Showing posts with label Soul Surfer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soul Surfer. Show all posts
Monday, April 11, 2011
We knew one branch of the “Quaid” tree was a little mossy with Randy Quaid and wife Evi.
They are hiding out in Canada so the Hollywood assassins don’t find them.
But brother Dennis had some news of his own to drop this week. Seems Dennis Quaid used to have a very destructive cocaine habit during the 1970’s and 80’s.
Dennis, 57, is currently doing publicity for his film “Soul Surfer” and told CBS News that he became addicted to cocaine when he first moved to California to pursue an acting career.
"It was very casual at first. That's what people were doing when they were at parties. Cocaine was even in the budgets of movies, thinly disguised. It was petty cash, you know? It was supplied, basically, on movie sets because everyone was doing it. People would make deals. Instead of having a cocktail, you'd have a line.
By the time I was doing The Big Easy, in the late 1980s, I was a mess...I'd wake up, snort a line, and swear I wasn't going to do it again that day. But then 4 o'clock rolled around, and I'd be right back down the same road like a little squirrel on one of those treadmills"
Quaid, who will be seen later this year in the “Footloose” remake, is well known for his roles in “Smart People”, “Yours, Mine and Ours”, “Flight of the Phoenix, Everybody's All-American”, and “The Right Stuff”.
His brother Randy Quaid, and his wife Evi, are hiding out in Canada after being found by police in a house that they sold ten years ago. They told authorities that they were being chased by aliens and fled to Canada before their court appearance. Yea, nuts.
Dennis says he has cleaned up his act but does not completely regret the experience saying,
“It gave me the resolve and a resilience to persevere in life. If I hadn't gone through that period, I don't know if I'd still be acting.”
Friday, April 8, 2011
American Idol (4th Season ) Carrie Underwood is now a film star.
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| Carrie in Soul Surfer |
Carrie Underwood, the American Idol winner and county music singer, makes acting debut in 'Soul Surfer'. 'Soul Surfer' is a drama based on real incident in the life of Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm when surfing in a shark attack at the age of 13. Underwood is playing a role of Sarah Hill a young pastor who helped Hamilton to recover from the wound. The film has been released on April 8, 2011. In this film publicity image released by TriStar Pictures, Carrie Underwood is shown in a scene from 'Soul Surfer.' Carrie Underwood says she's happy with her first acting performance on the big screen.The country music star plays this small but pivotal role in the film "Soul Surfer," the inspirational tale for the surfer like Hamilton. "I'm happy with myself for the role and for the movie," Underwood said Monday night in Las Vegas where she had just wrapped up taping "ACM Presents Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country." "Am I going to win an Oscar? No. It was so much fun and the important thing is getting the story out there." On music videos being her only preparation for being in front of a camera:"But this was a totally different thing. ... I know how to sing, but (acting is) so out of my element. But everyone on the set has been so nice and so helpful and so patient with me, and teaching me, and as we go along I feel really confident that they wouldn't let me do anything that I'd look bad doing. So I'm really excited to see how it's going to turn out." As a 14-foot tiger shark ripped Hamilton's hand off while she was surfing with friends in Hawaii, the shooting was done in the same site. Moreover, "Soul Surfer" is the tale of her recovery and triumphant return to the sport she is fond of.
Underwood says she was transfixed by the story and the message, which made it rise above other scripts and projects she's been pitched and so far turned down. The former "American Idol" champion was noncommittal when asked if the movie is the beginning of an acting career, though. "You never know. I'm not saying anything either way," Underwood said. "I'm very busy with music and that's what I love, that's what I know. But you know this was special. It didn't fit into my schedule at all, but we made time for it. It was so special. So if something else really special came along, I'm not going to say never."
She is in tight schedule but yet she was quick and got the job done. With her the real Sarah Hill was there and inspired and guided her. On Bethany Hamilton's story Underwood says"I think it's impossible to not be impacted when you're a part of this movie, or hopefully seeing the movie. ... I can't wait for people to go to the theater, go with a youth group or go with friends and learn a lot about people that we could all be more like." "I always said that if something came along, and if it were for the right reasons, and we could squeeze it into an already busy schedule ... it just felt right that I'd be in it. ... It just sounded like a wonderful idea, and the family, they are amazing people." says she about her debut.
Underwood says she was transfixed by the story and the message, which made it rise above other scripts and projects she's been pitched and so far turned down. The former "American Idol" champion was noncommittal when asked if the movie is the beginning of an acting career, though. "You never know. I'm not saying anything either way," Underwood said. "I'm very busy with music and that's what I love, that's what I know. But you know this was special. It didn't fit into my schedule at all, but we made time for it. It was so special. So if something else really special came along, I'm not going to say never."
She is in tight schedule but yet she was quick and got the job done. With her the real Sarah Hill was there and inspired and guided her. On Bethany Hamilton's story Underwood says"I think it's impossible to not be impacted when you're a part of this movie, or hopefully seeing the movie. ... I can't wait for people to go to the theater, go with a youth group or go with friends and learn a lot about people that we could all be more like." "I always said that if something came along, and if it were for the right reasons, and we could squeeze it into an already busy schedule ... it just felt right that I'd be in it. ... It just sounded like a wonderful idea, and the family, they are amazing people." says she about her debut.
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| Underwood in A. Idol Finale |
About Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Fisher (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, a Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, a GMA Dove award winner, and he reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Since her win as American Idol she becomes a multi-platinum selling recording artist. Her debut album, "Some Hearts," was certified quadruple platinum, and is the fastest selling female country album since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan in 1991.
Underwood's short biography.
Birth name Carrie Marie Underwood
Born March 10, 1983 (age 28)
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Family Stephen Underwood (Father)
Carol Underwood (Mother)
Husband Mike Fisher ( A Canadian Hockey Player)
Education Checotah High School (Graduation)
Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
( Mass communication and Journalism)
Origin Checotah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Genres Country, pop, country pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter, actress
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 2005–present
Labels 19 / Arista Nashville (2005–current)
Arista (2005–2009)
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