Saturday, June 23, 2012
Richard Armitage - The Consequences of Falling in Love with John Thornton...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZTCwmdwjXM&feature=g-all-f
Sir Kenneth Branagh's struggle with 'bleak' Wallander Share By WENN.com (HOLLYWOOD)
The director/actor plays police Inspector Kurt Wallander in the hit crime drama, adapted from the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell's books.
The upcoming third season follows Branagh's character as he investigates the deaths of young prostitutes, and the Brit admits he felt the need to talk to Mankell before shooting the difficult scenes.
He says, "I wanted to know how he was when he was writing this sort of stuff for months on end. He said he had to stop writing some books because it got too much. I asked if people thought he went too far sometimes - because the next episode is fairly extreme.
"But he said nothing he has written goes anywhere near the extremes of his research in terms of human trafficking, paedophilia and the appalling things people do...
READ MORE: http://www.hollywood.com/news/Sir_Kenneth_Branaghs_struggle_with_bleak_Wallander/31703593
Beatles news briefs: Paul McCartney to appear on Ron Wood TV show Steve Marinucci Beatles Examiner
Paul McCartney UK TV appearance: Paul McCartney will be a guest on "The Ronnie Wood Show" this Monday (June 25) at 10 p.m. on Sky Arts 1 HD in the UK, McCartney's website said Friday. They will discuss McCartney's songs and the songs that influenced him. McCartney will also perform.
Ringo on “Today Show”: Meanwhile, Ringo Starr was on NBC's “Today” show earlier this week. He told Matt Lauer, “I love people. You know, that's how it is. I think everybody knows, who comes to the show, it's a love fest. They know I love them, and I know they love me."
READ MORE: http://www.examiner.com/article/beatles-news-briefs-paul-mccartney-to-appear-on-ron-wood-tv-show
Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Martin Freeman: CAST OF THE HOBBIT ON STAGE! More evidence for Freeman and Armitage at Comic-Con plus video of the ‘Hobbit’ cast on stage — together June 23rd, 2012 by frenz (THE ONE RING)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fznfX4947A&feature=player_embedded#!
Warner Bros. has not confirmed ‘The Hobbit’ panel at Comic-Con, but perhaps the vagaries of Twitter have. Several independent tweeters who attended Ian McKellen’s benefit show last night in Wellington have said Lee Pace stated Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage would be at Comic-Con in July. We cannot confirm the reports, but we believe them and expect both key “Hobbit” actors to be in San Diego. We also volunteer to act as popular-culture coaches as the place will be mad for them.
And while WB has officially said it hasn’t officially said a ‘The Hobbit’ panel will be part of the three-hour block the studio has reserved on Saturday in the 6,500 seat Hall H, but it is widely believed ‘The Hobbit,’ will play a big part of it. The hall, the biggest the convention center has to offer, has required waiting in long lines at least the last three years and now even camping out for a space is not unheard of. Over 125,000 people attend the show each year.
READ MORE:http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/06/23/57732-more-evidence-for-freeman-and-armitage-at-comic-con/
Henry Cavill: Kryptonian War Will Be Featured In ‘Man Of Steel’ Posted about 5 hours ago by Janice Kay (SCIENCE FICTION)
WARNING! THIS POST DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS FROM ‘MAN OF STEEL’!!
With all the hoopla surrounding the current crop of superhero movies out this year, news of Zack Snyder’s ‘Man of Steel’ seemed to have been nonexistent… until now. Thanks to Comic Book Movie we finally get some information about this new Superman film.
‘Man of Steel’ is currently in post-production and not a lot is known about the film except it will be a reboot of the Superman film and will be about his origins. Now word has it that a “good portion” of the film will occur on a war torn Krypton.
In some ways that is good news as that may mean Russell Crowe and Ayelet Zurer (who will be portraying Kal-El’s birth parents) will have more than just a cameo in the film but it sure sounds like Snyder is trying to fit a lot of Superman’s early years into one movie. Not only will we see Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) as a baby sent to earth but also as a young teen in the form of Dylan Sprayberry in the early years of a budding romance with Lana Lane (Jadin Gould) and in a bearded scraggly form in what some are predicting (based on the rumors that the storyline is loosely based on the comic series ‘Superman: Birthright’) to be the time when Clark Kent roamed the planet to “find himself” and his place in the world as a super alien being. We also know we’ll see Clark as the reporter we’ve come to love while in Metropolis and see him as Superman save Smallville from the destruction caused by Kryptonian villain Zod (Michael Shannon). Now we can add the planet Krypton into the mix.
