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Meskada Trailer Starring Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, and Kellan Lutz
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Meskada Trailer: Nick Stahl and Kellan Lutz Get Gritty

I had a peek at indie crime drama Meskada back at the Tribeca Film Festival, and today I have the trailer to share with you.
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I had a peek at indie crime drama Meskada back at the Tribeca Film Festival, and today I have the trailer to share with you. Nick Stahl stars as a young detective on the case of a boy's murder in his home county of Meskada. When the investigation exposes a chasm between two communities in the county — one wealthy, one not — the bleak movie becomes more about the politics of rich town vs. poor town.

Kellan Lutz takes a break from his vampire teeth to play supporting character Eddie, a citizen tangled up in the mystery. Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer plays a girl with whom he shares a connection (and a steamy sex scene). So does Lutz have anything to do with the crime Meskada revolves around, or could it be one of the other shady characters we meet? Watch the trailer and make your own assumptions when you read more

Review of Meskada From 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
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Tribeca Take Away: Meskada

The Tribeca Film Festival is rolling on in NYC, and this morning I was up bright and early to check out the promised Kellan Lutz shirtlessness in Meskada.
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The Tribeca Film Festival is rolling on in NYC, and this morning I was up bright and early to check out the promised Kellan Lutz shirtlessness in Meskada. Read on to see my review of the movie — and Kellan's abs.

  • Who's behind it? Josh Sternfeld, whose first feature Winter Solstice debuted during the 2004 Tribeca festival, both wrote and directed the film. Nick Stahl plays the lead role, with supporting performances from Kellan Lutz, GI Joe's Rachel Nichols, Norman Reedus, and Grace Gummer (one of Meryl Streep's actress daughters).
  • What's it about? Nick Stahl plays Noah Cordin, a detective in the rural but prosperous town of Hilliard. Noah is responsible for investigating the murder of a young boy during a botched robbery committed by Eddie (Kellan Lutz) and Shane (Jonathan Tucker). Higher-ups in the Meskada County police department send in an attractive lady detective to help Noah in the form of Leslie (Rachel Nichols). Eddie and Shane, meanwhile, return to their downtrodden village of Craswell, which also happens to be Noah's hometown. Craswell had been on the brink of revitalization with the promised arrival of a new factory and hundreds of jobs, but their collective future gets thrown into question when parties interested in the case flex their powerful muscles.

To see how I feel about the film, just read more

For Charlize, It's Not Easy Pretending to Be Ugly
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For Charlize, It's Not Easy Pretending to Be Ugly

Charlize glowed in gold (with a questionable hairstyle) alongside her co-star Nick Stahl at a screening of Sleepwalking in NYC last night.
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Charlize glowed in gold (with a questionable hairstyle) alongside her co-star Nick Stahl at a screening of Sleepwalking in NYC last night. In the past few years she's earned a bit of a reputation for choosing roles that hide her beauty, and her newest film fits right in with the trend. According to the actress, her character's appearances don't have any impact on how she picks her parts, saying,

"At the end of the day, it isn’t about what I physically look like — it comes back to storytelling. If I can find a good story, [that] is all that matters; I don’t judge a character on what I physically look like. I really don't care about appearance; that is so secondary to everything else that's more important in life."

Charlize has vented her frustrations about getting picked on for her movie choices more than once, but somehow it's hard to feel bad for someone who wakes up looking like that in the morning.

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Lots more pics including Padma Lakshmi, Carson Kressley, and Terrence Howard, so just read more

Charlize Theron at the Premiere of Sleepwalking
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Charlize Wears Two Hats and Sleepwalks

Charlize Theron got all done up and looked gorgeous in Lanvin for the premiere of Sleepwalking in LA last night, where she walked the red carpet with Audrina Patridge and costars Nick Stahl and Dennis Hopper.
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Charlize Theron got all done up and looked gorgeous in Lanvin for the premiere of Sleepwalking in LA last night, where she walked the red carpet with Audrina Patridge and costars Nick Stahl and Dennis Hopper. It was a pretty special occasion for Charlize, because she both starred in and produced the film. She told Entertainment Tonight, "I like all aspects of this industry; I feel so fortunate to be in this industry and get to do this, and there are so many other ways of being creative other than being in front of the camera. I love acting, and I also love this, so who knows."

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To see more of of Charlize, Nick Stahl, Dennis Hopper, and the rest of the cast just read more

Sundance Review: Sleepwalking
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Sundance Review: Sleepwalking

According to Charlize Theron at the Q&A session after the Sundance premiere screening for Sleepwalking, the movie's script really spoke to her, enough to make her want to produce and star in it.
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According to Charlize Theron at the Q&A session after the Sundance premiere screening for Sleepwalking, the movie's script really spoke to her, enough to make her want to produce and star in it. I have to wonder what, exactly, the script said to her that made it seem like a real standout project. It's not that this coming-of-age story with strains of poverty and abandonment is bad, necessarily, it's just forgettable. It didn't make me feel anything in particular except sleepy, which is perhaps appropriate, given the title.

The story follows young Tara (AnnaSophia Robb) whose unemployed, unsteady mother Joleen (Theron) suddenly disappears one day, leaving Tara in the care of her meek uncle James (Nick Stahl). Yet James soon finds that he can't care for his 12-year-old niece as well as keep a job and pay the rent, so when Tara insists they set out to find her mother, James eventually agrees. Their journey brings them to James and Joleen's father's ranch, despite the fact that this is the same gruff father (played by Dennis Hopper) who consistently berated and abused his children. Though the movie mostly seems like Tara's story, it's James who learns the most about himself and his own power, something he thought he didn't possess. To find out more of my thoughts on Sleepwalking, read more