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Actor and director made headlines after railing at a misogynist casting call for an Adam Sandler film, but says Wenzel had already left agency Innovative

Rose McGowan has confirmed her agent Sheila Wenzel was not responsible for “firing” the actor and director in the wake of her critical comments regarding sexism in Hollywood.

It is understood Wenzel left agency Innovative prior to McGowan’s infamous tweet on June 17, in which she railed at a casting note calling for actors to show off their cleavage with push-up bras. She later revealed the call was for an unspecified Adam Sandler film.

McGowan made headlines around the world on Thursday when she tweeted that she had been “fired” by her “wussy acting agent” for pointing out “the bullshit in Hollywood”. The Hollywood Reporter later named her agents as Sheila Wenzel and Steve Muller at Innovative Artists.

I just got fired by my wussy acting agent because I spoke up about the bullshit in Hollywood. Hahaha. #douchebags #awesome #BRINGIT

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 25, 2015

However, the actor has since taken to Twitter to clarify that Wenzel was not involved in her departure, calling her “a wonderful agent that ceased working with Innovative before my firing”. Wenzel also appeared to show support for McGowan on Twitter, retweeting a post in which the actor said the wonderful thing about being an artist was that “you can’t be fired from your own mind”.

Sheila Wenzel is a wonderful agent that ceased working with Innovative before my firing. She's a good, strong woman I'm proud to know.

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 25, 2015

Meanwhile, a report in Variety quotes a source at Sandler’s production company Happy Madison who denied all responsibility for the offending casting note. “They were not aware the casting director sent this note out,” the source said. “They felt it was completely inappropriate and have made sure that it has not been sent out again.”

Wenzel had also worked with Amanda Seyfried and Tomorrowland’s Britt Robertson at Innovative. On Thursday afternoon the under-fire agency issued a statement to the Hollywood Reporter confirming the departure. “Sheila Wenzel, Rose McGowan’s primary agent, parted ways with Innovative before McGowan’s tweet yesterday,” the statement reads. “Wenzel was not the primary agent for Amanda Seyfried and Britt Robertson.”

McGowan received support on Twitter yesterday from the Oscar-winning actor and feminist Jessica Chastain, who said her treatment confirmed “the misogyny underpinning the industry”.

As do I. Her treatment confirms the misogyny underpinning the industry. She should be celebrated for speaking out.👏 https://t.co/yUyO0LXkFd

— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) June 25, 2015

 Sourece: The Guardian

"I just got fired by my wussy acting agent because I spoke up about the bullshit in Hollywood," the actress tweeted Wednesday.

Rose McGowan appears to be changing agents.

In a Twitter message posted June 17, the Charmed actress criticized the wardrobe description for a part in a film that she received an audition script for. She said the forthcoming film stars a male actor whose name rhymes with "Madam Panhandler," and she later confirmed to E! that the star is Adam Sandler.

She pointed out that actresses auditioning for the role were told to wear a "black (or dark) form-fitting tank that shows off cleavage (push-up bras encouraged). And form-fitting leggings or jeans."

On Wednesday, McGowan tweeted that she had been dropped by her agent following the flap.

"I just got fired by my wussy acting agent because I spoke up about the bullshit in Hollywood. Hahaha. #douchebags #awesome #BRINGIT," she tweeted.

McGowan, who has recently appeared on Crackle's Chosen and ABC's Once Upon a Time, had been repped by Sheila Wenzel and Steve Muller at Innovative Artists. Wenzel and Muller did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

McGowan's tweets can be seen below.

casting note that came w/script I got today. For real. name of male star rhymes with Madam Panhandler hahahaha I die pic.twitter.com/lCWGTV537t

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 18, 2015

I just got fired by my wussy acting agent because I spoke up about the bullshit in Hollywood. Hahaha. #douchebags #awesome #BRINGIT

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 25, 2015

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind. #FREEDOM

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 25, 2015

McGowan, 41, who recently made the jump to directing with the critically acclaimed Sundance short Dawn, has described her reasons for making the initial comment in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“It was just so dumb,” she said. “I was offended by the stupidity more than anything. I was offended by the fact that went through so many people’s hands and nobody red flagged it. This is normal to so many people. It was probably even a girl that had to type it up. It’s institutionally OK.

“The part that made me laugh was where it said, ‘Make sure you read the script so you understand the context of the scene,’” said McGowan. “That was the part that made me laugh the hardest.”

