Rene Russo in "Role Play Rene" for Brian Atwood campaign - March, 2009

Photo cover for Role Play Rene, by Brian Atwood. In the photo: Jon Kortajarena and Rene Russo.
(photo credits: Tony Duran)

The year was 2009. Our lovely Rene Russo posed for a Brian Atwood (a famous shoe designer from Chicago) campaign, along with model Jon Kortajarena (he starred in Madonna's video Girl Gone Wild, from 2012), and some other male and female models. 

Brian invited Rene for a very sexy photoshoot, with some fetish touches for his book, entitled Role Play Rene. In my opinion, it's one my favorite photoshoots of this beautiful lady!!! 

Jon Kortajarena and Rene Russo (with a clutch).
(photo credits: Tony Duran)

In this photo above, Rene caress Jon's face in a very gentle way with one of her hands, and also hangs a clutch with her other hand. Repare her glance, the camera loves Rene very much... and her look is very strong in this photo.

Hair tugging pictures: these will leave you all breathless...
(photo credits:Tony Duran/collage: M.E.Serrano)

These two photos above, both black and white, caught my attention. In the first one, Rene laid down in the scenario (in company with another model) and covering herself, showing only her eyes... showing that Rene has a strong eyesight. And in the second photo, Rene gets out of the water and pick up her hair with her hands, leaving a little bit of it in front of her face... proving she still has sensuality... leaving everybody breathless.

These are my favorite pics of her in this photoshoot: Rene getting out of the pool, along with her Brian Atwood shoes.
She looks very sexy... (Photo credits: Tony Duran/collage: M.E.Serrano)

These two following photos are my favorite ones from this photoshoot, when this lovely lady gets out of the pool along with her Brian Atwood shoes... showing some sex appeal and leaving everybody with a taste of "I want more"...  #GoOnRene!!! 

The window photos are, in my opinion, so intriguing... (photo credits: Tony Duran/collage: M.E.Serrano)

The window pictures in this photoshoot were, in my opinion, the most challenging ones for Rene. But anyway, she was excellent... she held her Brian Atwood shoe, and while this lady was lying besides the window, I imagine Rene  Russo was in an action romance movie (such as The Bodyguard, with Kevin Costner - her partner in Tin Cup, in 1996, or The Thomas Crown Affair, starred by Rene).

To end... Rene in a wonderful trenchcoat... ready to seduce someone...
(photo credits: Tony Duran)

To end this post... I have this photo above, Rene wearing her trenchcoat, in a very sexy pose... is she ready to seduce someone? In my opinion, I think she is!!! #inlovewiththis.
Her facial expression shows her seduction! 

We're all in love with this photoshoot!!!

Credits:
Photos: Tony Duran
Styling: Kithe Brewster
Makeup: Kéla Wong
Hair: Craig Gangi

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Love u guys.
xoxoxo
ME

CHARACTER IN FOCUS: Robby Keough, "Outbreak" (1995)

Rene Russo in a scene in Outbreak (photo: Warner Bros Pictures/Peter Sorel)

This is a follow-up for the April 10 post for "Outbreak". Now in this post... I'm going to tell some details about Rene Russo's character in Outbreak, Robby Keough. 

Dustin Hoffman (Col. Sam Daniels, in background, left) with
Rene Russo in "Outbreak" (photo: Peter Sorel/ Warner Bros.
Pictures)

Initially, in the movie "Outbreak", by Wolfgang Petersen (who directed Rene in the movie In the Line of Fire, 1993), Robby Keough, played and defended well by Russo, had a troubled relationship with her ex-husband, Col. Sam Daniels, also played well by Dustin Hoffman (love him in Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Tootsie, and other movies), because this is sent to Zaire along with Major Salt (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Casey Shuler (Kevin Spacey). Robby also examined the first people infected by the Ebola virus, Jimbo (Patrick Dempsey) & his girlfriend. 

And also in this movie, there are multiple accidents, one of them envolves Robby, when Casey's suit tears, allowing the Ebola virus to infect him and later, him infecting her. In the end... after the "cure bomb" has dropped in California, Robby was finally cured and she and Daniels resumed their relationship.

