We have new images to share from a lot of films you’ll be hearing more about in the new year, from the just announced Sundance line-up there’s Lay the Favorite with Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta Jones and Rebecca Hall, Celeste and Jesse Forever with Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones and Elijah Wood and Goats with Vera Farmiga, David Duchovny and Ty Burrell.

“An adventurous young woman (Hall) gets involved with a group of geeky older men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage.”

“Celeste and Jesse (Jones and Samberg) met in high school, married young, and at 30, decide to get divorced but remain best friends while pursuing other relationships.”

 “Ellis (Graham Phillips) leaves his unconventional desert home to attend the disciplined and structured Gates Academy. There, he re-connects with his estranged father (Duchovny) and for the first time questions the family dynamics.”

We have first looks at Sam Worthington in Wrath of the Titans, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill in Neighborhood Watch as well as Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.  That one is definitely on my list for 2012. This one seems more in line with “Grimm” than “Once Upon a Time” if you get my drift. The cast includes Famke Jenssen and Peter Stormare with a script by Dante Harper and Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola making his English language debut.

The film uses the original Brothers Grimm tale as the jumping off point.

“15 years after their traumatic gingerbread-house incident, siblings Hansel and Gretel have become a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world.”  Oh yes. I’m there.

“Perseus (Worthington) embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, who has been targeted for capture by his traitorous son, Ares, and his brother, Hades.”

“Suburban dads form a neighborhood watch group to get time away from their families, only to discover a plot to destroy Earth.”

Enjoy the pics!

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Wrath of the Titans and Neighborhood Watch courtesy of EW.

A couple of weeks ago we showed you the new UK poster and trailer and today we have nine terrific new images from Asger Leth’s Man on a Ledge for you. There would seem to be something for everyone including women in spandex or dangling handcuffs, to the cop who most definitely moonlights as a drag queen in the pic with Ed Burns, and of course Sam Worthington on a ledge.

 “Nick Cassidy (Worthington) was an honest cop. Now he’s in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Desperate, he seizes the first chance to escape. Hours later, he is freshly shaven in an expensive suit, standing on a window ledge high above New York City. As a crowd gathers below, police cordon off the area and agree to Nick’s request to speak with pretty police negotiator Lydia Anderson (Banks). But Lydia doesn’t know that she is part of his grand plan, a plan that could give them both a second chance.

Speaking quietly into a lapel microphone, Nick coordinates the high-tech theft of a $30 million diamond—the same diamond he was convicted of stealing. It’s the only way he can prove his innocence, but he needs Lydia’s help—and he’s running out of time. When his identity is exposed, a SWAT team positions itself on the roof, read to take him out.  Lydia isn’t sure he’s telling the truth, but if he really was set up for the diamond heist, it had to be an inside job, which means at least one of the cops on the scene wants Nick dead. With SWAT about to move, cops destroying the evidence that could save him and nowhere to go but down, Nick’s chances of survival are getting slimmer by the minute.”

The film also stars Jamie Bell, the very likeable Elizabeth Banks, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, the aforementioned Ed Burns, Kyra Sedgwick, William Sadler and Genesis Rodriguez.

Man on a Ledge jumps onto US screens January 27 while the UK have to wait until 3^rd February (although these dates have been very fluid. We’ll see.)

Here is the Lindsay Lohan Playboy cover that has been making the rounds this week. However the ones we've all seen were blurry and not a full on shot like this one.

What do you think of the cover? Again the theme, like Scot LaRue is sitting on seats without panties. Not very sanitary (can you say OCD?). It's nothing great and looks photoshopped to hell.

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Directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia! ) and written by Abi Morgan (Shame) The Iron Lady depicts Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power in Great Britain as she  breaks through the ‘glass ceiling’ of gender and class. The story focuses on the price that is paid for power, particularly by this extremely complex woman.

“THE IRON LADY is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.”

