Photos - Singer Jackie Evancho Joins Robert Redford For Her First Movie Role!

Robert Redford and Jackie Evancho on the movie set

Well, who says coming in second place in a singing competition won’t get you anywhere. Just ask crossover singer Jackie Evancho!

Since her adventure on “America’s Got Talent” a couple of years ago, 12-year-old Evancho has parlayed her second place showing into not only a gold record and successful PBS appearance, but now she is making a movie with none other than Robert Redford.

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Evancho will be seen later this year in the Robert Redford directed thriller “The Company You Keep”. This is Jackie's first major movie production and she says she loved the entire experience!

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The movie will star Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte, and Susan Sarandon.

"The Company You Keep" chronicles the story of a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years, who must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young, ambitious reporter hell-bent on making a name for himself.

Redford plays the former radical at the center of this nationwide manhunt and LaBeouf, the determined journalist doggedly chasing him and his story, and young Jackie Evancho will play Redford’s daughter who recently lost her mother and is unaware of her father's militant past.

Evancho and Redford during a break on set

Jackie Evancho and Robert Redford filming

Evancho will play Redford's daughter in the movie

On set in Vancouver  during principal filming 

Evancho laughs as the director yells "Cut"

"The Company You Keep" was filmed in Vancouver and is currently in post-production - which means all the principal photography is complete and it’s all up to the guys in the editing bay to splice together all the pieces and add the music soundtrack to create the final product.

To date there is no movie trailer available but we will add it to this page once we can get out hands on it.

Producer Nicolas Chartier says,

"This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government. It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford."

Evancho is no stranger to being behind the camera.

Jackie has been on almost every talk show known to man including The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Piers Morgan Tonight, The Talk, Jay Leno, and has had guest appearances on Britain’s Got Talent, Christmas at Rockefeller Center, Disney Christmas Special, and PBS Great Performances.

Evancho has even sang the national anthem for the NHL and had guest spots on the TV series Wizards of Waverly Place and has an uncredited appearance for her role in the movie “She’s Out of My League”.

We can’t wait to see the movie and think it’s very cool that Jackie is exploring ALL her options that are being presented to her.

God speed Jackie Evancho!

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Video - Shia LaBeouf Beat Down In Vancouver Caught on Tape

It seems that young Shia LaBeouf has once again found himself on the wrong end of somebody else’s fist.

TMZ broke the story and says Shia was inside a Vancouver bar called the “Cinema Public House” when he got into a fight with another patron.

The bouncers threw them outside where another fight broke out and Shia got the living daylights knocked out of him.

At one point his friends pulled him away and were trying to calm him down but Shia was having no part of it.



LaBeouf is currently staying in Vancouver while he films his latest movie project “The Company You Keep”.

The film is a thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity.

LaBeouf On Set in Vancouver

It stars LaBeouf, Anna Kendrick, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon, Sam Elliott, and Stanley Tucci.

It will most likely be released sometime in 2012 if Shia doesn’t get thrown in jail, break a bone, or end up in the hospital again.

LaBeouf has also just wrapped principle work on “The Wettest County in the World”, a crime-drama centered on a family of Depression-era bootleggers in the American South and starring LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Mia Wasikowska, and Gary Oldman.

Keep it together Shia – remember where you came from.

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Shia LaBeouf – Stop Talking Before You Get Into Trouble – Too Late

Poor Shia LaBeouf.

Sometimes he just doesn’t know when to stop talking.

For years, Hollywood bad boy Shia has had a problem with cops, booze, women, co-stars, gay slurs, moonshine, and directors – and now he has opened up to Details Magazine, and somebody should have stopped him.

His latest flick, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is out and the initial response is positive – even as others feel the franchise has become a bit stale and unbelievable.

And once again the young action hero finds himself in hot water after running his mouth.



But let’s start at the beginning.

A few years ago, Shia made news for entering a Walgreens drugstore sloppy drunk at 3:00 in the morning and trying to buy cigarettes. He was arrested.

Next was a car accident that badly mangled his hand and fingers that caused a delay in the filming schedule. The injury was ultimately written into the script so filming could continue.

