In 1989, she stars as The Female's Friend (Lydia) in the show The 43rd Annual Tony Awards.
For the 2005 video Across the Bridge 3, Lucy Liu plays Brenda.
She stars as Herself in the 2003 video release of Anal Perversions 2.
For the 1985 video Anal Player, Lucy Liu plays the part of Herself.
In 1964, she plays the part of Agent Sever in the production of 491.
In 1908, she stars as Herself in the movie Accident du travail.
For the 1928 feature Air Mail Pilot, she plays Kashi.
In 1986, she takes the role of Herself in the feature Ali veli deli.
Kitty Baxter in the 1928 feature Alice Through a Looking Glass.
In 1943, Lucy Liu plays Taryn Miles, FBI psychologist in the feature Antes de entrar, dejen salir.
In 2006, Lucy Liu plays Herself in the movie Aruba.
Lucy Liu stars as Herself in the 1897 movie Assassinat du duc de Guise, L'.
Lucy Liu plays Lia in the 1915 production of At His Own Terms.
She is cast in the role of Princess Pei Pei in the 2004 video Attention Whores.
For the 2005 Beyond Treason, she stars as Kawika.
In 1966, Lucy Liu plays the part of Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design in the movie Aussicht, Die.
In 1939, she plays Boomer's Girlfriend (segment "Empty") in the movie Bahadur Ramesh.
In 1966, Alex Munday in the show Bakuto Shichi-nin.
For the 1977 movie Barra Pesada, Lucy Liu plays Alex Munday.
For the 1922 show Bill of Divorcement, A, Lucy Liu stars as Ling Woo (1998-2002).
In 1919, she is cast in the role of Rita in the production of The Black Gate.
For the 1899 movie Boxing Dogs, Lucy Liu plays the part of Herself/Presenter.
In 1979, Lucy Liu's character is Ari in the tv series Cher... and Other Fantasies.
In 1974, O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) in the production Commissaire est bon enfant, Le.
For the 1963 show Concours eurovision, she is cast in the role of Jin Ping.
In 1994, Lucy Liu's character is Herself in the movie Christina's Dream.
For the 1993 tv series The Disappearance of Christina, she stars as Herself.
Lucy Liu is cast in the role of Herself in the 1911 movie Fair Exchange Is No Robbery.
In 1923, Lucy Liu is cast in the role of Herself in the show For Guests Only.
For the 2001 release of Gem, Lucy Liu is cast in the role of Donna.
For the 1996 feature God's Lonely Man, she is cast in the role of Herself.
Lucy Liu plays the part of Herself in the 1990 show Gozal.
For the 1996 production of Ham hyyal, Lucy Liu is cast in the role of Herself.
In 1949, Lucy Liu is cast in the role of Lindsey in the production of Heimliches Rendezvous.
Critic's Corner Wednesday
Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu and Freddy Rodriguez are among those lending their voices to Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (tonight, ...
on 2008-12-10 04:52:45
Critic's Corner Wednesday
Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu and Freddy Rodriguez are among those lending their voices to Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (tonight, 8 ET/), a new NBC animated holiday special about a boy who loses his dog but finds new friends. Along with the dog, of cours on 2008-12-10 04:48:03
Celeb Spenders and Savers: Liu vs. Lo
Lucy Liu and Lo Boswoth of The Hills both paired their fuchsia frocks with black belts for recent Hollywood nights out.
While both ladies looked pretty in hot pink and black pumps, one...
on 2008-10-09 04:45:34
Celeb Spenders and Savers: Liu vs. Lo
Lucy Liu and Lo Boswoth of The Hills both paired their fuchsia frocks with black belts for recent Hollywood nights out.
While both ladies looked pretty in hot pink and black pumps, one...
on 2008-10-09 04:45:26
First Look: Dirty Sexy Money's Second Season
The last episode of ABC's Dirty Sexy Money aired so long ago, it had a Nutcracker theme. The show ? like its counterparts in ABC's Wednesday night lineup, Pushing Daisies and Private Practice ? went off the air during the writers' strike and never return on 2008-09-30 05:00:22
Donald Trump Throws Stylish A-List Party
The A-listers were out in full force on Saturday night, attending an exclusive party to launch the Trump International Hotel & Tower Dubai thrown by Donald Trump and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem at a private estate in Bel-Air.