Jim Broadbent plays her husband Denis Thatcher as most of know him. As a young man he’s played by Harry Lloyd (“Game of Thrones”) and when the trailer first opens, every time I see it, I think it’s Fred Armison’s face in the camera and I’m about to see a promo for “Portlandia”. The supporting cast includes Anthony Head, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Nicholas Farrell and Olivia Coleman.

As much as I admire Meryl Streep and her chameleon like ability to transform herself and particularly her voice, into anything she wills, I’m not convinced, judging from the two trailers released, that she’s pulled off Margaret Thatcher. I still only see and in particular HEAR Meryl Streep. And that’s not right. As much as this woman has achieved and yet has only one Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress and not lead, under her belt, I’m still not convinced that this is the role for which the spell should be broken. Of course, what I think doesn’t matter. If ‘the powers that be’ have decided that this is her year, she’ll get it for her body of work, regardless of what I think.

The Iron Lady opens for its obligatory awards qualifying run in the US on December 30, 6^th January in the UK  and wide in the US on January 13.

Adele was just recently earned 6 nominations for the 2012 Grammy Awards and the accolades are still coming in for her debut album  '21'. 

Rolling Stone Magazine has given it the top spot in their Top 50 Albums of 2011 and even gave her Rolling in the Deep song the top spot on the Top 50 Singles of 2011 (top 10 featured below). Pretty good for a debut album right?

They referred to Rolling in the Deep as the breakup scorcher to end all breakup scorchers. How appropriate!

Top albums:

50 The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain
49 Wavves – Life Sux
48 Charles Bradley – No More Time For Dreaming
47 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
46 White Denim – D
45 Tedeschi Trucks Band – Revelator
44 Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin
43 The Kills – Blood Pressures
42 Destroyer – Kaputt
41 Little Dragon – Ritual Union
40 Gary Clark Jr. – The Bright Lights
39 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
38 Mastodon – The Hunter
37 Panda Bear – Tomboy
36 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Mirror Traffic
35 Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
34 SuperHeavy – SuperHeavy
33 Josh T. Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
32 Big K.R.I.T. – Return Of 4Eva
31 Miranda Lambert – Four The Record
30 Tom Morello, The Nightwatchman – World Wide Rebel Songs
29 Pistol Annies – Hell On Heels
28 Das Racist – Relax
27 Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
26 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
25 Beyoncé – 4
24 Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra.
23 Tom Waits – Bad As Me
22 Drake – Take Care
21 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
20 Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
19 Eric Church – Chief
18 Feist – Metals
17 TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light
16 R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
15 Cage The Elephant – Thank You Happy Birthday
14 Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2
13 tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l
12 The Black Keys – El Camino
11 My Morning Jacket – Circuital
10 Robbie Robertson – How To Become Clairvoyant
09 Wild Flag – Wild Flag
08 Wilco – The Whole Love
07 The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
06 Lady Gaga – Born This Way
05 Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
04 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
03 Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
02 Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
01 Adele – 21

Top singles:

10 The Decemberists – “Don’t Carry It All”
09 Lil Wayne – “Six Foot Seven Foot” (Feat. Cory Gunz)
08 Beyoncé – “Countdown”
07 Lady Gaga – “Edge Of Glory”
06 Radiohead – “Lotus Flower”
05 Paul Simon – “Rewrite”
04 Foo Fighters – “These Days”
03 Britney Spears – “Till The World Ends”
02 Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Niggas In Paris”
01 Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”

Shakira got her hair did and she cut it off in a very big way! There must be something in the air: Katy Perry just chopped hers off as well. Is this a new trend? Do you like the short cut on Shakira? Take a look at her before and after picture and judge for yourself.

The style is gorgeous but something about it doesn't work for me. Maybe it's the color of her lipstick, or is her hair too light? Either way I'm sure it's much easier to take care of than when it was long.

Call me shallow but your hair can make (or break) your day, can't it?

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