RR Sights Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins (The Visitor, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers) exiting the Archlight Cinema in Hollywood.

Jenkins is repped by Rhonda Price @ The Gersh Agency and Bill Treusch Management.

The Barack Obama Show

Senator Obama pre-empted six channels last night to present to you, America, a very heartfelt and expensive half hour show:



I especially loved the Academy Awards style music in the background. The oaky, country-style Oval Office was kind of nice too. Of course, the main reason it looks like the Oval Office is because of the giant American flag, but he couldn't very well have not put a giant American flag in there, now could he?

Jason Stürmer is a contributor for (RR).

Reserve Result @ AFI Fest Opening Night Gala

Reserve Result would like to thank AFI Film Festival 2008 for our invitations & tickets to Doubt Opening Night Gala and Reception.

Doubt "...stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. It is produced by Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal. The Miramax Films release is due in theaters on December 12."

Neil Young @ International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Neil Young canceled his Los Angeles show tonight (Oct. 30) in support of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union. IATSE is in a dispute with the venue owner, Faithful Central Bible Church. Young and his wife are honorary supporters of IATSE, making the decision difficult for the artist. Young stated, "I am extremely disappointed to have to choose between satisfying my fans or backing my brothers and sisters of the IATSE, I will miss playing in Los Angeles and apologize to my fans for the inconvenience this has caused." The show will be rescheduled for a date in 2009. Ticket holders are able to refund tickets at points of purchase.

Chad Shore is a contributor for Reserve Result (RR), and you can hit him up @ Chad@ReserveResult.com

Brett Ratner @ Guitar Hero World Tour

Brett Ratner directs Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps and Tony Hawk in series of advertisements for Guitar Hero World Tour. This is the first in a series, and there are more to come, yikes.



Brett Ratner is repped by Adam Berkowitz, Byrdie Lifson-Pompan and Richard Lovett @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and he's the Chief Executive Officer @ Rat Entertainment at 5555 Melrose Avenue Gloria Swanson Building, Suite 307 in Los Angeles.

Marion Jones @ Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey show lands the first interview with track athlete Marion Jones since serving six months in prison because she lied to the federal jury about her steroid consumption as an Olympian.


George Burns @ Harpo / Associated Press

On transcending being an athlete: In the past, it was Marion Jones, the athlete. Now, of course, I don't have that cover anymore. I have really had to find out who I am, you know. And why I make certain choices.

On Oprah asking if she will ever run again: "No, I will never run again. I have retired from the sport."

On being sad about not running: There is a bit of sadness, because I love to compete. By the same token, I am energized by this next chapter and I think it's going to be bigger and better than that last chapter. I need to find out now how to connect with people on a much bigger level. I do not want for the legacy of Marion Jones-Thompson now to be this. I want it to be something bigger and better -- something for my kids to be proud of.

Kevin Connolly @ Lakers vs. Trail Blazer

Kevin Connolly and Leonardo DiCaprio came out to root for the Lakers against Trail Blazers at the Staples Center for the season opening basketball game. The Los Angeles Lakers scored 96 points against Portland Trailer Blazer's 76 points.


Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press

Kevin Connolly is repped by Troy Zien @ William Morris Agency, and Leonardo DiCaprio is the Chief Executive Officer @ Appian Way at 9255 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.

White Supremacists FOR Obama?

Max Blumenthal has a fascinating article on The Daily Beast entitled Obama and the Neo-Nazis" in which he discovers a surprising sentiment among the white supremacist community:

Key leaders of the white supremacist movement see a potential Obama administration as a rising tide that will lift their sagging boats.

They see the recent skinhead plot to kill Obama as something that would've killed their movement. They want a President Obama alive as a figure to rally against.


Alex Brandon / Associated Press

Despite this cease-fire order from most mainstream white supremacists, the foiled Neo-Nazi assassination plot against Obama was, reportedly, only one of many. Apparently the count is now around 500. Look forward to many more during an Obama administration. There were certainly enough racially-charged incidents under Clinton, and he was the first black president in name only. Anyone remember Ruby Ridge? White Supremacists do.

Jason Stürmer is an enthusiastic contributor for (RR).

Vote Tuesday November 4 - (RR) Votes

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Tobey Maguire, Jonah Hill, Forest Whitaker and other artists are asking Americans to vote on Tuesday, November 4, it's a privilege that should be exercise.



These non-partisan Public Service Announcements (PSA) are produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company - Appian Way and distributed through Myspace Celebrity.



To learn about early voting and registration, visit Oliver Luckett's Declare Yourself.

