Laura Vandervoort: June 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

"Ted Actress Laura Vandervoort’s Favorite Fit Snacks"

Another nice article with little interview on the food tastes of Laura has appeared on FitnessMagazine.com from the title "Ted Actress Laura Vandervoort’s Favorite Fit Snacks".

Here is the Article: LINK

Other photos (in HR) of Laura Vandervoort at the "Ted Premiere"

For celebrate the "TED Day" here to all you other photos of Laura Vandervoort at the "Ted Premiere", some new and other old, but this time in high resolution.

Ted Day has arrived!!!

Today the Movie "Ted" in which Laura Vandervoort has the role of Tanya has been released.

Some Info of the Movie:

Ted

(Movie)

Ted (stylized as ted) is a 2012 American comedy film, directed, co-written and produced by Seth MacFarlane, who stars in it along with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. The supporting cast includes Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Stroup, and Patrick Warburton. The film is the feature-length directorial debut of MacFarlane, produced by Media Rights Capital, and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Directed by Seth MacFarlane

Produced by Scott Stuber, Seth MacFarlane, John Jacobs, Jason Clark

Screenplay by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild

Story by Seth MacFarlane

Narrated by Patrick Stewart

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane

Music by Walter Murphy

Cinematography: Michael Barrett

Editing by Jeff Freeman

Studio: Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films, Smart Entertainment

Distributed by Universal Pictures

Release date(s): June 29, 2012 (2012-06-29)

Running time: 106 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $50 million-$65 million

Box office: $71,544,000

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett

Mila Kunis as Lori Collins

Seth MacFarlane as Ted (voice and motion capture)

Giovanni Ribisi as Donny

Joel McHale as Rex

Patrick Warburton as Guy

Matt Walsh as Thomas: John's boss

Jessica Barth as Tammy-Lynn

Bill Smitrovich as Frank: Ted's boss

Ralph Garman as Joe Bennett: John's Dad

Alex Borstein as Gina Bennett: John's Mom

Laura Vandervoort as Tanya Terry

Jessica Stroup as Tracy

Bretton Manley as Young John Bennett

Tom Skerritt as Himself

Sam J. Jones as Himself

Norah Jones as Herself

Aedin Mincks as Robert

Ryan Reynolds as Jared (cameo)

Robert Wu as Asian Man "Ming"

John Viener as Alix

Zane Cowans as Young Ted (voice)

Patrick Stewart as Narrator

Tara Strong as Ted's "I Love You" Function

Mike Henry and Danny Smith (two of MacFarlane's fellow Family Guy writers) cameo as a Southern Newscaster and a Waiter, respectively.

Plot:

Mark Wahlberg plays John, a perfectly normal Boston native whose childhood wish for his teddy bear to come to life comes true. The bear (Ted) — voiced by MacFarlane himself — remains his best friend well into his adult years. Conflict emerges when Ted's irresponsible and vulgar slacker lifestyle comes in the way of John's attempt to embrace his adulthood and the woman of his dreams, Lori (Mila Kunis).

Production:

MacFarlane's directorial debut is a live-action effort, with computer animation handled by visual effects facilities Tippett Studio and Iloura. MacFarlane wrote the screenplay with his Family Guy colleagues Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.MacFarlane announced the movie in the February 10, 2011, episode of Conan.

Filming began in May 2011 in Boston and Swampscott, Massachusetts.

The film was set for a July 13, 2012, release in North America, but was pushed up to June 29 after the delay of G.I. Joe: Retaliation. The film is due to be released in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2012 and in Australia on July 5, 2012.

Release:

Critical receptionThe film has a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 128 reviews, with an average score of 6.6/10, saying "Ted's 'romance versus bromance' plot is familiar, but the film's held aloft by the high-concept central premise and a very funny (albeit inconsistent) script". Based on the top critics, the film holds a 64% "fresh" rating based on 36 reviews, with an average score of 6.4/10. Review aggregate Metacritic has given the film a weighted score of 62, based on 36 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert gave the film a 3.5/4 grade, citing the movie as "the best comedy screenplay so far [this year]", also praising the film on the fact that it "doesn't run out of steam".

On the other hand, A. O. Scott of The New York Times called Ted "boring, lazy and wildly unoriginal".

Nathan Rabin of The A. V. Club gave the film a B grade.

Brent McNight of Beyond Hollywood commented on the jokes, "Some of these jokes hit, some jokes miss.

Box office:

Ted earned $2.6 million in midnight showings. For its opening day, Ted scored one of the best R-rated comedy debuts ever since The Hangover with an estimated $20.2 million. The film earned a total of $54.4 million in its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada, well over second-place Magic Mike's $39.2 million. Its overall weekend gross set a record for the highest original R-rated movie opening of all time.

Trailer: