Idris Discusses Beyonce during UK interview

Starts around 1.15. He talks about:
- Says she brought it in this film. And that Beyonce had to step into her personal life to portray what her and Idris' character Derek had in the film, which was great chemistry.

- The interviewer brought up the issue about Jay supposedly feeling threatened by Sean Paul during the whole Baby Boy era and asked did Idris have an awkaward moment with Jay.
- Idris said the whole Jay feeling threatened thing was a rumour that's been around for a long time and makes him sound insecure when he's really a gentlemen. Jay came to the set once when Idris wasn't there.
- Idirs and Jay saw each other at the premiere last week and it was all good. Hugs and pounds. He says Beyonce and Jay are very happy.
- On the first day they met on the set he and Beyonce had to kiss within 20mins of meeting each other.
- They got along really well, says she's down-to-earth.
- She sent him an e-mail today because they congratulated each other on the film and she also said it was typical of the press making up stuff and it seeming it came from them. (Dreamgirls anyone? )
- Talks about the scene in his office where Ali's character first meets Sharon and he forgot his lines because he was with two beautiful ladies.
- Beyonce was really dedicated, open and they had a lot of conversations and improvisation.
- Idris played one of his rap songs to one of Beyonce's assistants (I'm assuming Angie because he said she was also a songwriter) and she went back and told Beyonce. He said he was so embarrassed. *retold by bwb member*

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00k4ccc

If anyone is from the UK & can rip this for download :-D we'd be bestest friends :-)




Superstar's Latest Film, "Obsessed," Opens At #1, Raking In An Estimated $28.5M In Receipts

Second Madison Square Garden Show Added to "I AM..." Concert Tour Itinerary In Response To Overwhelming Demand

NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- International superstar Beyonce, a Golden Globe nominee and multiple Grammy Award winner, is dominating both the music and film industries this week.

"Obsessed," Beyonce's latest film (and first to feature the artist in a non-singing role), is the #1 film at America's box offices, bringing in an estimated $28.5 million for its opening weekend. A taut stalker-thriller, "Obsessed" holds the record as the all-time highest grossing film for the last weekend in April (surpassing 2004's "Mean Girls").

"Obsessed" is Beyonce's third feature film to open at #1 (following 2002's "Austin Powers in Goldmember" and 2006's "The Pink Panther"). "Obsessed" is Executive Produced by Mathew Knowles, Founder/CEO of Music World Entertainment and Beyonce Knowles. The film is being released by Sony Pictures Screen Gems division.

Beyonce launched the European portion of her "I AM..." world tour on Sunday night with an electrifying sold-out performance in Zagreb, Croatia. More than 17,500 ecstatic fans -- the largest single audience for an international artist in Croatian concert history -- danced, sang-along and partied with the iconic superstar during an unforgettable two-hour show at Zagreb's Arena.

"Halo," the current single from "I AM....SASHA FIERCE," Beyonce's latest chart-topping album, is a bonafide international smash. "Halo" has been the #1 on the UK airplay charts for five weeks running and is the #1 single in Norway. The single is #4 this week on Europe's airplay charts and #6 on the singles chart. "Halo" is already Top 10 or better in Ireland (#3 airplay, #4 singles), Germany (#6 singles), Austria (#5 singles), Sweden (#10 singles, #1 CHR), and Switzerland (#9 airplay, #5 singles).

The Northern American leg of the "I AM..." world tour will begin in New York City on June 21. General public tickets for Beyonce's "I AM..." world tour went on sale Friday, the same day as the opening of "Obsessed." Overwhelming demand for premium packages and general tickets for the shows have made the "I AM..." tour one of the fastest selling concert events of the year. A second Madison Square Garden concert date has been added in New York City on June 22. Beyonce will cap off the tour with a four-night residency at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas July 30-August 2 (following is the tour itinerary).

VIP Premium Packages(TM) and general tickets are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce. As a special offering, in order to make the concerts affordable to all her fans, there will be a select number of seats available at each venue for $20 (plus applicable service charges). Information on tickets for the four-night residency at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas is available at www.encorelasvegas.com.

The 2009 "I AM..." World Tour is offering fans an unprecedented concert experience. VIP Premium Packages include select seating options, backstage access to meet and take photos with Beyonce, special front row tickets, pre-show parties, Limited Edition Dereon bags and collectables, fan club memberships and an up-close and personal dance experience in the "Diva-Zone" at the stage. Expanding beyond the normal concert setting, the "I AM..." performances are featuring two stages at the venue.

The most heavily-anticipated concert event of 2009, Beyonce's "I AM..." world tour occasions the artist's first full-length concerts since 2007's sold-out "The Beyonce Experience" shows. Beyonce's current tour premieres live performances of songs from "I AM...SASHA FIERCE," her latest international #1 chart-topping album.

