Because the financial implosion of 2008 did not involve shoplifting celebrities,vajazzling, or a freeway closure, it remains an event, or rather an immensely complex series of events, that is underexplored in the popular consciousness.  The upcoming Margin Call appears to cleverly avoid much of the overwhelming complexity by focusing on a single period of 24 decisive hours at a single investment bank.  A first trailer for the film promises plenty of cutthroat maneuvering, scapegoating, and craven self-interest, all of which should get audiences rightly riled. 

Check out ARTISTdirect's Editor-in-Chief, Rick Florino in our Exclusive interview with Emma Stone and Penn Badgley from the movie Easy A.

Emma Stone is shockingly cool.  Ever since her fantastic performance in Superbad, she has become one of the most charming young talents in Hollywood.

In Easy A, she plays a good girl who helps start a rumor about her and her gay friend which goes out of control.  And since this is high school, we all know how quickly that kind of thing can spread.

iamROGUE.com and ARTISTdirect.com had the chance to speak with Emma and her on-screen love interest Penn Badgley (who plays Woodchuck Todd).  The two spoke about the film, music and just how many sides there are to a story like this.

Easy A opens 9.17.10 at a theatre near you so go check it out!

The first ten minutes of the new Emma Stone comedy Easy A have popped up online, and we've got 'em for your viewing pleasure, embedded below. Here's another movie where we have to pretend Emma Stone can be "anonymous" to the opposite sex. Yeah, okay... But, that said, because she's so appealing and likable, we're apt to just follow along on her goofy journey. (Plus you get to see her in the shower at one point!)

A pretty terrific cast is currently being assembled for Margin Call, an indie drama tracking 24 hours in the lives of eight desperate people in the midst of a Wall Street financial crisis. (So maybe Crash meets Wall Street?) Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, and Stanley Tucci are among the high-profile names involved in the flick, which is being directed by newcomer J.C. Chandor. Deadline.com reports that Moore will take on the role of a chief risk management officer at a firm.

Quinto is producing with his Before The Door Pictures partners Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa, which begs the question, does every actor in this town have his own production company?