Joining the real estate on 2008-08-25 04:55:22
Celebs, and their cash, turn out for Obama
Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher, Lucy Liu and Isaiah Washington were among the stars who proclaimed their love for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday night at a swanky soiree. on 2008-08-23 04:47:17
Celebs Step Out For Obama
Jamie Foxx and Lucy Liu were among the stars showing their support for Barack Obama Thursday night, at a fundraiser held at a private Beverly Hills mansion.
on 2008-08-23 04:47:12
Buzz Briefs: Lucy Liu, Samuel L. Jackson
Lucy Liu lends her voice to new animated film. Pamela Anderson "shacks" up with ex-hubby Tommy Lee. No trespassers allowed at the Oscar ceremony. Sienna Miller's smoocher Balthazar Getty clears up his marriage status.
on 2008-07-25 04:47:18
Lucy Liu "Thrilled" for Ellen/Portia Wedding
"I love the idea, I think it's fantastic" the actress tells OK!. Lucy Liu had much to say about her former Ally McBeal co-star Portia De Rossi tying the knot with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. on 2008-07-18 05:00:31
Liu says `Kung Fu Panda' is an improv adventure
(AP)
AP - Lucy Liu had some trouble learning her lines for the hit summer animated film "Kung Fu Panda." But that wasn't her fault — a lot of the time, she said, there weren't any lines to learn. on 2008-07-16 04:45:24
Lucy Liu Premieres ?Kung Fu Panda? in Japan
It has been a huge hit Stateside, and now Lucy Liu is taking Kung Fu Panda to adults and children alike in the land of the rising sun - Japan!
The “Charlie’s Angels” babe joined costar Jack Black at the Japanese premiere, looking fl on 2008-07-15 04:57:57
Lucy Liu Wants To Be An Angel Again.
Lucy Liu Wants To Be An Angel Again.... Actress Lucy Liu is keen to star in a third Charlie'S Angels movie - because she is desperate to work with close pals Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz again. The trio starred as the sexy crimebusting team in the big on 2008-07-11 04:51:18
Kung Fu Panda's kicking success
KUNG Fu Panda's stars Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu talk about Kung Fu and how an underdog can overcome the scariest of villains. on 2008-07-07 04:49:39
Kung Fu Panda's kicking success
KUNG Fu Panda's stars Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu talk about Kung Fu and how an underdog can overcome the scariest of villains. on 2008-07-07 04:49:16
Lucy Liu's animated love
Lucy Liu loves working on animated films because she doesn't have to dress up. The actress - who lends her voice to Viper, a Kung Fu expert snake in the forthcoming 'Kung Fu Panda' - admitted it was a relief to concentrate on her work and not worry about on 2008-06-30 04:50:09
Lucy Liu in Terrible Tulip at Kung Fu Panda Premiere
Lucy Liu hit the red carpet of London's Kung Fu Panda premiere last night wearing a bizarre looking tulip dress. The actress reminded us of one of those Cupcakes dolls from the late 80s when she showed up in this red ruffle creation. on 2008-06-27 07:18:12
Stars set for UK Panda premiere
Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu are to attend the premiere of their new animated film in London later. on 2008-06-26 04:49:30
Dustin Hoffman's Panda disappointment
Dustin Hoffman found providing a voiceover for new animated movie 'Kung Fu Panda' difficult because he didn't get to spend much time with his co-stars. The 70-year-old actor admits he didn't know much about animation before he signed up and assumed he'd b on 2008-06-16 08:47:30
Lucy Liu Digs Dustin
She plays a snake, and he plays a tiny red panda. She's on Hollywood's short list for kickass chicks, and he's pretty much an acting legend. So what does Lucy Liu confess is her...
on 2008-06-06 00:46:01
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/144672004.htm
Lucy Liu Thrilled To Drop Martial Art Roles
February 26, 2006, 10:50:18
Liu Happy To Play The Girl.
Actress LUCY LIU was thrilled at the chance to leave martial arts behind and
just be a regular girl-next-door in her new film.
The CHARLIE'S ANGELS and KILL BILL star, who shot to fame after appearing as
bisexual vixen LING WOO in the TV series ALLY McBEAL, enjoyed the
comparative freedom of her role as LINDSEY in new comedy thriller LUCKY
NUMBER SLEVIN.
She says, "For the past year I've been focused on doing more acting and less
fighting, and it's been really fun.
"I don't think it's a good idea to get stuck doing any one thing for too
long.
"It was so much fun to just be 'the Girl' for once, because the truth is,
fighting's not my speciality."
Meanwhile the actress was obliged to return gifts to friends who believed
rumours she was engaged to ex-boyfriend ZACH HELM.
The KILL BILL star, who has recently rubbished speculation of romance with
Hollywood actor GEORGE CLOONEY, resented the media rumour-mill which caused
her untold embarrassment.
She says, "Zach and I were together for a long time, but we were never
engaged.
"I know it was reported that we were, which was unfortunate because I got a
bunch of gifts from people saying, 'Congratulations on your wedding!' and it
was like, 'We're not engaged.' "It was so awkward and weird."
I love how AAs with vested intersests are acting like they don't know
how intraAsian Asian movies are these days. Carey whatshisface maybe
doesn't know but I can't believe Lucy Liu doesn't know.
