Nikki Reed is not afraid of being unconventional. After all, she broke into the business as a 14-year-old screenwriter-turned actress when she wrote and starred in the coming-of-age drama Thirteen. Since then, Reed has continued to impress critics through sexually-charged and equally controversial roles in films like Lords of Dogtown and Mini’s First Time. Never one to be typecast, however, Reed’s latest work involves a little less skin and a little more teeth. Reed plays Rosalie Hale, a beautiful but tragically cursed vampire in the much-loved film saga Twilight. With the film’s next installment Eclipse set for release June 30, we caught up with the star at the W Hollywood to get an inside peek into the film and her life behind the scenes. SNMag: What can you tell us about the new movie, Eclipse?Nikki Reed: It’s full of action, as you can see from the trailers. You really get a glimpse at what it was like for us before we were vampires and how we made the journey. It’s a lot more visually intense. SNMag: How did you prepare for the filming?NR: We were in stunt, personal and fight training all the time. I felt like a professional athlete. I felt like all I did was train. They had to make sure our bodies were in good physical shape because we did a lot of our own stunts. There were weeks when I would work Monday through Saturday. SNMag: What was the coolest stunt you got to do yourself?NR: Running on steep 30 foot treadmills with harnesses on and jumping while running at 10.0 on the treadmill and ducking through branches and being on the back of tow trucks, being pulled at 100 miles an hour. SNMag: We get to learn a bit more about Rosalie’s back story in Eclipse. What is like playing a character that is said to be so incredibly beautiful?NR: It opened up all these questions about what beauty is. It really stressed me out for a long time. It made me more aware of my insecurity. I eventually had to just be ok with what it is — that is that everyone’s beautiful and we’re all beautiful in a different way. There’s no single person on the planet, not Monica Bellucci or Adriana Lima, that is universally the most beautiful person. SNMag: What initially drew you to the character of Rosalie?NR: I liked how honest she was. I liked how she was unwilling to stray from what she believed in and she would fight and speak her mind regardless of how controversial it was.
SNMag: Did you have any idea how crazy the fan following for Twilight would be like when you signed on?NR: No, not at all. We had no idea. When we signed onto the series, it was a passionate and exclusive group. The hype combined with making the movie made this an explosion. It was bizarre. There’s definitely no formula for it. SNMag: What has been your craziest fan encounter?NR: It doesn’t get as crazy for me, but I think that I am careful about which situations I put myself in. I don’t go out a lot and I don’t expose myself to it. There have been moments during shooting where there’s a group of 50 people that have been waiting for 10 hours and you end up feeling as a human being that it’s so undeserved. It just feels like, “Really? You’re waiting for me? That can’t be.” I almost want to see the fans so I can say, “You see, I’m not special at all.” SNMag: What do you think about the Rob Pattinson craze?NR: I get it. Rob is a totally fascinating, amazing, wonderful guy. I get why all these girls are so in love with him. He’s super intelligent, mysterious, musical and intellectual. I get it. SNMag: Do you get along well with all the other cast? Is there anyone you especially get along with?NR: It depends on where we’re at in our lives. We all get along really well but on this last movie, it just so happened that Elizabeth [Reaser] and I were living literally two steps away from each other. When you came out of my door and took a hard left you were in her room. When I quit smoking that changed who I hung out with in our cast because I got really active and into working out and Elizabeth and Kellan [Lutz] are really active. There was a time when I wanted to sit and smoke cigarettes and play guitar and sing. SNMag: How do you guys spend your free time when you’re shooting?NR: We get creative and make silly mini movies and do awesome stuff like that. Other times we just lay around and watch television. There are a lot of music nights because Xavier [Samuel], Rob and Jackson [Rathbone] are very musical. We eat a lot of Thai food. There’s a Thai food place close by. We hang out with each other because we’re very isolated. SNMag: Is it grueling to shoot these movies back to back?NR: We can’t really age so we have to knock them out. It’s nice to have a job. I don’t think any actor necessarily complains about having their next job lined up. SNMag: What is the coolest experience to come out of being associated with a franchise like Twilight?NR: It’s cool being seen in a different light. I look so different and the entire world sees that I can do that; that I can play someone different and make it believable…hopefully. SNMag: You broke into acting in a pretty unconventional way. How did you decide to write the screenplay for Thirteen at such a young age?NR: It was a very unconventional situation. There was no plan. I wasn’t a crazy teenager that was like, “I want to be a screenwriter.” I just do a lot of writing for myself, and I was a precocious child and liked to express my feelings all the time. I was writing about my family and my life and what was going on. Catherine Hardwicke, who dated my father when I was a kid, said, “What if we write this movie?” And we got it made. SNMag: Do you write screen-plays now?NR: I’ve continued to write. It’s just one of those things where there’s no formula for making a successful franchise. There’s also no formula for making a different type of phenomenon like Thirteen because the timing was right and the stars were aligned. At one time or another that movie was shocking and eye opening but now with reality TV shows it’s different. I have
written a number of screenplays and I continue to explore that avenue. With everything that’s been going on, I haven’t been as focused as I’d like to in my late teenage years and early 20s. SNMag: Do you feel that your tumultuous upbringing helped you cope in crazy Hollywood?NR: No, not really. I get people and I know what’s going on. I’m not afraid to say what I feel. I think that’s helped me in my career, but it’s also hurt me a lot. People don’t know how to receive that. I’m a young woman who is articulate and speaks her mind. It’s who I am. I was never silenced by either of my parents. SNMag: When you’re not working, what is your favorite way to spend a Saturday night?NR: I like to cook. I’m not the best cook in the world, but it makes me happy and I’m good at following recipes. I travel a lot. I’ve spent the last few years in Australia, Africa, Switzerland. I’m going to go to Brazil soon.
What could be sexier than a Victoria’s Secret Angel’s gorgeous, supermodel-long legs? Apparently, Carrie Underwood‘s! The lingerie brand revealed their annual What is Sexy? 2010 List (aka the Bombshell Edition) and some of our favorite Hollywood stars took home smoldering awards. Ashley Greenewon Sexiest Eyes, Scarlett Johansson nabbed Sexiest Lips and Olivia Wilde scored Sexiest Actress overall! In honor of this year’s Bombshell theme, VS also asked their Facebook fans to vote on the Sexiest Up-and-Coming Bombshell—actress Amber Heardtook home the honor! See the entire list of What is Sexy? 2010 winners at vsallaccess.com.
This just in…. the 2010 What Is Sexy? List (aka the Bombshell Edition), celebrating the sexiest Bombshells in Hollywood and beyond! And, for the first time ever, the public got to weigh in, as Victoria’s Secret Facebook fans picked the winner of the “Sexiest Up-&-Coming Bombshell” category. To fete the list’s fifth annual installment, Supermodels Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will host an exclusive VIP party at LA’s suitably-sexy hotspot, Drai’s at W Hollywood.
Sexiest Actress – Olivia Wilde
Sexiest Style – Zoe Saldana
Sexiest Legs – Carrie Underwood
Sexiest Hair – Taylor Swift
Sexiest Smile – Lea Michele (not pictured)
Sexiest Eyes – Ashley Greene
Sexiest Lips – Scarlett Johansson (not pictured)
Sexiest Curves – Christina Hendricks
Sexiest TV Cast – True Blood
Sexiest Mom (Momshell) – Camila Alves
Sexiest Songstress – Katy Perry
Sexiest Beach Body – AnnaLynne McCord
Sexiest Sense of Humor – Ellen DeGeneres
Sexiest Chef – Padma Lakshmi
Sexiest International Import – Emily Blunt (not pictured)
I love how supportive she is for good causes. She truly puts herself where her words are. She uses her fame/celebrity to help others. I have a total girl crush on her.
New Moon-er Rachelle Lefevre recently made a promise — she’ll only live up this promise if Canada will stop the slaughtering of seals for their fur -
“I will stand in front of the parliament buildings wearing a bikini holding a sign that says ‘My country saves young skin!’” — Rachelle Lefevre
If you would like to make your own pledge to Canada to stop the Seal hunt — you can go here to do so!
You might've heard of today's Girl Crush because she's been in a lot of movies: "Into The Wild," "The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas," "Panic Room" ... oh, and she stars (alongside her rumored real-life main squeeze) in all the films of the "Twilight" saga.
Kristen Stewart is girl crush-worthy for a lot of reasons — not the least of which are her highly-lauded acting abilities. She takes risks in her film choices with challenging, sometimes controversial, roles. You can next catch her in "The Yellow Handkerchief," which comes out this weekend, and then in "The Runaways," out March 19.
Though she's made herself known as a tomboy, Miss Stewart cleans up great: favoring red carpet looks with unique textures, bold colors and raised hemlines to show off her skinny-minny legs.
Congratulations to you, Kristen Stewart! Let us know who you have a Girl Crush on in the comments section below, or send us a tweet and tell us who else you think we should feature@hollywoodcrush!
Ashley and Kristen are on AskMen.com's top 99 Women of 2010. Def not a surprise to me, they are both extreamly good looking and lots of us (including me) have girl crushes on them.
21 Kristen Stewart
Why She's No.21
Kristen Stewart is an industry vet, and she’s not even 20 years old. The actress was playing Jodie Foster’s daughter in Panic Roomwhen kids her age were getting their first paper routes. But unlike Haley Joel Osment, Stewart has made the transition from child star to adult actress look relatively easy, namely thanks to her high-profile role as Bella Swan in the big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight.
When the film hit theaters in November 2008, she and costar Robert Pattinson experienced the same kind of unnerving immediate rise to fame that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet experienced post-Titanic. Posters of Stewart suddenly became makeshift wallpaper inside locker doors in high schools across America, or they substituted as dartboards for all those females who were envious of her onscreen and rumored off-screen time with Pattinson, much to Stewart’s dismay. “I don’t want to be a movie star likeAngelina Jolie,” Stewart told BlackBook magazine. “Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I’m an actor. It’s bizarre to me that everybody’s so obsessive.”
With New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, proving to be one of the most successful movies (financially speaking) of all time, Stewart has the spotlight, whether she likes it or not, especially with the third and final installment, Eclipse, coming out in 2010 and her recent BAFTA nomination for Rising Actress for her New Moon role. If catching a vampire flick with a swarm of insanely hormonal girls isn’t your idea of a great Friday night, check out Stewart playing Joan Jett in the upcoming 2010 biopic The Runaways, opposite Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie.
"Oh my gosh, thank you guys so much! I'm so, so flattered, so thank you to anyone and everyone who voted for me."
- Ashley Greene
By now, we realize you have very little patience left for hearing about anything related to theTwilightfranchise, but please take this moment along with us to contemplate Ashley Greene. She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, but upon deciding to become an actress, she buckled down, finished school early at the age of 17 and booked it west to Hollywood. Although she started her acting career with bit parts on shows like Punk’d and Crossing Jordan, it wasn’t long until Ashley won the part of Alice Cullen in the Twilight franchise, based on Stephenie Meyer’s novels. Reprising her role in both New Moonand the upcoming Eclipse, Ashley Greene makes for at least one good reason to sit through the vampire flicks with your Robert Pattinson-obsessed girlfriend, because you deserve some eye candytoo. Also, look for her in 2010’s The Apparition, about a couple haunted by a supernatural being. We promise there are no vampires involved. And if your lustful fantasies aren't fulfilled there, check out her ad campaign for SoBe Lifewater -- we promise you won't be disappointed. Video of Ashley Source
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Carrie
As you know Ashley is the new model for SoBe Lifewater. Her whole photoshoot has now hit the web since the campaign has been launched. She looks gorgeous in all these pictures. But I do have to say, its just not fair that she is this hot. Some of these pictures will be in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition on stands Feb 10.
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