Hollywood Reporter Oscar Actor's Roundtable 2012

As usual every year, the Oscar's gathers the actors nominated for the top awards at a roundtable to discuss their craft. This year the roundtable includes Best Actor nominees Daniel Day-Lewis (for Lincoln), Denzel Washington (for Flight), Bradley Cooper (for Silver Linings Playbook), Joaquin Phoenix (for The Master), John Hawkes (for the Sessions), and of course our very own Michael Reese Meyers (for The Devil's Double). Here is the link to the full video of the discussion. Below is just a written transcript of some of Meyer's answers to certain questions:

Q: Have you all met before this?

MRM: Well I've worked with Denzel before, on Pelham 123. I worked with Joaquin three times. twice we acted together. In the Village we played brothers and in Ring of Fire he was Johnny Cash I was Elvis. And he directed me in Brotherly Love. And me and Bradley just did Alien: Genesis together. But I have yet to work with Mr. Day-Lewis or Mr. Hawkes.

Q: So do you all feel the right people belong here or has it become too political, as far as who gets nominated and who doesn't?

MRM: Well I think we all are just here as clappers for when Daniel wins. I mean come on, haha. He pretty much has this in the bag.

Q: Do you feel you need to use darkness or pain as your motivation or is that a cliche?

MRM: Oh no for me it is essential. It was always the fuel, maybe too much so. And that's why I feel like I am moving away from acting and trying to be more like this guy (points to Lewis) over here and just act every once in a while. I mean if you look at my future schedule, I'm slowing it down. I'm contracted to do two more Bond films and I am looking at this comedy Seth McFarlane has offered me which is really unique and that is the one genre I haven't tackled yet, comedy. I need to do that. So I'm interested in that. But I am in such a happy place now, with my band, we're gonna tour Europe next summer with Boomkat, I'm in love, I plan on starting a family next year. My relationship with my mom has come a full 180. We are closer than ever. We talk almost everyday. We laugh, we share things. I'm helping her write her book she's doing. We have made so much progress. Super close now. It's great. I mean, I used to have that itch to act as a means to channel my pain and now that things are going so well, that itch doesn't seem to be there and I don't wanna act just to keep acting. But at the same time I love what I do, I love this business, I love being on set. Olivia Wilde and I just started a production company in New York. She and I both want to direct. I've already directed one indie back in 2010. It came out in 2011. And we will produce pictures out of that company as well, with Truth or Die being the first project out the gate for that. So I am definitely looking at that next phase, that next stage of my career. Because I can't always be the angry brooding metrosexual guy forever. And the chameleon thing, which I really love, can only work for so long. I'm running out of different looks to try. Haha.

Q: So you feel that if you are too happy you lose the urge to act?

MRM: For me, yes. I feel I gravitate toward darker roles because they speak to me. A character who is struggling with something. But when I am in a good place I don't want to spend 3 months on set in a dark frame of mind. I wanna be on the beach in Italy with my girlfriend or performing in front of fans on stage with my band. I want to stay in that happy place I don't want to leave it because I feel it's my job. Acting isn't a job to me. It's something I feel compelled to do. I do a role because it speaks to me. That's why I wanna tackle comedy and try happier roles. But the problem is there aren't that many interesting happy role, haha.

Q: What was one piece of advice someone gave you in your life that steered you toward acting or you feel changed you forever?

MRM: It sounds silly but I guess it wasn't advice but as he (Denzel) said a word of encouragement that steered me toward believing in myself, was in junior high I was goofing off in music class and they heard me sing and the teacher said I should try out for the Lion King musical play we were doing. I never had any interest in acting or singing or being in a play. But I had a bad GPA that year and they said if I participated that my grade would go up so I needed that. So I did it. Afterwards a girl in the hall  who NEVER noticed me before said to me "I saw you in the play over the weekend, you did great. Then I went to class, sat down, and all the girls in the class turned to me and for 5 minutes straight kept raving about how good I was, they didn't know I could sing, blah blah blah. It was life changing. I finally found something I was good at."


Q: What's one thing about yourself you would change?

MRM: Umm, I guess I wish I didn't fall so hard so fast for people I don't know well enough yet. I gotta work on that.

Michael Attends AMA's with Gina and Discusses Truth or Die

Last night Michael attended the American Music Awards with girlfriend Gina Rage and while he did not answer any questions about the woman suing him for child support, he did speak about his next film, Truth or Die. He said: "Yea we're still doing it. It's next. Ron Howard has signed on to direct. Paul Steinman who did the original Phone Booth film isn't involved anymore. Me and him spoke about Phone Booth on the set of Pelham 123 back 2009 and I told him how Phone Booth was one of my all time favorite films and it needed a sequel and he agreed so over the years we began working on script ideas but could never settle on anything we both loved and recently he decided to drop the film and he made Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise. I respect his decision. But this film meant too much to me to let it die so we kept it going. Olivia Wilde plays my wife in the film. She and I are executive producers on the project and began to work on the script ourself and got some writers to help us and now Ron is directing. The cast is incredible. Story is great. It takes place once again in New York. I'm a young politician running for U.S. Senate and I'm married to Olivia Wilde's character. Gary Oldman is an older more experienced politician who I am running against. I get a call from the 'caller' once again voiced by Kiefer Sutherland and all hell breaks loose from there. Somehow my character ends up on a ledge of a high rise building and the whole city thinks I am about to jump. I have a fear of heights in real life so doing that was a huge challenge for me. Sean Penn plays the police captain guy who is trying to talk me down. His character has his own issues going on. Keira Knightley plays a mistress I have been having an affair with who gets drawn into the drama at some point as well. It's gonna be very very interesting." He added the film would be shooting entirely in New York City from January 2013 to March 2013 for an October 2013 release.

Chants of Reign fan claims Meyers Impregnated Her

Today a woman named Natalia Martinez filed a paternity test to be taken by Michael Reese Meyers, actor and lead singer of band Chants of Reign since she claims to be several weeks pregnant and believes Meyers to be the father. In her statement she says "Meyers is the only man I have been intimate with in several months and doctors have confirmed with me I am indeed pregnant". Meyers so far has denied the claims according to reps. The Lights and Sounds tour which Chants of Reign have been involved in since September 15th concludes on November 12th in Boston.

Meyers and Gina Rage at Devil's Double NY premiere

Last night Michael took some time off from the Lights & Sounds tour with his band Chants of Reign to attend the NYC premiere of his new film "The Devil's Double" and guess who he took as his date, none of other than Gina Rage. Are the two an item again? Apparently so since they were seen holding hands and kissing. Here's a photo. You can see the rest HERE:

Here it is! Finally a look at the trailer for Michael's latest film "The Devil's Double" where he plays two roles, both as the protagonist and villain. Oliver Stone directs this action thriller in which Meyers portrays the psychotic Uday Hussein, son of Iraqi dictator Saddam, as he forces a soldier named Latif Yahia (also played by Meyers) who has an uncanny resemblance to Uday, to be his body double during a time where assassins are gunning for Hussein. The film opens in select cities October 19th and wide November 2nd.

Meyers Signs on for Two More Bond Films

MI6.com has reported today that Michael Reese Meyers has signed on to do two more James Bond films. That would have him playing the iconic British spy through 2017 (if they make a film every other year as they usually do). He signed a two picture deal back in 2010 worth $20.5 million for films one and two and apparently he will be paid $24.5 million per film for the third and fourth entries. Not bad. Sam Mendes' 'Moneyball' hits theaters next May.

Michael and Ronda Ramsey Together at Tiesto Concert

Michael and Ronda went to a Tiesto concert in New York and seemed to be having a great time. She tweeted this photo of the two saying "Sick time at Tiesto show with my boo Mike #ImYourGirl". Awww!