Thierry Mugler, world-renowned designer, is working as creative advisor and costume designer on Beyonce's "I AM..." world tour. He has designed 71 new costumes for the event, highlighted by his bold signature look.

The "I AM..." world tour production showcases the music and film superstar like you've never seen her before. Beyonce's extraordinary all-female band will join her again to perform musical hits, classics, and surprises in a newly-created high-tech state-of-the-art concert environment. Winners of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" Video Dance contest will see themselves on-screen during one of the centerpiece sections of the "I AM..." extravaganza.

Beyonce is co-sponsoring food drives along her tour itinerary as part of the Show Your Helping Hand(TM) initiative, a national hunger relief campaign created by General Mills' Hamburger Helper(R), in partnership with Beyonce and her Survivor Foundation. The campaign goal is to help Feeding America(TM) deliver more than 3.5 million meals to local food banks. Consumers can get involved in the effort by submitting codes on specially marked boxes of Hamburger Helper(R), by donating non-perishable food items at Beyonce's concerts in select cities across the U.S., or by donating money at www.showyourhelpinghand.com. Beginning April 25, visit www.showyourhelpinghand.com for more information.

L'Oreal Paris, one of the co-sponsors of Beyonce's "I AM..." North American Tour, is celebrating 100 years of legendary beauty with the iconic superstar. Concertgoers will be invited into the L'Oreal Paris Glam Station where the LP Pro Team will provide mini makeovers and touch-ups. Then, fans will walk out onto the red carpet in front of the L'Oreal Paris Infallible Step and Repeat banner for a VIP photo session and reception. Concertgoers can enter the L'Oreal Paris 100th Anniversary Legendary Beauty Sweepstakes for a chance to win the grand prize, a fabulous 5 day/4 night trip for two to Paris including a beauty makeover. They could also win one of L'Oreal's 100 anniversary gift baskets, which include L'Oreal Paris products.

About Music World Entertainment: Music World Entertainment (MWE) is one of the world's leading entertainment and music conglomerates dedicated to bringing quality entertainment around the globe. The MWE worldwide ventures include successful record labels, top recording artist and producer management, artist development services, a Master catalog series, film ventures and investment and property holdings with offices in Houston, Los Angeles, New York and London. The Founder, President and CEO, Mathew Knowles, is the powerhouse force behind the successful artist management of Grammy Award-winners Beyonce and the global phenomenon Destiny's Child. The trio became the most successful "girl group" in history. Music World Entertainment has become one of the most prominent label and management companies in the world with award winning and commercial successes. Over 200 million records have sold worldwide by the artists and music projects that include Destiny's Child, Beyonce, Solange Knowles, Michelle Williams, Sunshine Anderson, the "Dreamgirls" Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, "Roll Bounce" Soundtrack and the popular Music World Master Series releases which include Chaka Khan and The O'Jays.The Beyonce "I AM..." North American Concert Tour is co-sponsored by L'Oreal Paris and General Mills and produced by Live Nation and Music World Entertainment.

Beyonce "I AM..." 2009 NORTH AMERICAN CONCERT DATES*

DATE CITY VENUE
Jun 21 New York City Madison Square Garden
Jun 22 New York City Madison Square Garden
Jun 24 Washington DC Verizon Center
Jun 26 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center **
Jun 27 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Jun 29 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
Jul 1 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Jul 3 New Orleans, LA Superdome (Essence Music Festival)
Jul 4 Houston, TX Toyota Center **
Jul 5 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Jul 7 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
Jul 9 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Jul 10 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Jul 11 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Jul 13 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Jul 16 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Jul 17 Chicago, IL United Center
Jul 18 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
Jul 23 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Jul 30 Las Vegas, NV Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
Jul 31 Las Vegas, NV Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
Aug 1 Las Vegas, NV Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
Aug 2 Las Vegas, NV Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
*Future dates may be added.

** For the Philadelphia show, VIP packages and Fan Club pre-sale tickets may be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce April 20 -24 and general on sale tickets after April 24 can be purchased through the venue website www.wachoviacenter.com and the venue box office.

** For the Houston show, VIP packages and general tickets may be purchased online through the venue website www.houstontoyotacenter.com and the venue box office only.

Beyonce @ Obsessed Movie Premiere in NY

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OBSESSED - ELBA KNOCKED OUT BY BEYONCE AND LARTER'S BEAUTY


OBSESSED star IDRIS ELBA struggled with some scenes in the new romantic thriller - because he couldn't take his eyes off co-stars BEYONCE KNOWLES and ALI LARTER.

The British actor plays Beyonce's husband in the movie and Larter his smitten, psychotic secretary - and Elba admits he was so taken by the beauty of his co-stars and their nasty fight scenes, he'd forget cues and lines.
He explains, "I’m watching Beyonce and Ali go at it, being catty to each other, (and then someone would say) 'Idris, it’s your line.' 'Oh, my God, yeah, sorry. Now where am I?'"
He admits working with the two beauties was like being given the keys to two luxury sportscars for the day: "They said, 'By the way, we’re thinking of going to Ali Larter and Beyonce.' It was like being given the keys to a Ferrari and a Lamborghini and saying, 'You can have these for all of 24 hours. All yours. But you have to give them back.'
"Those women are beautiful, and also very nice people."

Producer Will Packer Talks 'Obsessed', Beyonce, And 'Stomp The Yard 2'

Posted Apr 21st 2009 2:31PM by Wilson Morales
Filed under: It's All Reel, Entertainment

If there's one producer who has been consistent in getting some projects off the grounds, specifically films featuring African Americans, one name comes to mind: Will Packer.

Having worked his way up from producing indie films such as 'Trois,' and 'The Gospel', and along with Rainforest Films partner Rob Hardy, they have successful studio films such as 'Stomp The Yard' and 'This Christmas.'

With his latest film, 'Obsessed,' which opens on April 24, Packer has cast a group of talented individuals that includes Idris Elba, Heroes' Ali Larter, and singer sensation superstar Beyonce Knowles. The film is about a successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, and is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. When a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.

In speaking with Black Voices, Packer addresses his attraction to the project, casting the lead roles, and his upcoming films, which includes a sequel to 'Stomp The Yard.'

How did this project come about for you?

Will Packer: It was a project that was brought to me by studio executive Clint Culpepper over at Screen Gems. He wanted to get my opinion on it and know if I was interested in producing it. There was no cast attached, no director attached. He brought me the script, which was done by a writer named David Loughery. I like his work, from 'The Hand That Rock the Cradle' to 'Lakeview Terrace.' I read the script, responded to it, and thought that it would interesting to cast it with people like Idris Elba, Ali Larter, and ultimately Beyonce in it. We found an amazing director, who had an expensive pedigree in television. It's never that easy, but that's sort of the process of this film came to me and to fruition.

Judging by the trailer, some folks are thinking that this is the Black version of 'Fatal Attraction,' the film which starred Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Would you agree?

WP: I think two things. One, I don't mind the 'Fatal Attraction' comparison at all because that film is the gold standard of a sexy adult thriller. They set the bar. With this film, we have some surprises and twists that that film didn't have, but it's also in the same vein. In terms of being the Black 'Fatal Attraction,' honestly, I don't look at this as a Black film. I love the fact that it has two African Americans in the lead; and I love the fact that it revolves around them and their family life. For the most part, they are the only African Americans in the movie. It's about Idris Elba, who works at a very, very lily white asset management firm and Beyonce is a homemaker. Everyone else in the film is White. It's not like I was out to make a White film, but I also wasn't looking to make a Black film. I wanted to make a really good film that had Black faces in it.

Now, let's talk about the cast. You've worked with Idris before on 'This Christmas.' What were you looking for him to bring to this film and can you talk about casting Ali Larter?

WP: It was important that we had characters that were able to handle the human side of the story. If you emphasize with the characters and I mean all of them, not just the wife role, you have to be able to emphasize with Idris' character, and with Ali's character, who plays the femme fatale. We needed people who were relatable and who can handle that type of human interplay that we have in the film. Idris and Ali were absolutely our first choices for the roles. They both brought the right amount of depth and sex appeal that you needed to have in a film like this.

How did Beyonce come into the film?

WP: With Beyonce, I'm really credit her agent. Her agent read the script and responded to it. She thought this was good for her. Beyonce gravitated to the material for really the same reason I gravitated to her. This was a departure. This was something very different than what she had done in the past, and I know she was looking for that challenge and welcomed this opportunity. We also thought that it would be really interesting to put Beyonce in a role that was very different where she wasn't singing or involved with music at all; something different from that global persona that she's work hard to create.

Where did you shoot this film?

WP: We shot this film in a sound stage in LA on the lot of Sony. The majority of the scenes that you were shot on the set we built on the sound stage. It was really a good shoot. It was. The actors all got along and worked well and respected each other, and we has people who are popular in their own right, but neither outworked the other. They each took their role very serious. Everyone work hard and showed up on time and did their lines. It worked out great.

Having produced many films, your films are never the same. Are you looking at a mix of genres?

