Anna Kendrick o Somraku

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Mar 11 2008
‘Twilight’ Co-Star Anna Kendrick Braces Herself For Buzz Bigger Than ‘Harry Potter’

‘I had no idea what I was getting myself into,’ actress says of the best-selling vampire series adaptation.

By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Shawn Adler

SANTA MONICA, California — A 22-year-old actress best known for the 2007 indie flick “Rocket Science,” Anna Kendrick is just like any normal young woman her age. She’s trying to get in on the ground floor of a solid career, making new workplace friends and bringing her work home with her at night.

“I just finished the third book,” said the bubbly Kendrick, referring to the bloodsucking, romantic “Twilight” series that she’s currently helping to bring to the big screen. “I hadn’t read the books before, but I tore through them the second I was cast.”

Join the crowd, Anna. Last August, author Stephanie Meyer’s latest book, “Eclipse,” debuted in the top spot on the USA Today best-seller list, knocking off “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” That was seen by many as the latest sign that the vampire series is becoming the new Potter, with more than 50 million books sold and a fast-rising ranking as one of the top 30 best-selling book series of all time.

If the huge Internet response to recent comments by co-stars Kristen Stewart and Rachelle Lefevre are any indication, “Twilight” is a phenomenon that will just as easily sweep up the silver screen this winter.

“It’s, like, number three on [IMDb.com's] MOVIEmeter in-production thing; it’s above ‘Harry Potter,’ ” she marveled, referring to the movie Web site’s tracking tool, which also pegs “Twilight” anticipation ahead of such films as “Iron Man” and “Star Trek.” “I think it’ll be fun, but it’s quite a lot to deal with.”

These days, Kendrick has been spending her free time poring over Meyer’s prose, then doing her best to bring chatterbox high school student Jessica Stanley to life in front of director Catherine Hardwicke’s cameras.

“I play Jessica, who is one of the first friends of Kristen Stewart, who is playing Bella, at school,” the actress explained. “She’s a little pathetic, and she’s kind of a brat. But she’s really fun to play.”

The series revolves around a heart-tugging romance between Stewart’s transplanted teen Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson’s charismatic vampire Edward Cullen. Legions of “Twi-Hards” are eager to watch many iconic scenes play themselves out in the flick, and since Jessica is an essential bridge between the worlds of humans and immortals, Kendrick can’t wait to spit out some of her character’s juicy exposition.

“I get to kind of introduce the Cullens, the vampires, so that’s fun,” she said of the scenes she’s most looking forward to. “I [also can't wait for] the cafeteria scenes, where you meet everybody for the first time, and that introduction of all the mysterious characters.”

Now that cameras have officially begun rolling in various Oregon and Washington locales, Kendrick and her co-stars are spending each day bringing to life the words that Meyer has used to entertain her millions of fans.

“I had no idea what I was getting myself into, to be honest,” Kendrick laughed, remembering when she first accepted the gig. “Before I had even read the script, I was telling a friend about it. A couple of his friends, who I didn’t really know, overheard. They were big fans of the books! That was one of the first things that got me really excited about it, because they had read them, and they knew all about it. That was the first hint that this was as big as it is.”

Now, Kendrick could be well on her way to becoming an iconic name along the lines of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. And if such Harry Potter comparisons continue, Kendrick couldn’t be any more thrilled.

“I’m a big dork, and I like Harry Potter, so I certainly don’t have a problem with it,” she insisted. But, she added, the vampires of “Twilight” do have one advantage over the boy wizard: sex appeal.

“Oh, yeah,” she grinned. “We’re much sexier.”

Eurosong Srbija 2008: Jelena Tomašević – Oro

Včeraj je v Beogradu potekala Beovizija, srbski predizbor za Eurosong.

Zmagala je Jelena Tomašević s pesmijo “Oro”. Glasbo za to pesem je napisal Željko Joksimović, ki je bil leta 2004 s pesmijo “Lane moje” drugi. Joksimović je tudi napisal glasbo za pesem “Lejla”, s katero je skupina Hari Mata Hari leta 2006 zastopala BiH na Eurosongu in zasedla tretje mesto.
Jelena Tomašević je s pesmijo “Jutro” na Beoviziji zmagala že leta 2005, a jo je nato na skupnem evrovizijskem izboru Srbije in Črne Gore premagala črnogorska skupina No Name. Avtor glasbe za pesem “Jutro” je prav tako bil Željko Joksimović.

Jelena Tomašević -Oro
Ko li miluje, milo moje,
Ko li usne te, snene budi,
Ne zaboravi ime moje,
Kada krene da, da te ljubi, klasje moje ne spavaj.
Njega ljubi, mene uspavaj
Ne lomi mi led, vodu nema
Ne soli mi ranu, suza nema,
Ko li zaigra oro moje,
Neka ne igra za nas dvoje,
Klasje moje, mene uspavaj.
Nuna nej, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna nej,
Na Vidovdan, probudi me, da ga opet pogledam.

English Translation
Hora
Who is caressing, my dear one
Who is waking up those sleepy lips
Don’t forget my name
When, my wheat, starts to kiss you, do not sleep
Kiss him, put me to sleep
Do not break my ice, it has no water
Do not put salt on my wound, there are no tears
Who is dancing my hora
May they not dance for the two of us
My wheat, put me to sleep
Nuna ney, nuna nuna nuna nuna nuna ney,
Wake me on St.Vitus’ day, so that I look at him again

Kaj naj sploh napišem? Ta pesem je še boljša od Molitve, lanskoletne zmagovalne pesmi Eurosonga. Mislim, da je jasno, kateri državi bo v finalu letošnjega Eurosonga Slovenija podelila 12 točk: Srbiji. Pesem je tako lepa, da si zasluži evrovizijsko zmago.

Všeč so mi bile še Beauty Queens s pesmijo Zavet.

Še malo nostalgije:
Željko Joksimović – Lane moje

Hari Mata Hari – Lejla