There are plenty of reasons to develop a crippling crush on Emma Stone. At the age of 21, she has partied with the cast of SNL, taken a Jonah Hill head butt in Superbad, and been taught the secret of the perfect margarita by Bill Murray. She lives in New York, works out of the Sunset Tower Hotel in L.A., and also happens to be stunning as a blonde—her natural color—or a redhead.

One could go on. But then she starts talking, and it gets worse. As she explains how she used PowerPoint to persuade her parents to let her go to Hollywood when she was only 15 (“I’d have been like, ‘Shut up, you little monster!’”) and recounts her educational experience (“I say, ‘Homeschooled,’ cross myself, and watch people freak”), you remember why you fell for the Zombieland star in the first place.

If there’s any justice, the world will follow when the teen comedy Easy A hits theaters this fall. Playing a nerd who pretends to sleep with geeks for money (and gets in too deep) proved what casting agents have suspected for a long time: The girl can hold a movie. “The business latches onto someone and puts ‘em in everything until they burn out,” she says. “My plan is to just keep working till they tell me to stop…and then beg SNL to let me join the cast.”

Source: GQ

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Jessica Chastain has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming DreamWorks’ adaptation “The Help.” The film is an adaptation of the best-selling Kathryn Stockett novel and will be directed by Tate Taylor, who also wrote the script for the project.

The film centers on black maids working in white households during the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi. Chastain will play the role of Celia Foote. Foote is an insecure woman constantly trying to fit into Southern high society but is met with rejection by other women at every turn. Chastain joins a cast that already includes Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Octavia Spencer. The film begins shooting near the end of July in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Chastain has several projects in the works. She will next appear as Brad Pitt’s wife in “Tree of Life. She also recently finished work on the thriller “The Fields.”

Source: Daemons Movies

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Easy A star EMMA STONE on auditioning for roles as a teenager:

”I used to do six auditions a week. It was brutal, but it was so important. I had mental breakdowns probably every three months. And every time I would have a bawling-on-the-floor fit, my mom would say, ‘Do you want to go home?’ And every time, no matter how upset I was, I was like, ‘No way!’ There was that perseverance in me. It’s not that I was better than the other kids. I was just obsessed.”

Source: EW

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Casting for Paul Thomas Anderson’s next movie is starting to come together quite nicely, as one would expect from the director. So far the not-quite-about-Scientology period flick about the founding of a new cult-ish religion has locked Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Jeremy Renner in lead roles with Reese Witherspoon reportedly offered a part as the wife of Hoffman’s character. Now Production Weekly has an update (via The Playlist) on who could play daughter to Hoffman and Witherspoon (if she takes the gig), with three young actresses vying for the role: Emma Stone, Amanda Seyfried and Deborah Ann Woll. • Read full story…

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‘Easy A’ (opens Sept. 17) is a new teen comedy starring Emma Stone (‘Superbad’) as Olive, a clean-cut high school student who decides to run with a rumor about losing her virginity to advance her social and financial status.

Following in the footsteps of other teen romps based on classic literature (’10 Things I Hate About You,’ ‘She’s The Man’), the movie is based on the story of ‘The Scarlet Letter’ protagonist Hester Prynne, whom Olive is studying in school.

Moviefone and PopEater are teaming up to bring a screening of ‘Easy A’ to lucky fans in the Los Angeles area.

This special screening will be next Wednesday, June 9, at The Grove’s Pacific Theaters in Los Angeles. As an extra bonus, Stone and the film’s director Will Gluck will be on hand to introduce the movie.

Moviefone and PopEater will each select 68 winners and their guests to attend. And you could be among them!

To enter the contest, submit a comment below, and be sure to include your full name. All winners will be chosen at random, and the contest will close June 6. Good luck.

Source: Movie Fone

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After the jump, you’ll find the trailer for Easy A, the teen comedy starring Emma Stone as a virgin who fakes having sex with her gay friend (Cougar Town‘s Travis, Dan Byrd) so people will stop tormenting him at school, then gets talked into faking it with other boys for a change in social and economic status. (“Twenty percent off to Bath & Body Works, is that how much our imaginary tryst meant to you? I fake-rocked your world.”) Some religious kids (led by Amanda Bynes, who has a lot to live up to if she’s going to match Mandy Moore in Saved!) decide to pray for her — while trying to get her to leave their school. (Not sure why, but go with it.) Ironically, they’re studyingThe Scarlet Letter in class, and when a judgmental classmate snootily suggests she embroider a red A on her wardrobe, she does. This is where it turns into a teen movie adult women love:

1. A modern twist on literature: It justifies us going to see She’s the Man, a Bynes takeoff on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, co-starring Channing Tatum, which was totally enjoyable, BTW.

2. A sassy heroine: Yeah, she’s kinda fake-prostituting herself, but putting on the Scarlet A is pretty badass. Plus, we love Emma Stone’s red hair and voice. We’d have been friends with her.

