A teenage boy is texting as he walks down a sidewalk. Next we see another pair of teens–a lad and a gal–doing the same. So far, so good. However, they’re unaware that they are on a collision course and upon impact, the action goes into slow motion shortly after we hear the sound effects of screeching tires and a honking horn.
A boy’s bubble gum bubble bursts like an airbag, papers fly everywhere, cellphones shatter upon hitting the ground, and all three youngster are laid out on the ground.
The screen fades to black and then a supered message appears which reads, “Texting while walking is dangerous, while driving it’s deadly.” A URL fades up under the Nationwide logo sending viewers to Nationwide’s teen driver targeted site.
Nickelodeon Creative Advertising conceived of the impactful “Collision,” with Rafael Fernandez of Green Dot Films directing.
Angelina Jolie Had To “Breathe Again” For The Role Of Maria Callas
Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn't even know were in her.
"All of us, we really don't realize where things land in our body over a lifetime of different experiences and where we hold it to protect ourselves," Jolie said in a recent interview. "We hold it in our stomachs. We hold it in our chest. We breathe from a different place when we're nervous or we're sad.
"The first few weeks were the hardest because my body had to open and I had to breathe again," she adds. "And that was a discovery of how much I wasn't."
In Pablo Larraín's "Maria," which Netflix released in theaters Wednesday before it begins streaming on Dec. 11, Jolie gives, if not the performance of her career, then certainly of her last decade. Beginning with 2010's "In the Land of Blood and Honey," Jolie has spent recent years directing films while prioritizing raising her six children.
"So my choices for quite a few years were whatever was smart financially and short. I worked very little the last eight years," says Jolie. "And I was kind of drained. I couldn't for a while."
But her youngest kids are now 16. And for the first time in years, Jolie is back in the spotlight, in full movie-star mode. Her commanding performance in "Maria" seems assured of bringing Jolie her third Oscar nomination. (She won supporting actress in 2000 for "Girl, Interrupted.") For an actress whose filmography might lack a signature movie, "Maria" may be Jolie's defining role.
Jolie's oldest children, Maddox and Pax, worked on the set of the film. There, they saw a version of their mother they hadn't seen before.
"They had certainly seen me sad in my life. But I... Read More