Downton Abbey Season 3: filming at a church for a wedding or christening? (EXPRESS CO. UK)

By Natalie Chalk

A NEW MYSTERY FOR FANS OF DOWNTON ABBEY  THE cast of Downton Abbey stepped out yesterday in all their finery sparking speculation of a wedding or a ­Christening in the Crawley family.

Show bosses are keeping the plot under wraps in what could be the biggest story line yet of the Golden Globe-winning hit ITV1 period drama.

These pictures, with the stars on location at St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, show some good news being celebrated at the start of the third series, which went into production a week ago.

 Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/305914/A-new-mystery-for-fans-of-Downton-Abbey

Masterpiece: Great Expectations April 1 & 8

Watch Great Expectations Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

An orphan boy meets an escaped convict, a crazed rich woman, a bewitching girl, and grows up to have great expectations of wealth from a mysterious patron, on Great Expectations, Charles Dickens' remarkable tale of rags to riches to self-knowledge, starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Bleak House), David Suchet (Hercule Poirot), Ray Winstone, and Douglas Booth.

Anderson appears as one of Dickens' most haunting creations: Miss Havisham, a bride-to-be who was jilted at the altar years before. Newcomer Booth stars as Pip, the promising young man who is snared in Miss Havisham's lair. Great Expectations airs during the bicentennial of Dickens' birth and marks the fifteenth Masterpiece adaptation of the great novelist's works.

Three video-based lessons will be posted in April on the free teacher resource, PBS LearningMedia. Using video clips from Great Expectations, English Lit classrooms can compare and contrast the film with the book, learn about the moral underpinnings of the work, and explore Dickens's writing process.


Masterpiece Classic:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/greatexpectations/index.html

Hugh Bonneville discusses Robert and Cora's marriage in season 2 (PBS)

Watch Downton Abbey: Robert and Cora's Marriage in Season 2 on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

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Luke Evans: Fresh Footage Highlighted In New TV Spot For ‘The Raven’ – Starring John Cusack, Luke Evans & Alice Eve (FLICKS AND BITS)

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IGN has released this new TV spot for James McTeigue’s (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) upcoming mystery thriller ‘The Raven.’ The film is a fictionalized account of the mysterious final five days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, it follows the famous writer (John Casack) as he teams up with a detective (Luke Evans) to search for a serial killer whose murders are inspired by his stories.

‘The Raven’ co-stars Brendan Gleeson, Alice Eve and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. The film is set for release March 9th in the UK and April 27th in the US.

Read further:  http://www.flicksandbits.com/2012/03/03/fresh-footage-highlighted-in-new-tv-spot-for-the-raven-starring-john-cusack-luke-evans-alice-eve/22317/

Kenneth Branagh channels Olivier (BUSINESS WORLD WEEKENDER)

BY ANGELA DAWSON,
Front Row FeaturesHOLLYWOOD --

Early in his career, Kenneth Branagh sent a letter to his idol Sir Laurence Olivier asking him for advice on a role he was about to play.

“That, in itself, was exciting: the ritual of writing to a god,” recalls the renowned actor and filmmaker some 30 years later. “That’s what it felt like ” writing to a god with an address in central London.”

More nerve-wracking than actually sending his query to the famous performer was actually receiving a response from him. “I remember my hand shaking when I got the envelope,” Branagh says, recounting the tale like an old storyteller. “On the back it said, ‘Laurence Olivier’ in embossed, raised lettering.”

The young thespian struggled for several minutes on how best to open the envelope without doing too much damage to it. He looked around for a letter opener but couldn’t find one. So he finally just tore open the flap and pulled out the typewritten letter on fancy blue letterhead.

 It read: I’m afraid I cannot give you any advice in particular ways in which you should approach this role. It’s up to an actor himself to come up with these individual things. But my advice to you anyway is to have a bash and hope for the best, which I certainly wish for you.

Branagh never met the renowned movie and stage actor, who died in 1989, but he kept the letter, which remains one of his prized possessions. Holding Olivier in such high regard, Branagh paused when he was offered the opportunity to portray him in My Week With Marilyn, a possibly true account of a young stagehand’s relationship with Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl, which was directed and co-starred Olivier.

Read further:  http://www.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?id=47624

David Oakes narrates: Salisbury Cathedral

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‘Silk’ Starring starring Rupert Penry-Jones Heading To PBS Later This Year Written on March 1, 2012 by Paul

BRITSCENE  http://www.britscene.com/2012/03/silk-starring-starring-rupert-penryjones-heading-pbs-later-year/32230

A new BBC Drama on PBS this October, we’re in! Silk follows a group of barristers from a chambers in London. The series’ main focus is on Martha Costello (Maxine Peake) and her ambition to become Queen’s Counsel as well as on her rival, Clive Reader (Rupert Penry-Jones), and the chambers’ two new pupils, Niamh Cranitch (Natalie Dormer) and Nick Slade (Tom Hughes). We’ll keep you posted about official air-dates for Silk, which has already been renewed for a second season over in the UK. In the meantime take a look at the trailer and clip below.




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Tom Hiddleston: 'Avengers' trailer racking up the hits (THE FLORIDA TIMES UNION)

Submitted by Matt Soergel




The trailer for Marvel's "The Avengers" is a crowded affair with familiar faces: Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), along with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the villainous Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

We're just two months (May 4) from seeing what all the individual superhero movies have been building up to.The trailer, which has been exploding on the internet (Marvel says it set an iTunes record with 13.7 million views in the first 24 hours), looks pretty promising: Admit it, it's kind of a kick to see them all together. And the destruction rained down from the skies looks state-of-the-art.

