Malin is scheduled to make an appearance at the 2009 Guys Choice Awards!
The two-hour event will serve as a tribute to all the things that get guys’ blood pumping. Scheduled to tape Saturday, May 30 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, “Guys Choice” premieres Sunday, June 21 (10:00 PM – Midnight, ET/PT).
Scheduled appearances include: Malin Akerman, Anvil, Judd Apatow, Halle Berry, Russell Brand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Billy Crudup, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Irvin, Jesse James, Mila Kunis, Brock Lesnar, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jason Statham, Quentin Tarantino, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Dwyane Wade, Rainn Wilson and many more.
Remember to vote for Malin at this year’s awards! Voting for this year’s winners is being held online at www.guyschoice.spike.com through Friday, May 22nd. Also online, fans can log-on to view exclusive red carpet and backstage coverage of “Guys Choice.”
This morning’s press reception for The Bang Bang Club in Cannes was rather affected by the conspicuous absence of the film’s main star, Ryan Phillippe, who pulled out at the last minute due to illness, making it a slightly quieter affair than many had expected. But what the press who didn’t attend missed out on were co-stars Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch, who introduced the film with director Steven Silver and sat down with Rotten Tomatoes to tell us more.
The project, which has just wrapped principal photography, is the tale of a group of photojournalists in post-Apartheid South Africa who risked their lives to take some of the most iconic warzone imagery in severely troubled times. “I was a young student during the early 90s which is when the film is set,” director Steven Silver told RT. “I joined the anti-Apartheid struggle and looked through many of the events described in the book and the film. I remember seeing this group of young photographers who were roughly my age. I’d see them taking photographs in the middle of this chaos. When I read a Time Magazine article about them I thought that it would make a compelling film. I’ve been pursuing it ever since.”
The film is based on a book of the same name, released after the Time article, which was written by two members of the titular club. For Wolverine star Taylor Kitsch, who plays Kevin Carter, who killed himself shortly after the death of another member of the group, taking on the character of a photographer was a challenging process. “I’ve always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera — not just a point and shoot. But getting a role like this there’s no better moment to take it in. I look at photography in a different light, now.”
The responsibility of bringing Carter to screen was an important one and one that required Kitsch to change himself both mentally and physically. “Taylor lost 30 pounds in this role,” Akerman told us, “He was eating fruits and veggies and that’s it.”
Explains Kitsch, “I was incredibly moody. I remember being in my room once and the internet connection was slow. I remember I called down and asked them if it’d improve, and they said the internet in South Africa is just pretty slow. I was so emotionally wrecked that I cried!”
For Akerman, the experience of shooting on location was a humbling one. “South Africa was very hard to shake off — I didn’t want to leave,” she told RT. “It had such an impact on your soul. We did a film about the end of Apartheid and we’d go to homes of people in shacks and meet children living in poverty and they’re not sad. They appreciate that there’s peace. It warms your heart and you know you have nothing to complain about in life.”
“These war photographers would break up in front of you telling their story,” added Kitsch. “That raised your game, your focus and what you put into it. I think for me this is why I do it. It’s why you put in the work. You’re telling the story of someone who lived and you have to do it right.”
The Bang Bang Club is currently in post-production and is due for release next year.
From Rotten Tomatoes
Michelle posted a scan a few days ago and here’s an article about Malin being in the top 5 (#4 spot) in the 2009 “The Hot 100″ list by “Maxim” magazine!
Here’s the Hot 100 for 2009 from Maxim:
1. Olivia Wilde
2. Megan Fox
3. Bar Refaeli
4. Malin Akerman
5. Mila Kunis
6. Eliza Dushku
7. Adriana Lima
8. Rihanna
9. Jordana Brewster
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt
Today, May 12th, is Malin’s 31st birthday! The staff here at Malin Akerman Source would love to wish Malin a very blessed and happy day filled with her favorite family and loved ones! 
Feel free to leave your birthday messages for Malin in the comments section of this post. 
At the Newport Beach Film Festival, a short film title “Bye Bye Sally” premiered and it features Malin in the lead. Check out some information about the short below!
Paul Leyden’s Bye Bye Sally, which is based on Lisa Mannetti’s short story “Everybody Wins,” told the tale of a depressed young woman (Malin Akerman) who was about to end it all when she come across a service that allowed her to take one of humanity’s scumbags with her. That adage about everyone being good at something proved true.
From OC Weekly
Malin is nominated for a “Guys Choice” Awards this year! She is up against Olivia Wilde for the “Hot N’ Fresh” Award. Voting is now open at www.guyschoice.spike.com – so make sure you vote for Malin!
The show will premiere on Spike TV Sunday, June 21st at 10 PM, ET/PT. The actual taping of the awards will be on Saturday, May 30th at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. 
Race to Witch Mountain squashed Watchmen at the box-office over the weekend. Attendance for Zack Snyder’s controversial adaptation dropped by two-thirds to around $18 million in receipts, while the the Disney remake hauled in an estimated $25 million.
But the dystopian comic blockbuster isn’t dead yet. Far from it.
With over $49 million in total international receipts to go with its domestic take of over $86 million, chatter about Watchmen’s failure to recoup its $200 million expense is grinding to a halt. And, as Wired.com noted earlier, until potential blockbusters Terminator Salvation, Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine arrive in May, Watchmen has few rivals on the horizon. It seems likely that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ canonical comic will survive its evolution to the big screen just fine, thanks.
And that’s just theatrical revenue. Once the DVD campaign gets rolling, Watchmen could easily make back its costs with cash to spare, especially if Synder puts together a director’s cut that reintegrates extra material along with the entire Tales of the Black Freighter meta-narrative.
Throw in the limited-run theatrical release of an already announced director’s cut in July, and all that Monday morning quarterbacking pigeonholing Watchmen as a letdown could boil down to uninformed speculation by parties unaware of the comic’s enduring power and influence.
From Wired