The Devil Inside should be purged
The things young Isabella Rossi sees on her fateful trip to Rome!
She sees bodies contort into pretzels and climb walls and fling themselves across rooms, breaking restraints as they do. She sees blood and hears all manner of blood-curdling cursing in languages familiar and foreign.
and playing her in The Devil Inside, actress Fernanda Andrade barely bats an eye. I guess shes grown up with exorcism movies, so nothings going to shock her.
if its January, it must be low-grade horror season. and since The Rite cashed in last January, why not roll out a Blair Witchy hand-held Were making a documentary about my possessed mother film?
The un-emotive Andrade plays a young woman whose mother killed three members of the Catholic clergy 20 years before in an American exorcism. Somehow, she was transferred to a hospital for the criminally insane in Rome, where Isabella drags filmmaker Michael (Ionut Grama) and his many video cameras to make a movie that provides Isabella with answers.
Is it in my genes? am I going to flip out some day?
She visits Mom (Suzan Crowley, very creepy) alone, in her hospital room. and Mom, switching accents, rolling her eyes, showing off her collection of cross-cuts on her arms and lips, rattles Isabella (not that Andrade lets us see this).
Isabella takes in a lecture at the Vatican School for Exorcism, which is like Hogwarts without the cool scarves. She likes the healthy skepticism there, but she takes up with a couple of young true believer priests (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) who promptly invite her and Michael along on a couple of house calls.
She doesnt take the warnings of the young Brit Ben (Quarterman) seriously.
In all the years Ive been in the church, he mutters, Ive seen the devil way more than Ive seen God!
The priests lay out the four giveaways that youre dealing with a demonic possession and not just run-of-the-mill mental illness, signs that include aversion to holy objects (Bibles, crucifixes, holy water), preternatural movement and strength. and then they show her the real deal, bringing a couple of lay people into deathly dangerous situations. Honestly, Father Ben, do you think Satan is listening when you shout I want you to leave the girl out of this?
Its a profoundly foolish script filmed with a shaky cam, a movie that goes to great pains to explain how many cameras there are and where theyre placed in a room, only to drop that conceit and show us unexplained subjective shots.
but having one exorcist be a priest and a doctor, able to bring vital signs monitors into the basement, bedroom or wherever the exorcism is to take place, adds an ERs urgency to this sort of an I need 400 ccs of holy water, STAT! effect. there are some gripping images and one hair-raising moment.
Its not enough, of course, and the ending is such a cheat that youll be fighting back the urge to boo the closing credits.
The Devil Inside should be purged
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David Beckham to Splurge on Liz Taylor Jewelry for Victoria
Diamonds (or make that any piece of expensive jewelry) are a girl’s best friend.
And, it seems that since baby Harper was born daddy David has been wanting nothing but make wife Victoria very happy and give her what her heart desires.
Soccer superstar David Beckham is reportedly planning to buy late Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry for his wife Victoria when it goes up for auction at Christie’s in December – and he is willing to splurge an obscene amount on the late actress’ diamonds.
A source close to the couple said, “David’s been so happy since Harper was born, he feels like him and Victoria are falling in love all over again. he wants to show it with the most impressive gifts possible.”
‘It’s like that little girl has just flipped a switch in David’s brain and he’s more in love with his wife than ever. He’s been cooking romantic dinners for Victoria – something he hasn’t done since they were married,” the source added.
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David Beckham to Splurge on Liz Taylor Jewelry for Victoria
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Best Lounges and DJs in New York City?
I am traveling into town, NYC, with a actress on November 20th. and we were talking about going to a lounge with a good DJ in New York. she doesnt care so much about how popular the club is rather than she wants good music… and by that I would say dance, hardstyle, techno type music, maybe mainstream dance but not really any rap at all. any Suggestions on where to take her? and if there are any big DJs coming into town that would be a plus!
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Top 10 Celebrity Shoplifters
NEW YORK –
Lindsay Lohan was charged on Wednesday for felony grand theft after borrowing a necklace without paying. from Winona Ryder’s notorious five-finger discount at Saks Fifth Avenue to a fallen Charlie’s Angel, see stars who’ve been involved in stealing scandals, although they make millions.
These are tough times for Lindsay Lohan. the troubled actress who has spent the last three years in and out of rehab for alcohol and drug addictions, and who was arraigned on Wednesday for grand theft felony. But Lohan is not the only star in Hollywood who’s allegedly walked out of a store with some big ticket items and without putting down any form of payment. the sticky-fingered trend among celebrities has left many wondering for decades: What’s the point of slipping a diamond necklace in your $4,000 Louis Vuitton tote when you could easily afford it?
Psychiatrists and experts have shed light on the subject over the years. after Winona Ryder’s shoplifting spree at Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001, for example, Dr. Heather Krell of UCLA compared the impulse to steal with the drive to become famous. “in order to be a celebrity you have to take lots of chances,” she explained on Good Morning America. “you have to believe in yourself and that you’re going to prevail and you have to get caught up in the moment. And it certainly seems that that’s part of shoplifting.” Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist with famous kleptomaniac clients, added to ABC News: “It goes deeper than whether or not they can afford what they shoplift. usually a kleptomaniac is feeling a loss, a depression, which is what they’re trying to fill up with their stolen goods.”
And Lindsay Lohan appears to be a classic case of a celebrity shoplifter suffering from something else besides privileged character syndrome. having grown up in the epicenter of Hollywood’s dizzying milieu of fame, fortune, and temptation, the promising actress began to flounder personally just as her career was really taking off. though she’s fresh out of rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic, Lohan’s recent theft accusations may indicate she still has deeper issues to resolve; especially considering TMZ’s report that she had more than enough cash in her wallet on that ill-fated day to purchase the necklace she allegedly swiped.
Gallery: Top 10 Celebrity Shoplifters
Lizzie Crocker is an editorial assistant at the Daily Beast. She has written for NYLON, NYLON Guys, and thehandbook.co.uk, a London-based website.
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Alicia Silverstone Pregnant! Silverstone, Christopher Jarecki Pregnant with First Child
Alicia Silverstone is pregnant!
Alicia Silverstone joins the pregnant actress league, being the latest celeb to join the expectant mother’s club.
Alicia Silverstone and husband, Christopher Jarecki, are expecting their first baby this year.
People reports that Silverstone said in April, “I’ve been wanting to have a baby since I was 2 years old – I’m destined to be a mother.”
Alicia Silverstone and her husband were married in 2005, after being together eight years. That’s like, an eternity in Hollywood.
Alicia Silverstone Pregnant! Silverstone, Christopher Jarecki Pregnant with First Child
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