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Buzz Time Machine: Natalie Portman's One of the Beautiful Girls

Lauren Bradshaw — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:30:00 PST

Natalie Portman is currently starring in the very dark, very adult film, Black Swan. But flashback to 1996, and she was a bright-eyed actress playing a wise-beyond-her-years preteen named Marty in Beautiful Girls. Even though Portman was still relatively unknown at the time, I remember being completely charmed by her performance in the film. In one of my favorite scenes, Marty suggests to Will (Timothy Hutton), that they get together - five years down the road, of course. Is her May-December flirtation wrong? Sure, but it's also kind of sweet. Watch the clip again.

Buzz In: What's Your Favorite Movie Sing-along Scene?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:01:39 PDT

Sigh. Movie sing-alongs. They are so good. When Top Gun was first out, if I wasn't head-over-heels for Tom Cruise already, his belting out of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" to Kelly McGillis would have sealed the deal.

And come on, who didn't want to run down to their local dive bar, take some shots and belt "Sweet Caroline" after that fantastic scene in Beautiful Girls? Also, I will never tire of the part in My Best Friend's Wedding when that gorgeous man, Rubert Everett, kicks off an all-restaurant sing-along to "Say A Little Prayer for You."

For me, sing-alongs can take a good scene and make it the best scene. They tap into that basic human desire to break into spontaneous song and dance when the mood strikes. OK, maybe that's just my basic desire.

So tell me, what's your favorite sing-along scene of all time?

After the jump, I just had to include the clip from My Best Friend's Wedding (note the people waving their lobster claw arms in the background toward the end!), so

What's Buzzworthy? Comfort Movies

BuzzSugar — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

Watching challenging films is a worthy goal, but sometimes, I just want to relax with a movie I've seen a zillion times before. My comfort movies may not be the best or smartest movies in my collection, but they're perfect for curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and mentally reciting the lines I've heard a million times before.

So for this week's Buzzworthy challenge, I'm asking you to bookmark your favorite comfort movies, the most trustworthy films in your collection. I'm starting you off with Beautiful Girls, a movie I've seen more times than I could count on my fingers and toes put together. All through college, I toted around a VHS tape with a recording of it from my parents' TV; then, I upgraded - slightly - to a beat-up official version I bought from eBay. I finally got the movie on DVD a couple of years back, and I still pull it out every time I just want to watch something familiar. For good measure, I've tossed in a couple of my other standbys, Laurel Canyon and Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Just use BuzzSugar's cool bookmarking tool to find your favorite comfort movies from around the Web, tag them with the phrase comfort movies, and let me know why you love keeping them around. I'll post some readers' favorites here next week.

You can also now make a list of your picks. Here are mine:

Movie Night: Holiday-ish Films

BuzzSugar — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:58:22 PST

So many movies, so little time. Thankfully, BuzzSugar is here to help you sort through them all! Each week, we'll choose a theme for a Movie Night and feature three must-see movies in keeping with that theme. This week's theme: holiday-ish films.

There are two types of holiday films. The ones, like Deck the Halls, that are entirely driven by holiday-based plots, and movies like The Holiday, where the action just happens to unfold over a holiday backdrop. Here are three of my favorite holiday-ish films that are fun to watch this time of year.

Love Actually

Nothing puts the warmth and cheer of the season into your heart quite like a film all about love in its various forms. Love Actually brings us many love-centric storylines at once: There are the coworkers awkwardly courting, the little boy whose world revolves around his beautiful classmate, the new marriage threatening to become a love triangle, and the old marriage starting to show cracks in its foundation. The wonderful cast (Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightly, and Laura Linney, to name just a few) is stellar enough to make the movie truly enjoyable, and it's even more fun to see how the stories intersect. And if you're anything like me, the real footage of people greeting loved ones at the airport in itself will be enough to get you all misty-eyed.

