Urban Girl Squad scored 50 free tickets to raffle off for the advance screening of The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, an offbeat comedy about a woman whose plans to have a baby on her own go awry due to a last-minute switch that’s discovered seven years later. The movie is from the people behind Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, so it’s sure to be a hit! Twenty-five lucky winners will win two seats to the advance screening on Wednesday, August 18 at 7:300PM.Enter to win here.
About Urban Girl Squad Amanda Hofman created Urban Girl Squad, a community-based social group for women in their 20’s and 30’s in New York City, in January 2008. Urban Girl Squad creates opportunities for these women to try new things, spend time with friends, and meet new people. Our events include food and wine tastings, beauty and fashion nights, dance and fitness classes, sports events, cocktail parties and more. We provide special, discounted access to the city–you’ll meet store owners and designers, taste gourmet food and drinks, receive personal attention from popular venues, and score some amazing gift bags. The welcoming atmosphere at our events makes it easy for members to attend on their own or with friends!
There is a not-so recent trend that has been sweeping the literary world; people are re-writing historical fiction like Pride and Prejudice and infusing it with dark humor which has been a huge hit. Books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters have done extremely well for themselves and to add to the hilarity, a new faux movie trailer has recently gone viral, appearing pretty much everywhere from Mashable to Jezebel to PopScreen.
Jane Austen’s Fight Club is a hilarious and extremely awesome idea and I do really wish that someone would pick this up and make it into a full-length movie. I’d definitely go see it. Would you?
There had been a great deal of spirited talk about Inception leading up to its opening weekend and it turns out those who were excited about what was being called the ultimate summer blockbuster of 2010 were not let down. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and written and directed by Christopher Nolan of The Dark Knight, had an amazing opening weekend earning $60.4 million.
Inception came in first this past weekend, coming out far ahead the $32.7 million Despicable Me earned in its second week. Not only did it come out first during its opening weekend, it is also the biggest opening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s career, even beating out Titanic‘s opening weekend numbers.
I am really glad to see that this movie came out on top. Over the past number of years I’ve grown used to being able to get pretty excited to see a great movie if it has Leonardo DiCaprio in it because, well frankly, he just doesn’t seem to do anything that sucks. Not to mention, Ellen Page is also in Inception, who I also absolutely love. I sadly have not gone out to see Inception yet, but I definitely plan to–and soon.
If you have managed to make it this long without seeing the trailer for Inception, check it out below.
In one of the biggest lawsuits against individuals ever, Voltage Pictures, the team behind Hurt Locker, has filed a lawsuit against 5,000 BitTorrent users for illegal file sharing.
Hurt Locker was technically a success, winning six Academy Awards, but it was a distinct disappointment in the box office, grossing less than $17 million. Voltage Pictures sees a connection with the not-so-impressive box office numbers and the fact that the movie was leaked on BitTorrent six months before its official US release in theaters.
Did you download Hurt Locker before its release through BitTorrent and shaking in your boots? Technically, there’s nothing to worry about–yet! Voltage Pictures does not know the names of the 5,000 people they are suing, the defendants have been identified only by their IP addresses and they plan to subpoena ISPs to get the user names of those who downloaded a copy of the movie.
The suit explicitly reads:
“A defendant’s distribution of even one unlawful copy of a motion picture can result in the nearly instantaneous worldwide distribution of that single copy to a limitless number of people. … The Plaintiff now seeks redress for this rampant infringment of their exclusive rights.”
The time has finally, finally come. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon, along with the rest of the cast of Sex and the City 2 walked the carpet of the premiere of the movie last night in New York City. This was the first premiere of the film before Thursday’s event in London and of course, the day we are also able to head to the theaters and get our Sex and the City 2 fix.
The girls looked absolutely amazing, of course. Sarah Jessica Parker wore bright yellow Valentino couture, Krisin Davis opted for a neon pink Jean Desses, Kim Cattrall sparkled in Naeem Khan and Cynthia Nixon wore a classic, black strapless Carolina Herrera.
First, the woman whose story started it all, Candace Bushnell, author of the book Sex and the City:
The woman who makes every woman with a soul swoon with the fashions seen in Sex and the City, stylist Patricia Field:
Sarah Jessica Parker:
Kristin Davis:
Kim Cattrall:
Cynthia Nixon:
Chris Noth and Tara Wilson:
John Corbett:
Jason Lewis:
Mario Cantone:
And lastly, Liza Minnelli, who makes a cameo appearance in what we can only assume from the trailer is Stanford’s wedding:
Who looked at the newest Sex and the City 2 promotional poster, this time featuring all of the girls we love instead of merely just Sarah Jessica Parker, and said it was good to release to the public? Whoever was in charge of this, THEY NEED TO BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY.
First of all, let’s take a look at the overall picture here. The newest poster is yet again set in the Abu Dhabi location where we know from the trailer the girls get to visit. The glittery sand is present and Sarah Jessica Parker is still in the killer dress we already saw. It looks as if maybe Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing the beyond awesome, must-have strappy sandal stiletto from the last poster, but maybe they put her similar shoes that are red, while the ones we have already been introduced to are clearly brown. Or maybe the Photoshop “artist” decided the shoes should come in red, instead of brown.
Speaking of the Photoshop “artist”, I must ask–did Kim Cattrall pull a total, over-the-top Samantha move and get her entire face re-done or was this face taken from someone else and tweaked enough to just pass as Kim Cattrall? Also, what is up with her crazy elbow that has obviously been made skinnier. Sarah Jessica Parker’s eyes have obviously been manipulated because while they are a little close together, they are by no means that close together.
Jezebel has a full rundown of every single badly-Photoshopped element of this poster–and there are a lot!
