Continuing today's news coverage of Jessica Biel, I can also point you towards the first image of the new cover of GQ magazine, which has Ms. Biel on the cover. Quite the striking image, just as this other picture that was scanned by website Hollyscoop and which you can also see by clicking on the link.
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Being that I'm in Amsterdam practically every day, that I studied there and that I used to work there, I am always extra interested to read any news about movie related goings on in the Dutch capital. I know for instance that Harold and Kumar 2 is being filmed here as we speak, and Jessica Biel was also in the city for a brief stay, to hang out with her is-he-or-isn't-he boyfriend Justin Timberlake. They had a bit of dinner, stayed in swanky hotel and did some smooching, according to locals who saw them, and then they flew away to Stockholm. Which is right about the moment my interest in this story also vaporated ;)
Looks like MTV is doing all they can to avoid their upcoming Movie Awards show to be disrupted by a catfight. Though I am sure many male fans wouldn't mind seeing Jessica Biel and Cameron Diaz go at it, MTV is taking necessary precautions to avoid the two ladies bumping into each other. "Everyone is determined to keep Cameron and Jessica far apart," an MTV insider told the New York Post. "It's becoming a big deal because the girls both want separate arrival times. Nobody knows who Cameron is going to bring, if anyone. But if Jessica walks in with Justin, Cameron will want to bring a date. If Jessica goes alone, Cameron will probably walk alone. It's a mess."
Jessica Biel has signed on to play in upcoming movie Powder Blue. The movie, to be directed by Timothy Lin Bui, also stars Forrest Whitaker, and is about a group of people wo are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances. The characters are a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest and a stripper, and I don't think you have to be a genius to figure out which part Jessica is going to play (hint: it's not the priest).
Back in 1994, the Street Figher beat em ups were so popular, that the inevitable happened: A movie version was made. This being the early 90's, another inevitable thing happened: It sucked. Still, fans of the series went to see it in droves, although the droves weren't big enough for a sequel to be considered. Nowadays, there are still Street Fighter games being made, and the series still has it's fans, but you wouldn't expect Hollywood to be interested in the series anymore. Especially now that the movie version of Dead or Alive has more or less disappeared without a trace, you would expect the money men to have lost their interest in the beat-em-up genre. But what do we read today? Jessica Biel has been tapped to play the role of Chun Li in a new Street Fighter movie. 20th Century Fox and the company behind the games, Capcom, want to get a new Street Fighter movie out in time for the 20th anniversary of the series, and it's reported that they have already asked both Keira Knightley and Jessica Alba for the role, but both have declined. Not much is known about the storyline, but it is said to focus on Chun Li, probably the most popular female character from the series, who has been part of the franchise since the very first game. It will be interesting to see if Biel is going to say yes, I'm guessing fans from all over the world are keeping their fingers crossed.
