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Today marked the debut of The Shiunji Family Children , the latest anime to adapt the work of Rent-a-Girlfriend author Reiji Miyajima. To celebrate, the KADOKAWAanime YouTube channel shared a creditless version of the opening sequence. Gather with the fam while jamming the opening song, which has Nacherry performing “Honey Lemon,” below. The Shiunji Family Children Creditless Opening Related: Rent-a-Girlfriend, The Shiunji Family Children Plan a Double Date in Collab Illustration Kadokawa also shared a brief video spotlighting the new Kotono Shiunji figure that’s up for pre-order. Based on the manga by Rent-a-Girlfriend creator Reiji Miyajima and Reiji Yukino, Ryoki Kamitsubo ( Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie episode director) directs The Shiunji Family Children at studio Doga Kobo, with Noboru Kimura ( Solo Leveling ) on series composition, Miki Muto ( Sing "Yesterday" For Me costume designer) on character designs and Shota Horie, Akki and Ginnojo Hoshi on music. Yen Press publishes an...

Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 now has an anime music video for its credit theme song, "End Roll."

Last month, the Japanese music group Amber’s, shared a live-action music video for the anime's third season's theme song. Now, they're back with another version of the single, giving fans more to look forward to.

Related: The Wild Rent-A-Girlfriend Finale Ends With Kazuya Confessing to [Spoiler]

Rent-a-Girlfriend's Musical Highlights its Current Season

Uploaded on YouTube, this new video showcases scenes from the show's ongoing season, reminiscent of its usual end credits style. These credits usually feature a blend of illustrations, paired with the theme song. In prior seasons, distinctive ending themes included "Lenai" by MIMiNARI, "Kokuhaku Bungee Jump" and "First Drop" by Halca, and "Kimi wo Tousite" by Sora Amamiya.

The anime centers on Kinoshita Kazuya, a college student who encounters the stunning rental girlfriend, Mizuhara Chizuru, and ends up introducing her...

As the Venice International Film Festival is winding down, the Toronto International Film festival kicks off Sept. 10 and continues through Sept. 19 in a Covid-19 hybrid version with physical screenings and drive-in, digital screenings and virtual red carpets. Whereas Venice is the oldest film festival having begun in 1932, Toronto is relatively new. In fact, it wasn’t even called the Toronto International Film Festival until 1994.

The festival was the brainchild of founders Bill Marshall, Dusty Cohl and Henk Van Der Kolk who launched the inaugural Festival of Festivals in 1976. The mandate was to feature the best pics from other film festivals and to attract major Hollywood productions by being one of the most hospitable movie celebrations.

The first edition of the festival didn’t set the world on fire. Guests Jack Nicholson and Julie Christie never made it. The festival had hoped to open with Hal Ashby’s biopic on Woody Guthrie,...

“Yes sir, I am wet,” declares Hélöise Letissier on “Girlfriend,” a non-binary lust-fest with slithering keytar from Cali synth scientist Dâm-Funk. The lead single from the French pop heroine’s second album under the moniker Christine & The Queens arrived with a striking video – the only sort Letissier makes – riffing visually off Charles C. Ebbets’ famous 1932 photograph Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, full of muscular choreography, the singer conjuring vintage Madonna with a touch of Jean-Paul Belmondo and rebranding Christine as Chris, a roughneck in a wifebeater who doesn’t so much blur genders as transcend them.

Mnek’s debut album, Language, comes with a statement of purpose: “It’s time to step up to the front now, so you can hear me out.”

The 23-year-old writer-producer Uzoechi Emenike may feel that this introduction is necessary, because he’s spent a number of years holed up in the studio penning hits for a slew of English acts, including Duke Dumont, Dua Lipa and Rudimental. American listeners are less likely to know Mnek’s work, though he wrote on Madonna’s Rebel Heart and Beyoncé’s “Hold Up.

