JANE
Full Name: Jane
Status: Vampire
Group: Volturi Coven
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Transformation: Unknown but at a young age
Special Abilities: Ability to inflict debilitating pain with her thoughts

“This may hurt just a little.”

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:
Jane is a high ranking member of the Volturi Guard. The Volturi were waiting to change her and her brother Alec until she was older, but humans—believing her and her brother to be witches—tried to burn them at the stake, which forced Aro to act while the twins were little more than children. Jane’s experience with the pain of burning alive shaped her into a potent weapon – she developed the ability to inflict immense pain on others with only a look.

VOLTURI
1) The Volturi include: Aro, Caius, and Marcus as the leaders, and then Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix, Heidi, and several other unnamed members of the guard.
2) The Volturi are similar to a ruling body, and protect the secret of vampires by wiping out any “problems” as vampire law defines.
3) The Volturi live in an ancient Tuscan city called “Volterra”.
4) Aro and Jane’s powers do not work on Bella.

Director Chris Weitz on the Volturi –
“No matter how strange one of the characters is in a work of fantasy, I think you have to approach them as people and then so you start to think, ‘They’ve been around for 2,000 years. How would they interact with one another?’ The conclusion was that after 2,000 years you’d probably be more than mildly insane. No matter how cultured or gracious you appear on the surface. And I think that’s what Michael Sheen managed to portray as Aro, the head of the Volturi — on the surface he’s terribly gracious, warm, a wonderful host and at the same time he’s lethal and frightening. It’s also what Dakota Fanning conveys as Jane. She’s innocent looking in appearance but she’s absolutely deadly. The first thing I wanted to do was put them in a setting that wasn’t Dracula’s castle. There have been so many vampire movies and werewolf movies and horror movies where everything has been dark and dreary. Instead, their headquarters is surprisingly light and crisp. And the characters that they play have a kind of a tactile reality to them in spite of how bizarre their situation is really. The whole point is not to leave Forks, Washington where everything has really been quite realistic and then suddenly go to a location that completely throws you out of the movie. And the set although it’s huge and grand and magnificent actually feels like a real place.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived at their chateau in the South of France and immediately went to work to make the place kid friendly. They went with the two boys Maddox and Pax to a local pet shop and bought gerbils and goldfish. Maddox also got a cactus! Brangelina and the kids drove together in a rental car without any security.

Bauer Griffin

Damages, my second favorite show – next to Mad Men (of course) has gained a cast member! And I love him!

From EW’s Ausiello:

Damages has booked its first season 3 client: Campbell Scott is joining the cast as a series regular, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Truthfully, I don’t know if the former Six Degrees star is playing Patti’s new client, colleague, or arch nemesis. An FX insider tells me that producers are keeping details about Scott’s character — and the new season as a whole — very close to the vest.

Here are two things I do know for sure: Production resumes at the end of September and the third season is slated to debut in January.

Who do you think Campbell is playing? And does the Longtime Companion actor measure up to previous Damages VIPs Ted Danson. William Hurt, and Timothy Olyphant?

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Fame

She has had plenty of success with television, movies, and music, and at her latest gig on the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” Hilary Duff says she’s having a blast.

And though she has the enviable position of working opposite Penn Badgley (her character has a thing for him), Miss Duff says it’s all strictly friendly.

Hilary told press, “I’ve known him for a few years. We lived in the same neighborhood in LA growing up. And they’re wonderful!” adding “Blake (Lively, Penn’s real-life girlfriend) has been so sweet to me.”

Duff also commented on working with fellow guest star Tyra Banks, saying, “I love her. I’ve done her show so many times. It was exciting and fun to work with her in a different atmosphere.”

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