In the emerging narrative competition, the jurors are Paul Dano, Anna Kendrick, Zoe Kazan, Rainn Wilson and Atom Egoyan.

Anna Kendrick Grooves In LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Pow Pow’ Video
‘Up in the Air’ and ‘Twilight’ actress says she’s a ‘pretty lame dancer.’

To follow up the quirky, yet warm and fuzzy (because it’s full of guys in panda suits) video for “Drunk Girls,” LCD Soundsystem have enlisted some top-notch talent for their second video off This Is Happening, “Pow Pow.” James Murphy and company have David Ayer (“Training Day”) in the director’s chair, along with Oscar-nominated actress Anna Kendrick as their clip’s ingénue.

MTV News was lucky enough to visit the Los Angeles set of the video recently, where we chatted with Kendrick about how she came to be a fan of the British electro-dance group, as well as the star of “Pow Pow.”

“I didn’t have their new album,” Kendrick admitted. “But this song is really cool too. The first time [I heard it], I was expecting straight-up melody or something. … I can hear it every time we do a take, in my head. I’m kind of grooving. I can’t help but groove to this song.”

Kendrick added that she’s a “pretty lame dancer,” but that the opportunity was too good to pass up.

“It sort of came out of nowhere,” she said of getting the gig. “David [Ayer] came up with this idea and asked me to do it. I’ve never done anything like this at all, so I was really excited about it. It’s been really fun.”

The “Up in the Air” and “Twilight” actress said her character in the video is just a normal, unassuming girl, but she’s surrounded by enormous bodyguards, and the viewer isn’t really sure why. Kendrick added that Ayer encouraged her to turn to a Hollywood classic for inspiration.

“He told me to watch ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ ” she said. “He used that as a reference as what’s going on underneath this girl.”

Stay tuned for more from our visit to the set of “Pow Pow” and news on when you might expect to see the finished clip.

Source: MTV

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Universal Pictures’ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Cast to Present Eisner Awards

JULY 22, 2010, SAN DIEGO — Members of the cast of Universal Picture’s action-comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are kicking off the awards ceremony for the 22nd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, this Friday night as part of Comic-Con International, the largest comic book convention in the Western Hemisphere.

The Eisner Awards, considered the comics industry’s “Oscars,” will be held in the Indigo Room at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 8:30 p.m.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which opens August 13, is based on the graphic novel series by cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Volume 5 in the series is nominated in the Best Humor Publication category. Cast members from the film will be the first presenters of the evening, announcing the nominees and winners and three categories. Those expected to appear include Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Mae Whitman and Ellen Wong.

MC’s for the evening are Maurice LaMarche, is best know as the voice of “The Brain” in the animated series Pinky and the Brain, and Bill Morrison, one of the co-founders of Bongo Comics with Matt Groening.

The doors of the Indigo Ballroom will open for general seating at 8:15 p.m., with the festivities starting at 8:30 p.m. Other presenters for the evening include actor Thomas Jane (The Punisher, Hung), writer/actor Ben Garant (Reno 911); voice actor Phil LaMarr (Futurama, Samurai Jack); Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons; award nominees James Robinson (with fiancée editor Jann Jones), C. Tyler, and Laurie Sandell; and Comic-Con special guests Berkeley Breathed, Chris Claremont, Milo Manara, Peter Bagge, James Sturm, and Jillian Tamaki.

Awards will be given out in 29 Eisner categories. In addition, Comic-Con’s own special awards will be presented: the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, the Bill Finger Award for Achievement in Comic Book Writing, and the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.

No tickets are required — attendees just need their badges to get in. All who attend the awards will receive a free Will Eisner graphic novel. Eisner, in whose name the awards are given, is considered the “father” of the graphic novel, having popularized the term with his book A Contract with God, which was published in 1978.

The Hilton San Diego Bayfront is located at 1 Park Boulevard near Harbor Drive, across the street from PETCO Park, home of the San Diego Padres. It can be reached from both Harbor Drive and the waterfront walkway along the park behind the Convention Center.

The Eisner Awards are part of, and underwritten by, Comic-Con International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 135 filmmakers and executives — including such recent Oscar nominees and winners as Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Mo’Nique, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz — to join its ranks.

The Academy issued its annual invitation list Thursday.

Actors
Tobin Bell — “Saw,” “The Firm”
Vera Farmiga — “Up in the Air,” “The Departed”
Miguel Ferrer — “Traffic,” “RoboCop”
James Gandolfini — “In the Loop,” “Get Shorty”
Anna Kendrick — “Up in the Air,” “Twilight”
Mo’Nique — “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “Phat Girlz”
Carey Mulligan — “An Education,” “Public Enemies”
Jeremy Renner — “The Hurt Locker,” “28 Weeks Later”
Ryan Reynolds — “The Proposal,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
LaTanya Richardson Jackson — “Mother and Child,” “Losing Isaiah”
Peter Riegert — “Traffic,” “Crossing Delancey”
Sam Robards — “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” “American Beauty”
Saoirse Ronan — “The Lovely Bones,” “Atonement”
Zoe Saldana — “Avatar,” “Star Trek”
Adam Sandler — “Funny People,” “Punch-Drunk Love”
Peter Sarsgaard — “An Education,” “Boys Don’t Cry”
Gabourey Sidibe — “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Shaun Toub — “Iron Man,” “The Kite Runner”
Christoph Waltz — “Inglourious Basterds”
George Wyner — “A Serious Man,” “American Pie 2″

See the full list @ The Hollywood Reporter

The popstar [Katy Parry] will be joined by comeback queen Christina Aguilera , who will perform her raunchy new single ‘Not Myself Tonight.’ And the cast of this summer’s blockbuster ‘Grown Ups,’ which features Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Aubrey Plaza, will be along for the ride too.

Also taking to the stage to present golden popcorn awards this year are Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Shaun White, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and everyone’s favourite reformed ladies man Russell Brand.

Source: MTV Australia

Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Anna Kendrick manages to sparkle, even standing next to George Clooney, when she plays an overachieving young professional in ‘Up in the Air.’

Chris Pine (Star Trek)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
Quinton Aaron (The Blindside)
Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)

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Lopez & Crow Top Style Awards Winners

JENNIFER LOPEZ, SHERYL CROW and model MOLLY SIMS will be among the big winners at this year’s (10) Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Style awards after landing the leading honours.

Lopez will be crowned the Style Icon of the Decade, Crow the Trendy Traditionalist and Sims the Top Model Turned Mogul awards at the event on April 22 in West Hollywood.

Other big names who will be honoured include Glee star Mark Salling (Casual-Cool Hunk), Kelly Osbourne (Punk Princess) and actress Anna Kendrick (The New Showstopper).