New Rolling Stone Interview: Meyers Discusses Chants of Reign, His Favorite Artists, & Love

Quick CHAT with Michael REESE Meyers.....
Oscar nominated actor Michael Reese Meyers is the most recent Hollywood thespian to switch gears and try his hand at being a rock star. Other successes have included Ev Rachel Woods and her group Dryleaf and Jared Leto and his group 30 Second to Mars. Meyers' band Chants of Reign, who pride themselves on being a combo of "relaxing indie rock, cinematic techno, and other influences, including reggae, R&B, and even dubstep", are going on tour this fall with Leto's band and Meyers sat down briefly with Rolling Stone to discuss his favorite music artists, where his group gets their musical inspiration from, and of course, romance.

RS: How did you come up with the band name Chants of Reign? What does it mean?

MRM: One day the band and I were in the studio debating on what to call the band. We couldn't come up with anything we all agreed on and decided to all go home and sleep on it. Take the weekend to brainstorm and meet up again on Monday. I was driving on the LA freeway from that meeting on a traffic filled Friday evening thinking about band names and I heard on the radio a weather report that there was going to be a chance of rain for the weekend. I looked to the sky and saw it get cloudy and just had this strange epiphany. The whole concept of there being a chance of rain, an impending storm, it's like a warning of something dark and bad to come. Our music is about love and losing it. The risk we take when we enter a relationship that this very person who makes us so happy right now, could be the cause of our pain two months from now. The chance of pain. Sorrow. I liked the sound of it. The symbolism of it. There's always a chance of rain that will cloud up our happy skies. And the more I thought about it, the more I loved the idea of spelling chance like Chants and rain like Reign. That just came from me being pretentious and wanting people to say 'I heard about this band called chance of rain, but it's not spelled how you think, it's spelled like THIS'. It just seemed cool to spell it different. There's no real deep meaning behind it's spelling, haha.

RS: Your band has a very eclectic range of sounds. Not your typical rock group. Where do you guys draw inspiration from and how do you decide what genre to make each song?

MRM: All of us in the band have very eclectic interests in music. We love all genres and we wanted our band to be like the bands we all admire, genre bending groups like 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Police, etc. An album that really influenced me and the sound I wanted us to have was True Hollywood Story frontman Tito Craig's solo album "Sing Tito Sing". I know those guys and directed their music video for their song "Ghosts", first single from their second album. I love them. One of my all time favorite bands. And Tito, man he can sing. Voice of a generation, and his solo record was so bluesy and funky and jazzy and, just different. We want to be known as a band that can tackle any genre and make you feel something. Our sound is new though. We mix cinematic techno, or cinematech as it's called, with everything we do, every genre we tackle. It's the one genre we always fall back to because it evokes that epic cinematic feel we love and coming from acting and movies, I love movie soundtracks and scores and how they add to a scene and the emotion you want an audience to feel. We want our music to paint a story and do that same thing. On the last album we added cinematech to a few genres but on this one we experiment way more and it makes for a much more epic album and array of sounds. As far as the sound of each song, that just comes from one of us getting inspired by a song we hear and wanting to do something similar. Alan, our guitarist may hear a reggae song by Bob Marley and come to us and say 'I heard this song, it made me think of this melody'. He plays it, we write a hook to it, and it goes from there.

RS: Speaking of the difference of sounds in your albums, your first album with the group was quite depressing. This one is decidedly happier? Why the change in tone?

MRM: Haha, well on the last album I was very very depressed, as was other members of the band. We were just in a very dark and sad mental space as a group when we made that album. All of us. I was coming off the most painful break up I've ever had. Alan, our guitarist, was recovering from a devastating injury to his leg that ended his soccer career, Mike our bassist was depressed due to his acting career not going where he wanted to plus he had some serious family issues going on. Our drummer Roman was going through a bad breakup plus his father was diagnosed with Cancer. Our DJ's mother recently passed away. We all were in a very dark place. But now we are all much happier. Roman and his girl got back together and are engaged now. She's actually our road photographer and did all the photos for our album artwork. She comes with us everywhere and is our official behind the scenes photographer. She's very talented. Mike's acting career is picking up. He was in Cabin in the Woods with Chris Hemsworth, Evan Ross, Brittany Snow, and Emma Stone. Alan is dating a super hot model so he's much happier, haha. Everybody's happy. As far as the genres it depends on the producer we work with. On this album we wanted a bright array of sounds and we all love dubstep, reggae, trance, pop, etc. So we added what we do best to those sounds and it came out awesome. The first album was influenced by a lot of different things. Cinematech being the biggest one. Indie rock as well. Another we didn't expect was Irish folk music. Alan is Irish and I'm part Irish and when I told him I wanted our (first) album to be incredibly depressing and was looking for genres to inspire us, he suggested I listen to Irish folk music and I looked at him like he was crazy. But he played it for me and I was blown away by the pain and sadness that music evokes and it actually influenced songs like 'With This Knife' and 'Beautiful Girl'. In fact it did so much when you listen back to those songs, you can hear a subtle Irish accent in my voice, haha. Didn't even know I was doing it.

RS: You and the band rarely did any interviews around the time the first album came out and did not tour, due to your busy acting schedule. You just came out of nowhere with the album and didn't really promote it other than that one performance on Carson Daly's show. You just sort of snuck in there, built around the rehab and Mel breakup, used that buzz, and let the album speak for itself. Explain how you guys met.

MRM: I wrote 'With This Knife' in rehab and found songwriting great therapy and wanted to do more. I already knew Mike, our bassist, from the acting world, he himself was a struggling actor from L.A. and he said he would love the idea of starting a band. He really was the one that talked me into really doing it for real. He's a close friend, one of my closest friends, actually. Sort of a George Costanza type. Always down on his luck and complaining but has such a great sarcastic wit and charm about him. So he introduced me to a drummer friend of his named Roman who was this crazy surfer dude daredevil guy who loves women and Ferraris as much as I do. He is Jeff Spicoli personified, haha. But child-like in his optimism about life. Everyone who meets him loves him or is annoyed by him. Within 15 minutes you know how you feel about him. There's no in between. He is always ON. Hyper doesn't describe him. He'll jump off a balcony into a pool for no reason. He's fuckin' nuts and I love him. After that we needed a guitarist and I ran into Alan at a female friend's birthday party. The girl who invited me introduced me to him. He was her cousin. We actually almost got into a fight that night because we both accidentally tried to hit on the same girl. We bumped into each other at a second party and he was drunk out of his mind but was so humble and smart and told me his story about how he was a soccer star in Dublin and got hurt and how he plays the guitar and I asked him to join the band. He is a very handsome guy. Like a young Irish Robert Redford. He's charming but also down to Earth and a deep soul. Just a good guy with a very warm energy. Most guys that look like that are asshole, cocky womanizers and what not but he couldn't be further from that. He's the sweetest guy and would give you the shirt off his back. After that we started hitting the studio and one night while recording heard some amazing beats coming from another studio. We knocked on the door and met James producing a song for another artist. He's this British whiz kid who loves hip hop, trance, techno, dubstep, grime, reggae, you name it. He's no wigger but he has way too much swag for a tall scrawny white kid with glasses from the east end of London. He came to a few of our sessions and liked our stuff and at first he was just gonna produce some songs for us. He had a lot of great tips and advice for us as far as sounds and really understood my vision for genre bending and we just vibed with him really well. He started to perform with us at local shows and over time we just sort of adopted him as an unofficial member of the group. He didn't really officially join until we started working on the second album. And we needed him on this album because of all the sounds and samples and techno sounds we use. This album wouldn't have been possible without him. But I truly love all these guys. They all would be my friends if they weren't a bandmate, and that friendship and chemistry is why we all get along so well and make such great music together.

