米高基頓《驚爆焦點》演技神還原 本尊驚呼:「他搶銀行換我被抓」

強勢問鼎本屆奧斯卡最佳影片等六項大獎的《驚爆焦點》(Spotlight),即將在2月19日於台灣盛大上映。全片集結米高基頓(Michael Keaton)、瑞秋麥亞當斯(Rachel McAdams)、馬克魯法洛(Mark Ruffalo)等演技派卡司共同演出,精采演技更被影評譽為「年度最精采的集體演出!」尤其本片改編真人真事,演員們為詮釋真實記者當年努力追逐真相的模樣,也分別與所飾演的本尊密切學習,米高基頓甚至偷偷「跟蹤」他所飾演的「瓦特羅賓森」(Walter V. Robinson)長達一個月;而在跟本尊正式見面以後,米高基頓也秀出他的詮釋,讓本尊驚呼:「根本複製人!」

金球獎影帝米高基頓,在《驚爆焦點》飾演主導「神職人員性侵兒童事件」的「焦點小組」主編「瓦特羅賓森」。米高基頓透露在跟本尊見面以前,早就偷偷跟蹤他一個月,甚至還住在他家附近、親身體驗他的生活,甚至收集所有跟他有關的聲音及影像,試圖從內到外透徹詮釋瓦特羅賓森。而這另類的「跟蹤狂」行為,也讓他的演出獲益良多,直到跟本尊正式見面時,甚至直接對他演了一段,這也讓本尊震驚地說:「我們才剛見面,你怎麼就知道所有關於我的事?」驚訝之餘還補充:「米高基頓根本就是我的複製人!如果他去搶銀行,警察絕對把我銬上手銬!」

演技宛如變色龍的米高基頓,也透露羅賓森的波士頓口音,是他起初認為最難詮釋的部分,但之後他驚訝發現,羅賓森其實也是個變色龍──因為羅賓森是記者,在跟不同階層、地區的人士交涉時,口音與用字都會跟著轉變,這細節也讓米高基頓為之驚訝。而他在片中沉穩又高度還原的演出,也獲得紐約、奧克拉荷馬等影評人協會的演技獎項肯定,無疑是他在《鳥人》(Birdman)之後,又一精采表現。

改編普立茲新聞獎獲獎報導的《驚爆焦點》,踢爆美國波士頓教區當中,一群神父運用不正當手段性侵孩童;教會不但暗中保護這群神父,更透過宗教勢力壓迫律師與法院忽視這群受害者的控訴。不公不義之事一再發生,也讓米高基頓、瑞秋麥亞當斯、馬克魯法洛、李佛薛伯(Liev Schreiber)等人飾演的「焦點小組」記者,秉持新聞工作者捍衛真相的社會責任,對此事件展開調查。台灣片商為了讓更多台灣民眾注意到兒童安全與社會正義的重要性,也特別在本週舉辦一場「捍衛正義搶看會」,除了力邀各家新聞台主播搶先觀賞,也吸引到知名藝人何嘉文、羅平、朱蕾安、歌手吳是閎、林吟蔚、演員許時豪、獨立音樂人鄭宜農、《愛玩客》主持人吳鳳等人共襄盛舉,讓整場活動星光熠熠。

《葉問3》出動寶島叫賣哥葉昇峻引人潮 限量周邊商品一件不留出清完售

功夫鉅作《葉問3》集合《葉問》系列鐵三角甄子丹、導演葉偉信及監製黃百鳴再度合作,更邀請西洋拳王泰森、功夫高手張晉及神級武打巨星李小龍,再加上世界級動作大師袁和平,共同打造地表最強功夫鉅片。昨天晚上在西門町絕色影城前舉辦《葉問3》限定公益競拍會 x 寶島叫賣哥-葉昇峻的活動,「叫賣哥」葉昇峻以精彩又逗趣的方式介紹電影周邊商品,小至茶包大至公仔套組及木人樁,都可以滔滔不絕講得頭頭是道,還和現場圍觀的民眾和影迷作互動,最後所有商品皆順利賣完,連最大商品木人樁也售出,真的一件都不留,讓叫賣哥都自豪地說「人家說葉問可以1個打10個,叫賣哥我可以讓1個人買10個。」