Hours before the news of the suicide of her boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain, broke out, Asia Argento posted a strong message on her Instagram. In a now-deleted Instagram story, Argento posted a photo of her wearing a shirt that said “F–K Everyone.” with an in-photo caption: “you know who you are.” The meaning of her story […]

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This is so sweet. There’s no denying that Matt Roloff has a special relationship with his first grandchild, Zach and Tori’s son Jackson Roloff. And now he’s proving his love for the little guy by dedicating his first children’s book to his grandson. Check out the video to get all the details on his special project! Things have certainly been exciting for the stars of Little People, Big World in recent months! In addition to baby Jackson, Jeremy and Audrey welcomed a baby girl named Ember Jean last year, Sept. 10. As if new babies weren’t enough reason to celebrate, we have even more new books to look forward to! The writing gene seems to run in the Roloff family — as last year, Jacob Roloff published his first book, Verbing. Today was supposed to mark the publishing of his second collection of prose, Out To See,...

Will Jane the Virgin be cancelled or renewed for season five? Is cancellation or renewal for a fourth season in store for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. President Mark Pedowitz discussed the outlook for these CW TV shows at the Winter TCA Press Tour, over the weekend. In its fourth season, the Jane the Virgin TV show, starring Gina Rodriguez in the title role, is currently ranked seventh in terms of its demo numbers and ninth for total viewership, out of The CW TV series we're tracking. Meanwhile, season three of Rachel Bloom's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ranks 10th out of 10 shows, in both measures. Read More…...

Mary Houlihan may not be on “SNL” yet, but she certainly proves she has what it takes in this hilarious audition tape parody. The Brooklyn-based comedian posted a video to Twitter showing off her skills in a number of classic “SNL” roles like “Girlfriend” and “Saxophonist In The House Band Who Likes The Monologue,” proving […]...

With SXSW 2016 beginning this weekend, film fans will descend upon Austin, Texas to see some of the latest, and hopefully greatest, films that studios and distributors have come down the pipeline. However, not every film that plays this prestigious festival, even those that become buzzed about hits, end up getting a speedy release. Take Justin Lerner’s The Automatic Hate for example.

Becoming something of a small hit at last year’s festival, Lerner’s new film is finally arriving in theaters on March 11 thanks to Film Movement, and will hopefully find an eager audience going forward.

His follow-up to 2010’s oddly magnetic Girlfriend, a film that’s an engaging piece of craft more than it is a genuinely great narrative feature, Automatic Hate is a beast of a different color. Davis Green (played by Joseph Cross) is an unassuming chef in the throes of what may or may not...

Here’s one of the more intriguing indie trailers to come across the transom: The Automatic Hate, from Emmy- and Gotham Award-winning director Justin Lerner (Girlfriend), starring Adelaide Clemens (Rectify), Joseph Cross (Born To Race) and Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood). Lerner and co-screenwriter Katharine O’Brien dig into forbidden-love territory as country mouse Alexis (Clemens) shows up at the Boston restaurant where David (Cross) is chef, revealing that they’re…...

Testing the boundaries of your seemingly loving relationships with the most important people in your life, from your parents to your long-term significant other, can be a revealing insight into how strongly you trust them and believe in their commitment to protecting your well-being. That enticing process of engaging in seemingly dangerous situations is captivatingly showcased in director Justin Lerner’s second feature film directorial effort, ‘The Automatic Hate,’ the follow-up to his debut movie, the 2010 drama, ‘Girlfriend.’ The helmer, who co-wrote the script to his latest film with Katharine O’Brien, grippingly cast actor Joseph Cross to portray a seemingly successful young man who willingly put his connections with his [ Read More ]

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Read More: Closted Muslim Teens 'Naz & Maalik' Unveiled in Exclusive Poster Debut Five years after his award-winning debut feature "Girlfriend," writer-director Justin Lerner is back with his anticipated sophomore effort. The official synopsis for "The Automatic Hate" reads: "Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens of "Rectify") appears on his doorstep one night, and he discovers that his father has kept a side of his family secret for 30 years. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins. Quickly developing a strong connection with them, he sets out with Alexis to reunite their broken family. But in getting to know each other, Davis and Alexis realize they are perhaps more like their own fathers than they thought. As the pair uncovers the incident that tore their family apart, the two cousins must resist the temptation to keep their fathers...

The Black List celebrated 10 years of bringing screenwriters closer to their dreams at Palihouse in West Hollywood on Sunday evening and unveiled the title that tops the annual list of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. After an evening of hors d'oeuvres and entertainment from Kcrw’s DJ Garth Trinidad and Fantastic Negrito, founder Franklin Leonard announced that Kristina Lauren Anderson took the number one spot on this year's list for her screenplay Catherine the Great. Anderson previously produced Girlfriend, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and took home the audience award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. Starting Monday

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Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Sid Haig, Kathryn Morris and Evan Jonigkeit have joined the cast of writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk. Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox and Richard Jenkins star in the brutal tale of four men attempting to rescue captives from a band of cannibals who live on the edge of civilization. Simmons (True Detective) will play Samantha O’Dwyer, the de facto town doctor and dedicated wife Wilson’s character. Arquette (the Scream films) and Haig (The Devil’s Rejects) play a couple of filthy brigands whose actions set off a string of violent repercussions. Morris (Cold Case) will play the wife of Russell’s Sheriff Hunt, and Jonigkeit (Girls) will play a young deputy sheriff. Caliber Media’s Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller are producing the film.

Kristina Lauren Anderson has been tapped to adapt the Warner Bros feature Invisibility from the supernatural romance...

Strand Releasing recently released writer-director Justin Lerner’s Girlfriend on DVD in the United States. The DVD release includes a BBC Interview with writer-director Justin Lerner and a couple of behind-the-scenes features: "The Making of Girlfriend' and "The Scoring of Girlfriend". Winner of the Audience Award at Gotham Independent Film Awards, Girlfriend is a moving, coming-of-age drama that explores the nature of love and human compassion. Evan (Evan Sneider), a young adult with Down Syndrome, lives with his mother (Amanda Plummer) in a poor, working-class town. He unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and decides to use it to help out his friend, Candy (Shannon Woodward), a single mother in dire financial straights. Girlfriend subverts conventions, presenting a fresh take on love, struggle and family in contemporary society. Strand Releasing provided Smells Like Screen Spirit with this exclusive 2:15 clip from Girlfriend for our loyal readers to enjoy.

Jackson Rathbone is a dad! Omg! We literally just read his tweet which gushed, “Thank you All for the love & support! Sheila & I couldn’t be happier to have such a beautiful, healthy baby boy, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI.” A quick follow-up was also tweeted, which said, “Feeling so blessed! What an amazing day! Love and respect, Bone Daddy.” His spokesperson has also released a statement givng us more details. “Jackson Rathbone’s baby boy, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI, was born today at 9:43 a.m.,” it reads. Little baby Jackson also weighed in at 8 pounds and 11 ounces. How adorable is that? If you got any kiddie vampire jokes, let us hear them, because our brains are scrambled about the fact that this has actually happened. C’mon … it’s Jackson! And he’s a dad!

We haven’t really heard much from or about him since we published the news that his girlfriend,...

Twilight Breaking Dawn star Jackson Rathbone is having a baby with girlfriend Sheila. According to a new report from celebrity-gossip.net, Twilight Saga, Jasper Hale, star Jackson Rathbone reportedly knocked up his girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi,and so now they're expecting a baby within the next 4 months or less,since she's reportedly 5 months prego. I'm guessing Sheila is quite ecstatic,because now,she gets some of that Twilight cash. Oh, and she also gets a beautiful and stuff too. They say, his rep confirmed the news with Us Weekly magazine,and gave a statement from Jackson and his girl,which stated, they are "thrilled and excited to be expecting their first child." Insiders claimed that Sheila is about 5 months pregnant,and Jackson is making preparations. He traded in two sedan cars for a family-friendly SUV.

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In early 2009 I took my childhood friend Evan Sneider, a 31 year-old with Down Syndrome, out to lunch to see whether he’d be interested in letting me write a feature length film for him to star in, Girlfriend.

“It’s going to be a little dark, Evan,” I said to him. “There’s going to be violence, and maybe even a little sex.”

“That’s fine with me,” Evan said with a smile while finishing a steak and cheese pizza. “Sounds like fun.”

Five months after that lunch we were casting the other roles and had found three willing actors – Shannon Woodward, Amanda Plummer, and Jackson Rathbone – to act alongside Evan and a group of non-professionals I hand-picked from our hometown of Wayland, Massachusetts.

Four months after that we were shooting, and year after that we were world premiering at the 2010 Toronto Int’l Film Festival.

And then, another year and some film festivals later,...

At last night’s 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life split the Best Feature prize, closing a night filled with shocking outcomes that included the films with the most nominations, The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, getting shut out.