Wasn't it interesting how much the Asian actors liked working on a first
class Hollywood production? I felt sad for them but I also felt
something not so sympathetic about them. They'll say anything hoping
that they can work on this level again but it's not their fault that the
movie isn't popular and frankly, Black Americans have had no problem
creating professional looking yuppie date movies (anything with Sanaa
Latham) for themselves.
Race is the place
Memoirs of a Geisha does more than just offend its Asian American
viewers – it rhapsodizes the disappearing Asian actress.
By Kimberly Chun
I grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, just another Buddha head simmering under
a tropical sun and bobbing in a Polynesian polyglot stew, ready to pour
over a plate-lunch two scoops of rice and another of macaroni salad.
Back then everyone I knew liked to play the Guess That Race game, which
I'm sure everyone everywhere knows how to play, though perhaps only in
Hawaii is it perfectly acceptable to ask someone within seconds of
meeting them "whadda you?"
It was a matter of social and cultural survival living in such a tiny,
island-bound calabash of races: You needed to know what your
unsuspecting listener was before you unleashed your most offensive
"Portagee," or Portuguese, joke (the local equivalent of a Polish
howler). Or bitched about some annoying, pasty Tokyo tourist. Or kicked
off another Kill Haole (Whitey) Day (or its cousin, Slap a Jap Day).
Traveling through geisha-central Kyoto a few months back, my Japanese
mother continued to play Guess That Race, commenting to herself on the
number of English-speaking Chinese bellhops and picking them out by
appearance alone rather than accent. You can play it too on the site All
Look Same (www.alllooksame.com), testing your ability to discern the
differences between assorted tricky Chinese, Korean, or Japanese faces
from behind the safety of your monitor.
Which makes the recent splashy end-of-the-year prestige production of
Arthur Golden's novel Memoirs of a Geisha even more bewildering in its
naïveté. Doesn't director Rob Marshall realize how popular Guess That
Race is, even on the increasingly multicultural and mixed-race mainland
– and how jarring it is to see ethnically Chinese actresses like Zhang
Ziyi, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh playing haute Japanese geishas (with
the noticeable, token exception of Mystery Train's Youki Kudoh),
phonetically squawking in pidgin English of varying intensity and
quality – the worst of which emanates from the glaringly American hapa
girl Zoe Weizenbaum.
I guess Asians and Asian Americans should feel fortunate that, at the
very least, Asian actresses were installed in the central roles of
Memoirs, rather than, oh, Christina Ricci kitted out with the fake
Japanese accent she "perfected" for the last Beck album. Nonetheless,
it's surreal for Guess That Race-ists, watching clearly Chinese faces
transposed on already well-stylized geisha paper dolls.
Considering Japan's history as a colonializing power and its efforts to
scrub its textbooks of shameful wartime atrocities in China and the
enlistment of "comfort women" into sexual servitude in Korea, Memoirs'
racial swap is like a bad ethnic joke with no easily parseable punch line.
As Japan's waning movie industry continues to founder in the decadent
throes of horror and fantasy (and is subsequently cannibalized by the
Hollywood remake machine), are Chinese women's faces simply more
commonly eroticized – with Zhang's face becoming a familiar standard of
Asian beauty with this year's 2046, as well as Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, Rush Hour 2, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers? Is this yet
another sign of China's rising economic and commercial power – as its
actresses' dominance in Memoirs translates into a form of Japanese
yellow (or rather, powder-white) face?
The film wants to be your one-stop shopping spot for Asian femininity, a
reductive Cliff Notes version of Kenji Mizoguchi's gently heartfelt
stories of Japanese women. In contrast to Wong Kar-wai's more recent
real-unreal ode to women, memory, and place, 2046 – Memoirs generally
comes off like an '05 Japanese version of Flower Drum Song, a
comforting, quaint Orientalist Cinderella story, set a safe, decorative
remove from reality with a ferocious "they all look alike" track
backward. Regardless of intention, the movie appears to be yet another
bizarre, bass-ackwards love-hate letter to Japan: Any semblance of truth
is again Lost in Translation and filtered through a tourist's perspective.
It's a throwback viewpoint as blue-eyed, mutant, and faux as Zhang's
colored contacts and Chiyo/Sayuri's stage-set world – batting coyly in
backlash, about a decade after the '90s stateside emergence of Chinese
actors such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Chow Yun-fat and
behind-the-camera counterparts like directors John Woo and Ang Lee and
fight choreographer Yuen Wo-ping. Even Asian film-phile Quentin
Tarantino showed more sensitivity and, yipes, subtlety, in casting
Chinese American Lucy Liu as Kill Bill's half-breed assassin O-Ren
Ishii, torn between her Chinese wuxia and Japanese samurai traditions of
cinematic arterial spray.
