Jesse Eisenberg
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What You Didn't See on TV at the 67th Annual Tony Awards
June 10, 2013 6:09pm ESTThe 67th Annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, was swimming with A-List stars — and from the moment they stepped foot on the red carpet to the final curtain call, they were having a blast. We should know, we were in the thick of it. While viewers at home were transported to Broadway with 15 musical numbers and laughed along with Neil Patrick Harris' fantastic hosting, those of us on the red carpet and in the media room were privvy to a little extra bit of fun. Here's what the TV cameras didn't catch. Mike Tyson, who enjoyed a stint on Broadway with a one-man show last year, amazed everyone with his cameo appearance in Harris' show-stopping (or show-starting, as the case may be) opening number. But before he hit the stage, we watched Tyson hug The Sopranos' Steven Van Zandt (who would later present an award with Tom Hanks) on the red carpet. Tyson looked dapper on stage, but outside in the 90-degree New York City heat, the fighter was sweating like he had just exited the boxing ring. Inside the theater, Tyson cozied up with Now You See Me star Jesse Eisenberg. Broadway veteran Bernadette Peters cut a stunning figure in a green Donna Karan Atelier with a basketweave texture. What you didn't see was the assistant she had on hand to scoop up and properly arrange her gown's train between poses. Cyndi Lauper was the well-deserving belle of the ball on Sunday night. Not only did she rake in six awards (her show, Kinky Boots, was nominated for 13), but she was incredibly gracious to her fans and her energy was boundless. On the carpet before the ceremony, Lauper made sure to wave to the legions of fans lining the street (Glee and Annie star Jane Lynch did the same). Following her win, she hammed it up for photographers in the press room. On the red carpet, Scarlett Johansson greeted Sienna Miller (whose fiancé, Tom Sturridge, was nominated for his work in Orphans) with a kiss on the cheek. Backstage, Johansson was equally chummy with fellow presenter Alan Cumming. The two played patty-cake before presenting the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. On the carpet, Cumming made peace signs and crazy faces while posing for photographers. Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (whom you may know from Private Practice) shared the spotlight — and a hug — with her daughter, Zoe. Smash star Megan Hilty shared the stage with fellow Broadway actors-turned-TV-stars Laura Benanti (Go On) and Andrew Rannells (The New Normal) for a laugh-out-loud musical number that poked fun at their bad luck on screen (cliffnotes: their shows have all been canceled). Hilty's Smash co-stars Debra Messing and Will Chase — who notoriously had a real-life affair — were conspicuously cuddly. Home audiences were lucky enough to see this tender moment between Annie star Sunny (who plays Sandy, the lovable stray canine) and host Neil Patrick Harris. But since it's just too cute for words, here it is again: Reporting by Lauren Paylor More: The A-Lister Presenter List for the 2013 Tony Awards Neil Patrick Harris Will Host The Tony Awards AgainThe 2013 Tony Awards Nominations From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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The A-Lister Presenter List for the 67th Tony Awards
June 05, 2013 2:35pm ESTThe 67th Tony Awards, was already a highly anticipated event after it was announced that the magical Neil Patrick Harris would reclaim the honor of hosting the Broadway event of the season — And now, there's even more to sing about. The Tony Awards are always a star-studded affair, but this year the stage will shine even brighter from all the A-listers jammed into the Radio City Music Hall. Ready for the complete list? Confirmed to take the stage to honor Broadway’s best are Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Feguson, Sally Field, Megan Hilty (R.I.P. Smash!), Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick, Zachary Quinto, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, mega-hottie Jake Gyllenhaal, Sigourney Weaver, Glee's Matthew Morrison, Andrew Llyod Webber, Laura Benanti, and the one-and-only Andrew Rannells. But wait there's more! Those celebs will join previously announced presenters Steven Van Zandt, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Cryer, Martha Plimpton, and Jesse Eisenberg. So basically these are like The Plastics of the entertainment industry. Sorry everyone else in Hollywood, but you can't sit with them! Don't miss the 67th Annual Tony Awards airing live Sunday, June 9 at 8 PM on CBS! Follow Cori on Twitter @gimmegimmeCORFollow Hollywood.com on Twitter @Hollywood_com More:Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster Announce The 2013 Tony Awards NominationsTony-Winner James Corden Goes 'Into The Woods' with Johnny Depp and Meryl StreepNeil Patrick Harris Will Host The Tony Awards Again From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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Was Mark Ruffalo Hypnotized by 'Now You See Me' Costar Woody Harrelson?
