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The Host Teaser: I Guess Aliens Have Really Pretty Eyes

Becky Kirsch — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:18:13 PDT

The Twilight Saga may be winding down this year, but The Host is another Stephenie Meyer adaptation to look forward to. Unfortunately, the first teaser for the film - which stars Saoirse Ronan as a woman who fights against an alien that tries to take over her body - is pretty underwhelming. There's no real footage from the film, just some threats that the world as we know it is about to be taken over (and apparently, you can see it in our eyes). The trailer loses more points since we don't get to see Ronan's cute costar Max Irons at all. At least there's still a full trailer to look forward to.

CelebStyle Smarts

Hannah Weil — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:27:56 PDT

This week brought celebrity style in the form of sunny, summery wear, perfectly-executed travel ensembles, and ultrachic party looks. In the mix, we spied Kirsten Dunst looking fresh in yellow, Kate Bosworth showing off her signature style, and Saoirse Ronan playing it peppy in print. Of course, as always, we want to know how well you were paying attention - take the quiz and find out!

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Link Time - See Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz in Gambit

BuzzSugar — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:08:14 PDT

Here's your first look at Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth in Gambit - Movieline
Check out the trailer for Life in a Day - Rotten Tomatoes
Cobie Smulders spills on the How I Met Your Mother season finale - Zap2it
Kristen Stewart's Snow White movie gets a release date - Moviefone
Here's a guide to all the series that have been canceled - TV Squad
Saoirse Ronan will go vampire in Byzantium - /Film
Angelina Jolie's Bosnia film gets a title and release date - Vulture
Robert De Niro will play Bernie Madoff - The Wrap
2011 guide to Summer flicks for kids - LilSugar

Celeb Style: Saoirse Ronan

Hannah Weil — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:57:47 PDT

One of our favorite girls on the rise, Saoirse Ronan, stepped out in a sweet seasonal ensemble, while out and about for the CineMagic festival in Dublin. Mixing a playful printed Topshop romper ($100) with a sheer-sleeved little jacket, she sets the mood for a look that's youthful, peppy, and pulled-together. We love how her Miu Miu oxfords play up the polished vibe; then throw on a brightly-hued crossbody bag ($118) and you're out the door. Just click the items above to shop the same style.

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Link Time - Watch the Full Trailer For Real Steel

BuzzSugar — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:30:45 PDT

Check out Hugh Jackman in the full trailer for Real Steel - Pajiba
Watch a mash-up video of wedding movie mishaps - Moviefone
Watch Rachel and Jesse duet on tonight's Glee - Zap2it
Check out CBS's Summer TV schedule - TV Squad
Saoirse Ronan out, Hugo Weaving in for The Hobbit - /Film
Al Pacino joins the Gotti movie - PopWatch
Get reacquainted with the cast of Bachelor Pad 2 - TV.com
Warren Buffett will appear in The Office season finale - SavvySugar

Saoirse Ronan Will Become Stephenie Meyer's Host

Shannon Vestal — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:25:26 PDT

Author Stephenie Meyer is stepping outside of the Twilight realm and taking another novel to the big screen. Saoirse Ronan will star in The Host, a science-fiction story about a girl who's fighting for control of her body after being possessed by a "soul." The souls are an alien race that has come to Earth to usurp the bodies of humans. Ronan will have the challenge of portraying Melanie, the human host, and Wanderer, the soul who has invaded her.

If anyone can tackle a character with warring sides, it's Ronan, who's played complex characters in Hanna and Atonement. If you've read The Host, let me know how you think Ronan measures up.

Saoirse Ronan and Joe Wright Talk Hanna's Action and "Fun" Fight Scenes

BuzzSugar — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:00:00 PDT

Hanna is released into theaters this weekend, and we had a chance to sit down with star Saoirse Ronan and director Joe Wright. The pair talk about why the action of the film attracted them to the movie, the experience of shooting in freezing-cold Finland, and how much fun it was to film the fight choreography.

Hanna: A Little Off the Mark

Lauren Bradshaw — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:00:00 PDT

Too often in movies, we're presented with strong female characters that can throw punches and scale walls with ease, but they're so done up that it's hard to take them seriously as heroines. But Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is the real deal. At only sixteen, she avoids those femme fatale stereotypes and solely focuses on one thing: kicking ass.

In Hanna, Ronan reteams with her Atonement director Joe Wright for the dark story of a girl raised as an assassin by her ex-CIA father (Eric Bana). They've lived in hiding together so he can protect his daughter from an enemy from his past, intelligence agent Marissa Weigler (Cate Blanchett). But when Hanna very proactively reveals their location, Marissa launches into pursuit to track Hanna in a large-scale chase across Europe.