這場公益競拍活動是《葉問3》舉辦過的眾多活動中,唯一可以讓影迷親臨現場,更不需參加抽獎,苦等中獎結果,就能夠直接購買限量周邊的限時活動。在前一周叫賣哥更親自錄製活動預告,預告中叫賣哥自誇什麼都能賣的才是「哥」,更提及競拍會上將賣出正港的詠春木人樁,讓人心情不好時可以練練拳,也可以避免和妻小有衝突,誇張又滔滔不絕的國台語夾雜推銷方式很吸睛,因此影片上線後,就引起網友和影迷們的討論,更有幾位死忠影迷私訊詢問,想確認木人樁是否真的有參與競標,活動在正式開始前就備受關注。

儘管競拍會地點在寒冷的戶外,但炒熱現場氣氛功力一流的叫賣哥一出馬,立刻讓競拍會上搶標及圍觀的眾人,都不畏寒風繼續聽著他賣力介紹商品,大家都被叫賣哥令人拍案叫絕,又聽得心癢癢、不得不出價購買的超強力叫賣方式給折服,更和叫賣哥互動連連。限量周邊的經典酷卡組、茶包、米袋包、復古火柴盒、《葉問3》紀念T-shirt等商品才開始叫賣不久就幾乎被搶光,而詢問度破表的限量鋼杯以及造型行動電源也都有人不斷出價搶標,最後大項周邊商品如限量公仔套組和真功夫木人樁,更是歷經一番廝殺後買主才出爐,現場熱烈的反應讓叫賣哥本人非常滿意,更笑說自己剛剛叫賣得太認真,有點後悔沒幫自己留一套葉問公仔套組。本次活動義賣所得,也將全數捐款給樂公益平台做愛心。

‘Growing Pains’ Star Shares Lifelong Struggle … This is SO Rough

Addiction never goes well. Especially not when it starts when you’re 4 years old.

For some, certain alcoholic beverages are delicious. Alcoholic drinks can be religious in nature, solely for parties … whatever.

Anyone with the disposition for alcoholism, however, has a very different relationship with alcohol. “Growing Pains” child star Jeremy Miller knows that all too well, and shared his story with Oprah’s “Where Are They Now?” series:

“I began drinking at 4 years old. My grandparents used to throw a lot of parties, and I would run around after the parties and finish off all the empty beers.”

That’s how he got his start. That sort of compulsive behavior — and it must be compulsive, because beer doesn’t taste good to most adults, let alone children — is a huge red flag. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like anyone noticed or intervened. Because he was already getting full-on drunk before he even hit his teens.

“I didn’t really mess around with it after that until I was around 12. That was the first time I ever got hammered.”

That is absolutely horrifying.

He ultimately hit rock bottom when he awoke to see his angry fiancee sitting at the foot of the bed, and he remembers wondering what she was going to tell him that he had done while intoxicated … because he had no idea.

Just as scary was the way that he felt about himself because of his intense addiction. Hating yourself for drinking is never going to help you stop drinking, folks.

“There were times that I was so filled with self-loathing and self-hatred, and then combine that with the alcohol and the lack of judgment that that provides — it’s a very good thing I never owned a gun. Because I don’t know what would have happened, and that’s scary.”

Yikes.

We’re so glad that he’s able and willing to talk about this now. When celebrities share their stories, it can help so many people.

You Won’t … Actually, You’ll Totally Believe What Trump RTed About Megyn Kelly

This is somehow where we are, as both a society and nation.

The 2016 Election cycle is upon us in nearly full force, since it’s actually 2016 now. On the Democratic side, the nominee seems like a foregone conclusion, though there’s still room for an upset. On the Republican side, it’s been one massive game of musical chairs for months now.

