Blake Lively

[ohsolively]

^^F*ck me gently with a chainsaw... I need those Louboutin Lion Paw heels in my life stat!

DEAD!!!!!!!!!! I can always count on you to mage me laugh my ass off. Not sure I like the shoes though.

I cant wait to see the photoshoot for W magazine - especially since its with her sisters. Whats up with mags fascinaion with sisters this month. 1st Vogue's best dressed did a sister special now W mag.

Thanks for all the pics and news guys. That pic of her with Chloe is so cute.

[Amie]

To be fair, that line is from Heathers lol. I'm not even a Louboutin fan girl normally, but I just really really want those heels despite the fact that the rest of the world think they're ugly. I love the color, the shape and the cheekiness of it. Just love it.

I'm guessing the sisters editorial is the shoot she was working with Fulvia Farolfi for since she's a frequent collaborator with W.* and even still she's still got a campaign coming up and her Vogue Paris editorial to look forward to, I can't wait! Like I said, Blake just always has something to surprise us with since I wasn't expecting this W. feature at all.

*ETA: Actually I'm don't think this is her Fulvia shoot since the turnover is too quick, mags ususally do these things a month or two in advance. So that makes it 3 things we're still looking forward to

Love these .gifs from tumblr, couldn't decide which ones I liked better, very apt though :

[valentina10]

What a beautiful pic!

[Amie]

Here's an interview between the original novelist (Don Winslow) and the co-screenwriter (Shane Salerno) of Blake's upcoming movie, Savages. I excerpted the parts pertaining to the movie/book:

Don Winslow, Interviewed by Shane Salerno

Novelist Don Winslow and screenwriter Shane Salerno have known each other for a long time – eleven years to be exact. They have worked together, including creating the NBC TV series UC: Undercover, trust each other implicitly and often exchange early drafts of their work and talk on the phone every day, usually about film adaptations of Winslow’s work which Salerno produces. Winslow’s latest novel Savages will be directed by Oscar winner Oliver Stone and Salerno serves as executive producer. At our request, Salerno rang up his buddy Winslow who was in the middle of a cross-country book tour and interviewed the acclaimed crime writer about his life and work.

Salerno: Talk to me about the difference between writing the book, the novel, Savages, versus the screenplay?

Winslow: You know, two different experiences in a lot of ways. You know, they are, in fact, and I do understand this despite what some people say. They are two different media: one is flat and static and it doesn’t exist in real time, They pick a book up, they put it down. I do understand that a film is vertical and kinetic. You know, it’s in front of your eyes literally, and it’s moving and those demand two entirely different things. So it’s been a learning process for me, you know, in working with some great people who are teaching me about this. But what I really think about it is that you make changes for film–there are things that would work on film and wouldn’t work in the book; and there are things that will work in the book that wouldn’t work on film. The really important thing to me is that–and I think we are doing it–is that we keep the truth of the book on film. We might change some of the facts, we might change the orders of things, we might change some of the events, but as long as we hold to the truth of the book, the truth of the characters, then it’s been nothing but a delight.

Salerno: What was your reaction to Janet Maslin’s review of Savages because it shot all over the world, it’s been picked up by a number of websites all over the world, and it’s really gotten out there as a review.

Winslow: Oh, man. That review I’ve been waiting for my whole career, my whole career and I’d heard that it was coming but of course I didn’t know if it was going to be good or bad and then at Heathrow Airport at 10 in the morning my best friend in the world had left me 15 messages on my email to call him about it and then my son called me and he said, “There’s a review in the Times,” and I think he heard the terrified silence in my voice and then he said, “No, no, no it’s all good, she didn’t say a bad thing. It’s a rave.” You know that’s the kind of review that turns a career around. It could just as easily by the way, have gone the other way. She could have taken my career out and shot it in the back of the head execution style, you know, but fortunately it went my way, and it was an absolute rave, and I think she got it, I mean I think she got the sort of radical nature of the book and so that was–well the fact that I’d taken a big risk–and so that meant a lot to me.

Salerno: Let’s talk about that real quick, the big risk. The idea that this was not just a risky book in terms of subject matter, in terms of scenes, in terms of characters, but in terms of form. Can you speak to that?