McGowan said she was “not trying to vilify Adam Sandler”, but added: “Although someone did tell me that when he did his Netflix deal, he said, ‘I signed with Netflix because it rhymes with Wet Chicks.’ I mean, what? What in the fuck is going on? No!”

The actor, who will make her feature film directing debut on the upcoming thriller The Pines, said she had battled Hollywood sexism for more than two decades.

“When I did my first film, I was told by my agent that I would need to have long hair so men in this town would want to fuck me and hire me,” she said. “That was said to a 17-year-old.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter & The Guardian

Alright, Janet Jackson's comeback is really due. The singer just dropped a bomb on June 22 with the release of her first single in five years (ICYMI, Janet released a single, "Nothing", in 2010), her lead single for her upcoming comeback album, called "No Sleeep."

As it was revealed few months ago, Janet's comeback is in the process. Since then, Janet has dropped so many bombs with the announcement of her Unbreakable World Tour, a sneak peek of the backup dancers audition and few cryptic videos indicating her new music. And recently this new single surfaced online and has got her fans screaming in front of their electronic gadgets with and without voice.

So they say, Janet would never let her fans down. "No Sleeep" is a proof. Co-written and produced by Jackson herself and her longtime collaborators, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, her new song takes to a specific throwback to her songs like "That's the Way Love Goes" and those during the Velvet Rope era, but here in an updated version. The sultry and smooth groove depicts a kind of clean and neat production which seemingly avoids what today's songs sound like. The song particularly matches the dedication to her fans and her lover. Also, her signature breathy vocals seem to match in any music genres. It's true, Janet is still a living pop icon who experiments on music in a slight different way. That goes out with her songs considerably to be classic and iconic tunes.

In conclusion, "No Sleeep" slays. So, be sure to follow Janet's new music updates because she's a pop icon who makes good music, I guarantee.

Janet's new album is due to be released this fall and her Unbreakable World Tour tickets is on sale. For more information, go to Janet Jackson's official website.


Janet's new single "No Sleep" is available now! [ iTunes ... Amazon ... Spotify ... Google Play]

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ELISABETA TUDOR

 

Tired of Hollywood's misogynistic attitudes towards female actors, Rose McGowan has quit acting to make films that tell women's stories.

As her debut short-film Dawn, is set to be released on June 22 on YouTube we met with Rose McGowan and discussed her new vocation as a film director, the story behind her upcoming first feature film The Pines, and her escape from Hollywood's status quo of misogyny. And as it turns out, her new professional journey is far more personal than one could imagine.

First things first, let's discuss your short-film debut, Dawn, the tragedy of a teenage girl... 
Dawn is about growing up as a young woman in the 60s, experiencing first love and femininity, but it is also about asking what happens when we as a society, with maternal influences, bind our daughter's hands? How we give them no defense mechanism at all-we only say 'no, you can't do this', without explaining why. But it also questions the idea of masculinity, the two men that Dawn idolises are Robert Hunter and Rock Hudson, now known as gay actors, but at the time, they would have been her teenage dream. I also wanted to question class disparity by putting an emphasis on the material contrast between the working class and the middle class--for example, the condition of Dawn's family car which is brand new, versus the boy's car, who works at a gas station, which is much older. I say a lot without having to hit anybody over the head. So it's not a coming-of-age story per se, it's rather a cautionary tale.



What about the casting, how did you chose your actors?
I didn't want anybody to look like an actor from L.A. I got Tara Barr to play Dawn, her face doesn't have this innocent baby-fat anymore. As for the male lead role, I was looking for somebody who could embody a paedophile, a victimiser, a manipulator capable of gently scrambling Dawn's brain.

Dawn was screened during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. How did people react?
My favourite reaction was from one lady who told me that she threw up after watching it-for me it was a compliment. It was very stressful to her-not because there's any gore, because we don't really show any violence—but I think Dawn affects women of a certain age group, the generation of women who grew up in the 60s.

Why did you chose to focus on the 60s in particular?
Well the 60s are a very weird time for women. Even the sexual revolution, which came towards the end of the decade, was still benefitting to patriarchal culture. I mean, by the end of the 60s, you weren't considered as cool unless you were into free love, but five years earlier you'd been taught to only please a man. It was a very schizophrenic time for women, and I wanted to study that and express it through Dawn.