In addition to taking plenty of shots at each other, some of the Republican nominees are, for whatever reason, entangling themselves in other feuds. While Ted “Let Me Refer To Hitting My Daughter For This Joke About Wanting To Hit Hillary” Cruz and Donald Trump appear to be the current GOP frontrunners, you would think that he’d be concentrating his energy on the Cruz campaign. But no.

You know how some people don’t like to be called on their nonsense? It seems like Trump really doesn’t like being fact-checked, because Megyn Kelly cited some of his misogynistic statements during that debate all of those months ago, and Trump is still holding a grudge. Like, to the point where he doesn’t want to appear at a debate if Megyn Kelly’s going to be a moderator.

And then he retweeted this, uh … gem:

Yikes.

According to this image, which is supposed to represent a contradiction of sorts, Megyn Kelly is somehow a hypocrite, because how she chooses to dress and be photographed is totally the equivalent to how a middle-aged man talks about and treats women. It’s super the same, right?

And then there’s the accompanying text — referring to her as a “bimbo,” who is somehow disqualified from being a debate moderator because … what? Because she’s pretty and was photographed being pretty?

Now, none of these are Trump’s words. It’s important to point that out. He’s said, um, plenty of mind-boggling things, but this is not one of them. We have to ask ourselves, as a society, if a retweeter is as responsible for the contents of a tweet as the original tweeter.

In most cases, including this one, we’re thinking yes. Both the image and the “bimbo” allegation (honestly, what century is this again?) are inappropriate and incredibly un-Presidential.

Trump’s having a lot of fun with his frighteningly enthusiastic fanbase right now. But if he’s serious about wanting to become President, he’s going to have to get serious about behaving like an electable candidate. Part of that is going to mean appearing on Fox News, which is basically the primary campaign tool of any Republican nominee.

Plenty of people would love to watch the GOP tear itself apart, which is definitely the direction in which it’s headed. Retweets like this are not helping at all.

And by the way, if you have trouble with a moderator asking tough questions … the political arena might not be your best career choice.

炎亞綸分享『後菜鳥』經驗 佩服曾之喬有”老練的靈魂”

台視、三立接檔偶像劇「後菜鳥的燦爛時代」今天舉辦記者會,炎亞綸、曾之喬出席參與,曾之喬說:「很多人都經歷過後菜鳥的階段,我國中時進入社會大學,拍戲時,大家叫我『影后』,因為我一個鏡頭就要拍10幾次,拍背面才不會NG。」炎亞綸說:「剛開始拍戲時,我連轉身都不太會,還是攝影師幫我轉;我很佩服喬喬的個性及待人處事,這麼年輕,卻有老練的靈魂。」

「後菜鳥的燦爛時代」由炎亞綸、曾之喬主演,在劇中,紀文凱(炎亞綸飾)與鍾雨棠(曾之喬飾)是青梅竹馬,鍾雨棠成績優秀,紀文凱卻普普通通;出社會後,鍾雨棠進入人人稱羨的彩妝集團,工作多年後,有機會成為首席秘書,沒想到新上任的CEO居然是死對頭紀文凱,鍾雨棠被氣得轉調到「廢材處理中心」,成為業務三課的一員!曾之喬笑著說:「讀書時是我調教他,數年之後,換我被他調教。」

什麼是『後菜鳥』?曾之喬說:「就是工作已有一段時間,不上不下,想飛也飛不高,也缺乏『伯樂』的幫忙;戲裡我非常認真,但失去把一件事做到最好的精神,有點倚老賣老。」炎亞綸開玩笑的比喻:「後菜鳥就是介於菜鳥與老鳥的階段,就像老痰卡在喉嚨,咳不出來,我們這部戲,希望能激起大家在職場中的熱情,因為後菜鳥也能展翅高飛。」