So where was Oren in 2005? Apart from the pan-Pacific, time-traveling
lovers of 2046, onscreen Asian women seemed to be shifting into absence
and dislocation this year – missing in action or sequestered with the
missing mother of Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Nobody Knows and the vanishing
wife of Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani. Instead of Guess That Race, I find
myself playing Hide and Seek in the moviehouse. Rather than recalling a
fictional, fantastic Memoirs of a Geisha, I'm looking for the real woman.
Kimberly Chun's thematic top 10
Child's play Dare mo shiranai (Nobody knows) (Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan,
2004); Thumbsucker (Mike Mills, USA)
Knife play Caché (Hidden) (Michael Haneke, France)
Tragic kingdom Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, USA); The Squid and the Whale
(Noah Baumbach, USA)
We love journalism Capote (Bennett Miller, USA)
We love hopeless love Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, USA); The New World
(Terrence Malick, USA); Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, Japan, 2004)
Sexy electronics big-box culture The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, USA)
Sexy Christians A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, USA);
Palindromes (Todd Solondz, USA)
Sex-emoticons Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, USA)
Denis without borders L'Intrus (The Intruder) (Claire Denis, France, 2004)
Shall we dance? Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, China/Hong Kong, 2004);
Rize (David LaChapelle, USA)
Yeah, otherwise Quentin Tarantino would have had to find an "authentic"
half Chinese half Japanese (tsk tsk) for that role in Kill Bill. I like
her crazy Chinese eys but that role makes me laugh. Sonny Chiba said
nicely that she was hard working but Uma was lazy and I think she's
worked hard at creating herself and deserves to be set apart from other
Asian American entertainers who are kind of boring. I liked her in
Payback because she was so cute - those crazy Chinese eyes - but I saw a
movie with her and Jeremy Northam and I realized (I'm not a Lucy Liu'>Lucy Liu
hater) that Lucy Liu'>Lucy Liu has work as a consumable of the American public but
I can't picture casting her in anything Asian but I can picture casting
Asians from Asia in nonnative Asian or nonAsian roles. There's a look
that Asian American entertainers have that is really distinct. Lucy has
her own look. I wonder what her Asian movie is going to be like.
You know as the only one who doesn't have a foreseeable career in Asia
then she was the only one who pointed a finger at China but she's not
pointing the finger at the many many Asian American voices who were the
first and the most scathing about the casting but that's where her
"reaction" matches not China. How come she's not responding to the AA
caterwaul?
Acutally, I agree what Lucy said that "I think that's reverse racism. I
think Rob has an incredible vision and it doesn't matter. If you don't
like the acting that's fine, but
I don't think it's fair to go down to the core like that!".
It's true "That limits actors in every possible way because they can
just tear apart everything else that has happened such like Chinese
actresses can only play Chinese, and Chinese-American can only play
Chinese-American"
Rick in Oz wrote:
> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=200514450&p=zxx5y5z65&n
> =200515336
> and Malaysian in Japan-set epic Memoirs of a Geisha, labelling it
> "anti-racism".
> China, supposedly because homegrown actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li take
> the roles of Japanese geishas.
> unfamiliar role.
> vision and it doesn't matter. If you don't like the acting that's fine, but
> I don't think it's fair to go down to the core like that.
> Streep can't have an Italian accent or be from any other place because she's
> American. Or Chinese actresses can only play Chinese, and I'm
> Chinese-American so I can only play Chinese-American?
"Rick in Oz" wrote in message
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> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-21/
> heart-throb George Clooney in Miami, insisting she has never even been to
> the Florida hotspot. The Charlie's Angels actress, who stars alongside
> Josh
> Hartnett in upcoming comedy thriller Lucky Number Slevin, maintains her
> relationship with Clooney is purely platonic. And she warns that if the
> pair
> ever did date, there is no chance they'd show off their love in public.
> She
> says, "I've heard Miami's great, but I've never been there. And I've never
> been to a nightclub called Bed. And if I was out with George, I'd never be
> making out with him in public. I'd make out with somebody else in public,
> but not George."
>
Obviously he would never make out with her in public either.
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-21/
Liu Laughs Off Clooney Rumors
Actress Lucy Liu has laughed off rumors she enjoyed a fling with Hollywood
heart-throb George Clooney in Miami, insisting she has never even been to
the Florida hotspot. The Charlie's Angels actress, who stars alongside Josh
Hartnett in upcoming comedy thriller Lucky Number Slevin, maintains her
relationship with Clooney is purely platonic. And she warns that if the pair
ever did date, there is no chance they'd show off their love in public. She
says, "I've heard Miami's great, but I've never been there. And I've never
been to a nightclub called Bed. And if I was out with George, I'd never be
making out with him in public. I'd make out with somebody else in public,
but not George."
