Interviews

Mario Lopez Invites Fans to Enter Photo Contest For Chance to Win a Trip to Little League World Series in August

By GTVW Staff

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 As part of the “Picture Perfect Season” initiative that kicked off last month, Mario Lopez is encouraging his fans, and baseball fans everywhere, to take part in the photo contest for the chance to win a trip to the Little League Baseball®World Series in South Williamsport, PA.

“I’ve always been such a fan of the game of baseball, and it really starts for so many families, including mine, with Little League,” said Lopez. “I’m excited to take part in this celebration of family photos and especially the printed images that we all cherish, and showcase the excitement and passion of the game.”

Cynicism or drama in “Adult Beginners”

By GTVW Staff

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From Director Ross Katz and experienced cast as Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Joel McHale, Bobby Moynihan, Mike Birbiglia and Josh Charlesa young, a young hipster entrepreneur (Nick Kroll) crashes and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life in disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant sister (Rose Byrne), brother-in-law (Bobby Cannavale) and three year-old nephew in the suburbs — only to become their manny.  Faced with real responsibility, he may finally have to grow up — but not without some bad behavior first.

All characters rediscover their humanity in a comedic film with touchy feely leanings. Adult Beginners has some laughs, it’s really more of a gentle dramedy. However, this also reflects the relationship with siblings who have been forced to assess the damage they’ve done to each other, and to reaffirm the fragility and resilience of their bond. Definitely something that happens in real life even if just to see how well Kroll handles some heavier material this film is worth to see it.

In press conference some members of cast said:

Rose Byrne:”The script was well written with a great dialogue and character really since first reading so I tried not to screw up too much. Of course complex relationships are reflected here and that’s why my character has to understand one part of the real meaning of forgiveness.”

Nick Kroll:”This movie has an extension, culturally of my character. I tried to play characters that have emotional intelligence or lack of intelligence just being the character reactions situations. I tried to play comedy and this movie has a lot of things to do me, especially frighten stuff with Bobby and some reactions of my character. It was exciting to explore, especially with Rose’s freighting stuff. “

Bobby Cannavale:”I just tried to be realistic with people with certainly age, especially at 40’s  who suppose to be adults and wild  and they don’t understand why they still struggling and in my case I don’t want to be my own father.”

Eva Mendes has more glamour than ever for this spring

By GTVW staff

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Eva Mendes designs for real women and the collection reflects the importance of confidence and self-expression through classic silhouettes and vintage inspired pieces. -The Eva Mendes Spring 2015 Collection allows women to tastefully stand out when they walk into the room, and Eva’s statement pieces help women feel confident for every occasion, from the boardroom to a night out on the town. Eva drew inspiration for the collection from the iconic styles of the ‘40s, ‘50s and the ‘60s and updated it with a modern twist.

Customer reaction to the Eva Mendes Collection has been so positive that it has expanded to include shoes, handbags and even a bridal party collection. Eva’s aim is to make it easy for women to leave the house feeling confident and glamorous, knowing they look great from head to toe. “I hope that my line makes women feel good. It’s really about finding what works for you and making something easy. I love that my new Spring Collection makes getting dressed easy.”

Justin Bieber might be part of Madonna’s list

By Galatview staff

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Madonna hits with her new song, Joan of Arc and it was clear when she was in a famous show from LA and flirted heavily with the young Justin Bieber. Clearly both had good vibes for each other and  audience thought, “you two are perfect for each other”.

Stephen Collins is remorseful for his acts

By GalaTView Staff

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After Stephen Collins was caught on tape. He wouldn’t have to do so in the first place if he wasn’t a sick individual who deserves to rot in jail. However, this man admits he had inappropriate sexual contact with underage girls and apologized for his behavior and now he has been in counseling for 20 years.

A dog will become in your "Darling Companion"

By Jenny Álvarez

Photo Alfonso De Elías.

This movie will be launched on April 20^th. On the side of a busy freeway, a woman finds the love, devotion, commitment, and courage she needs – all wrapped up in a bloodied stray dog who becomes her ‘darling companion.’ When the beloved canine goes missing, a shaggy-dog search adventure plays out, drawing together friends and family and rekindling a lifelong love. It will be especially meaningful to anyone who has been part of a family. In general the cast is really good mainly the acting is perfect-Beth (Diane Keaton) is at her mature best. When Joseph (Kevin Kline) becomes distracted by a phone call during a walk with Freeway, the dog disappears. Furious, is the best part due Beth is emotionally all over the place, inexplicably rueful of Joseph, and has an irrational fixation on Freeway. This movie isn’t about men and women, it’s about believability. Kline comes off as a stand-up guy that simply has little patience for odd behavior.