Read more:  http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403251/matt-soergel/2012-03-02/avengers-trailer-racking-hits

Ewan McGregor: ‘Salmon Fishing in The Yemen’ Exclusive Clip! By Mikela Floyd

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In the upcoming CBS Films feature ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,’ fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) works with a beautiful consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the seemingly-impossible dream of a wealthy royal who wishes to bring the unprobable sport of Fly Fishing to the Middle East.

Ringo Starr's February Update

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Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman will play husband and wife in The Railway Man (NDTV MOVIES)

Oscar-winners Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth will play husband and wife in The Railway Man, about a man's struggle to overcome his World War II experiences.

 Initially, Rachel Weisz was to play Firth's wife but she was forced to leave the project as she was required to shoot some more scenes in The Bourne Legacy and Oz: The Great and Powerful, the Variety reported. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, the film will begin shooting in April.

Read further:  http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20120195793&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=hollywood&nid=181974

Luke Evans and Police and Lady Gaga

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Michael Fassbender Left 'Bemused' As Fan 'Vomits With Excitement' After Seeing Him (E.)

It looks as though the excitement of seeing Michael Fassbender in all his humanly glory got a bit too much for one fan after she vomited after seeing him.

The actor, who is currently living in London, was reportedly left feeling "bemused" when a fan let it all come out right by his feet when she spotted him in a pub.An eyewitness who saw the incident in all it's technicolor glory told The Sun: "Since Michael has been talking about how he lives in Hackney loads of girls have been hanging around the area in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.

"He was a bit bemused by his latest encounter but brushed off the vomit and played it cool." The eyewitness added: "He used to be a barman so he's no stranger to mopping up some sick."


Read further:  http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/70839/Michael-Fassbender-Left-Bemused-As-Fan-Vomits-With-Excitement-After-Seeing-Him

Benedict Cumberbatch: Mysterious Sherlock posters cause a stir Stateside (MUSIC ROOMS)

It seems that the American’s modern take on Sherlock Holmes could be about to play second fiddle to British series Sherlock as the Steven Moffat series is making waves across the pond.

The hype of the series became apparent when a series of mysterious posters appeared on a campus with slogans such as “Moriarty was real” and “Richard Brook is a lie”.

Another poster featuring Benedict Cumberbatch’s face state, “I believe in Sherlock Holmes.” A group calling themselves Watson’s Warriors revealed they were behind the campaign, saying they had a simple message to deliver. Watch the show.


Read further:  http://www.musicrooms.net/tv/46199-mysterious-sherlock-posters-cause-a-stir-stateside.html

Colin Firth 'calmed his children' when a mid-air fight broke out on his flight to London (NZ CITY)

The 51-year-old British actor was on his way back from the Oscars in Los Angeles - where he presented the gong for Best Actress to Meryl Streep - when two people are said to have started attacking each other over an alleged theft.

Cabin crew on the British Airways flight called ahead for back up and armed police stormed the plane as soon as it landed at Heathrow airport.

But an eyewitness said the 'King's Speech' actor ignored the chaos and focused on reassuring his sons Luca, 10, and Matteo, eight, as well as wife Livia, 42.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "Passengers were in meltdown when it spiralled out of control. It was scary for flyers who feared for the safety of the flight.

"Colin Firth showed his usual cool and was more concerned at the well-being of his wife and kids. "It was far more dramatic than anything at the Oscars."

Passengers - which also included British model Jodie Kidd, 31 - were asked to remain seated while officers attended to the incident. A police spokesman confirms no arrests were made but says investigations are ongoing.


http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=144254&fm=newsmain,nrhl

Liam Neeson: Greek gods are all the rage — Wrath of the Titans is coming [Video] (MEMEBURN)

By Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.

I suppose when I was eight and I watched the original Clash of the Titans with Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin and Maggie Smith I did wish there was a sequel.

Then a decade and a bit later when I grew up and watched the remake, I was unimpressed.

So no I actually wasn’t looking for a sequel but now we have one. Warner Bros sent out this larger than life trailer over a week ago and there’s been some interest. Kara Swisher at AllThingsD sounds pretty excited about it or it could just be because it stars Liam Neeson and has A LOT of special effects.

Here is the premise, it’s 10 years later, good old Perseus is chilling on some Greek or Ethiopian (you never know) isle with his kid as a single dad. His wife is either dead, ran off with a better looking guy or Gemma Arterton (the actress that played his love in the last movie) couldn’t be bothered to come back for another installment.

Either way, Perseus is a single dad who finds out that his king of the gods dad has been kidnapped by Kronos, his granddad, a Titan, with the help of his uncle Hades and big brother, Ares (god of war) — following? Good.


Read further:  http://memeburn.com/2012/03/greek-gods-are-all-the-rage-wrath-of-the-titans/

Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren Set for Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Tony Award winner Scarlett Johannson will play actress Janet Leigh alongside Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, to be written by John McLaughlin and directed by Sacha Gervasi, is based on the non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello that tracks how Hitchcock decided to make the now-classic film.

Hopkins will play Hitchcock and Mirren will play the filmmaker's wife, Alma Reville. By Brian Scott Lipton • Mar 2, 2012 • Los Angeles


Read more:  http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/03-2012/anthony-hopkins-scarlett-johansson-helen-mirren-se_51611.html

Exclusive: Most of Downton Abbey Cast Re-Signs Through Season 5! Who's Holding Out? (TV LINE)

Michael Ausiello

Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that most of the principal cast of PBS’ cultural phenomenon — including Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora), Hugh Bonneville (Robert), Joanne Froggatt (Anna) and Brendan Coyle (Bates) — have inked new deals through the show’s fourth and fifth season.

Those who have yet to sign on the dotted line (the key word there being yet) are Dan Stevens (Matthew), Siobhan Finneran (O’Brien) and Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil).


