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Amour conquers all
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From the bonkers Holy Motors to the disappointing On the Road, Cannes offered plenty of breadth, but only Michael Haneke's exquisite tale of an elderly man caring for his frail wife in their Paris apartment ticked all the boxes
Michael Haneke is too good. Whenever the Austrian director shows one of his films in Cannes, I always come out thinking the others might as well just pack up and go home because they'll never reach his awesome heights of control and precision. It's like the days when Beethoven was around and everyone else gave up composing. Haneke's Amour, about an elderly man looking after his frail wife (Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, both utterly captivating) when a stroke confines her to their Paris apartment, was by some stretch the finest film at Cannes. It was the only piece to be exquisitely acted, composed, paced and pitched, as well as »
- Jason Solomons
Nicole Kidman Sexy Texts to Director Land Her Paperboy Role?
25 May 2012 3:40 PM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Nicole Kidman sent ''provocative'' text messages to Lee Daniels to land her role in 'Paperboy'. The director was reluctant to cast such a big-name actress in the low-budget movie - which sees Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey play two brothers investigating the case of a death row inmate played by John Cusack - so Nicole went to extreme lengths to get him to agree to cast her as a sex-crazed woman obsessed with marrying a convicted killer. She explained: ''Lee said, 'Look, we've got no money, you're going to have to do your own hair and make-up. ''So I actually went into my bathroom and I got out the fake tan and put on fake eyelashes and got a hairpiece thing that was platinum, threw it all on and texted a photo to Lee in all these different provocative positions. That's how it came together. ''What he sent back I can't say, »
Nicole Kidman sent sexy texts to director
25 May 2012 8:02 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Nicole Kidman sent 'provocative' text messages to Lee Daniels to land her role in 'Paperboy'. The director was reluctant to cast such a big-name actress in the low-budget movie - which sees Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey play two brothers investigating the case of a death row inmate played by John Cusack - so Nicole went to extreme lengths to get him to agree to cast her as a sex-crazed woman obsessed with marrying a convicted killer. She explained: 'Lee said, 'Look, we've got no money, you're going to have to do your own hair and make-up. 'So I actually went into my bathroom and I got out the fake tan and put on fake eyelashes and got a hairpiece »
Cannes: Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack Talk ‘The Paperboy’
25 May 2012 7:46 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
The Cannes Film Festival is winding down, and everyone is trying to squeeze in last minute screenings, meetings, and parties. I spent my day running from interview to interview, catching glimpses of celebrities, and drinking copious amounts of espresso so I did not miss a single second.I arrived to the press conference for Lee Daniels’ ("Precious") "The Paperboy" exactly as the cast was walking into the Palais, and had the opportunity to gawk at Zac Efron. Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, Macy Gray, and Nicole Kidman were also in attendance. The movie is based on 1995 novel by Peter Dexter and tells the story of two journalists trying to prove a man on death row has been wrongfully convicted. When the brother (Efron) of one of the journalists (McConaughey) falls for the sexpot, pen pal fiancé (Kidman) of the prisoner (Cusack), all hell breaks loose. Most critics have dismissed the film. »
- help@backstage.com (Emily Cegielski)
Cannes 2012: The Paperboy – review
24 May 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Nicole Kidman's performance is To Die For in Lee Daniels's gripping, scary and queasily funny Florida noir
A heady, humid swamp fever rises from Lee Daniels's violent and black-comic Florida noir The Paperboy, based on the thriller by Pete Dexter: a lazy, funny tone co-exists with menace, and Nicole Kidman gives her best performance since To Die For. Race, sex, journalism, publishing and 60s America are all part of the mix – The Help was never like this – and Daniels keeps it bubbling. This gripping, scary and queasily funny picture nurtures a dark threat which lurks like one of its gators just below the surface.
