Showing posts with label USA Today. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA Today. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

USA Today: Hollywood Brings Out a New Breed of Brawn

It's raining men. That's the weather forecast for moviegoers as a flood of fresh male faces — and buff bods — hits the big screen this year

USA Today covers a variety of reasons why actors who have been around and were not really well known, to total newcomers are going to be making a splash this year as the latest predicted Hollywood heartthrobs. These types are coming in two categories and Twilight, they claim, is part of the reason:

“The ‘Twilight’ factor

The reason for the double standard?

“It’s the two archetypes you see in Twilight,” Dergarabedian suggests. In one corner is brooding vampire Edward and, in the other, burly werewolf Jacob. “It’s probably an attempt to make sure women see these films.”

Not a bad guess.