New Year, New Movie: We have your first look at  Stephen Elliott’s directorial debut, Cherry with James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel and Ashley Hinshaw (Chronicle)

Official synopsis:

“Eighteen-year-old Angelina works at a launderette and is determined to make something of her life. After earning a bit of cash posing for nude photos she uses the money to escape her white trash background and dysfunctional family and run off to San Francisco with her best pal. After several jobs she gradually drifts into San Francisco’s porn industry where, using the moniker Cherry, her naïve yet sexy aura soon brings her success and the opportunity to explore her own sexuality. This self-confident young woman also has to cope with the many prejudices that exist for someone in her line of work; a lawyer who wants to ‘save’ her turns out to have problems with addiction. Finally, she finds an understanding friend and partner in her director, who has similar problems with her own lover. Before long, Angelina decides to try her hand at directing her own porn film.
In his cinematic debut, director Stephen Elliott’s creates a portrait of a young woman in search of herself and her place in the world that is devoid of false morality and voyeurism and approaches its myth-laden topic of porn with a gaze that is fresh and dispassionate.”

The film was cowritten by Elliott and Loralei Lee, an ex-porn star (as well as graduate of NYU film school). Hinshaw, stars as Angelina, with Franco as a cocaine-addicted lawyer. Heather Graham stars as an adult film star-turned-director. Dev Patel plays Angelina’s best friend and Lili Taylor plays her mother.

Cherry will screen at the Berlinale on February 14 and will hopefully be picked up for distribution. We’ll bring you news as soon as we have it. A trailer can be found at German site critic.de (it's in English). For now, enjoy the pics!

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Madonna and her daughter Lourdes attended last night’s 2nd Annual Bent On Learning benefit at the Puck Building in New York. I feel it is my duty to let Lourdes know she has a little rip in her stockings.  She’s a chip off the old block, no? She really looks like her mother in that picture, doesn’t she?

Madonna’s pal Gwyneth Paltrow also attended as did:

• Kelly Bensimon
• Melissa George
• Fisher Stevens
• Sean Lennon
• Russell Simmons
• Hilary Rhoda
• Krysten Ritter
• Heather Graham

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Aaron Eckhart rocks a bit of a shadow on that gorgeous face of his as he attends a private party in that took place in Hollywood last night.  I can’t find what the party was about but they seem to be holding a pamphlet that has M.B.T. on it and I can’t make out the words underneath.

Anne Hathaway made an appearance with her new boyfriend.  Also at the party:

• Rosario Dawson
• James Caan
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Selma Blair
• Roseanne Barr
• Ron Perlman
• Winona Ryder
• David Spade
• Robert Rodriguez
• Heather Graham
• Melanie Griffith

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It’s difficult to have one favourite dress when so many women looked so gorgeous last night.  Some of my favourites were Kate Hudson, Emily Blunt, Heidi Klum, Fergie, Calista Flockheart, Helen Mirren, Vera Farmiga, and Sofia Vergara to name but a few.  However I have to say that Penelope Cruz really stood out to me.  She looked like a princess.

Whose dress did you love?

Lots of others on the red carpet:

• Gerard Butler
• George Clooney
• Heather Graham
• Sandra Bullock
• Julia Roberts
• Olivia Wilde
• Diane Kruger
• January Jones
• Glenn Close
• Leona Lewis

and lots more.

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Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock both got honours for best actress at last night’s 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards with Sandra winning for her role in Blind Side and Meryl for her role in Julie & Julia.  Sandra said the win was an honour and went on to describe just how similar she and Meryl are:

“I love food and sex like Meryl. That’s how similar we are. You guys just didn’t notice it until now. Meryl is a good kisser”

The Hurt Locker received Best Picture and Best Director for Katherine Bigelow. It is the first time a woman has received the award. Ex-husband James Cameron was also up for the award for his movie Avatar, and gave her a standing ovation when she won.

Avatar won six awards including:  Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, BestSound and Best Action flick.

Lots and lots of celebrities attended last night’s awards.  For a list of winners as well as all the pictures, click on ‘continued reading’

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Gwen Stefani looks sexy hot as she and Gavin Rossdale attend Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes which premiered in London.

The movie opens on Christmas day with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role, Jude Law as Dr. John Watson and Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler and Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood.

Also attending the premiere:  Heather Graham and Jenni Falconer.

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