NY POST..PAGE 6
December 26, 2005 -- GEORGE Clooney and Lucy Liu appear to have
rekindled their romance, at least briefly. The "Syriana" star and Liu
left Downtown Cipriani the other night and began lip-locking in his
waiting limo. "She looked like she was going to devour him," a witness
said of the 37-year-old starlet. She and Clooney reportedly hooked up
in 2000 after Liu plied him with oysters and champagne. Asked about the
reunion, Liu's flack, Steve Huvane, eloquently responded, "It's none of
your business." But Liu should not count on Clooney - we hear he's also
close pals with Teri Hatcher.
wrote in message
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> Chung.
....and i thought they were the same person.
Sperry
>
Ham Pastrami wrote:
> "Jackson Kwan Lee" wrote in message
> news:1130003998.715791.301340@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> appearance but in actuality is only half (Japanese) and her persona is 100%
> white. But I'm pretty sure she uses/used her Asian look to score cultural
> points, such as hosting the documentary "Searching for Asian America"
> despite her lack of real connection to the subject. She's perfectly happy
> living in White America.
I like Ann curry. I think your comments should be reserved for Connie
Chung.
Jackson Kwan Lee wrote:
> Why don't more Asian celebrities get classified as celebrity idiots, or
> Hollywood halfwits and other nifty titles of ridicule?
> like blooming idiots.
Alot of us should do this more often especially Asian celebrities.
Being politically incorrect isn't a bad thing as long as you're honest
about stuff. What's the purpose of freedom of speech if you can't
express yourself. Honestly, I wish alot more Asian celebrities and
public figures would be a bit more controversial. You ain't a bad
person just because you say things the way it is. Seriously, if I was
famous, I'd be spewing stupid stuff left and right just for the hell of
it.
> things it seems like forever, and then there is Lucy Liu and I think
> she has stuck her dainty foot in her pretty mouth a couple of times
> over George Bush and the Iraq War.
Neither of these people are worth controversy. Seriously.
"Jackson Kwan Lee" wrote in message
news:1130003998.715791.301340@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Why don't more Asian celebrities get classified as celebrity idiots, or
> Hollywood halfwits and other nifty titles of ridicule?
> like blooming idiots.
> things it seems like forever, and then there is Lucy Liu and I think
> she has stuck her dainty foot in her pretty mouth a couple of times
> over George Bush and the Iraq War.
>
Leeland Yee (San Francisco politician) makes my short list.
I also have a mild dislike for Ann Curry because she has a distinct Asian
appearance but in actuality is only half (Japanese) and her persona is 100%
white. But I'm pretty sure she uses/used her Asian look to score cultural
points, such as hosting the documentary "Searching for Asian America"
despite her lack of real connection to the subject. She's perfectly happy
living in White America.
Why don't more Asian celebrities get classified as celebrity idiots, or
Hollywood halfwits and other nifty titles of ridicule?
Not that Asians should feel snubbed because few of us babble publicly
like blooming idiots.
I can think of maybe two, Yoko Ono has been saying and doing goofy
things it seems like forever, and then there is Lucy Liu and I think
she has stuck her dainty foot in her pretty mouth a couple of times
over George Bush and the Iraq War.
Anybody got some names to add to my short list?
JKL
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Liu craves London life
17/10/2005 - 09:28:34
Hollywood beauty Lucy Liu is planning to join the exodus of American movie
stars moving to Britain, and is house-hunting for a new home in London.
If the Charlie's Angels star finds her dream home in the capital's posh
Belgravia district, she'll join Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Kevin
Spacey and Madonna, who are all based in Britain.
A source say: "She wants to move there by the end of the year."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/K/Knightley_Keira/2005/10/09/1255234.html
Knightley is one busy lady these days
By ANN MARIE MCQUEEN -- Ottawa Sun
BEVERLY HILLS -- Keira Knightley is one in-demand 20-year-old.
The British actress was up all night shooting scenes for the second and
third Pirates of the Caribbean instalments, with just enough time for a
shower before meeting the press to talk about her newest movie, Domino.
With two cans of Red Bull in hand, the fetching and cheerful Knightley
describes her exhaustion while looking so fresh-faced one would think she
was in bed sleeping -- and not up swashbuckling -- all night.
"I was doing swordfighting and getting so tired I thought, 'I'm actually
going to wreck myself,' and didn't hurt myself at all," she said. "But then
when I got to the hotel this morning at 7, I fell out of the door of the car
and cracked my knee on the side of the pavement."
Knightley's career took off after she played a soccer player in 2002's Bend
It Like Beckham. In addition to the first Pirates, she went on to shoot
another half-dozen movies, including King Arthur, Love, Actually and, most
recently, The Jacket.
She had just four days off between her turn as Jane Austen heroine Elizabeth
Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Domino. The 43-day shoot was scheduled
specifically so Knightley could squeeze it in.
Domino, which opens Friday, is inspired by real-life model-turned-bounty
hunter Domino Harvey. The 35-year-old daughter of famed British actor
Laurence Harvey died of an overdose in June while out on bail and under
house arrest pending trial on drug dealing charges.
