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| ChowderHayley |
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Julie. wrote: ChowderHayley wrote: Julie. wrote: ChowderHayley wrote: Wow..thtas a lot of dogs...
Is the movie site not working for anyone else?
Also, I have a question. Has anyone seen or taken any photos from the film with photos of the kids, besides the may 16th at the park in the snow shoot? In particular the blonde little girl. She's an actress on another show, and I as well as other fans would like to see more photos of her in the upcoming movie, if there are any :)
No, I don't think there is more. Which show are you talking about, by the way?
She is on the soap opera All My Children and filmed in Im presuming Westchester and Pennsylvania and around the NY area. I havent heard of her getting to travel to Miami to film..but she may have :)
Do you know the girl's name? Perhaps we can help with infos.
And welcome aboard, John.
Her name is Lucy :) |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:14 pm |
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This is cute. Marley's gone Nascar
Allmendingers credit track performance to ... their dog
Couple's new Lab comes to track with background in film
By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
June 20, 2008
11:39 AM EDT
A canine, and all its four-legged glory, teaching you the art of enjoying life to the fullest without apprehension, teaching you what it is to love without conditions, and teaching you devotion without distraction.
In the best-selling book Marley & Me, author John Grogan tells the story of how his dog, a neurotic yellow Labrador, taught him the importance of life and love.
Well, the story has spread into NASCAR country, specifically into the home of A.J. and Lynne Allmendinger.
By a twist of fate, the Allmendingers are now living their own life with Marley, or Misty as the name they've chosen for their neurotic yellow dog. And they admit the Labrador has positively changed their lives.
Prior to Misty, the idea of the newlyweds adopting a dog had been tabled. Tabled until April when Lynne Allmendinger was sent a You Tube video posted by a Daytona breeder starring the most adorable, nearly white, yellow Labradors.
Lynne was sold instantly, but what she didn't know is that her soon-to-be family member was already a celebrity in her own rite.
Ironically, the litter of puppies the breeder was pushing had just wrapped up filming Marley & Me, the movie adaptation of Grogan's best-seller staring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.
The lead dog in the movie Marley was partly played by Misty Allmendinger, and she has traded her celebrity status for life on the NASCAR road.
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Before Misty, I would come back from practice and sit and stress out until it was time to qualify -- every weekend it was like that. Now after practice I come back to my bus, play with the dog and not even look at my watch.
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A.J. ALLMENDINGER"She's pretty demanding and for a while she would only drink out of a golden water bowl," laughed A.J. Allmendinger, Sprint Cup Series driver for Red Bull Racing.
Jokes aside, the 32-pound ball of fur and fervor has improved Allmendinger's stress level, and his wife even ventures to say the dog has improved her husband's performance on the track.
"I'm learning to be more relaxed," the California native said. "Before Misty, I would come back from practice and sit and stress out until it was time to qualify -- every weekend it was like that. Now after practice I come back to my bus, play with the dog and not even look at my watch. More than anything she keeps my mind on something enjoyable and I'm not obsessing about the car."
A former Champ Car Series driver, Allmendinger's start in NASCAR was fraught with hurdles as the driver found himself failing to qualify for several races, namely the Daytona 500 both this season and last.
To his credit, he joined Red Bull Racing in 2007, a new team with no accumulated owner points to guarantee him a spot in the races, and the team was also acclimating to the sport's new manufacturer, Toyota.
His teammate, Brian Vickers, said Allmendinger is a talented racecar driver with great car control, but people need to be reminded that stock cars are still new territory for the 26-year-old.
"People forget, and it's really not fair to him, that he never raced ovals or stock cars his entire career, his entire life," Vickers said. "And then he just went straight into Cup racing, ran a few Truck races and went straight to Cup, which in hindsight probably wasn't quite the approach that should have been taken. But he dealt with it, and he's rebounded."
After missing the first three races at the start of the season, the Red Bull Racing team put veteran Mike Skinner in the No. 84 to help with points.
"I think that really helped the team kind of understand some of the things that A.J. was feeling and helped him and the team and the whole process, and helped those guys get a little bit of a head start on the top 35," Vickers said.
Understandably, Allmendinger was frustrated by the driver change but knew it was for the greater good of the team.
This year he has three top-20 finishes and also won the NASCAR Sprint Showdown in May, putting his team in the All-Star event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. In the Pocono 500, the driver brought home a career-best finish of 12th.
Allmendinger said building new cars has helped him run up front and out of the fray of running mid-to-back of the pack.
"Racing is so much easier when you're up front," he said. "It's cut-throat when you're back there. Panic sets in for a lot of those drivers battling ill-handling cars and the fear of losing your lap makes it worse."