READ MORE: http://sciencefiction.com/2012/06/23/krypton-will-be-featured-in-man-of-steel/
Gerard Butler: Aaron Eckhart to play US president in new White House thriller Published Saturday, Jun 23 2012, 12:55am EDT | By Kristina Bustos (DIGITAL SPY)
Aaron Eckhart has been cast in an upcoming White House thriller.
The Dark Knight Rises actor is set to portray the US President in Olympus Has Fallen, reports Variety.
The movie, however, is listed as White House Taken on IMDB.
Eckhart will join the previously-announced Gerard Butler, with Training Day's Antoine Fuqua serving as director.
READ MORE: http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a389216/aaron-eckhart-to-play-us-president-in-new-white-house-thriller.html
Billy Connolly Speaks On Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’ – “I’m Covered In Armour, It’s Like I’m Wearing A Volkswagen” (FLICKS AND BITS)
On the promotional campaign for Pixar’s ‘Brave,’ the ever hilarious Billy Connolly spoke briefly about his work on Peter Jackson’s two-part movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit.’ In the two films, Connolly plays Dain Ironfoot, the great Dwarf warrior and cousin of Richard Armitage’s Thorin Oakenshield. Commenting on what it feels like becoming a Dwarf, Connolly revealed, “It was brilliant, it still is brilliant, I’m in the middle of it. It’s only a cameo role, I’m hardly in it… I’m covered in armour, it’s like I’m wearing a Volkswagen! I don’t know how I’m supposed to fight with all this stuff.”
The legendary comedian and actor humorously provided some details about his involvement with the film and his history with J.R.R. Tolkien’s source material, “My manager said, “You’ve got an offer for this ‘Hobbit’ thing, would you fancy it?” I said, “Oooohhhhh.” It was the most bizarre thing I’ve ever done because they sent me a page of dialogue and I wasn’t on it. I thought, “What do they think I’m gonna get from this?” I think it was to show me the kind of language that was being used. Then I got there to New Zealand and they gave me a script that I wasn’t in. And Peter Jackson said, “Have you read ‘The Hobbit’? And I said, “No.” I said, “Not only that, but I don’t like people who have.” (Laughs) He thought it was funny, I had to explain that when I was a young hippy guy, there was two distinct camps, there was the blues and bluegrass brigade, who liked American music and goodtime. And then there was them, with the glasses and the Tolkien. I thought, “Give me a break.” I never liked them, so I made it my business to never read Tolkien in case I became one of them. And then I got offered the part (laughs).”
READ MORE: http://www.flicksandbits.com/2012/06/23/billy-connolly-speaks-on-peter-jacksons-the-hobbit-im-covered-in-armour-its-like-im-wearing-a-volkswagen/27611/
Keira Knightley steals apocalyptic comedy from Steve Carell BY JOE WILLIAMS > Post-Dispatch Film Critic > joewilliams@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8344 | Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:15 am STL TODAY
"This is the way the world ends," poet T.S. Eliot wrote. "Not with a bang but a whimper."
For reasons that are so obvious that storytellers have stopped mentioning them, the apocalypse is all the rage. Survivalists are counting the days until the rapture or the Mayan meltdown, and last year we had two separate movies about astronomical annihilation ("Another Earth" and "Melancholia").
An asteroid is the off-screen bad guy in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," but the problem with this nice-try comedy is the nice-guy protagonist. Steve Carell, as a whimpering white suburbanite who hunts for a lost love while the clock runs down, is a black hole that sucks the satirical juice from the movie.
Carell is Dodge, an East Coast insurance agent whose wife leaves him on the eve of destruction. While his yuppie friends fornicate and snort heroin (a wickedly funny touch), Dodge wonders what ever happened to his first love, Olivia.
As the faceless masses finally make a cameo appearance in his neighborhood, Dodge stages a hasty getaway with Penny (Keira Knightley), the free spirit from the apartment downstairs, who has a car and an armload of vintage vinyl to wile away the hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7FKVAuDv8M&feature=player_embedded
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/keira-knightley-steals-apocalyptic-comedy-from-steve-carell/article_c4919d70-b9c7-11e1-b8ad-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1yefoGrRM
Mirren is fit for a queen Last Updated: 12:19 AM, June 21, 2012 Posted: 10:31 PM, June 19, 2012 Michael Riedel (NEW YORK POST)
Helen Mirren won an Oscar as Elizabeth II in “The Queen.”
So why not wear the crown again?
Mirren’s doing readings in London this week of a new play called “The Audience,” which chronicles Elizabeth II’s reign from 1952 to this month’s Diamond Jubilee.
“The Audience” is by Peter Morgan, who wrote “The Queen” as well as the hit Broadway play “Frost/Nixon.”
