Michelle Monaghan showed up in a cute navy blue blue dress at the “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” Los Angeles Premiere yesterday. We’re not sure how we feel about the draped bow on the skirt, but overall we like the sequins on her waist and shoulder.

The actress recently landed a role in “Machine Gun Preacher” starring Gerard Butler. Butler will be playing the real-life hero Sam Childers, a former biker gang member who became a missionary after finding religion in 1992 and going to Africa. Michelle will play his wife, a woman who cleans up her own act and takes care of the kids back home while her husband is overseas.

Shooting for the film begins this summer.

Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon have joined the cast of “Machine Gun Preacher” from Lionsgate alongside Gerard Butler.

The film is being directed by Marc Forster (”Quantum of Solace”) and will start filming this summer.
The project’s script was written by Jason Keller and is based on Childers’ memoir, “Another Man’s War: The True Story of One Man’s Battle to Save Children in the Sudan.”

Butler will be playing the real-life hero Sam Childers, a former biker gang member who became a missionary after finding religion in 1992 and going to Africa. While there, he began working in rescuing displaced and orphaned children from war-torn regions. He and his wife operate the charitable organization Angels of East Africa, the Children’s Village Orphanage in Sudan.

Monaghan is playing Childers’ wife, Lynn, and Shannon is in talks to play a close friend of Childers.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan share a laugh while shooting their new movie, Source Code, at Millennium Park on Friday afternoon (April 9) in Chicago, Ill.

The on-screen couple was spotted lunching at Park Grill Chicago. Chicago Tribune reports that Jake had French onion soup and a turkey pastrami club while Michelle had chicken noodle soup with grilled artichokes, arugula and la quercia ham.

Source Code is a sci-fi thriller centered on soldier Colter (Gyllenhaal) who wakes up in the body of a commuter who witnesses a train explosion.
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Oscar voters often love it when beautiful models, or starlets accustomed to playing the one-dimension girlfriend roles, reveal that they can actually be serious actresses when given a chance. The transformation has worked for the likes of Jessica Lange and Charlize Theron in the past – and this year, Michelle Monaghan looks to be shaking up the perceptions of people used to seeing her in the likes of “Made of Honor” and “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” with her tough, subtle work in James Mottern’s “Trucker.”

Yesterday, Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and announced, “Her performance clearly deserves an Oscar nomination.” Monaghan clearly remains a longshot in the category, but if nothing else a little buzz might tempt a few more viewers to check out the spare, finely-drawn, understated drama, which opens in a few theaters today and rolls out to more over the next few weeks. Considering that the film has been making the festival route for much of the last two years, the actress welcomes the attention.

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Finally we can see  Michelle on the screen again

Michelle Monaghan has been confirmed to star in the upcoming comedy “Due Date.”

She will join Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in the movie which will be directed by Todd Phillips (”The Hangover“).

Monaghan will portray the pregnant wife of a guy (Robert Downey Jr.) who races home in hopes of arriving before she delivers their first child. He takes on a mismatched traveling companion (Zach Galifianakis).

“Due Date” was written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, with a revision by Adam Sztykiel.

Production on the film begins this month in Atlanta, Arizona and Los Angeles.

Monaghan next stars in “Trucker,” a film that opens October 9, 2009. She most recently completed “Somewhere” for director Sofia Coppola.

I have added more photos from New York Fashion Week. Enjoy

Gallery Links:
- Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Fenton/Fallon Boutique Opening (08-09-2009)
– Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Saks Fifth Avenue & Vogue’s 3rd Floor DesignersLaunch Party (09-09-2009)
– Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Calvin Klein Collection Celebration At Madison Avenue Boutique (10-09-2009)
– Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Moves Magazine’s Design Meets Fashion Event (11-09-2009)

Michelle has attended some events She looks nice in those clothes. Enjoy

Gallery Links:
- Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Fenton/Fallon Boutique Opening (08-09-2009)
– Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Saks Fifth Avenue & Vogue’s 3rd Floor Designers Launch Party (09-09-2009)
– Public Appearances > Events from 2009 > Calvin Klein Collection Celebration At Madison Avenue Boutique (10-09-2009)

A small indie drama getting released in the fall isn’t really news. But when the very press release for that film shouts “Nominate me for an Oscar!”, it’s at least an oddity. The Michelle Monaghan drama Trucker hit the festival circuit last year, and now has been picked up by Monterey Media, which will release the film October 9.

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