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Beautiful Girls

In Beautiful Girls, the holidays are the perfect time for Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) to go back to his hometown, introduce his soon-to-be-fiancee, Tracy (Annabeth Gish), to his father and brother, reconnect with old buddies, and reevaluate his life. The movie explores the idea of growing up, making sacrifices to live the life you want to live, and learning to be content with what you have. Willie's in a very mature relationship with a nice woman and lives in New York City, while his old buddies stuck around their old hometown. He befriends precocious 13-year-old Marty (Natalie Portman) next door, a fast-talking, dry-witted mini-adult who develops a crush on Willie. It's a highly realistic and funny film about the old problem of wanting what we can't have, and coming to terms with adulthood. Added bonus: Rosie O'Donnell goes on an absolutely classic tirade about women's magazines, men and relationships. Priceless.

While You Were Sleeping

Yes, the idea of someone fooling an entire family into thinking that she is their comatose son's fiancee is far-fetched. Yes, it requires some serious suspension of disbelief, and yes, the characters in said family are caricatures. Still, it's all worth it for this sweet, familiar comedy of mistaken identity. Basically, Lucy (Sandra Bullock) saves the life of a man named Peter (played by Peter Gallagher), though he is knocked into a coma in the process. When she goes to see him in the hospital, his family assumes she is his fiancee and she chooses not to correct them. She ends up spending holiday time with the quirky clan, quickly falling under their warm, charming spell. Before long, she realizes she is in love with her "fiance's" cute brother, Jack (Bill Pullman), which of course sets up an awkward situation, especially when Peter wakes up.

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Jessica Alba Adds Some Glamour to the Business World in a Photo Shoot Celebrating The Honest Company

Rebecca M Gruber — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:51:57 PDT

She's much more than just a pretty face! Jessica Alba knew she was on to something when she couldn't find a cute, affordable, and eco-friendly diaper after Honor Marie, 3½, was born. And it looks like other people are on to her now too. Jessica, through her founding of The Honest Company, was just recognized as one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company magazine. The actress, activist, and mom of two (lil Haven is 9 months old) posed in a beautiful photo shoot for the magazine, both with and without her daughters, and spoke about the inspiration for her latest venture. Among the parts of the interview that didn't make it into the magazine were her desire to shake up kiddie design and the obstacles she's overcome to get this far.

On incorporating modern design elements: Your baby is so cute, and you have to put a diaper on, and all of a sudden, it's like, wait, there's a paper bag on my baby's bottom! So once we got the effectiveness of our diapers down, I was like, "Why not make it cool?" I have tattoos, I have piercings, I grew up on MTV, I am a global citizen, I've been connected to the Internet pretty much my whole life; I feel like there's no company that speaks to me as a modern mom. I wanted to appeal to different types of aesthetics out there. So for boys' diapers - my partners thought I was completely cuckoo bananas - but we have skulls on a diaper, because I'm obsessed with Alexander McQueen and he makes skulls beautiful. And they were like, "Skulls on babies? No way!" And it's been one of our number one sellers, because people even like them on their girls, believe it or not. So we had anchors, as well, for the more traditional mom, and gingham.

On the whirlwind of creating a new company: I've been through lots of trials and tribulations, and I've learned a lot, and I now appreciate the uphill battle and struggle, because it forced me to be more tenacious and more focused and more passionate than I ever imagined that I could have been. I think that was probably the biggest lesson that I've learned.

Keep reading to see the entire photo shoot!

Photo courtesy of: Fast Company

90210 Moves to Mondays and More Schedule Switcheroos on The CW's Fall Schedule

Maggie Pehanick — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:21:06 PDT

Come Fall, the only recognizable thing about The CW's schedule will be The Vampire Diaries. Everything else is getting a major overhaul. While the network is keeping a lot of their series, nearly all of them are shifting times or days. 90210 is moving to Mondays, bumping Gossip Girl back an hour; Hart of Dixie will now be on Tuesdays before the new show Emily Owens, M.D.; and Supernatural has finally made it out of the Friday doldrums and been placed in a prime Wednesday night spot. Check out the full schedule when you

*New show

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 p.m. - 90210
9:00-10:00 p.m. - Gossip Girl/The Carrie Diaries* (midseason)

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 p.m. - Hart of Dixie
9:00-10:00 p.m. - Emily Owens, M.D.*

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 p.m. - Arrow*
9:00-10:00 p.m. - Supernatural

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 p.m. - The Vampire Diaries
9:00-10:00 p.m. - Beauty and the Beast*

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 p.m. - America's Next Top Model
9:00-10:00 p.m. - Nikita

American Idol: Who Deserves to Get Cut This Week?