Morgan’s top choice for director, I hear, is Stephen Daldry, who staged “Billy Elliot.”
If Mirren commits to “The Audience,” the plan is to produce it in London this fall and then move it to Broadway, possibly by spring 2013.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/mirren_is_fit_for_queen_670kx2yXn9M19O2lvlVxEO#ixzz1ycVhTrwp
Sir Kenneth Branagh reveals why he is ready to graciously accept his knighthood By LIZ THOMAS (MAIL ON LINE)
Humbled: Kenneth and his wife, pictured last week at the Cartier Polo
Sir Kenneth Branagh has revealed age and experience are behind his decisions to embrace his Knighthood after declining his CBE.
The actor declined the Commander of the British Empire honour in 1994 when he was in his mid-thirties.
This week the 51-year-old was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, and he admitted he now felt it would be churlish to turn down one of the highest accolades in British society.
He said: ‘I was genuinely shocked when I got it. I didn’t know what it was all about. I had to consider it. I rejected the CBE.
'But at this stage in my life, my practise is, if people are kind enough to acknowledge what you do it seems polite not to say, “Thank you very much”.
‘The business I am in, we are very lucky. At the end of every stage performance the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don’t get that.
Sir Kenneth added that he had been sworn to secrecy and had only told his wife, Lindsay, and admitted he even worried his response had got lost in the post.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2163452/Sir-Kenneth-Branagh-reveals-ready-graciously-accept-knighthood.html#ixzz1ycTcfE5F
Tom Hiddleston to Portray Soho Porn Baron Paul Raymond movie news | 22 Jun 2012
Loki to play porn baron in new biopic.
‘Avengers Assemble’ star Tom Hiddleston has reportedly been cast as Paul Raymond in an upcoming biopic of the late adult magazine mogul.
Raymond’s son Howard, who wrote the script based on his book ‘The King of Soho,’ revealed the casting to The Daily Mail.
“You can’t imagine how delighted I am by this — chuffed to bits. We’ve waited a long time to get the right person and in Tom we finally have. It’s a difficult role, not because he is playing my father but because he is in every scene in the film.”
READ MORE: http://www.movies.ie/movie_news/1180486/Tom_Hiddleston_to_Portray_Soho_Porn_Baron_Paul_Raymond
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch to perform in Cheltenham Friday, June 22, 2012Gloucestershire Echo
He is joining a line-up of acclaimed actors, including Blackadder favourite Miranda Richardson and Egyptian film star Amr Waked for three separate performances at the July event.
It will see them combining words with music for the shows.
Festival director Meurig Bowen admitted he had been keen to see the two disciplines being brought together.
He said: "Music carries with it so many wonderful and moving stories. It's great to be able to tell these stories in performance alongside the music.
"It's really exciting to know now these three superb, and very different actors will be appearing at the festival."
Benedict Cumberbatch will be reading war poetry at Parabola Arts Centre on July 12 while Miranda Richardson will narrate the story of royal music at Cheltenham Town Hall on July 8.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Sherlock-star-Benedict-Cumberbatch-perform/story-16432801-detail/story.html
Friday, June 22, 2012
On That Note: Ringo Starr, ‘a distinctive musician,’ embarking on 13th tour By Ed Condran Special to The Mercury
When Ringo Starr’s publicist noted that the former Beatles drummer was up for a one-on-one interview, it was a little surprising. In the past, Starr has opted for press conferences.
It was understandable since no matter what anyone would say about Starr, he was a Beatle, arguably (it’s not a difficult argument) the greatest rock and roll band in pop music history. There were only four Beatles and just two are alive.
Paul McCartney has more rules than hits. He’s about as approachable as a super model. Forget interviews. And there is kind, easy-going humorous Ringo, who doesn’t receive the respect he deserves.
About a decade ago, during an interview with the fifth Beatle (apologies to Billy Preston), Fabs producer George Martin, was asked whether he felt guilty not cultivating the songwriting talent of George Harrison and Starr. “No, I was too busy working with the two greatest songwriters of the century,” Martin said.
READ MORE: http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20120621/ENTERTAINMENT04/120629947/on-that-note-ringo-starr--a-distinctive-musician--embarking-on-13th-tour
David Tennant & Emily Watson to Play Husband and Wife in ‘The Politician’s Husband’ By Bags Hooper : June 22, 2012 (BUZZ FOCUS)
Politics are in fashion on TV, with political series becoming as prevalent as medical dramas.
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will co-star with Emily Watson as husband and wife on BBC Two’s upcoming political series, The Politician’s Husband.
