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"  So I&amp;#039;m not even going to pretend this blog entry is anything but what it is: a shameless plug. Superbowl Sunday and I&amp;#039;m not eating pizza. Instead I&amp;#039;m in a photo studio in Los Angeles eating a macrobiotic lunch (don&amp;#039;t ask).  But I&amp;#039;m here shooting with Carter Smith. He&amp;#039;s one of my best friends where our history goes back to school together, drinking SlimFast when finances were tough and sharing a studio apartment. Flash-forward fifteen plus years later and he&amp;#039;s now a movie director as well as a successful fashion photographer.   He wrapped production on his first feature film for DreamWorks back in August and did his first test-screening just last week in Pasadena.  Unbeknownst to Carter, I went and read all the crazy internet blog chatter on his film (those nutty horror film fanatics!) and the concensus was unanimous: they were impressed.  So shameless plug #1: The Ruins is based on a Scott Smith bestseller (author of the equally popular A Simple Plan) and tells the story of backpackers lost in the Mayan ruins but that&amp;#039;s all I&amp;#039;m saying. (You&amp;#039;ll have to read those blogs for spoilers or wait for the movie!) I&amp;#039;ve only seen the trailer but, I (like the test-screening audience) am impressed. Here it is and you tell me what you think. And if doesn&amp;#039;t scare the bejeezes out of you, then you weren&amp;#039;t paying attention.  Shameless plug #2: The Ruins open nationwide April 4th.  Shamless plug #3: Check out the new March issue of ELLE where Carter also shot his two lead actresses (Jena Malone and Laura Ramsey) posing in a confection of spring&amp;#039;s party clothes.  Boarding my flight at LAX now and I&amp;#039;ll be back at Fashion Week tomorrow...later "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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