Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Jennifer Lawrence

JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS HAVING THE “OLDER MAN” EXPERIENCE

It makes sense that Jennifer Lawrence is the highest paid actress in the world at the age of 26. She’s adorable – and have you ever seen a movie of hers that you DIDN’T like? It looks like Darren Aronofsky, her director when she filmed Mother this summer, is smitten with her. The Black Swan director is 47 – twenty one years older than she is, and they’ve been spending a lot of time together the past few months. No doubt she’s impressed with his experience and smarts. It’s a match made in Hollywood.

(Above, Jennifer at the premier of Passengers)

Photo Credit: AKM-GSI

By Janet / December 14, 2016
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Darren Aronofsky Noah Rescue Russell Crowe

YIKES – WE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE RUSSELL CROWE, EITHER!

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Okay, the idea of Russell Crowe being rescued by the US Coast Guard when he got off course in his kayak off Long Island, is amusing, but the real issue here is: WHAT HAPPENED TO RUSSELL CROWE? He used to be a sexy guy – we remember him in “L.A. Confidential” looking rather hot. He’s currently playing Noah in the biblical ark story for Darren Aronofsky, and Darren IS noted for preferring male stars who look like they’ve been around the block a few times. No WONDER his rescuers, on either side of Crowe, above, didn’t recognize the actor. We didn’t either!

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

By Janet / September 4, 2012
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"Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky Elizabeth Berkley Showgirls

“BLACK SWAN” AND “SHOWGIRLS” HAVE MORE THAN A LITTLE IN COMMON

Showgirls | Black Swan Trailer MASH UP from Jeffrey McHale on Vimeo.

Video via Hollywood Reporter

For those of you who forked over your hard earned money to see “Black Swan” this weekend – and certainly, it WAS a better choice than “The Tourist” – here is a revealing and amusing mashup of the Black Swan trailer and that old favorite “Showgirls.” (It combines the audio of the Swan trailer and visuals from Showgirls.) One might assume “Black Swan” director Darren Arononfsky was a fan of Elizabeth Berkley’s 1995 potbboiler.

By Janet / December 12, 2010
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Barbara Hershey Darren Aronofsky Movies Natalie Portman Woman-hater

IS “BLACK SWAN” DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY A WOMAN HATER?

It’s amazing, but Darren Aronofsky has managed to create a ballet movie AIMED AT MEN! “Black Swan” has none of the characteristics a woman would look forward to in a ballet movie – exquisite music and dance sequences, hard working young women with a spirit of camaraderie, the excitement of living in New York as a ballerina, gay male dancers as best friends, a peek inside the world of ballet. What Aronofsky DOES provide is a nightmarish group of backstabbing neurotic (but beautiful and vulnerable) dancers leading dark and dreary lives. With some lesbian sex thrown in “for the boys.” Natalie Portman’s character is on the edge of madness and her self-mutilation sequences are nauseating. Barbara Hershey is photographed in such gruesome unflattering close-ups that she should sue the director. The males in the movie are older and lascivious and in charge. It’s not a pretty picture and it makes one wonder if Aronofsky secretly hates women.

By Janet / December 7, 2010
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