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- South Carolina Primary Goes To Newt Gingrich
- Daniel Radcliffe Is 'Phenomenal,' Elizabeth Olsen Raves
- Nicholas Hoult Is 'Beautiful' In 'Warm Bodies'
- Emma Roberts Channels Ke$ha In 'Celeste And Jesse'
- Sigourney Weaver Not Optimistic About 'Ghostbusters 3'
- 'Hobbit' Brings 'Impending Doom' To Middle-Earth, Elijah Wood Says
- Bin Laden Movie Remains Top-Secret, Joel Edgerton Says
- 'Haywire' Star Gina Carano Talks Fighting Michael Fassbender
- 'Arrested Development' Movie: Alia Shawkat Is 'Game'
| South Carolina Primary Goes To Newt Gingrich Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:55 AM PST Mitt Romney had a sizable lead going into the week only to fall short to the onetime House speaker.
If it weren't clear before, the results of the South Carolina primary Saturday night (January 21) made it crystal that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is in for the fight of his political life in his quest to nab the Republican presidential nomination. After holding on to a double-digit lead as recently as Tuesday, Romney came up short in South Carolina, defeated by a surging Newt Gingrich.
Buoyed by two solid debate appearances this week, former House Speaker Gingrich managed to turn the tide in the first contest in the South, proving once again that the party faithful are not yet willing to fall into lockstep and give Romney a smooth ride to the nomination. Gingrich pulled off the upset victory despite a potentially crushing distraction Thursday in the form of an ABC News interview with his second ex-wife. In it, Marianne Gingrich claimed the ex-congressman had asked her to agree to an open marriage so he could carry on an affair with his now-third wife. Romney started the week with a solid lead, but the distance between him and Gingrich shrunk in the days before the primary. In addition, on Thursday, the race was scrambled thanks to a trio of unforeseen events that further muddied the waters. First, Republican leaders in Iowa announced that the final count in that state's caucus revealed that Romney's eight-point win over Rick Santorum was actually a 34-point loss, which handed the former Pennsylvania senator a pyrrhic victory in that first-in-the-nation contest. A short time later, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced he was suspending his campaign and would be throwing his support behind Gingrich, which could solidify the former House leader's draw to the all-important bloc of Evangelical Christian voters. The third shoe to drop was the ABC interview. By Friday night, a Romney adviser told CNN the race was "real tight," even as a Gingrich staffer predicted a victory after the candidate came in fourth place in the two previous primaries. Santorum and Libertarian candidate Congressman Ron Paul were in a fight for third place at press time. Before results were announced, CNN reported that exit polls show the most important quality for Republican voters is that a candidate can beat President Obama. Experts told MTV News that if Romney landed his second win in a row, he might take the wind out of Gingrich's sails and get one step closer to a virtual lock on the nomination should he win the next test, the January 31 primary in Florida. A further black cloud over the Gingrich win for Romney: The winner of the S.C. primary has gone on to secure the Republican nomination in every election since 1980.
Long considered the front-runner and likely nominee, Romney has gone from looking like he would win an unprecedented three primaries in a row to start the season to just one victory and continuing questions about his appeal to the party's conservative base. Though his campaign continues to be far ahead of the rest of the field in fundraising, even if Romney can pull it out, the constant battering of his image and résumé by his rivals for the nomination could leave him deeply scarred by the time the general election rolls around. According to Fox News, the bigger problems for Romney, though, based on some early exit polls from South Carolina, are that voters are concerned about his moderate stance on some issues and his Mormon faith. Romney is vying to be the first Mormon Republican presidential candidate. With another close loss behind him, Romney turns his attention to Florida, a state that has proved pivotal in the last three elections and one that is now a virtual must-win in order to keep his campaign steaming forward. For the second time in this election, Gingrich has stampeded back into the game and political experts said that his effort is, even if it goes no further, is one of the finest examples of political savvy in memory. Check back for up-to-the-minute coverage on the primary races and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the 2012 presidential election season. Related Videos |
| Daniel Radcliffe Is 'Phenomenal,' Elizabeth Olsen Raves Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:44 AM PST 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' actress is getting ready to star opposite Radcliffe in the thriller 'Kill Your Darlings.'
PARK CITY, Utah — Daniel Radcliffe is no longer just the Boy Who Lived — at this stage, he's the Man Who Flourished. Indeed, Radcliffe has kept his post-"Potter" career very interesting, what with a turn as a horror lead in next month's "Woman in Black," a lengthy run on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and even a hosting stint on "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year.