Along with the eight awards handed out, see full list of winners below, there were also sightings by some of the most respected talents working today, including Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch, Christopher Plummer and the co-hosts for the night Oliver Platt and Edie Falco.

In addition, career tribute awards were handed out to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, Tom Rothman and David Cronenberg.

Read news, features and reviews on many of the winners and nominees at our dedicated Gothams Awards page.

2011 Gotham Award winners:

Best Feature: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick and Beginners, directed by Mike Mills

Best Documentary: Better This World,...

I hate ties when it comes to handing out awards, especially if you're going to hold an actual awards show. What's the point in declaring the best of something if you can't determine what the best is? That said, I guess it can be looked at as something of a surprise when the 21st annual Gotham Independent Awards hand Best Feature to The Tree of Life and Beginners considering I think most felt The Descendants had it in the bag. And yet, that's not the end of the surprises. Beginners also scored Best Ensemble over the likes of The Descendants and Margin Call, both of which have been praised for their ensemble performances. The buzz this generates for Beginners should certainly help it on its way through Oscar season, hopefully keeping Christopher Plummer's supporting performance a front-runner for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. Breakthrough Actor is a bit...

While the reviews for Beginners were almost all positive, very few people have had a chance to see the film. I myself watch over 100 new releases each year and it still took me a few months to catch up on the movie. I finally got around to seeing Beginners this week and called it the most overlooked film of 2011. I guess I can no longer say this. Last night, the Gotham Independent Film Awards surprised everyone with a tie for Best Feature Film with Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life taking the top prize. Who would have ever guessed?

Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.

via The Collider

Gotham Independent Film Awards™

Winners Announced

New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...

"The Tree of Life" and "Beginners" emerged as the big winners for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards. "The Descendants" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" led the pack with three nominations each but in the end, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and Mike Mills' "Beginners" ruled the night.

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Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here

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The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!

Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.

"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...

The Gotham Awards mark the unofficial beginning of awards season so it's actually kind of appropriate that the big winner at this year's Gothams was a movie called "Beginners." Mike Mills' autobiographical story of a dying father and his grieving son scored two awards at tonight's Gotham Awards: one for Best Ensemble Performance and one for Best Film. In an usual twist, "Beginners"' Best Film award was actually shared with another movie, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life." The oh-so-rare awards season tie was a result of the way the Gothams use small juries of filmmakers and industry professionals rather than a large body of voters to select their winners. According to indieWIRE, the Best Film jurors deliberated for two and a half hours before finally settling on the cinematic equivalent of a hung jury.

In general, it was a night of many surprises at the show.

They couldn’t choose between just two. At the 2011 Gotham Awards the jury announced they couldn’t possible choose one over the other and made the unprecedented decision to award Best Feature to Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, the latter of which topped Sight & Sound’s year-end list. The duo beat out Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants, widely considered a frontrunner and take the prize that Debra Granik picked up last year for Winter’s Bone.

Mills’ film also picked up best ensemble, which included Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller and Keegan Boos. In a disappointing turn, Felicity Jones in Like Crazy beat out my personal best actress pick of Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene. Check out the full list of winners below thanks to indieWIRE.

Best Feature: Tie: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick and Beginners,...

The Gotham Awards are going on at Cipriani's even as I type this. As you know Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg, and Tom Rothman are being honored with career tributes but competitive prizes are also being handed out.  

Tilda, Charlize, and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) glam up the event

Awards...

Breakthrough Actor Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)  

Breakthrough Director Dee Rees (Pariah) 

Ensemble Performance Beginners 

So it hasn't been a good night for Martha Marcy May Marlene which was nominated for all three of those prizes despite no Best Feature nomination.

Best Film Not Playing in a Theater Near You Scenes of a Crime directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock

Audience Choice Girlfriend directed by Justin Lerner 

Best Documentary Better This World

Best Feature ***Tie*** Beginners and The Tree Of Life

The tie between Beginners and Tree of Life is a strange development. According to IndieWire the jury debated for 2½ hours.

In a release sent out today, the Ifp has announced that actors Oliver Platt and Edie Falco will serve as co-hosts for this year’s Gotham Independent Film Awards, which take place this year on Nov. 28 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

This is the second straight year two actors known for their work in indie films will be hosting the event. Last year Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson did the honors.

