I seriously hate my life. So Internets back but my computer decides it’s time to crash and I didn’t have my external with me so consequently all the photos I had ready to upload are now gone. At a very inconvenient time too. See I just got a site kelly-element.net as it was delelted but Gertie restored it and I’m currently merging it with my kelly site kellysource.org so having those photos ready I was going to upload them while I was downloading other things from k-e.net. Well that ain’t going to happen well is it. I’ll try really hard to update you guys this weekend.

Oh and any emails sent to me at my email (not affiliation or staff requests), please re send them as I have lost them all because my emails were downloaded to the computer.

Thanks to Michelle for holding down the fort as always, love ya hun! <3

It was a historic day as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and while this year’s Sundance Film Festival came to a standstill for the Inauguration, two of the festival’s most sought after stars, “Adventureland’s” Kristen Stewart and Jessie Eisenberg, weren’t able to enjoy it.

“We drove over here quickly hoping to catch the moment and then we just heard everybody screaming outside and were like, ‘Oh, that’s cool.’  With YouTube it doesn’t really matter, but while it happens, it’s such a different momentum,” Stewart says.  “And then we had to go talk about our movie.”

“Yeah, we had to go talk about shooting in short sleeves,” Eisenberg dryly jokes.

Unfortunately, duty calls as the duo soon began a busy day promoting their new romantic comedy “Adventureland,” including speaking to this hurried writer. Written and directed by Greg Mottola (“Superbad”) the 1987 period flick finds Eisenberg as James, a recent college grad that finds himself working at the local amusement park the summer before he heads to grad school.  Stewart plays Em, the object of James’ affections, a troubled girl who also works at the park and is slowly become aware of how stupid her affair is with married park mechanic Connell (Ryan Reynolds).  The 18-year-old actress actually shot “Adventureland” before her breakthrough role in “Twilight,” and loved the autobiographical aspect of Mottola’s script.

“[It's not autobiographical] to the tee, but he worked at a park and had a funky time of it,” Stewart says. “It’s very sincere and, of course, that’s what you really want in a movie. [It's also] very genuine and honest and not cliche. And he was such a sweet guy I really wanted to work with him and I thought ‘Superbad’ was pretty great too.”

However, playing an old character is also something Stewart says she usually isn’t her cup of tea.  She admits, “I like to play younger.  You have more control.”

Continuing, Stewart says Em is “kind of immature, I guess. She hasn’t really been able to emotionally progress. It’s weird, she’s sort of the semi-rogue bad girl. She’s [expletive] an older guy, but I felt like it was easier because she was completely incapable or mature adult.  At the same time really smart.  She’s very defined, so it’s not like I had to fill in the gaps.”

The picture is set in a sweaty, humid Pennsylvania summer, but the movie ended up filming in the distinctly chilly Pittsburgh months of October and November.  So, those t-shirts Eisenberg mentioned earlier weren’t very helpful in keeping them warm.

“My kneecaps are, like, purple. It’s really embarrassing,” Stewart admits. “I’m serious. If you watch it my knee caps are purple.”

As you might expect, the flick premiered at a sold out auditorium filled with tons of ‘Twilight’ fans in attendance.  I asked her if having gone through the franchise mania over the past few months had made her more confident in getting up in front of huge crowds like the friendly one that night.

“No, much less,” Stewart quickly responds. “Yeah, yeah. It’s so different. One movie had never interfered with the next. They have always been very isolated independent experiences and this is undeliably half of the girls sitting there maybe they liked ‘Adventureland,’ but they weren’t like, ”Adventureland!”  So, it’s a little weird. It feels like you should be doing something for it.”

Maybe the projects will open up other films to this audience?

“Yeah, that would be great,” Stewart says.  “I like ‘Twilight,’ but the effect of it — it’s not hard to deal with, it’s just different.”

Stewart hasn’t had much of a break after the “Twilight” opening frenzy and publicizing “Adventureland.”   Still, she says she’s excited to start work on the “Twilight” sequel “New Moon” in March.

“It’s a little daunting, but what’s even more daunting is I just got cast in a movie called ‘The Runaways.’ I am going to play Joan Jett in between ‘New Moon’ and ‘Eclipse,’” Stewart says.

I asked Stewart if she was starting to work on her guitar skills in order  to play the legendary musician.  She says, “Luckily, I do play guitar [but Jett,] especially when she was younger, was always very quick to point out she just plays basic rhythm guitar.  So, it’s not power chord, they are great, but it’s simple. It’s punk rock.”

And will we get to hear Stewart sing onscreen?

“They want to do it live,” Stewart admits. “I don’t know where they are going to find the Lita Fords and the Sandy Wests, they are like brilliant musicians. But they do want to do it live. Joan sings a couple of songs, but typically they are back up vocals.”

