Leighton Meester in Country Strong

Too bad I missed Leighton Meester's short visit here in Manila, but oblivious to her other achievements, I only know her as the girl who sang in that Cobra Starship hit and who did this fantastic duet, Give In To Me, with Tron star Garrett Hedlund for the movie Country Strong.  She was actually the reason why I liked Country Strong - she and the very hot Garrett!! And to think I'm a big Gwyneth (Paltrow) fan myself!  She played her role there very well too!

Movie Review: Sometimes Funny And A Little Bit of Fun in 'Monte Carlo'

I actually didn't know that the lead actress in this movie, Monte Carlo, was Selena Gomez.  I normally don't read the credits when they show and even when I saw the poster, I didn't quite see in fine print, her name.  So, it was a good surprise to finally see how she looked like!  She looks a bit different though from what I see in her video of that new song of hers.  She looks bigger there.  Here, she's really just a young teenager.

Well, with Transformers 3 ruling the box-office this week, it's a good thing they have Monte Carlo as a foil!  The movie has some funny moments.  The cute men equation though is very high as all three girls are paired with some very goodlooking men.  I love the scenery the most.  Paris and Monte Carlo are really 'photogenic' cities!  It's a very light movie about mistaken identities so you can bring your kids here just in case you run out of tickets for the Transformers movie.