More Stories From "The Monuments Men"

My coverage of "The Monuments Men" came out today, February 9, 2014, on The Philippine Star. The online edition can be found through this link: http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/02/10/1288483/fun-encounter-monuments-men.

The Cast of The Monuments Men

In my story, i reported the fun one hour I had with the stars of the movie. I focused on how Matt Damon was picked on by George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.

There were many other things that we talked about during the press conference. George lengthily addressed the questions by a couple of journalists from Israel about the stolen artworks that belonged to many prominent Jewish families during the war. He also discussed some scenes in the movie that depicted the harrowing atrocities the NAZIs committed. There was a German journalist who asked the cast how they find Germany which prompted George to relate how embarrassed he was during the casting of the German parts because all they offered were NAZI parts. One actor tried to rationalize the action of his character but George cut him off saying, "No, he is really bad!"

Follow the link above to read my story. I would like to share a collage of pictures i took from the junket, too.

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Raymond Lo

My Selfies With "The Monuments Men"

Clockwise: Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett,
Bill Murray, John Goodman

"The Monuments Men" will open next Friday, February 7, in the US and on Feb. 12th in the Philippines but before that here's a collection of selfies i took with the stars during the junket held in Beverly Hills recently.

My coverage story will come out soon in The Philippine Star (www.philstar.com) and there's a review embargo so i cannot tell you much about the movie or what i thought of it until after its premiere in Berlin.

I don't normally take selfies with the stars i interview (we need to maintain certain professional decorum, you know) but that day, with the permission of the organizers, this writer and many of us harangued the stars for selfies. They all obliged although, as you will notice, i am not quite adept at taking selfies yet. I hope to learn and take better selfies next time.

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Raymond Lo