RS: Speaking of close friends, who would you say are your closest 5 people in your life?

MRM: Um, well other than who ever I'm dating, excluding that person, I'd say my two best best BEST friends are James Franco and Secrets and Sunsets singer Alley Vendetta. Our bassist Mike is in there. My older brother Joe is someone I would consider in there as well. So that's four right there. And the fifth is whoever my girlfriend is at the moment, so that spot is always revolving, haha. But I have other close friends too. I am still very close to Kristen Bell, my ex. We talk all the time, usually though text or Facebook, but once in a blue moon we'll chit chat at a bar. Catch up. She probably still to this day knows me better than anyone, maybe too well. Olivia Wilde and Keira Knightley are also good friends. (I've) Worked with them both before and will work with both of them in the Phone Booth sequel next year. Me and Olivia have been working alot on the Truth or Die script and will play husband and wife in that film so we will be spending even more time together in 2013. I also been hanging out a lot lately with Michelle Rodriguez. I think she's one of the most amazing, down to Earth, funniest, chillest chicks I've ever met. There's something about her. Really cool chick. I just felt like we known each other forever. I'm really glad I took the time to get to know her and let her in my life. She will be my friend for a long long time.

RS: Speaking of acting, who are some young actors right now who impress you?

MRM: Not many but if I had to name two I'd say Alex Pettyfer and Sebastian Stan. I'd say I'm a fan of those guys a little bit. Alex is sort of a chameleon. I see him in different roles, from Beastly to I Am Number Four to Magic Mike, and he changed his look in each one. You don't see that much these days anymore, from anyone. Even Gary (Oldman) has calmed down on that. I feel like I'm the only one (doing it), then I see Alex in a film and I'm like "Yes"! And I've heard he mentioned me once as an influence so that's pretty cool. Also Sebastian is super intense. He is a very powerful and effortless actor. I love that about him. Alex is starting to get some due and is blowing up a little bit now with some big roles. He's about to be in The Butler and Cali with Mel (Morley). Sebastian seems stuck in TV land. I know he was on Gossip Girl for the longest time and I can't remember what show I saw him on the other night. Some show. Last movie I remember him being in was The Covenant back on 2006. I'm sure he was in something else recently but I can't remember what. He has talent but needs to be in more films to show he is that next guy. He ain't gonna do that on TV. I mean, I've done TV but I went back and forth and still did major films people actually saw. He needs to do the same if he wants to make his mark. Maybe he needs a new agent or something, haha. But yea I'm a fan of those guys. I'm always looking for who the next real talent is. Leo, Gosling and I can't hold it down forever. Who are we gonna pass the torch to?


RS: Who are your favorite musical artists right now?

MRM: Drake and Lana Del Ray. My iPod is full of everything from Backstreet Boys to Linkin Park to the latest French Montana song. I love hip hop, I love B5, I love early 90's dance. I love it all. Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Aaliyah, you name it. Reggae, Dubstep, whatever I'm in the mood for. 420 is like the new 311, I love those guys. They will be on the tour with us. True Hollywood Story I love, I mentioned them. I listen to a lot of mid-90's post grunge rock, like Tonic and Duncan Sheik. I love it all. But right now, I'd have to say Drake and Lana Del Ray are my favorites. I think both will go down as some of the best artists of our time. I really do. A lot of the most significant moments of my life in the past 3 years, Drake was playing in the background for some strange odd reason. He invented a new sub-genre, romantic hip hop. He really did. He raps and sings about relationships and love, all the time, and I love that! No rapper does that. He approaches hip hop from a R&B singer's mentality. I can't relate to gangster rap but I can relate to his songs about breakups, wanting love, waiting for a girl to call. He's sensitive and represents a new type of man. I think the work him and Noah "40" Shebib do is incredible. I'd love to work with 40 one day. And Lana is insane. She's like classic 60's era pop glam mixed with Beyonce. She's amazing. I love her stuff. I'm trying to convince Sam and the Broccoli's to let her do the next Bond theme for Moneyball.

RS: Which do you prefer, acting or singing?

MRM: I truly love both. Two years ago I would have quickly answered acting. Singing started as a hobby. But acting is my job. But now both are my passions. Either way you are expressing yourself. With singing you write your own songs and put your words and experiences out there so in that sense it is more therapeutic and revealing and really you out there. With acting you're just playing a fictional role. To be honest, I never thought this band would become something long term or have fans or go on tour or do more than one album. I just did that first project as a way to express the agony I was going through at the time I got out of rehab and was reeling from Mel. But now I see how much our music means to the fans and how far it has gone around the world and people want more. We have songs that got over 14 million hits on YouTube. I've met fans with Love Misled tattoos on their arms. It's sick. And I love being in the band and making new music more and more. I love it now and the bug has bitten me. I'm already thinking and planning ideas and sounds for a third album. Chants of Reign isn't going anywhere. I will still act of course but music now will come in a close second as a big priority in my life. Music is so powerful. It can heal people. That's what I want to do.


RS: What's your favorite part of being on stage and in a band?

MRM: Getting energy from the fans. Seeing complete strangers singing lyrics I wrote in my room with tears in their eyes word for word because it means something special to them. I can't put in words what that means to me and how it makes me feel. It's really magical and addictive and powerful.


RS: Do you find yourself writing your best material when you're in a good mood or in a bad mood?

MRM: Unfortunately, when I'm in a bad mood. Happy music is cool and fun but for some reason when I am happy and listen to happy music, I don't THANK the music because it didn't change my mood, it just accentuated it. But when I am sad and listen to sad music, it has the strange power to make me feel better and get over what ever it is that is making me sad. Therefore it's more powerful. It can literally alter my emotions.

RS: Gina Rage recently came out and admitted you guys broke up because she aborted your child behind your back? How did you take the news and where do you and her stand now?

MRM: I was pissed to be honest. That's not a decision a girl still dating the father should make on her own. I would have wanted her to keep it. I wanted to be with her, long term. But she has commitment issues, which she admits to, and was shying away from things in the relationship already. A baby, I guess in her mind, would have made us even tighter, which I think scared her. She knew I wasn't going to be cool with it and that's why she did it behind my back. That's what angered me the most. We agreed to keep it private so that's why I never brought it up. That's why I made up that story in a recent interview about why we broke up. I respected her wish on that. We didn't want anyone to know. But it was a trip man. I almost was a father, haha. But I still care about her a lot, despite what she did. We still talk from time to time. I'll always have love for her and I hope she will always be in my life. She's one of the most special human beings I've ever come across. She truly is.


RS: Did Minka Kelly inspire any of the songs on the new album?

MRM: Well we're on a break right now, but to answer your question, no she didn't inspire any of the songs. By the time I met Minka the album was already finished. The only girls I'd say I consciously was thinking of when working on this album were Mel and Gina Rage.


RS: Out of all your ex-girlfriends, if you could re-visit one relationship and give it another try, which one would it be?

MRM: Gina (Rage). She was special. There's something about her. She's incredibly shy but also incredibly sexual, which is a rare and strange and unique combination. She has one of the sexiest voices I've ever heard and when I look in her eyes I feel like she really sees into me, you know? It's weird. She's the only one other than Mel to change my heart rate when she walks in a room. She's got that special something about her that not every woman has. I love that about her. But I met someone new who does that too which I'm excited about.

RS: What are you looking forward to most in the coming fall season?

MRM: NFL football is coming back. My tour with Chants of Reign. New album. I also may be directing my second film. We lost our director on Truth or Die so I may direct it myself. Olivia (Wilde) and I are trying to figure it out. We're working on the script and are executive producing it so it's on us now. Next year will be huge. And Moneyball of course. A lot of big things happening. I'm like a stone, I keep on rolling.

Hanging with RONDA RAMSEY???