Apart from everything else, The Paperboy is about family dysfunction: Scott Glenn plays Ww, a smalltown Florida newspaper publisher whose louche son Ward (Matthew McConaughey), having gone into the family business, has just come in from Miami on a mission to write »
- Peter Bradshaw
Paperboy director Lee Daniels delivers lesson in race relations
24 May 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Oscar winner draws on direct family experience to put civil rights movement at centre of adaptation of Pete Dexter novel
Directors draw on many sources to draw truthful performances from their actors. But in depicting a prisoner on death row, not everyone has a brother serving a jail sentence for murder to tap for research.
But Lee Daniels, speaking before the Cannes premiere of his latest film, said he had personal experience of every one of the characters in his 1960s-set, Florida-noir story.
In The Paperboy, an adaptation of Pete Dexter's novel, two investigative reporters, played by David Oyelowo and Matthew McConaughey, are enlisted by Charlotte (Nicole Kidman) to investigate the conviction of a murderer, played by John Cusack, with whom she has fallen in love by letter.
"I know John's character because my brother's in jail for murder. And he has women that write [to] him. Whenever John gave me something that wasn't true, »
- Charlotte Higgins
Nicole Kidman pees on Zac Efron in 'The Paperboy'
24 May 2012 3:58 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
"The Paperboy" is director Lee Daniels' follow-up to the Academy Award-winning "Precious" and he's got an all-star cast: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack and even singer Macy Gray as narrator. It also has a scene in which one of these people urinates on another of these people and one of them is not Matthew McConaughey.
It's -- surprise -- Kidman who unleashes her bladder method-acting prowess all over Efron. In the movie, Kidman plays a Tanning Mom doppleganger waitress who is in love -- or serious lust -- with a death row inmate played by Cusask. Efron and McConaughey co-star as two brothers investigating Cusack's case.
Here's the first-hand report from Vulture's Kyle Buchanan, who sat in on a screening of the movie at Cannes.
"Later in the movie, as Efron's romantic ardor for Kidman is at its peak, the two head to the beach, where »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Photos: Nicole, Heidi Dare To Bare At Cannes
24 May 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Nicole Kidman and Heidi Klum both got flashbulbs, and their owners, popping on Cannes' red carpet on Thursday evening, with a flash of flesh to rival the most shameless A-list wannabe.
Kidman was the star of the show, as the occasion was her film The Paperboy. The Australian actress was flanked by her co-stars - Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Macy Gray and John Cusack - and her director Lee Daniels (whose film Precious was a surprise hit of 2010).
The only visible means of support for Nicole Kidman on the red carpet was Zac Efron
Kidman swapped her earlier press conference demure orange ensemble for a far racier number - a rose-coloured Lavin dress that was full of material, on the skirt at least. Her back was covered only by a metallic strap keeping the whole thing on, and revealed she may not have been on the junket round recently, but »
- The Huffington Post UK
Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy
24 May 2012 2:25 PM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
By fests’ end, we can pretty much claim that Lee Daniels’ second trip to Cannes was indeed an eventful one, except for all the wrong reasons. Following 2009′s Un Certain Regard showing of Precious, it might be The Paperboy (with a cast that includes: Matthew Mcconaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Cusack and Nicole Kidman) that walks away with what we could call a raspberry-like award for worst received picture. Click to enlarge!
