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Back in October we learned the somewhat shocking news that the new Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine was slapped with an NC-17 rating by the MPAA (meaning that the film would be handicapped from a vast majority of movie theaters around the country, thereby severely hurting its chances during awards season). Today we learn the even more shocking news that the MPAA decided to downgrade the NC-17 rating to an R rating after a successful appeal from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein:

The MPAA has overturned the NC-17 rating on the Derek Cianfrance-directed Blue Valentine. The film will be given an R rating after Harvey Weinstein personally argued his position in today’s hearing. That clears up all kinds of potential problems that awaited the film had it been released with that rating or unrated. The rating was given for a sex scene between a married couple played by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as their relationship disintegrates. I’m told the appeal board’s decision was unanimous.

Altho rare, the MPAA has been known to reverse its movie ratings on appeal … happily, this is one of those rare times. I understand the offending scene, which resulted in the NC-17 rating, was an oral sex scene where Gosling‘s character was servicing Williams‘s character. Black Swan features an oral sex scene between Natalie Portman‘s character and Mila Kunis‘s character and that film never got an NC-17 rating. Pretty much everyone who has seen the film believes the NC-17 rating was outrageously wrong … thankfully, it’s been overturned.

After the jump, check out a few photos from the NYC premiere of Blue Valentine which took place earlier this week at The Museum of Modern Art …

When the sci-fi drama V ended its first season last Spring, we the viewers were left with a lot of questions … particularly relating to the red clouds that unfolded above the Earth in the final scene. The season ended without any explanation about those red clouds … leaving us to wonder what the hell could happen next. Today we get to see a few photos from the Vancouver, British Columbia set of V that might give us a hint. Here are photos of actors Elizabeth Mitchell (who plays FBI and V Resistance fighter Erica Evans) and Logan Huffman (who plays Erica‘s son Tyler) making their way out of the Visitors HQ in NYC … as what looks to be red rain falls down all over them:

V was one of my fave new shows last season and I am really looking forward to its return this Fall. As a big fan of the original V mini-series shows from the 80′s I had high hopes that this remake would be just as good or better … and thankfully, this new version of V has not disappointed. I am SO dying to find out what those red clouds mean … and how the story will unfold in season 2. Seeing these new photos of filming production of V season 2 has really made my day. I hope we get to see more photos soon.

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Last night members of the principal cast of the new version of A Nightmare on Elm Street convened at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre for the Hollywood premiere of their new film. Altho the movie is a remake of the horror 80′s classic, it turns out that the premiere itself wasn’t all that scary at all:

Three days shy of the U.S. release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, Warner Bros. Pictures has held the Los Angeles premiere of the movie on Tuesday, April 27. Taking place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the event uses black carpet to welcome all the guests. Despite the dark-colored carpet, the cast and crew show cheerful faces when spotted at the event. Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Thomas Dekker and Kyle Gallner gather in front of a giant poster of the movie to pose for cameras. In another shot, Haley who plays Freddy Krueger is seen playfully pointing a fake razor glove to the depicter of Nancy, Mara. Director Samuel Bayer, producer Michael Bay as well as Toby Emmerich from New Line Cinema also showed up at the special screening. Additionally, the event is supported by the presence of some celebrity guests such as Kendra Wilkinson, BooBoo Stewart and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is serving as the remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 film with the same title. The upcoming horror film, which will hit U.S. theaters on April 30, sees Freddy returning to hunt suburban teenagers, including Nancy and her boyfriend Quentin, and kill them through their dreams. Trying to stay away from death, they struggle not to fall asleep.

Okay, so the premiere may not have been all that scary but I’m sure hoping the film itself will scare the hell out of me. The original kinda ruined my sleep for weeks after I saw it (many, many years ago) so it’d be fun if this remake can live up to that standard. I’m not sure when I’ll make my way out to the theater to see Nightmare but I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing it this weekend at some point. Are any of y’all planning to see A Nightmare on Elm Street this weekend as well?

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Earlier I mentioned that David and I attended the LA premiere of the new film Dare, which stars Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford and Ashley Springer, last night and now we get to see some photos from the red carpet arrivals from last night’s event. Here are a few pics from the Dare LA premiere which was held at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, CA sponsored by Gen Art and Bing:

As with any indie film, promotion is hard to come by … and I liked this movie so much that I want to do what I can to spread the word. As I mentioned in my brief review earlier, Dare tells a teenage love story that isn’t usually told in mainstream film. I was so impressed with Zach Gilford (who you may know from Friday Night Lights) in this film that I really want as many people as possible to see his amazing performance. See this movie if you can … I really think you will love it as much as I do :)

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Last night David and I were invited by our good friend David Brind to the LA premiere of the new movie Dare which he wrote! The film has been screening at film festivals all year long (starting out with Sundance back in January) and finally premiered here in Hollywood:

The movie is a very poignant and frank look at the complexities of teenage sexuality which focuses on a group of high school kids who yearn for and find love from one another. Emmy Rossum (who plays Alexa Walker), Zach Gilford (who plays Johnny Drake) and Ashley Springer (who plays Ben Burger) bring this unconventional love story to life with an awkward honesty that is extremely refreshing to see on the big screen. Alexa has feelings for Johnny character … as does her best friend Ben. Johnny has feelings for both Alexa and Ben … and therein lies the complexity. The character development is really fantastic … I urge y’all to see this film. Be on the look out for Ana Gasteyer and Alan Cumming who are fantastic in their roles … and for Rooney Mara who is a total scene stealer. Dare opens in NY and LA next weekend and, depending on the demand, should open in wide release afterward.

After the premiere, we made our way to the Stone Rose for the after party. We got to hang out with some of the Dare stars and take some fun photobooth pics. Check ‘em out after the jump …