Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Paramount Pictures' 100th Anniversary

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Paramount Pictures, Vanity Fair assembled 116 talents who have made films at Paramount for a photo shoot.  The end result is pretty amazing.  (Note: there is a zoom function on the site that you can use to see the stars closer and to get their names, and don't forget to scroll all the way to the right). 

It's a fascinating look at the different types of movies that Paramount has done.  There are the old-timers like Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal from Love Story, Mickey Rooney, Michael York, Peter Bogdanovich, Ernest Borgnine, and Jerry Lewis. 

There are the more traditional A-list mega stars like Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, and Jack Nicholson. 

The younger generation are also represented by the likes of Justin Bieber (for his movie Never Say Never), Julianne Hough, Emile Hirsch, Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, and Anna Kendrick. 

There are Oscar winners like Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Charlize Theron, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, but also actors from more traditional big-budget movies like Star Trek's Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine and Transformers' Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox and Tyrese Gibson. 

Clearly the studio system in Hollywood isn't as it used to be where actors would be under exclusive contract to specific studios, so it is great to see the types of talent that Paramount can still attract.

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