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Lenny Kravitz On Playing Cinna in ‘The Hunger Games’

by Bruce Simmons on September 19, 2011

in Entertainment, movies

I caught a tidbit out on the web regarding Lenny Kravitz who was cast to play Cinna in The Hunger Games, a movie adaptation of the Suzanne Collins book series.

I think Lenny Kravitz will pull off the character of Cinna in The Hunger Games, but I’m holding my breath on that thought. I haven’t seen him in anything along these same character lines. If anyone else has, I’d love your thoughts on this one.

Lenny Kravitz Interview Bits

But in an interview with US Magazine, he did touch on how he loved being directed in his role in The Hunger Games. In his day-to-day life, he’s self-guided, but being directed was a nice change of pace as he’s there to help the director embrace his own vision of the project.

After working with Jennifer Lawrence, he says he feels like she’s a young Meryl Streep, as she sucked him into the scenes that they shot together.

As far as other aspects of filming The Hunger Games, he said that director Gary Ross has a way of pulling things out of an actor since he himself comes from an acting background.

Point blank, Lenny Kravitz was asked if the movie is staying true to the book, but he skirted the question and with the following quote, as you’ll see, he didn’t even answer the question:

“I’ve only seen my part, but I think it is great.”

Not to diss him, but I guess that’s the best “routine” answer he can give. I’m guessing he hasn’t read the book series.

Material from here on out could be considered movie spoilers. They are details from the books I have read recently and as I suspect, the details may be rather applicable to the movie. Book fans, you may proceed!

Danielle Nicolet – An Exclusive Cinema Static Interview [Red Faction: Origins]

by Bruce Simmons on June 2, 2011

This coming Saturday, June 4th, Red Faction: Origins will be premiering on the Syfy Channel at 9 p.m.. It stars Robert Patrick, Tamzin Merchant, Brian J. Smith, Kate Vernon, Gareth David-Lloyd, but most importantly, Danielle Nicolet will be portraying Tess De La Vega.

I had a chance to spend an hour with her and what came of our chat is this exclusive Cinema Static interview with Danielle Nicolet. I wanted to know everything about our guest. We chatted about many things about the versatile actress, from her beginnings in Ohio, her journey to So Cal in pursuit of the Olympics and her experience and character in Red Faction: Origins that will be airing on the Syfy Channel this Saturday.

I also asked her to send out some advice to aspiring actors.

I had a wonderful time chatting with this versatile, quirky and funny actress. And with that, let’s see what I uncovered chatting with Danielle Nicolet! If you’re a fan, I think you’ll enjoy this interview.

A Bit About Danielle Nicolet

Danielle hails from the huge mecca of Ashtabula, Ohio! She grew up there just a few steps from the shores of Lake Erie where she spent lots of time as a kid splashing around in. In her youth she was pretty good at gymnastics. Good enough to be invited to train in Southern California. In her younger days, she pursued the sport and aspired to go to the Olympics. But as Danielle put it,

“My brain wanted to go to the Olympics, my knees did not.“

By the age of 14, she had her third knee surgery and that was the deciding factor of when she started focusing on her next love, acting.

But just because she stopped one sport doesn’t mean the girl doesn’t love her sports! She’s a huge sports fanatic and a huge football fan. “Go Steelers!“ She also loves boxing and tennis. (Stay thy hearts boys!) She participates 3 or 4 times a week in Bikram Yoga. Yes, it’s that Yoga where they practice in a room whose temperature is set to over 100 degrees.

Thinking of the guys out there, I asked her if there is someone special in her life. Sorry guys, but there is. A man outside the entertainment industry.

‘Supernatural’ Actor Interview Spots & “My Heart Will Go On” Preview

by Bruce Simmons on April 14, 2011

Supernatural is returning to the CW this Friday night, April 15th, with the episode titled “My Heart Will Go On”… ah, the breaks are way too long and the networks, too cruel!

But alas, I’ve landed some video footage of interviews with Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver and Misha Collins, and writer/producer Ben Edlund.

After the FearNet video red carpet interviews from Palyfest, check out the preview of tomorrow’s episode!

