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Apr 12, 2011 21:30:35 GMT -5
Post by architect on Apr 12, 2011 21:30:35 GMT -5
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Apr 13, 2011 3:45:24 GMT -5
Post by serin on Apr 13, 2011 3:45:24 GMT -5
Diego is so cute !!
From imdb.com
Birth Name Diego Andrés González Boneta
Height 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Mini Biography Born in Mexico City in 1990, Diego began his career at the age of 12 through his participation in a children's singing reality show in Mexico. When passing to the finals, he was chosen to be a part of his first television production as Ricardo in Alegrijes y Rebujos which also had a musical group attached to the project. The musical group was nominated for the Best Children's Group in the Latin Grammys in 2004. For his next project, he was chosen as the lead for Mision SOS where he played Chrisitian. Here too he formed part of the musical group. Immediately finishing this series in 2005, he joined the famed Mexican teen series - Rebelde. He launched his first solo album through EMI Music and toured with Rebelde's musical group, RBD, throughout Latin America, Europe and the U.S.A. as a solo artist. Thanks to his popularity, he was asked to record the CD in Portuguese and sold over 100,000 copies in Brazil alone. His first musical production won him MTV Latin America Best New Artist Nomination in 2006. In 2008 he was the executive producer of his second musical production - Diego Indigo. Diego wrote 9 of the 11 songs in this album and it received gold status within the month of its release. He was nominated as the Best Solo Singer at the Latin MTV Awards in 2008.
Diego has moved to Los Angeles and is working on his third musical production and continues to pursue his passion in acting.
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Apr 14, 2011 22:26:40 GMT -5
Post by architect on Apr 14, 2011 22:26:40 GMT -5
From Shankman's Twitter:
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Apr 20, 2011 22:22:42 GMT -5
Post by architect on Apr 20, 2011 22:22:42 GMT -5
Catherin Zeta-Jones Cast as ROA 'Villain' The starry cast of Adam Shankman’s big-screen adaptation of the ’80s-rock-and-roll Broadway musical Rock of Ages keeps getting starrier. Today, Shankman officially signed Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for her performance in the 2002 musical Chicago, to play the role of the Los Angeles mayor’s ultraconservative wife, a part created specifically for the movie.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What can you tell us about Catherine’s character?
ADAM SHANKMAN: She’s playing the mayor’s wife, which is a role that was specifically created for the movie to streamline the cultural discussions about what was happening during this period, when a segment of our culture was citing rock and roll as being satanic and awful. She plays an arch conservative who’s trying to kill the rock movement in Los Angeles in the ’80s. It’s totally against type for her — it’s anti-sexy. It’s just a superfun role. It’s very similar in tone to the Michelle Pfeiffer character in Hairspray in terms of how she impacts the story.
Clearly she has great musical chops. Was that what drew you to her?
It’s like when we were casting Hairspray — when the idea of casting John Travolta was presented to me, it made sense because I wanted one of the greatest musical stars in existence to get up there and do that again. With this role, it was like, Well, why not go for one of the few women in history who’s won an Oscar in the genre and get her back up there singing and shining and sparkling in a way that only she can?
So what sort of musical numbers will she perform?
She has a couple of numbers. Her big showstopper is going to be “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” by Pat Benatar.
How long will she be shooting?
We start shooting May 19, but her part actually only shoots for about two weeks, so it gives her the opportunity to spend a lot of time with her family over the summer. It really comes at a great time for her.
This all-star cast just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I know. All I keep thinking about is, What the hell is this junket going to be like? [Laughs] The last two big roles to be cast are the mayor — we’re in that right now — and the journalist who becomes Tom Cruise’s adversary. Every time I shoot off an email to the rest of my cast saying, “You’ll never believe who just joined the family,” the emails coming back are just cries of joy. Everyone is so excited to work together.
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Apr 21, 2011 4:20:19 GMT -5
Post by serin on Apr 21, 2011 4:20:19 GMT -5
I like Zeta Jones a lot.. I think she is very talented and deserves to star in important movies.. I am pleased that she has been cast in ROA.. She was great in CHICAGO. WHEW !! What a cast !