The way women perceive themselves - is this your principle priority at the moment?
Women-and the way women look at each other and feel about themselves-are at the core of my work. I was looking back on my own career and I realised that I was turned into a commodity, and one that I didn't participate in or sell very well. I felt very uncomfortable about making myself into that commodity. The male gaze affected me a lot, most of the time, when you see a woman on screen, she proceeds with the eyes of the men that filmed and directed her; she sees herself that way instead of having her own perception. And I've been seeing that way for years-I'm not blaming anybody, I was part of the Hollywood machine-but I'm glad that my own life experiences and empirical evidences made me think and act in a different way. The only way to get beyond this is to leave the gender part out of filming-you have to show people the middle. That it's not only always about men versus women or women versus men. For me, it's not even about focusing on a female-centric perspective, but rather about developing a story-centric one. I hope that comes through in Dawn.

The Pines, your debut feature film, is currently in pre-production. Can we get a little sneak-peek of the plot? 
It's set in 1971—it looks like I'm obsessed with period films, but I'm not. It's about a mother-daughter relationship. The mother used to be in a mental institution, where she committed suicide, and her daughter is in that same mental institution and is told to leave, but she actually doesn't want to leave, she feels safe there. Then, she gets taken in by a family of healers... and that's all I can tell for now. I will start the movie very desaturated, without colour, and as her mind gets healthier, the colour will evolve and get brighter… I basically want to question reality through visual elements.

Do Dawn or The Pines somehow reflect your own life experiences? Or is everything pure fiction?
 I use the women in my films as substitutes for what I want to say. I was institutionalised when I was young-not through any fault of my own, I had a step-father who wanted me out, and I was put in hospital from which I escaped. But the subject was very intriguing to me, as I met people there who felt more comfortable in the hospital and were completely afraid of the outside world. And I understood that, because for 7 years I quit acting, largely, and traveled compulsively, and ended up rattling around an empty house in Los Angeles. It was my version of the hospital, I was getting well in there, I could recover from a lot of personal issues, including my car accident, the death of my father, and many other things that happened to me. So I related to this script about a girl that is trying to find her own sanity. For me it took all of these things to get me out of acting.


Were you truly fed up with acting?
 Don't get me wrong, I loved it, but let's put it this way: it's very hard to think about other jobs when you're discovered standing on a street-corner at 18. I realised that my favourite part of being on set is being on set - leading, directing and running things, it's my personality. My brother used to call me Hitler!

Oh wow, that's something...
My job as an actor was to take the audience on a journey, and now, as a director, it's just a broader version of that. I used to be part of a universe as an actress, and as a film director, I'm defining that universe.

Did you feel trapped in Hollywood, and unable to express your own vision?
My brain needs a lot of stimulation, and as an actor you often don't get any. You need a good memory, a lot of stamina, emotion, and hopefully intelligence-it has great thought but it doesn't require it. Imagine if for 15 years, the only thing you've ever said is what somebody wrote for you to say. You're paid to be like somebody else. I actually grew up in my spare time, when I wasn't being other people, when I could focus on my extracurricular activities, such as lobbying on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), or working on a new web-platform for curated creative experiences, and on a music project, among many other things. What gets said and done in that town, especially towards women, is disgusting. There's an omnipresent ownership of women. Once, I had an agent who told me not to speak very much in meetings, because it was intimidating to men-and she was a woman! Or another example, three years ago, I was considering coming back to Hollywood when I met my husband, and was about to sign with a new manager-and that guy stuck his tongue in my throat after the meeting. I just reacted by saying ''C'mon! Is this still happening? Still? You just showed me a picture of your 9-month-old baby! But I will out you at some point. I've got a list.'' I always try to take everything with humor and with a punch in the nose for them. Mainstream America doesn't get me, but that's cool, because I don't get them either, so at least we have something in common.

Source: i-D

The iconic Elusive Chanteuse talked to BuzzFeed about her past, present, and infinity.

Let’s be honest, Mariah Carey probably needs no introduction. The singer, songwriter, actress, pop icon, diva, is not only the biggest-selling female act of all time (selling over 54 million albums), but also one of the most successful musical artists of all time. She’s had 45 singles land in the Billboard Hot 100, and of those, 18 have hit No. 1 — the most for any solo artist ever, and second overall only to the Beatles for most number ones (who have 20). Mariah recently compiled those career-spanning 18 number ones for her new greatest-hits album, #1 To Infinity, as well as for her new Las Vegas residency at Caesar’s Palace. In celebration of her album and show, Mariah talked to BuzzFeed (at the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland) and answered questions about everything from her career to which Mean Girl character she’d most like to be.


1. What do you love most about your career?
Mariah Carey: I love being able to do what I love for a living most about my career. It would suck to be stuck doing something I hated.

