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Alexis Bledel picks “The Good Guy”

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:23:46 +0000

We’re sitting in Beverly Hills at a hotel chatting with beautiful, blue-eyed brunette Alexis Bledel. You probably first met her as Rory Gilmore in The Gilmore Girls or followed her to Greece in The Traveling Pants movies. Now you can see her as a completely modern young New York career gal choosing between two guys in The Good Guy.
Ever feel trapped by your relationship? Is he and only he in control? Do you always go for the wrong type when the great guys are right there…ignored by you? Then you’ll totally identify with Alexis’ character Beth as she must choose between hot, ambitious Tommy (Scott Porter of TV’s Friday Night Lights), and tall, handsome, sweet Daniel (Bryan Greenberg of One Tree Hill and the movie Bride Wars).
Alexis is wearing a cute dress off the rack at H&M and we got her to talk about modern relationships, why women pick guys who are maybe too much in charge and how she enjoyed that fact that the film is very “real”, even including a romantic love scene break to reach for a condom!
Alexis verified there will be no more Traveling Pants films and we talked about her very different upcoming role as a young woman living in the 1800’s in The Conspirator. Continue reading…

Alexis Bledel ponders a ‘Gilmore Girls’ Movie

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:04:46 +0000

Alexis Bledel has a lot on her plate, but ‘Gilmore Girl’ fans will be happy to hear that she won’t rule out a movie adaptation. She chatted with PopEater about that possibility, and how the show kept her out of trouble while the rest of young-and-beautiful Hollywood was out in the clubs.
She also talked about her new movie The Good Guy (out Friday), the occasional ‘Sisterhood’ reunion and what it was like working with one of Hollywood’s most handsome men, Robert Redford.
Would you bring back Rory and do a Gilmore Girls movie?
I don’t know. I was really happy with the way they wrapped up the series in the finale and I thought they brought the story full circle. It was very satisfying for me. I don’t know what the story would be, but I would be curious to find out what it would be.
How come I never saw any photos of you drunk in clubs? How did you avoid the pitfalls?
Fatigue. I was working so many hours on that show. We worked really long hours, and I moved to LA without knowing anyone so the people you saw on the show were the people I knew. There wasn’t much clubbing going on. Continue reading…

Bledel: ‘Be Ready to Make Mistakes in Relationships’

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:58:12 +0000

Alexis Bledel left TV after Gilmore Girls to forge a new career on the big screen with the hit Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films.
Now she’s found herself caught between two hunks in The Good Guy. Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf discovered Bledel’s own take on finding that elusive man of her dreams.
Love isn’t always a many splendored thing.
“The Good Guy does start out with my character having this kind of ideal fantasy of romance that I think we’re encouraged to have in movies — you know, those sweeping generalizations about the power of love and how fantastic it can be. But she gets a wake-up call that kind of brings that down to Earth. Being in love is such a complex thing because when a girl falls for a guy she wants to be swept away and doesn’t want to have to think about all the realistic possibilities. But you have to walk the line and be ready to make mistakes in relationships.”
She’s made some herself.
“Sure I have. I think everybody is disappointed sometimes. I think everyone has a different perspective, a different point of view in terms of what they’re looking for. I try to just be in tune with what is right for me. Sometimes you’re right about a guy, and sometimes you’re wrong. It’s like Vegas kind of. But that’s real life.” Continue reading… Thanks to Anne Marie for the head-up!

‘Post Grad’ Movie Night

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:14:10 +0000

The Avalon Free Public Library will be showing the feature film, Post Grad, starring Alexis Bledel, Zach Gifford, and Michael Keaton, The film is rated PG-13. Refreshments will be served. This event is free of charge and open to the public. The Avalon Library received 5 stars in Library Journal’s national rating of public libraries for the second time since February, based on statistical performance data collected by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
January 12, 2010 | 7:00p.m. – 9:00p.m.
Avalon Free Public Library
235 32nd St
Avalon, New Jersey

Top Ten Comedies Of The Decade

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:12:59 +0000

Thinking back on a decade’s worth of television is a reminder that a lot can happen in ten years. Case in point: even though the 2000s are typically considered a low point in the history of televised comedy (Friends, which ended in 2004, was the last sitcom to routinely land near the top of the weekly Nielsens), it was a struggle narrowing my list of the best comedies of the decade down to just ten. This is the decade that really put the laugh track on life support for the first time, after series like The Wonder Years and Sports Night led the way in the ’90s. The top shows on my list don’t have a laugh track, nor are they missed. With no further ado, the list:
6. Gilmore Girls: Aside from finally giving a great role to Lauren Graham, who had been on my “Why won’t someone make this woman a star?” list for years, this program featured the best dialogue this side of Aaron Sorkin’s White House, and one of the great mother/daughter relationships in TV history. And in an era where TV teen role models consisted of the brats on The O.C. and everyone on MTV, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) was an oasis of wit and charm. Source: Film.com

Top TV Shows Of The Decade

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:24:47 +0000

1. Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) Speaking from personal experience as well as related stories, many mothers, daughters and sisters followed the Gilmore Girls through a significant portion of their lives. From the sixth grade dance to the senior prom, we watched Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) work through countless boyfriends, colleges, fights, and awkward dinners with Emily and Richard. Meanwhile, pages of cultural references made their way into the one-hour show effortlessly. Whether or not you were a Jess, Dean, Logan, Christopher, or Luke fan is inconsequential. What matters most is that this was an hour where families and friends came together to watch the girls of Stars Hollow, Conn. laugh, find comfort in the familiarity of Luke’s Diner, or heckle Taylor at his town meetings. With them we grew and with this show many a heart shall remain. Source: The Heights