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Post by serin on May 1, 2011 5:26:14 GMT -5
Cranston Added To 'Rock Of Ages' Cast By MIKE FLEMING | Sunday May 1, 2011 @ 12:20am EDT Tags: Adam Shankman, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston will play the mayor in Rock of Ages, the Adam Shankman-directed adaptation of the Broadway musical. He's the husband of an Anita Bryant-like advocate who wants to ban rock and roll. That role's played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and both were created specifically for the movie. He joins a cast that includes Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Diego Boneta and Julianne Hough.
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Post by serin on May 5, 2011 3:39:40 GMT -5
Tom Cruise's New On Screen Lover
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Finally, Tom Cruise has his new on-screen lady love. Luckily, he had no superheroes to contend with this time.
After Anne Hathaway was lured away by the role of Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises," and Amy Adams couldn't resist Superman, "Bang Bang Club" star Malin Akerman has been cast in "Rock of Ages," as Constance, a naive journalist who falls for Cruise's 80's rock star Stacee Jaxx.
Akerman's casting rounds out a star-studded lineup for the Adam Shankman-directed Broadway adaptation. Russell Brand will play a music venue owner and sing an Reo Speedwagon song with Alec Baldwin, who will play Dennis Dupree, a washed up rocker and club owner. Julianne Hough will play the young, naive singer new to La; Bryan Cranston will play the mayor of La; Catherine Zeta-Jones takes on a conservative out to destroy rock; and Mary J. Blige will also be in the film.
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May 8, 2011 18:12:19 GMT -5
Post by architect on May 8, 2011 18:12:19 GMT -5
Boneta Talks <ROA> and Cruise Earlier this month, Mexican actor-singer (and heartthrob) Diego Boneta was cast as the lead in Adam Shankman's (Hairspray), highly anticipated movie-musical Rock of Ages opposite Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin and Julianne Hough. The humble Boneta, 20, spoke to Latina.com about the day he found out he had landed the coveted role, what he hopes to learn from Cruise, and why Ryan Seacrest is lucky to be dating his on-screen love interest in real life.
Where were you when you found out you had been cast in Rock of Ages?
I was actually in my house after suffering from a three-day migraine. I’ve never had a migraine in my life, but I had been through some pretty stressful stuff waiting to hear on the part. That’s why I had that migraine. The casting process took about a month and it was a very hard process. I invested everything and I gave my 120 percent many times, so it gets to a point where waiting to hear is very hard. So I was feeling terrible, it was a Sunday and I got a call around noon from {director} Adam Shankman. The call was very 'So You Think You Can Dance' because the way he told me I booked the part — he played it like I wasn't going to get it. Then all of a sudden he was like 'pack your bags, you're going to Miami!' My heart stopped. I was stoked.
So tell us: Have you already started working with Tom Cruise?
No, but we met. Honestly, this is going to sound very cheesy, but I was watching Risky Business two months ago, and my biggest dream was to find a movie like that to break my film career and two months later, I’m doing that movie with the star of Risky Business. I really hope that one day I can make a movie that’s that revolutionary. That's one of the classics.
What do you think Tom Cruise can teach you?
I think that’s more of a question of what can’t he teach me? He is one of the biggest movie stars that has ever lived. I think he can teach me discipline, hard work, and never staying comfortable with where you’re at. I’ve only met him once, but from what I can tell, he never settles for anything. He’s always trying to improve, and grow and grow and grow. Being who he is, he can stop anytime, but he doesn’t. And I love that.
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Jun 11, 2011 18:29:13 GMT -5
Post by roxthefox on Jun 11, 2011 18:29:13 GMT -5
CATHERINE ZETA JONES AND PAUL GIAMITTI? Now I'm excited. Not very happy about Malin playing Cruise's leading lady... I absolutely love Amy Adams!! I wish she picked up the role..
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