Celebrities are just like the rest of us. They put their pants on one leg at a time. Every April just like us, they have to file their taxes.. they are supposed to anyway. I’ve heard that the more money you have, the more you have to loose. There are countless celebrities that understand this all too well.

It’s comforting to know that even celebrities also find themselves in debt sometimes. The three thousand on your credit card isn’t so upsetting when you hear that Wesley Snipes owned $17 Million to the IRS in 2008. Even winning the lottery won’t help you when you owe that much, Wesley.

For the average Joe like you and I, paying off back taxes means taking a part time job at a convenience store. But for stars like Nicolas Cage, it means taking any movie role they can get. At his peak, he owed the IRS over $14 Million!

When the money keeps rolling in, the urge to spend it can be overwhelming. You assume the cash flow will not stop, but it often does. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt learned this lesson first hand when Uncle Sam came knocking for their $2 Million. This left the duo forced to move in with Pratt’s parents temporarily.

But tax evasion isn’t just a gentleman’s game. Two of Hollywood’s leading ladies have found themselves in hot water with the IRS too. Lil Kim owes just over $1 Million to three different states. She has back taxes in years ranging from 2002-2009. Lil Kim treats her taxes like her rapping, she goes big or she goes home. My guess is the IRS man isn’t such a fan.

Pamela Anderson has had two previous liens in 2009 and 2010 and owes half a Million. To save money, she has spent two years living in a trailer. No wonder the poor girl is broke. Every guy in the trailer park was probably knocking down her door to borrow a cup of sugar.

So next time you are writing out a huge check for your student loan payment and you are feeling a bit depressed, think of Heidi Montag sleeping on Spencer’s Star Wars sheets in his tiny childhood bed, and smile. Maybe your life isn’t so bad after all. It could be worst; you could be a celebrity.

Often times, Hollywood actors will have to make some drastic body changes and transform for a role that they play in a movie. For example, Ryan Reynolds had to get very muscular for the role he played in The Amityville Horror and Christian bale had to redo his body and gain more than 100 pounds for the Batman Begins movie.

You wonder how they do this. Well, specific training qualities are put into play as well as eating plans that can drastically change the actor’s body. In most cases muscle gain is what is needed for changes and below are the ways actors make that happen.

Increasing the amount of protein that goes into the body helps to gain muscle mass. Most people will attest to the fact that you have to increase the amount of protein you eat to add some strength and muscle mass to your body.

Actors have to train very heavily to build muscle mass. For a period of time, while adding protein an actor will have to literally force the growth of new muscles for a role by increasing loads of weight daily.

When actors have millions to make, they are going to be more than motivated to jump in the gym and do what it takes to put the weight and muscle on. Actors are given deadlines and they have to push to make things happen and fast! They get fully committed to the task, get the deadlines down and stick to it. If they know they have to meet “X” date to be in shape for millions of dollars, you can bet it’s going to happen.

These actors make changing their body for a role their job. They don’t have to go to an office to work all day or a construction site to build. Their jobs are specifically to change their body for the role they are assigned in a movie and must do what it takes to get that done.

Actors aren’t the only one doing this, how else do you think Anne Hathaway fit so well into the bodysuit for her role in the Batman movies. Granted, she worked hard to get that body figure, but you definitely need some compression shapewear to fit into something like that.

Makeup is an incredibly important part of filmmaking. It is used in several ways besides simply enhancing an actor’s natural appearance. Flaws such as blemishes, scars or uneven skin tone are more visible on screen and this is especially noticeable with today’s high definition technology. Makeup must be used to hide these flaws, and account for any skin color changes that can occur due to set lighting and the filming process. If an actor is perspiring or has naturally oily skin, the makeup artist will take care of this by applying, and re-applying makeup to the actor as needed. If an actor cut himself shaving in the morning, then that cut will need to be covered up if it is too visible. This brings up another important task makeup has in filmmaking – continuity. A week or so may pass between shoots and scenes are sometimes filmed out of order. If an actor is in several scenes that, in the film story line, are supposed to occur the same day, he or she needs to look approximately the same each time. While some viewers may not notice if a character has green eye shadow in one shot and then coral eye shadow moments later, many will.

Just as movie makeup can be used to hide flaws, it is also used to create them when the script calls for it. For example, makeup is used for creating wounds, scars, wrinkles and other physical effects needed to transform an ordinary looking actor into a trauma victim, an elderly person, or a monster. Prostheses are often added, but makeup is used with these as well in order to blend them with surrounding skin tone.

Movie makeup is not confined to the facial area. Any exposed skin may be colored or powdered as necessary to tone down shine, even out skin tone, enhance musculature, and add scars, tan lines, wounds or whatever else can be done to achieve the desired look. Consider a film with a well-toned actor in the lead. Those six-pack abs are real; but for the movie screen, they are enhanced with some added color to enhance the shadows and ridges, in a similar way that one would use rouge to make cheekbones stand out.