曾之喬說:「很多人都經歷過後菜鳥的階段,我國中時進入社會大學,拍戲時,每天都過得戰戰兢兢,很怕拖累大家;那時我劇中名字叫『小影』,工作人員則叫我『影后』,因為我一個鏡頭就要拍10幾次,拍背面就不會NG,當時壓力很大,想哭都哭不出來,有一度很害怕演戲,這個陰影,一直到前陣子才有勇氣表達自己的想法。」

炎亞綸說:「我的包袱也很多,因為是偶像團體出身,剛開始拍戲時,我連轉身都不太會,還是攝影師幫我轉;當時有戲就接,沒辦法選,後來才知道自己還不夠好,看不到自己的缺點,需要被打擊,讓貴人拉一把後,才知道要學的東西真的很多。」

炎亞綸、曾之喬過去曾經拍過兩個月的戲,但因為88風災的關係,場景遭到破壞,檔期無法配合而作罷,曾之喬說:「我們在一起相處了兩個多月,之後雖然沒有太多聯絡,如今見面,感覺卻非常熟悉。」炎亞綸說:「可能我們都是天蠍座吧!雖然我比喬喬年紀大,但她的老靈魂至少大我10歲,希望拍這部戲後,讓自己知道哪裡還不夠好,因為現實生活中每個人都需要『伯樂』。」

李唯楓跨界演電影 遇磨戲精導演挫折深

李唯楓從學生時期就開始被經紀公司發掘然後簽約培訓,在2012年推出首張專輯即獲得熱烈迴響成為新生代校園最愛的情歌王子,星運可以說是相當順遂,第一次演電影就把處女作交給馮凱的《神廚》。他跟馮凱結緣開始是因為演唱《剩女保鏢》片尾曲You don’t know走紅進一步跨界演電影,讓累積了許多人氣的李唯楓有機會能夠躍上大銀幕。對於自己能夠跨界演出電影相當興奮,偏偏遇到磨戲精的馮凱,為了讓他能夠融入劇情,使得他經常會被導演罵的讓他挫折不少!

因為李唯楓演出「小時代」音樂劇,讓馮凱決定找他來演出《神廚》中二虎的角色,馮凱認為李唯楓求好心切壓力太大,在一開始時不斷吃螺絲,有一場戲是一群人逃家的關鍵戲碼,大家吵吵鬧鬧想儘辦法要搭便車,但是導演就特別要李唯楓轉身背對大家,可是沒多久他又轉身回來想要有參與感,就被導演命令再轉回去,幾次NG之後導演火大差點沒要他直接回臺北算了!

首次演出的他,坦言有幾次曾被導演直接的批評給嚇到,但是李唯楓覺得馮凱對情感的細膩拿捏非常厲害,讓他相當佩服。李唯楓說:「雖然大家覺得我其實是個很活潑的人,但當我一個人的時候並非如此。」和大家相處的時候,李唯楓希望能融入群體的快樂氛圍中,但在私底下,他有更多時間是喜歡自己獨處的,這部分和不擅言詞,個性木訥的二虎又有些相似。

Brielle Biermann’s Bikini Selfie Game is Unstoppable

She’s being kind of unfair at this point, right?

Honestly, Brielle Biermann is killing us. There’s only so much next-level hotness that we can take, girl.

She has such a killer bikini body. And yes, we know that really any body that’s in a bikini is automatically a bikini body. But, we’re being honest: there are many forms of beauty, but not everybody is at Brielle’s level. And that’s okay. We all need to set reasonable standards for ourselves.

Please, for the sake of the world, keep it up.

Is Liam Making Miley Into a Better Human Being? Gods, We Hope So

There may be hope on the horizon if you miss literally any pre-twerking version of Miley.

So we all know that Miley can’t be tamed, but perhaps she can be … tempered, slightly. Specifically, we’re very hopeful that her reconnection with Liam Hemsworth heralds some moderation in her behavior.

