Monday, December 31, 2012

M Magazine Article on 'On The Road'


Photo by Steven Pan for M Magazine World.

THE LAST TIME we saw them all three, two boys and daughter were on the porch of a plantation. They got into the Hudson in 1947 and disappeared under the trees of the avenue. It was September 2010, New Orleans, filming on the road had already lasted three months. They still remained the same, to walk the Mexico to San Francisco, via Canada .

A year and a half later, Garrett Hedlund , Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart found themselves in the harsh light of Los Angeles . This is the first meeting of the trio for months, yet it seems that filming has finished . They escape from the studio, where they posed for photographer Steven Pan, to go smoke on the sidewalk.Their complicity physics is intact, the same as that bound them on the bench in the Hudson on American roads. Their way of speaking of movie is not that of the actors constantly rehashing the same language elements imposed by media coaches. In their stories, their thoughts, rather means the echoes of a shared experience that shaped them. Under the auspices of St. Jack Kerouac, edited by Walter Salles, they had another idea in the world of cinema .

May 23, they will be in Cannes for the world premiere of On the road , of Walter Salles , based on the novel by Jack Kerouac , the founding work of the Beat Generation . Brazilian director took over in 2004 of the inspired text of trips across the United States in the late 1940s, published in 1957. It took eight years tocomplete the film safely, without renouncing to anything, especially not to the three young actors whom he had chosen at the outset, although in the meantime one of them became a star.

Kristen Stewart Hits Forbes List

Forbes has released its list of Best Actors for a Buck, and Kristen made the list at #2, behind Natalie Portman.

Ranking second on our list is Kristen Stewart. For every dollar she gets paid Stewart returns an average $40.60. Stewart is in the unusual situation of ranking high on this list and topping our Highest-Earning Actress list. Usually, if an actor is earning more than anyone else in Hollywood, it’s hard for him or her to be considered a bankable investment. That high salary means the films have to do spectacularly to offer profitable returns to the studios.

Stewart was able to earn a ton over the last three years and offer a healthy return thanks to the Twilight franchise. Even though she was paid $25 million to star in the last two films, she was clearly worth the money. The Twilight films have grossed $3.3 billion at the global box office and the final film, Breaking Dawn Part 2, is still in theaters.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

USA Today Interviews Kristen

Photo credit: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

USA Today's Donna Freydkin interviewed Kristen for On The Road.


Stewart, barely out of her teens, has tasted the flip side of fame, and it isn't much to her liking. She's cautious and watchful and ill at ease, until she's not. The thing is, give Stewart a little bit of time, a glass of pinot grigio, and some thoughtful conversation, and she warms up. Being gaped at, she says, brings out her inner dork. "I feel like I'm in the sixth grade, and everyone in the room is laughing at me. Some people can come into a room and say hello to everyone, and it's fine. I'm not that person. I don't think I'm very approachable," says the actress, 22.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Ben Affleck Drops Out of 'Focus'

In a surprising news, Ben Affleck has dropped out of Focus, a film in which he will co-star with Kristen Stewart.



Ben Affleck has dropped out of Focus, Gossip Cop confirms. A rep for the actor tells us that scheduling issues will prevent him from starring in the movie. As Gossip Cop previously reported, Affleck was set to co-star with Kristen Stewart in the film, which is about a veteran con artist, who teams up with a young woman who’s new to the grifter lifestyle. Earlier this month, Stewart said she was ”really excited” about the project, which was set to begin production in April. It is not yet known who will replace Affleck.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Kristen's Interview with Newsweek


Kristen Stewart had an interview with Newsweek for On the Road.

“It’s not a terrible thing if you’re either loved or hated,” says Kristen Stewart, seated in a cozy little bistro on the outskirts of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz, far removed from even the most penetrating telephoto lenses. “But honestly,” she continues, “I don’t care ’cause it doesn’t keep me from doing my shit. And I apologize to everyone for making them so angry. It was not my intention.”


So says the most vilified—and highest-paid—actress in all the land. Her role 
earlier this year as a sword-wielding fire­­­­­brand in Snow White and the Huntsman, a sinister reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was quite apropos, given that the 22-year-old starlet is, in many ways, the tabloid media’s Joan of Arc. Her refusal to kowtow to the celebrity-industrial complex, whether through her steely-eyed gaze on the red carpet or nervous fidgeting during televised interviews, is seen by many as an entitled A-lister putting on airs.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

New Photo from 'On The Road' Set

via OnTheRoad:

It took over 50 years—and many speed bumps—to bring ON THE ROAD from page to screen. Walter Salles discusses the journey with Los Angeles Times: http://lat.ms/TSUixh

Thursday, December 13, 2012

LA Weekly Interview with Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart

LA Weekly had an interview with Garrett and Kristen for On The Road.


The question before them is: What is 'On the Road' even supposed to mean when you can Google Earth and Yelp your way across the heartland?

"I think [the Internet] gives people the urge to travel to further and more remote locations to get their kicks ... to find lands that are untouched by human hand," Hedlund says, with slang indicative of the time he spent researching the Beat muse Neil Cassady, Kerouac's model for Moriarty.

There was the cast's three-week Beat boot camp, which included Skype tutorials from an old Kerouac colleague about the proper way to break Benzedrine capsules with beer bottles. In order to get into the spirit of the book, Hedlund estimates that he filled up about 100 notepads on multiple treks across the country's surviving backroads.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

New Photo for 'Beat Week' Promo

via On The Road:

Can't get enough of The Beats? Check out our upcoming Beat Week events so you can dance, shoot, write, and even eat like The Mad Ones. http://bit.ly/WxhjDT 

**UPDATE: The photo is from an interview with M Magazine**

'On The Road' Private Screening in L.A.

Kristen Stewart and the cast of On The Road was present at the Sundance Cinema in Los Angeles, for a private screening of the movie.

Kristen Stewart with Walter Salles, Francis Ford Coppola, and Garrett Hedlund
via bdmovie

Kristen Stewart at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 4th Annual Governors Awards - December 1st




Kristen Stewart looked gorgeous in a Talbot Runhof lace dress with Christian Louboutin heels at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland, December 1st.

via bdmovie

L.A. Times Celebrity Portraits, featuring 'On The Road'

LA Times released a new photo for their Celebrity Portraits, featuring Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart and director Walter Salles.

Check out the accompanying article:


Salles, who has devoted the last eight years to adapting Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" for the screen, rode past men holding hands on Santa Monica Boulevard, past the green neon signs of shops selling medicinal marijuana, past a Starbucks — and another Starbucks — and another Starbucks. It was a streetscape that would have been unimaginable in Kerouac's time — both in the freedoms of the passersby and the homogeneity of the businesses.

Monday, December 10, 2012

'The Variety Studio - Best Supporting Actress Preview' Interview



Variety via kstewartnews

Huffington Post Interview with Kristen Stewart

Michael Hogan discusses the possibility of an Ocsar nom for Kristen for her role in On The Road. He also interviewed her.

The creative team behind the film wants the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize Stewart for her role by nominating her for an Oscar for best supporting actress, and although she doesn't appear on any of the short lists I've seen, I think she's earned a place in the conversation. "On the Road" has its slow and meandering moments, but it roars to life when Stewart appears on screen.