● Demi Moore's "seizure like symptoms" are thought to be kick back from all those whip-its -- "not a common drug among people of Demi's age and social status," as per TMZ -- she was apparently doing. [TMZ]
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Calling all Brontë purists! Aussie sensation and Jane Eyre star Mia Wasikowska, an actor of considerable depth and poise, covers BlackBook's April "Bright Lights, Big City" issue, dressed and styled in homage to fashion icon Twiggy. If we do say so ourselves...mamma Mia! (Don't worry—you won't find that pun in the actual issue.) Go here for more photos and the full story on one of this year's biggest breakout stars. Also in our April issue:
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Early on the second evening of Austin's epic SxSW 2011, the eagerly-awaited symphony of spandex otherwise known as Super premiered, with director James Gunn and stars Rainn Wilson and Ellen Paige in attendance. A few days prior, 40-year-old Gunn, who's 1999 Tromeo and Juliet became a cult hit (Motorhead's Lemmy narrates the film), talked with me about this bizarre, violent, and remarkably emotional new film about an everyday Joe who decides to become a super.
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Every year, on the eve of the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards go down in Santa Monica in a tent near the beach. The Spirit Awards do a great job of pretty much awarding all the films Academy members don't feel okay about voting for, either because they're not mainstream enough/didn't make enough money, or because they're going to give said films the "indie consolation prize," aka, the Best Original Screenplay award. Either way, they have far more fun at their ceremony than the Academy ever will at the Oscars. The ongoing tradition of the Spirit Awards that really makes it worth watching though (besides the inevitably profanity-laced acceptance speeches) are the musical numbers: all of the films nominated for Best Independent Feature get sing-along numbers performed by special presenters at the live ceremony. And this year's best of the crop was, naturally, Rainn Wilson's take on The Wrestler.
