I added a few scans from magazines published this years. Some of them are reviews and articles “Tree of Life” related. Also, there’s a scan donated by my friend Samantha from this week’s Entertainment Weekly, which brings “The Help” on the cover. I added the piece talking about Jessica, but you can find the whole article scanned at our sister site Dazzling Emma.

Jessica attended this Thursday a the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s annual luncheon to help present financial grants to film schools and nonprofit organizations. I added a few pictures, you can find in the gallery:

In “The Help,” the big-screen adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel that hits theaters next week, Jessica Chastain plays pretty far against type.

The 30-year old actress — up to now best known for her role opposite Brad Pitt in “The Tree of Life” — is already garnering a reputation in Hollywood for her range. In the coming months, she’ll appear in about half a dozen films where she plays everything from a Mossad agent to a woman whose husband is having apocalyptic visions. (more…)

Jessica, how did you get the part of Celia?

Jessica Chastain: I got the script through my manager at a really early stage, I thought, “Oh my gosh, Celia is great!” (Laughs) I loved this character, it was an uphill battle because I’m not the obvious choice to play that character, I’m not buxom and blonde, I’m really not that perfect for the part (laughs). It was quite a uphill battle. But with my very first audition I met Octavia Spencer and we read together – it was like fireworks, I really felt like the dynamic of Minny and Celia could work really well. Tate Taylor, the director, he really went to bat for me. He always believed in me, he believed that I could find her. He helped me transform physically, I got to gain some weight (laughs), I got to drive all around Mississippi, to see where Celia was from, I read a lot about Marylyn Monroe. I did so much to find this woman. Tate Taylor was the one who really gave me that opportunity, he fought for me tooth and nail to get the part.

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The nominees have been announced for the first Gucci Award for Women in Cinema.

Caroline Champetier, director of photography of Of Gods and Men; Jessica Chastain, actress in The Tree of Life; Federica Pontremoli, screenwriter for Habemus Papam; Nansun Shi, producer of Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame; and Athina Tsangari, director and producer of Attenberg have all been recognised for their outstanding work in the past year.

Gucci creative director Frida Giannini will consider the finalists along with her fellow judges including actors Robin Wright, Valeria Golino and James Franco. The inaugural award will be presented at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

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Obs: While reading this at Vogue website, I noticed another article featuring Jessica back when she was promoting Tree of Life in Cannes. Check it.

It’s time to mangia the new Italiano trailer for Anchor Bay’s latest film acquisition, Texas Killing Fields – served with some fresh baked bread and dipping sauce! Bellissimo!

Directed by Ami Canaan Mann, daughter of acclaimed director Michael Mann, and inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows a local homicide detective (Sam Worthington) in a small Texas town and his partner, a transplanted cop from New York City (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims’ mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call “The Killing Fields”.

The killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When a familiar local girl, Anne (Chloe Grace Moretz), goes missing, the detectives find themselves in a race against time to find the killer and save her life.

Directed by Ami Canaan Mann and produced by Michael Mann, The Fields also stars Jessica Chastain (Tree of Life, The Help), Jason Clarke (Public Enemies, FOX’s “Chicago Code”) and Stephen Graham (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”).

Look for more on the film’s release, including an exact date, soon!