Because she had so little time to prepare, Knightley was left wondering just
how she would morph into tough-as-nails Domino from refined and sensible
Bennett. Knightley said she was "freaking out" every time director Tony
Scott would call her on Pride to talk about Domino, finding herself for the
first time unable to wrap her head around the character.
"Then I was passing a hairdresser's and I thought, 'Right, this is how I'm
going to do it, I'm going to cut Lizzie Bennett out of my hair,' " she said.
Studied tapes
She talked to Harvey twice on the phone before she died, and studied taped
interviews and pictures. But lack of prep time and the film's fictional
elements meant Knightley framed Domino largely on her own.
"Actually, Tony said right at the beginning 'just make up your own
character,' so actually I based it on my best mate Bonnie because she was
around all the time when I was doing the other film and I could look at
her."
Knightley did cut her hair -- though she was sporting long, straight
extensions by the time it came to promote both movies -- and left Bennett
behind, big-time. Body-baring outfits, dark eye makeup and a permanent sneer
also helped her embody the gun-toting Harvey.
As Scott makes clear from words which flash across the screen during the
opening moments of Domino -- "based on a true story ... kind of" -- he has
not made a biopic.
After rejecting two more linear, realistic s as "boring," Scott tapped
screenwriter Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) who conjured up the frenetic tale
while sitting in the U.S. Department of Motor Vehicles. A real-life
attendant named Lateesha (played by zaftig comedian Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson)
was his inspiration for the movie's outrageous plot-turning character.
The unlikely caper was then shot in Scott's signature jumpy, multiple-camera
format, featuring a large and bizarre cast. Mickey Rourke and newcomer Edgar
Ramirez round out Knightley's bounty team while dozens of real 18th Street
gang members stepped in for a tense stand-off scene in the movie;
Christopher Walken, Dabney Coleman, Lucy Liu and Mena Suvari all have small
but memorable parts.
Reality show hosts
To take Domino's fictionalized reality a step further, Beverly Hills 90210
graduates Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green turn up to play themselves as
hosts of a reality show named Bounty Squad.
Kelly, a fan of 90210, insisted the pair stay in the movie even when New
Line execs weren't convinced they were necessary.
Ziering jokes that when he got the , he asked his agent "How much am I
going to have to pay them to be in this movie?"
"It was the most random thing that could have happened, but it was something
I hoped for," says Green. "I figured if Tarantino was a fan of Travolta,
there's gotta be somebody that's doing well in this business that actually
liked 90210."
Though Harvey isn't here to comment, several reports from unnamed friends
since her death suggest she wasn't happy with the movie's liberties.
Scott scoffs at reports she felt sold out by the film, angry particularly at
its depiction of her as heterosexual. In life she had relationships with
women; on screen Knightley-as-Harvey goes topless for a steamy desert sex
scene with Venezuelan co-star Edgar Ramirez.
Domino doesn't touch on her drug problems or early death; Scott says again,
the movie is based on real people but is almost entirely fiction.
Scott says Harvey never saw the finished film but watched many sequences and
was there on the final day of shooting. "It's been misreported by the press,
saying she didn't like it and she's pissed off that we didn't represent it
in the right way," says Scott. "And everything she saw she loved."
Harvey also wrote and sang the track Heads You Lose, Tails You Die, which
plays at the beginning and end at the film. "That was her motto for
life,"said Scott.
As for rumours he shifted the film's opening date to capitalize on Harvey's
death, Scott says he only moved it up avoid competing with Knightley's Pride
release Nov. 18.
Domino Harvey's father became a major star after appearing in 1959's Room at
the Top and 1962's The Manchurian Candidate, but died when she was four. Her
mother Pauline Stone, a Vogue model played by Jacqueline Bisset in the
movie, later married Hard Rock Cafe chain owner Peter Morton.
Harvey was expelled from four different schools, dabbling in modelling,
acting, being a ranch hand and a firefighter before she found her niche:
Hunting down thieves, drug dealers and murderers for a Los Angeles bail bond
agency.
Scott says he became like a surrogate father to Harvey during a friendship
which started 12 years ago when he visited her at home on one of her many
bounty-hunting breaks. "Her mom wouldn't let her live in the house with guns
so she lived in an apartment above the garage. The apartment had AK-47s and
fatigues and Soldier of Fortune magazines," Scott recalled.
Like others in her circle, Scott worried about Harvey as she struggled with
addictions, in and out of rehab before her death.
"She lived a hard life," he said. "I wasn't surprised, but it still hurts."
Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore Wed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were married on Saturday, capping
their celebrated two-year-long older woman, younger man relationship,
two celebrity magazines reported on Sunday.
Representatives for Kutcher, 27, and Moore, 42, could not be
immediately reached for comment, but both Us Weekly and People magazine
reported on their Web sites that the couple were married in Los Angeles
area on Saturday.