Michael was spotted in Los Angeles chilling with MMA fighter Ronda Ramsey. Uh oh. She is the new face of the sport and taking the spot Gina once had and now apparently she is taking Gina's man too. Ouch! For those who do not know Ronda was born Ronda Juliana Ramsey in San Diego, CA on April 27, 1987 and has one older brother and one older sister. She is the current MMA female champion and is known for his judo fighting style, her arm bar finishing move, and ending fights within the first round. She is also very sexy. We wish them the best of luck!

Minka:: "Our sex was Unbelievably Insane"

Apparently the dumped can still brag. Minka, now Michael's ex, has been telling Cosmo magazine that her and Meyers "had unbelievably insane sex" and that he could "go all night". She also added his "member" was "huge and perfect". Minka continued saying "he's the best and most passionate and electric kisser ever". Wow strong praise. Meyers was spotted by TMZ while at a stop light cruising in LA in his Ferrari when asked about the comments and he joked "I paid her to say that". Here's a LINK to her interview...

Gina Rage Admits to Abortion of Meyers' Child

BIG NEWS! Michael commented in a recent interview that he and Gina broke up back in March because of a single argument where she would not "answer a personal question" but now Gina in an interview with Ring Girl magazine confesses that there's much more to the story. Gina since losing her last MMA fight in 2010 has not fought since. After that loss she filmed the Taylor Lee directed spy thriller Haywire in 2011 which came out this past January 2012. She was supposed to return to the MMA ring this summer but backed out of the fight at the last second due to mysterious "medical reasons" which she repeatedly refused to reveal, until now.

According to Rage, "I couldn't fight back in  April for a very personal reason. I been hiding it and hiding it but I'm okay with it now. I had an abortion." She adds "It was by far the toughest decision of my life. But I got through it and had to take some time to myself and figure out where my life was going. Get my head straight. My head wasn't in the right space to fight. Plus doctors didn't feel it was in my best interest physically to fight so soon after having a procedure like that, so I listened to them." When asked who the father of the child was she said "Mike. Michael Reese Meyers. It's why we broke up. I did it behind his back. I called him afterwards, like 15 minutes after (it was done) and told him what I did. He was pissed, as he should have been. We argued and he told me he would have wanted to keep it. I just did not want him to influence my decision. But we broke up at the end of that phone call."

She adds "He called me the next day to see if I was okay, how I was feeling. I told him I was okay, taking percasets the doc gave me for the pain. He was very sweet. I hope he doesn't hate me." She continues "It's been a really hard summer for me but I did get some good news that I will be in Forever Fast, the next Fast and Furious movie. That's pretty exciting. I got the call from Matt Ratner, the director, and he said he was a fan and wanted me in the film. I read the script and loved the character and how huge the film is. I can't wait to get over to Europe and start shooting that. So yeah I been training for that and afterwards Michael (Reese Meyers) wants me to visit him and go to a few show dates with him and his band when they tour this fall so we been talking, we're good now. We're cool, thank God. I need him in my life right now, more than ever."
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Wow, what a revelation. Tells us how you feel in the comments....

Michael Comments on Morley Cheating on Pattinson

                                                       Meyers and Morley in 2007

Michael was doing an interview with a London radio station yesterday about Bond and spoke about the big news that Mel cheated on Rob Pattinson with her Welcome to the Rileys and Snow White and the Huntsman director Jake Scott. When asked what he thought of it and if he has any advice for Rob Meyers said: "Look this is all I'm gonna say on the whole thing. I used to hate Rob, not because I knew him. I never met the guy. But I hated Rob because I was jealous, bitter. That he had what I wanted. But I hear he's the nicest guy ever. I'm praying he does the right thing. That's all I'll say. He deserves better. Everyone made me the bad guy when I said what I said about her. Everyone on the show, everyone in Hollywood called me a liar, a pig, blah blah blah. But now everyone has finally seen what I've known all along. Now they see her for who she really is, who she always was. I'm just glad my neck is clear, I've moved on, and I hope Rob is strong enough to do so too. I hope he makes the right choice, but it's gonna be hard. Because she's gooooood man, haha. She knows what she's doing, but that only goes so far. A girlfriend should be faithful, but she doesn't seem to know how to do that and he had to learn the hard way. I just pray for him to be strong and get through this. I'm here for ya bro." He also added "I mean, he's feelin' it right now. He's feelin' it. That hurt, that huge rock in your chest, where it feels like you have a semi-truck on your chest and it hurts to breath and you can't stop crying and the sky is gray and nothing can make you laugh or smile. Food has lost it's taste. I know that pain. I feel for him right now. He has to be strong."

 He continued, "Mel has that power man. She has a power over men. Jamie Bell, myself, Rob, Andrew Garfield, now this Jake guy apparently, she just knows how to suck you in. Make you feel sorry for her. She's deep, she's damaged. She's sexy. It's a lot like how some girls fall for the bad boy, guys fall for the bad girl. We start off thinking it's just sex but you think you can change her. Fix her. She puts a trance on you. She has that special something that can make a man fall and fall hard but what she does, and she told me this herself when we shot Inception, she uses guys. She uses them until she's bored then moves to the next victim. I told her, well one day some guy is gonna use you and you're gonna know how it feels, and she goes 'Nope, never gonna happen. I'll never let anyone get that close'. I read her apology, saying she loves him, she loves him, but I don't think she knows what that word means. I'm not talking shit about her, I'm just saying, she's one of those girls you got to be aware of. Don't catch feelings. Because she isn't about feelings. She's like, she's like this. She's like a drug. It feels so good in the moment, so good. The best feeling you ever felt. She's intoxicating, but she will kill you if you get addicted to her. She'll kill you and not think twice about it. She just doesn't care."

Chants of Reign Music Video "Lightning"

Hey check out the music video for Chants of Reign's first single "Lightning". Meyers directed it himself. Cool concept. A guy and a girl meet at a bonfire and it starts to rain and lightning thunders down and they fall in love and party and have a good time. Love when Mike rips off the scarf at the end to reveal no tattoo on his neck. EPIC! Enjoy, and don't forget to catch them on tour this fall!

MoneyBall Teaser Trailer is here AND IT'S AWESOME!

It is almost a year away from release and they are only about halfway through filming but here we are with a 2 minute and 25 second long teaser trailer of the next James Bond film, Michael Reese Meyers' second outing as 007....and MAN does it look INTENSE. There is even profanity (Ralph Fiennes says "shit" a few times early on) for the first time in a Bond movie. Great cinematography by the legendary Roger Deakins and director Sam Mendes really seems to be going for a big flashy stylish action blockbuster look with this one. The music is intense too. Javier Bardem is glimpsed and has a menacing line ("You think I'm playing Bond? You think this is a game?") and the Bond women of Gemma Arterton and Nina Caralynko both look stunning as usual. Meyers seems to be even more comfortable in the iconic role and we cannot wait to see where this story takes his character from Quantum of Solace (there is a nice but brief flashback to QoS with Rachel Stevens' Tracy character with Bond being interrogated during some type of word association test or psych evaluation and he says love is "unnecessary"). The film comes out next summer (May 24, 2013 we believe). CAN'T. WAIT. Watch the teaser below: 

Michael Talks Bond, Minka, Gina, Mel, Music, & Tattoo Removal with Esquire

2012 ::: The Year Hollywood's Darkest Soul Finally Found The Light 

It's a warm but windy day in London. Cast and crew scurry about trying to set up for the last shot of the day. The film is Moneyball, the 22nd James Bond film. The $250 million budgeted action picture has been shooting for almost 2 months now and soon production will head overseas to India, China, and Turkey, amongst other locales. The center of the storm is American born (but with English routes, on mom's side) Oscar nominated actor Michael Reese Meyers. He is having a bite to eat at an outdoor restaurant and he does not have high hopes they will get the day's shoot complete. "Look at the sun" he says as he points to the horizon. "By the time we get this all sorted out it's going to be too dark" he explains. "We're going to have to come back (to set) tomorrow". I ask if he is upset and he admits "Two or three years ago I would have. I HATED when things go wrong on set or take too long. Hell, I used to be the same way in my personal life. But I'm not like that anymore. I just smile through it and look on the bright side. No worries."