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- Eric Lavallee
Zac Efron Is Uncomfortable & Excited About Sexed-Up New Movie Role
24 May 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Zac Efron is showing some skin - a lot of it, in fact - in his new film The Paperboy, which just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. "He was in his underwear half the time," said singer Macy Gray, who plays a maid and narrates the movie, which also stars Nicole Kidman as what one Cannes reviewer described as "an oversexed Barbie." The movie, directed by Lee Daniels (Precious), is set in Florida in 1969 amid racial strife. Efron is 20-year-old Jack, the younger brother of a journalist (played by Matthew McConaughey) who has come back to his family's small »
- Dana Kennedy
Nicole and Heidi Hit the Paperboy Premiere With Zac and Matthew
24 May 2012 12:45 PM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Matthew McConaughey were back in the spotlight at Cannes today to premiere The Paperboy in front of a glamorous crowd. The trio was up early this morning for a photocall, where Nicole wowed in a red dress. She changed into a gorgeous Lanvin gown for this afternoon's event, which also brought out Heidi Klum in Marchesa. John Cusack and director Lee Daniels were on hand, as was Macy Gray. There are only a few days left at the Cannes Film Festival, but before things wrap up, Robert Pattinson will hit the red carpet for the second time to show off Cosmopolis. View Slideshow › »
- Lauren Turner
Cannes: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron bring 'The Paperboy' to town
24 May 2012 12:20 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Another day at Cannes, another star-studded premiere. This time, Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron wowed the photographers as they walked the red carpet for the premiere of their new film "The Paperboy," from "Precious" director Lee Daniels. Co-stars Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack and Macy Gray were also on hand for the press conference and more casual photo call. The film opens November 23. Check out the photos here: »
- Dave Lewis
Lee Daniels Brushes Off Cannes Criticism Of The Paperboy
24 May 2012 12:11 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Director Lee Daniels has brushed off criticism of his new movie The Paperboy after causing controversy in Cannes by debuting a scene in which Nicole Kidman appears to urinate on Zac Efron to treat a jellyfish sting.
The big screen adaptation of author Pete Dexter's book of the same name was met with mixed reviews when the Precious filmmaker premiered the crime thriller at the film festival in France on Thursday, and many reporters admitted they were turned off by the sight of the Oscar winner relieving herself on Efron.
In a post on Twitter.com, Empire magazine writer Nick de Semlyen writes: "Did not wake up today expecting to almost instantly see Nicole Kidman p**sing on Zac Efron's face. Thanks for that, The Paperboy."
In a press conference following the premiere, Daniels played down the fuss the scene caused, insisting it was only being turned into a big deal because it is a known sexual fetish.
However, he failed to reveal whether Kidman had actually peed on the actor for real.
He told Afp, "I'm not here to please everybody - I'm here to tell truth. Jellyfish cure is by urinating on the skin; that is just the way Pete Dexter wrote the book; I executed the vision."
And co-star John Cusack couldn't believe members of the press were upset by the sequence, adding, "Of all the things in the movie that are shocking, that was kind of a light scene!"
The Paperboy follows Matthew McConaughey's reporter character Ward, who returns to his native Florida to uncover the truth about a death row inmate (Cusack) he's convinced was wrongly convicted of murder. Efron plays McConaughey's teenage brother, who embarks on a brief love affair with local maneater Charlotte (Kidman) as they help Ward uncover the truth. »
Cannes: 'The Paperboy,' starring Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman, proves that 'Precious' director Lee Daniels needs some common sense to go with his talent
24 May 2012 11:39 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
When you hear about a movie that gets booed at the Cannes Film Festival, you tend to picture a monolithic thumbs-down chorus, like an ancient arena crowd turning on a gladiator. Actually, that’s not how it works. There is almost always at least some polite applause after film festival showings, so the boos, when they do happen, tend to be mixed in with clapping. That’s the sound I heard this morning when the closing credits rolled on Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy. And, in fact, that sound expressed my own feelings exactly. I wanted to do a catcall and »
- Owen Gleiberman
Cannes: 'The Paperboy,' starring Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman, proves that 'Precious' director Lee Daniels needs some common sense to go with his talent
24 May 2012 11:39 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
When you hear about a movie that gets booed at the Cannes Film Festival, you tend to picture a monolithic thumbs-down chorus, like an ancient arena crowd turning on a gladiator. Actually, that’s not how it works. There is almost always at least some polite applause after film festival showings, so the boos, when they do happen, tend to be mixed in with clapping. That’s the sound I heard this morning when the closing credits rolled on Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy. And, in fact, that sound expressed my own feelings exactly. I wanted to do a catcall and »
- Owen Gleiberman
Cannes: 'The Paperboy,' starring Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman, proves that 'Precious' director Lee Daniels needs some common sense to go with his talent
24 May 2012 11:39 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
When you hear about a movie that gets booed at the Cannes Film Festival, you tend to picture a monolithic thumbs-down chorus, like an ancient arena crowd turning on a gladiator. Actually, that’s not how it works. There is almost always at least some polite applause after film festival showings, so the boos, when they do happen, tend to be mixed in with clapping. That’s the sound I heard this morning when the closing credits rolled on Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy. And, in fact, that sound expressed my own feelings exactly. I wanted to do a catcall and »
- Owen Gleiberman
Roll Call: Zac Efron Attacked By Jellyfish, Nicole Kidman Comes To The Rescue
24 May 2012 11:11 AM, PDT | Access Hollywood | See recent Access Hollywood news »
Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans
Zac Attacked, Nicole Saves!: In the upcoming new movie, "The Paperboy," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, Zac Efron has a run-in with some jellyfish, but is saved by Nicole Kidman's character... who steps in and does what needs to be done when someone is stung by a jellyfish. If you want to be showered with details from the movie, which also stars Matthew McConaughey and John Cusack, Click Here!
