substance and storyline.

    The story is narrated by the character Cathy Dollanganger who is portrayed by Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka. The narrative starts with Cathy, her brother, Christopher (Mason Dye), and their younger twin siblings, Cory and Carrie living a life of suburban contentment.

    The children have a wonderful childhood with their strikingly attractive parents Christopher Sr. and Corrine, portrayed by Heather Graham.

    However, the family’s life of happiness takes a devastating turn when their father is killed in a car accident. The bizarre turn of events happens so fast, it gives the illusion as though they’ve fallen under a curse.

    Without the income of their father, their mother falls on financially hard times, as their lifestyle was secured with an installment plan. With no other choice, she turns to her estranged mother Olivia Foxworth, portrayed by Ellen Burstyn.

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    As a last resort, she and her children relocate to the Foxworth mansion in Virginia. The children immediately grasp that they’re “not in Kansas anymore,” as their grandmother blatantly expresses her disdain from the moment they come in contact with her. They are immediately shipped off to an isolated wing of the house to live in the attic, and are ordered to follow a “Don’t List” that only allows breathing.

    The children are left in isolation without their mother. Corrine spends the majority of her time under the stairs with her ailing father begging his forgiveness. However, you’ll have to watch the film to know what she seeks his reprieve for. The “why” factor, on the other hand, is relatively simple. She wants to be reinstated in his will, as a means of taking care of her children away from the clutches of her family. 

    Although she assures the children their stay will only last a few days. Unfortunately, days roll into years and the children are trapped in their desolate dwelling. As Cathy and Chris reach their teenage years, the tale which started out as a tale of a destroyed childhood, transforms into a whirlwind that tips the edge of insanity.

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    While the Lifetime visual is far less explicit than the original accounts of Andrews’ novel, it still maintains that eerie delusional fairy-tale enamor with a glint of evil, “doll-like” imagery.

    The film’s executive producer Michele Weiss recently sat down in an exclusive interview with Hollywood Reporter to share her sentiments of the tale. As an avid lover of the Andrews’ Dollanganger Series, Weiss expressed the importance of “staying true to the book” with the film adaptation. “We tried to be very true to the plot of the book although we had to add some stuff in because it’s a movie, it’s all about action,” Weiss explained.

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    The world premiere of Flowers in the Attic is tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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  • Blake Lively Will Star In The Age Of Adaline

    Blake Lively has landed her first film role since her marriage to fellow actor and superstar Ryan Reynolds. The actress is ready to get her career back on track, after being halted because of her recent marriage. She and her husband Reynolds tied the knot just over a year ago.

    It was recently announced that she will have the starring role in a new film called The Age of Adaline, after Katherine Heigl dropped out. Heigl dropped out for unknown reasons, after it was first reported that she was fired.

    Lively will star opposite Ellen Burstyn in the upcoming romantic drama. She will play a beautiful woman who was born at the turn of the 20th century, and stops aging after a near-death accident. She then goes on a worldwide adventure throughout the century without revealing her big secret, until meeting a man who conveniently disrupts who she is.

    Before this film, Blake Lively had enjoyed great success on the television show Gossip Girl, which ran from 2007-2012. She has also appeared in a handful of comedy films, in addition to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films.

    There is no word yet on who will play the leading man who is able to change her character. However, Burstyn’s character will be very interesting, as she will play Lively’s daughter, who has aged into her 80s, while Lively’s character has remained at the age of 29. The role was originally set for Angela Lansbury.

    The director of the film will be Lee Toland Kreiger, who previously directed the indie films The Vicious Kind and Celeste And Jesse Forever. It will be presented by Lionsgate Films.

    Blake Lively, at age 26, has been very successful already, with her hit television show earning her a People’s Choice Award nomination for Favorite TV Drama Actress in 2010, 2011, and 2012. She was also nominated as part of the ensemble cast in The Town, directed by Ben Affleck. Her most recent film was the 2012 drama Savages, from director Oliver Stone.

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