 Michael Reese Meyers is not an actor who has ever had much reason to lack worries or speak much of a "bright side" in recent memory. The troubled actor (whose battled substance abuse, been to rehab for both pill and sex addiction, arrested multiple times for assault and public intoxication, and famous for his manic dating and issues with women) feels his dark past was the result of a rich kid from a dysfunctional Beverly Hills home being thrust into the world's most phony industry naively hoping it would provide him with the one thing he felt he always lacked: Love. "I got into acting for all the wrong reasons" he confesses. "I wasn't some artistic brat looking to explore my inner demons, at least not intentionally. I was trying to get laid. I wanted to kiss a girl. See what a love scene was like. I wanted to travel and get the hell out of my house where my parents bickered like children about the silliest things day after day. Constantly fearing 'is this the night I have to break them up again and keep it from being violent?'. I can't tell you how many times I've had to separate them. It wasn't healthy." He adds school was not an escape either. "High school was even worse. Kids bullying me and girls I liked rejecting me. It was awful. We had money but I wasn't enjoying any of it. I just wanted to escape to a fantasy land where I could become someone else. Someone cool. Acting provided that for me. I wanted to meet actresses and hoped they'd fall for me and I could be happy. But it didn't work that way. Actresses kiss you on set then go back to their boyfriends in real life. That was a hard pill to swallow. So I became bitter. I ran to acting to get me out of the hell that was my home and school life, which it did, but I also wanted acting to help me find love, and other than Kristen (Bell), it failed at that. I failed."

 Meyers knows of his reputation for sometimes taking things too far with his co-stars and he feels although he is guilty of some of what is said, much of it is exaggerated. "I know I have a battle to fight when I walk on set with my female cast mates. I have to prove I'm not some creep trying to get in their pants and it really creates an unnecessary air of tension on the set that can be toxic" he says. "I had to deal with it with Natalie Portman on Brotherly Love, with Ellen Page on Tears of the Sun, with another actress in Trust Me who had a tiny speaking role. You say 'Good Morning' and they assume you want to rip their panties off. You want to pigeon hole them an arrogant bitch who is wrong to assume every guy who speaks to her wants to get her in bed but you have to remind yourself, she probably heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from someone else, 'don't get too close to him. He'll try and fuck you. If you let him he will brag to the press and ruin your reputation. If you don't hook up he will make your life on set a living hell and then go and lie to the press and say you hooked up anyway just to piss you off'. I'm serious. I heard this from someone's mouth. It's crazy the rumors that go around town about you. It's why the actresses I just mentioned didn't say a word to me that wasn't scripted. They wanted nothing to do with me on set".

The tension is something he wanted to avoid on Ridley Scott's upcoming Alien: Genesis film, in which Meyers co-stars with Anya Camilla Bella and Charlize Theron. "I kept my distance" he says. "Anya knows me. We worked on a film together 7 years ago. But even then, if we didn't have a scene or need to talk, I stayed away. Same thing with Charlize. I don't think I said more than 10 words to her in those 4 months. She probably thinks I'm some ass but I don't care. I know myself. Still recovering sex addict. Still get too attached to people. One of two things can happen when I spend too much time getting to know someone as drop dead stunning and intelligent and charming and talented as Miss Theron, and neither one of them is good. I didn't want to even go there. I've been to too many dark places and I ain't going back. It's like putting an alcoholic in a liquor store. I mean come on." Meyers admits his behavior on the set of the MTV2 series The Best Tears (along with his now legendary verbally and physically abusive relationship with Mel Morley on that series) is partially to blame."I have no one to blame but myself. Between how I treated the girls on that (Best Tears) set, which was 100% true and all my fault, to the crazy ass rumors that have spread about me stalking cast mates who don't reciprocate interest, which are 100% bullshit, it's a wonder female cast mates are nice to me at all. No matter what you've heard, it's either true or so creepy anyone would fear there's some truth to it. Either way I can't win."

Michael is missing something very noticeably on his body. His neck precisely. In the second week of March he quietly began having treatments done to remove the Mel tattoo on his neck. The procedure was painful and completed sometime around late April. He does not feel it was a mistake, but he understands why he needed to get rid of it. "I don't really regret it persay. I really don't. It's not like how when most people get tattoos of someone in which they are still together and the tattoo is supposed to symbolize them being together forever. I got it a year after we broke up and it was supposed to be a symbol of me saying 'you may be gone and I may not be able to get you back but I will always have you on me and as a part me and it was a sense of pride. Like yea, this amazing thing was mine once and we had our moment in time, those memories, and no one can take it away from me. Ever'." What Meyers didn't anticipate was the reaction of other women he hoped to move on with. "I foolishly never thought about how it would make other girls feel. To have someone else's name on my body, and such a prominent visible place like the neck. They don't want to see that. It is a reminder to me of something special I had once but to them they took it as a reminder of something they may never measure up to. I never wanted to make them feel that way." Meyers knew the only way he could convince another woman, the media, and maybe even himself, that he was once and for all over her, was to remove it. "I didn't get rid of it because this is me saying 'okay I'm over her now'. I've been over her for a while. I got rid of it because of how it made other girls feel."

In Meyers' mind being 'over' someone means "if they walked in the room right now and said 'let's be together', would you say no?' Meyers feels if that moment happened...today...he would tell Morley to take a hike. I ask 'so you're saying you don't love her anymore, at all?" and he confidently says "Correct". I remind him of an old 2007 interview quote where he said "I don't believe you ever truly stop loving someone, you just learn to live without them". He replies: "That's crazy to me. Because I can clearly, as if it was yesterday, remember a time where the thought of not hearing her voice and seeing her everyday made me unable to breathe or sleep. Made me cry nonstop for hours, everyday, uncontrollably. A time where all she had to do was walk in the room and tingles would shoot through my body and my heart would race. No one else had ever done that for me. No girl I've EVER met or been with. And I was hooked because I thought that rush, that chemical reaction she gave me was what love was. But I was wrong. It was obsession and that is very different than love. I know now I didn't love her. I loved the IDEA of her. The idea of having someone young and impressionable to control and who would need me and love me." Meyers admits love is unselfish and uncontrolling, but he was very selfish and very controlling when it came to Morley. "I saw someone very young who was in a new country and felt she would not leave me. (I felt) She needs me. But I was wrong. I was the one who needed her. She smelled it a mile away. All women can smell needy. And it's a turn off."