2. What, so far, has been your favorite career moment?
MC: Wow, I’ve been blessed and had so many moments. It definitely has to do with the Lambilys. My fans have made all my career moments special for me. They are the ones that have gotten me through every single thing — good times and bad, they are who I go to and lean on. I am very thankful for that.

3. Do you have a favorite moment in your new Vegas show?
MC: I love performing “Infinity” in Vegas because to see the people singing along to such a brand-new song — I just wrote and recorded it three months ago — it’s one of my favorite things. I love performing all the songs, but to sing “Infinity” after the 18 number ones is pretty cool.

4. Do you have a personal favorite off your #1 to Infinity album?
MC: Hmmm, a friend of mine told me last night that his favorite song was “My All,” and I have had lot of people tell me that’s their favorite song. And that song is based on a real moment; I wrote in the album credits for #1 to Infinity that was the first time I fell in love with love, and it’s true. I went to Puerto Rico and had MOMENTS; they weren’t severe moments, but they were moments for me, Miss Goody Two-Shoes, and out came “My All.” But, I am not going to claim it as my favorite ‘cause I love “Fantasy,” as well as the newer songs “We Belong Together” and “Touch My Body.”

5. Is there an artist that you’d like to collaborate with whom you haven’t worked with yet?
MC: I want to collaborate with me ‘cause I’ve done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you’re really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there’s no point [to collaborate]. It just becomes, ‘Oh, let’s throw these two people together,’ and that’s what I feel is wrong with some of the collaborations that happen today and, dare I say, I helped paved the way for some of these little collaborations that happened today.

6. Do you have a favorite look from one of your music videos? One that you would want to frame in your house?
MC: I have a lot of different ones framed in my house from different moments, things like Divas Live framed — not necessarily from the music videos — but moments for me. Like, it was a huge deal for me being on stage with Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross; these different moments were milestones for me.

7. So this is a new chapter for you, what do you want to accomplish next?
MC: I have so many dreams that I haven’t yet realized. I would say that there is a lot of things in the acting world that I want to do. And I am so grateful to people like Lee Daniels, and even Brett Ratner, for having fun, working with me, and pushing me to limits where I definitely would not have wanted to go.
There are a lot things I have on the horizon that I’m going to be doing: acting, singing, even writing for movies. I think I’d even like to score a movie — I don’t know why that hasn’t happened yet, clearly someone isn’t on their game.

8. What is Bianca [from the “Heartbreaker” video] up to right now?
MC: Dahhling, I don’t know, she’s really hard to pin down. I really wanted to bring her here today, so it’s only really her essence that could be here today. But I hope BuzzFeed and I can get Bianca off her arse.


9. Do you think Bianca will ever make a cameo in a future music video?
MC: I want her to make a cameo — maybe she could do an interview with BuzzFeed. The only thing is that she’s a DIVA and over the top. Like, my glam squad is nothing compared to hers, nothing.

10. What’s your No. 1 selfie tip?
Get the proper angle and the best lighting that you can.

11. Are you for or against a selfie stick?
For a selfie stick! That way I can control it. I don’t need to take a selfie with someone from their bleak angle; I don’t care for that.

12. Instagram: filter or no filter?
It depends: If I’m feeling “Bleak” then we might throw a filter on.

But sometimes I am #NoFilter and I am proud of that. When I used to take pictures with the babies and I would just be waking up and it’s just this natural moment that is emanating inside — it’s not a ‘let me go put on a ton makeup and go tra-la-la’ type of thing.

I do love a good filter, though.

13. What is your favorite thing to do to make you feel fabulous?
I don’t know dahhling but it must be feeling “festive.”


14. Coffee or tea?
Tea.

15. What’s your go-to Starbucks order?
I’m not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there and be like, “Hi,” and people look at me and what I’m going to buy. If I do get something, I usually have someone deliver it to me and it’s usually tea.

16. Which Plastic (from Mean Girls) would you want as your BFF?
Regina George — you have to be on her good side. Honestly, I would just want to be her; she’s the best.


17. Do you cook at all?
I’m actually a really good cook and people don’t believe this about me! When I was pregnant I needed to make sure I was getting my nutrients, so I just started cooking a lot. I always cook on the holidays and on Christmas Eve. I cook my dad’s recipe for linguine and white clam sauce — he left that recipe for me; he was a great cook.

I love to cook; I get creative. It’s fun and something totally different from what I do every other day of the year.

18. What’s your top three emojis?

— LOL crying face.
— The heart.
— And the kisses.