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- nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
Efron leaves his comfort zone in The Paperboy
24 May 2012 9:52 AM, PDT | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
Zac Efron felt uncomfortable filming his revealing role The Paperboy - and he says that's the way he wanted it.
The High School Musical actor has moved into decidedly grown-up territory with the film by Precious director Lee Daniels, which screened Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival.
It's a swampy slice of Southern gothic set in the 1960s, with Efron as an aspiring writer helping his journalist brother (Matthew McConaughey) investigate a possible miscarriage of justice. Efron's Jack falls for Nicole Kidman's sparky but sultry femme fatale, who is in turn obsessed with a death row inmate (a supremely creepy John Cusack). »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Nicole Kidman Gives Zac Efron A Golden Shower (Just Like Chandler And Monica!) In The Paperboy
24 May 2012 9:35 AM, PDT | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
All of Cannes is abuzz about Nicole Kidman’s amazing performance in Lee Daniels‘ The Paperboy, which screened earlier today. We were already onboard with the flick after Zac Efron said filming sex scenes with Kidman were “the highlight of my life.” But now that the folks at Vulture have spoiled one key crazy part of the movie (which, they say, is full of crazy), we are both eager and apprehensive. Here’s their description: “Nicole Kidman looms over a supine Zac Efron, cries out, ‘If anyone’s gonna pee on him, it’s gonna be me,’ and then squirts an impressive stream of urine onto the High School Musical star’s face and bare chest.”
Sorry, pervs, it is not a weird sex scene that inspires this golden shower, but a jellyfish attack on Zac. And now, all we can picture is the Friends episode, “The One With the Jellyfish. »
- Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Big-name Actors Prop Up Indie Film The Paperboy
24 May 2012 9:31 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Even with Nicole Kidman, Zach Efron, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusack in the cast, and Oscar-nominated Lee Daniels (Precious) directing, the producers of The Paperboy had difficulty rounding up backers for the movie, the actors said at a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film was screened in competition for the coveted Palme d’Or award today (Thursday). Kidman said that for independent filmmakers, “it’s very hard to find financing. You do, eventually, if you’re lucky, and you get it made, and that’s where I find a lot of interesting roles, but it’s very hard to get these films made. It requires a lot of tenacity on the part of the filmmaker and it’s an uphill battle all the way.” Each of the actors described why they were drawn to such films. Efron said that he regarded The Paperboy as “the best opportunity in the world for me.” After bubble-gum and pop idol roles, The Paperboy, he said, gave him a chance “to go beyond frontiers. It was a dream and I hope to be able to continue to act in films like this.” Such roles, he added, “is what I’m hungry for. … This is a new frontier for me, and it’s incredibly fulfilling.” McConaughey, too, said that the film allowed him to expand beyond the sameness of his past roles. (He plays a bisexual, hard-drinking, investigative reporter whom he calls “a real badass.”) And Cusack remarked that the film gave him and his fellow cast members the opportunity to “transcend ourselves and have some sort of experience that’s kind of artistic and deeply personal, so this was sort of like the dream gig.” »
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