Not to call him a liar, but when you listen to his new Chants of Reign album titled "The Epic Mysterious Journey From Melancholy to Eutopia" (he played snippets of each song from his MacBook for us) which hits stores September 25, Meyers does not sound like someone who is over Morley, at all. While he hints that more than a few songs were actually written with MMA fighter and actress Gina Rage (whom he dated briefly at the start of the year) as the inspiration, it is clear on such tracks as "Tattoo", "Women Are A Hurricane", "Somebody That I Used to Love", "Why'd You Go?", "Lying In The Sun" and the first single "Lightning" that a certain young British female is the cause of much of his pain. "Lightning", which recently debuted on radio and has a music video he also directed which will premiere within a week or two (and features Meyers' tattoo-less neck on celluloid for the first time since 2008), is all about that "epiphany-like lightning bolt moment" he says where you realize it is time to move on from someone in your past. He has hyped this second album, which is the band's sophomore LP and a follow up to their very dark and depressing 2009 debut album "These Empty Streets and the Lonely Heart That Still Beats", as a bright and happy batch of songs ranging in sounds and genres from techno to reggae to rap and even dubstep all about getting over someone. Yet strangely, half the songs on the album seem to be about Mel and how much he misses her. Meyers says this was intentional. "I didn't want to just skip over the grieving process. That would be unrealistic and bad advice for everyone out there who listens to this and will use it as an anthem to get over someone in their life. And that's who this album is for. Everyone whose been left behind, left for dead, and to show them that there is a light at the end of the tunnel but it's a long ass tunnel, haha. That's why the album is titled the way it is. I wanted to be realistic in this path to getting over someone who had that much power over you. I could have just made a very simple 11 song album with all happy love songs saying 'I'm so totally over her, it was all so easy' but that's simply not how life and humans work. It is a long journey and this album from start to finish represents that. In life after a breakup of that magnitude you go from bad rebound relationship to single and mulling over the ex you can't forget for a while to (dating) a good girl but you screw that up because you're still hung up on your ex, to being single again, and so on and so on until you truly let go. My life was hitting that pattern and the songs on this album represent that. The whole record tells a story of someone almost battling an addiction to someone, which love can be. In any addiction you relapse, but eventually you kick it. Here the addiction is a person. By the time the album ends you get a sense that any emotion he had for this woman has been purged out of his system and analyzed and over analyzed and now he is ready for something and someone new to stimulate him."

According to many recent sources (and photo and video to back them up) that "someone new" has taken the shape of one miss Minka Kelly. The drop dead gorgeous actress, born in Barcelona by her Aerosmith rocker father Ricky Dufay and exotic dancer mother then raised in Los Angeles by said mom and her step dad, has been with Yankees short stop Derek Jeter and singer John Mayer. Now she and Meyers are an item and he feels the happiest he has been in a long time. "I had a feeling, 2012 was the year. This was going to be a good year for me to meet someone. And I was right. Something, some strange intuition was telling me. I had no idea where it came from. But I just knew. And she fell right into my lap" he says. He knew of her interest in him for a while, admitting in a 2011 interview that he got word that she wanted to date him as early as 2010 but she was with Jeter at the time and Meyers sensed an "arrogance" in her eyes when watching her interviews on YouTube. "I was so wrong" he admits. He met her the night of his 28th birthday at the LA premiere of The Avengers (where he brought 90210 actress Jessica Lounge as a date but ended up spending more time with Kelly). That evening he saw another side of Minka he did not expect. "She was so shy and sweet and humble. She listened more than she talked, which shocked me. She is incredibly smart, went to law school, speaks something like 10 languages. She is the nicest girl and I just think she has been through alot in her life and has used the wrong coping mechanisms to numb that pain, which is why she comes off so cold and detached on camera sometimes. But in the time we've spent she's been open. I can see someone trying to open up and feel. I am too. I'm sick of being numb." I remind him that "she's been through alot" is something that could describe the majority of the women he has been with (Megan Fox, Julia Fonda, Sasha Grey, Mel Morley, Naomi DeLa Fuente, Leighton Meester, Demi Lovato, and most recent girlfriend Gina Rage) and he smiles, simply responding "I see myself in them".

When I ask Meyers what caused the breakup with MMA fighter turned actress Gina Rage he readily confesses "She wouldn't let me in". Meyers goes on to explain: "Listen. I have not one bad word to say about Gina. She is an amazing, amazing girl. Super sexy, super chill. Crazy swag, just the bomb. You know. One of the funniest people I've ever met. No one made me laugh like her. But I have this thing, where I'm obsessed with knowing people inside and out and I believe if a relationship is going to get serious you need to really ask the deep questions and truly get to know each other, beyond that honeymoon period of the first few weeks and months where everyone wears a mask and only shows the best side of themselves. And one night Gina and I had this bad conversation that turned into an argument. I was trying to ask her something real, something deep. And she used her wit and sarcasm that I normally loved, and she used it as a mask and after trying and trying and trying I began to realize, she's not gonna answer the question. She's doing everything she can to dodge it. She's never gonna let me in. And if you don't let me in I begin to detach (from you) emotionally and mentally and once I do that I lose attraction, and once that happens, then why am I with you? We basically broke up that same night". While Michael does admit he still thinks about Gina sometimes and certainly misses her ("her bedroom skills were insane and more importantly I could see her as a great friend, she's that special" he adds), he is focused mostly now on making things work with Minka. "If anything everything I have been through has taught me, I can't dwell on the past, which I used to do alot. After breakups the best medicine for me is to either drown myself in my work or jump into someone else. A new relationship. New energy. That's what Minka brings. I can't force Gina to grow up and be more open. She has to do that on her own and when she finds the right guy she will. That guy just wasn't me." Meyers and Kelly have been spending alot of time together and when he finishes filming Moneyball in August he plans to spend even more time with her as he gears up for his first tour with Chants of Reign who co-headline this fall with 30 Seconds to Mars, among other acts. "It's exciting and I hope she is there with me for the ride. It's going to be an amazing journey."

Speaking of Moneyball, Michael is excited to step into the shoes of 007 once again. "James Bond has always been my favorite movie character of all time, up there with Anakin Skywalker I think. And it wasn't until I began to play him that I realized how much we have in common" Meyers says. Sam Mendes has taken the directing reigns on this film from Chris Nolan who shot 2011's Quantum of Solace. Many regard Quantum as one of the best Bond films ever and Mendes has quite big shoes to fill, but Michael says he has faith fans worldwide will be more than pleased with what they have in store. "This film is an excellent continuation of what we covered in the first film and on top of a great script that deals with topical economic issues in the world, we have a sexy cast, an unbelievably charming and enigmatic Bond girl who gives James a run for his money in mental issues, a slew of favorite 007 supporting characters coming back, tons of cool action and locations, some of the most gorgeous cinematography a Bond film has ever had (thanks to the legendary Roger Deakins), and mainly, what I think people will remember the most from this film, is Javier Bardem as the first truly iconic Bond villain since Blofeld. He has some great great scenes and lines fans will be quoting for years. He is menacing and truly truly evil. He was born for the part." Meyers when asked to describe the film in one word quickly says "Epic".

While Meyers could completely relate to Bond's journey in the last film, as a "young boy confused, lost, and looking for somewhere to belong, looking for a family, and mainly looking for an occupation where he could channel his rage. He had being a spy and killer for hire, I use acting, haha"...he says he is going in the opposite direction in real life compared to where Bond is headed in this next picture. "We are clearly in the Bond Begins phase of this franchise and we are leading up to the cold hearted womanizing Bond we all grew up with, and you see the seeds of that in this film for sure, but we first have to show how he got there and we start to see the beginnings of that in this film. He is starting to care less and less about finding love. Thankfully I am going in the other direction. I want love and I think I know now what it takes to find it." When I ask him to clarify what exactly that is he smiles, contemplates, then says "Well I am becoming a believer in the notion that you need to spend time with the types of people who you want to be like. That's the only way you will soak up their energy. Like hands on experience. Like on the job training. You wanna be rich, hang with rich people. You wanna be tough, hang with tough people. You wanna find a good relationship, hang with good couples. The one thing I have seen a lot lately is that there is a huge difference between people who are looking for someone to love versus people looking for someone to love them. People looking for someone to love have the most success in finding a partner because they are confident in who they are and what they have to offer and are looking to share all that with someone. That kind of attitude of 'I'm awesome. I know I'm awesome. Come join in this awesomeness' is incredibly attractive and infectious. People are drawn to that kind of energy. But people who are looking for someone to love them have less success in love because they give off a needy and insecure vibe and the sad part is they don't even know it. So you either attract people who are just looking to take advantage of an easy target or you turn off people completely who don't want the pressure of having to love you in order for you to love yourself. You gotta do that on your own."