Winslow: Oh, sure. You know I heard this book in my head. I saw it in front of my eyes in a certain way, and that was a very radical way. You know, so if I thought that a reader might experience a scene better as a film than as a novel, then I wrote it in screenplay form; if I thought that a scene would read better as poetry than as narrative prose, then I wrote it as poetry. Oddly enough, I mean, some of the most poetic scenes are the most violent scenes because my experience of having been in a couple of wars as an observer, was that you don’t remember it as flowing narrative prose. For good or for ill, you have vivid memories that are jagged and sudden and I tried to capture that in this book.

So it is a very, very radical style especially for the crime genre, which has a whole set of rules, but I really felt like throwing elbows to create a little bit more space for myself to create a book the way I heard it, the way I saw it. You know every once in a while, Shane–I gotta tell you the truth–I got scared writing this book, thinking, am I going too far? And then there was a temptation to pull back and then I thought no, if you start running away from it, you’ll write something really bad. And to mix metaphors the only way to do this was to jump into the deep end, you know? It’s a little like surfing. Sometimes you come out of the wave and you are faced with a huge wave, and the tendency is to try to get away from it, and you can’t, you can’t do it. The only way to survive it is to dive into the wave, into its deepest part, and come out the other side. And maybe as overly romantic as that sounds, that is what I tried to do writing this book.

Salerno: On Savages, you’ve been meeting with Oliver Stone. Tell me about that experience. What surprised you about working with him, what have you learned, what’s that been — the Oliver Stone experience?

Winslow: There have been a number of surprising things. First of all he asked me to co-write the screenplay. That’s surprising. I’m surprised at his sense of humor, I’m surprised at that, although I don’t know why. I’m surprised that he has let us write it, without meetings. Basically he said “Go forth and write,” and that’s been surprising as well. So, so far it’s been a really good experience.

A rave of the book by NYTimes, I bolded the part about Blake's character:

Books of The Times

When New-Wave Drug Dealers Run Afoul of an Old-Wave Cartel

By JANET MASLIN

“Don Winslow is an author currently living in the United States, most recognized for his crime and mystery novels.” That’s the one-sentence entirety of the biographical notice Mr. Winslow has attracted on Wikipedia, though he has a dozen novels, a couple of movie deals, a slew of ardent reviews, a whip-cracking way with words and a whole lot of Southern California surfer baditude to his credit.

Those earlier books (11 published here, one available in England with no set American publication date) have much sparkle to recommend them. But they aren’t “Savages,” the one that will jolt Mr. Winslow into a different league. “Savages” is his 13th and most boisterously stylish crime book, his gutsiest and most startling bid for attention.

It’s clear that “Savages” has no dearth of nerve from the snow-white, one-page opening chapter, which consists of exactly two words. The first one isn’t “thank.” The second one is “you.” As opening gambits go, this one is pure kamikaze, and it could have backfired accordingly. But Mr. Winslow has written the killer book to back it up.

“Savages” is full of wild-card moves. And it’s not afraid to risk missing its mark. But its wisecracks are so sharp, its characters so mega-cool and its storytelling so ferocious that the risks pay off, thanks especially to Mr. Winslow’s no-prisoners sense of humor. About a Latino neighborhood: “You hear English here it’s the mailman talking to himself.” About skewering the bourgeoisie: “Every great wine-tasting should end with arsenic.” About an Iraq war veteran who feels overlooked in Orange County’s smug atmosphere: “Without men like me, the clubhouse whores would be wearing burqas, my friend.”

The Iraq vet, a former member of the Navy Seals, is the ostensible reason for that note of hostility on the book’s first page. He calls himself Chon (though his given name is John), and he’s half of a pragmatic new-wave drug-dealing partnership in Laguna Beach. Chon and his partner, Ben, aren’t tired old “Scarface” types. They represent a more creative kind of illicit entrepreneurship. Chon’s case of what this acronym-filled book calls “PTLOSD” (“Post-Traumatic Lack of Stress Disorder”) has empowered him to sign on as a private-security mercenary in Afghanistan and to come home carrying the most potent marijuana seeds he could find.

When Chon entrusted these seeds to the wonkier Ben, the book says, it was “like giving Michelangelo some paintbrushes and a blank ceiling and saying—

“Go for it, dude.”

(The occasional free-verse

layout is another of Mr.

Winslow’s

potentially dangerous tricks.)

