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  • Keira Knightley Reveals Her Surprising Prom Date

    You know how beautiful A-List Hollywood actresses are always going on talk shows and saying that they were ugly ducklings as teenagers, or that boys never asked them out in high school. Surprisingly, that seems to be the case for Keira Knightley, who recently confessed that she went to her prom with a girl because a boy never asked.

    Knightley was out promoting her new film Laggies with co-star Sam Rockwell. The British actress revealed her prom woes during a game of 20 questions, “Neither of us got invited by anybody else. No guys came anywhere near us. But she had black tie because it was black tie.”

    It appears that the girl in question was actually a close friend of Knightley’s. In fact, the two are still in touch, “She actually texted me at lunch. She is over from New York visiting her mum in England and wondered if I was there to have dinner with her.”

    Knightley also disclosed her teenage penchant for what Rockwell described as “angry music.” She explained during the game that along with Nirvana and Reef, that she was also into a little hardcore rap metal. “And then who were the ones who did, ‘Killing in the name of…F–k you, I won’t do what you tell me.” That of course is a lyric from Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name.

    Laggies is out in limited release starting today. Here’s the synopsis for the film:

    Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind – while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart (Mark Webber) proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week – hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Annika’s world-weary single dad Craig (Sam Rockwell).

  • Marisa Tomei Dons A New Hat As Movie Producer

    Marisa Tomei has donned the hat of producer for the upcoming film Loitering With Intent.

    The 49-year-old actress told Page Six she had several reasons for deciding to branch out into this new role in the movie industry.

    “I got into producing out of necessity and curiosity. Reading scripts, looking for ideas got me into subjects that don’t always come across for an actress,” said Tomei. “Others are doing the heavy lifting, and I’m a neophyte, but it’s exciting.”

    Michael Godere and Ivan Martin wrote and star in Loitering with Intent. The film follows a group out-of-work actors turned screenwriters who lean on each other as they muddle through Hollywood’s cutthroat world. Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festial earlier this year, the gritty film takes a hard look at the film industry.

    “The heart of this film is about friendship. Michael and Ivan created great characters and a great atmosphere to work in. We had a ball bringing this world to life,” said Tomei in a statement.

    The film also stars Sam Rockwell and Natasha Lyonne.

    Tomei is also starring with Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy, The Rewrite, about a rakish, down-on-his-luck screenwriter who demeans himself by taking a job teaching at a college.

    Directed by Marc Lawrence, who collaborated with Grant on 2002’s Two Weeks Notice and 2007’s Music and Lyrics, the comedy also stars Allison Janney and J.K. Simmons.

  • Chloe Grace Moretz Wants Female Super Hero

    Chloe Grace Moretz turns 17 today–February 10th–and just a short while ago at the Sundance Film Festival the young Laggies star dished about her belief that a good female super hero is in strong demand.

    “It would be great to have one in the Marvel system. It would be great to have more than even Scarlett [Johansson as Black Widow] because Black Widow was still ‘wear the spandex and push your boobs up, this is a man’s world,’ she said during her interview with Total Film.

    “I think what it’ll be is Wonder Woman. I think Wonder Woman is someone that might be able to walk in and do something really cool,” she added. “A lot of the female characters are written that way in the comics, of being submissive, very sexually driven. They’re the kryptonite! I think Wonder Woman was one of those characters that really was a strong female character. The closest we’ve gotten to that is Catwoman with Michelle Pfeiffer.”

    The Carrie star makes a really good point. Young people today–as well as those more mature types who still believe in super heroes (and that’s perfectly okay–really, it is!) don’t have anyone besides Wonder Woman to look to as a female super hero. And where has Lynda Carter been for all these years? She’s certainly too old (no offense, Lynda) to pull off the role and be convincible today, so certainly someone could step into her shoes.

    Chloe was asked if she might one day head up her own super hero franchise. That would certainly be one way to make that female super hero dream come true.

    “For sure, if it’s the right role,” she said

    Chloe Grace Moretz stars opposite Keira Knightley in Laggies. The film is about a 28-year-old woman with no real life direction (played by Knightley) who bails on her boyfriend saying she is headed to a retreat. Instead she winds up staying with a teenager and her dad–played by Moretz and Sam Rockwell.

    “I fell in love with the idea and the story,” said Moretz. “It’s a very funny movie, but it has that undertone. It’s a quarter-life crisis.”

    Can you see Chloe Grace Moretz playing Wonder Woman or a Wonder Woman-type super hero one day? She may still be a bit young for the role, but her determination and gift of acting could one day find her defending the defenseless and fighting crime as only Wonder Woman knows how.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Sam Rockwell And Christopher Walken As Honey Boo Boo And Her Mom (Respectively)

    Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell, three of the stars of the new film Seven Psychopaths, sat down for Screen Junkies to run through some Honey Boo Boo lines. Rockwell takes on the Honey Boo Boo part, and Walken takes on the part of her mother.

    For more great Walken reading, don’t forget to check out Christopher Walken reading Where The Wild Things Are.