| Zoe Nominated for NAACP Award! | January 8th, 2010 |
Zoe has been nominated for the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards in the “Best Supporting Actress” category!
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
* Alfre Woodard – “American Violet” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
* Mariah Carey – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
* Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
* Paula Patton – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
* Zoe Saldana – “Avatar” (Twentieth Century Fox)
The winners will be announced during a two-hour telecast on Fox on February 26, 2010.
| Zoe Saldana’s alien talks! | January 8th, 2010 |
The Avatar actress admits to talking the alien Na’vi language with her family. Talk about the character getting into your skin!
Sultry actress Zoe Saldana recently admitted that she would start talking in alien language over the dinner table while working on Avatar.
The actress who plays a blue alien in the animated blockbuster, said she was so accustomed to the fictional Na’vi dialect used in the film that her family thought she was going bananas.
“The language was made up and we all had to learn it. I was worried at the beginning because I’m not good with languages, but it was tons of fun. My mum would look at me like I was crazy because I’d be at the dinner table slipping a little Na’vi into the conversation. It turned out to be easier because I speak Spanish and the sounds are very similar. The crew learned a little Na’vi, too. They picked up ‘skowng’, which means moron. Needless to say, everyone had a little fun with that one,” said the 31-year-old star.
From the Bangalore Mirror
| Up-and-coming ‘Avatar’ stars radically transform their careers | January 8th, 2010 |
Sam Worthington had winnowed his possessions to two duffel bags — one for clothes, the other books — when he got a call from his agent asking if he’d like to read for a James Cameron movie.
Suddenly, Worthington concedes, it seemed less urgent to quit the business and wander the roads of Australia, as was his original plan. “That’s a call,” he says, “that you have to take if you’re serious about being an actor.”
Zoe Saldana didn’t need as much convincing. The actress, 31, had been pursuing a role in the sci-fi soap opera since she heard Cameron was returning after a 12-year commercial film hiatus following Titanic.
“He was why I got into movies,” she says. “His female heroes — Ripley (from Aliens) and Sarah Connor (from the Terminator franchise) — showed me an actress can be an action hero.”
| ‘Avatar’ star takes alien language home | January 8th, 2010 |
Zoe Saldana would slip in alien language over the dinner table while working on ‘Avatar’.
The American actress – who plays a blue alien in the 3-D animated blockbuster – said she become so accustomed to the fictional Na’vi dialect she used in the film that her family thought she was going mad.
She said: “The Na’vi language was totally invented and we all had to learn it. I was worried at the beginning because I’m not good with languages, but it was tons of fun.
“My mom would look at me like I was crazy because I’d be at the dinner table slipping a little Na’vi into the conversation.
“It turned out to be easier because I speak Spanish and the sounds are very similar. The crew learned a little Na’vi too. They picked up ‘skowng’ which means moron. Needless to say, everyone had a little fun with that one.”
The 31-year-old star also said the crew and cast would be very happy to be nominated for an Oscar, but if they weren’t it wouldn’t matter because they had so much fun making the movie.
She said: “It would be amazing if we were nominated. But, I’m not going that far. I just want everybody to see ‘Avatar’ and go to Pandora like I did.”
From IOL
| Zoe Saldana: Avatar has ‘impact’ | January 8th, 2010 |
Zoe Saldana says she understands why film lovers are still packing out cinemas around the world to see 3-D fantasy adventure Avatar.
“It has such an impact in your heart,” said the star of James Cameron’s movie, which has now taken one billion dollars worldwide.
But Zoe insisted the movie wasn’t just winning over audiences because of the way it looks, adding: “The technology can only enhance what is already there, that’s exactly what it did – we fell in love with this story primarily.”
She went on: “The visual imagery of this movie will blow you away, but it will come secondary to what director James Cameron is already known for, being an amazing story teller.”
The actress added her biggest challenge was shedding her hometown accent.
“I have a very thick New York accent – that was the most challenging thing,” she admitted. “It wasn’t the martial arts, the archery, the horseback riding or the fighting – it was that!”
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