The team is picking up momentum as well as speed. Still, Lynne Allmendinger said her husband feels he has much to prove and is the most focused person she's ever met.
"There's no walking away from racing at the end of the day, at 5 p.m., for A.J.," she said. "He carries it with him everywhere he goes."
Which is why the dog, Misty, has become a welcomed addition to their lives.
"He cares just as much, but he's able to direct his attention somewhere else and share those important things and moments he's blocked out because of his focus on racing," she said. "Now someone else is depending on him and needing some attention and it's a good thing."
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If I know A.J. is stressed out, I'll send him a picture of her on the phone and say, 'Hey, she just stuck her head in the toilet and blew bubbles.'
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LYNNE ALLMENDINGERWhether you believe it or not, Lynne Allmendinger will tell you Misty has become her husband's good luck charm.
"We brought her home in April and if you look at our history placing in the races -- call her good luck or whatever you want, but we've had good finishes since she's come around," Lynne said.
Dogs of course are not allowed in the Cup garage, but the No. 84 team insists the Allmendingers bring Misty around, so Lynne sneaks her in when she can, depending on which NASCAR official is manning the garage that day of course.
Misty sports a pink bandana with the No. 84 on it and has become the team's mascot.
Lynne Allmendinger said she's there to provide comic relief as well.
"If I know A.J. is stressed out, I'll send him a picture of her on the phone and say, 'Hey, she just stuck her head in the toilet and blew bubbles.' She is such a ham," Lynne said.
Looking back at life prior to Misty, Lynne Allmendinger said she isn't quite sure what the couple did with their time.
"When I brought her home, she ran right to A.J. and tackled him with all 15 pounds of her; she had the hugest feet and stumbled all over the place," she said.
Since then, the two have been inseparable; like any "boy and his dog" type story, the two have become fast friends.
Today, Lynne Allmendinger said the dog is teaching them how to grow into a family, a precursor for life with children, so to speak.
And like a child, Misty goes everywhere with the couple.
"I think she's brought us even closer together," Lynne Allmendinger said. "A.J. refers to me as Mama and he's now Daddy."
"She's just one of those things that helps keep everything relaxed," A.J. Allmendinger said. "In a way she keeps me a little more relaxed before I get in the racecar."
So much like the heartwarming and unforgettable story told in Marley & Me, the Allmendingers are learning life's important lessons through their own neurotic yellow dog set on NASCAR's stage.
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| Groovy John |
| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:04 am |
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| When I was an extra, there was a movie assistant talking to someone on the phone, and it sounded like Jennifer. I don't know if it was. |
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| Kathy Bear |
| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:29 am |
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Hey John-I'm so looking forward to seeing this movie.Glad you got to be in it.That would have been a thrill in a lifetime for me!  |
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| Groovy John |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:23 am |
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Kathy Bear wrote: Hey John-I'm so looking forward to seeing this movie.Glad you got to be in it.That would have been a thrill in a lifetime for me!
It was fun. I look forward to seeing the movie too. |
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| kat101 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:46 am |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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Nearly finished this book - getting teary already - its a great read though and I can totally imagine Jen as Jenny Grogan. Im even more excited for the movie now  |
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| Kirsty |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:16 am |
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| I don't know whether to read the book or not. I don't want it to spoil the movie, and i always prefer books to the movie version..but still, it's on the best sellers stand everytime i go into the book store, lol it's tempting! |
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| kat101 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:37 am |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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| Thats exactly what I thought Kirsty - I was holding off and holding off but couldnt resist anymore!! I recommend it though - its a nice read. Its funny cos now im imagining Jen, Owen & McSteamy as I read it!! Lol! |
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| leane |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:27 am |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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| Julie. |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:03 pm |
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^ Oh, that nice, Leane. Funny that promos for this movie are already happening and we haven't seen much, or nothing at all, of others Jen's upcoming movies.
And, Kirs, I'm just like you, I usually prefer books to movie based on books, but Marley & Me is worthy, it's a very sweet story. |
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| Kathy Bear |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:56 pm |
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William Morrow Announces New Grogan Memoir
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 6/24/2008 9:57:00 AM
Before he was the owner of a lovable Lab named Marley, John Grogan was a trouble-making son in a traidtional Catholic family. Those formative years are the subject of the newspaper columnist's new memoir, The Longest Trip Home. Publisher William Morrow, which announced the book today, dubbed the title a "prequel" to Grogan's smash hit about the family dog (Marley & Me); Longest Trip is scheduled for an international laydown on October 21, 2008.
Morrow acquired North American rights from Laurie Abkemeier in associatuion with DeFiore and Company. Speaking to the book, one which Grogan said he always intended to do after Marley & Me, Morrow executive editor Mauro DiPreta said it's a "rich, funny and moving reading experience that touches on themes that are close to all of us: love, family, faith and identity."
According to HarperCollins there are nearly 4 million copies of Marley & Me in print. And, given the successful adaptations the book has spawned in the children's market--a picture book and a middle grade title--the publisher plans to synchronize publicity for The Longest Trip Home with the September-slated A Very Marley Christmas. The push of both books will then lead up to the Christmas Day release of the film version of Marley & Me, starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:21 pm |
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| Thank you, Kathy. I can't wait for another Grogan book. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:56 pm |
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Found this on Hollywood reporter: (hope it hasn't been posted)
Starpower is Dutch treat at Cinema Expo:
Executives, stars help pitch slates
By Carl DiOrio
June 24, 2008, 04:29 PM ET
AMSTERDAM -- Studios' international distribution executives played slate pitchmen at Cinema Expo on Tuesday, getting welcome help from some globetrotting movie stars.
With the industry trend toward day-and-date worldwide releasing well advanced, European exhibitors got glimpses of previously unseen footage from several upcoming films. That's in stark contrast to the warmed-over domestic trailers once commonplace at this confab.
Fox showed extensive footage from Baz Luhrmann's romantic adventure "Australia," which the helmer explained by video he was still posting after a yearlong shoot Down Under.
Star appearances of the sort common at similar U.S. confabs are often in short supply at Cinema Expo. So it played well when Hugh Jackman, co-star of "Australia" along with Nicole Kidman, popped up to plug the holiday release.
"It was a once in a lifetime opportunity," Jackman said. "There wasn't a second that went by that Nicole and I didn't thank our lucky stars for being in this movie."
Keanu Reeves was on hand to introduce footage of "The Day the Earth Stood Still," an effects-laden remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic set to unspool worldwide Dec. 12.
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their co-starring white Labrador retriever, along with director David Frankel ("The Devil Wears Prada"), set up scenes from their first-quarter comedy "Marley & Me."
Fox International co-presidents Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus also trotted out "The Rocker" topliner Rainn Wilson, who asked exhibs if they enjoyed a morning screening of the summer laugher.
"How many of you thought it was the greatest movie you ever saw?" Wilson deadpanned, prompting at least a few in the audience to raise their hands.
Sony's international distribution president Mark Zucker began his presentation with the usual claim that the studio's upcoming releases represented one of its best slates ever. Expectations were whetted even more when exhibs were asked to cough up all cell phones and BlackBerrys before the first peek at Sony's "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd James Bond film.
Michael Wilson, the film's producer along with Barbara Broccoli, and latest Bond girl Olga Kurylenko were on hand to introduce 10 minutes of footage from the recently wrapped Daniel Craig starrer. With director Marc Forster ("The Kite Runner") now overseeing postproduction, the segment featured a temporary soundtrack, but the audience responded well to scenes from London, Italy and Bolivia. "Quantum" unspools in the U.K. in late October and the rest of the world the first weekend of November.
Sony also offered all-original clips from several other films, including the Steve Martin comedy "The Pink Panther 2"; "The International," a political thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts; and a remake of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," with Denzel Washington and John Travolta.
Paramount's slate presentation Monday featured new footage from year's end and 2009 titles, with Paramount Pictures International president Andrew Cripps noting the studio was the first distributor to surpass $1 billion in foreign coin this year. PPI exec vp Roger Pollock is set to receive international distributor of the year laurels Thursday, when Cinema Expo concludes with an awards banquet.
The Paramount execs showed a new one-minute clip of next year's "G.I. Joe," a big-screen rendering of the well-known action figure co-produced by Hasbro and directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy"). No footage yet was available from the DreamWorks/Paramount action sequel "Transformers 2," but helmer Michael Bay provided a humorous video greeting.
Steven Spielberg, a producer on the "Transformers" franchise, welcomed confab attendees by video as he introduced "Eagle Eye," a fall thriller starring Shia LaBeouf on which Spielberg is an exec producer.
Sam Mendes also did his videotaped best to introduce a clip from his '09 literary adaptation "Revolutionary Road," which reunites Leonardo DiCaprio and Mendes' better-half Kate Winslet for the first time since "Titanic."
Warner Bros. and Disney were set to make slate presentations Wednesday. |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:00 am |
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Stars shine for Fox at Cinema Expo
A star-studded line-up of Hollywood talent including Hugh Jackman, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson plus a dog named Clyde took the stage at Cinema Expo Tuesday to help beat the drum for Twentieth Century Fox Intl.'s punchy product presentation.
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| Paula |
| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:49 pm |
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She looks great on the pics of this cinema expo. Hope we can have more pics of the 'inside' soon.
And YAY, another Grogan book! I didn't know about it.
Marley&Me is surely a great read. Really recommed it. |
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