June 02, 2013 10:58am ESTNow You See Me is filled with big reveals, and during this interview for the film Mark Ruffalo revealed a few things about himself. For one thing, he is delighted to see women sawed in half — okay, that's a little extreme. But he is delighted by the illusion of it and admires the skill it takes to pull it off. That also happens to be his attitude toward filmmaking. Making movie magic certainly does require its own set of skills. Ruffalo also may or may not have been hipnotized by Woody Harrelson. He wouldn't answer explicitly, but he did say that he has "fallen under the spell of Woody Harrelson." Don't worry, Mark, we know how that feels too. Follow Jordyn on Twitter @jordynmyah | Follow Hollywood.com on Twitter @Hollywood_com More:'Now You See Me' Review6 'Now You See Me Clips'Now You See Me' Motion Poster From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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'Fast & Furious 6' Leads Box Office Race Again!
June 02, 2013 10:23am ESTAfter a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend for the industry, Universal's Fast & Furious 6 makes it two in a row at the top of the box office chart with a second weekend gross of $34.5 million against a 65% drop (Fast Five dropped 62% in its second weekend). With $170.4 million already in the bank after just ten days of release in North America (and $480.6 million globally), the film is an unqualified blockbuster success. Lionsgate/Summit's magic crime caper film Now You See Me, blew away all box office projections (which put it in the mid to high teen millions range) with a much better than expected $28 million! A terrific marketing campaign by Summit (much like their success on Warm Bodies back in Feb.), made this one a surprise over-performer! An original concept and a great release date didn't hurt either. Featuring a terrific ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, and Mark Ruffalo, this unique and original drama clearly found an audience with those looking for something different than the usual summer fare.Will Smith throws his summer movie hat in the box office ring with the existential sc-fi movie After Earth from Sony Pictures. The film co-stars Smith's son Jaden Smith who starred in the 2010 hit The Karate Kid. Director M. Night Shyamalan, who has as many detractors as fans, is nonetheless an exciting filmmaker with a distinctive vision. $27 million placed it in the third spot.Fourth place is a tie with Fox's animated Epic in its second weekend and Paramount's Star Trek: Into Darkness in its third weekend of release both reporting a Friday through Sunday gross of $16.4 million.Back for its second weekend, Warner Bros. The Hangover Part III lands in sixth place taking in $15.93 million and $88 million to date in N. America. Of course, Iron Man 3 remains a factor even in its fifth weekend with $8 million in seventh place and is now the fifth highest grossing film worldwide of all time with $1,180 million! Top Movies for Weekend of May 31 - June 2 (Estimates)1. Fast & Furious 6 - $34.5M gross - 3,686 theaters - $9,370 avg. per theater - $170.4M YTD - Universal2. Now You See Me - $28.05M gross - 2,925 theaters - $9,590 avg. per theater - $28.05M YTD - Lionsgate3. After Earth - 27.0M gross - 3,401 theaters - $7,939 avg. per theater - $27.0M YTD - Sony4. Epic - $16.4M gross - 3,894 theaters - $4,212 avg. per theater - $65.2M YTD - Fox5. Star Trek: Into Darkness - $16.4M gross - 3,585 theaters - $4,575 avg. per theater - $181.1M YTD - Paramount6. The Hangover Part III - $15.9M gross - 3,565 theaters - $4,468 avg. per theater - $88.0M YTD - Warner Bros.7. Iron Man 3 - $8.0M gross - 2,895 theaters - $2,765 avg. per theater - $384.7M YTD - DisneyFollow Paul Dergarabedian on Twitter @PDergarabedian | Follow Hollywood.com on Twitter @hollywood_com More:'Fast & Furious' Faces Two New Box Office Challengers This Weekend From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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'Now You See Me': Isla Fisher & Dave Franco On How To Make Magicians Sexy
June 01, 2013 11:47am ESTIsla Fisher and Dave Franco, who play heist-minded magicians in Now You See Me are well aware that top-hatted conjurers haven't exactly been considered sexy in the past. Of course, the fact that they use their sleight-of-hand skills to rob banks and drown in rivers of cash breaks them out of goofy Burt Wonderstone territory. So do Fisher's fetching leather gloves, the key style component of a female magician character she calls "anarchist, fierce, and sexy," even though Fisher also says "I don't see myself with any of those traits." Dave Franco's Jack Wilder even says in the movie, "We're going to be the first magicians to ever get laid!" So how did they go about making magicians sexy? Check out what Fisher and Franco had to say! Follow Christian Blauvelt on Twitter @Ctblauvelt | Follow Hollywood.com on Twitter @Hollywood_com More: Jesse Eisenberg & Woody Harrelson Talk ‘Now You See Me’ ‘Now You See Me’ Review: It Doesn’t Realize It’s Supposed to Be Fun Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep During Live Interview for ‘Now You See Me’ From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Let’s Translate Walter White, Taylor Swift and More into Dothraki (Vulture)
