Salman's Marigold, starring Ali Larter, blooms in the desert
Salman's Marigold blooms in the desert: "The story is about the romance that blooms between an Indian choreographer Prem (Salman Khan, using his favourite name borrowed from Sooraj Barjatya's cinema) and an American actress Marigold (Ali Larter) and Prem's Indian love interest Jahnvi (Nandana Sen).

Ali Larter'Willard Carroll seems to have studied the Bollywood conventions more closely and intimately than most of our own directors,' says Nandana. 'He seems to know our song and dance tradition better than us! I'm having a ball shooting with Salman and Ali.'

'I've worked with international crews earlier, and this one is as professional as it gets. They've got everything so much in place that I can't dream of taking a day off to visit my ailing grandmother in Shanti Niketan [in West Bengal] . There's just no room for even a small break,' she adds.

The Rajasthan schedule will conclude on April 10, and then the Marigold unit will move to Mumbai on May 12. The shooting will end mid-May, after a song is filmed on Salman and Ali."
- posted by Natalie @ 11:53 AM

'Marigold', with Ali Larter, finally takes off
'Marigold' finally takes off: "After months of speculation, after a series of loose talk [by the media], after many confirmations and denials, the dream project is all set to roll.

MARIGOLD, Salman Khan's first step towards Hollywood, is all set to take off in the third week of March this year. The Hollywood project, to be directed by Willard Carroll [PLAYING BY HEART; 1998; Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, Gillian Anderson and Madeleine Stowe], will be shot in a start-to-finish schedule in Mumbai, Goa and Rajasthan.

Prior to its filming, the actors will undergo script rehearsals so as to get into the skin of the character. MARIGOLD will co-star Ali Larter as the leading lady. Meanwhile, a topnotch Indian investor is also backing the project.

To be made in English language, MARIGOLD is about an American actress who arrives in India for a film shoot. The shooting gets cancelled and she is stranded in India penniless. Salman meets this actress on the sets of a Bollywood film and they fall in love. "
- posted by Natalie @ 10:44 AM

Crazy, an Independent Feature Film Inspired by the Life of Legendary Guitarist Hank Garland, starring Ali Larter
westcoastmusic: Crazy, an Independent Feature Film Inspired by the Life of Legendary Guitarist Hank Garland: "'Crazy,' an independent feature film inspired by the life of legendary guitarist Hank Garland, began principal photography in Los Angeles on January 13 under the Favored Nations production banner; Ray Scherr and Steve Vai are executive producers. The film marks the directorial debut for Rick Bieber, following his prominent career as a producer on such acclaimed features as Flatliners, Made In America, and Radio Flyer. 'Crazy' stars Waylon Payne and Ali Larter as Hank and Evelyn Garland.

Co-written by Rick Bieber, Jason Ehlers and Brent Boyd, 'Crazy' is an original screenplay-from a story by Bieber -- based on the remarkable life of Hank Garland, who just passed away last December 27. The making of 'Crazy' was spearheaded by executive producer Ray Scherr, who met Hank Garland and his family almost a decade ago. Hank Garland was involved throughout the film's development, and the entire production team regrets that he didn't live to see it realized."
- posted by Natalie @ 11:42 AM

Ali Larter on dating
New York Daily News - Home - Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: How stars' dates go sour: "'Varsity Blues' actress Ali Larter, who wasn't wearing her whipped-cream bikini at the Saks Fifth Ave. Calvin Klein launch party (held to benefit the charity Step Up Women's Network), had her own gripes about the opposite sex.
'Some guy asked me to go Dutch, and I thought that was one of the most unromantic ways,' she confided. 'I think I ended up paying for dinner. It's you or me, baby, but not both - I'm an old-fashioned girl in that way. It was an L.A. guy, so I am living back in New York, honey.'"
- posted by Natalie @ 2:47 PM

Ali Larter in new musical "Marigold: An adventure in India"
Planet Bollywood - Special Feature - Bollywood Boom in Hollywood: "Salman Khan is another Bollywood gone Hollywood star who will be in the upcoming musical, "Marigold: An adventure in India" where he plays a dance instructor who teaches an American girl (Ali Larter) to dance in a Hindi film. This film is based as a comedy, which suits Mr. Salman very well.
After the success of cross-over movies such as "Bollywood/Hollywood" by Deepa Mehta and "Bend it Like Beckham" by Gurinder Chadda, does the Indian cinema have enough power to conquer Hollywood main stream? With fingers crossed, we shall only have to wait and see. "
- posted by Natalie @ 12:49 PM

The actress Keira Knightley grows up
IHT: The actress Keira Knightley grows up: "Had Keira Knightley's parents been doctors or police officers, it might have been a stethoscope or a toy pistol. But the only thing the daughter of the London stage actor Will Knightley and the Scottish-born playwright Sharman Macdonald wanted at the age of 3 was an agent. She got her way at 6, and, at 19, has been branded Hollywood's favorite rising star thanks to turns in 'Bend It Like Beckham' and 'Love Actually' and an attention-grabbing performance as a feisty, pouting, corset-clad damsel in distress in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.' This summer, she is a butt-kicking Guinevere in Antoine Fuqua's big-budget 'King Arthur,' with Clive Owen.
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- posted by Natalie @ 7:45 AM

Larter set to star in "Southland"
FilmStew.com - Daily News: "Set in Los Angeles in the year 2008, Southland follows a group of friends enduring a three-day heat wave as they prepare for a huge July 4th extravaganza. Seann William Scott is negotiating to take the lead in the film, with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Lee, Janeane Garofalo, Tim Blake Nelson, Amy Poehler, Kevin Smith and Ali Larter eyeing key roles in the cast. The producers are also in discussion with Moby to contribute to the soundtrack."
- posted by Natalie @ 10:08 AM