Also announced today are the five finalists for this year’s Gotham Independent Film Audience Award. Comprising 29 audience award winners from the top 50 Us and Canadian film festivals, the top vote-getters from the online voting that took place Oct. 18 – Nov. 2 are:

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

Dir. Constance Marks

Buck

Dir. Cindy Meehl

The First Grader

Dir. Justin Chadwick

Girlfriend

Dir. Justin Lerner

Wild Horse, Wild Ride

Dirs. Alex Dawson & Greg Gricus

Voting is now open at gotham.

Gotham Awards find hosts in Edie Falco, Oliver Platt The actors who co-star in Gods Behaving Badly, are tapped to host, reports Variety. Also, Audience Award winners have been announced and include Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey directed by Philip Shan, Buck directed by Cindy Meehl, Greg Gricus and Alex Dawson's Wild Horse, Wild Ride, The First Grader from Justin Chadwick and Justin Lerner's Girlfriend. These were pulled from 29 films which won audience awards around the U.S. Falco of The Sopranos, is currently in the critically-acclaimed series Nurse Jackie. Film-wise, she played in Eric Mendelsohn's drama 3 Backyards with Embeth Davidtz and Alias Koteas.

Gotham Awards find hosts in Edie Falco, Oliver Platt The actors who co-star in Gods Behaving Badly, are tapped to host, reports Variety. Also, Audience Award winners have been announced and include Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey directed by Philip Shan, Buck directed by Cindy Meehl, Greg Gricus and Alex Dawson's Wild Horse, Wild Ride, The First Grader from Justin Chadwick and Justin Lerner's Girlfriend. These were pulled from 29 films which won audience awards around the U.S. Falco of The Sopranos, is currently in the critically-acclaimed series Nurse Jackie. Film-wise, she played in Eric Mendelsohn's drama 3 Backyards with Embeth Davidtz and Alias Koteas.

Gotham Awards find hosts in Edie Falco, Oliver Platt The actors who co-star in Gods Behaving Badly, are tapped to host, reports Variety. Also, Audience Award winners have been announced and include Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey directed by Philip Shan, Buck directed by Cindy Meehl, Greg Gricus and Alex Dawson's Wild Horse, Wild Ride, The First Grader from Justin Chadwick and Justin Lerner's Girlfriend. These were pulled from 29 films which won audience awards around the U.S. Falco of The Sopranos, is currently in the critically-acclaimed series Nurse Jackie. Film-wise, she played in Eric Mendelsohn's drama 3 Backyards with Embeth Davidtz and Alias Koteas.

Oliver Litondo, The First Grader The five nominees for the Gothams' Festival Genius Audience Award have been announced. They are: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Buck, Girlfriend, The First Grader, and Wild Horse, Wild Ride. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, Constance Marks' documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey traces the life and career of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Elmo. Cindy Meehl's Buck is a documentary about Buck Brannaman, the man who inspired the book The Horse Whisperer and the ensuing Robert Redford-directed movie. Justin Lerner's Girlfriend revolves around a young man with Down's Syndrome who financially assists his object of desire, a woman stuck in an abusive relationship. Set in Kenya, Justin Chadwick's The First Grader tells the story of an eighty-something ethnic Mau Mau (Oliver Litondo) eager to learn to read and write. Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus' documentary Wild Horse,...

Ta staff member Rebecca, is back again this week with a brand new Top Ten Tuesday. This week we’re bringing you the top ten movies starring the awesome Cullen family from our Twilight Saga films. We’re talking of course about Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene. Check it all out below:

*In no particular order*

1. Can’t Hardly Wait – Peter Facinelli

Multi-character teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night.

Read more at IMDb here.

2. The Art of Getting By – Elizabeth Reaser

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who’s made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

Read more at IMDb here.

3. Accepted – Kellan Lutz

A high school slacker who’s rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.

Read more at IMDb here.

4. Thirteen – Nikki Reed

A thirteen-year-old girl’s relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend. Written by Nikki Reed and also stars Sarah Clarke and directed my Catherine Hardwicke.

Read more at IMDb here.

5. Girlfriend – Jackson Rathbone

A young man with Down’s Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.

Read more at IMDb here.

6. Skateland – Ashley Greene

In the early 1980s, in small-town Texas, dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way.