And, given that this post was waxing nostalgic about her wacky antics instead of a set of more recent nonsense, maybe this is a positive sign. Maybe we could go back to the “Wrecking Ball” days?

Apparently, however, it’ll be a cold day in hell when she sets aside cultural appropriation. Or maybe, just maybe, the milestone we’re waiting for her wedding day.

Let us believe in miracles just a little while longer, okay?

九九拍MV羨慕台灣遊樂場嘆只能遠觀不能玩 難忘飆速刺激感

由知名音樂製作人陳國華老師打造的新生代節奏藍調歌手九九,於2015年12月31日推出個人首張新專輯「久久不能自己」,這時期剛好是發片熱潮,曾是九九在歌唱比賽中的導師蕭敬騰與在比賽中合唱的中國歌手韓紅,也都在此時發片,,某次上電台時九九與韓紅恰好前後錯過了,她覺得很可惜沒能送上新專輯請她欣賞,九九笑著期許自己有天能成為像他們一樣具有超強實力與人氣的唱將。

新專輯MV是在知名遊樂場拍攝,九九表示:「很羨慕台灣有很多遊樂場,加拿大沒這麼多,雖然我是女生,可是我最喜歡玩射擊和飆速類遊戲,尤其是賽車或賽程摩托車,坐在上頭好像真的在賽道上飆速,很刺激有趣又不用擔心危險,可惜今日是工作,我好心動卻不能玩。」

來自北國的九九提到家鄉時,表示在蒙特利爾,冬天氣溫零下二三十度是很平常的事,自小在冰天雪地長大的她並不怕冷,不料卻被台灣這一波的帝王寒流打敗了,九九說:「加拿大是乾冷和台灣的濕冷不同,在蒙特利爾我穿保暖的外套就夠了,可是在台灣即使穿了很多衣服,還是覺得冷風鑽進身體裡,一台暖爐對我來說根本不夠,我晚上得開兩台暖爐睡覺才不會被冷醒。」看到台灣人追雪玩雪,九九說:「小時候,每逢下完大雪,我和妹妹最喜歡從一樓陽台用力往外跳進雪堆裡,雪累積了一晚很厚又鬆鬆的,跳進去很好玩或是會躺在地上扮雪地天使,常樂此不疲。」不過,九九特地提醒台灣的朋友:「這是雪有一定的厚度才能這麼做,否則直接跳進雪裡會摔傷的。」

提到家鄉的雪,近三年沒回家的九九想家了,還有另一件事激起她想家的念頭,是這陣子九九參與多場監獄送暖音樂會,她覺得唱歌給受刑人聽是很有意義的事,有天當她唱完後,受刑人熱烈鼓掌,九九開心地說:「明年我再來唱給你們聽……」,當下看見有受刑人嘆氣,瞬間她發現自己口誤,連忙說:「希望明年你們都能和家人團聚。」受刑人聞此都熱烈鼓掌,九九特別能感同身受和家人長期分開的寂寞與思念。

正忙新專輯「久久不能自己」的宣傳,適逢農曆春節,九九強忍著闔家吃年夜飯團圓的渴望,打算留在台灣工作,但母親難忍思女之苦也不捨女兒長年孤身在外打拼,下令九九今年務必返家過年,九九掙扎許久,貼心的母親特地向恩師陳國華老師請假,陳國華老師也體諒九九的心情,請工作夥伴調配宣傳行程,好讓她抓緊時間回家並趕在媒體開工前返台,繼續宣傳行程,讓九九喜出望外,一次達成團圓和工作兩個願望。

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去年一整年在忙於拍戲的姚采穎,繼去年底所演出的電影《百味人生》已播映後,新戲也可望在年後推出,展望新的一年,除了還是拍戲外,學習畫畫已久的她,並希望將畫作結合公益,去幫助需要幫助的弱勢團體,姚采穎表示,她已在網路上發佈這些公益活動訊息,希望能號召更多的朋友一起做公益。