Deadline reports that the new three-part series will explore the changing family dynamics when a wife becomes a greater success story than her husband.
The series comes from Paula Milne and serves as a follow up to the 1995 feature film of the same name.
read more: http://www.buzzfocus.com/2012/06/22/david-tennant-emily-watson-to-play-husband-and-wife-in-the-politicians-husband/
Taken 2’ trailer released: Liam Neeson still packs a punch, as Albanian kidnappers find out Action star returns as ex-CIA killer in sequel set to hit theaters in the fall Comments (2) BY ETHAN SACKS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Rule No. 1 in Albanian thug school should be: Never piss off Liam Neeson.
Twentieth Century Fox released the international trailer for “Taken 2” Thursday, quickly proving that in a multiplex dominated by Avengers, Spider-Men and Dark Knights, there’s still plenty of room for the 60-year-old action star.
Neeson returns as former CIA killer Bryan Mills, who was last seen killing just about every Albanian kidnapper in Europe to free his abducted daughter (Maggie Grace). Well, now it seems, their relatives want some payback.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2-trailer-released-liam-neeson-packs-a-punch-albanian-kidnappers-find-article-1.1100095#ixzz1yY2O36iZ
SUMMER OF LONDON: ‘DOWNTON’ STAR HUGH BONNEVILLE ON HIS BBC AMERICA COMEDY, ‘TWENTY TWELVE’ By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 (BBC AMERICA)
Could Hugh Bonneville be the Lord of Laughs? The Downton Abbey star shakes off the starched collars and waistcoasts of Edwardian England for a stab at comedy in Twenty Twelve, BBC America’s new mockumentary that looks at the bumbling fictional organizers of this year’s London Games. Bonneville gave us a preview of what we can expect:
READ MORE: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/06/summer-of-london-downton-star-hugh-bonneville-on-his-bbc-america-comedy-twenty-twelve/
'Downton Abbey' star Maggie Smith to be feted by Stratford festival (OMG)
TORONTO - Oscar winner and "Downton Abbey" star Maggie Smith is set to be feted by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Smith has been named the 2012 recipient of the theatre festival's legacy award, to be presented in Toronto on Sept. 10.
The prize honours Smith for the four seasons she spent at the southwestern Ontario festival, from 1976 to 1980
"Here in Stratford, Maggie Smith holds a special place in our hearts," Stratford artistic director Des McAnuff said in a statement.
"One of our festival's founding principles was that we should be a home for artists of international stature as well as for our own Canadian stars, a principle spectacularly embodied in the four seasons Dame Maggie spent with us between 1976 and 1980. Her performances on our stages made an immense contribution to our artistic legacy and are still treasured in the memories of all who experienced them."
He added that he has spoken to Smith recently and that she is looking forward to coming back to Canada.
read more: http://ca.omg.yahoo.com/news/downton-abbey-star-maggie-smith-feted-stratford-festival-181330974.html
Brendan Coyle wins the 2012 Basauri Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts
The winner of "2012 Basauri Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts" is BRENDAN COYLE for his outstanding performance as John Bates in Downton Abbey and his constant support to culture and social causes. Brendan Coyle will personally attend the ceremony to receive this award.
The award will be given during a ceremony to take place the 23rd of June at 20:30pm at Social Theatre in Basauri (near Bilbao), Spain. Free admittance. Everybody is invited to attend it!!
FROM DOWNTON ABBEY ADDICTS
http://www.downtonabbeyaddicts.com/2012/06/2012-basauri-award-winner-is-brendan.html
Gary Oldman takes a shot at acting athletes in hilarious spoof PSA (MAIL ON -LINE)
It's fair to say a thespian like Gary Oldman has spent a number of years fine-tuning his craft. So it's understandable the actor may have a few choice words for stars - more specifically, athletes - not taking his work so seriously. The Oscar-nominee, 54, in a hilarious spoof public service announcement, makes a simple request of sports stars dabbling in movies: 'Stop f****** acting!' Scroll down for video
READ MORE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2163004/Gary-Oldman-rages-spoof-PSA-Actors-Against-Acting-Athletes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Barbra Streisand to Direct Colin Firth & Cate Blanchett in SKINNY AND CAT (TALK MOVIES WORLD)
SKINNY AND CAT follows the love affair between writer Erskine Caldwell and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White. Linda Yellen is producing from a script she wrote. The film will be independently financed and is scheduled to begin production in January of 2013.
Read more: http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-to-Direct-Colin-Firth-Cate-Blanchett-in-SKINNY-AND-CAT-20120621##ixzz1yTPIh8yY
EIFF 2012: Shadow Dancer James Marsh’s IRA thriller is an accomplished, slow-burning drama Source: The List (Issue 698) Date: 21 June 2012 Written by: Tom Dawson (LIST FILMS)
Like the late Alan Clarke’s remarkable television film Elephant, which depicted a series of senseless killings in Northern Ireland during the era of the so-called Troubles, director James Marsh’s Belfast-set drama shows sectarian murders being perpetrated in domestic suburban locations.
Andrea Riseborough excels in the lead role of Colette, a member of an IRA active service unit in 1993, who is arrested mid-mission by the British authorities in London. She is given a stark choice by Clive Owen’s MI5 officer Mac: either she returns to her mother (Brid Brennan) in West Belfast and secretly informs on the movements of her own IRA-combatant brothers (Aidan Gillen and Domhnall Gleeson), or she will be sent to an English jail, and thus separated from her young son.
READ MORE: http://film.list.co.uk/article/42956-eiff-2012-shadow-dancer/
Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville coming to BBC America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7pdR3waPU&feature=player_embedded
First Taken 2 poster disappointly does not feature Liam Neeson killing anyone (JOE)
We all know that Liam Neeson's punch-happy character from Taken has a "certain set of skills" but they mainly involve sitting down in the first poster for Taken 2.
In what appears to be a rare moment of reflection, the poster shows a glowering Neeson awaiting his prey, with the tagline underneath reading: "First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him." Surely "they" are aware that Neeson's Bryan Mills character has punched everyone in Europe by this point?
For now, storyline details on the sequel remain sketchy but Neeson was in a talkative mood when speaking to Entertainment Weekly last month, explaining: "Having gone through the horror of the first film, and because of the success of retrieving his daughter, his notoriety has traveled and these major politicians and sheiks want him to be in their camp.
"He organises the security situation. He's still retired from his special-forces group, but he takes private commissions."
READ MORE: http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/film/first-taken-2-poster-disappointly-does-not-feature-liam-neeson-killing-anyone-0026043-1
Benedict Cumberbatch - Benedict Cumberbatch Backs Prince Charles' Charity's Film Initiative 20 June 2012 16:11 (CONTACT MUSIC)
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch showed his support for budding young moviemakers in Britain earlier this month (Jun12) by hosting a film showcase backed by Charles, Prince Of Wales' charity.
The Sherlock star is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust and he headed to the London branch of waxwork museum Madame Tussauds last week (ends17Jun12) to front the organisation's event.
It featured short films inspired by issues and events affecting young people and Cumberbatch is hopeful the scheme will help boost teenagers' confidence.
He says, "Making films requires passion, determination and team work and these qualities are evident in the films we've seen.
READ MORE: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-backs-prince-charles-charitys-film-initiative_1348298
Prince William Turns 30: Duke Of Cambridge, Second In Line To British Throne, Celebrates Birthday (VIDEO) (HUFF POST)
LONDON -- The man who once was among the world's most eligible bachelors has turned 30 – but things are not so bad for Prince William as he celebrates his birthday with family and friends.
Palace officials say William will mark the milestone in private with his wife, the former Kate Middleton, and perhaps some close friends. They say a low key celebration is planned.
William has been pursuing a military career as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot while easing into married life and taking on more royal duties. He is stationed at an air base in north Wales and was recently on a temporary deployment in the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic.
He and his wife have made a number of public appearances in recent weeks, often representing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at events to mark her 60 years on the throne, a year-long celebration called the Diamond Jubilee.
He has seemed increasingly comfortable in public, escorting his wife, formally known as the Duchess of Cambridge, to high society soirees and "meet and greet" events.
READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/prince-william-birthday_n_1614693.html
Barbra Streisand to Direct First Film In 16 Years with Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett (SHOWBIZ 411)
The film will be independently financed, with CAA putting together the package. The film has a go date for January 2013. Streisand last directed “The Mirror Has Two Faces” in 1996. It’s high time she was back behind the camera. There’s a reason Streisand was chosen to give Kathryn Bigelow her directing Oscar for “The Hurt Locker” a couple of years ago.
That’s because Barbra early bucked a system that resisted female directors. But once she caused a stir with “Yentl,” in 1983, the doors opened for Penny Marshall, Amy Heckerling, Nora Ephron, Betty Thomas, Susan Seidelman and all the ladies who followed them. Producer Yellen is a good partner for Streisand: she has a long string of quality credits including the landmark television movie, “Playing for Time.”
read more: http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/06/21/barbra-streisand-to-direct-first-film-in-16-years-with-colin-firth-and-cate-blanchett
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: Critics' Choice Awards Prove They're Ready for Prime Time Hillary Atkin ■ Posted June 20, 2012 at 7:23 AM (TV WEEK)
Was it really elementary that PBS’s “Sherlock" was awarded the trophies for best movie/miniseries and best actor in a movie/miniseries? The real question could be, who is Benedict Cumberbatch and why did critics love him more than Kevin Costner in History’s vaunted “Hatfields & McCoys”?