Read more at IMDb here.

7. The Family Stone – Elizabeth Reaser

An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family’s annual Christmas celebration and finds that she’s a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Read more at IMDb here.

8. Stick It – Kellan Lutz

Check out a scene with Kellan here.

After a run-in with the law, Haley Graham is forced to return to the world from which she fled some years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman, Haley’s rebellious attitude gives way to something that just might be called team spirit.

Read more at IMDb here.

9. The Lords of Dog Town – Nikki Reed

The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970′s. Based on a true story. Directed by Catherin Hardwicke.

Read more at IMDb here.

10. Dread – Jackson Rathbone

Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.

Read more at IMDb here.

Which movies are your favorite? Did we leave any off your list?...

We have a special treat for you tonight, with a fantastic review of Jackson Rathbone’s movie, Girlfriend. The review is written for Ta by our very own Becky, perhaps better known as Becky in Philly to many who know her here. Enjoy the Girlfriend review below, and then find a way to watch the movie!

Girlfriend is the story of a young man named Evan, with Down Syndrome, whose wish is for a love affair. When his mother dies, he is left on

his own and he decides to use money left by his mother to help a former classmate, Candy, played by Shannon Woodward, who is struggling to raise her son and deal with her ex-boyfriend, Russ, played by Jackson Rathbone.

The movie follows a series of choices Candy, Russ, and others around Evan make that in some way affect him. Some choose to use him, others choose to ignore or dislike him, though some choose to be his friend. The film is a lesson on how we treat others and how they in return treat us. It is compelling and gripping, drawing you into Evan’s life and those around him.

Newcomer Evan Sneider plays the role of Evan as if he were a well-versed actor. He is, at times, the innocence in a sea of people that only want things from each other and will use any means they can to get it. You feel the loneliness Evan feels as he goes about his life with people all around him that don’t have the time for him or don’t want him around. You feel the frustration he has with his own physical limitations and people’s perceptions of those with disabilities. You feel his utter sadness at the loss of his mother and his want to seek solace and comfort in someone.

Woodward’s Candy is trying to protect her son, while at the same time making bad choices about the men in her life. She struggles with trying to understand Evan’s interest in her but chooses to play along with him, thinking he doesn’t understand her actions, and uses him to her own advantage.

Rathbone plays the role of bad boy Russ well. He makes you dislike Russ, giving him a smarmy smile and a condescending attitude. Russ’ only interest in Evan is to use him to get to Candy.

An award winner at Tiff ’10, the movie has been high anticipated and very well reviewed. The movie enjoyed an extended run at the Quad Cinema in New York City in July. It has been shown at a number of film festivals around the world including Ireland, Portugal, and Russia as well as a number of festivals here in the Us. It recently won Best Narrative Feature and Best of Festival at the Woods Hole Film Festival in Massachusetts. The movie was filmed outside of Boston.

On September 16, there will be a showing at the Cornell Cinema, the Cornell University Film School’s year round film festival. You can check out more here.

On September 21, Girlfriend will make its Los Angeles premiere at the Downtown Independent Theater to be followed by a Q & A and then a rooftop after party DJ’d by Jackson Rathbone. Find out more here.

The film will also have a showing on Friday, October 21, in Auburn Hills, Mi to benefit the Spencer Bell Endowment fund at the University of Michigan.

Check out Girlfriend Motion Picture for more info!

Many, many thanks to Ta’s own Becky for her fantastic review and constant work to get Girlfriend the attention it deserves!

Justin Lerner's coming of age story about a man with Down's Syndrome, "Girlfriend," won the jury award for best narrative feature and the "Best of the Fest" in the audience category at the 20th Woods Hole Film Festival. Also taking winning accolades was Laura Israel's "Windfall," taking the jury award for best documentary. The film centers on the rural town of Meredith, NY NY who grow increasingly alarmed as they ...

Want to hear what happens when Jackson Rathbone faces a rather clueless interview? Well, by all means, proceed to the video section of the sidebar and take a listen.

Now, we've seen before how capable Rathbone is at handling interviews which come apart at the seams. Usually, it becomes pretty funny. Remember when he was in New York in mid-July and the anchor ended up just giving Jackson Rathbone her earpiece? Yeah, see, he was cute about it and brushed it all off and the interview still wound up being fine.

