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Jennifer Aniston Starts Production Co., Announces Projects

BuzzSugar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:29:46 PDT

Brad Pitt can have his Plan B - Jennifer Aniston will do just fine with her own production company, thank you very much. Joining forces with producing partner Kristin Hahn (who served as executive producer on The Departed), Aniston is creating Echo, a production company with a first-look deal at Universal Pictures. Variety has more:

Echo's emphasis will be on producing grounded, relatable material, the partners say. . ."We're drawn to stories about people finding their voice and finding their way because they help us as listeners and viewers do what we feel we're all trying to do, which is making sense of our lives through the stories of others," Aniston said. "That's why we chose the name Echo, to echo back an idea, a challenge, something that resonates through all of us."

The busy duo has already acquired several projects for Echo, some of which sound pretty great. Of course, there's the singing Texan female prisoners movie Goree Girls which will also star Aniston. And then there's my favorite of the bunch: "Chemistry, a David Sussman-scripted dramedy centered around the fact that romantic love and obsessive compulsive disorder demonstrate similar brain chemistry." For a list of the other movies Echo will be handling,

ABC's Once Upon a Time Brings Magic to the TCA and May Fill Your Harry Potter Void

Becky Kirsch — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:40:43 PDT

Fairy tales come true on ABC's new drama Once Upon a Time, which follows the fictional characters we've all come to know and love (think Snow White, Prince Charming, Rumpelstiltskin), who have been cursed and forced to live as commoners with no recollection of their magical lives. Jennifer Morrison plays Emma, the abandoned daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who holds the key to breaking the curse and finding her true family. Morrison joined her costars (like Ginnifer Goodwin) and showrunners at the TCA today to discuss their whimsical show.

Each week, the series will go back and forth between the magical world and the current world, where the characters are leading regular lives in a town called Storybrooke. Goodwin, who plays Snow White/a teacher named Mary Margaret, called it "incredibly challenging and inspiring" to play two different sides to one character. She said that what was most exciting was not playing two characters, but playing Mary Margaret as a product of Snow White under the Evil Queen's spell.
Lana Parrilla, who plays the Evil Queen and Mayor Regina, echoed that sentiment. She said, "I'm having a blast. Anytime an actor is handed a script where an actor gets to play two roles is pretty awesome. I've worked pretty hard to show the contrast between the two characters. Regina is a much more complex character."
For her part, Morrison is enjoying playing the audience surrogate as the only outsider in Storybrooke. She said, "It's been fun to have that perspective on things, because someone has to comment on how ridiculous it all seems. It's fun to be able to have the freedom to have those reactions as Emma. She has a really tough exterior and for her to open herself to the idea of something like this out there and really embrace it is going to take some time."
Though breaking the curse seems to be the driving force behind the premise, the showrunners urged that it's really a show about the characters and what makes them tick. We've come to know these characters, but Once Upon a Time will explore that "void" in their lives, like what makes Grumpy grumpy and what makes the Queen hate Snow White.

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Exclusive! Apple and MAC Team Up For MAC² Makeup

Annie Tomlin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:10:43 PDT

Girl geeks will soon be a-twitter about the news that cosmetics giant MAC is releasing a limited-edition makeup collaboration with Apple. In news revealed exclusively to BellaSugar, the collection of lipsticks and eye shadows - MAC², get it? - coincides with the 10th anniversary of Mac OS X and the iPod, and is launching today, on the 35th anniversary of Apple's founding.

"Like Apple, MAC likes to think different," said MAC public relations associate Donna Scherzo. "Their commitment to innovation and design pairs perfectly with MAC's tradition of pushing boundaries." Scherzo spoke at a top-secret launch event in Cupertino, which brought beauty experts and engineers together. Makeup artists offered guidance on creating three different looks, while engineers provided lessons on Objective C programming basics.

Full collection photos and more info this way.

The Week in Geek

Kristen Hawley — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:00:28 PST

This week, a few notable product releases (including one potential iPad competitor), some more Apple rumors, and the best place to trade in your AT&T iPhone for cash. Check out these stories and more in this week's recap below.

The Verizon iPhone hit stores this week, and in case you're looking to unload an AT&T iPhone, eBay's trade-in program could net you some extra cash to put toward the new device.
It's nearly Valentine's Day and after coming off of the holidays (where it seems like everyone who didn't break up got engaged), it's nearly wedding season. Hence, Google introduced Google Weddings, a centralized location for tools to help you with wedding planning - from creating your own website to staying organized, and more.
New this week: the Kyocera Echo, the first dual-screen phone that seems to take a nod from the Nintendo DS.
Also new this week: HP's TouchPad, a tablet device that will arrive sometime later this year. It features a 9.7-inch multitouch display, 16 or 32GB of internal memory, dual core 1.2Ghz processor, and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. . . but no pricing details yet.
Speaking of HP, its Pavillion laptop series got some updates this week. The new dv6 and dv7 models feature a gorgeous exterior, completely redesigned speaker system, and more. Did I mention they're really pretty?
In exciting Kindle news, page numbers are finally here!
It wouldn't be a proper week without some Apple speculation, and this week we have two rumors: an iPad 3 (but. . . where is the iPad 2?) and an iPhone Nano. Which one is more plausible?
New York Fashion Week kicked off this week. If you didn't score an invite to Lincoln Center this year, here's how to watch online.
In celebration of Valentine's Day, we're giving away a Red BlackBerry Torch. Don't forget to enter - it ends tomorrow!