Having not yet seen “Sherlock,” but getting the message from colleagues that we are sure to get hooked on it, we have only the clue that Mr. Costner felt that this awards fest was important enough to show up -- and the inkling that he will be rewarded by Emmy voters.
READ MORE: http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/2012/06/critics-choice-awards-prove-theyre-ready-for-prime-time.php
Hugh Grant takes the fight to Brussels (IRISH TIMES)
AFTER HIS magnetic if surreal performances on Question Time, Newsnight and at the Leveson inquiry, Hugh Grant will reprise his role as a media ethics crusader in Brussels next week at a forum on media pluralism, called Wider? World? Web?
Grant, who has argued in favour of tougher sanctions for media organisations that break industry codes of conduct, will take part in a panel discussing media ownership at the forum on June 27th.
Perhaps deterred by Grant’s movie-star charm, News International has declined an organisers’ offer to put forward a representative to debate from the same platform, although it has indicated that it will be present at it.
The event will “definitely not be ‘yet another conference on the media’,” according to organisers from Belgium’s University of Leuven, Gray’s Inn in London and Italy’s Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom.
READ MORE: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0621/1224318352817.html
Rupert Penry Jones: "I don't have a problem with sex scenes" Claire Webb 12:30 PM, 20 June 2012 (RADIO TIMES)
What can't you miss?
Game of Thrones, for my sins. I was up for a part in it and that's why I started watching - to see how it went - and got hooked. I love how epic and gothic it is, and the whole idea of this medieval fantasy world. I'm a bit of a big kid. Before that my guilty pleasure was Homeland.
What would you resurrect?
I loved The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy. But I would bring back The Saint - he was a sort of 60s Robin Hood, played by Roger Moore.
Would you cast yourself?
I would love to, although I think it's time to put the spies and procedural shows behind me. That's why it was great to do the suspense thriller The Last Weekend (due to be broadcast in autumn). I play a high-flying lawyer, but it's not about his job, it's about relationships and jealousy…
Have you enjoyed sporting a wig in Silk?
I try and wear it as little as possible! The wig I had made for me got lost so I've a secondhand one and it's itchy. No, the thing I enjoy most is Peter Moffat's writing and working with the others - they're superb.
What's the most difficult thing you've had to do as an actor?
I don't have a problem with sex scenes, but I've had to kiss men now and again in my career and that was quite a tough call.
Is it also tough watching your wife, Irish actress Dervla Kirwan, kiss another actor?
It's not comfortable, put it that way…
Who controls the remote?
I do. Our two children are only allowed to watch TV at the weekend and we try to make them watch the channels that don't have ads otherwise they start asking us to buy lots of things.
What makes you turn off?
I'm sick of reality shows. It's cheap TV taking up time when good drama could be on and should be on.
READ MORE: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-20/rupert-penry-jones-i-don't-have-a-problem-with-sex-scenes
Clive Owen and Marion Cotillard fight in the street... but it's just a scene from their new movie By KERRY MCQUEENEY (DAILY MAIL)
An anguished Marion Cotillard struggles with Clive Owen as the pair appear to argue in the middle of a Brooklyn street.
However, the French beauty's clash with the British actor is just for the cameras as the pair film scenes in New York for their forthcoming movie Blood Ties.
These are the latest pictures to emerge of the filming of the crime thriller, which is due for release next year.
The movie, which will be released next year, centres on Owen's character - a convict - being asked to go back into the criminal underworld to help out the family
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2162520/Blood-Ties-movie-Clive-Owen-Marion-Cotillard-film-fight-scene.html#ixzz1yRcceFG8
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Trailer Critic: Anna Karenina By Forrest Wickman | Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 5:07 PM ET (SLATE)
It wouldn’t be the first time, of course, but it’s looking increasingly like this year’s holiday season—and Oscar season—will be a battle of costume dramas. Joining the recent trailers for The Great Gatsby and Les Misérables (not to mention other period pictures like The Master and Django Unchained), we now have director Joe Wright’s adaptation of Anna Karenina, which was written by the great playwright Tom Stoppard. Keira Knightley plays the title character, while Jude Law and Aaron Johnson portray the two lovers who fight over Anna’s affections and freedom.