Tina Fey @ Conan O'Brien Show

Tina Fey promotes her hit show - 30 Rock - premiere on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and discusses Sarah Palin's offer to have her 17-year-old daughter - Bristol Palin - babysit Fey's 3-year-old daughter - Alice - on Saturday Night Live! set.



On Sarah Palin offering Bristol babysitting service: Oh yeah, that's exactly what 17-year-old Bristol Palin wants to do at SNL - babysit the toddler of the lady that goofs on her mom. Thanks, Mom.

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey is repped by Michelle Bohan, Philip Raskind and Richard Weitz @ Endeavor, and managed by David Miner @ 3 Arts Entertainment.

Sam Raimi @ Drag Me To Hell

Universal Pictures have release stills from director Sam Raimi's new horror film - Drag Me To Hell - a morality tale about the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse. Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Dileep Rao, Lorna Raver, David Paymer, Reggie Lee and Bojana Novakovic star in the film, and it's co-written by Ivan and Sam Raimi


Universal Pictures / MTV

Drag Me To Hell hits theaters on Friday, May 29 of 2009. Sam Raimi is repped by Maha Dakhil, Craig Gering, Richard Lovett and David 'Doc' O'Connor @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Tom Ford Directs A Single Man

The former Gucci designer Tom Ford will make his directorial debut with A Single Man, an adaption of author Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name. Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Jamie Bell Matthew Goode star in the film and principal photography begins on Monday, November 3rd and ends Saturday, January 10th. Chris and Paul Weitz's Depth of Field and Ford's Fade To Black Productions are producing A Single Man, and was co-written by David Scearce and Tom Ford.

Synopnsis: After the sudden death of his partner, a gay man is determined to persist in his usual routine, which is seen in the span of a single, ordinary day.

Fade To Black Production
9120 Sunset Boulevard
Suite #100
Los Angeles, California 90069

Depth Of Field
1724 Whitley Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90028

Tom Ford is repped by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf.

RR Sights Kat Dennings & Paul Haggis

Director Paul Haggis, actress Kat Dennings, actors Michael Shannon and Michael Kelly (Changeling) spotted at Starz Entertainment / Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala after-party at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Kat Dennings is repped by Mick Sullivan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Michael Kelly is repped by Allison Levy @ Innovative Artists, Paul Haggis is repped by Risa Gertner, Rob Kenneally and Byrdie Lifson-Pompan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Michael Shannon is repped by Mick Sullivan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Robert Pattinson @ Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala

Twilight Robert Pattinson and 10,000 B.C. Camilla Belle attend the Starz Entertainment and Hollywood Film Festival's Gala Ceremony held at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Twilight hits theaters on Friday, November 21.


Buckner / Getty Images

Synopsis of Twilight: A high school girl named Bella falls in love with a vampire. The new couple leads a rival vampire clan to pursue them and attempt to force her to decide if she, too, wishes to become one of the undead.

Robert Pattinson is repped by Stephanie Ritz @ Endeavor. Camilla Belle is repped by Patrick Whitesell @ Endeavor, attorney Marcy Morris @ Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein, and publicist Amy Zvi @ Bragman/Nyman/Cafarelli.

Kristen Stewart is repped by Ken Kaplan @ The Gersh Agency. Director Catherine Hardwicke is repped by Rowena Arguelles and Elizabeth Swofford @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Tom Hanks @ Angels & Demons - 1st Look

Tom Hanks returns to his Da Vinci Code's Robert Langdon character - to try to solve a murder and unravel a plot by an ancient group, the Illuminati, to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave - in producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard's Angels & Demons.



Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Kristof Konrad and August Fredrik co-star in the big screen adaptation of author Dan Brown's first novel on Robert Langdon series.



Ron Howard is repped by Risa Gertner and Richard Lovett @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and is a co-chairman of Imagine Entertainment at 9465 Wilshire Boulevard 7th Floor in Beverly Hills.


Zade Rosenthal / Sony Pictures

Angels & Demons hits theaters on May 15th of 2009.


Scott Garfield / Sony Pictures

Tom Hanks is repped by Jimmy Darmody, Richard Lovett, Carin Sage and Brian Siberell @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and a partner of Playtone @ P.O. Box 7340 in Santa Monica , California 90406

Peter Berg @ Christina Aguilera's Video

Peter Berg directs Christina Aguilera's music video for the first single - Keeps Gettin' Better - off her greatest hits album Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits.



