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E!News : IF YOU'RE a fan of Milla Jovovich, you'll be able to get up close and personal with the Ukrainian-born model and actress when Resident Evil: Afterlife is released.The fourth instalment in the video game adaptation series will be in 3D, with Milla and her co-stars - Heroes actress Ali Larter and Prison Break's Wentworth Miller - leaping out of the screen at the audience.
And Jovovich promises viewers they will love the immersive experience.
She said: "I'm blown away by the things that I've seen so far that we've done - I mean, we're flipping out doing it, so I would imagine people will flip out seeing it.
"It's in 3D, which is making this movie just come to life in a way that none of the other films can even pretend to, because it's sucking the audience in," she said.
"It is just the most action-packed, the most crazy, full-on experience that you could imagine from a Resident Evil movie. I think it's going to be 'sick'!"
Milla means 'sick' in the slang sense of awesome or excellent, of course.
She added that after playing superhuman security officer Alice in four Resident Evil films, the character has become a part of her.
"I'm attached to her now. Now I feel in a sense like it's family. It's really kind of become such a huge part of my world, and the training process, and being able to just to go through all these adventures, it's a lot of fun," she told Entertainment Tonight.
Resident Evil: Afterlife, directed by Milla's English husband Paul WS Anderson, will be released on September 10. (blogs.coventrytelegraph.net)
E!News : Venus Williams brought the glitter. Rafael Nadal brought the grit. On a Friday night that felt like bonus tennis at the U.S. Open, Williams and Nadal performed like players on a mission — maybe trying to outhustle a hurricane that never showed, or maybe, in Williams' case, trying to finish in time to catch the end of cocktail hour.Wearing a black sequined dress she designed as a tribute to New York, the third-seeded Williams outclassed qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1. Also dressed in black from head to toe, the top-seeded Nadal handled the hustle and shotmaking of Denis Istomin with a 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory highlighted by Rafa's rally from 5-1 down in the second-set tiebreaker.
Then off into the night they went — closing out the schedule on a day that was billed as a washout in the making but finished without a hitch, save a 25-minute rain delay in the afternoon that resulted from the small, and only, band from Hurricane Earl to sneak into the city.
A fortunate turn in the weather for Nadal, who caught the unfortunate end of the tournament's backloaded schedule. This was only his second-round match, and to win his first U.S. Open title, he'll now have to win six times in 10 days. A rainout Friday would have eliminated one of those days of rest.
"That's the U.S. Open and they do what they think is better, I think, for everybody," Nadal said. "I accept the rules. If I have to play second round on Friday, I play second round on Friday. No discussion of that." Nadal had to dig deep at the end of the second set, after Istomin skidded — and left a 10-foot-mark — then did the splits to get to a drop shot and hit a cross-court backhand winner that will go down as one of the best shots of the tournament. With the crowd going crazy, Nadal also clapped to show his respect ... then went about winning the next six points to take the set.
"He played a great point," Nadal said. "I think I stayed very well mentally in that moment. I was playing with big calm and big concentration." Between sets, Istomin needed a break to get his thigh worked on by the trainer. Nadal waited patiently, then went out saved five break points in the third set to close out the match. He won all seven break points he faced on a night when his serve topped out at 134 mph.
"For the moment, it's working really well," Nadal said.
For Williams, there was no such drama — only a methodical victory that spoke to the fact that she's rounding into shape despite coming into the U.S. Open without much training time, on the mend from a sprained left kneecap. "It's something you think about," Williams said. "But my whole thing was to try to bank on my experience, which so far is working."
With her injured sister, Serena, looking on from the stands — about the only thing in doubt during this match was who had the better dress. Serena's was red and Venus' was black with silver sequins — a creation of her own design.
"It's about a celebration of me playing my best, obviously at home, and kind of doing what I love and being able to wear something fun while I do it," she said.
Earlier, the day's best match involved 18-year-old American Ryan Harrison, who couldn't convert on any of his three match points in a fifth-set tiebreaker and lost 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine.
The young man, ranked 220 in the world, kept his perspective.
