Archive for March 8th, 2010

Coming hot off the seven year process that was getting their first film, CHRISTMAS ON MARS, to some sort of a release, it looks like Wayne Coyne, front man of The Flaming Lips, isn’t at all afraid to get back into the filmmaking machine.

Coyne, in a recent interview with Billboard (via Pitchfork), said that he is already working on another film, “and this one might not even take as long.”

The artist plans on filming the project in Oklahoma City, and is set in someone’s house, a backyard, and a slaughterhouse, instead of being shot on a space station-style set as MARS was.  However as interesting as that may be, Coyne has some intriguing ideas for who he would like to cast in the film:

“I’m gonna try to get real actors, too, celebrities to show up and have fun with us for a couple of nights. I’m in the process of begging Justin Timberlake to be part of it; if I’m lucky I’ll be able to wear him down in another year.”

Timberlake does have a history of appearing in mind-bogglingly weird feature films; he did, after all, hold down starring roles in both Southland Tales and The Love Guru. And he appeared with the Lips on “Top of the Pops”, while wearing a dolphin suit.

Coyne says that he’s beginning work on the film, and that he and bandmate Steven Drozd have started work on the film’s music. But this one could also take a while: “Because I get to do it with people I love and it’s my art, I don’t care how long it takes.”

Meanwhile, Coyne will be busy with his regular frontman duties this year. The Flaming Lips will tour the U.S. in the coming months.

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By Krista Angela M. Montealegre Reporter

American RnB superstar Justin Timberlake will rock for a cause when he guests on Grammy-winning record producer, singer and rapper Timbaland’s Shock Value Tour II concert on March 27.

Lives will definitely change when Timberlake, Timberland and Jojo perform at the SM Mall of Asia concert ground because the proceeds of the concert will be donated to the PLDT Smart Foundation Inc. (PSF).

The PSF is the social outreach arm of the country’s oldest and largest telecommunications conglomerate, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications Inc.

“I know Justin [Timberlake] will donate a portion of it so I’m confident that we’ll get something although it may not be a huge amount,” said PSF President Butch Meily during a roundtable with editors and reporters of The Manila Times on Monday.

The concert will benefit the music department of a public school in Angono, Rizal, and about 100 orphans who lost their families when Typhoon Ondoy ravaged the country’s Metro Manila region, causing the worst flooding in more than four decades.

“There are also suggestions to include the children of heroes who died saving other families. We think that should count as well,” Meily said.

The PSF has worked in partnership with nongovernment organizations, schools and other groups in a number of diverse causes—education, microfinance, sports, juvenile rehabilitation, disaster response, the environment, poverty alleviation and the arts.

It has supported Cinemabuhay, an effort to discover future filmmakers and give them the opportunity to display their talents. The foundation recently awarded a P1-million grant to Slow Fade, a digital movie directed by Rommel Sales starring Diether Ocampo and Lara Quigaman.

The PSF is focusing on one or two priority projects every year. In 2009, it bankrolled the construction of a four-story school at the heart of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, and Bahay Pagasa, a P15-million juvenile rehabilitation facility in Dasmarinas, Cavite.

Meily was also named the executive director of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), which was formed to aid the government in the rehabilitation of damaged areas after typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng battered the country last year.

The PDRF said that Dutch expert Tjitte Nauta, who has conducted a study on the Laguna Lake, will hold a workshop on Thursday on how to solve the country’s flooding problem.

Before the end of the month, it is expected to come up with its assessment report of the damage caused by the disastrous typhoons, which will determine the cost of rehabilitation.

“We’ll have to fix the damage before the rain comes again,” Meily said.

The PDRF has received overwhelming support for the rehabilitation project from all walks of life. Meily said the foundation even received a check donation worth P6,549 from students of The Learning Tree school in Metro Manila.

“This [check] was given to us by 10 to 11-year-old students. The outpouring of support for this project was overwhelming,” he added.

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Cameron Diaz couldn’t be happier to have ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake join the cast of her new comedy, “Bad Teacher.”

“We’re thrilled to have him,” Cameron told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night. “He’s the best person for the job. He’s going to be hilarious.”

Justin might not be best known for his comedic work, but Cameron says he’ll be able to keep up with her and their co-stars.

“He’s clearly a very talented comedian, look at his ‘Saturday Night Live’ [skits],” she continued. “He’s fantastic, he’s going to be so great.”

Cameron told Access she had just finished her first day working on the comedy – which also co-stars Jason Segel, Lucy Punch, Molly Shannon and “Modern Family’s” Eric Stonestreet – on Saturday.

“We just had our first day of shooting yesterday with Jason,” she said. “And we just laughed all day. It’s so wonderful, I’m so excited.”

Click here to watch the video of Cameron talking about Justin and Bad Teacher

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The Paps snapped Justin leaving Guys and Dolls in Beverly Hills last night with a few friends.

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