Kristen Stewart Feels 'Strong' In 'Snow White' Armor

Walt Disney's Snow White was wishing for prince charming to come along. Kristen Stewart's Snow White looks like she has no problem going after what she wants.

While cameras don't start rolling on Snow White and the Huntsman until next week in London, the fair maiden herself was at Comic-Con today representin', along with evil queen Charlize Theron, huntsman Chris Hemsworth, prince Sam Claflin, producer Joe Roth and director Rupert Sanders.

And while there wasn't any footage to speak of, the very appreciative Hall H audience was treated to an exclusive first look at the principal characters in costume. Check out the all-around fierceness after the jump.

Stewart's Snow White doesn't have a yellow and blue dress, and there's not a bow to be seen. Instead, she was decked out in a full suit of armor and sported a giant shield with a white tree emblazoned on it. Her Prince Charming, played by Claflin, was similarly dressed, though he teased that his prince was not as sweet as he might have been in previous incarnations.

As the titular Huntsman, Hemsworth looked a bit ragged and dirty with his axe and commoner's clothes. When asked what it took to get him in costume for that, he joked that it required "about four or five of hours of rolling around in the mud, four days of drinking" and for the clothes to be dug up "from the backyard in Australia."

The evil stepmother, played by Theron, was as imposing as anyone could have been hoped for. Theron looked like a more badass version of the evil queen from the classic Disney cartoon, with a braided blonde coif on her head and a dagger in hand.

This, as a fable, she sort of just starts off as a bad person, so it was important to understand why she is the way she is," Theron explained about her character. "A lot of her circumstances will kind of bleed into her actions ... She's a serial killer; I'm pretty much preparing to play a serial killer."

This will be one of Stewart's first roles outside of "The Twilight Saga," and Roth said part of the draw of casting her was to be the one who helped her expand as an actress. For Stewart, it was the chance to play a tougher role.

"It's not a little girl sitting by a well with little tweety birds telling her what to do and where to go," she said of her character. The costume makes you feel kind of strong occasionally, sometimes, but I kind of feel tiny, my pinhead sticks out of these enormous things.

Amy Winehouse: Career Shadowed by Addiction

The list of stars who have died at this early stage in their life covers a range of eras and styles but one thing they have in common is that they had a huge influence on music during their short careers.

The ultimate rock 'n' roll expression "live fast, die young" - which actually dates from the 1949 Humphrey Bogart movie Knock On Any Door - is often quoted in the cases of five other musicians who left their fans wanting more at the age of 27.

One of the founding members of The Rolling Stones, he was best known for his guitar and harmonica playing in the band.

He had also initially doubled up as the business manager of the group - earning more than the other members. But when Andrew Loog Oldham was appointed as manager, Jones became renowned as much for his heavy drug use as for his musical contribution to the band.

When in June 1969, the other members decided that they needed a reliable lead guitarist for their upcoming tour, the 27-year-old was replaced in the band by Mick Taylor.

Less than a month later, the star was found dead in the swimming pool at his home at Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, Sussex

A coroner ruled his death was caused by "misadventure" and also noted that Jones's liver and heart were heavily enlarged by drug and alcohol abuse.

A film, Stoned, released in 2005, claimed Jones was killed by his builder, Frank Thorogood, to whom he owed money. Mr Thorogood was also said to have made a deathbed confession in 1993. But despite a police review of the case, no further action was taken.

Winehouse enrolled in rehab a few times, but left early from each program.

Sack said the anticipation of phsyical withdrawal, and the likelihood that the addict would lose his or her relationship with those that hinder their sobriety, keep many from accepting treatment.

"Most who are drug dependent are afraid to seek treatment," said Sack. "Winehouse did better than many others by trying."

Winehouse's environment may have fostered her drug dependency, he said.

"Drugs get glamorized in the creative community," said Sack. "There's a lifestyle situation that creates an environment where it's acceptable."

Winehouse's father Mitch Winehouse, publicly cited multiple family problems that he said may have spiraled Winehouse into depression and addiction.

Mitch Winehouse told the British paper, the Daily Mail, that he had a public decade-long affair with his coworker that started when Winehouse was 2 years old.

"It was difficult," Mitch Winehouse told the Daily Mail in 2008.

Besides the chemical addition to drugs and alcohol, many addicts have previously suffered from a traumatic event or even a psychological disorder such as depression.

"There are many children of bad marriages that don't go into addiction," said Sack. "But it does raise the risk of the child to get involved in drugs and alcohol."

Winehouse had reconciled with her father since then, but that did not seem to help her to stay sober.

Mitch Winehouse, an aspiring singer himself, said he knew his daughter's career and the publicity surrounding her personal life helped his chances at a music career.

"It [the relationship between father and daughter] was complicated," said Ian Drew, senior music editor of US Weekly magazine. "She loved her father, but he also fed off of her."

"He couldn't rein her in as much as he loved her,"said Drew.

Although family members are primary motivators for addicts to seek treatment, the ultimate decision to follow through lies with an addict, said Sack.

While Winehouse was not seeking formal treatment, she was looking to continue her career. Winehouse was reportedly working on another album.

"It is clear that she was hopeful she'd be well enough to make another album," said Sack. "She was looking to do better.

Texas shooting victim pleads for attacker's life

Mark Stroman claims the murders were patriotic which may lead to his own upcoming death Wednesday, July 20, on Texas Death Row, according to the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, a native of Wichita Falls.

The controversial story of Mark Stroman has led to much discussion in Wichita Falls, Texas, a stone's throw from the Oklahoma border.

The final outcome of this high profile death case could easily affect death penalty cases in Wichita Falls.

Stroman's ultimate earthly destiny may lie in the hands of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Stroman's attorneys filed a petition for clemency with that Board last week, hoping to avoid lethal injection next week.

While Stroman and his suppporters await word from the Board and Texas Governor Rick Perry, one of his shooting victims has spoken up for him publicly asking his life be spared.

This long and winding road for Stroman began when Osama Bin Laden unleashed his attack on September 11 against the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon.

Stroman's sister went to work in New York that fateful day never dreaming it would be her last morning on earth.

Infuriated by the death of his sister, Stroman embarked on a shooting spree which resulted in the deaths of a Pakistani man, an Indian immigrant and a Bangladeshi man.

Stroman termed his shooting of three people of Middle Eastern descent as a "patriotic" acts in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Death row inmate Mark Stroman was convicted of killing an Islamic man in the months after the September 11th attacks. Police say he also killed a second man and shot another, leaving him partially blind. All of the victims were from either India or Pakistan.

The now partially-blind survivor, Rais Bhuiyan, is trying to get Stroman's sentence reduced from death to life in prison.

"I believe if Mark is given a chance to live, he will become a spokesperson in raising awareness for hate crimes," Bhuiyan said. "September 11th did a horrible thing not just to America but to the world, this is a time we can take a new narrative of forgiveness, compassion, tolerance and healing."

Bhuiyan is suing Governor Rick Perry and other state officials in an effort to stop the execution. He says Perry has violated his rights as a crime victim by ignoring requests to meet with Stroman for mediation.