Although titled Darling Companion this is by no means a “Dog Movie”. Ultimately it is about relationships in a fairly idealistic American family that only some of which are interesting. For those that are not huge fans of love stories especially ones that seem to be on the sad side because those to me are not easy to watch. However, if it was a film based on humor and love and as a viewer you would really enjoy it.

Bob Marley resurrected

By: Angie Gonzalez

Photo By Alfonso De Elias

Marley is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. Watch this amazing documentary, well structured, with facts about Marley’s life.

Ziggy Marley is one of the eleven children of Bob Marley, who had seven relationships.  He was born in the baby boomers generation and is a part of this “large number of people, reaching old age and retirement”. Ziggy continued his interview by stating that many compared him to his father. There are many similarities, both are musicians. “Shyness” was a personality trait Marley and his son shared. Their music was also compared and sometimes criticized for “not being as good as Marley’s”. But this does not affect Ziggy. Thus, his son stated that Marley had love for his children. And sometimes he would “spank them” (laughs). Ziggy ends the interview by providing a religious relation to music and describes “Music is spiritual and it is created from God, to give messages and ideas to people, music is from God”.

“American Reunion” steps up with some genuine laughs

Review by Jenny Alvarez

Photos By: Alfonso De Elias.

American Reunion comes back to all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion.

If you are looking for a good comedy to go see, this one, is a good choice. Plenty of funny scenes some of them are bringing back the nostalgic memories mostly from the first film. You will laugh from beginning to end, and none of the laughter or jokes were forced. All the characters have their own issues (too married, have kids, hate their jobs, hate their lifestyle, etc.) and the movie is kind of about them all resolving their over the course of a reunion weekend. It’s the American Pie which is most similar to the first one. All the old couples from high-school (Oz/Heather, Kevin/Vicky, Jim/Michelle) re-hash their past feelings. So all the best jokes and good comedy is back again!

ATM will be your last transaction

By Jenny Alvarez

Photos by Alfonso de Elías

It’s release on April 6, 2012 (Limited U.S. Theatrical) and the Screenwriter Chris Sparling (who wrote the screenplay of Buried) is back with a new thriller titled ATM. Much like the Buried concept, the movie ATM will primarily take place in one location, you nail it, in the vestibule of an Automated Teller Machine. The story centers on three co-workers who, on a routine stop at an ATM, unexpectedly end up in a desperate fight for their lives. Director David Brooks will helm the project. The cast includes Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck and Margarita Levieva.

Is Jeff who lives at home or who else?

By GalaTView Staff

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One of the most entertaining, laugh-out-loud funny, and unexpectedly touching efforts to come dispatched from his basement room on an errand Jeff, who lives at home; his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife. What will happen after of these issues? This film is scheduled to be released in American theaters on March 16, 2012 and in interview with GalaTView the main actors talked about their main characters.

SUSAN SARANDON (Sharon):  “I think that the biggest mistakes are in comedies.  I mean, you can be mediocre in a drama or who-done-it or whatever, but when a comedy is bad, ooh, that’s so bad. When you’re just trying to do what your job is in the scene and the more out of control because they set it up so well that you don’t have to come up with clever lines.  If you’re just in character and you … I think the thing that was so great was how comfortable an atmosphere these guys make, and how safe you feel so that you can take chances and make big mistakes.  Then, you know, get on track again and you know that they’ve got your back, and that they’re watching and they’ll take care of you.  So you just have to fulfill your job in the scene within character and not try to be funny or get attention or whatever.  You just have to be there and hope that it works.  Sometimes they’re really good at improvising, all these guys.  I mean there are actors who forget what the point of the scene was, and you like go off somewhere.  That’s happened to me a number of times where someone says to me, “I thought we were supposed to get to this?”  And they’re down in some other world, and so everybody can’t do it.  You know, it’s not a talent that everybody has, but there are like experts.

Well, I don’t think we’ve done a lot of takes because once it rained you couldn’t really go back.  It wasn’t that kind of movie where they were going to take another day and dry everything out.  But I felt like it was much more romantic with the rain coming down except the fact that there was something in the water that was really stinging my eyes.  So I didn’t know where that water was coming from, but it wasn’t rain water.  Maybe but it was a little bit, it was hurting. So it wasn’t as romantic as it felt initially before my eyes started to burn.  But I think it added.  I mean I loved gathering everything and then having it.  It really moved me emotionally.  I felt like I was being baptized or something that one take that we got when I stood up, and see everybody going away.

