The Box

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden hit the red carpet together in NYC last night at the premiere of their movie The Box. It hits theaters this weekend, though the buzz has been pretty quiet for the scary looking film with its chic '70s interiors. Cameron has been busy up in Boston filming Knight and Day with Tom Cruise, but she took a break to talk to Parade about her new film. Here are highlights:

• On life and being confident: "I don't have to prove anything to anybody. I know who I am. I have my own sense of myself. And the things that I do, I do for myself and to challenge myself and to have my own experience. I'm in a completely different place in my life now and I'm very comfortable where I'm at. I'm looking forward to the future. I'm looking forward to this afternoon and tomorrow and the next day and a month from now."
• On being self-deprecating: "I don't think that self-deprecation is healthy for people. I think you should have a healthy relationship with yourself. We all have our up days and our down days. But I'm not going to walk through this world hating myself because somebody doesn't like me or doesn't think I'm pretty or that I should be ashamed that people think that I'm pretty. How am I going to live my life trying to figure out what everybody else feels about me? All I can do is know how I feel about myself."
• On heartbreak: "Oftentimes, the way that we learn is to have our heart broken. As many times as we fall in love, our heart gets broken. But heartbreak is always a part of life, from not making a team in your favorite sport to your parents having a fight. Life is full of ups and downs. You can't know happiness without sadness and vice versa. The great thing about getting older is you become wiser and you gain knowledge and you grow. There's nothing wrong with that. That's a wonderful thing."

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• Hugh Jackman has declined to host next year's Oscars — Moviefone
• Spoon has announced their next album, Transference, due in January — Pitchfork
• Fox has renewed American Dad for a sixth season — Coming Soon
• This Is It has been certified fresh by critics — Rotten Tomatoes
• Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Check out these ideas inspired by TV characters! — TV.com
• Cop the '70s style from upcoming movie The Box — CasaSugar
• John Rhys-Davies isn't going to be in The Hobbit prequel as a dwarf — MTV Movies Blog
• Glee's Matthew Morrison, AKA Mr. Schuester, has plans to release a solo album — Access Hollywood
• The first Lost promo for season six is not terribly exciting — Vulture
• Get a load of the Today show hosts as the cast of Star Wars! — Best Week Ever

Today at Comic-Con, Warner Bros. provided a closer look at some of its most-anticipated upcoming films. In a packed 90 minutes, we got sneak peeks at Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, The Box, Jonah Hex, and Sherlock Holmes. The panels were chock-full of celebs, which made for a lot of fan excitement and some interesting questions (including multiple marriage proposals for Megan Fox and Cameron Diaz). Here are my thoughts:

• Where the Wild Things Are: We didn't get a full panel and Q&A for this one, but the clips were more than enough to satisfy fans who have been dying to see more of Spike Jonze's newest project. I was so excited to find that the scenes were just as touching and mesmerizing as as the film's trailer. Basically, I can't wait for Oct. 16!
• The Book of Eli: This morning I showed you all the trailer for the movie, but having the cast on hand was even better. Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman seemed to have a great relationship — the perfect balance of mutual respect mixed with a lot of goofing around. When asked what it was like to work together, they quipped:
  

  Washington: "It was like good sex. We had a ball together. Sometimes we do the scene as English gentlemen . . ."
  Oldman: "Sometimes you do it with the slang African-American, sometimes it's the English gentleman, sometimes it's the thespian . . . like good sex."

  It should be awesome to see these two duke it out on the big screen. Oh, and Oldman also revealed that he'll start filming the next Batman next year — adding "But you didn't hear it from me."

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Cameron Diaz was decked out in her new favorite travel outfit when she arrived at LAX from London yesterday. While she was overseas, Cameron apparently enjoyed attention from both Jude Law and Leonardo DiCaprio — though you are all pretty split over which guy would be a better match. She was paired with a few new male faces today when she appeared at Comic-Con in San Diego. Cameron joined James Marsden and director Richard Kelly to chat about The Box, which looks like a promising thriller despite its unusual premise.

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