While there’s no Watch the Throne blaring over Stepan’s internal struggles, Wright’s Anna Karenina looks to be a similarly snazzy affair (no pun intended). It opens with a conductor tapping his baton on a podium, and the feel of an elaborate staged performance, with the heavy hand of the artist at the helm, is sustained throughout.
That artist, judging from the trailer, is decidedly recognizable as Joe Wright. Wright seems to get more stylish with each film he does, from the beautifully shot Pride and Prejudice to his more audacious adaptation of Atonement all the way to his recent techo-fairy tale Hanna. Each of those movies is quite good (I’ll pass over the more manipulative Soloist). Here, though—especially since the book consciously and critically engages with the romance genre—all the pomp and heaving bosoms looks a bit sillier. That said, the movie doesn’t look stuffy, at least (apart from that gilded calligraphic font).
READ MORE: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/06/20/anna_karenina_2012_trailer_keira_knightley_stars_in_joe_wright_and_tom_stoppard_s_adaptation_.html
What is the next step for Dr House? Exlusive interview with Hugh Laurie Tags: Commentary, Hugh Laurie, World, Russia, Society, Interview, European Football Championship 2012 Yulia Monakhova Jun 20, 2012 22:59 Moscow Time (VOICE OF RUSSIA)
For the first time in his life Hugh Laurie came to Ukraine. The visit of the world famous British actor, also known as Dr. House, visited this country in the middle of Euro-2012. The Voice of Russia discussed with Laurie his life after the TV-show, his music and football, of course.
In the light of Euro 2012 would you call yourself an active football supporter?
I love football very much. I cannot play 90 minutes; I cannot even do 9 minutes. But I love it very much and I watched the game last night. I must say that England was a little bit lucky, but Ukraine played terrifically well. It was very exciting stuff. There is almost nothing better than a big sporting championship like this. It makes me happy like nothing else except may be music. But it is close between football and music.
What would happen if Dr House had a football ball instead of a small ball?
It could do, although not for Americans, as they don’t understand this game at all. It is getting a little bit more popular in US, but very slowly. They are more about basketball and American football. But one day they will understand.
I feel in my heart that I have been a musician longer than anything else. When I was young boy music had been my passion. It was always what I wanted to do and who I wanted to be. I never gave it enough time; I should have been doing more scales. Music is closer to the “real” me than any acting I have done. It is much closer to my heart.
You received musical education when you were six years old, is that correct?
Yes, but for a very short time. One month, that was all. And I hated it.
What made you start again?
I started listening to records. I think the first blues record I heard was a Willy Dixson song, that I heard on the radio. It was like an electric shock and I was glued to the radio. I started buying records and like every young boy I wanted to be a guitarist. But slowly I started listening more to the piano players. I used to listen to Muddy Waters whom I love. I love his guitar playing and his singing, but I found myself listing to his piano player Otis Spann on his records. Back then it was very difficult, but I tried to do the same on the piano. Nowadays with Itunes and Youtube it is much easier to work out what is going on. Listening to records brought me back to music.
Why did it take you so long to start your professional career in music?
Cowardness. I suppose I was thinking: “I am not ready. I need to practice more, I need to work more and commit more”. And I kept putting it off for later. But then I turned 50, now I am 53, and you reach a point in your life when you think: “I cannot wait, I have to do this now”. I don’t want to be an old man saying that I could have done that. This is something I have to do now, but I probably should have done it before. I am just a coward for not doing it before.
What blues means to you?
I have loved this music since I was very young. Since then I was the only one who listen to this music, everyone else was buying pop music. I never bought it. And I could never understand why other people could not hear what was so beautiful in music. I always tried to get people to listen to Muddy Waters, and Willy Dixon, and Howlin Wolf. And I still have that passion for getting people to hear this music and hear how beautiful it is. I love the idea that some people will hear this and say: “Wow, I never heard any Lead Belly songs, or J.B. Lenoir, or The Mississippi Sheiks, so I am going to go and buy those records now.” I feel like it is a great honor if I manage to do that even for just one person.
READ MORE: http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_06_20/78772957/
Revealed: What Did David Say to the Engineer at the End of 'Prometheus'? 4 COMMENTS Beef up on your Proto-Indo-European BY: BRAD BREVET PUBLISHED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20TH 2012 AT 1:21 PM (ROPE OF SILICON)
NOTE: Obviously, this post contains spoilers.
Stu Holmes of The Bioscopist interviewed Dr. Anil Biltoo of the SOAS Language Centre in London, who served as the Linguist Teacher on Ridley Scott's Prometheus. In his chat learned what David (Michael Fassbender) said to the Engineer at the end of the film as there were no subtitles and it has been something many have wondered given what happens next.