This one, I feel like, has Rathbone in a corner. Clearly, he was speaking to the station on behalf of Girlfriend, his independent film which is trickling through local theaters, but the conversation got a little

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Jackson Rathbone recently did what turned out to be a rather obnoxious interview with Kiss 108 FM. Even though the host of the show continually went off track with the actor-musician, getting completely sidetracked with his “good vampire” bit, Jackson continued to get back on track and really promote his movie, Girlfriend. Check out the interview below:

(Thanks Noor!)

Wow, that radio host was really just kind of rude to Jackson. I was amazed at how well Jackson just completely kept his cool and went back to the what he was supposed to, and promote Girlfriend. I love that Jackson really chose to shine the light on Evan, the star of Girlfriend, and kept pushing the host to listen to what he had to say about him.

Way to go Jackson! What did you think of this interview? Do you think the radio host was too obnoxious or did you enjoy his banter?...

It's not often that I can honestly say that a movie strikes me as completely original, but that is true of Justin Lerner's new film "Girlfriend," opening today in New York.  It's the sort of film I have trouble even assigning a genre as I watch it, and I strongly encourage you to get out and support this tiny indie right now while you can, and maybe we'll see this one get a wider release, which it absolutely deserves. I'm curious what the order of events was for this one.  The lead in the movie, Evan Sneider, is a young man...

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...

By Kim Palacios

hollywoodnews.com: It’s an untraditional—but creative—way to raise funds for an indie film needing wider distribution. Yet, the Wayne/Lauren Film Company, the production house for “Girlfriend”, is now taking donations. Its goal is to raise $110,000 in order to make the film available to a wider audience. The film did well at the Toronto International Film Festival, but has few current prospects for wider screening. A $500 donation buys a Pa spot on the production company’s next film.

Its fundraising technique isn’t the only characteristic that makes this film unique. “Girlfriend” is the first American film to cast an actor with Down’s Syndrome in a leading role. The part is played by Ben Sneider, as Evan, a man who seeks the affection of Candy (Shannon Woodward), a single mother who has fallen upon hard times. In addition to financial woes, Candy finds...

This post includes information about Jackson Rathbone's new film by Justin Lerner entitled Girlfriend. Also contains information about Chris Weitz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon director)'s 'A Better Life', Catherine Hardwicke's 'Red Riding Hood' and how she was turned down for the role of director for 'The Fighter' because she is a woman . . . Also, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 premiere date rumor . . . Renesmee Little actresses names include Rachel St. Gelais, Sierra Pitkin, Eliza Faria all for Mackenzie Foy's little body double . . . in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 . . .

MTV has a great article talking about how Jackson Rathbone’s indie hit Girlfriend is having some money troubles and limiting the number of people who see the movie. To help the film reach as wide of an audience as possible, the producers of Girlfriend have set up a fundraising page. Read more below:

Sometimes, critical acclaim, online buzz and a “Twilight” star just aren’t enough for an indie film to reach a wider audience. Such is the case with the Toronto International Film Festival hit “Girlfriend,” starring Shannon Woodward (“Raising Hope”), Evan Sneider (the first lead feature film actor with Down’s Syndrome) and some guy you may have heard of named Jackson Rathbone.

As a way to get their film to as wide an audience as possible, the producers of “Girlfriend” created their own fundraising page on IndieGoGo.com. It’s pretty simple: The adoring public spares some cash, and the producers will use that money to hold more screenings of the film in theaters, on demand and online.

In a statement exclusive to Hollywood Crush, “Girlfriend” producers Justin Lerner (who also directed the movie), Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson and Shaun O’Banion explained why they created the site.

“As many people know, the costs of finishing a film, making prints, submitting to festivals, as well as publicity and marketing (the big one) are, as Kevin Smith pointed out at Sundance this year, sometimes more costly than an indie film’s entire budget. Therein lies the dilemma for a complex, artistic, intelligent film like ours,” they wrote.

Read the full story at MTV here.

Exclusive: The actor/musician/songwriter who played the role of Jasper Hale in the popular vampire series, as well as Sokka in the Last Airbender film, is currently producing a new film while still working with his band 100 Monkeys. Jackson's latest project, Girlfriend, is about a young man with Down's Syndrome named Evan. Evan romantically pursues a small town single mom named Candy, who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend Russ. Not only did the actor play the part of Russ, he also served as a producer and as the film's composer. "I was approached by my bandmate Jerad Anderson who put most of the pieces together for the film before bringing me into the picture. As producer, actor and composer I was able to bring an overall thematic element to the film that I would not have...