Christina Aguilera is repped by Brian Greenbaum and Jim Toth @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Berg is repped by Ariel Emanuel, Tom Strickler and Paul Haas @ Endeavor and a partner of Film 44 @ 12233 West Olympic Boulevard Suite 352 in Los Angeles.

Ben Barnes @ Rome Film Festival

Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes premiere their new film - Easy Virtue - at Rome Film Festival. Easy Virtue is based on Noel Coward's play of the same name, about a young Englishman gets married to an American divorcee on the spur of the moment in the South of France and then must return home to face his family. Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas co-star under Stephan Elliott's direction.

Andrew Medichini / Associated Press

Ben Barnes is repped by Lisa Gallant, Guido Giordano and Nick Reed @ International Creative Management, and Ms. Biel is repped by Kimberly Hodgert, Josh Lieberman and Mick Sullivan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

RR Sights Kevin Durand

Kevin Durand (Frederick J. Dukes aka The Blob of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Winged Creatures, Lost, 3:10 to Yuma, Smokin' Aces) spotted at A. Lange & Sohne - Glashutte I/SA's The House of Lange in the Hollywood Hills party held at designer Randolph Duke's home.

Kevin Durand is repped by Joseph Rice @ Abrams Artists Agency and Lisa King @ Northern Exposure Talent Management.

Elitist: 1 / Hockey Mom: 0

Anyone who remembers John Edwards's $400 dollar haircut in 2004 would of course laugh at Palin's recent comment that the watchdog group CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) is sexist for filing a complaint with the FEC. What is the FEC? The Federal Election Commission.


Steve Breen / The San Diego Union-Tribune

What was the complaint? That the Republicans spent $150,000 campaign dollars on clothing for Governor Palin and her family, violating campaign finance law. Why is she thinking the accusation is sexist? Because a male candidate would not have to face the same scrutiny over wardrobe and hairstyles that a woman has to. Ahem! Edwards. She goes on to say:

"Oh, if only people knew how frugal we are. It's kind of painful to be criticised for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported."

It's true that the media tends to harp on the negative and not the positive, like let's say... a politician being frugal. Well, in an attempt to be unbiased, here's a photo DailyKos picked up:


Callie Shell

Obama says he already resoled his shoes once since the start of the campaign, and they already have holes again. You're welcome, Sarah Palin. And remember, if the media is biased against you, and the media reports on what's happening in the world, then maybe what's happening in the world is biased against you.

Jason Stürmer is a contributor for (RR).

T.I. & Rihanna - Live Your Life - Music Video

The BET's juggernaut Access Granted will premiere T.I.'s new music video Live Your Life featuring Rihanna on Tuesday, October 28 and the vid is directed by the wiz kid Anthony Mandler.



T.I. (Tip Harris) is repped by Cara Lewis @ William Morris Agency and managed by Brian Sher @ Category 5 Entertainment.



Robyn Rihanna Fenty is repped by Cara Lewis @ William Morris Agency and Todd Shemarya Artists.

Will Ferrell's Bush Endorses Sarah Palin

Will Ferrell as George W. Bush returns to Saturday Night Live!'s Weekend Updates Thursday on NBC by endorsing his republican party nominees John McCain and Sarah Palin in this funny parody at the oval office state-of-the-union conference setting.



Will Ferrel is repped by Jason Heyman, Martin Lesak and Gregory McKnight @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and he's a co-founder of FunnyOrDie @ 1722 1/2 Whitley Avenue in Los Angeles , California 90028.

Mary-Kate & Ashley @ Influence

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen stopped by Oprah Show to discuss and promote their new book - Influence - and their fashion line The Row and Elizabeth & James. Influence is a table coffee book containing interviews conducted by Ashley and Mary-Kate and photos shot by Rankin of interviewees: Francisco Costa, Diane von Furstenberg, John Galliano, Christian Louboutin, Jack McCollough, Lazaro Hernandez, Giambattista Valli, Peter Lindbergh and Terry Richardson.



Here's an interview except of Karl Lagerfeld au Chanel from Influence printed by New York magazine. Influence will hit bookstores on Tuesday, October 28 and available for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble now.

Karl Lagerfeld: I like more classic [shapes] now. Best thing to do for skinny people to wear tight dresses. Although jeans are becoming too tight.

Ashley Olsen: Ah! Yes, it's becoming a problem. It's the worst.

Karl Lagerfeld: You can kill yourself in these jeans.

Mary-Kate Olsen: Ha, I'd rather stay inside with my friends than limp out in tight trousers.

