the secret life of bees
‘I’m Mark Wahlberg. I Star In ‘Max Payne.”
2:04AM Seth | Time to unzip your Happy Weekend Suit and step back into your Monday Morning Iron Maiden: The work week is again upon us. Quick—jumpstart your productivity with some US box office numbers before someone finds your position detrimental to the bottom line:
Violent Mark Wahlberg Kicks Dogs, ‘W.’ Out of His Way at Multiplex
1:30AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your one and only guide to everything new, noteworthy and potentially noxious at the movies. This week sees Oliver Stone officially establish the land-speed record for producing an Oscar contender, joined by skull-cracking Mark Wahlberg, sex-driving Seth Green and our diva-coloured underdog. As always, someone’s gotta lose; we’ll call our shot there, too, along with cherry-picking through a new crop of DVD’s. As always, our opinions are our own, but we have little doubt they would look great on you. Try them on after the jump. More »
Dakota Fanning to Bring Preternatural Poise to Real-Life Role as High School Cheerleader
9:10AM Kyle Buchanan | The steady rollout of Dakota Fanning 2.0 continues apace as the young actress hit up Oprah today to promote her new drama, The Secret Life of Bees. As a pre-teen, Fanning sometimes came off as robotically overprepared on the talk show circuit, but she felt much more relatable on Oprah — perhaps a pleasant side effect from the fact that she’s now eschewed home schooling to attend an actual high school. Typically, the studious Fanning isn’t about to half-arse that, either; she’s joined the cheerleading team, and Oprah’s got the picture to prove it. Abigail Breslin, eat your heart out! Also, after the jump, Fanning discusses shooting the film’s kissing scene — with Dixon from 90210, of all people. Silver’s gonna be pissed! More »