Out with New York and in with Abu Dhabi! The newest trailer for Sex and the City 2 gave fans some plot details of the newest movie out May 27th, and we found out that the girls will be leaving the Big Apple for some fun in the dessert which of course wouldn’t be complete without some camel-back riding.
To set the scene for Abu Dhabi, Sarah Jessica Parker is walking along the vast, glittery desert in over-the-top fashion we expect from none other than SJP. But perhaps what the people behind Sex and the City 2 weren’t banking on was the fact that they have just highlighted perhaps the one pair of shoes every woman who sees this poster will undoubtedly be on the hunt for.
Are those shoes not the most gorgeous, awesome shoes of all time!? I need them. After some research among the top fashion and shoe blogs, the shoes in the Sex and the City 2 poster are probably Christian Louboutin and some people are saying that Pierre Dumas makes a decent knockoff for under $50 but I haven’t been able to find them yet, so if you have any details on that, leave it in the comments!
As we approach the May 27th release date of Sex And The City 2, I thought I was just about as excited as I could be about seeing Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda together again; that is, until I saw this. Oh yeah, the new trailer has hit the scene.
Sex And The City 2 is living up to the expectations of us all. We get to see Stanford’s life advance a little bit with a wedding (and Carrie dressing up in a tux for the same-sex nuptuals), which is a treat since he was more of a background character in the first movie and any scene with Stanford is always a time for a full-belly laugh. Also, the most appropriate cameo in the movie is Liza Minnelli performing at Stanford’s wedding!
Carrie is left asking, “What happens after you say I do?” and we get to see bits and pieces of the answer unravel.
Carrie and Big’s wedding anniversary has come up, but with it has also come the settled down feeling that a lot of us are familiar with. With it, Carrie is trying to explain to Big that they need to find the sparkle in their married life. Meanwhile, Samantha has apparently turned to hormone therapy to avoid aging; a move we would definitely expect from Samantha. Charlotte realizes that being a parent maybe isn’t what she had anticipated, and Miranda is there to lend support to her when she feels as if she may be going crazy!
We know that the cast filmed in Morocco , but he find out that the girls have the opportunity to go to Abu Dhabi.
While there, we are reunited with Carrie’s former fiancé, Aidan!
Yeah, I’ll say that last part again. It’s Aidan! Aidan is back! In Abu Dhabi! We get to see Aidan!
And while fans of the series are undoubtedly stoked about this, as Charlotte hints to in the trailer, perhaps Carrie gets a little over her head in the company of Aidan because playing with fire doesn’t sound too promising for the future of Carrie and Mr. Big.
So how about all of you out there. Are you as excited as I am about the upcoming Sex and the City 2?
Eat, Pray, Love became a New York Times best seller with over five million copies now in print seemingly out of nowhere. In a matter of speaking, this is the coming-of-age, travel memoir that could. I have been wanting to read this book since it first hit the best seller lists and everyone was talking about it, but never did end up picking it up and it very quickly became the book that everyone in the world has read, except me. While sure, I may not be the only person in the entire world who hasn’t read the book, enough people did read it–and enjoy it–for it to be coming out this summer as a motion picture.
The first theatrical trailer for Eat, Pray, Love came out just a few days ago and I saw it for the first time last night. Since seeing it, I have ordered the book and cannot wait for it to arrive. Yes, making a movie adaptation of a book is a great way to spike book sales again; it happens all the time.
Eat, Pray, Love, the movie, looks like an incredible journey and the beauty seen in just the trailer is beyond all comprehension; from the scenery of the locations we’re brought to–Italy, India and Indonesia–to the vivid colors seen throughout. I really cannot wait for the book to arrive so I can sink my teeth into it and then come August, experience the story in theaters because from what I hear and from what I’ve read so far, Elizabeth Gilbert’s story is one every woman can relate to and crave.
Eat, Pray, Love will be in theaters August 13th and stars Julia Roberts in her first main role since last year’s Duplicity and also co-stars James Franco and Javier Bardem. You can also follow @EatPrayLove on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook to keep up with all of the official information coming out up until the movie’s release. Will you be going to see Eat, Pray, Love when it comes out?
Abandoned, the last film made by actress Brittany Murphy before she died in December after suffering cardiac arrest caused by pneumonia, anemia and multiple drug intoxication, has been picked up for North American distribution and is scheduled to arrive in theaters this summer.
Anchor Bay Entertainment has bought the film and President Bill Clark stated that it was an honor, but also bittersweet to be able to release Murphy’s last film, which finished filming in June of last year. Anchor Bay Entertainment has released a statement, saying:
“It was important to Anchor Bay that the timing of this release be right, because we’re sensitive to such a tragic loss. However, we also recognize that Brittany’s fans will want to see her amazing work.”
The producers of the psychological thriller, Jeffrey Schenck and Barry Barnholtz have released a joint statement, saying:
“Brittany will be deeply missed by everyone who worked on Abandoned. The film is a taut thriller which portrays Brittany’s character as smart and tough – and that’s how we all want to remember her.”
If you’re interested in the film, Murphy plays Mary Walsh who takes her boyfriend to the hospital for a routine outpatient surgery but he vanishes with no record of him left behind. Soon, however, Walsh receives a random demand. The film co-stars Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers.
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Urban Girl Squad scored 50 free tickets to raffle off for the advance screening of The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, an offbeat comedy about a woman whose plans to have a baby on her own go awry due to a last-minute switch that’s discovered seven years later. The movie is from the people behind Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, so it’s sure to be a hit! Twenty-five lucky winners will win two seats to the advance screening on Wednesday, August 18 at 7:300PM. Enter to win here.
There had been a great deal of spirited talk about 