....Maybe Hollywood's reigning bad boy is finally learning to do just that.

Michael's New Twitter Avatar

Hey check out Michael's new twitter avatar. His last one was an animated cartoon picture of him from some late 2009 photo shoot (around the time he was filming Brotherly Love when he had a shaved buzz cut) and this one is some sort of animated cartoon version of a still photo of him from "16 Grams". What do you think of it? I say it's pretty cool.

More Photos from Alien: Genesis London Premiere

                                             Anya Camilla Bella   and    Charlize Theron

                                                                 Charlize Theron

                                                            Ridley Scott and girlfriend

                                                                  Bradley Cooper

                                                                      Idris Elba

Guy Pearce, Bradley Cooper, Michael Reese Meyers, and Joel Edgerton carry Charlize

Guy Pearce

Michael and Minka attend London Premiere of Alien:Genesis

Last night was the London premiere of Michael's new sci-fi horror space epic "Alien: Genesis". Director Ridley Scott was on hand as was the rest of the cast, lead by Anya Camilla Bella, Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce. Michael has been in London the past few weeks shooting the new James Bond film "Moneyball" and he spoke about that, the new Alien flick, his girlfriend Minka, and of course the scuffle he got into earlier in the day with a British paparazzi.

 On Alien: Genesis: "I play Logan Calloway, he's a blonde long haired surfer dude type. He and Elizabeth Shaw used to date. Anya's character. But they are still best friends. Super close. But total opposites. She's a Catholic. A believer. He is a skeptic, more science based, fact based. So they go head to head on that issue. Plus she is just more book smart and mature than he is. He's a big kid and a jokester. The comic relief of the film really. They just couldn't make it work as a couple but as the events of the film unfold we see them find their way back to each other."

"I just loved the script, the questions it asks, the darkness, the smarts. You don't see that a lot in Hollywood productions of this size and that is all due to the writers and the legendary mastermind at the top of it all and that's Ridley."

 On Bond: "That's going well. That's going well. Can't say too much. We been doing alot of action from the start. The cast is great. Sam (Mendes, the director) is super cool. I do my first scenes with Javier (Bardem, the villain of the movie) next week so I am a little nervous about it but it'll be fun, that's for sure. This one is gonna be epic, let me tell you."

On Minka: "Yea she's here tonight. She's with me. She's great. She's a handful but she makes me happy and she makes me laugh. She brings good energy into my life and I need that right now. I'm glad she's here."

On the fight with the paparazzi earlier that day: "Yea it's no big thing. I got a few scrapes on me. I was coming out of a fitting for tonight and this one guy kept getting in my face wanting photos so I let him take a few and told him no more but he wouldn't leave me alone so I got in his face and told him to get lost and he starts laughing in my face and having just this real prick attitude and I lost it. I tried to rip his camera away and he just wouldn't let go. Then I felt this presence behind me break it up before my security got there. I thought it was a cop but it was just come civilian on the street, telling me to calm down and what not."

Michael Gets Into Fight with London Paparazzi

This morning in London Michael got into a huge scuffle with a British photographer who would not stop pestering him for photos. TMZ has video of the camera person taunting Meyers refusing to leave him alone and Michael eventually snapped and tried to wrestle the camera away from the photog. Bystanders broke it up and Michael's security eventually whisked him away from the scene. No police were called. No statements have been made yet but we will hopefully learn more about this in the coming hours and days. Meyers better rest up since tonight is the London premiere of Alien: Genesis.

Meyers Family Resolves Issues on Real Housewives Final

A few weeks ago we reported that Michael would be appearing in this season's season finale of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to join his parents and brother Joe. His mom Sonia and dad Pierce (along with his 34 year old brother Joe) have been appearing on the hit reality show for three seasons now. The main dramas have been Sonia's and Pierce's dysfunctional marriage (he loves to party while she is a homebody), Sonia discovering from her mother why she never knew who her birth father was all her life (her mother admits she had an affair with a married man), Sonia's fued with Lisa Vanderpump, and her torn relationship with oldest son Anthony and his wife as well as her distant relationship with youngest and famous actor son Michael. Well on the season finale those last two issues are dealt with in a surprisingly heart felt episode. It starts out with Michael arriving in town and the first half of the episode revolving around Michael bonding with his mother and them planning a big birthday dinner for him to celebrate his 28th birthday. The second half of the episode deals with Joe and Michael plotting to invite Anthony to an "all brothers only" dinner for Michael's birthday but surprise Anthony with the parents being there. This goes surprisingly well and the episode ends with everyone forgiving each other for the past and getting along. Touching to see and I hope it is real and not all reality TV scripted or anything. No word yet on if the Meyers family will continue to be apart of the reality show next season.

Michael Visits Minka in Miami

Well this settles it. Remember the story we broke last week that on the night of Michael's 28th birthday he showed up to LA's Avengers premiere with 90210 actress and singer Jessica Lounge and while there actress Minka Kelly basically stole him away. The two apparently fought for his attention all night and all three left separately, causing many to wonder who will Meyers choose. Well...he chose.

 A few days ago paparazzi snapped photos of Meyers visiting Minka on the Miami, Florida set of her new film 'Pain & Gain', an action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Terry Crews, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Alice Eve.

 Here is a photo of her giving him a tour of the movie set as he holds up an umbrella to shade them from the hot south Florida sun.

Paparazzi got this photo of Meyers in downtown Miami the next day as he waits for Minka to exit a Gucci store so they can enter a taxi cab together.


............Who knows if they are a couple or not but this definitely spells SOMETHING is a brewing. They would definitely make one of Hollywood's sexiest pairings. We will see....

UPDATE: New footage of them making out HEAVY for at least 3 minutes straight confirms they ARE dating! Check it out here at TMZ's site.

Gosling: "Meyers' 3:10 To Yuma Performance Inspired Me"

Michael Reese Meyers as Charlie Prince in Clint Eastwood's 2007 "3:10 to Yuma" remake

 In a recent interview Ryan Gosling responded to some criticism he got after the trailer for his new film Gangster Squad premiered online. In the 40's mobster film, Gosling joins forces with Josh Brolin to portray Los Angeles cops who form a team to bring down legendary mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). In the trailer Gosling's line delivery and mannerisms appeared...well...gay. Reaction online ranged from confused to downright anger. Gosling reacted simply saying "Michael Reese Meyers was a big inspiration. What he did in Eastwood's '3:10 to Yuma'. That's all I'm gonna say". For those who have seen Yuma know that Meyers' Charlie Prince character was possibly gay and in love with his mentor Ben Wade, played by Russell Crowe. From what we know of Ryan's character in Gangster Squad, he is conflicted about the LAPD's quest to capture Cohen and supposedly he "admires" Mickey. Maybe Gosling chose to play his character in a way where that "admiration" is maybe a little something more. Gangster Squad has a pretty impressive cast with Gosling, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi, and Anthony Mackie. It hits theaters in October.

                         Ryan Gosling in Brian DePalma's "Gangster Squad" as officer Jerry Wilson

90210's Jessica Lounge and Minka Kelly fight over Meyers at Avengers premiere???

Actress and singer Jessica Lounge

Actress Minka Kelly

Wow this is some story. Michael showed up to last night's LA premiere of The Avengers (which also happened to be his 28th birthday) with 90210 actress and singer Jessica Lounge. The pair held hands and seemed like they were an item. The pair did not speak to any press so no one could confirm or ask them anything but it is pretty obvious what is going on. Sources close to Meyers recently have confirmed that Meyers has "liked her for a while from afar and somehow got in touch with her to ask her to the premiere she said yes".