Sensing her weariness at the prospect, I asked if singing was something she’s been waiting to do on screen.

“No, it makes me crazy. I don’t do it,” Stewart says. “It’s not something I do.”

Something tells us Ms. Stewart will find the strength to pull through.

source: hitfix.com

The 25th Sundance Film Festival opened on Thursday with founder Robert Redford sounding an optimistic note for cinematic art and an artful movie challenging audiences to laugh through the pain of an imperfect world.

The Australian animated film “Mary and Max,” a tale of misfits on opposite sides of the globe who find friendship by becoming pen pals, was described by festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as being about “compassion, love, friendship and ideas.”

It seemed a fitting opening for 25th anniversary of the top U.S. festival for independent film; while it illustrates the broadening of “indie” movies — it has a global perspective and uses stop-motion technology and clay figures — “Mary and Max” reminds audiences that films made outside Hollywood’s mainstream often deal with human frailty.

“It’s not the sort of story you’d see from (Hollywood studios) DreamWorks or Pixar. It deals with different or marginalized characters,” director Adam Elliot told Reuters. “It’s something a bit odd. But at the end of the day, it’s supposed to be a feel-good film.”

Sundance, backed by Redford’s Sundance Institute for filmmaking, has long championed non-mainstream work.

When it began in 1985, the festival’s low-budget movies often centered on human dramas, and as past Sundance films like “sex, lies and videotape” and “Clerks” proved profitable, the indie market began to grow.

The range of independent films broadened to include more comedy and technology, and the movies became more global in their scope. Sundance has helped usher in those changes.

TOUGH TO BE INDIE

But in 2008, the industry fell on hard times. Mighty distributors like Paramount Vantage and Warner Independent Pictures ceased to exist or changed business plans.

The quality and range of independent movies had improved with titles such as “Little Miss Sunshine” or “Napoleon Dynamite,” but with that came more independent films competing to reach theaters. Revenues per film have fallen.

Still, Redford believes independent filmmakers will find new ways to make movies and reach fans, and at Thursday’s premiere of “Mary and Max” he saw the upcoming inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as a harbinger for change in the art of cinema.

“I’m actually thinking positive because when times are bad, there’s always an opportunity for artists,” Redford told the opening night audience.

Sundance runs through January 25 and reaches its climax at a closing ceremony where awards for the best independent films, directors, writers and cinematographers will be given in categories for dramas and documentaries. The festival recognizes films from the United States and around the world.

Over the next 10 days, stars including Chris Rock, Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher, Amy Poehler and newcomer Kristen Stewart, star of “Twilight,” are expected to hit town.

While this year’s Sundance has been overshadowed by the recession, organizers say ticket sales are up from 2008.

So, while Hollywood studios have scaled back travel to the festival — several executives and talent agents told Reuters they were bringing five to 10 percent less staff — and clearly there are fewer companies hawking their wares and clamoring for media attention, movie lovers remain in theaters.

They are looking for a little laughter, some new technology and maybe even human frailty — the stuff of life.

“Art,” Redford said. “will always find a way.”

source: Reuters

Hey guys, I haven’t neglected KSO and I haven’t ignored any affiliate requests (I have heaps, yikes!). My mum and my brother went over the internet upload and download usage for the last two months, so I’ve been living on a speed worse than dial up because my ISP slows us down when we reach 12 Gigs. So I haven’t been able to upload photos to the gallery. But not to fear, I have taken matters into my own hands upgraded our plan to a faster one, which means updates are even quicker than before, and I’ve also updated it to a 25 Gig plan, I’m paying half of it and Mum’s paying the other, I told mum I couldn’t afford to have this crap happen all the time since I have websites to run and she agreed and appologised she was just board since she’s on holidays. So as of Saturday the speed will be back and I’ll be back updating, I’ll answer all emails, add the affiliates etc etc. YAY!

PopStar emailed this to me so I thought I’d post it since Kristen is listed!

With over ten thousand letters written to over three hundred different celebrities, this year’s contest has proven to be very active and competitive.  In the end, however, only fifteen of the top one hundred stars made the cut.

1. Jonas Brothers
2. Robert Pattinson
3. Nick Jonas
4. Stephenie Meyer
5. Vanessa Hudgens
6. Joe Jonas
7. Kristen Stewart
8. Taylor Lautner
9. Kevin Jonas
10. Miley Cyrus
11. Demi Lovato
12. Ashley Greene
13. Selena Gomez
14. Kellan Lutz
15. Cam Gigandet

In order to provide the stars with a fair representation of their fans, our rules require that at least fifty different individuals submit letters to any given star in order to receive their letters and be considered a contest winner.

Find out who didn’t make the cut on the Celebrity Love Awards, 2008 page.

Read our official announcement of the results in our news section.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and good luck in 2009!