19. Favorite curse word?
Stop trying to make it happen…

20. Champagne or wine?
Right now I’m not trying to have either one of them. But if I had to, it’s all about the glass, so I would have to go with the champagne flute — it’s the best look.

21. Favorite board game?
Taboo, and I love Balderdash too. I’m actually really good at Balderdash and no one wants to play that game with me. Especially the movies category; I don’t want to give away my secrets, but I am pretty good at that category.

22. What are you binge-watching right now?
Scandal, I have to admit. I was binge-watching How to Get Away With Murder and Veep. It’s freaking hilarious, I live for Veep.

23. NSYNC or One Direction?
Oh come on, oh come now. Do you really expect me to answer that question?

24. Hello Kitty or Lisa Frank?
I don’t think I’m equipped to answer that question. I’m going to have to have my friends handle that for me. But Hello Kitty, how many great moments have we had!

25. Which is better: a pink unicorn or a winged dolphin?
WOW. I guess I’m going to have to go with the winged dolphin.

26. Favorite Disneyland ride?
Tower of Terror. I love the Tower of Terror. I have to say the Disney World Tower of Terror is the best one, ‘cause you get a different surprise every time. I am also a record holder for one of the people who has ridden that ride the most.

27. Favorite Disney Villain?
I’m not for the villains, I’m only for the princesses. I mean it’s fun to have Jafar or whatever; I didn’t even remember their names ‘cause they’re not important to me.

28. Favorite Disney Princess?
I love Rapunzel — she’s genius. Also Tangled is my daughter’s, Monroe’s, favorite movie. So I kind of go with what they love.

29. Which do you prefer: Five Guys or Shake Shack?


30. In-N-Out?
Someone tried to get me with that the other day and I had to tell them stop.

31. What are you obsessed with right now?
I’m obsessed with humidifiers, because being in Vegas is so dry. I literally have, like, 10 humidifiers around my bed.

32. What is one thing that a true diva could not live without?
I guess a smart remark every now and then, a good sip of water.

33. Where is your favorite place to spend Christmas?
Typically I like to spend Christmas in Aspen [Colorado], but as long as it’s a snowy place, I don’t care. It has to be a white Christmas. And then we have to go somewhere warm and tropical for the new year.

34. What do you get someone who has been naughty?
Coal in the stocking — isn’t that the traditional thing?

35. Favorite Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
My favorite Christmas gift is to have a relaxed Christmas and to give gifts. I love giving gifts. It’s almost like I don’t open my gifts until, like, three days after Christmas, ‘cause I want to give everyone else their presents. Especially now having my own little babies, it’s all about them.

36. Do you decorate your tree?
We decorate like a Charlie Brown tree. I have a decorator who helps me ‘cause I only have a few days when I get there [Aspen] to decorate, because I do a show at the Beacon Theatre [in New York City] for Christmas.

37. What one ornament has to be on your tree?
The angel on the top of the tree, dahhling.

38. Favorite holiday movie?
My favorite holiday movie has yet to be filmed. Brett Ratner and I have a new movie and we’re working with New Line Cinema and we’re very excited. It was my idea, I brought it to them, I am executive-producing it. I am not the star of the movie, but my music is the star, and I have a very integral part in the movie. And it’s exciting.

But I live for Elf. Also, in general I love movies like Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life; I like the classics. Have to say Elf is my favorite, so good. If I could be a female version of that character I would be that Will Ferrell character. It’s the best classic of the last 15 years.

39. Do you have cookies on Christmas?
We make cookies, gluten-free Christmas cookies. My other favorite additional treat is hot cocoa and butterscotch schnapps. We go on a two-horse open sleigh and bring that drink and it’s so good. I had only had the peppermint schnapps and then someone introduced me to the butterscotch one and it’s the best.

40. What’s your favorite song to sing at Christmas?
I have to go with my own, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” I still love it. Even though it’s not my favorite vocal performance, or the best thing I’ve done in that way. It’s just for fun, it’s… moments, dahhling.

I’m the queen of festivities, that’s all I can say.



Source: BuzzFeed

I've always been an admirer of the Jackson siblings, especially Janet Jackson or simply Janet or Damita Jo or Ms. Jackson if you're nasty. Well, if I could say who doesn't? No need to write too much about who Janet is and what has she done to our generation. Her music has been very inspiring, her dance has been super energetic and her voice has been very unique and sensual. 

After her super long hiatus in the music industry, she surprised the world and the Janfam when she announced on May 15 that she will be releasing new album and embarking on a world tour in 2015! She indicates her comeback as a "new movement" in a video posted on her YouTube account.