Karl Lagerfeld: Maybe you'll stay inside with a baby. Do you want to get married? Children? Two perfect mums, yes?
[Mary-Kate and Ashley look at each other]

Karl Lagerfeld: Ah! Don't worry, you have time. You're young. Don't you want to get married?

Mary-Kate Olsen: I don't feel the need to get married. But Ashley wants children. I'll be a great aunt or godmother.

Ashley Olsen: To my child.

Karl Lagerfeld: [To Ashley] Are you planning?

Ashley Olsen: No. I don't even have a boyfriend. You have to plan that first, right? Figure that out first?

Karl Lagerfeld: If you get a boyfriend it doesn't mean that! Today you can have a baby first. If you want. I never liked the idea of a family at all. If it's a woman — it's more fun for a woman.

Mary-Kate is repped by Jacob Fenton and Jason Shapiro @ United Talent Agency (UTA), and Ashley is repped by Billy Lazarus @ United Talent Agency (UTA).

Jeremy Piven Humps Speed The Plow

Twenty years after Madonna made her broadway debut as the secretary Karen in David Mamet's Speed The Plow, the play returns to Broadway today with 3x Emmy winner Jeremy Piven as Bobby Gould, Rau'l Esparza as Charlie Fox and Elizabeth Moss as Karen at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.


Brigitte Lacombe

Speed The Plow is directed by Neil Pepe. Piven is repped by Tracy Brennan, Dave Bugliari and Jason Heyman @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Detached @ Hollywood Film Festival

Hailed by E! Entertainment as "a suspenseful masterpiece that will leave you gasping for air!" the new feature film DETACHED will premiere this Saturday, October 25th @ 5pm at the Hollywood Film Festival. DETACHED is a psychological thriller set in the Hollywood Hills about an unscrupulous mortgage broker who is forced to confront his nefarious past when harassed by a bizarre string of holiday greetings. The film is written & directed by Tianna Langham and Chris Bessounian who recently won a British Academy Award for Excellence for their short film, THE KOLABORATOR.

Get your tickets HERE!!!


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Halloween In The Hollywood Hills

On Friday, October 31, all Reserve Result-ers will be party-ing it up at an exclusive halloween event - Halloween In The Hollywood Hills, so come out and party with us all night. The pre-sales tickets are available now @ hollywood-halloween.com.

Please make sure you enter Raj Joshi name as your referral. Because if you don't, it'll get bounced back as invalid.

There'll be four fully-stocked bars open all night.

High School Musical 3 Humps TRL

Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Monique Coleman visit MTV's TRL at MTV studios to promote High School Musical 3: Senior Year in Times Square in New York City.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year hits theaters on Friday, October 24.


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Corbin Bleu Reivers is repped by Thor Bradwell, Tim Curtis, Bonnie Liedtke @ William Morris Agency. Vanessa Anne Hudgens is repped by Theresa Peters @ United Talent Agency (UTA) and Tim Curtis @ William Morris Agency.

Ashley Michelle Tisdale is repped by Alex Yarosh and Todd Christopher @ The Gersh Agency and Alix Gucovsky @ Special Artists Agency. Arianne Monique Coleman is repped by Pamala Ellis @ Ellis Talent Group.

Zac Efron is repped by Joel Lubin & Mick Sullivan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), attorney Patti Felker @ Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson, LLP, publicist Gina Hoffman @ Baker/Winokur/Ryder, and managed by Jason Barrett @ Alchemy Entertainment.

Cronenberg Beyond Cinema - Gallery

Writer & Director David Cronenberg exhibits photos from his films at Chromosomes: Cronenberg Beyond Cinema photography exhibition opening at Palazzo Delle Esposizioni in Rome, Italy.


Elisabetta Villa / WireImage

Cronenberg is repped by Robert Newman @ Endeavor, managed by Renee Tab @ Artist Talent Management and attorney Joel Behr @ Behr & Abramson, LLP.

Conservative Icons Endorse Obama

In the last three days, a wave of both Republican and economic icons have endorsed Barack Obama for president, including Colin Powell, Christopher Buckley, Eric Schmidt and Ben Bernanke. You don't know who these people are?


David Fitzsimmons / Arizona Daily Star

Colin Powell was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first Gulf War and the original secretary of state under George W. Bush. He's a staunch Republican, has more combined military and foreign policy gravitas than probably anyone in town, he's known John McCain for 25 years, and he's voting for Obama.

Christopher Buckley wrote for National Review, a conservative magazine founded by his father the late William F. Buckley, Jr. who was a preeminent, if not the preeminent conservative intellectual of his generation. Since endorsing Obama, Christopher Buckley has left his father's magazine. Oh yeah, he also wrote Thank You for Smoking.

Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google and has been campaigning with and advising Obama for a while now.

As for Bernanke, he's the Fed Chairman, which is typically supposed to be an apolitical, bipartisan, above-the-fray sort of position—which is why he stopped short of endorsing Obama outright and just endorsed his fiscal stimulus package (at the expense of McCain's).


Brian Fairrington / caglecartoons.com

Just when the dour economic news stopped flooding in and McCain finally has a chance to change the subject, the defections start coming in and not only that, if he goes after Obama right now he'll look like a jerk because he's visiting his sick grandmother!

Jason Stürmer is a contributor for (RR).

Paris For President - Music Video - 1st Look

Paris Hilton and her supporting-actors Bryan McMullin, Matt Hall and William Chan as Secret Service agents shoot Ms. Hilton's new music video for Paris For President parody in Los Angeles, California. Paris For Preisdent lyrics are written by Paris Hilton, Mike Green and Simon Wilcox, executive produced by Michael Caulfield, produced by Allen Kee and Patrick Newall, and vid directed by Patrick Newall, Michael Caulfield and Allen Kee.


Michael Caulfield

The Paris For President video premieres on October 26 @ 6pm on SwagHouseMedia.com. Ms. Hilton is repped by Jason Moore @ her company - Paris Hilton Entertainment @ 250 North Canon Drive in Beverly Hills.

Specs: The vid was shot with Red#0031 camera by DP Damian Acevedo and the post production supervised by digital intermediate tech and red tech Dino Georgopoulos.

Shane Alexander @ The Roxy Theatre - Live!

The talented Shane Alexander and his band are playing with The Kin, Ernie Halter, Curtis Peoples and Tony Lucca @ The Roxy Theatre on Tuesday, October 21st at 9pm. Come out and join us.


Via Karlo / Ante Rotim

The Roxy Theatre & On The Rox
9009 W Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90069

To befriend and stalk Shane Alexander and his band - Chad Crawford (bass), Charlie Paxson (drums), Jebin Bruni (keyboards) & Billy Mohler (guitar), visit their website and myspace, and to download their The Sky Below disc, hit up CD baby and iTunes.

Oprah Winfrey @ All My Sons

The Blip.TV folks interview Ms. Oprah Winfrey as she leaves the theater after seeing Katie Holmes opening performance in All My Sons on Broadway in New York City.


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Sarah Palin Lampoons Herself @ SNL

The Republican vice-president nominee Sarah Palin one-up Tina Fey by lampooning herself on Saturday Night Live (SNL) to big viewing numbers. The SNL appearance hits a rating high of 14 million viewers, the best since 1994.



Congratulation to Mrs. Palin on her sketch comedy appearance, and now she can communicate her plans to reconcile our nation's economic issues, hopefully with the same enthusiasm and degree of success.



Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg made guest appearances on the program as well, and Wahlberg was there to confront Andy Samberg on his parody of Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals on prior week's sketch.



Mark Wahlberg's new flick - Max Payne was number one over the weekend, with $18 millions at the box office.

Jonas Brothers @ The Love Bug

Enjoy the debut of the Jonas Brothers music video for their single Lovebug and co-stars Camilla Belle and Josh Boswell.

Oliver Stone's W.

On October 17th, 2008 Lionsgate released W. to a Bush-fatigued populace, but something tells me people will come to see it. It surprisingly revives what was so charismatic in the president in the first place, while reminding us of the terrible consequences of his decisions. He's the comic relief at the epicenter of America's descent into the war on terror, as bizarre as that sounds.


Lionsgate

What I noticed the most in Stone's latest was the acting. There were performances where I forgot I was watching acting (which is the highest compliment of all) as was the case with Josh Brolin's W and Jeffrey Wright's Colin Powell, performances where I noticed and was impressed with the acting as was the case with Richard Dreyfuss's Dick Cheney, and performances that made me scratch my head and wonder if the impersonated really acted that over-the-top (Thandie Newton's Condoleezza Rice).

There were some powerful scenes, like Colin Powell making an impassioned case for diplomacy in a cabinet meeting, only to be overshadowed by Cheney's cold-as-steel case for war. Powell really came out looking good in this picture, as we see that many in the White House were scratching their heads just like the rest of us were about the Iraq War. In fact, Powell may get headlines soon by endorsing Obama.