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'Zombieland' Costars Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson Talk 'Now You See Me'
May 31, 2013 6:08pm ESTAlthough they are part of a team of bank-robbing magicians in their new movie Now You See Me (out now), stars Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson are only amateurs when it comes to performing magic tricks themselves. Hollywood.com talked to the former Zombieland costars about working together again, and getting some help from professional magicians. Eisenberg discusses whether it would actually be possible to use the magic from the movie to rob a bank, and using hand doubles for some especially tricky scenes. Harrelson, who plays a famous mentalist, tried to learn hypnotism and thinks he might have succeeded on one of his costars – but he’s not quite sure. Find out who it was in the video below. From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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'Now You See Me' Doesn't Realize That It's Supposed to Be Fun
May 31, 2013 11:00am ESTA good magic show isn't all about the payoff — in fact, it can't be. In order to dazzle, mystify, and distract an audience all the way up to the big reveal, a performing illusionist must put on one hell of a spectacle. The nature of this material can vary: For the likes of David Blaine and Criss Angel, it's all about the thrill. For Penn & Teller, it's about comedy. For Siegfried and Roy, it's about being as ostentatious as humanly possible. But all three of these ideas, dissimilar though they may be, are rooted in fun — a fact that the magician-stocked heist film Now You See Me seems to forget halfway through its run. In fact, the Louis Leterrier movie does have a good deal of fun stocked away: its would-be central team of Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco play a motley crew of dissimilar magicians who band together after a mysterious meeting to form a Robin Hood troupe of high level criminals. The group, dubbing themselves the Four Horsemen, use magic shows to rob banks and insurance companies, distributing the money to the working class men and women who have been wronged by big business (yet who can still afford a trip to Vegas and tickets to a magic show... let it slide). The team's elaborate performances make for some of the film's best material, second only to the behind-the-scenes squabbling that stems from personal rivalries and ideological differences. Eisenberg's narcissistic card trickster frequently butts heads with Harrelson's no-nonsense "mentalist" and Fisher's daredevil... all of whom look down upon Franco's sleight-of-hand street hustler. All attention devoted to the Four Horsemen, whose origins are embedded in mystery, is charming and entertaining, thanks largely to the charisma of the players in question — Eisenberg and Harrelson haven't lost their Zombieland chemistry. Unfortunately, we get barely any time to witness this glory, as Now You See Me seems bent on lending its focus to the other side of the story: FBI Agent Mark Ruffalo's pursuit of the criminal team, and his interractions with Interpol Officer Mélanie Laurent and magic-debunker Morgan Freeman all the while. Far less engrossing than any of the Horsemen's antics, Ruffalo's journey plays out like any hot-on-the-chase summer crime thriller, with the hard nosed agent obsessing over the case, entertaining paranoid conspiracies, and alienating his colleagues and cohorts. For a movie that sells itself on its magic and its all-star cast, it doesn't really seem that interested in either, devoting far more time than necessary to the chase. Why, you might ask? For the big twist. Of course a summer movie, and one delivered on the pretense of magic, has a big twist ending. Whether it needs, deserves, or benefits from one is another question (the answer: No). But Now You See Me seems to put all its eggs in the big reveal basket, investing a crescendoing burn to the identity of the enigmatic stranger who brought the Horsemen together. Meanwhile, it misses out on what every magician knows to be a key component of the act: the act itself. The lead-up is just as important as the ta-da. And while Now You See Me has plenty of magic up its sleeve in the form of its central tricksters, it's too focused on what's behind the curtain to enjoy the show all the while. 2/5 Follow Michael Arbeiter on Twitter @MichaelArbeiter | Follow hollywood.com on Twitter @hollywood_com More:6 'Now You See Me' PostersMelanie Laurent's 'Now You See Me' Mostion Poster'Machete Kills' Trailer From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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'Fast & Furious' Faces Two New Box Office Challengers This Weekend
