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Kate Moss Kicks Off London Fashion Week With Her 3D Piece

PopSugar — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:30:00 PDT

Kate Moss was the lady of the night yesterday as her ex Jefferson Hack hosted an event in her honor at Haunch of Venison in London. She teamed up with director Baillie Walsh to create a video project commissioned by Jefferson's publication, AnOther magazine, in which Kate was documented in 3D - the piece, called KM3D-1, sees Kate take on the role of Hindu goddess Kali. After the bash, Kate took off her heels and sensibly slipped into flats to leave the bash on the arm of another guy pal. The event also doubled as an unofficial launch party for London Fashion Week, which kicked off today. The action wrapped up at NYFW last night with Gwen Stefani's family-filled show. Now, stay tuned to PopSugar UK and FabSugar UK for the latest from England!

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Synecdoche, New York: Frustrating, Unsettling, and Worth It

BuzzSugar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:15:16 PST

Synecdoche, New York, is a haunting film. In the weeks since I saw it, I'm not sure a day has gone by that I haven't thought about it. It's also a humongous, confusing mess. But I'm willing to forgive Charlie Kaufman that; the high points are too high not to.

As the writer of such films as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kaufman has become known for his surreal - and, yet, ultimately, very real - explorations of humanity. Synecdoche, New York, his directorial debut, is maybe his most precise work on that theme, tracing his main character through years of middle age, declining health, and the potent desire to do something while there's still time. Kaufman may be suffering from a bit of that desire himself, as he tosses all kinds of twists into his story, some of which lead it astray. But that doesn't keep it from being a moving mood piece of a film.

Synecdoche, New York actually has a mostly logical main story: Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Caden Cotard, a local theater director producing a lowish-rent production of Death of a Salesman and struggling to maintain his marriage with his more-famous wife, Adele (Catherine Keener). When she takes off for Germany with their daughter and Caden receives a MacArthur grant, he decides to stage a giant-scale theater piece about life (yes, just that: life), setting it inside a towering replica of New York. Everything else spins off from there, so just

read more. Beyond that general outline, trying to make sense of Synecdoche, New York is largely a losing battle. It's best to just take the developments as they come - oh, of course Caden is seeing himself as a TV cartoon; naturally, that's his daughter all grown up and covered in tattoos. The plot is not necessarily the point; it's more about what the plot evokes. And what it evokes (other than some powerful, sweeping images) is a deeply unsettling feeling about what it means to grow up and grow old. Illness is a major presence, as Caden stumbles into affliction after affliction - some from unfortunate coincidence, some from unknown cause. Time is practically a character of its own, with Kaufman occasionally fixing the story at a given point and then drifting from it, letting his audience wonder if it's been weeks, months, or (in one case) 17 years since a particular event. Not everything works: The subplots involving Caden's family life and sexuality feel particularly flimsy and occasionally even uncomfortable. But in the world of Caden's theater piece, things start to click. Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, and Emily Watson deserve a chunk of the credit for that, as they deftly play the three women drifting in and out of Caden's life. Each of their performances is subtle and yet memorable, a particularly notable feat considering that before the film is over, they've each played a version of the same character. And to say too much about Tom Noonan's role would spoil it, but suffice to say it speaks directly to the movie's central theme of identity. Watching Synecdoche, New York can be a frustrating experience. There's so much that doesn't make sense, that doesn't fit that just doesn't seem possible. And yet at the end, as I watched the credits roll over a gorgeous, haunting tune (Jon Brion's "Little Person"), I felt like I'd just had a cathartic cry or some really intense therapy. Synecdoche, New York has its stumbles, faults, and flaws, but in the end, the experience is worth the trouble. Photos courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

Movie Preview: Synecdoche, New York

BuzzSugar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:30:08 PDT

Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York, has been generating positive buzz ever since it premiered at Cannes this year. Time Magazine calls it "A miracle movie," while Variety claims it is "a wildly ambitious and gravely serious contemplation of life. The picture exerts power and artistic mystery." If this new trailer is any indication, I am starting to see what all the fuss is about.

Philip Seymour Hoffman leads a hugely talented cast (including Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis and many more) in this story in which "[a] theater director (Hoffman) struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play."

Synecdoche, New York will start with a limited release on Oct. 24. To check out the trailer,

Buzz News Roundup, 5/7

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:34:59 PDT

Oxygen's Talk Sex with Sue is ending this week, but its sassy 77-year-old host promises she'll keep giving lectures, the Associated Press reports.
AMC has renewed Breaking Bad for a 13-episode second season, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
According to Variety, Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley will topline Queen of the South (La reina del sur), an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Spanish author Arturo Perez Reverte.
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have broken off talks without a contract, raising new fears about an actors' strike, TV Guide reports.
Madonna scored her seventh career No. 1 album this week, Billboard reports, with Mariah Carey coming in at No. 2 and Leona Lewis at No. 3.
Ugly Betty plans to move production from LA to New York City next season, writes Zap2it.
Samantha Morton and Woody Harrelson have joined Ben Foster and Jena Malone for the movie The Messenger, Variety writes.

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Kate Moss Celebrates Her Bachelorette Party at the Isle of Wight Festival!

Allie Merriam — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:04:00 PDT

Kate Moss gathered her best girlfriends together Friday and left London for a few days at the Isle of Wight Festival. The supermodel along with pals like Jade Jagger, Sadie Frost, Alison Mosshart, and Samantha Morton arrived at the music event Friday and proceeded to spend quality time together in the private Ray-Ban Room. The girls arrived in a pair of pink Hummers, which was the beginning of the fun Kate planned with a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding theme - they were also apparently wearing matching velour sweatsuits that said "Kate's Hen Do." They hit the fairground area and were driven around backstage while acts like Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, and Iggy Pop took the stage. Somehow, they even drank a reported 120 bottles of Mahiki rum. Kate, though, stayed at her rented cottage near the grounds on Saturday for some reason. Jamie Hince, meanwhile, got his boys together for a few days in St. Tropez to let loose at the Les Caves Du Roy nightclub. He was spotted enjoying an al fresco lunch at Le Club 55 yesterday before leaving in a helicopter.