Us Weekly reported that the wedding was attended by about 100 of the
couple's friends, including Moore's second husband Bruce Willis.
Also at the wedding were actress Lucy Liu and Moore's three
daughters from her marriage to Willis.
Moore, who starred in "Ghost," "G.I. Jane" and "Striptease," first
began dating the younger Kutcher in 2003, just as she was making a
highly publicized return to the screen as a high-kicking villain in
"Charlie's Angeles: Full Throttle."
Kutcher, whose break came as a star in television's "That '70s Show,"
is co-creator of the MTV reality show "Punk'd." His films include
"Guess Who" in 2005 and "Dude, Where's My Car?" in 2000.
It was the first marriage for Kutcher and third for Moore. She was
married from 1980 to 1984 to rock musician Freddie Moore and from 1987
to 2000 to Willis.
People Magazine said Kutcher and Moore met at a dinner in New York City
in 2003. After Kutcher began dating Moore, the magazine said "he
quickly carved out a place in the lives of her three daughters by
Willis -- Rumer, 17; Scout, 14; and Tallulah, 11 --who came to embrace
Kutcher as a third parent, affectionately calling him MOD, short for
'My Other Dad."'
The relationship between Moore and Kutcher has been seen by some in
Hollywood as evidence of a liberating new trend in which older American
women are dating younger men, challenging the traditional convention of
May-December romances.
Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher wed in Calif.-reports
Reuters
Sep 25, 2005 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actors Demi Moore and Ashton
Kutcher were married on Saturday, capping their celebrated
two-year-long older woman, younger man relationship, two celebrity
magazines reported on Sunday.
Representatives for Kutcher, 27, and Moore, 42, could not be
immediately reached for comment, but both Us Weekly and People magazine
reported on their Web sites that the couple were married in Los Angeles
area on Saturday.
Us Weekly reported that the wedding was attended by about 100 of the
couple's friends, including Moore's second husband Bruce Willis. Also
at the wedding were actress Lucy Liu and Moore's three daughters from
her marriage to Willis.
Moore, who starred in "Ghost," "G.I. Jane" and "Striptease," first
began dating the younger Kutcher in 2003, just as she was making a
highly publicized return to the screen as a high-kicking villain in
"Charlie's Angeles: Full Throttle."
Kutcher, whose break came as a star in television's "That '70s Show,"
is co-creator of the MTV reality show "Punk'd." His films include
"Guess Who" in 2005 and "Dude, Where's My Car?" in 2000.
It was the first marriage for Kutcher and third for Moore. She was
married from 1980 to 1984 to rock musician Freddie Moore and from 1987
to 2000 to Willis.
People Magazine said Kutcher and Moore met at a dinner in New York City
in 2003. After Kutcher began dating Moore, the magazine said "he
quickly carved out a place in the lives of her three daughters by
Willis - Rumer, 17; Scout, 14; and Tallulah, 11 -who came to
embrace Kutcher as a third parent, affectionately calling him MOD,
short for 'My Other Dad."'
The relationship between Moore and Kutcher has been seen by some in
Hollywood as evidence of a liberating new trend in which older American
women are dating younger men, challenging the traditional convention of
May-December romances.
By FELICIA R. LEE, The New York Times
Getty ImagesPaltrow is making her directorial debut behind the camera
for the short film, 'Dealbreakers.'
Gwyneth Paltrow yelled "Cut!" as if her life depended on it. Sipping
hot green tea on one of the hottest days of the year, standing in a
meandering Brooklyn apartment that had been transformed into a movie
set, Ms. Paltrow was directing her first film, "Dealbreakers," a short
about the dubious charms of dating, with no small measure of authority.
At one point, standing at the monitor in a pink camisole that said
"Mrs. Martin" (she is married to Chris Martin, the lead singer of the
rock group Coldplay), Ms. Paltrow suggested a longer camera pan for a
shot of Travis, a goofy hippie offering his date some gorp.
"One more shot, then on to Opera Man," Ms. Paltrow said, referring to
another bad date in the film, a 10-minute short about those dating
moments when you realize it's not going to work, usually because of
something your date has said or done.
Such moments of command were occasionally offset by more maternal
concerns. Joined on the set by Apple, her 14-month-old daughter, Ms.
Paltrow looked on in delight as Apple splashed in what had been a
bucket of ice for water and soda.
Ms. Paltrow, who splits her time between London and New York, called
the film a chance to stretch artistically and to help a good cause.
The short was one of four stories made into movies by an advisory board
of female executives and actresses in Hollywood, assembled to further
the cause of women in film.
The board chose from among 4,000 fact-based 750-word essays about
life-changing events submitted to Glamour magazine by its readers
earlier this year. Ms. Paltrow was the co-writer and co-director of
"Dealbreakers" with Mary Wigmore, a close friend and filmmaker who is
Apple's godmother.