To get the full rundown of the film's pros and cons,

Even though Hanna is an expert at killing, she lacks basic social skills. The entirety of her knowledge of the outside comes from an encyclopedia in her father's cabin, so she often speaks by spouting off statistics. When she enters the unknown world and goes on the run, she's seeing most things for the first time. Even girls her own age are an oddity, as she befriends a particularly girly, boy-obsessed British teen and her family. But the moments where Hanna can dabble in normal adolescent behavior are fleeting, as there's always someone on her trail.

This is a departure for Wright who's been previously known for Atonement and Pride and Prejudice, and his foray into action is hit or miss. While the fight scenes are exciting, the combination of his camera shots and thumping European electro music (courtesy of The Chemical Brothers) can make you feel like you're inside a strobe light. Wright also tries to play up the fairytale-like qualities in the film, from the premise of a girl living in the woods to the evil-to-the-core villain. It enhances the movie's creepy factor; however, in the case of Marissa, it also makes the characters one-dimensional.

Hanna, however, is far from being stereotypical. She's incredibly unusual, and as played by Ronan, fascinating to watch. Ronan easily transitions between the childlike innocence and cold-blooded killer mentality needed for the role. But Hanna is often disconnected from others; even when she's upset, she still seems stoic. That lack of emotion is what makes her tick, but it also prevented me from getting more wrapped up in the movie. While Hanna may be an ace at hand-to-hand combat, I wish the film packed a little more emotional punch.

Get Saoirse Ronan's Pretty Premiere Makeup Look

Jaime Richards — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:00:51 PDT

For the New York premiere of her new flick Hanna, Saoirse Ronan wore a perfectly pretty palette of subtle smoky eyes, a neutral lip color, and a pop of color on her cheeks. "I wanted her to have a sophistication about her, but be completely age appropriate," said makeup artist Georgie Eisdell, who has also worked with stars like Christina Hendricks and Carey Mulligan. So to learn how to re-create Saoirse's makeup look with tips straight from Eisdell, just keep reading.

WonderCon 2011: Hanna Is an "Elegant" Action Heroine

Lauren Bradshaw — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:28:33 PDT

Saoirse Ronan came dressed for the fanboys at yesterday's WonderCon panel for Hanna. The young star showed up rocking a Wonder Woman t-shirt, as she sat alongside director Joe Wright to preview new clips from their upcoming thriller before a crowd of excited fans. The two collaborated previously on Atonement, but if you've seen the trailer for Hanna, then you know this is nothing like their previous work. But then again, the character Hanna is nothing like your typical heroine. Check out the panel highlights below to find out why.

The first question of the panel went to the director, Wright: why do a film like this after movies like Atonement and Pride & Prejudice? He said Ronan was actually the one who suggested he take it on. One of the things that attracted him to it was the fact that "It's not a franchise, not based on a comic, not even based on fairy tale specifically," which gave the director creative license to dream up his own world.
Wright joked that two of the bad guys in the film were actually inspired by his own bullies from when he was growing up. "It was my way of getting back at them, by having them slain by a girl," he quipped.
Ronan beats up guys twice her size in the flick, and the actress endured plenty of training to get the fight scenes, particularly in martial arts. "I suddenly had muscle in my arms, and I was strong," she said. "I had never experienced that before!"
As for why Ronan loved the script, she explained: "It's important that we have strong female characters in movies now." And unlike other "sexy or cool" leading women in film, Ronan likes that Hanna is a misfit. "She is weird, and I think Hanna as an action heroine - if that's what you want to call her - is quite elegant in her temperament and behavior except when she's kicking ass. I think we haven't seen an action heroine like this yet."
Wright also touched on the importance of heroines in movies, and got up on his soapbox to address female empowerment. "The place of young women in society, and the continued sexual objectification of women - I find that whole culture terrifying and kind of disgusting really," he said. "I wanted to address that with this film. I remember when the Spice Girls came out in the '90s and they called it 'girl power.' I think that's bullsh*t. I probably shouldn't say this, but I look at posters for recent films with girls kicking ass; there's one out at the moment, in bikinis and crop tops, and this is supposedly female empowerment, and that's bullsh*t. Female empowerment is not about sex; that's the point of female empowerment. It's about brains. So I was very keen to look at those issues with this movie, and Hanna exists outside of that." Obviously Wright was getting in a dig at Sucker Punch, but his little speech received huge cheers from the audience.