But it doesn't end there. After the film there was an after party the two attended and according to TMZ, actress Minka Kelly arrived and approached Meyers and never left his side, totally interrupting his evening with Lounge. Apparently Lounge did not make a scene, at first. Meyers entertained both girls and seemed to be, according to those looking on, getting along with Kelly more, frustrating Lounge. As many may remember, Meyers mentioned in an interview last year sometime that some women in Hollywood have tried to chase after him but he declined their advances, Kelly being one of them. He said she seemed "arrogant" from interviews he watched of her and did not want that in his life. Apparently she still has the hots for him and he has changed his mind as well about her since according to reports he was showing interest as well. According to onlookers, Lounge got a little testy with Kelly when she refused to leave them alone and Meyers had to calm them down and he ended up leaving the party early, by himself.

....Hmm....we will see how this all develops. It's not like he has much time to pursue anything serious with either woman since he is about to go overseas to begin filming his second James Bond film 'Moneyball'.

Stay tuned.....

P.S. A little background info on each actress:

Jessica LeAnn Lounge is a Canadian born singer turned actress who got her big break when she was cast on the CW's current 90210 reboot as aspiring singer Adriana back in 2008. She has had no famous boyfriends or any scandal yet and Meyers may have been her chance to grab some A-list spotlight, that is until Kelly came along and took it.

Minka Kelly has a far more interesting backstory and resume. She was born Minka Kelly Martinaga Dufay in Barcelona, Spain on June 24, 1980. She is an only child. Her father is former Aerosmith guitarist Ricky Dufay. Dufay, of French descent, while on tour with the band in Spain met a Spanish exotic dancer named Maureena Martinaga and got her pregnant. Minka was the result. The pair never married but moved to Los Angeles when Minka was around 5 years old. The pair split up when Minka was 9 and her mother married shortly thereafter a very wealthy businessman. Minka's high school years were filled with fights, hard partying, and heavy drug use and her stepfather had connections at USC's law school division and got Minka accepted into their law program hoping she could straighten herself out. After two years she learned it was not for her and begged her parents to allow her to model and act instead. She convinced them she'd take it serious and began to pursue acting classes and auditions as well as modeling.

For five years (2001-2006) she modeled and got small parts in TV shows such as What I Like About You and Drake & Josh as well as appearing in indie films and then in 2006 Friday Night Lights TV series creator/producer/director Peter Berg came across one of her modeling photos and cast her as one of the main cheerleaders on the show and thus her acting career took off. She starred on the show for three seasons and also went on to star in 2007's Splinter Cell, 2009's 500 Days of Summer, the 2011 thriller 'The Roommate' (which co-starred another Meyers conquest Leighton Meester), 2011's Just Go With It, and also the short lived 2011 Charlie's Angels TV series reboot. She famously dated New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter on and off from 2008 to 2011. She's also dated singer John Mayer (2007-2008) and actor Jesse Metcalfe (2006).

MONEYBALL Official Announcement Press Conference

In London today the cast and crew of Moneyball assembled a large press conference announcing the official cast and plot of the film. Here are some quotes from the conference (you can see ALL the photos and read the entire transcript as well as video HERE):

Actor Michael Reese Meyers: "My first concern was where are we taking James next. That's what I needed to know. I didn't want this to just be another random adventure that Bond goes on. I felt we touched on something really special and personal in the last film, at the end, and we leave Bond in a very interesting emotional place, and I wanted to see that continued upon and explored. So that was my only demand if you will and thankfully the script that Neal Purvis and Rob Wade put together does that. It's genius. They've been genius at these scripts and keeping the Bond formula fresh since GoldenEye and I love it. So in a sense this is the first true sequel in the Bond franchise. Plot points and moments from that film are specifically referenced here. We didn't just pull an amnesia and forget the last film happened. We carry on literally a few months after Quantum ended so he is still dealing with the loss of Tracy, what she did to him, and how he feels about women now. I think it's gonna be tremendous to show his arc and slowly make him into the cold hearted bastard we all know and love".

Actress Dame Judi Dench: "Well this is my sixth go around in the part so I think I know (the character of M) pretty well. Or at least I thought I did, haha. I read the script and I said to myself, 'my this is interesting'. So they take M to a whole new place in this one that will definitely be different that anything in the past. This one reminds me a lot of The World Is Not Enough. I had alot more meat to play with in that one. I wasn't just sending Bond on his mission, I was in a way a part of the mission, all be it not intentionally. And the same I think applies here. It has been a wonderful ride these films and somehow they just keep getting better and better and I think that is a testament to the producers for getting the best possible directors and writers and cast involved, and that just comes from, I believe, their love of the franchise and this character".

Director Sam Mendes: "This is going to be a grand scale adventure that takes Bond not only all over the world but also deep into his own psyche. Places we have never seen him go. And I am incredibly lucky to have in my opinion, the best and most talented cast ever assembled in a Bond picture, at my disposal, to tell this amazingly cinematic story."

Actor Javier Bardem: "Of course it is exciting. I grew up watching (the Bond films). They are a cherished part of cinema. Bond villains are a huge part of history and I am honored and humbled to be asked to portray one and I hope I can do this great character justice. It truly is a very well written character and the type of villain we have not seen in these films for a long, long time."
Actress Nina Caralynko: "It is just such a dream that I am even here right now. Just a month ago I was in Lithuania studying art. Before that I was hitch hiking in Australia. I modeled in Hawaii and then used that money to get tickets to see Tiesto in Mexico City. It has been such a whirlwind year for me already and to land something like this. It is a true gift. Michael Reese Meyers is one my favorite actors in the whole world. So to meet him, spend time with him, work with him. It is amazing. A dream come true. I won't want it to end."
Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson

Broccoli: "We wanted to work with the best director, the best filmmaker we could find. When you start off with Chris Nolan, that sets the tone. Quantum (of Solace) was a one of a kind film and we knew we needed this second film to live up to that and Sam is truly one of our finest storytellers in the industry and it was an honor for him to accept our offer in making this film."

Wilson: "I know there has been alot of talk about how much action will be in the film but let me assure you that should be the least of your concerns. If anything, it seems we keep adding things. Haha. But I promise you this film will have a ton of action. All the spills and thrills and chills you have come to know and love Bond for, but also a lot of character and heart."
Actress Gemma Arterton: "I am just thrilled to be apart of such an amazing cast and production. I have been acting for a long time now and I have never been apart of something quite like this. Everyone keeps telling me, 'you're life is gonna change now' and all this and I just don't want to see it like that. This is an acting job like any other and I want to treat it as such and I know I have a director and co-stars who are so incredibly talented and I know that they want the same thing I want and that is to just simply make the best film possible. This script is not written like an action movie, it's just a really really great story that has action in it and that's honestly why I wanted to do it."
When it came to the theme of the film Mendes said: "The haves and the have nots. No Bond film has really commented on this and I think in these times more than ever it is a pretty topical thing to discuss. The divide between the rich and the poor. And all Bond films revel in excess and the charm and seduction of luxury and wealth and nice things, clothes, cars, etc. As they should, and this will as well, but at the same time we have to look at the other side of things. We have a villain who is the richest man in the world and is doing a seemingly charitable act but is actually doing it for incredibly selfish reasons. And we also touch on the absurd things people will do for money when that much money is up for grabs. In the meanwhile we have a central character who is starting to enjoy all the spoils of being a top level 00 agent and all the flash and toys yet he isn't happy. He's not happy and we explore why. So it's an interesting take on things. It's an action film first and foremost yes, but it gives you something to think about at the end of the day and a lot of Bond films havent always done that."

Other actors confirmed to be in the film (but not present at the press conference) were Hugh Laurie (as the new Q), Rose Byrne (MoneyPenny), and Ralph Fiennes in an undisclosed role. The movie starts shooting in June and is currently aiming for a May 2013 release.