"I'm trying to hopefully get to the top 10, so I feel like one match doesn't make or break that," Harrison said. "It's the experience of playing these type of matches that is really going to help me to get there."
Two of the top Americans left in the draw won. No. 18 John Isner defeated Marco Chiudinelli and No. 20 Sam Querrey beat Marcel Granollers, then complained that none of the four U.S. men who've moved on to the third round have appeared on the show court in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"Hopefully, we can have four in the round of 16," Querrey said. "I think we've got a great shot to do that. Hopefully they'll put some of us on center court. Not a huge fan of the scheduling this week."
James Blake goes first, set to play No. 3 Novak Djokovic in Ashe Stadium on Saturday.
Winners in Ashe on Friday included No. 4 Andy Murray, 12th-seeded woman Elena Dementieva and No. 2 Kim Clijsters, whose next match is against Ana Ivanovic.
Ivanovic, the world No. 1 after winning the French Open in 2008, fell as low as No. 65 after nearly two years of injuries and inconsistent play. Now, she's at No. 40 with a chance to move up more if she beats friend Clijsters, the defending champion.
"When I was struggling, she was messaging me. She was very supportive," Ivanovic said. "That's really rare and really nice to see. In those times, you know who your friends are." (yahoo)
E!News : MGM Resorts International is now under investigation following a tweet from the son of NBA legend Michael Jordan. Marcus Jordan’s tweets about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub has prompted Nevada gambling regulators to look into whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors, Nevada Gaming Control Board enforcement chief Jerry Markling said Monday. More details about the investigation sparked by Marcus Jordan on the other side.
As previously reported, Jordan’s 19-year-old son Marcus Jordan tweeted Aug. 20 about spending $35,000 at Haze at Aria Resort & Casino.
As previously reported, Jordan’s 19-year-old son Marcus Jordan tweeted Aug. 20 about spending $35,000 at Haze at Aria Resort & Casino.
“Last night was stupid… 35K at Haze,” the University of Central Florida sophomore guard said. “Totals 50K something the whole day.”
The tweet has since been removed from the site. And Marcus Jordan apologized for the twit.
“I didn’t mean it the way it came across,” he said. “My family and friends know the type of person I am.”
Wow, one tweet can cause all this ruckus! People still don't respect the power of social networks. (http://dimewars.com)
E!News : Good Girl Gone Wax! Rihanna is the latest star to be enshrined in a big ball of wax by the creative gods at Madame Tussauds Museum! A waxwork of the “Shut Up & Drive” hitmaker smartly dressed in a black lace number went on display in the Nation’s Capital on Tuesday.Tourists and visitors to Madame Tussauds’ Washington, DC location will now get to take pictures alongside Everyone’s Favorite Barbados-born pop queen without the superstar songstress even being in the same zip code!
Madame Tussauds gifted the first 50 visitors at Tuesday’s morning’s unveiling with free umbrella if they mentioned the word “umbrella.” (We’re guessing that adding the “-ella, -ella, -ella” part aftewards was optional.) The promotion was so successful, the museum is keeping it going. Now through Sept. 30, fans who stop by Madame Tussauds Washington DC and mention the word “umbrella” will receive a buy-one-get-one-free admission! Visit MadameTussauds.com for more information on that.Artists studied photographs and video footage of Rihanna to pinpoint the edgy look that has become her calling card. The singer donated the figure’s outfit of a black lace corset, fitted jacket, pants and black silk heels, which appears to be modeled after an outfit that Rihanna wore during Paris Fashion Week last October. (www.popcrunch.com)
E!News : The famous sisters Kim, 29, Kourtney, 31, Khloe, 26, and their mum Kris Jenner, 54, are teaming up with QVC for K-Dash by Kardashian, a new clothing and accessories collection.The line includes everything from belts to faux fur-trimmed vests, with prices ranging between $20-$240.
K-Dash by Kardashian is set to debut on QVC as part of Fashion's Night Out, and will air live from the Rockefeller Centre, New York, on September 10.
The Kardashian design team will be on hand on the show and will be joined by other designers such as Bradley Bayou and Marc Bouwer. (www.musicrooms.net)