When actors sign on for a movie, they never know what to expect as far as location. Many have had the opportunity of a lifetime in wonderful settings that allow them to enjoy and relax in between takes.

Sydney, Australia is one of the all time favorites, a definite hotspot for filming on location. Popular films such as “Independence Day,” “Moulin Rouge,” “The Matrix” and “Mission Impossible II” had segments that were filmed in the capital of the Land Down Under. When not filming, there are so many tourist spots that are frequented by actors for a really fun work session.

Rome, Italy is another film location that ranks at the top of the list for best film locations. Actors that go on italy tours cannot resist the atmosphere, the architecture, the food and the people. “Angels and Demons,” “The American,” “Eat,Pray,Love” and “Cleopatra” name only a few of the many movies that were made magical in lovely Italy. The villas, the sea and the Colliseum are only a few of the attractions with a rich night life to ensure a good time in the land of love.

Who can forget Manhattan and New York City? The Big Apple has made an appearance in countless films and actors truly come alive when they arrive in the city that never sleeps. The clubs, the restaurants, Central Park, the Met and so many other attractions bring them back after filming is done. Many an actor has accepted a job because of the big city.

Los Angeles is one of the most common locations to shoot films and one that many actors treat as home. That doesn’t mean that the city will ever grow old. “Die Hard,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Forrest Gump” and “Airplane” were born in Los Angeles and the spirit of each movie is sure to be carried through with the actors.

What about Barcelona, Spain? Such a colorful city is sure to be entertaining and memorable to any actor who has spent any length of time in this amazing country. “Fragile” and “The Cheetah Girls 2″ were both shot on Spanish theater. The spirit of the land had to rub off on actors as they explored all of the avenues for amusement during off hours. Regardless of location, actors often enjoy their regular pastimes as well as tourist spots while filming is under way. What a fascinating way to make a living.

The film industry has taken social media by a storm, using it to promote the biggest blockbusters to independent films. There are many ways social media has impacted the film industry.

Due to the millions of users on such sites as Facebook, production companies can find out which areas have the greatest interest in a movie and then target the area. Companies also have the opportunity to promote their movie by offering screenings of the film online to gauge the audiences reaction. Film companies also have the opportunity to get more input from people about the film, before it has even gotten to theaters. By posting previews online, they can accumulate data about which age/gender group liked the movie the most, and the least. More and more movie studios are posting their movie previews on social media websites. The age of the theater-movie-previews is dying.
The great part of advertising movies on social media websites is that it can reach a wide range of people, some who would want to see the movie, but didn’t hear of it before. Another cool things about using social media as a tool for the film industry is that they can now sell tickets on such website, perhaps even with a button placed underneath the preview the viewer had just watched. Movie studios can even make apps that are interactive, to gain more interest in the film. Apps that show photos and clips of movies are gaining much popularity.
Contests or trivia games posted on social media sites are gaining headway too. Offering people free tickets if they can answer questions about popular culture. This is a good way to gain more attention for a film. The great thing about selling tickets on sites like Facebook is that friends can be invited along with the original party.And if the movie studios can pull in some viewers, they can then post about how much they liked the movie. Which is basically free advertising for the studio.
Social media has become a huge part of the marketing side of the film industry. And will surely increase as time goes on.

Many weddings portrayed in film are the typical love at first sight, the wedding and happily ever after. We must keep in mind that relationships and weddings are fictional and infatuation and not the kind of love that last forever. Weddings in film never expound on the fact that marriage takes hard work and effort. Movie weddings are pure fantasy and does not take into account the commitment that is a must for any relationship to prosper for the long haul. We tend to fall into the mind set of movie portrayals of weddings and marriage but it is just unrealistic.

After all many films still feature traditional weddings and families which just is not the case in the age we live in. On screen weddings are portrayed as a husband and wife but in many cases it is man and man or women and women. Many film weddings are not current on the way of the world. Many people want the weddings and lives of their favorite character on film, which in many cases are not possible. The real world teaches us that film weddings are fantasy and not what we live in the real world. Weddings in film tend to exceed our expectations of what it takes to truly have a successful marriage.

Film weddings tend to give a false perception of what marriage entails. Film weddings and marriages makes it seen as if marriage is very simple and that it takes little or no effort to maintain a decent marriage. We all know that marriage takes the commitment of two people who are willing to do whatever it takes to make the marriage work. The stereotypes of film weddings can only cloud the expectations of the couple and leave them wondering am i doing everything i can to ensure that my marriage can and will over come any obstacle.

Weddings in film tend to portray the notion that marriage is not very important and that you need not put to much work into it. Divorce is always a viable option and that there is no need to spend a lot of time trying to fix the problems. Film weddings are fantasy and should be viewed as just that. There is not a lot of comparison to film weddings and real life weddings. Real life weddings are just that “real life”, full of commitment and love for the institution of marriage.