Miley Cyrus’ Hannah Montana Co-Star Talks Controversy
May 25, 2008
While the famous Vanity Fair cover featuring Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus in an arty pose was revealed almost a month ago, there’s still no end of people talking about the controvesry.
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, who plays rival Ashley Dewitt on the Disney show, recently talked to US Magazine about her conversations with Cyrus about the situation.
Perez de Tagle said that Miley confided that people looking at the pictures critically “really hurt her inside,” and that “she didn’t know that people would look at it like that.”
Cyrus had apologized soon after the Vanity Fair issue had hit the shelves.
“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” she said in a statement back on April 28.
“I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”
61st Cannes Film Festival: The Winners List
May 25, 2008
The 61st Cannes Film Festival has come to a close and the jury, headed by Sean Penn, has announced their decisions.
The much-coveted Palme d’Or went to the French film The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet. It was the first time France has won the biggest prize since Maurice Pialat’s Under the Sun of Satan won in 1987.
The list of the big winners at Cannes is as follows:
Palme d’Or: “The Class,” Laurent Cantet (France).
Grand Prize: “Gomorrah,” Matteo Garrone (Italy).
Jury Prize: “Il Divo,” Paolo Sorrentino (Italy).
Special 61st Anniversary Prizes: Catherine Deneuve (France) and Clint Eastwood (United States).
Best Director: “Three Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey).
Best Actor: Benicio Del Toro, “Che” (United States).
Best Actress: Sandra Corveloni, “Linha de Passe” (Brazil).
Best Screenplay: “Lorna’s Silence,” Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium).
Golden Camera (first-time director): “Hunger,” Steve McQueen (Britain).
Best short film: “Megatron,” Marian Crisan (Romania).
Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron Dish High School Musical 3
May 20, 2008
While the first two High School Musical movies were both huge successes for Disney, neither film was screened theatrically.
That’s all going to change when Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and the rest of the gang hit the big screen in High School Musical 3: Senior Year this October.
It looks like in HSM3, the characters will mature and have to face some harder decisions than in the previous ones.
“You see the characters grow up a lot more so than ever before,” explained Vanessa Hudgens in an interview with ABC News. ”You know, you have college, you have your relationships, and just trying to figure out which path to take is tough.”
“Troy usually has a pretty big decision to make in every film. And in this movie, you see Troy struggling with these decisions … whether to, you know, pursue basketball or pursue theater. And it’s a pretty big one for him. It’s pretty cool,” said co-star Zac Efron.
Efron admitted that he arrived at rehearsals late and had to pay for it the hard way.
“It was tough catching up with everybody,” he admitted. “Vanessa’s tough to keep up with, man!”
”I’m still hurting. We’re all kind of limping around,” Hudgens added.