Read further:  http://www.tvline.com/2012/03/downton-abbey-season-4-and-5-cast-contract/

Gerard Butler Visits Beacher's Madhouse a Week After Rehab (PEOPLE)

Only a week after announcing he'd completed stint in rehab, Gerard Butler hit up Beacher's Madhouse in L.A. around 1 a.m. to scope out the scene. The Scottish actor tried to go incognito in a hat and leather jacket: He was immediately noticed – especially by female clubgoers, who came over to chat throughout the night.

Read Further:  http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20575262,00.html

Paul McCartney's son to play The Cavern Club (MSN)

McCartney's son to play The Cavern

Sir Paul McCartney's son is to follow in his father's footsteps by playing Liverpool's Cavern Club - where the Beatles made their name.Sir Paul McCartney's son is to follow in his father's footsteps by playing Liverpool's Cavern Club - where the Beatles made their name.

James McCartney - also a musician - has lined up a show at the venue next month, as part of a short series of dates. The Fab Four were regulars at the Cavern in the early 1960s, performing nearly 300 shows. James said: "Of course I'm really looking forward to playing at the legendary Cavern venue in Liverpool.

It's where so many great music careers began and of course where my dad's band used to play, so it's a special moment." The 34-year-old has performed on a number of his father's albums and has pursued a musical career in his own right, with low-key releases for his own EPs.


Read further: http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/mccartneys-son-to-play-the-cavern

Hugh Bonneville: Conquering the Antarctic Interview (CL LANDSCAPES)

Conquering the Antarctic Interview: Hugh Bonneville

Ahead of the final concert in our Conquering the Antarctic tour this Saturday, we caught up with Hugh Bonneville, acclaimed actor from ITV's Downton Abbey, to talk to him about his involvement in the tour

What drew you to take part in the Conquering the Antarctic tour and what do you know about the story of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole?

The story of Captain Scott is something that I have known about from childhood, like every boy and girl from my generation; one of the great adventures, albeit with a tragic ending. I remember from an early age being inspired by the grandeur and the ambition of the expedition, despite the tragic nature of it all. Of course it was 1912, the year of the Titanic and the year of Captain Scott, what a year! It’s full of schoolboy heroism but ultimate folly in the end; the flawed ambition of Empire.

Captain Scott's final diaries are at the heart of the concert tour; do you keep a diary? If so how long have you kept one for and why?

I haven’t kept a diary since I was 18! It was usually full of what a terrible result I had in a football match; why wasn’t I any good at goalkeeping?

To read the diaries of Captain Scott in the context of the Vaughan Williams music (which will be performed alongside the readings in the concert) is very moving. You see the confidence with which the polar party set out, the camaraderie of the men and Scott’s admiration for his team; the great chemistry between the men and Scott’s determination to keep his leadership up, despite the will, gradually beginning to slip away.


Read further:  http://cls.posterous.com/interview-hugh-bonneville

Benedict Cumberbatch: Moriarty unlikely to r (NME)eturn

Sherlock creator Steven Moffat has said that villain Moriarty is unlikely to return to the show.

The detective’s arch enemy, played in the BBC's updated version by Andrew Scott, was apparently killed in the second series finale The Reichenbach Fall. And now Moffat has said that viewers should not expect to see him again.

He told the Radio Times: "We need to find new villains, we need to find new ideas, otherwise the show doesn’t keep growing.Moriarty was a one-shot deal in the original [books]. I don’t want it to turn into a show that's about one villain and one hero. Moriarty was great because he was a surprise. Every time you bring him back he won’t be as big a surprise.

Read further:  http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/sherlock-creator-moriarty-wont-return/261748

Benedict Cumberbatch Talks About His Work On ‘The Hobbit’ + Martin Freeman Playing Bilbo Baggins (FLICKS AND BITS)

“It’s a sort of wonderful ongoing process. I spent a lot of time recording voice as well as doing movements. So, it was sort of freeing; it was fun. It was like playing a game. It’s going to be an amazing film; it’s going to be a real treat.

I watched ‘The Lord of the Rings’ again before I started working, and the way those films grow in depth of craft on every level are extraordinary. Their mark is for that.”

Additionally, Benedict Cumberbatch gave two emphatic thumbs up of approval to his ‘Sherlock’ co-star Martin Freeman playing the lead protaganist of the two Hobbit films, Bilbo Baggins: “For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He’s going to be amazing, he’s going to be fantastic in this film.” Both Hobbit films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his film-making team brought to the big screen in the fantastic blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.’

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ has been pencilled in for a December 14th 2012 release date. ‘The Hobbit: There and Back Again’ will hit cinemas December 13th 2013. Reprising their roles from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movies are Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo, Christopher Lee as Saruman, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, and Andy Serkis as Gollum.

he ensemble cast includes the likes of Martin Freeman, who’s taking on the central role of Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O’Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Aidan Turner, and Billy Connolly. Check out the synopsis for ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ below.


Read further:  http://www.flicksandbits.com/2012/03/01/benedict-cumberbatch-talks-about-his-work-on-the-hobbit-martin-freeman-playing-bilbo-baggins/22229/

Downton Abbey: The Roaring Twenties (PBS)

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The Hobbit: First blog of 2012 from Peter Jackson (THE JOURNAL)

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Hobbit Movies

In this latest video, Jackson gives a sneak peek of the sets as filming continues in New Zealand on the second half of the film (The Hobbit: There and Back Again) and discusses the challenges of filming in such scenic surroundings:

http://www.thejournal.ie/im-just-worried-about-the-dinosaurs-on-set-with-the-hobbit-371427-Mar2012/

Henry Cavill is best Superman you could have, says 'Immortals' Tarsem (DIGITAL SPY)

Published Friday, Mar 2 2012, 4:00am EST |
By Simon Reynolds

Tarsem has described his Immortals star Henry Cavill as the "perfect" choice to play Superman. British actor Cavill was cast in Zack Snyder's superhero reboot Man of Steel after playing Theseus in the 3D fantasy epic, which is released on Blu-ray and DVD this week."I think he's about the best Superman you could ever have," the filmmaker said.

