Archive for August 14, 2014
HQ pictures of Robert Pattinson at the HFPA’s Grant Charity Banquet 1 comment
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Rob and Eddie Redmayne accepted a grant on behalf of The American Film Institute.
Red carpet interview
MQ & Fan/Media pictures of Robert Pattinson at the HFPA’s Grant Charity Banquet 1 comment
Old Stills of Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce for The Rover now in better quality 1 comment
Robert Pattinson’ interview with The Guardian 2 comments
There is a moment in The Rover, David Michôd’s futuristic western set in the Australian outback, in which Robert Pattinson’s character sits in the cab of a truck at night listening to the radio play Keri Hilson’s hit Pretty Girl Rock. The night is black and the radio tinny, and softly Pattinson begins to sing along. “Don’t hate me ’cause I’m beautiful,” he sings, his voice high and whiny, the lyrics muffled by lips that cling to dirty teeth. “Don’t hate me ‘cause I’m beautiful.”
It’s a pivotal moment for Rey, the slow, needy, uncertain young man Pattinson plays, but it also feels like something of a reference point in the career of the actor himself; a small reminder for the audience of just how far he has run from his days as the pretty-boy Hollywood pin-up.
The Pattinson who walks into our interview this morning seems to play a similar trick, pointing out, two steps into the room, that the hotel carpet “looks like a Magic Eye picture”. And indeed it does – a bold, blurry pattern in stripes of cream and black. But Pattinson’s remark also serves to shifts attention neatly away from himself, as if he is weary of being the centre of it, the face that everyone stares at.
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Robert Pattinson will attend HFPA Charity Banquet tonight Leave a comment
According to the HFPA Rob will join other celebrities at a banquet tonight to give away $2 million to various charities.
There will be a livestream on HFPA.ORG or GOLDENGLOBES.COM (The banner on HFPA site indicates that the livestream starts at 5PM PST, however the banner tweeted by @goldenglobes says 7PM. If you want to watch the livestream, make sure to be here around 5PM just to be safe)
The HFPA is to give away almost $2 million at a star-studded donations banquet on Thursday at the Beverly Hilton
Surprise guests will join the many celebrities in accepting the donations on behalf of various charities. Celebrities who will be attending include Andy Samberg, Kerry Washington, Rob Pattinson, Sofia Vergara, Morgan Freeman, Elle Fanning, Patricia Arquette, Anne Heche, Franka Potente, Chris Evans, and James Marsden.
This year’s donations bring the amount given away by the HFPA over the last 20 years to $20 million and mark the latest in ever-increasing amounts of money the organization has given to some 50 diverse entertainment-related and charitable organizations. For the first time the checks will be handed out at an evening banquet instead of at a lunch.
HFPA president Theo Kingma, said: “We try every year to give as much as we can to these highly deserving organizations. It is gratifying to know that our efforts are appreciated and we are helping to further the cause of education and film preservation.”
As well as the preservation of film, the donations are for a wide range of projects, including higher education, training and mentoring and the promotion of cultural exchange through film.
Historically the Film Foundation has received the largest single donation and this year receives $35,000. So far the HFPA has been responsible for the restoration of more than 80 films. Among its many additional charities the HFPA provides scholarships, supports filmmaker training in Kenyan refugee camps and donates money to theater groups, musicians, storytellers’ foundations, film archives and youth projects, as well as many other worthy causes.
Founded in the 1940s during World War II, the HFPA was originally comprised of a handful of LA based overseas journalists who sought to bridge the international community with Hollywood, and to provide distraction from the hardships of war through film. Seventy years later, members of the HFPA represent 55 countries with a combined readership of 250 million in some of the world’s most respected publications. Each year, the organization holds the third most watched awards show on television, the Golden Globe Awards, which have enabled the organization to donate almost $20 million to entertainment related charities and scholarship programs.
The next Golden Globe awards will be held on January 11 2015.
Via RPLife
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