Condoleezza, however, did not come out looking so great. She seemed like just as big a warmonger as Cheney or Rumsfeld. While fascinating, the conversations inside the White House have to be taken with a grain of salt, seeing as how most of what went on in there from 2001 to 2003 is under wraps. However, Slate has an article about how surprisingly accurate the movie is. In fact, some true moments were excluded from the movie that would've made it even more difficult to believe. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Jason Stürmer is a contributor for (RR).

Palin In News-less Cocoon

According to the Washington Post today,
"To Avoid Being 'Depressed,' Palin Skimps on Campaign News." In the article she lets it be known that sometimes, even when she wants to turn on the news, her campaign staffers actually tell her no. First of all, this is the news that's depressing her: Pollster.com

Second of all, didn't she say in that Katie Couric interview that she reads any and every newspaper and magazine?



She likes the printed word, but when the news is spoken and the images are moving, that's when it depresses her?

Third of all, what exactly is the hierarchy of command in the McCain campaign? Sarah Palin could become the leader of the free world, but right now she's taking orders from campaign staffers? She's being sheltered from us, but isn't it the job of the president to shelter... us? To protect and lead us during one of the four or five most trying times in our country's history? Right now she's not so much reminding me of Annie Oakley as Marie Antoinette.

Actually, I have to modify that statement. Marie Antoinette wasn't actually as out of touch and oblivious and she was made out to be. And she certainly wasn't as divisive as Palin. This is what Palin said at a North Carolina fundraiser last night:

"We believe that the best of America is in the small towns that we get to visit, and in the wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation."

The Democrats pouncing all over this. Right now, Obama is winning in the state she was speaking at, by the way.

Jason Stürmer is a contributor @ (RR).

High School Musical - Los Angeles Premiere

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Ashley Tisdale and Kaycee Stroh ham it up at the Walt Disney Pictures High School Musical 3: Senior Year Premiere at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California.





High School Musical 3: Senior Year hits theaters on Friday, October 24.




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Zac Efron is repped by Joel Lubin & Mick Sullivan @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA), attorney Patti Felker @ Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson, LLP, publicist Gina Hoffman @ Baker/Winokur/Ryder, and managed by Jason Barrett @ Alchemy Entertainment.

Grafftti Artist Totem @ Max Payne Screening

Artist Totem, Christopher 'Ludacris' Bridges, DJ Trauma, Gorilla Zoe, Keisha Knight-Pulliam, Mika Means and Killa Mike walk the red carpet at the Max Payne Screening at Rialto Center For The Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.


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Director Spike Jonze @ Ghetto Film School

Director Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Bryce Dallas Howard, Topher Grace, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathrine Narducci, writer/director David O. Russell and Orlando Bloom attend the Ghetto Film School Fundraiser at a private residence in Los Angeles, California. The Ghetto Film School (GFS), Inc. is a not-for-profit organization founded by Joe Hall. In 2000, Mr. Hall started GFS to connect talented young people to artistic, educational and career opportunities in the world of film and video.

Damon Dash, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz attend the New York Ghetto Film School Fundraiser held at Bottino on Monday, June 9.


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GFS is an award-winning organization (Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture, Rush Philanthropic Arts for Life Award, and The Union Square Award) and their students' work have been featured on IFC TV, E!, BBC's Talking Movies, ABC News Now, CNN News, The NY Times and The Huffington Post. Rachel Horovitz is the Chairman of the Ghetto Film School Board.

To learn more about this great organizaiton, visit ghettofilm.org.

Bottino @ 246 10th Avenue [24th and 25th Streets] in Chelsea @ 212-206-6766

Owen Wilson @ Marley & Me - Trailer

Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Eric Dane and Haley Bennett star in director David Frankel's Marley & Me, based on the book Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by author John Grogan.

Marley & Me is the story of an ambitious young reporter, John Grogan (Wilson), and his wife, Jenny (Aniston), also a reporter, move to a Florida, buy a house and adopt a Labrador puppy they name Marley. Marley quickly becomes a rollicking force of nature in their lives.




David Frankel is repped by Nancy Josephson @ Endeavor. Wilson is repped by Jim Berkus @ United Talent Agency, and Aniston is repped by Jimmy Darmody and Kevin Huvane @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and publicist Stephen Huvane @ PMK/HBH Public Relations.

Marley & Me hits theaters on December 25 - Christmas Day.

RR Sights Jason Reitman

The director of Thank You For Smoking and Juno - Jason Reitman - walking on Sunset Boulevard and crosses Clark Street / San Vincent Bouelvard.

Reitman is repped by Jeff Gorin @ William Morris Agency.