He's set to keep his fans guessing even further with his next confirmed movie, "Kill Your Darlings," which tells the tale of how Beat Generation icons Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr first met — and how that meeting eventually led to murder. Radcliffe plays Ginsberg in the film, and starring opposite him is up-and-coming actress Elizabeth Olsen. The brilliant young star of "Martha Marcy May Marlene" spoke with MTV News about joining the cast of "Kill Your Darlings," making her admiration for the "Harry Potter" star very well-known. "He is so phenomenal," Olsen said at the Sundance Film Festival, where she's repping the paranormal thriller "Red Lights." "He's an incredible person. He's so funny and smart and fun. He's such a good guy." Olsen is just one small cog in the greater machine of "Kill Your Darlings," according to the actress. She said she only appears in "three scenes of that movie" as Edie Parker, girlfriend of Jack Kerouac. "Edie Parker is the one who introduced Ginsberg to Lucien Carr and Jack Kerouac," she explained of her role. "She's kind of the glue between them. I'm just there for a few scenes to explain that part of the story. But her personal life is really, really incredible." The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Nicholas Hoult Is 'Beautiful' In 'Warm Bodies' Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:36 AM PST Teresa Palmer gushed to MTV News about her co-star's zombie performance.
If Hollywood can turn vampires and werewolves into sex icons, what's keeping zombies from entering that same sexy stratosphere? Well, there's the whole feasting-on-human-flesh thing to consider, we suppose, not to mention the endless groaning and decaying to boot. Despite their brain-craving reputation, the walking dead are about to undergo a serious makeover in "Warm Bodies," director Jonathan Levine's adaptation of the Isaac Marion novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where a zombie named R (played by "X-Men: First Class" actor Nicholas Hoult) inexplicably falls in love with Julie Grigio, whose father is a general in the dwindling human resistance.
Teresa Palmer, who plays Julie, spoke with MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival about her work on "Warm Bodies" and why she can't wait to fall in love with a zombie on the big screen. "I'm just excited to see how Nicholas Hoult comes across on the screen," said Palmer, who's attending Sundance to support her drama "Wish You Were Here." "He was so beautiful to work with. He does such an incredible performance. He's playing a zombie, so he can't say much, but he's very expressive with his eyes."
It's not just Hoult's "beautiful" zombie performance that Palmer fell in love with, but the "Warm Zombies" universe as a whole. "The world that Jonathan Levine has set up is so epic and so interesting," she said. "It's always very cool when Jonathan Levine does something. I'm really excited to see it." Are you excited to see zombie love story "Warm Bodies"? Let us know in the comments. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Emma Roberts Channels Ke$ha In 'Celeste And Jesse' Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:44 AM PST 'I got to bring together every pop star and mold it into one person,' actress tells MTV News.
PARK CITY, Utah — Emma Roberts has always been a friend to MTV News, particularly at the Sundance Film Festival. Last year in Park City, we were fairly sure that we got Emma to drop a massive "Scream 4" spoiler — namely that she wasn't going to survive her encounter with Ghost Face — and we were right ... partially.
At this year's Sundance, our conversation with Emma was not so grim. The up-and-coming actress has a starring role in "Celeste and Jesse Forever," a comedy about a divorcing couple struggling to maintain their friendship during an intense period of transition. In the film, which also stars co-writer Rashida Jones, Roberts goes against type as a pop star named Riley, who is an amalgamation of various musical icons. But according to the actress, there's one particular singer she took her cues from. "I got to bring together every pop star and mold it into one person," she told MTV News about her role in the film. "[But] my hair is definitely Ke$ha. I have these fabulous long, blond, slightly ratty extensions. I miss those dearly." Of course, hair alone does not make a pop star. Roberts had to sing and dance to get into the role, rocking out with a dance anthem that was co-written by Jones herself. "We recorded a song that Rashida co-wrote with a bunch of people, and it's just wildly entertaining and inappropriate and it's kind of a dance anthem. It was fun," she said. "You know when you listen to songs and they yell at you to have fun? That's kind of what we decided to do, because I love being yelled at to have fun and dance!" Who doesn't? The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Sigourney Weaver Not Optimistic About 'Ghostbusters 3' Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:48 AM PST 'Red Lights' actress also updates MTV News on 'Avatar' sequel status.