Maggie Pehanick — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:47 PDT

This is it, y'all. There are only three finalists remaining on season 11 of American Idol. Not only did we get several performances from the top three this week, it was also hometown visit week! But first, Joshua got the party started with some Etta James then Jessica came out and gave a beautiful but totally boring rendition of Mariah's "My All." Phil Phillips got all Dave Matthews-y on "Beggin," and as Judge J Lo said, it was great.

All the Idols returned to heroes' welcomes in their hometowns, scenes that always melt my heart, before heading back to the stage for a second performance. Jessica even chanced a rendition of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," which inspired a positive response from judge Steven Tyler. (You go, girl.) This is the week they needed to show us what they've learned on the show and what kind of artist they'll be. The question is, after all the performances, whose album can you see yourself jamming to? Who doesn't deserve to make it to the finale next week?

Once Upon a Time Stars Dish About Their Hopes For Season Two

Maggie Pehanick — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:30:01 PDT

ABC's hit show Once Upon a Time has been renewed for a second season of fairy-tale fun, and no one is more excited than the cast. We caught up with some of the stars of the show at ABC's Upfronts party in New York City and chatted about who they'd be excited to see on the show, and what upcoming ABC shows they're adding to their DVRs.

BuzzSugar: Where do you hope your character goes next season?

Josh Dallas (Prince Charming / David): I just hope it gets more and more complex and intricate. I hope they give more of the backstory of Charming and who he is. We still don’t know his real name. We don’t know the whole story with him and his mother and his father. I think what’s great is that we’re going to be able to go back and look at all the characters that we’ve already established and dig deeper and deeper into them, and also have new people from the fairy-tale world.

Buzz: Which characters from the fairy-tale world would you like to see introduced?

Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White / Mary Margaret): Oh, I’d love to meet Ariel, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty - her job might be a little boring though.

JD: I would love to see Jack and the Beanstalk. I would love to see Ariel, The Little Mermaid, there are so many!

Lana Parilla (The Queen / Regina): There have been rumors about a mermaid appearance so I’m sad that I won’t be playing it. Every little girl’s dream is to play a mermaid. I had all my cousins convinced I was a mermaid when I was little, I was a better swimmer and they couldn’t go as far as I could out in the ocean.

See what else the Once Upon a Time stars had to say after the jump.

Why You'll Love to Use the Color Wheel in Your Makeup Routine

Jessica Cruel — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:10:00 PDT

The color wheel is used by professional makeup artists time and time again to help disguise discoloration on the skin, as well as find the best shadows for any eye color. Learn how to use this tool at home to raise your application skills to megastar status.

Emphasis: Color theory can be used to bring out your best colorful feature - your eyes. When you arrange two colors from the opposite side of the wheel next to each other, it makes them both pop. So blue-eyed beauties should look to orange and golden-toned shadows and liners. Green-eyed girls look to purple or rosy shades for an extra bright look. And for the brown-eyed babes, practically every color can work for you.
Corrections: If you're looking to reduce the appearance of a mark, dark spot, or pimple, turn to a colored primer or concealer to balance out the area. So, if you're attempting to shade in visible blue under-eye veins, reach for an orange concealer. Have rosacea or a red-toned pimple? Dab on a bit of green primer to erase it. Just remember: put an unwanted color in its place by looking to the opposite side of the wheel to find its balancing match.

Source: Flickr User glovsky225

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes Are Loved Up For an NYC Lunch

Allie Merriam — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:18:18 PDT

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes held hands after lunch in NYC yesterday. The couple are together in the US after Ryan spent a few months in Thailand earlier this year shooting Only God Forgives with his Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn. This weekend, though, it's Eva's turn to focus on film. She has Girl in Progress finally hitting theaters. The Girl in Progress reviews are not universally positive, but The New York Times praised Eva's performance, writing that she "seems so confident, so comfortable in her beauty, that it can be easy to underestimate her emotional range and her comic instincts." Eva will have another movie debuting later this month at Cannes. Her Holy Rollers is among the many movies debuting at the French film festival.