Reese will be attending the MTV Movie Awards tonight, where she will receive the Generation award – how exciting!! We’ll be bringing you coverage tomorrow, but tonight you can watch a live stream from the red carpet below … if you’re in the US. If you’re not in the US, then you’re out of luck unfortunately, thanks to MTV’s “country restrictions”.
You can get exclusive coverage of the event through various MTV apps. And, if you’re in the US, you can tune into your TV and watch the show on MTV at 9PM EST.
Reese Witherspoon better make some room on her trophy shelf.
MTV says Witherspoon will receive its Generation Award at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards.
The 35-year-old Oscar winner is being recognized for her range as an actress and for delighting the MTV audience throughout her career. MTV President Stephen Friedman called Witherspoon “one of the most versatile and accomplished performers of her time.”
“Saturday Night Live” star Jason Sudeikis will host Sunday’s ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheater, where Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Selena Gomez and Nicki Minaj are among those set to present the prizes.
Fans voted online for the winners in categories such as best kiss, best villain and best line from a movie. MTV chose Witherspoon, who joins previous Generation Award winners Sandra Bullock, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey.
Sunday’s show will also feature a first-look at footage from the latest “Twilight” installment, “Breaking Dawn, Part 1.”
To date, the Johnny Depp-Penélope Cruz vehicle Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the biggest worldwide box-office hit of 2011, having grossed $623.71m. In North America, the top movie is Fast Five, the fifth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, which has scored $196.02m. Rio, Thor, and The Hangover Part II have also performed remarkably well.
As I mentioned in a previous post, apart from two late 2010 releases, Oscar winners The King’s Speech and Black Swan, 2011 moviegoers continue to ignore dramas about human relationships. At no. 20, Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants, starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz is the sole drama — outside the action/thriller/horror genres — among the year’s top 25 releases.
In North America, Water for Elephants has taken in $54.4m after five weeks. Internationally, the $38m-budgeted circus drama has just passed the $50m milestone after adding $3.7m this weekend as per The Hollywood Reporter. Total to date: $50.7m. Water for Elephants has thus passed the $100m milestone, cuming at $105.1m worldwide.
As of May 22, Water for Elephants’ top overseas markets were: Australia with $6.85m, Germany with $5.75m, France with $5.39m, the United Kingdom with $5.19m, and Mexico with $2.73m. The film also earned more than $1m in Brazil (up to May 15), Italy (despite a slow start), Russia/CIS, Spain, and Sweden.
For comparison’s sake: Reese Witherspoon’s previous star vehicle, James L. Brooks’ $120m comedy How Do You Know, collected only $30m in the US/Canada and $17.49m internationally earlier this year. Its top foreign markets were Germany ($3.11m), Australia ($2.73m), and Spain ($1.62m).
Robert Pattinson’s previous non-Twilight Saga vehicle, the romantic drama Remember Me, went on to gross $19m in North America and $36.96m internationally in 2010. Remember Me’s top international markets were the United Kingdom/Ireland ($5.49m), France ($3.53m), and Russia/CIS ($3.48m).
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Wow, slashfilm.com have posted a real treat for us Reese fans! They’ve found the original ending to Reese’s 1999 movie Election, a real classic Reese movie and a fan favourite!
The YouTube video description gives us more details:
In this never-before-seen ending, Mr. McAllister does not move to NYC, but instead becomes a car salesman and Tracy visits him before leaving for college.
This scene is from the ‘working print’ of the film – it was found on an unlabeled VHS tape at a local flea market. It was NOT included on the DVD!
Watch the video below, and head on over to slashfilm.com for their commentary on the ending.
Reese Witherspoon struggled to find good scripts when she returned to work after a two-year break.
The actress, who took some time out to focus on her family life after her divorce from Ryan Phillippe in 2007, says that due to the writers’ strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill, there was a lack of interesting screenplays when she planned her comeback.
The Oscar winner insists that despite the wide range of films she has previously starred in, popular blockbusters like Transformers aren’t right for her.