PARK CITY, Utah — Even at the Sundance Film Festival, genre icon Sigourney Weaver just can't stay away from the supernatural. The actress has a lead role in director Rodrigo Cortés' new paranormal thriller, "Red Lights" — which made its polarizing debut at Park City's Eccles Center on Friday (January 20) — as skeptical scientist Margaret Matheson.
Naturally, Weaver has some experience dealing with spooks and scares, having played the endlessly haunted Dana Barrett in two "Ghostbusters" films. But at this rate, it's looking decreasingly likely that she'll reprise Peter Venkman's former flame for a third time — largely because Venkman himself has seemingly put the proton pack away for good. At Sundance, MTV News asked Weaver about recent reports that Bill Murray not only turned down the latest draft of "Ghostbusters 3," but actually shredded the script and sent the scraps to former co-stars and franchise stewards Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. "You know, I've heard about that too," she said. "It's Bill, so it could very well be true." Weaver has yet to read a "Ghostbusters 3" script herself. Taking that fact with rumors about Murray's complete disinterest, Weaver had to admit, "Maybe it's not a good sign." The news is much more optimistic for another genre film franchise Weaver's involved in: "Avatar." The actress said that she's been in regular contact with director James Cameron about a return trip to Pandora, but doesn't expect it to happen in the immediate future. "We've had a couple of talks, but he's busy," she said. "He has a very ambitious goal to be the person to take a submersible down to the lowest point in the Marianas Trench, which he wants to accomplish this year. 'Avatar' will happen after that." For her part, despite her irrevocable status as one of cinema's most badass action heroes, Weaver has precisely zero interest in joining Cameron on one of his undersea adventures. "He's been kind enough to invite me," she said. "But I know I'd disgrace myself by screaming and shrieking and soiling myself!" The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| 'Hobbit' Brings 'Impending Doom' To Middle-Earth, Elijah Wood Says Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST 'There is gravity, but there's a lot of fun as well,' actor tells MTV News of Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien adaptation.
PARK CITY, Utah — Despite all odds, Frodo Baggins is back in the Shire ... or was back, rather.
Elijah Wood reprises his iconic role as the ring-bearing Frodo in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," serving as a book-ending character in scenes that bridge the gap between director Peter Jackson's latest trip to Middle-earth and his previous one in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Wood's role is a less prominent one in "The Hobbit," so much so that with 100 days left of filming, his work on the film is finished. "I had my revisitation rights, and now they've been revoked," he joked when MTV News caught up with him at the Sundance Film Festival. Though Wood's return to the realm of dwarves, elves and men has reached its conclusion, the actor spent enough time on the New Zealand set to get a real sense of what "The Hobbit" is going for. Specifically, he spoke to the fact that Jackson's latest adaptation stays true to the lighter tone of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, largely because "the stakes aren't as high" as they were in "Lord of the Rings." "It's more whimsical, magical, and a little bit more comedic," Wood said. "The dwarves are funny and they're kind of bumbling, and they're really playing a lot of that aspect up."
But even if the situation in "The Hobbit" isn't as dangerous as the world-ending scenario posed in "Rings," Wood said Jackson has managed to weave a sense of "impending doom ... into the construct of the piece." "There is gravity," he insisted, "but there's a lot of fun as well." For his own part, Wood is just grateful that he got a chance to step back into Frodo's furry feet one last time, an experience he likened to time travel. "It felt like stepping back into time," he said of reprising Frodo. "We shot some stuff in Hobbiton, and the last time I was in Hobbiton, I was 19 ... and I'm 30 now. It was a very bizarre step through a portal into time. But it was beautiful. It was great to be a part of it." The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Bin Laden Movie Remains Top-Secret, Joel Edgerton Says Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:14 AM PST The actor also spoke with MTV News about the 'very subtle' use of 3-D in 'The Great Gatsby.'
PARK CITY, Utah — Joel Edgerton could tell you about Kathryn Bigelow's untitled Osama Bin Laden movie, but then he'd have to kill you.
