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| Tween YouTube star Talia Joy dies, fans pay tribute Posted: 19 Jul 2013 08:27 PM PDT Young YouTube star Talia Joy Castellano, a cancer patient who became an honorary CoverGirl for her makeup video tutorials, died at the age 13 last week. The tween ended her six-year battle with a form of nerve cancer called neuroblastoma and leukaemia on July 16 in the Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Florida, news agencies reported. Talia inspired millions of netizens with her make-up tutorials and touching videos. She continued to make videos for her fans throughout her battle, finding respite in eyeshadows and nail polish from her hospital bed. According to hollywoodlife.com, Talia's fans were so inspired by her that they started ticking off things on Talia's bucket list in her honour, sharing photos of themselves parasailing, getting tattoos and pulling all-nighters. During Talia's final days, her family gathered the photos into a Facebook album called Talia's Bucket List, sharing them with the world via social media. Ellen Degeneres and Kendall Jenner are some of the stars sending their condolences to the family. Degeneres tweeted that she was so sad to have "lost a very special girl". - July 20, 2013. |
| Tripping on Ryan Gosling’s “Only God Forgives” Posted: 19 Jul 2013 07:41 PM PDT Ryan Gosling's latest film, "Only God Forgives," has deeply divided critics and the Canadian actor concedes that the blood-spattered crime thriller set in Bangkok's underworld of boxing clubs and brothels may not appeal to everyone. "The film is kind of like a drug," the former child star who appeared on "The Mickey Mouse Club" TV show, told reporters ahead of the film's opening in US theatres yesterday. "You either have a good trip or a bad trip." For critics at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film -written and directed by Denmark's Nicolas Winding Refn - was shown in May, it was a bit of both. It prompted boos and sent some critics scurrying from the press screening, while others praised the film's artistic merits. With its minimal dialogue and gruesome scenes of torture and bloodletting, the highly stylised film is not for the squeamish. The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "menacingly atmospheric mood piece that will not disappoint devotees of the Nicolas Winding Refnchurch of fetishistic hyper-violence." The film offered an opportunity for Gosling, who was nominated for a best actor Oscar in 2007 for the drama "Half Nelson" and starred in "Lars and the Real Girl" and "Blue Valentine," to reunite with Refn. The pair collaborated on the 2011 art-house drama "Drive," which earned a best director award for Refn at Cannes. "I wanted to work with Nicolas," Gosling said, adding that for Refn the violent tone of the film is "part of the language which he uses to communicate." Gosling, 32, plays Julian, a brooding American fugitive in Bangkok who runs a boxing club as a front for his drug business. After his brother is killed for murdering a young Thai prostitute, his gangster mother, played by British actress Kristin Scott Thomas, arrives in Bangkok and demands bloody revenge. But a mysterious, sword-wielding former policeman with a penchant for chopping off body parts has other plans. Gosling, who has achieved cult status online and even inspired a coloring book, said Refn shot the film chronologically so the cast was not really sure of the movie they were making. "You just sort of go along for the ride," said the actor, who is editing his directorial feature film debut, "How to Catch a Monster," based on his original screenplay and starring Eva Mendes and "Mad Men's" Christina Hendricks. Unlike the story-driven "Drive," Gosling said "Only God Forgives" is more of an experience and less of a story. "You give in to the mystery," he said. – Reuters, July 20, 2013. * "Only God Forgives" is set for release in Singapore cinemas on Aug 22, 2013. |
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