Maggie Gyllenhaal @ Pre-Presidential Debate Suite

Moderator Catherine Crier, Panelists Daniel Gotoff, Jim Frogue and Tom Scully, Mehcad Brooks, Lynn Whitfield, Rachael Leigh Cook, Robin Bronk, Alfre Woodard, Giancarlo Esposito, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tamara Tunie attend the Creative Coalition's Pre-Presidential Debate hospitality suite at the Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Uniondale, New York.


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Ms. Gyllenhaal is repped by Tony Lipp @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and managed by Courtney Kivowitz @ Benderspink.

Timbaland @ GQ Gentlemen's Ball

Peter King Hunsinger, John Varvatos, Jim Wahlberg, Mike Joyce, Mark Wahlberg, Forest Whitaker, Earl Best and Usher attend the GQ Magazine Gentlemen's Ball at The Edison Ballroom in New York City



Keri Hilson and Timbaland perform at the lavish ball.


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Kevin Wall was in attendance as well, congratulations to all of the honorees.

Debate IV: A Review

The last 2008 presidential debate was held on Wednesday night at Hofstra University in New York. According to most educated opinions, the debate went pretty much the same as the other ones, which is to say Obama won and won handily. McCain had promised at a rally he would stick it to Obama on his associations with Bill Ayers and ACORN, and the moderator Bob Schieffer lobbed a question right over the plate for McCain to go for it. He did his best, and it fizzled almost immediately. McCain's campaign had been relying on those attacks for the past week, and Obama flattened them in a few sentences.


Steve Breen / The San Diego Union-Tribune

So aside from the usual memorized responses, and McCain's odd habits of blinking rhythmically and darting his tongue in and out like a gecko, one part really stood out: the two candidates at one point focused on earning the vote of just one man: Joe Wurzelbacher. It was like that movie Swing Vote, except I actually tuned in to see this one. This is the exchange McCain saw fit to bring up in the debate:



Could you imagine having a president that actually engages, real-time, with constituents on the fly? In the street? We've been so used to a "no questions for the king whom God has chosen" president that this kind of politics without a safety net looks downright outlandish, even though it harkens back to our greatest American traditions.

Jason Stürmer is a staff writer for (RR), who's currently covering America's election, its economy and other global issues.

Star Trek Humps Entertainment Weekly

Zachary Quinto's Dr. Spock and Chris Pine's Captain James T. Kirk in director J.J. Abrams's Star Trek 11 grace the cover and pages of Entertaiment Weekly. Star Trek hits theaters May 8th of 2009.

Star Trek 11 / Star Trek: Corporate Headquarters / Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: The early days of James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer space mission.


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Chris Pine is repped by SDB Partners and managed by Gladys Gonzalez and John Carrabino @ John Carrabino Management. Zachary Quinto is repped by Ruthanne Secunda @ United Talent Agency and managed by Eric Black @ Anonymous Content.

EW issue hits newsstand on Friday, October 17.

Anderson Cooper Humps Best Life

CNN News anchorman Anderson Cooper graces the cover and pages of Best Life and shares his boyhood dreams of adventurous life, filled with exotic travel to dangerous places. Here are excerpts from the issue and traveling tidbits:

On preparing for a trip: I pack virtually nothing.

On best place to carry passport: My passport is a mess. I carry it in my front pocket, so it's all bent. But I know where it is at all times. I find those pouches ridiculous.



On best DVD for a long flight: Luc Besson's The Professional is one of my favorite movies. Gary Oldman is so great in it. I watch and rewatch it.

On curing jet lag: Whenever you have free time, sleep. I've found you can usually work round the clock for four or five days, and then you collapse in a pool of your own filth. But for five days, you can do anything.

On the best food for the road: I travel with a lot of PowerBars and foil packs of crackers and tuna. They get better the farther you are from other food sources.

On best rule to eat safely: I hate being sick overseas, so I'm very careful. I stick with chicken, rice, and beans. I don't get very adventurous.

Best writers for a journey: David Sedaris. Augusten Burroughs. Cormac McCarthy. I really liked The Road. I tend to read something that's a complete diversion from what I'm doing.

Best way to relax: No TV, no radio, no iPod... just sit in a place without any external stimulant, have a cold drink, and be calm. Be present where you are.

Best relaxing drink: Nothing beats an ice-cold Coke in a glass bottle.

Best Life featuring Cooper interview hits newsstands on Tuesday, October 21.

Whole Food Market - 1st Designer Reusable Bag

Grammy winner and eco-friendly singer Sheryl Crow teamed up with grocery store chain - Whole Foods Market - to design and launch its first designer and reusable shopping bag. The special edition design of Whole Foods Market eco-signature A Better Bag consists of 80% post-consumer plastic bottles and costs less than $1 and emblazed with Crow's rendering of a tree with the words I love my home...planet earth.