Rathbone's label may release the upcoming album from his own band, 100 Monkeys, in addition to other artists' music.

By Terri Schwartz

Jackson Rathbone

Photo: Damian Vaca/ MTV News

Because filming a blockbuster film, working on a new album and going on tour apparently aren't keeping him busy enough, Jackson Rathbone has decided to set up his own record label, too. In an interview with Zooey magazine, Rathbone revealed that he'll soon be known for the artists he helps develop, as well as for his acting and his own music.

The multitasking star best known for portraying of Jasper Hale in "The Twilight Saga" is currently filming "Breaking Dawn" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and also is working on finishing his next album with his rock group, 100 Monkeys. His fellow bandmates went with him to the movie set so that they could complete the album and kick off a 10-day tour starting after Christmas.

Rathbone's label may release the upcoming album from his own band, 100 Monkeys, in addition to other artists' music.

By Terri Schwartz

Jackson Rathbone

Photo: Damian Vaca/ MTV News

Because filming a blockbuster film, working on a new album and going on tour apparently aren't keeping him busy enough, Jackson Rathbone has decided to set up his own record label, too. In an interview with Zooey magazine, Rathbone revealed that he'll soon be known for the artists he helps develop, as well as for his acting and his own music.

The multitasking star best known for portraying of Jasper Hale in "The Twilight Saga" is currently filming "Breaking Dawn" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and also is working on finishing his next album with his rock group, 100 Monkeys. His fellow bandmates went with him to the movie set so that they could complete the album and kick off a 10-day tour starting after Christmas.

Rathbone's label may release the upcoming album from his own band, 100 Monkeys, in addition to other artists' music.

By Terri Schwartz

Jackson Rathbone

Photo: Damian Vaca/ MTV News

Because filming a blockbuster film, working on a new album and going on tour apparently aren't keeping him busy enough, Jackson Rathbone has decided to set up his own record label, too. In an interview with Zooey magazine, Rathbone revealed that he'll soon be known for the artists he helps develop, as well as for his acting and his own music.

The multitasking star best known for portraying of Jasper Hale in "The Twilight Saga" is currently filming "Breaking Dawn" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and also is working on finishing his next album with his rock group, 100 Monkeys. His fellow bandmates went with him to the movie set so that they could complete the album and kick off a 10-day tour starting after Christmas.

Jackson Rathbone and his band 100 Monkeys are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, working on their second album, “Liquid Zoo,” and they stopped by a local news program to talk about, among other things, the theory behind the band’s name, their intense schedule, and how at least one of their gigs in the area has been for the benefit of a local high school.

You can check out their interview in the attached video.

As mentioned, the guys are sort of “nomads” at the moment, since they’ve been stationed in so many different regions of the country over the last few years, but – and this seemed to go without saying in this interview at least – they’re probably in Baton Rouge at the moment to support Rathbone’s filming needs for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. They kept together throughout New Moon,...

At last night’s Scream Awards, I managed to interview both Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed on the red carpet before the show. At first I didn’t know Nikki Reed was there as the interview started with Rathbone. However, a minute or so in, Reed snuck her way in and that’s when I tried to find out how The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is going. They revealed filming hasn’t yet begun on the final installment, but they both called the script “amazing.” They also don’t know when they start yet. In case you’re not aware, Rathbone plays Jasper Hale and Reed plays Rosalie Hale.

Rathbone also talked about his band 100 Monkeys and how Reed is going to direct an upcoming video for the band. Hit the jump to watch the interview. It’s time indexed so you can watch the parts that interest you:

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Jackson Rathbone ("Jasper Hale" in the Twilight Saga films) is definitely a unique guy. He's multi-talented, humble, and witty to boot. So, to see that he's joined his bandmates from the 100 Monkeys in a new GoDaddy.com commercial isn't terribly surprising at all.

The group traveled together to promote Girlfriend (which stars Rathbone and Jared Anderson - also from the band) at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, and new tour dates for their concert series have been announced here.

This isn't the first com ...