OK, perhaps it's not as dramatic as all of that. Still, the "Wish You Were Here" actor spoke briefly with MTV News about starring in the Navy Seal thriller alongside Chris Pratt and Jessica Chastain, and while he's "very excited" to start shooting the film, his lips are sealed on the top-secret op. "I can't really tell you anything about it," he told MTV during the Sundance Film Festival. "I don't know that I can't tell you anything about it, but I'd be very ill-informed to talk about it at this point. But I'm just excited to work with all of those guys." Edgerton was much more inclined to talk about "The Great Gatsby," Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. The Australian actor, who stars in "Gatsby" as drunken socialite Tom Buchanan, spoke at length about Luhrmann's "very subtle" use of 3-D in the film. "3-D is absolutely the right thing for [the film]," said Edgerton. "I've seen sections of the movie and it sort of invites you in. It's not like spectacle 3-D; you're not being confronted by things blowing at your head. But it invites you in. What it does psychologically is very interesting, and I think you'll forget you're watching 3-D." "Also, it's lavish," he continued. "That era was so lavish. The '20s was about excess, so why not add a bit of excess to the filmmaking as well?" For those who remain skeptical of the use of 3-D in "Gatsby," Edgerton expects negative opinions to change when the movie is released this December. "Baz knows absolutely everything he's doing," he said. "I'm really excited for all the people [groaning] about 3-D to see the movie. I hope everybody is crossing their arms and frowning to begin with, because I think they'll unfurl by the time they see it." What do you think of the use of 3-D in "The Great Gatsby"? Sound off in the comments! The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
| 'Haywire' Star Gina Carano Talks Fighting Michael Fassbender Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:58 AM PST 'I don't think he had any qualms about being physical with me,' actress says of her co-star.
Those of you who treated yourselves to Steven Soderbergh's action-packed thriller "Haywire" over the weekend know that MMA-fighter-turned-actress Gina Carano's unbelievable fight sequences steal the show.
Throughout the course of the film Carano's character, a special ops agent who seeks revenge on the colleagues who betrayed her, engages in serious hand-to-hand combat with the likes of Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor and Antonio Banderas. Each one of her fight sequences is memorable in its own right, but it is the bout with Fassbender's character that really packs a punch. When MTV News caught up with Carano recently during the press day for the film, we asked her to take us through a few behind-the-scenes details of that scene. Spoilers ahead, along with further proof of Carano's general badassness with the way in which she throws around phrases like "vase smashed in his face" and "choke him out."
"The Fassbender fight is definitely special," Carano said. "It took two days [to shoot] and I don't think he had any qualms about being physical with me after he met me. He was like, 'You know what? She's somebody I can throw around and not hurt.' " "It was just a beautiful fight scene. There were so many funny stories because he is a hilarious human being," Carano said, recalling jokes between takes. "We had a couple different stories that involved a vase getting smashed in his face. I think the bed scene where I choke him out with the triangle choke and then roll over, and then nobody really expects me to shoot him like that. I think that's been a very powerful scene." Have you seen or are you planning to see "Haywire"? Let us know in the comments. Check out everything we've got on "Haywire." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. |
| 'Arrested Development' Movie: Alia Shawkat Is 'Game' Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:16 AM PST 'She probably has a buzzed head,' actress tells MTV News at Sundance of her character Maeby Fünke.
PARK CITY, Utah — If you're looking for a surefire way to end a conversation with Alia Shawkat, look no further than bringing up the subject of "Arrested Development." That scare tactic applies to most "Arrested" veterans, who've had to field questions about a possible onscreen Bluth reunion ever since the cult Fox comedy came to a close in 2006, even more so since the 2011 announcement of a new TV miniseries and feature film. Shawkat is no exception, as MTV News learned while speaking with the erstwhile Maeby Fünke at the Sundance Film Festival, where she's promoting the Carrie Preston-directed comedy "That's What She Said."
Asked about the future of "Arrested Development," Shawkat reacted as any sane actor would: She attempted to flee the scene. But just like Maeby, who could always invent a way out of trouble, Shawkat eventually opted for a different approach: diving into any and all "Arrested" questions head-on. "They're writing it now, though we haven't seen any scripts yet," the comedian said about the developing "Arrested" status. "But we're all game." As for what is in Maeby's future, Shawkat could only guess. "She'd be my age [by now]," she said. "She probably wouldn't go to college. She's probably figured out some weird schemes to get money really fast, and she probably has a buzzed head and is dating some French painter." French painter? What, no love for George Michael? "Oh, I don't know," she laughed. "Feels kind of creepy. I love [Michael Cera], but the whole first-cousin thing ... " No matter what comes next, and even in light of Shawkat's initial fight-or-flight reaction, the comedian said she's very much hoping to dive back into the "Arrested" universe after all these years. "It's been kind of following me around like a very attractive albatross," she said. "But now it's hopefully going to happen. It would be very exciting." The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance. Related Videos Related Photos |
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