According to Rene, in 2014: "It's really weird. We had to go to the CDC, and when I spoke to the epidemiologist, my question was, 'OK, so tell me, what's the deal? Is there going to be [an outbreak]? We've had plagues forever. What's going to happen?' And they said to me, 'It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.' And he wasn't necessarily talking about Ebola. But that freaked me out. I said, 'Well, can I keep my racal suit?!' I mean, I started making plans. I am prepared. I'm not afraid of nuclear whatever — that's fast. But I have to say, [an outbreak] would scare me. I'm not thinking it's going to come get me. I'm not paranoid. But I am prepared.

A couple times I have thought, Would they start closing borders? That's what they did in Outbreak. They started closing borders. There was a lot of panic. But mostly what comes to mind is the epidemiologist telling me, 'It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.' It's so sad, what's going on right now in Africa. It's just hard for me to watch." (Buzzfeed).

Rene in a scene of "Outbreak" (photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures/Peter Sorel) 

Sources:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/rene-russo-is-finally-back-in-nightcrawler?utm_term=.pjBl73evq#.pqMAaZO2D 

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ME

New poster & slogan for #renerussofanpage !!!

Last night, I worked on a new poster & slogan for #renerussofanpage...

For this poster, I focused on three key points: concept, layout & basically, public acceptance. And I used black & white pictures (based on my alternative point of view & I enjoy b&w pics since I was 15), a black background (because black is my favorite color) and red letters (expressing Rene's infinite beauty).

Here's my poster result, and I hope u all like it....

Enjoy...

love u all guys.

xoxoxo 

ME. 

Outbreak (MOVIE REVIEW)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman are part of the main cast
of "Outbreak" (1995), directed by Wolfgang Petersen. (photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Director: Wolfgang Petersen (he worked with Rene in the movie In the Line of Fire, 1993, but he also was known directing Air Force 1, Troy, Poseidon, among others).

Produced by: Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Arnold & Arnie Kopelson.

Written by: Laurence Dworet & Robert Roy Pool.

Main Cast: 

- Dustin Hoffman ------- Colonel Sam Daniels

- Rene Russo ------------ Dr. Roberta Keough (Robby)

- Morgan Freeman ------- Brigadier General Billy Ford

- Donald Sutherland ------ Major General Donald McClintock (Donnie)

- Kevin Spacey ------------- Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler

- Cuba Gooding Jr. -------- Major Salt

- Patrick Dempsey-------- James Scott (Jimbo)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman as Sam, Robby and Billy,
respectively (photo credits: Peter Sorel/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Release Date: March 10, 1995 (USA) / April 7, 1995 (Brazil)
Running time: 128 min.

Budget / Box office: $50 million / $189,8 million. (box office success).
Plot Summary: In the late 60's, a virus called Motaba (which causes a mortal fever) was discovered in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo). To keep this virus a secret, U.S. Army Officers Donnie McClintock (Donald Sutherland) and Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman) destroy the camp where the soldiers where infected.

Some years later, Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman), an USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire. Along with him, were Casey (Kevin Spacey) and Major Salt (Cuba Gooding Jr.) . They gather some information and return to the United States. Ford, now a brigadier general and Daniels' officer, advises that the virus will spread.

The monkey Betsy, host of the virus, is smuggled into the country and sent into Cedar Creek, California. Jimbo Scott (Patrick Dempsey, who recently worked as Derek in Grey's Anatomy), a worker in an animal testing laboratory, is infected when he was stealing the monkey to sell into the black market. After failing and releasing the monkey into the woods to Cedar Creek, Jimbo develops symptoms while flying to Boston, infecting his girlfriend. The illness is investigated by Dr. Robby Keough (Rene Russo), a CDC scientist and Daniels' ex-wife. To end, Jimbo, the pet owner, Alice (Jimbo's girlfriend) die, but Keough concludes that no one else in Boston was infected.

While Ford provides the serum, Daniels realizes he was aware of the virus before the outbreak, and confronts the general that Motaba was a bioweapon and infected the monkey. In the time everyone was dying, Daniel learns about Operation Clean Sweep, and McClintock plans to use the operation to conceal the virus' existence.