The Glamour "reel moments" entries included the usual tales of death
and divorce and finding oneself after motherhood but also played with
lighter moments of epiphany, like knowing when a date's number is up.
The set of films will eventually be shown in 25 markets starting in
October, and a DVD containing them will also be inserted into the
December issue of Glamour.
The magazine will also make a donation to FilmAid International, a
charitable organization that uses film to help communities deal with
disasters. In this case, FilmAid will use the money for women in
refugee camps in Kenya.
"The brand is about the empowerment of women," Leslie Russo, Glamour's
associate publisher said of the magazine's involvement in the project.
"Today, with the culture being so celebrity-obsessed, how do we extend
that message? How do we support the telling of real women's stories in
Hollywood?"
Glamour picked Moxie Pictures, a bicoastal commercial and feature film
production company, to develop the stories, produce the shorts and
assemble the advisory board that selected the essays and helped to cast
the films. The board included the actresses Katie Holmes, Lucy Liu and
Julianna Margulies, as well as Meryl Poster, the former president of
production at Miramax Films; Caroline Kaplan, a vice president at IFC
Entertainment; and Cara Stein, the chief operating officer at the
William Morris Agency.
The winning essays were matched with female talent behind and in front
of the camera, including, besides Ms. Paltrow; Jenny Bicks, the
Emmy-winning writer and executive producer of "Sex and the City"; the
director Trudy Styler (the mini-series "Empire"); and the actresses
Rosario Dawson and Debi Mazar.
Of the three other films, one fixes on a woman's quest to find the
right little black dress, while another concerns a woman trusting her
instincts on what's missing in her life. The last is about a
housewife's accidental encounter with transvestites.
Ms. Paltrow said that she and Ms. Wigmore were both drawn to the
comedic possibilities of "Dealbreakers," and structured the film as a
faux documentary about the dating adventures of Fran, a 30-year-old New
Yorker. They shot the film during three recent long, hot days in New
York.
"It's been great," Ms. Paltrow said of her first effort at directing.
"It's been really interesting to kind of get in here and see that I
have an instinct for it.
"I think I'm very sensitive to the actor's perspective," she continued.
"Obviously, I've worked on 30 films so I think I've learned a lot about
filmmaking through osmosis. I've spent basically 12 years of my life on
film sets the whole time."
Ms. Paltow, 32, who won an Academy Award for best actress in 1999 for
her role as Viola De Lesseps in "Shakespeare in Love," is very much a
child of show business. Her father, Bruce Paltrow, who died in 2002,
was a producer and director; her mother, Blythe Danner, is an actress.
Her brother, Jake, is a director.
"My parents were very discouraging of me going into it," Ms. Paltrow
said of acting as a career. "I think there was sort of the sense in the
60's still and the early 70's that show business was not as respectable
a profession as some others and I think they wanted me to do something
more intellectual."
And yet, show business has treated her very well, indeed. There is
already buzz about her next film, "Proof," which is set for a Sept. 16
premiere. The movie, one of the last projects of the departing
co-chairmen of Miramax, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, is based on the
Broadway play about a mentally ill University of Chicago mathematician,
played by Anthony Hopkins, and his unstable daughter Catherine, played
by Ms. Paltrow. Ms. Paltrow said she hoped to work again with the
Weinsteins, who are starting another production company after they
leave Miramax on Sept. 30.
Despite her own star power, she believes the industry has a ways to go
when it comes to women.
"I think a lot of women writers in Hollywood write from their own
experience," she said. "But normally in Hollywood those experiences get
so kind of homogenized and put through the studio system that what
started as a core idea from somebody's life often gets turned in a
movie that you've seen a number of times.
"The men in Hollywood make it hard for women. I really believe that.
What it means is that it's kind of like the old-boy industries. It's
mostly run by men."
Ms. Bicks said that the television landscape had improved for women
with the network success of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," and HBO's
former hit, "Sex and the City."
"It's made a difference in pitching stories about women," Ms. Bicks
said.
The Glamour project showed a group of talented women that they could
handle jobs that some had not done before, Ms. Poster said. "I told
Gwyneth she could tell people to move here, move there, without coming
off as a fussy actress," she joked.
With women now leading the studios at Disney, Universal and Sony,
"someone said to me that the male studio head is becoming an endangered
species," Ms. Poster said.
She contended that the industry is much more female-friendly. Women
aren't directing films in large numbers, she said, because it's an
all-encompassing job that is not often compatible with the complexity
of women's lives.
Still, Ms. Paltrow insisted, "it takes women to write short films about
women or features about women."
"There's no reason why," she said, "if there's 'Wedding Crashers' for
boys, there can't be something really funny yet intelligent for women,
that has something to say for women."
I heard they were originally considering Russel Wong for this role.
This was about four or five years ago though.
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