“I promised you’d hear it from my lips and now you will,” Jackson posted in an announcement video a day before her 49th birthday.

That was super exciting! Get me so excited. So, the "divas" who have been so keen to be Janet, take a lesson and watch out! Because here are five reasons, according to New York Post, why today's pop divas should be afraid:

1. Her music is still requested on the radio 30 years later.

   Jackson’s first album was released in 1982 (when she was only 16!) and her third album, “Control,” sold over 14 million copies worldwide. Hits like “Nasty” and “Let’s Wait Awhile” continue to play on the radio decades later. How many of today’s pop singers do you think will have the same longevity? And please, let's not forget the iconic solo dance routine in the “The Pleasure Principle” video, which included a downfall in a wooden chair. You know you’ve tried it!

2. She was crowned "Queen of Pop" in 1993.

   In 1993, Jackson signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records estimated at $32 to $50 million dollars, making her the world’s highest paid artist at the time, as well as crowning her with the title “Queen of Pop.” She was even the first female artist to have her album reached number one on Billboard 200 with her hit album, “Janet.” Now you bow down.

3. Her face was not the only thing that had you mesmerized

   
   
    I think every girl is kind of jealous of Janet's appearance. She can keep her appearance athletic, yet also sexy. And her smile is heaven. Also, Jackson’s iconic 1993 Rolling Stone cover sold out at newsstands and is still one of the most memorable issues to date. Jackson’s then-husband René Elizondo, Jr. had the privilege of covering up Jackson’s two biggest coveted assets.

4. Vocal range? She’s got vocal range

   Jackson has a mezzo-soprano vocal range that exudes authenticity and sensuality. She’s seductive as hell, but manages to keep it classy at the same time — no small feat.

5. She’s got lap-dance skills and isn’t afraid to use them

   Janet is known for picking a lucky fan from the audience, tying him up and giving him a memorable moment to last a lifetime, but amazingly, her timing was never off. Unlike some others you may have heard of, she never fell down a flight of stairs or kicked a fan in the face. So, maybe she'll be doing it again on her new world tour?

So, to conclude, Janet Jackson is definitely a living legend. Not only the five reasons above should be feared by today's pop divas, but also her style, her showmanship, her personality and many aspects which made her a true icon. Get the point? Good.

Source: New York Post

The first trailer for Survivor has just arrived few days ago. But the film has already got my attention from back in 2014, when they started filming it. I thought it was cool to finally see Milla Jovovich to play in some film where she portrayed a 'real' intelligent character, in that kind of political film.

The film, directed by James McTeigue, is an action thriller (with some kind political twists) in which Milla plays a Foreign Service Officer (because she's Russian) framed for a terrorist bombing in New York. Then, she got herself being hunted by Pierce Brosnan's (formerly James Bond) hitman and this film is pretty about chasing someone in 'cool' mode, or whatever. Pierce's character has a codename "The Watchmaker" and is referred as world's most wanted assassin. So, let's see how Alice and James Bond could get along.

Take a look at the trailer, below:
It also stars Dylan McDermott (was in Olympus Has Fallen), Angela Bassett (also in Olympus Has Fallen) and Robert Forster. So, I can see that the producer was willing to cast the main stars who already have a 'political' film experience, I suppose. And the film would be like a bunch of mix of Olympus Has Fallen, The Bourne Identity (in female verison), 007, and a little bit of Salt.

Judging from the trailer, the film is cool. But is also not cool, because it could be a flop, a complete flop, because some part of it already shows that the film did a lot of sampling on another films' stories. And each time I believed that a film would be so good, it turned out to be so bad. You could see that Milla's character bears a resemblance to Jason Bourne or Evelyn Salt, if necessary. I'm not really into political films, but I still believe the film would be worth to watch.

The film is first revealed by Milla (as she is kind of active in social networks) and after that, she started to post these pictures of her training to filming for the film. She gave them hashtags #londondiary constantly as a form of a sneak peek (she loves giving her fans sneak peeks). I think that's pretty cute, you know, she doesn't have time to write diary on a book, so she goes taking pictures. Anyway, Milla is a fine, kind lady. She just gave birth to her latest, newborn baby.

Finally, the film is quite promising with already an unexpected collaborations of the actors (it's only Milla and the rest of the cast). And I'm hoping the best for this film, because they're not a horrible actors and I believe they can deliver the story in the best way. So, readers, we should give the film a try when it's out on May 29, 2015. Let's hope there will be no changes for the date.