3. A hot guy who likes said heroine. Cue Gossip Girl‘s Penn Badgley, who apparently knows what she’s doing and likes her for it. (If he turns out to be a douche, we will revolt.)

4. Parents who know how to deliver a punchline. Hers appear to be played by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. Hello? Does it get any better? (Bonus adults: Thomas Haden Church and Lisa Kudrow.)

5. Pop cultural references. When Bynes says there’s a higher power who will judge Stone’s character for her indecency, she responds, “Tom Cruise?”

Source: EW.com

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Emma Stone and Catherine Keener havce joined the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation’s 3D computer animated film The Croods.

Why You Should Care: Lilo & Stich/How To Train Your Dragon helmer Chris Sanders and Space Chimps helmer Kirk DeMicco are co-directing the caveman comedy, based on a screenplay originally developed by Monty Python alumni John Cleese and DeMicco.

Nicolas Cage stars as Grug, the father, Keener will voice Ugga, the mother, and Stone will voice Eep, their eldest daughter. The story involves the introduction of a nomad named Gy (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) who introduces the family to the concept of “tomorrow” and becomes the romantic interest of Eep, to the reluctance of Grug, who is stuck in the old way. • Read full story…

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I’ve added new photoshoots of Emma Stone for the upcoming issue of ‘Nylon’ Magazine, May 2010 issue.

On just recently piercing her ears: “Most people go through this when they’re like, 14. I’m like, ‘Hey, what’s up everybody? I moved to New York and got fiive piercings!”

On not waffling: “The greatest one [improv skill] that I apply to my life is not waffling. Say you’re on stage with someone and they say, ‘Oh, remember last week when we went to Las Vegas?’ Never say no. Take what they’re saying and go with it. And that’s a good lesson in life.”

On her new flick, Easy A: “The original script was much carzier than it ended up being. The role was a little brasher and darked — usually, in comedy, it’s the riskier the funnier. But I enjoy what the did — it kind of went from R to PG-13. The demographic changed in the process of shooting it.”

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Bonding with an imaginary friend (or two) may not be unusual for a kid, but in “Paper Man,” which opened Friday (April 23), the adults have them too.

The movie stars Emma Stone as a 17-year-old who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a middle-age novelist, played by Jeff Daniels. Both characters rely on made-up friends, including Daniels’ fictional Captain Excellent, played by Ryan Reynolds (who seems to be making a career of superhero roles lately). • Read full story…

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You’ve seen her in Superbad, The House Bunny and Zombieland, but now, Emma Stone is taking on a more complicated leading role in the dark comedy-drama, Paper Man.

Stone, 21, plays a teenager who forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling, 40-something writer played by Jeff Daniels. “I’ve never done a movie like that, and I probably never will again,” says the actress. And when it comes to her fellow costar Ryan Reynolds – who plays Daniels’s superhero imaginary friend, Captain Excellent – she tells PEOPLE he’s “awesome.”

Here are five more need-to-know things about the hot actress:

1. She’s going for the Lisa Kudrow trifecta:
The actresses starred together in Paper Man (Kudrow plays Daniels’s wife), and six months after wrapping that project, they met again. “She ended up playing my guidance counselor in Easy A,” says Stone of their upcoming film. “She’s a fascinating lady. She had all these stories about her ancestry from when she did the show Who Do You Think You Are. Will there be a third film for the pair? Says Stone, “Here’s hoping!”

2. She Hearts Saturday Night Live:
“Gilda Radner was my original hero,” says Stone. “I fell in love with sketch comedy and improv when I was 11. I love everything that has to do with SNL: The history of it, the fact that it’s in New York City, and that it’s iconic and symbolizes where my dream began.” So it’s safe to say that she’d jump at the chance to appear on the show herself one day? “I’ve never even imagined it,” she says with a laugh. “I feel like that would be a jinxing thing!”

3. Taylor Swift is a pal:
“We met at an awards ceremony a couple years ago and stayed in touch since then,” says Stone. “She’s very cool.” The country star echoes that sentiment: Swift named Stone as one of her close friends in Seventeen magazine last year, along with Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.

4. She’s a Manhattan couch potato:
Stone, who recently moved to New York City, says her favorite activity in her down time from acting is absolutely nothing. “I’m lazy beyond belief – my favorite thing to do when I’m not working is sit around.” Luckily, she has quite a view while she’s lounging. “My apartment is on the 31st floor and I can see both rivers, the East River and the Hudson.”

5. She got to Hollywood on a sales pitch:
When she wanted to move to L.A. for work, Stone convinced her parents using a Power Point presentation featuring the Madonna song “Hollywood.” “When I was 12 and wanted to be home-schooled so I could do more theater, I made a foam board presentation and that worked out,” she says. “So a few years later when I wanted to move to L.A., I figured, presentation time again! And it worked. I’m very grateful to Power Point.” 

Source: People

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