Movies starring Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California. She is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen Bush, runs a photography studio. Young Bush was brought up in Pasadena; she made her acting debut in a school theater production while attending Westridge School for Girls, a small private school in her hometown. She was crowned the Queen of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena Rose Parade in 2000; that same year she graduated from HS. In 2002 Sophia Bush made her screen debut as Sally, a colleg ...
show all Sophia Anna Bush was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California. She is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen Bush, runs a photography studio. Young Bush was brought up in Pasadena; she made her acting debut in a school theater production while attending Westridge School for Girls, a small private school in her hometown. She was crowned the Queen of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena Rose Parade in 2000; that same year she graduated from HS. In 2002 Sophia Bush made her screen debut as Sally, a college student, in the comedy Van Wilder (2002) opposite 'Ryan Reynolds (I)' (qv). She attended University of Southern California for three years and took Journalism major and Theatre minor, albeit she did not graduate, taking her leave of absence after getting the part as Brooke Davis, a flirtatious cheerleader on the WB TV series One Tree Hill (2003). She was also cast to play opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl in Terminator 3 but, after she began principal photography on the film, the director deemed her too young for the role and she was soon replaced by actress Clare Danes. However, Bush got her big break when 'One Tree Hill' developed a loyal following and became her steady gig over four seasons. It was while working on the series that Bush began dating her on-screen love interest, actor 'Chad Michael Murray' (qv). They wed in a seaside ceremony at the historic Casa del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, California, in April 2005, but split after five months, in September 2005. She suffered from the traumatic experience and emotional pain of separation, while continuing her work on the series, now having a "professional relationship" with Murray and his new fiancée 'Kenzie Dalton' (qv). In February 2006, Bush filed petition to annul her brief marriage on the grounds of fraud; finally, she and Murray got divorced in December 2006. Meanwhile, she continued to land big screen roles, such as October Bantum in Stay Alive (2006), a horror film by writer/director 'William Brent Bell' (qv), and as Beth in John Tucker Must Die (2006), a comedy by director 'Betty Thomas (I)' (qv). Bush is co-starring as Grace Andrews, who is terrorized by a killer played by 'Sean Bean' (qv), in the remake of Hitcher, The (2007). Outside of her acting profession, Bush has been working as an Assignment Editor for Annenberg TV News in her spare time. Her other talents include horseback riding, boxing, and photography. She enjoys reading and spending time with her friends and is currently residing in Wilmington, North Carolina, where the 'One Tree Hill' show is filmed.
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This remake of the 1986 cult thriller works best when it tries to emulate the intense claustrophobia of the original. Sean Bean’s attempts to match Rutger Hauer’s icy sneer as the menace of the highway are fairly successful. He involves innocent road trippers Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton in his horrific murders, so the pair must elude both the pursuing redneck cops and their motiveless persecutor. But substituting the lone hero of the first movie with a bickering couple is a major misstep in a mostly enjoyable effort, as it severely diminishes the tension. And the increased scale of the action — police car convoys and helicopter chases — actually generates less suspense. But debut director Dave Meyers’s music-video background means that the desert vistas look great, and the gory deaths deliver some well-timed shocks.
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You die on screen playing the prototype video game Staying Alive, then you prepare to meet the same bloody fate in real life. This is the premise of William Brent Bell’s predictable The Ring-goes-X Box chiller, which is set against the over-familiar horror landscape of New Orleans and centres on the quest of a group of friends to find the ancient evil that has possessed their consoles. That the police ignore the group’s crazy explanation despite clear evidence; that lovers make out amid the supernatural mayhem; and that characters utter lines such as “I can’t believe this is happening!”, only adds to the lame-brained, clichéd ennui. Pre-gore cutaways (to secure a wider audience) sink any shock value, while the sound effects — reliant on joystick controls buzzing like an electric razor — are lazy. Even the game’s computer graphics refuse to summon up the requisite gothic frisson.
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Jesse Metcalfe bares his chest rather than his soul as the eponymous John Tucker in this pedestrian high-school comedy. But in a departure from his role as a lovesick gardener in TV’s Desperate Housewives, Metcalfe shows his range by playing a calculating womaniser. Brittany Snow supplies the cute factor as the new girl who’s so keen to fit in that she’s co-opted into breaking Tucker’s heart by a trio of his vengeful ex-girlfriends (including singer Ashanti). Their plans to make Tucker “undateable” include tricking him into fronting an awareness campaign for a sexually transmitted disease. Still, at least gags like this help to offset the gushing sentiment that puts a dampener on everything. Despite the film’s attention-grabbing title, director Betty Thomas can’t supply any of the bitchy social satire that made the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Mean Girls so enjoyable.
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