Ben bred the seeds until they were even stronger. He created “a plant that could almost get up, walk around, find a lighter, and fire itself up.” But Ben and Chon have grown this crop too successfully for their own good, attracting the extreme interest of a Mexican cartel in Baja, a group not friendly to competition.

Now Ben wants out of the drug business. He’s become interested in philanthropy in third world nations. He certainly doesn’t want to grow crops for the Mexican cartel. “He appreciates the irony, though, that the Mexicans basically want to turn them into field workers,” Mr. Winslow writes. And: “He digs the reverse colonialism of it, but it just isn’t his thing.”

So “Savages” is a battle of wills. And that battle, for all the book’s throwaway humor, turns as vicious as the title implies. As the story begins, Chon is with Ophelia. Ophelia is called O for short, and nicknamed Multiple O. She enjoys her life in Laguna Beach as a part-time dysfunctional daughter (her mother is known as P.A.Q.U., for “Passive Aggressive Queen of the Universe”) and full-time slacker.

When Ophelia sees Chon staring intensely at his computer screen, she thinks he’s looking at pornography. He is. But it’s not the type she imagines. It’s a monstrous snuff scene sent by the Baja cartel as a warning, showing what can happen to rogue dealers. And it strikes not just fear but also curiosity into Chon. He’s just enough of an etymologist to notice that “beheading” is both a noun and a verb.

“You want my advice, boys? And girl?” asks the D.E.A. agent whom Ben, Chon and O regularly bribe. “I’ll miss you, I’ll miss your money, but run.” Chon is old-school enough to think that if you start running you can never stop. (Ben insists irrelevantly that running is fun and good for the cardiovascular system.) The point is they’re ready to fight the cartel in a war of nerves.

Since the video wasn’t enough to scare Ben and Chon, the cartel has a second idea: kidnap O. So she becomes a hostage, a role that allows her to fulfill a dream. (“I’m actually forced at gunpoint to lie around my room and do nothing but watch bad TV.”) While in captivity she starts demanding her rights, like the rights to Internet access and salad. Soon she is half-trying to fool P.A.Q.U. about her whereabouts with bogus messages. As in: “It’s very nice here, with the Eiffel Tower and all that.” And: “Okay, it’s off to Trafalgar Square and later to the West End to see a play. I might even give Shakespeare a try! Who’d a thunk, huh?”

As the peril in “Savages” escalates, Chon finds himself forced back into military mode. Ben finds himself prodded toward behavior that he can justify but not condone. And what began in the tone of Elmore Leonard moves into the darker realm of Oliver Stone, who plans to film “Savages” but will have to walk a tightrope when he takes it on.

The Winslow effect is to fuse the grave and the playful, the body blow and the joke, the nightmare and the pipe dream. It’s flippant and dead serious simultaneously. “Whatever happened to morality?” somebody asks in “Savages.” Mr. Winslow answer: “Replaced by a newer, faster, easier technology

[halolulu522]

tweet from Boston

@lucia_bostrom

The happy couple perusing the decorating/ interior design section

Maybe they have bought that $4.35 million penthouse

[Lye2003]

Thanks halolulu522 for the pics!

[valentina10]

Thanks Halo for the pics!

Ok... I'm so curious right now!

[Anilgouveia]

I think the apartment is for RR becouse he is selling his pad in LA

From Eonline 23/09/2011

Instead, Ry is looking to purchase another pad in the Big Apple! Turns out ex-wifey Scarlett Johansson inherited their shared NYC pad in the divorce, and now Ryan wants to settle down in the Tribeca area.

But before then, he needs to unload his swanky bachelor pad in L.A., which he's been trying to sell for a while now.

According to trusty real-estate blog Zillow, R.R. is taking a $116,000 loss right off the bat on his nearly $2 million home, cutting the price to keep up with the crappy real-estate market.

Good to know that even with their toned six-pack abs, personal assistants and jet-setting lifestyles, celebs still feel the burn of the economy like the rest of us!

Read more: http://uk.eonline.com/news/the_awful_truth...7#ixzz1dcl8axgc

[Anilgouveia]

Actor Ryan Reynolds and his “Green Lantern” co-star Blake Lively continue to romance each other in Boston. The rumored couple dined at L’Espalier on Saturday night. We’re told that their table looked out onto Boylston Street, and that the twosome seemed to enjoy each other’s company very much. Reynolds is in town shooting the ghost-cop movie, “R.I.P.D.” ... “The Office” star Rainn Wilson, who was at MIT on Friday night for a screening of the short documentary “Education Under Fire,” attended a second local screening at Wheelock College on Saturday.