"When I first saw him - this was before I knew he [auditioned] for Superman, because the last Superman had been made a year and a half before Immortals and tanked - I said, 'This is Clark Kent!'"

 Tarsem, a former film school colleague of Man of Steel helmer Snyder, said that the Watchmen director would be "blind not to see how right he was for [the role]". "He's very gentle, manly, just everything was perfect for it," Tarsem said of Cavill. "He was so excited when he got it but I didn't doubt for a second that he wouldn't get it."


Read further:  http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a368315/henry-cavill-is-best-superman-you-could-have-says-immortals-tarsem.html

Julian Fellowes - 'Titanic' (THE SUN)

Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes on his new ITV drama Titanic
By LEIGH HOLMWOOD, Deputy TV Editor
Published: Today at 00:32

DOWNTON Abbey creator Julian Fellowes says his lavish new £11million Titanic drama differs from the smash hit 1997 movie – as it tells the whole story of the ship's voyage for the first time.

"Right from the start we set out to tell the story of the whole ship. It's a great tragedy, obviously, but I was thrilled by the idea of having a chance to shape another version of it." The new series, called Titanic, will air later this month to mark the 100th anniversary of the disaster, in which the ship — once dubbed "unsinkable" — hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage to New York with the loss of 1,500 lives.

Julian said the series — already dubbed "Downton at sea" — would follow his tried-and-tested formula of interweaving the lives of the upper and lower classes. And he admitted there were other similarities to Downton, which has been compared to a soap because of its pace and storylines. He said: "Yes, it has a multi-story arc. It is a structure I like, it suits me. I like the pace and all the stories happening at once."

Julian — who described himself as a confirmed Titanorak — insisted interest in the doomed vessel was greater than ever, despite the story passing from living memory. He said: "There are certain disasters that seem to latch on to our psyche. The Titanic is the perfect disaster — it has everything in a compact form.

"There are rich aristocrats, movie stars, bankers... In steerage, there are all of these desperate people heading for new lives. "They took their whole families and they were wiped out.

Read more:  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4166282/Titanic-news-Downton-Abbey-creator-Julian-Fellowes-says-his-new-Titanic-drama-differs-from-James-Camerons-1997-movie.html

Benedict Cumberbatch Talks 'The Hobbit', Promises It'll Be 'Amazing' by Alex Billington March 1, 2012 Source: MTV (FIRST SHOWING.NET)

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Benedict Cumberbatch Talks 'The Hobbit', Promises It'll Be 'Amazing'
by Alex Billington March 1, 2012 Source: MTV 

One of our favorite British actors on the rise is the one-and-only Benedict Cumberbatch, not only is he in BBC's "Sherlock", Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and is shooting J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2 right now, but he's also in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit - which got a new video blog today. In addition, on MTV (via TORn) they've posted a short new red carpet interview with Cumberbatch where he talks about his work on Hobbit, saying how "it's going to be an amazing film; it's going to be a real treat."


Read more:  http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/benedict-cumberbatch-talks-the-hobbit-promises-itll-be-amazing/

Gerard Butler Books a Brilliant Role (JUST JARED)

Gerard Butler has signed on for the diamond-heist thriller Brilliant. The 42-year-old Scottish actor replaces Eric Bana, who was previously in talks for the lead role. The film will reunite Gerard with his The Ugly Truth director, Robert Luketic.  Filming is set for May in Boston.

Read further:  http://www.justjared.com/2012/02/29/gerard-butler-books-a-brilliant-role/?ref=topposts

Michael Fassbender on Top Gear (must be a guy thing)

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Meryl Streep’s girls pick a winner for their Oscar winning mother (MAIL ON LINE)

By BAZ BAMIGBOYE

When Mamie and Grace Gummer saw what their mother Meryl originally planned to wear to Sunday’s Oscars, they told her to get it off - and replace it with a gown that made her look like a winner. That’s where the gold lamé Lanvin gown came in.

It was made from old plastic bottles - that’s what Colin Firth’s wife Livia told me.She organised eco-friendly dresses and suits (Kenneth Branagh wore one) for the Oscar red carpet, including the dress chosen by Streep’s daughters for the ceremony. And she duly picked up the award for her brilliant portrait of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

Streep and her representatives refused to divulge the provenance of the dress dumped by the Gummer girls (they use the name of their dad Don Gummer, who’s been wed to Meryl since 1978).

Read more:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2108921/Meryl-s-girls-pick-winner-Oscar-winning-mother.html

Colin Firth bags himself a new wife for his Railway Man role (MAIL ON LINE)

By BAZ BAMIGBOYE
 Last updated at 12:38 AM on 2nd March 2012

Oscar-winning star Colin Firth has found a new wife: Nicole Kidman.

She will take the role over from Rachel Weisz as the remarkable woman who helped her husband try to overcome nightmares caused by his horrific World War II experiences. The Academy Award-winning actress was persuaded by Firth and producer Andy Paterson to star in The Railway Man, which is based on the true story of Eric Lomax, a second lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals who was captured by Japanese forces.

As a prisoner of war, he was tortured and made to work on the Burma-Siam railway, also known as the Death Railway - its construction was fictionalised in David Lean’s 1957 film The Bridge On The River Kwai. Lomax’s second wife, Patricia Wallace, known as Patti, will be portrayed by Kidman. Ms Weisz was all set to play her but she has to do additional shooting on two movies, The Bourne Legacy and Oz: The Great And Powerful - plus she wants to be on hand for the U.S. release of Terence Davies’s haunting film The Deep Blue Sea this month.


Read further:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2108915/Colin-Firth-bags-Nicole-Kidmand-new-wife-play-Railway-Man.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

The Hobbit: The New Hobbit Video Blog Has Arrived! (CINEMA BLEND)

Author: Eric Eisenberg

While director Peter Jackson used a good amount of green screen while making the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and to excellent effect, mind you), what's even more impressive about those movies is the amount that was actually shot on location.

Jackson filmed all over various parts of New Zealand while making those movies and took full advantage of the incredible splendor that the natural environment had to offer. Obviously it worked to great effect, as the original trilogy is one of the most beautiful and epic collection of films ever put to film, so why would the director change it while making The Hobbit?


Read further:  http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hobbit-Video-Blog-Has-Arrived-29754.html

Minnie Driver: 'I was young and I fell for Matt Damon' (TELEGRAPH)

By Jessica Salter
12:25PM GMT 01 Mar 2012

We were taking a break from filming a really pivotal scene in Good Will Hunting, and Matt Damon and Gus Van Sant, the director, were having an intense chat about the script – they changed a lot of it as we went along and they often broke off to have serious discussions.

I think I'm laughing at Ben Affleck, who was just out of frame – he is a very funny guy. This scene was important; it is the moment where Skylar, my character, keeps asking Will Hunting, Matt's character, how he can do her organic chemistry paper in five seconds flat, when it takes her four weeks to figure it out. Matt had been at Harvard, and the idea for Good Will Hunting came out of a writing assignment – Will Hunting is a genius who is forced to see a therapist, played by Robin Williams, and study advanced mathematics with a renowned professor, played by Stellan Skarsgård, in order to avoid going to jail.

He and Ben developed the script purely so they could have a shot at being actors. At this point they were completely unknown, but I had left drama school at 21 and made Circle of Friends (1995), Big Night and Sleepers (both 1996) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), which was just out and quite a big hit, so I was on a bit of a roll.


Read more:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/9115510/Minnie-Driver-I-was-young-and-I-fell-for-Matt-Damon.html

Benedict Cumberbatch: Oscars Are 'Overwhelming' (INTERVIEW NEWS)

With a role as the most iconic detective of all time in the successful British series Sherlock, parts in two Oscar-nominated films from last year (War Horse and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and pivotal roles in two of the most anticipated movies of the next two years — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and the as-yet-untitled Star Trek sequel, Benedict Cumberbatch, 35, is the man of the hour.

So he better get used to the glitz of awards season real soon. Cumberbatch watched the Oscars with his "very close" friend Lydia Hearst, the 27-year-old model daughter of famous 1960s abductee Patty Hearst and great-granddaughter of legendary newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, at the annually held Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, before stopping in at the highly exclusive Vanity Fair after-party.

 "It's extraordinary," he said of the whole infectious Oscar celebration. "Just wonderful to be invited to the party and feel like you belong to something as glamorous on any kind of level, he told ITV1's Daybreak on the red carpet leading up to the Vanity Fair event, reports Digital Spy


Read more: http://www.uinterview.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-are-overwhelming-4094

Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina? Is There an Oscar in Her Future? (E! ONLINE)

Today 10:45 AM PST by PETER GICAS

Think Keira Knightley should begin working on an acceptance speech for next year now? Sure, her upcoming film, Anna Karenina, didn't make our first go-round of likely 2013 Oscar contenders, but after seeing these lush new stills, we're inclined to think this adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy classic may eventually be in the running for a few golden guys.

Oh, and the movie was penned by renowned Arcadia playwright Tom Stoppard, who made off with an Academy Award for cowriting the screenplay for 1998's Shakespeare in Love, which also went on to win...yep, Best Picture. We'll see what happens in a little less than 12 months.


Read more:  http://www.eonline.com/news/keira_knightley_anna_karenina_there/297973

Colin Firth talks about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy and John LeCarre (DIGITAL JOURNAL)

When it came time Firth to portray his famous spy character, Bill Haydon, to play the part, director Alfredson could haveinstructed him to read a lot of John Le Carré novels or simply rely on his memory about all the Le Carré books he had ever read.

Firth says he wasn't asked to do either one by the film's director. "Thomas Alfredson isn't an instructing sort of person, I'd read a few." Firth says of the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy helmsman. "I think that everyone has. I think that he operates not in one world, but in quite a few diverse ones.

I think the source material for this was the book itself, really, and he's also very eloquent about the world around this. He very much was a first hand occupant of it in a way. Spies aren't the sort of people who are going to make themselves available for research on the whole. So, if you have someone who's been as close to the intelligence service as he has then that's pretty handy."

Early on during the film's release, Firth was quoted as saying that Le Carré books were just little boy's tales. Despite the British presses accusation, Firth was not trying to be rude, coy and dismissive about the writer's work. "I think that was probably, certainly earlier on that was probably…I mean, he's a popular writer and I think that's a bit of a crime in the critical community," says Firth, who is currently preparing to workwith Renee Zellweger on at the Bridget Jones sequel -- Bridget Jones's Baby.

"I remember somebody writing very astutely about Alan Ayckbourn, who's a great comic playwright. I think it was Michael Billington, saying that he commits the worst offenses that you can possibly commit against any judgment of being a great writer. One is that you're comic and two is that you're prolific and seen as being popular. If you're any of those things you can't be a great writer."


Read more:  http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320419

David Tennant: Tennant’s Waiting for the Boatman (KASTERBOROUS WEBVINE)

BY ANDREW REYNOLDS – FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Fresh from his Best Actor gong for Kafka: The Musical at this years inaugural BBC Audio Drama Awards David Tennant is set to star in Waiting for the Boatman – a BBC Radio Four drama by Stephen Wakelam about mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Italian painter Caravaggio as told through the eyes of his former apprentice and model Mario Minniti.

Caravaggio’s demise has been the subject of many wild theories since he drew his last breath some 400 years ago in Naples – conflicting reports place the painter of The Martyrdom of St Martin dying alone from Malaria on a Tuscan beach, cut down by the Knights of Malta or, less interestingly and more likely for such a hell raiser dying in a hospital bed.


Read more:  http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/2012/02/tennants-waiting-for-the-boatman/

Benedict Cumberbatch: Matt Smith plays down Benedict Cumberbatch 'Doctor Who' rumours

It had been reported that the 'Sherlock' star was in line to play The Master

Matt Smith has claimed to have no knowledge about rumours Benedict Cumberbatch is in line to play The Master in Doctor Who.

It was reported by the Express this week that the Sherlock star had been approached to play the evil Timelord nemesis for the sci-fi show’s 50th anniversary next year. But now Smith, who plays the current incarnation of the Doctor, has denied knowing anything about the claims.

However, he did not deny the casting completely. He told Daybreak: "I know Ben and I've not heard anything about it. But he's a wonderful actor and a mate." He appeared to then play down any rumours: "I think he’s a bit busy being a Star Trek villain, and he's Sherlock Holmes of course, so he's a busy man."


Read more:  http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/matt-smith-plays-down-benedict-cumberbatch-doctor/261402

Alan Rickman: Four way tie- his best villainous roles (THE UNIVERSITY OBSERVER)

Fatal Fourway – Worst Villains Played by Alan Rickman
Contributed by Dermot O'Rourke, Film Editor, Aoife Valentine, Otwo Editor, George Morahan, Otwo Editor and Jon Hozier-Byrne, Editor on Thursday, 1 March 2012T

Dermot – Hans Gruber in Die Hard
There is no denying Alan Rickman’s level of awesomeness is unparalleled. It is his general superiority over you and everyone else that has allowed him to portray of some of the best on-screen villains ever. But I think we can all agree that of all Alan Rickmans’s villains, the best is, of course, none other than Die Hard’s Hans Gruber. Gruber had masterminded the perfect plan to steal bearer bonds from the vault of the Nakatomi Corporation before Bruce Willis’ John McClane yippy-ki-ayed himself in the way to put a damper on proceedings.

Despite that the Grubes really has the all the admirable qualities of a great villain. He is calm (when you don’t have his detonators), calculating, and appreciates a fine suit. When certain people are uncooperative with his efficient plan he has no trouble dispatching them without hesitation. After executing the President of the Nakatomi Corporation, Mr. Tagaki, he dryly delivers the most cutting – if not the most villainous – line in cinematic history, “[Mr. Tagaki] will not be joining us for the rest of his life.” Cue mass hysteria. Only a villain with the slick style of The Grubester could cause that much panic with such a delightfully evil quip.

Vote Grubesy for the win!



Read about Alan's other magnificent and despicable roles:  http://www.universityobserver.ie/2012/03/01/fatal-fourway-worst-villain-played-by-alan-rickman/

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Film Review (THE UNIVERSITY OBSERVER)

In a Nutshell: A delightfully charming film that is both satisfyingly feel-good and heartbreakingly poignant, although undermined by unnecessary stereotyping.Contributed by Sara Holbrook on Thursday, 1 March 2012

Director: John Madden
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel Release Date: Out now

Set in India and directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opens with a bleak outlook on retired life in England for a star-studded cast including Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith.

The characters decide to abandon their otherwise comfortable lives for India, where Sonny, played by Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), runs ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ – an apparently first class and lavish hotel suitable for elderly people.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is, at times, hilarious as well as heartbreakingly sad as the stories of the eclectic group of OAPs unfold. The multitude of characters would seem to make the film confusing, but a few characters soon begin to become prominent.

While Judi Dench (Quantum of Solace) is the narrator (and her story is central to the film), it is Tom Wilkinson’s (Michael Clayton) role that really stands out. His character, Graham, grew up in India and has now returned to track down the man with whom he had a love affair almost forty years ago.

Wilkinson’s brilliantly convincing portrayal as both an eminent judge and a man in love leaves you constantly willing his story to return to the screen.

Read more:  http://www.universityobserver.ie/2012/03/01/film-review-the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel/

Colin Firth: King's Speech star caught up in mid-air fight on BA flight (THE TELEGRAPH)

Colin Firth, the British Hollywood actor, was among passengers who witnessed a mid-air fight, leading to armed police storming his flight, it was reported.

The 51 year-old King's Speech star had been flying home from Los Angeles with his wife Livia, 42, and two sons, Luca, 10, and Matteo, eight. But part-way through the British Airways flight two passengers become involved in a heated row after one accused the other of stealing money.

Horrified witnesses watched as the pair, who have not been identified, tried to attack each other at 30,000ft. Firth, who had been attending the Academy Awards – where he presented the for Best Actress Oscar to Meryl Streep for her role as Baroness Thatcher in The Iron Lady – was not involved in the fight.

Instead the actor, of north London, reportedly ignored the chaos and instead attempted to keep his wife and children calm. Reports said his family were not affected by the fight.A BA source told The Sun: ''Passengers were in meltdown when it spiralled out of control. It was scary for fliers who feared for the safety of the flight.

''Colin Firth showed his usual cool and was more concerned at the wellbeing of his wife and kids. ''It was far more dramatic than anything at the Oscars.'' A Scotland Yard spokesman said inquiries were ongoing.



Read more:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9114968/Colin-Firth-Kings-Speech-star-caught-up-in-mid-air-fight-on-BA-flight.html

Tom Hiddleston: Trailer for his new movie with Rachel Weisz, Deep Blue Sea (JUST JARED)

Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston get close in this preview for their upcoming movie, Deep Blue Sea





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Benedict Cumberbatch: Yet more from Mr Cumberbatch… (THE ONE RING)

February 29th, 2012 by greendragon

The initials BC must stand for ‘Busy Chap’.

Benedict Cumberbatch is set to become the darling of geeks everywhere (if he isn’t already); not content with being the star of Sherlock, with a lead part in the next Star Trek movie, and with not one but TWO roles in The Hobbit movies, rumours abound that Cumberbatch will be the next incarnation of The Doctor’s greatest nemesis, The Master.

According to this report, Britain’s Daily Express tabloid newspaper ran an article stating, ‘It’s fitting that the Doctor comes face to face with his ultimate enemy The Master for the 50th anniversary and it’s felt Benedict is the perfect choice if schedules can work.’


Read more: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/02/29/53915-yet-more-from-mr-cumberbatch/

Colin Firth: Jet terror, but Colin calms his kids (THE SUN)

EXCLUSIVE By STEPHEN MOYES

HOLLYWOOD star Colin Firth was among stunned air passengers yesterday as armed cops raided a flight into London.

The Brit, 51, was jetting back from the Oscars in LA with his wife and young sons when two people attacked each other at 30,000ft over an alleged theft.

Cabin crew on the British Airways jet could not contain the fracas and radioed for an armed police response unit.But Firth stayed ice cool and calmed his two sons Luca, ten, and eight-year-old Matteo and his wife Livia, 42.

A BA source said: "Passengers were in meltdown when it spiralled out of control. It was scary for flyers who feared for the safety of the flight. "Colin Firth showed his usual cool and was more concerned at the well-being of his wife and kids.

Read more:  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4163566/Jet-terror-but-Colin-calms-his-kids.html

Paul McCartney, John Lennon childhood homes will be preserved (BBC NEWS)

The childhood homes of John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have been listed as Grade II buildings by English Heritage.

 Lennon's house - Mendips, on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, and McCartney's home on Forthlin Road in Allerton, are both in Liverpool. English Heritage said the two houses were where The Beatles composed and rehearsed many of their early hits.

Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose said The Beatles were "tremendously important". He said that the listing meant the houses were "legally protected from being bashed around or altered in future".


Read more:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17210335

Martin Clines: Doc Martin star Martin Clunes adopts Hans Price Academy hen (THIS IS SOMERSET)

TV star Martin Clunes has a new feathered friend – a hen which lives at a Weston-super-Mare school.

Mr Clunes, best known for his role as grumpy Cornish GP Doc Martin, decided to sponsor Princess Fiona to raise money for the Hans Price Academy.T

The school has eight chickens, which live in a special farm area on the school campus and are looked after by pupils. Others up for “adoption” include cockerel Elvis and a black hen called Ruby. Academy principal Armando Di-Finizio has also adopted a hen called Evangelina.

The hens were hatched on campus last September and have recently started laying their first eggs. Money raised from the adoption scheme will go to expanding the garden project to create areas where more fruit, vegetables and herbs can be grown.

 Mr Di-Finizio said: “When I came to the academy it was always my vision to have a small farm here. “Mr Clunes heard about the project through a friend of a friend and decided to adopt Princess Fiona. “We are delighted to have him as one of our sponsors.”

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Doc-Martin-star-Martin-Clunes-adopts-Hans-Price/story-15352549-detail/story.html

Sean Bean: Clean Skin (LONDON INSIDER)

Lean Bean: ”Clean Skin”, an independently financed British movie starring Sean Bean, has been bought by Warner Bros and is due in UK cinemas on 9th March.

The film began with a budget of around £700K and was said that after investors saw what amazing stunts were being carried out on set (restaurants and cars blowing up and decent Bourne-style fights) the investment increased to just under £2million GBP.

The picture, directed by Hadi Hajaig, sees Sean Bean as a secret service agent pursuing a terrorist. It also features Charlotte Rampling and Michelle Ryan (”Bionic Woman”). Early word suggests this could be a sleeper hit and that director Hadi’s next film is eying up one Nicolas Cage.

Read further:  http://www.moviehole.net/201252878-london-insider-cynthia-rothrock-returns-kidnap-and-ransom-movie-the-professionals-movie

Michael Fassbender & Ridley Scott To Give Wannabe Directors A Big Break At Venice (CONTACT MUSIC)

Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender and filmmaker Ridley Scott have teamed up to give a budding director his big break as part of a new Internet competition. The two stars will judge YouTube.com's Your Film Festival. The winner will be announced at the Venice Film Festival in Italy in August (12) and will receive a $500,000 (£313,000) grant towards his or her next film, which will be co-executive produced by Fassbender.


Read more:  http://www.contactmusic.com/news/michael-fassbender-ridley-scott-to-give-wannabe-directors-a-big-break-at-venice_1297967

Kate Winslet's Titanic 3D response: 'Oh my God, make it stop!' (NEWS.COM.AU)

By Veronica Parker
From: News Limited newspapers
March 01, 2012 12:00AM


Titanic director and 3D enthusiast James Cameron has shown Winslet a portion of the 3D rejig.

"I was literally like, 'Oh my God, make it stop! Is that me? Oh my God, that's me. Block my ears, somebody! Somebody club out my senses. Make it f---ing stop!' " she says.

"And Leo looks so young and so skinny!"

The film's Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau will be in Australia this month to promote the re-release.

But Winslet has said she and DiCaprio (above) won't be having a Titanic reunion. "No, we'll just sit around going, 'Can you f---ing believe this? Isn't this weird?'" Titanic 3D opens April 5


Read more:  http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/highs-and-lows-love-and-kate/story-e6frfmvr-1226285554770

Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock Holmes star 'very close' to Patty Hearst daughter Lydia (TELEGRAPH)

Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who plays Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series, has struck up a “very close” friendship with Lydia Hearst, the daughter of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, it has emerged.

The 35 year-old, who has won hordes of fans in the hit series based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has been seen at numerous Hollywood parties with the 27-year-old model over the past month. The pair were seated together at the 20th annual Elton John Aids Foundation Oscars Academy Awards viewing party on Sunday night, it was reported. It comes after the former "Supermodel of the Year”, who uses the surname Hearst in her professional life but was born Hearst-Shaw, was observed with Cumberbatch last month at a Vanity Fair party Cecconi's, the Hollywood restaurant.

The pair reportedly arrived and left together and she happily posed for pictures with Cumberbatch's arm wrapped around her. On Wednesday, a spokesman for Cumberbatch confirmed his client was “very close” friends with Miss Hearst, whose mother was kidnapped in the 1970s.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9112566/Benedict-Cumberbatch-Sherlock-Holmes-star-very-close-to-Patty-Hearst-daughter-Lydia.html



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Benedict Cumberbatch To Be The Master In ‘Doctor Who’? (GEEKS OF DOOM)

Posted by cGt2099

It seems that as soon as filming hits the ground for Doctor Who that the gossip floodgates open for the series. I’ve heard some doozies in my time, but this one (if real) would actually be quite interesting. Express.co.uk and Radio Times are reporting of rumors that Benedict Cumberbatch from Sherlock (and the forthcoming Star Trek 2 and The Hobbit) could have landed the role as The Master for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

 Because Cumberbatch is celebrated for his Holmes role in “that other” Steven Moffat series, his name has popped up in the past as potentially appearing on Doctor Who.

Read the entire article:  http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/02/27/rumor-for-your-thoughts-benedict-cumberbatch-to-be-the-master-in-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99/

Henry Cavill: meets and greets fans at Chateau Marmont (MOVIE.COM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LlYz1Ix6zgc#!

'Man of Steel' Countdown: Henry Cavill is a Heckuva Nice Guy By Jeffrey Taylor Feb 28, 2012

I was fortunate to meet Henry Cavill last summer during an official set visit for Man of Steel in Plano, IL. Unfortunately I’m not yet allowed to discuss our conversation, but I don’t think I’ll get in too much trouble by saying that despite Henry’s insane and stressful schedule and workload, he was still a heckuva nice guy.

I even saw him giving each crew member he was working with a smile and a "thank you" whenever he received some help. None of that is required by an actor in his position, but like I said, he’s a heckuva nice guy.


Read more:  http://www.movies.com/movie-news/39man-steel39-countdown-henry-cavill-heckuva-nice-guy/6804

Liam Neeson: Wrath of the Titans (THE DAILY BLAM)

BY PIETRO FILIPPONI PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 27, 2012 - 12:41PM in Film Movie News
Wrath of the Titans Warner Bros Action Adventure Fantasy Clash of the Titans

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, the upcoming sequel to Warner Bros' swords and sandals remake Clash of the Titans stars Sam Worthington and is scheduled for release on March 30th, 2012.A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus—the demigod son of Zeus—is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius.

Read more:  http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2012/02/27/new-batch-of-wrath-of-the-titans-stills-featuring-liam-neeson-ralph-fiennes-rosmund-

Luke Evans Youtube - Sunrise Apollo

What movie is this from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zyzRIJIag4
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Tom Hardy - Tom Hardy To Drive Across Siberia For Charity (CONTACT MUSIC)

28 February 2012 12:12

British actor Tom Hardy is preparing to brave icy conditions as he drives across Siberia to raise money for a homeless charity.

The Inception star is a patron of U.K. organisation Flack, which helps the homeless by involving them in the production of a monthly magazine, and he is aiming to raise $48,000 (£30,000) by embarking on a journey across the isolated Russian region.

Hardy has set up an internet donation page on Justgiving.com and he's urging fans to donate whatever they can to help.

Read more:  http://www.contactmusic.com/news/tom-hardy-to-drive-across-siberia-for-charity_1297873

Luke Evans: THE RAVEN Soars In New TV Spots (VERY AWARE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTRCG9wjHA&feature=player_embedded


COURTNEY HOWARD FEBRUARY 27, 2012 2

Here is the film’s official synopsis:

The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death – in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe’s darkest works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with Poe in a quest to get inside the killer’s mind in order to stop him from making every one of Poe’s brutal stories a blood chilling reality.

 A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, which escalates when Poe’s love (Alice Eve, She’s Out of My League) becomes the next target. Intrepid Pictures’ The Raven also stars Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).

Read More:  http://veryaware.com/2012/02/the-raven-soars-in-new-tv-spots/

MICHAEL FASSBENDER SERVES AS JUROR & PRODUCER FOR YOUTUBE’S ‘YOUR FILM FESTIVAL’ (Hollywood Outbreak)

Michael Fassbender, star of last year’s A Dangerous Method, Shame, and X-Men: First Class, will serve as a juror for Your Film Festival, a worldwide competition which invites artists and storytellers to enter a 15 minute video (covering any genre) to Youtube.com/yourfilmfestival.

 Ten finalists will have their work screened at the Venice International Film Festival, with the winner receiving a $500,000 YouTube Original Production Grant to work alongside director Ridley Scott’s Scott Free production company (Fassbender stars in Scott’s upcoming feature Prometheus).


Read more about the contest:  http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2012/02/28/michael-fassbender-serves-as-juror-producer-for-youtubes-your-film-festival/

Benedict Cumberbatch ‘welcomed’ by Star Trek cast (FILM NEWS)

(Cover) - EN Movies - Benedict Cumberbatch is delighted with how “welcoming” the Star Trek cast have been.

 The actor will portray the villain in the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2009 sci-fi movie.

The new film also stars Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine and Simon Pegg and Benedict has just starting shooting his scenes.“I'm kinda getting busy with the film now," he told MTV News.

"I've been away doing other things - The Hobbit, which was fantastic. And so my part of the film is really sorta kicking in now. It's great fun, great, great fun. But what I'm trying to say is it's a great thing to come into something that everybody's familiar with and knows each other very well. So it's [in] a weird way a very easy thing to get up to speed with, because everybody is so welcoming and gets along with one another."