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Sheryl Crow's statement - I am a big believer in doing what you can, even if it's something as small as reducing the amount of plastic we each use daily that ends up in landfills, whether it is plastic bags, water bottles or product packaging. I'm so happy to be working with Whole Foods Market on this project.

A Better Bags are available now in all Whole Foods Market stores. Whole Foods Market has made a donation to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in support of their initiative and each bag carries the SimpleSteps.org website encouraging shoppers to learn more about how they can get involved.

Mark Ronson @ Welcome Home DJ AM

KROQ & Deckstar in association with T-Mobile and BPM host a memorial fund event to benefit deceased pilot Sarah Lemmon (31 - Anaheim Hills, CA), co-pilot James Bland (52 - Carlsbad, CA), Travis Barker's assistant Chris Baker (29 - Studio City, CA) and security guard Charles "Che" Stills - who died in DJ AM & Travis Barker plane crash in September 19.







DJ Mark Ronson, DJ Steve Aoki, Danny Masterson (DJ MomJeans), Simon Rex, Shwayze, Mixmaster Mike, Mark Cobrasnake Hunter, Brent Bolthouse, Cut Chemist, Cisco Adler, DJ Fingerz, Kaycee Flinn, Nate Newell, DJ Vice and DJ Fashen perform at Welcome Home DJ AM benefit at Avalon in Hollywood.






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Christopher Masterson (prod. Made For Each Other) came out to support his brother and the event as well. Masterson is repped by Josh Katz @ United Talent Agency, attorney Patti Felker @ Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson, LLP and manager Carol Masterson @ Masterson Management.

Daisy Lowe @ Super Sugar Puff Cereal

Fashion designer Pearl Lowe and her model-daughter Daisy Lowe [daughter of Bush. singer Gavin Rossdale] promote Super Sugar Puff cereal packs in Aid of The Variety Club at Harrods in London, England.


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Gavin Rossdale's latest solo disc -Wanderlust - is available on iTunes and music stores now. Update: Check out Esquire: Woman We Love model Daisy Rebecca Lowe, dancing her arse off for pixer Greg Williams.



Click [above] for the [Greg Williams] vid.

Guillaume Depardieu Dies @ 37

The French actor Guillaume Depardieu and son of oscar nominee Gerard Depardieu died in the hospital from complication of pneumonia. He leaves behind his wife and actress Elise and their 7-year-old daughter - Louise. Guillaume starred in over 20 films including De la Guerre (Of war) and Versailles.


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Madonna @ Filth & Wisdom Premiere

Director Madonna and actor Eugene Hutz attend their Filth and Wisdom screening hosted by The Cinema Society and Dolce and Gabbana at Landmark Sunshine Theater in New York.



Filth & Wisdom hits theaters starting on October 17, and check IFC for the full theaterical release schedule.


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Eugene Hutz @ Filth & Wisdom Premiere

Eugene Hutz, Guy Oseary, Michelle Alves, David Blaine, Jeremy Piven, Ed Westwick, Joshua Jackson, Diane Kruger and Jason Pomeranc attend co-writer/director Madonna's Filth and Wisdom Premiere hosted by Dolce & Gabbana and The Cinema Society at The Thompson Hotel in New York City.


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Synopsis: Andriy Krystiyan, or A K for short, has come to England from the Ukraine. A K is a philosopher (at least that's what he claims to be), a poet, and an authority on all aspects of life. At the same time, he is following his grand plan to become an international star. Global stardom is how A K describes the goal that he and his band Gogol Bordello are pursuing with their particular brand of boisterous gypsy punk. For the time being, however, he makes ends meet by performing role play in women's clothing for straight married men. A K shares a flat with two young women named Juliette and Holly.


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Juliette dreams of being a kind of Florence Nightingale of the developing world. She is currently working behind the counter at the local drug store run by Sardeep, the Indian chemist. Holly is a trained ballerina. Her big dream is to dance with the Royal Ballet. So far she hasn't been able to earn a single penny with her dancing, and continues to 'polish' her skills as a pole dancer at Beechman's Exotic Gentleman's Club.



Eugene Hutz is repped by Cynthia Booth and Jason Priluck @ The Agency Group.



Madonna is repped by Bryan Lourd and Rick Hess @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA).


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Filth & Wisdom hits theaters starting on October 17, and check IFC for the full theaterical release schedule.