The operation starts, Salt and Daniels escape in the helicopter to the ship where Betsy was, and Daniels carries a photo of the monkey to release it to the media. Both discover that a Cedar Creek resident, Mrs. Jeffries (Gina Menza), discovers that her daughter Kate (Kara Keough) was playing with Betsy in the yard... so the CDC was warned about the situation.

Rene Russo as Robby in a scene of "Outbreak" (1995)
(photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures)

The ending of Outbreak is when Salt and Daniels mixes Betsy's antibodies with Ford's serum to create an anti-serum, saving Robby, while then, Casey died. Donnie was arrested, Daniels and Keough reconcile, and Cedar Creek residents are totally cured.

Fun Facts about the movie:

• This movie, along with an episode from The Simpsons from 1997, predicted the Ebola outbreak in October, 2014.
• Outbreak was the first movie when Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman worked together; the other was recently, in Just Getting Started, some months ago, in December 2017.
• Outbreak was based from the book The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, also released in 1995.
• The monkey Betsy appeared in the sitcom Friends (1994).
• Scenes in Cedar Creek were filmed in Ferndale, California. 

Critical Reception:

• IMDB: 6,6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 59% (mixed; 44 critics).
• Metacritic: 65%
• CinemaScore: A - (from A+ to F).

On April 24, I'll write more details about Rene Russo's character, Robby Keough, of Outbreak... 

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xoxoxo

ME

Rene Russo's fashion photographic work with Francesco Scavullo

Carmen Dell'Orefice, Francesco Scavullo and Rene Russo attend Francesco Scavullo Fall Fashion Preview Party
in New York City, June 1985. (photo credits: Ron Galella/Getty Images)

As I talked in a few posts ago in this blog, Rene Russo initially worked as a model... she worked with numerous photographers, today I'm going to talk about Rene's photographic works with Francesco Scavullo.
For those who are curious about Francesco Scavullo, he was born in January 16, 1921 in New York City and died of heart failure in January 6, 2004, also in New York City. He was known for doing celebrity portraits and Cosmopolitan covers. Rene was one of these stars.

Rene Russo posing chic for Vogue, July 1974. What a pose! (Photo credits: Francesco Scavullo/Vogue)

In my opinion, Rene Russo's work for Scavullo, until today, one of the most iconic fashion works in the fashion world (also some of these iconic fashion works I can include Brooke Shields in an Calvin Klein jeans ad, by Richard Avedon, another photographer whom Rene also worked with). 

One of my favorite photographs is this one above, from Vogue, issued July, 1974, showing lots of class and elegance. Just strike a pose, girl! #GoOnRene!

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Another beautiful photo of Rene for Vogue Magazine, 1974. The strong look shows that
the camera loves her. (photo credits: Francesco Scavullo/Vogue)

Another photo I love is this one above, also from Vogue Magazine and also from 1974. Rene Russo is also showing class and elegance... 

And the strong look she has shows that the camera loves her very much... and I totally agree with this statement. 

Rene Russo as cover of Cosmopolitan of August 1979, one of my favorites.
(photo credits: Francesco Scavullo/Cosmopolitan)

Rene Russo was cover of many magazines, such as Cosmopolitan and Vogue.. About Rene's Cosmopolitan covers... she was a record holder. She was cover of this magazine from 1974 to 1981. And I have some editions I love: November 1978, August 1979 (photo above) and October 1980. 

Rene also was face of many covers of Vogue. One of these covers was in 1974.
(photo credits: Francesco Scavullo/Vogue)

... and about Rene's Vogue covers and photos, she achieved nine covers and lots of editorials - with lots of sensuality (Rene has this quality until today, in my opinion) and sophistication - even wearing a power suit or wearing a swimsuit, posing on a beach with model Tony Spinelli. 

This one last picture, from 1974, which will leave everybody breathless, shows that Rene Russo has elegance and class until today... (Photo: Francesco Scavullo/Vogue Italia)

And these model photoshoots also influenced in Rene Russo's acting career, because Rene continues having the beauty, elegance, sophistication, sensuality, etc... she had years ago, and is having it today! Just #workitgirl!!!

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love u guys.

xoxoxo 

ME