WP: I'm always trying to do something different. I hadn't done a thriller since I produced 'Trois,' 'Pandora's Box,' and 'The Escort.' This film is very different from those. Right before this, the last film I produced was 'This Christmas,' and the one before that was an action film, 'Stomp The Yard.' As a producer, you have to be able to show that you have that range that handles a variety of jobs.

Were there any challenges with 'Obsessed?'

WP: Absolutely. In making any film and I don't care what it is or who's in it; it's always a tough process. With a film like this, you have to be very aware of the fact you are going to get the 'Fatal Attraction' comparison, and you want your film to be unique and different. You have to figure out creative ways to do that. You want to make sure you have elements in place that gives the film depth and makes it a quality project; and at the same time we also wanted to make sure we had something that the audience would enjoy. They can sit down with a bucket of popcorn and enjoy this film. Sometimes, it's tough trying to marry the two. That was the challenge with this picture and I think we did a good job.

Were you also involved with the marketing of the film?

WP: I did. I'm very hands-on with the marketing on all my films.

Is there a soundtrack for the film?

WP: We have a single in the film. There's not a soundtrack release at this time. We are doing a single from Beyonce that's in the film that we use, but nothing that will be separately for sale.

How do you balance this with the other projects you have lined up?

WP: I'm always 3 to 4 films ahead. I'm juggling probably about 4 or 5 projects right now. We will see what the next one will be lined up in terms of production. Because it takes so long to get these films up and going, you constantly have to be working on whatever that next project will be. While you are in production on one, you want to be ready to go into print production on the next one, and yet developing another.

With so much on your plate, have you been affected by the recession we're in now?

WP: I've been very fortunate that I haven't. I've been very busy and that's a good thing. Part of it is the fact that entertainment is, some say, recession proof. It's certainly is recession resistant. I would say that and people are looking for escapism and a way to have fun. Movies provide that for them.

Your next project officially slated for release will be 'Takers,' with Idris Elba again, Paul Walker, Zoe Saldana, Michael Ealy, and Chris Brown. Why release it next January?

WP: Well, it's a good slot for us. It's a good release date. It's the weekend before Martin Luther King and we think we can open well and hold over til to the King weekend. It's a month that's been very good to me before. I release 'Stomp The Yard' in January and we did well at a time when there were other films going after the same market. You have to factor all those things in. Things change all the time but as it stands right now, I think it's a good slot.

Would you be willing to work with Chris Brown again?

WP: Yes.

What other films are you looking to do?

WP: The next thing I am looking to do is a remake of 'The Big Chill.' We're also considering doing a 'Stomp The Yard 2.' Those probably will be the next two and could get started at the end of this year and early next year.

Where could you go with 'Stomp The Yard 2?'

WP: I haven't figured that out yet. That's what we are working on now. We are reading materials as we speak.

With 'The Soloist' with Jamie Foxx, and 'Fighting' with Terrence Howard, and the 'Tyson' documentary opening up against you, why should anyone see 'Obsessed?'

WP: I haven't seen the other films so I can't speak on their value, but I can tell you this about 'Obsessed.' It's a film that is a great date movie. It's a film that girls can go with just their girlfriends or you can go by yourself. Either way, you will have a good time. It's going to have you talking back to the screen. There are three really beautiful talents interacting and that alone is reason to go.

Idris Elba Talks Beyoncé & Obsessed

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Idris Elba on Beyoncé’s Acting Skills: ‘I Really saw Her Grow as an Artist’

Idris Elba has enjoyed screen time with his fair share of Hollywood's elite. But his latest on-screen foray with music superstar Beyoncé Knowles in the upcoming flick Obsessed may be his most memorable role to date. In an exclusive interview with rolling out, Elba gave us the inside scoop regarding his time on set with Knowles. ~dewayne rogers

Elba's take on the film receiving a PG-13 rating … "The process of making a movie with Beyoncé was unique, just because she's such a huge superstar. So when I first looked at the script, I thought the film could have and probably should have received an "R" rating on subject matter alone. But Beyoncé has such a responsibility to her younger fans that I believe it was necessary for them not to try certain things because of that responsibility."

On Beyoncé's growth on set … "I think this was a very important role for her, because it was the first time she wasn't playing a singer. But when we first started taping, it was difficult for us to really connect as artists because she has such a huge machine behind her. So in the early going it felt divided … almost like it was her and her team on one side, and everyone else on the other. But once the cameras started rolling, she really opened up and those walls began to fall. As a result, I really saw her grow as an artist, and I think you'll be able to see it as well when you watch the film." Stay tuned for more of rolling out's interview and photo shoot with Elba.

OFF TOPIC BUT OH SO CUTE LOL...

Beyonce Fight Scene in Obsessed! Yesssss Bey!!!!

APRIL 24, 2009

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