Then it was a well-publicized incident at a Brite Spot Family Restaurant after a fan wanted to take his picture and he said “no”. It ended with Shia on the sidewalk in handcuffs.

A few weeks ago he told MTV,

"I'm not coming back to do another one. I don't think director Michael Bay will either. It's still a hot property, I think, especially coming out of the third one. So I imagine they'll reboot it at some point with someone else."

After completing the third sequel, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”, LaBeouf is distancing himself from the popular series.

Next were his comments about his co-star Megan Fox.

LaBeouf dumped on her acting abilities and staying power in a male dominated Hollywood and ruffling a few feathers by saying,

"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment stuff that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael. He films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It’s summer. It’s Michael’s style. And I think Megan Fox never got comfortable with it. This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America. And she had a hard time accepting it.”

Ouch. You would think by these statements the two most definitely DO NOT get along.

But you would be wrong.

When asked by a Details editor about the possibility of him hooking up with Fox he said,

“Look, you’re on the set for six months, with someone who’s rooting to be attracted to you, and you’re rooting to be attracted to them. I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen.”

The problem?

At the time Shia was on set filming “Transformers”, Fox was dating Brian Austin Green.

Awkward? You bet.

When asked about the possible conflict of interest Shia responded,

“I don’t know, man. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I Don’t know…. It was what it was.”

Running into rough patches with co-starts is not new for the actor.

After a lukewarm reception for his performance in “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” with superstar Harrison Ford, Shia admits he was not up to par during filming and also criticized the film in the press.

Harrison Ford remembers it a bit differently saying,

"I think I told him he was a f##king idiot. As an actor, I think it's my obligation to support the film without making a complete ass of myself. Shia is ambitious, attentive, and talented—and he's learning how to deal with a situation which is very unique and difficult."

And he seems to be learning well.

In fact, he has just completed filming his latest movie “The Wettest Country in the World” a crime-drama centered on a family of Depression-era bootleggers in the American South and due in theaters next year.

We also hear there may be another chance for LaBeouf to get it right in a new “Indiana Jones”, and we’re sure there will be a “Wall Street” sequel in a year or two.

This is what we like to see – a Hollywood action hero who acts like one in real life and doesn’t take nothing from nobody.

Go Shia!

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Shia LaBeouf – I’m Done, No More Transformer Movies For Me - Video

There comes a time in every actor’s career when they feel they need to take their last bow.

Shia LaBeouf feels that way about the Transformers franchise.

After three starring roles he says he has had enough.

He told MTV,

"I'm not coming back to do another one. I don't think director Michael Bay will either. It's still a hot property, I think, especially coming out of the third one. So I imagine they'll reboot it at some point with someone else."

After completing the third sequel, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”, LaBeouf is distancing himself from the popular series.

But he thinks “Dark of the Moon”, where the Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets, is the best of all the films.



Shia was very vocal about the second sequel "Revenge of the Fallen" saying,

"When I saw the second movie, I wasn't impressed with what we did. There were some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone."

Ouch. Not good when your big star doesn’t like the way things turned out. And to add insult to injury superhot Megan Fox will not be in this latest sequel which LaBeouf seems to think is a good thing.

"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment stuff that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael. He films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It’s summer. It’s Michael’s style. And I think Megan Fox never got comfortable with it. This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America. And she had a hard time accepting it.”

But don’t feel bad for LaBeouf – he is doing plenty well for himself these days.

The actor has had a string of smash hits since his awkward teen years on the television show “Even Stevens” including roles in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Battle of Shaker Heights, I, Robot, Disturbia, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Between his role in Indiana Jones and Wall Street he has been able to inject himself into two of the largest movie concepts of all time – and there is plenty of room for sequels for both of those franchises.

Shia also just completed work alongside Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy in “The Wettest County in the World” - a crime-drama centered on a family of Depression-era bootleggers in the American South.

“Wettest” is due to hit theaters sometime in 2012.

And on top of all that, there is rumor that a new “Indiana Jones” is in the works. Shia could take on the legacy of that franchise and milk it for the next twenty years if he wanted to.

So all is good, and the Transformers probably need to come to end anyway.

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