Hollywood top star Dakota Fanning and her sister,  also an actress, Elle Fanning have arrived at Incheon International Airport, Korea on January 5 (local time). They are planning to film a commercial and participate in several interviews and ceremonies during their stay in Korea. Their visit was made by accessory brand, J.ESTINA.

Arriving Incheon International Airport around five A.M. in the morning, the Fanning sisters showed up without any makeup, and they looked little bit tired because of a long-hour flight.

The two starlets were welcomed by many fans who were already waiting for them and the Fanning sisters showed a bright smile to their fans while receiving a bunch of flowers.

The Fanning sisters are scheduled to participate in several events held by J.ESTINA, including filming a TV commercial, and this will be the first time Dakota and Elle will be working together as models. They have appeared in the same movie before.

On January 7, the Fanning sisters will be on the Korean talk show called “Baek Ji-yeon’s People INSIDE,” which is one of the famous talk shows in Korea. This show has a reputation for inviting famous western figures on its stage. So far Hugh Jackman, Anderson Cooper, Jessica Alba, Jason Mraz and the head of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, have been on this show. It has been reported that the Fanning sisters will talk about their personal life story and their recent interests.

Meanwhile, the Fanning sisters were spotted at the Korea’s Hongdae area, which is known for its urban arts and indie music culture, on the day they arrived. It has been reported that the two starlets tried various outfits and accessories on as they were walking around.

Dakota Fanning, who was born February 23, 1994, is a well-known movie star among Korean people for her movie ‘I Am Sam’ which she worked on with Sean Penn. Her performance in this movie earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history. There are many high-profile films she was in such as ‘Man on Fire’ (2004), ‘War of the Worlds’ (2005) and ‘Charlotte’s Web’ (2006). She played a girl with a time-limited life in the movie ‘Now Is Good’ last year, impressing many people with her outstanding acting.

Elle Fanning, who was born April 9, 1998, is one of the rookie fashion models in the New York fashion industry with hear unique look. She is mainly known for her starring roles in ‘Phoebe in Wonderland’, ‘Somewhere’ and ‘We Bought a Zoo’.

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The winner of this year’s Palme d’Or in Cannes and the FIPRESCI Grand Prix, The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick is now out on Blu-ray and DVD for you to experience at home.

The acclaimed writer and director, also known for Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and The New World, brought his thought provoking film experience about a Midwestern family in the 1950’s to life after years of development.

Through stunning cinematography and raw emotional power Malick’s hymn to life excavates answers to the most haunting and personal human questions through a kaleidoscope of the intimate and the cosmic, from the raw emotions of a family in a small Texas town to the wildest, infinite edges of space and time, from a boy’s loss of innocence to a man’s transforming encounters with awe, wonder and transcendence.

An impressionistic story of a 1950’s family, the film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack — who is played as an adult by Sean Penn — through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.

Malick’s experimental work was well-received when it finally premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year, having missed it’s release dates for both 2009 and 2010. According to the film’s trivia on IMDB.com, the first seeds of the mind-bending story were sown in the late 1970s when Malick, fresh of his movie Days of Heaven, started working on a project named ‘Q’, which was later abandoned.

However, it is widely believed that The Tree of Life contains elements of ‘Q’, including the desire to explore the origins of life on earth. The Blu-ray Disc presentation utilizes maximum bit rate encoding and 7.1 audio and a 2.0 stereo mix to bring Malick’s visually stunning masterpiece to life providing you with a premium cinematic viewing experience for the home.

An exclusive 30-minute documentary on the making of the film, Exploring The Tree of Life, allows fans to dig even deeper into Malick’s visionary work and his cinematic legacy through interviews with his collaborators and cast members as well as with directors Christopher Nolan and David Fincher who share an appreciation for his work.

Under Malick’s careful direction The Tree of Life showcases complicated and haunting powerhouse performances by Academy-Award nominee Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Academy Award winner Sean Penn (Milk, Mystic River) and newcomer Jessica Chastain (The Help). 

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Scarlett Johansson, 26, and Sean Penn, 50, recently suffered a tough break-up, a mere 2 months after moving in together in Malibu, Caifornia. Last weekend, at the Spike Guy’s Choice Awards, they ran into each other backstage, and, surprisingly, acted like mature adults. Scarlett Johansson was present to honor the military with Avengers costar Chris Evans, and Penn was around to for the induction of Fast Times at Ridgemont High into the Guy Movie Hall of Fame. When asked to be photographed together, the quietly obliged, as if nothing had ever happened. How un-Hollywood.

That’s not to say the award show went by without any publicity stunts. Justin Timberlake was slated to present his Friend’s With Benefits costar Mila Kunis the Holy Grail of Hotness award, and took it as a cue to publicize their upcoming film, set to debut next month. After a skit that ended with a crotch grab by Kunis and a breast feel by Timberlake, the award was finally presented, and the audience allowed to return to the real show.

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Terrence Malick’s latest and long awaited film, The Tree of Life, had its premiere at 64th Cannes Film Festival, on 17th of May and has been nominated for Palme D’or, among other absorbing films like Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon a Time In Anatolia. The story focuses on an American family during 1950’s. The cast is quite impressive, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. This is Malick’s 5th movie as a writer and director.

Malick’s biography is quite interesting, he studied philosophy at Harvard University, and was influenced by philosophers like Martin Heidegger, who has been considered as one of the greatest thinkers of 20th century. Heidegger’s  emphasize on Dasein’s (which could be translated as Being-there, since Heidegger avoids using metaphysical concepts such as human) situation with regard to its relation between Being, Dasein’s existential analyze with the concepts such as care (Sorge) and fear (Angst), especially in his masterpiece Being and Time, and his critique of technology are significant aspects of his philosophy.  Malick  translated Heidegger’s “Vom Wesen des Grundes” as “The Essence of Reasons”  and it was published in 1969. His philosophy background effected his film career, and many critics consider his films as cult, especially his Golden Bear awarded film The Thin Red Line (1998).

Malick did not show himself at the premiere of  The Tree of Life, while his film made a tremendous impact, and divided the audience into two. Protests and applauses heard at the same time. At the press conference of the film, the abscence of Terrence Malick made people even more curious, and the reason for Malick’s nonattendance given as his being a shy person. Brad Pitt answered the question of “does he eat and talk?” as “yes, he even goes to the bathroom”. The religious and theological aspects in his movie related to his own perspectives were also brought up  and his interest in philosophy was emphasized once again at the press conference.

The trailer of The Tree of Life is quite mysterious like Malick himself, but definitely draws attention. Here is the synopsis at Festival de Cannes’ official page:

“The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950′s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.”

Award Ceremony of Cannes Film Festival is on 22nd of May. We will see how Malick’s The Tree of Life impressed the jury.

Watch : The Tree of Life Trailer

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