No photos :(

[halolulu522]

Aww..so cute

[valentina10]

They're a little family now! Soo sweet

[Anilgouveia]

It only lacks RR ... that such a beautiful family. Penny is a little princess

[ohsolively]

That pic of her with Baxter is so cute. I think it actually speaks more about their relationship than e.g. if it was a kissing pic etc.

[valentina10]

Mel B in awe of Jennifer Lopez

Mel also gushed about blonde beauty Blake Lively, who has recently dated Leonardo DiCaprio and is currently linked to Ryan Reynolds.

The 36-year-old understands the appeal of the actress.

"Blake Lively - I've never met her, but she's really hot," she admitted.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/fa...z-16077103.html

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Blake Lively walking to Ryan Reynolds apartment in Boston - November 13, 2011 (x7)

[Amie]

Chloe talks about Blake for a bit:

[JouJou]

Thanks for all the pix, news, vids, and tweets! And thanks for all the Savages background, aomg. I wonder when we can expect to see a trailer...

Can't wait to see what she wears to this tomorrow...

CINEASTES

Expect some drama and strong women. The Museum of Modern Art will have its fourth annual Film Benefit, this year to honor Pedro Almodóvar. Expected V.I.P.'s include Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour, Uma Thurman, Blake Lively, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Emma Stone and others. Chanel is a sponsor.

Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street; moma.org/film. Tuesday from 6:30 pm. Tables from $25,000.

Some tweets / pix...

BelmodoTiany Tiany Kiriloff

Have u seen me strike a pose with @bryanboy miss Alba and ? http://belmodo.tv

13 hours ago

Kelly Moderator

Omg, this is like insane! Lucky you! And is Blake really that gorgeous in real life?

Tiany Moderator in reply to Kelly

totally pretty and so very kind

FTV.com: Versace for H&M Runway (YouTube)

I can't tell from this blurry pic, but her Hick co-star Eddie Redmayne is in the movie...

TheSocialGal Jennifer Campbell

Blake Lively making her way into the premiere of My Week With Marilyn? I think maybe...! http://yfrog.com/h874xbzj

23 hours ago

olinetanubrata Caroline Tanubrata

Just met Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively at L'espalier!!!!!!!!

12 Nov

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Have a Romantic Dinner in Boston

Monday November 14, 2011 03:00 PM EST

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's romance continues. The couple had a quiet dinner for two at L'Espalier, a French-inspired restaurant in Boston's fashionable Back Bay neighborhood on Saturday night. "They started with cavier and oysters on the half shell, went on to clam chowder and beet salad. For entrees a lobster and a halibut dish. And for dessert a souffle," a source tells PEOPLE. "They sat alone ... at a table by a window overlooking Boylston street." Anne Driscoll, People.com

I get hungry just reading about her. I wonder how that cupcake for Sprinkles is coming along... In more foodie news...

NY Post

THE PIE: Mile high apple pieTHE CELEBS: Blake LivelyLively, a frequent Bubby's customer just last week she was spotted nibbling on blueberry pancakes with boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, is a fan of all things sweet at this homey restaurant. "She'll order 10 different things and eat like one bite of each," founder and owner Ron Silver says. Among her favorites? This pie, which is packed with thinly sliced local apples and seasoned with a dash of cinnamon and cloves.

Walking to RR's apt in Boston. Love how Baxter is already so familiar with her, they look like a cute little threesome:

Aww that's so cool. Lil Penny looks like she's wearing jammies. Baxter looks glorious, as always. Retrievers are such sweet, gentle dogs. Love Blake's outfit except for the boots. I'd like them better if they were little darker, or in a textured material.

[valentina10]

Chloe talks about Blake for a bit:

Thanks for the vid aomg. Chloe is very very cute!

And thanks JouJou for the pics and tweets!

Can't wait to see what she wears to this tomorrow...

Me too!!!

[Anilgouveia]

I do not know if anyone connected with Blake ever read this site. But please this girl must be out of this show as soon as possible and start making movies.

Is it a waste to be stuck in this show. I just see the GG to see her. But in this episode did not like her performance it was far from her capabilities. I think this episode was filmed at the time that she broke up with Leo. I does not recognize her. Please Blake we want movies.