May 30, 2013 2:14pm ESTAfter a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend for the industry, Universal's Fast & Furious 6 looks to make it two in a row at the top of the box office chart with a second weekend gross in the $40 million range (Fast Five dropped 62% in its second weekend, but we expect a slightly lower drop). With $130 million already in the bank after just six days of release in North America (and well north of $300 million globally), the film is already an out and out blockbuster success. No stranger to summer success is Will Smith, who debuts this weekend in the existential sc-fi movie After Earth from Sony Pictures. The film co-stars Smith's son Jaden Smith who starred in the 2010 hit The Karate Kid. Director M. Night Shyamalan, who has as many detractors as fans, is nonetheless an exciting filmmaker with a distinctive vision. An expected debut of about $30 million should land it easily in second place. Third place will likely go to Paramount's Star Trek: Into Darkness in its third weekend of release with a weekend gross in the $20 million range and total revenues nearing $200 million in North America. Great word-of-mouth has continued for the second installment of the J.J. Abrams re-boot of the classic franchise. A real traffic jam may develop in the battle for fourth and fifth place with the second weekend of Fox's animated Epic likely to draw a gross in the high teens and thus find itself in a close race with Lionsgate's magic crime caper film Now You See Me, which is expected to debut in the same range. Featuring a terrific ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, and Mark Ruffalo, this unique and original drama could find an audience with those looking for something different than the usual summer fare. The wildcard is the Wolf Pack. Back for its second weekend, Warner Bros. The Hangover Part III could wind up wedging between Epic and Now You See Me depending on the second weekend drop. Of course, Iron Man 3 remains a factor even as it enters its fifth weekend. Follow Paul Dergarabedian on Twitter @PDergarabedian | Follow Hollywood.com on Twitter @hollywood_com More: 'Fast & Furious 6' Leads Industry to Record Memorial Weekend A 'Fast & Furious' Memorial Weekend May Cause a Box Office 'Hangover' 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' to Boldly Lead Weekend Box Office From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Let’s Translate Walter White, Taylor Swift and More into Dothraki (Vulture)
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Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, and Woody Harrelson Work Their (Illegal) Magic in 6 'Now You See Me' Clips
May 30, 2013 1:07pm ESTLouis Leterrier's magician movie Now You See Me creates a ragtag Robin Hood team out of a collection of dissimilar illusionists: Jesse Eisenberg's card trickster, Woody Harrelson's mentalist, Isla Fisher's daredevil, and Dave Franco's sleight-of-hand street performer. After an enigmatic meeting, the foursome bands together to pull off the biggest magic show imaginable: using their assorted skills to rob a French bank and subsequently evade the wrath of the FBI (with Mark Ruffalo leading the investigation). Here, we have six clips from the fun thriller, in which the quad works its way through an international heist, some heated police interrogation, and a few personal squabbles. Check out the videos, and catch Now You See Me in theaters on Friday, May 31. Follow Michael Arbeiter on Twitter @MichaelArbeiter | Follow hollywood.com on Twitter @hollywood_com More:Melanie Laurent in 'Now You See Me' Motion Poster5 Vegas Movies That Need SequelsKen Jeong Talks 'Hangover 3' Spin-off From Our PartnersStars Pose Naked for 'Allure' (Celebuzz)Which Game of Thrones Actor Looks Least Like His Character? (Vulture)
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Exclusive: Melanie Laurent Plays Tricks in 'Now You See Me' Motion Poster
May 13, 2013 12:59pm ESTMisdirection is the key to a great magic trick. The viewer looks to one hand, the magician executes the trick with the other. Now You See Me uses the same technique; a cat and mouse game between a collective of magicians-turned-criminals and their policing pursuers, the new movie twists and turns like an adeptly executed card trick. Once you see where it's going, it goes the other way. So it's no surprise that the posters for the Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, Incredible Hulk) thriller would be equally mesmerizing. Front and center in this exclusive new poster is costar Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds). In the film she plays an Interpol agent chasing after the main quartet of sleight-of-hand thieves (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher). On this new one-sheet, she's the center of a hypnotic pinwheel we're sure is distracting us from the real trick. Now You See Me slips into theaters May 31. Check out more motion posters from the film of Morgan Freeman (at Comingsoon), Jesse Eisenberg (at Cinemablend), Dave Franco (at The Nerdist), Isla Fisher (at Popsugar), Woody Harrelson (at Film School Rejects), Mark Ruffalo (at Crave Online), and Michael Caine (at Movies.com). Follow Matt Patches on Twitter @misterpatches More: Watch the 'Now You See Me' TrailerReal Magicians on the Rights and Wrongs of Movie MagiciansMelanie Laurent Pics From Our Partners:What Happened to 33 Child Stars (Celebuzz)40 Most Revealing See-Through Red Carpet Looks (Vh1)