“When I got back to work, I struggled to find a good script. The industry was just recovering from the writers’ crisis,” she told the French edition of Glamour. “Nowadays, movies are different. With giant robots and all. There are no roles for a 35-year-old woman in movie about giant robots!”
Reese – who married second husband Jim Toth earlier this year – was disappointed to discover that despite her hiatus, her personal life was still a popular topic for discussion.
The blonde beauty finds it frustrating that her work as an actress is interlinked with her private life.
“I live under a lot of scrutiny from the media, which creates a discrepancy,” she said. “For two years, no one has seen me on the big screen – but too much in the press. For a lot of people, my career is down to what they read in gossip magazines.”
As posted about last night, Reese attended the Barcelona premiere of Water For Elephants. I’ve now added lots more photos, most of which are in HQ! I’m also posting a bunch of videos from the event, which you can view further down this post.
Pics from today’s press conference coming up in a little while, or tomorrow, depending on time.
GALLERY LINK:
- Public Appearances > Events in 2011 > “Water For Elephants” Barcelona Premiere
REESE Witherspoon admits it was “a little scary” having to cut her hair for new movie Water For Elephants.
The Oscar winning actress had the option of wearing a wig to play her platinum blonde character but instead spoiled her own luscious locks.
“I debated about whether or not I was going to wear a wig,” says Reese.
“Ultimately, after lots of discussion and screen-testing, I decided, ‘I’m just going to cut my hair. I’m just going to dye it white. I’m just going to do it.’ It was really transforming for me if a little scary. In the end I didn’t even recognize myself.”
Reese recently admitted her Hollywood stardom hasn’t come without a price.
“Sometimes I will sit in the car and cry,” she said.
“Because I can’t get out. That’s the only thing: I mourn the loss of my privacy.
“With whatever I’ve lost, I’ve gained tenfold in life experience.”
REESE Witherspoon has poured scorn on rumors an elephant farted in her face while making new movie Water For Elephants.
The Oscar winning actress says she was stunned to read that she had supposedly endured smelly situation for almost a minute while filming the romantic drama.
“It’s not true at all,” says Reese. “I love that that story came about but I don’t know where that came from.”
Meanwhile, Reese has revealed she wore cowboy boots on her wedding day.
The Legally Blondeactress — who married Hollywood agent Jim Toth at her ranch in Ojai, California, in March — admitted while she wore a pair of skyscraper Jimmy Choo heels during the ceremony, she was quick to kick them off in favor of something more comfortable at the reception.
“I danced for four hours until I had to put cowboy boots on,” she said. “I changed into cowboy boots. From those awful uncomfortable shoes.”
The 35-year-old star — who has two children, Ava, 11, and Deacon, eight, from her marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe — also revealed she was nervous about throwing her wedding bash, as she doesn’t like being the center of attention at events.
“I don’t like having birthday parties. I like going to parties,” she said. “I just don’t like it when it’s about me. Which is so bizarre but then once I’m there, I’m having the best time.”
Whilst working on collecting photos from the Barcelona Water For Elephants events today, I’ve uploaded screencaps from Reese’s recent appearance on Reigis & Kelly. These fantastic screencaps are thanks to Jess. I sound like a broken record saying this, but Reese looks gorgeous! I love her hair, and the colour of dress really suits her.
GALLERY LINK:
- TV & Interviews > Talk Shows > Talk Shows from 2011 > Live With Regis & Kelly – April 19th 2011
Lots more Water For Elephants promotion coverage coming today, and to start with I have more for you from Paris! I’ve added another 30+ photos from the Paris premiere, including some really gorgeous close-up shots of Reese. If that wasn’t treat enough for you, we also have some fabulous exclusive HQs from the Paris press conference, which I think you’ll love.
Last but not least (for this Paris post), scroll down below for another video from the press conference, and see the post below this one for a radio interview for Cherie FM.
GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Appearances > Events in 2011 > “Water For Elephants” Paris Premiere
- Public Appearances > Events in 2011 > “Water For Elephants” Paris Press Conference
- Public Appearances > Events in 2011 > Chérie FM Radio Appearance
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