Michael Rosenbaum Video Clip Talking About His Role in ‘Breaking In’

by Bruce Simmons on April 7, 2011

I know have some Michael Rosenbaum fans in the crowd here at Cinema Static on Brusimm. Hence, what we have below is a clip of Michael Rosenbaum chatting it up in a video interview about his character named Dutch from Breaking In, and some of the inner workings of the man… Dutch that is.

Oh, and by the way, the Breaking In premiere pulled in 5.1/9 in ratings… which breaks down to a total of 9.8 million estimated viewers.

Now on to Michael Rosenbaum on his role of Dutch:

Video courtesy of Fox Press, ratings, Zap2It.

For the Alex O’Loughlin Fan: GQ Interview & Photos

by Bruce Simmons on March 15, 2011

Just in case some of you Alex O’Loughlin fans didn’t catch it, he did a photo spread and interview with GQ Style Australia.

In the interview Alex O’Loughlin touches how he loves filming in Hawaii and that he can’t really see himself leaving the state, regardless of what happens to Hawaii Five-0.

There are more images from the magazine layout over at buzznet.com and an interview teaser snippet preview on www.gq.com.au

But of course, what would an photo spread interview be these days without a teaser video of the photo shoot with Alex O’Loughlin?

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Charlie Sheen Headed To ABC Interview

by Bruce Simmons on February 27, 2011

One of the factors that helped Howard Stern become so big in the radio ratings business was that people tuned in to see what he would do next. His fans tuned in for a few hours, his haters tuned in for even longer. All to hear what he would do next.

So what is Charlie Sheen going to do next? You’d think he’s pretty much scraped bottom but I have a feeling it is about to get better.

Sheen has agreed to an exclusive interview with Andrea Canning of ABC News. I can’t wait to hear how he either spirals downward even farther or what kind of sci-fi spin he applies to his actions.

Oi!

[TV Line]

Press Interview with NASCAR’s Joey Logano

by Bruce Simmons on June 24, 2010

in nascar, sports

The following is the transcript of the press interview with NASCAR’s Joey Logano on Tuesday, June 22nd.

Joey talks about how he’s changed over the last year, his latest win at Kentucky, about putting Pocono and Kevin Harvick behind him, that first call from Gibbs racing, a little bit on Danica Patrick, about being aggressive, tracks that are tough for him to tackle and the possibility of hitting up the Nationwide series full-time next year. Read on my fair reader!

Our guest for the NASCAR Cam today is defending champion of New Hampshire Joey Logano, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota. For Joey, Joey’s last year victory was his first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Joey, just to open up, how special is it to go back to the place where you got that first Sprint Cup Series win?

JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, it’s a big deal for me to go back there. It’s basically my home racetrack. I grew up a couple of hours away from there, well, about three hours. And, you know, it’s a cool place, a lot of family and friends. It was a cool place to get your first win.

Kind of a home track, and a lot of the guys on the Home Depot Toyota team have grown up around there. So it is definitely a cool place for us to go back to.
THE MODERATOR: Thanks for that opener. Questions for Joey.

PROJECT ARBITER: An Exclusive Interview with Creator Michael Chance

by Bruce Simmons on April 29, 2010

in Entertainment, movies

PROJECT ARBITER

Project Arbiter is the brainchild of Michael Chance and is at its core a sci fi espionage story that demonstrates how a small victory can tip the balance of power in WWII. The story takes place in 1943, about an O.S.S. unit code named Project Arbiter who infiltrates a mysterious villa on the Polish border and uncovers a secret that will change their prototype battle-suit program.

I had the opportunity to hang out with Michael for a few hours one day and just chat about things. He’s fun to hang out with and we had a lot to talk about. The following is the culmination of our 2-hour interview, where first I talk about the man behind the process and his insights and then the origins and other details of his indie film, Project Arbiter.

MOTHMAN with Jewel Staite: Interview Bits & Preview

by Bruce Simmons on April 24, 2010

Jewel Staite will be starring in the Saturday Night Original TV Movie titled Mothman, on April 24th. Mothman is a reimagined TV Movie project based on the West Virginia Mothman legends and from what I’ve seen, there are parts that might be a bit much for kids under 10, so be warned!

In this version, the Syfy Press Release describes Mothman as

The legendary West Virginia monster returns to exact revenge on five childhood friends who covered up an accidental killing. Stars Jewel Staite.

April MacIntyre from Monsters & Critics interviewed Jewel and here are a few things that Jewel had to say about the movie: