day 4.02

movie review: young adult

instant classic. diablo cody and jason reitman's latest collaboration, young adult, is basically what would happen if we got to see a character form a john hughes movie all grown up. charlize theron stars as mavis, a 37-year-old young adult author still living like a young adult- example: her meals consist of ben & jerrys and an episode of the kardashians. mavis treks back to her minnesota hometown in hopes of landing the one that got away, buddy (morning glory's patrick wilson). the thing is- buddy recently had a baby and that's the only reason mavis wants him back. as mavis tries to win back buddy, she's also tasked with finishing the final book in her series. her book begins to mirror the action in her real life, as both she and her character realize going home isn't alway the best thing. alcoholically stumbling through each day, mavis can't seem to get it together. a newfound friendship with former high school geek matt (patton oswalt) doesn't help either, as mavis is forced to directly face how horrible she was in high school. young adult is no light comedy- it's very dark and very real, so don't expect a pick-me-up at the movie theater. instead, expect to feel for the very real, very flawed characters cody created and walk away feeling really good about yourself. well, unless you sympathize with mavis. then expect to feel pretty bad.

vicki gunvalson has a new face...

and there's a brunette. the new season of the real housewives of orange county premieres february 7.

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charlize theron is a young adult

"mavis, i'm a married man." "i know- we can beat this thing. together."

diablo cody and jason reitman (the team behind juno) + charlize theron? can. not. wait.

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it's back!

diablo cody's genius talk show in an airstream, red band trailer, returns to the internets for a second season! the show made the move from youtube to the lexus-backed "l series" video site ... aka, lexus is paying for this now. and i couldn't figure out how to embed it so you can click here to watch the premiere of season two with john krasinski.

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this. looks. phenomenal.

diablo cody and jason reitman are back together and i can. not. wait. the duo behind juno reunite for young adult, a flick about a 30-something young adult author- charlize theron, in a possibly comedic turn- who can't seem to grow up. when she decides her life isn't headed where she want it, she hightails to her hometown to reunite with an ex-boyfriend. too bad he's married with kids now- but that's not going to stop her. just the poster's out now, but can you imagine what amazingness this trailer will bring?

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my new favorite

so i've been a fan of diablo cody since juno came out. i've read her book. i watch united states of tara. i even sat through jennifer's body, which wasn't really that bad. but now diablo has her own talk show. yes, it's on youtube...but still, it's a talk show! diablo tweeted a while back that she was going to park a trailer in her driveway and host a talk show in it. naturally, i thought she was joking. but, nope, she mad her dream a reality. it's called red band trailer and ms. cody has some pretty big guests, like adam brody and chelsea handler. and that's just the first two guests. check out the 10 minute episodes above and subscribe to her channel, because jason bateman is going to be on next week.

day 310

diablo cody moves to sweet valley

after a disappointing opening weekend for her latest big-screen effort, the megan fox satire jennifer's body, diablo cody is moving on to bigger and better things. the oscar winning scribe is adapting one of her guilty pleasures, the sweet valley high book series by francine pascal, for the big screen. after an intense bidding war, universal studios will be behind the film, which if successful, could result in a series. diablo reportedly read the books growing up and has long been interested in pursuing an adaptation of the series. the books, about twins elizabeth and jessica wakefield and their time at sweet valley high, were made into a syndicated tv series in the mid 90s (the pilot episode is posted above), but there's a huge opening for a new audience to get to know this world. combining the plot of the books with diablo's sharp wit should make for a really good movie. i just hope that diablo doesn't wind up a one-hit-wonder of the movie biz. jennifer's body failed to break big this weekend and, even though it will make back its production cost, the studio was definitely expecting more. replicating the success of juno will be difficult, but should be possible. had body been advertised as a comedy and not a horror film, it probably would have been the weekend's number one flick. it's all about how a film is presented to the audience; if you want to appeal to the juno audience, then advertise the film like it's a pop-culture filled 90 minutes of witty dialogue. diablo will begin writing the film sometime soon and production will probably start sometime in mid 2010.

day 231

leighton's leakage

now that leighton meester is back to shooting the new season of gossip girl, she's taking time off of her burgeoning music career. but, to remind us that she is, in fact, a singer, someone leaked a new track - "body control" - onto the internets. it seems like leighton is going gaga - and i mean that she's taking some inspiration from lady gaga. the song is a fast paced, radio friendly, dance track with plenty of synth beats, much like the material lady g included on her debut album, the fame. it sounds like it could have come right out of the 80s. no word on whether or not this is an official single or just a demo, but either way it's a going to get stuck in your head after you listen to it. you're welcome. or not. check out the song above.

diablo's back

if you were a fan of 2007's juno, then you might be in for a treat come september. diablo cody, who wrote juno, is back with her second film, jennifer's body. out september 18th, the film follows a mean girl/cheerleader (megan fox as jennifer) who is possessed by a demon to destroy all that is evil. sadly, all that is evil entails almost every boy in the girl's high school. when her nerdy friend, needy (played by mamma mia's amanda seyfriend), discovers jennifer's secret she has to battle back, tracking down the demon's source. sounds like some heavy stuff right? well, after watching the preview, it's not that bad. the dialogue appears to have diablo's trademark wit - more of a dark comedy vibe than a slasher film. in fact, the movie has already been compared to one of my favorite flicks, heathers. check it out for yourself above.