Then you have a feeling of accomplishment rather than going home and thinking, “God, I couldn’t really … ”  But when you just give it  and then you’re done.  Then you can go home and say, “Okay, there is something that went on there that they should be able to use.  You know, that’s cool.”  And that’s the joy of working with people that you really respect. “

JASON SEGEL (Jeff):  “I’m a giant fan, and I just remember a period in my life when I was out of work, and I was sitting there waiting for someone to cast me.  And it very much was like Jeff.  You know, the sign that I’m supposed to be an actor is getting cast and 21 to 25 was a crazy out-of-work period.  It was before I really starting writing hard.  And I remember very much just sitting there thinking like I’m going to wait for the sign that I’m worthy of being an actor.  My goal was to bring the Muppets back, and I think that I achieved that.  It was half a decade of my life, and I just want to take a minute to concentrate on more human related projects.  I was just born hilarious, but beyond that this movie was a no-brainer for me.  I read the script and it was just very clear what my job was, and it was to show up and be regular.  And I think everyone probably would agree it was just so well written.  There was no need to like talk about what the character’s motivation was or anything like that.  It was nice work.  So that’s what I mean, born hilarious.  You know, I mean I knew what my job was and it was just to show up and do what they had written. So I didn’t try to bring any funny bones to it.  It’s funny because I guess like by nature we’re a little bit funny, but the goal was just to be honest on this one. We thought that day was a little subtle and wouldn’t read, so we amped it up for Jeff who was at home with it.

To me I don’t like it when I see somebody trying to be funny.  To me the whole goal whether it’s comedy or drama is just being natural, like being really irregular.  That’s my goal. If it ends up being funny, it’s because we happen to be funny by nature.  But I don’t know.  The goal for me the whole time was just to be really regular.   I didn’t think about if it was a dramatic scene or a comedic scene.  I think both.

Our job like when we worked with these guys was to show up and really understand what the scenes were about and what the point of them was, and then just be completely open to whatever was going to happen.  You know, the only preparation you had to do was really understand what the point of what you were doing was.   And then beyond that you had to be ready to just be like painfully honest.”

JUDY GREER (Linda): “It felt really seamless to make this movie because we always were, I felt like every time we were on set we were always acting like there wasn’t a lot of down time or the cameras were always rolling.  I mean obviously I can tell them apart, but it wasn’t like one experience was different. I mean I had some really emotional moments with Ed, and that was really fun.  And then I’ve always liked Jason, and he’s funny.  I’m learning other than just speaking. But it was really working with both of them felt really comfortable.  They both have a similar energy, and sense of humor and I came there a few days after they had already met, and like the bonding between them was so obvious already.  I don’t know if you guys knew each other well beforehand, but they seemed like immediately to me like brothers. If you don’t have lines in the scene that you’re shooting that day like you’ll probably up talking a lot.  I remember one day I was like, “Oh, it’s that scene where I’m just having dinner with Steve in the restaurant and I’m just in the background.”  And we ended up like having the whole conversation that you can hear.  It’s fun, though, because you just go to work ready to work every day.

I think there were like three cameras and we’re doing the scene, and like anything that comes up if they like, they like say other lines, say this.  It’s like there’s never a bigger name. Like I never feel like we go like from the bigger name to the middle to the end.  Like it’s always like this.  We’re always trying new things, and the camera is moving and let’s stop and go back or skip something.  I feel like it was like a whole day but it probably wasn’t.

.  I feel like I got it all out on camera, and then I have a harder time like getting ready for scenes like that than I do letting them go. So we don’t have to feel like that anymore.  But getting prepared for it is more difficult for me. “

ED HELMS (Pat): “Every day is unforgettable for me. They’re just so full of chaos and excitement, but let’s see.  One in particular was … God, I’m really bad at this.  I’ll tell you Jason’s most eventful day. He piloted an F-16 and actually was in a dog fight and saved America one day.  I rode a rollercoaster and was in a car crash the same day.  That’s a true story.  There was a baby.  A baby came out on the rollercoaster right behind me and I pulled it out.  I got it and then Fabio was hit in the face with a Canadian goose.  Well, at deliveries you don’t sing it.  Breathe, just breathe.  Close your eyes and let the baby come out.  We’re goin’ upside down now, you hear.  And then it was there.  I had it right in my hand and I was sobbing, and it was really emotional and then … It’s also the most, I don’t know, it’s the most fun way to go to work on a set everyday just not knowing what you’re going to say.  You know, I’ve done little bits of theater and stuff where you literally say the same lines every night.  And that has its own kind of Zen appeal.  Like you can really find nuances in the same lines.  But then there’s this whole other really exciting process, which these guys are all about.  I don’t know, it’s really fun but It’s so exciting and even the most mundane things feel really fresh and cool every take like sitting in the bath tub with Jason. We probably set there for like three hours.”