Is David uttering nonsense or is there an actual language being spoken here? Stu has the answers for us as he first mentions the scene in which we see David studying Proto-Indo-European (PIE) Linguistics, in which a holographic professor, takes him through the ABC's and recites "Schleicher's Fable."
The holographic professor in this scene actually is Dr. Biltoo and he isn't at all against revealing what it is Fassbender's David says at the end of the film (listen to some isolated audio from the scene here):
The line that David speaks to the Engineer [which is from a longer sequence that didn't make the final edit] is as follows:
ida hmanÉ™m aɪ kja namá¹›tuh zdℇ:taha … ghʷɪvah-pjorn-ɪttham sas da:tá¹› kredah
A serviceable translation into English is:
"This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life."
READ MORE: http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/revealed-what-did-david-say-engineer-end-prometheus/
Anna Karenina Trailer - At Last!
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a388664/anna-karenina-trailer-keira-knightley-in-classic-love-story-watch.html
Directed by Joe Wright and written by Tom Stoppard, Anna Karenina stars Keira Knightley in the title role as an aristocrat who is married to Count Alexei Karenin (Jude Law) but enters a love affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Johnson) that changes her life.
Christian Bale Making a Documentary on the Homeless? (OPPOSING VIEWS)
Submitted by I Need My Fix on Jun 19, 2012
We’ve gotten a lot of pics lately of Christian Bale hanging out on the mean streets of LA in the past couple of weeks as he films Terrence Malick’s lastest, Knight of Cups. These pics could easily be more of the same, but they are reportedly scenes of Bale and fellow actor Wes Bentley (rumored to be appearing in Knight of Cups as well), filming a documentary about the homeless population of LA’s Skid Row.
Bale is known for his charitable efforts almost as much as he is for his acting abilities. He is active in many organizations, including Ark Trust, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the Redwings (Horse) Sanctuary and the Happy Child Mission, a school for street kids in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
READ MORE: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/entertainment/christian-bale-making-documentary-homeless
BBC drama Sherlock wins Critics' Choice Television Award SHERNA NOAH TUESDAY 19 JUNE 2012 (THE INDEPENDENT)
BBC sleuth drama Sherlock, its star Benedict Cumberbatch and TV presenter Cat Deeley have won top gongs at a US awards ceremony.
Sherlock was named best miniseries, while its London-born star, Cumberbatch, took home the award for best actor in a miniseries.
Deeley, who has enjoyed huge success working in the United States, was crowned best reality show host at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, for So You Think You Can Dance.
Homeland, the acclaimed thriller starring British actor Damian Lewis, was named best drama series at the awards in Los Angeles.
Old Etonian Lewis's co-star, US actress Claire Danes, was named best actress in a drama series for her role as bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison.
READ MORE: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-drama-sherlock-wins-critics-choice-television-award-7866429.html
Kate Winslet finally making fans’ ‘Day’ By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - Updated 2 hours ago (INSIDE TRACK)
Kate Winslet, in Mansfield yesterday to film scenes for her new flick “Labor Day,” redeemed herself in the eyes of a few Mass. fans, after complaints that the “Titanic” actress is snubbing her adoring public.
“There was a guy there holding up a sign that said, ‘Kate, please sign my poster,’ ” said Someone Who Was There. “Her driver came over, got the poster, brought it to Kate and she signed it, then he called the guy over and he was able to thank her.”
Winslet’s largesse came after reports that she had snubbed fans in Shelburne Falls and on a Virgin Atlantic flight to Boston.
READ MORE: http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1061140108
Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender: Gurinder Chadha's next is on partition Subhash K Jha, TNN | Jun 20, 2012, 10.28AM IST (THE TIMES OF INDIA)
Gurinder Chadha, who gave birth to twins in 2007, is now lighter by 25 kg. The 'Bend It Like Beckham' director is planning her next film, based on partition, which will be shot in Delhi and Jodhpur in October. The film revolves around Lord Mountbatten, and Colin Firth or Michael Fassbender are being considered for the role. Gurinder is keen on Saif Ali Khan to play Jawaharlal Nehru, and has spoken to Naseeruddin Shah, who is game to play Jinnah.
Gurinder says, "The central character is Mountbatten. The film is set in January 1947, and ends in August 1947. I've spoken to some people including Naseer and Saif. Nehru's role is a cameo, so I wonder if Saif will be willing to do it."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/punjabi/news-interviews/Gurinder-Chadhas-next-is-on-partition/articleshow/14291505.cms
Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch plans to play Hamlet (TELEGRAPH)
At the grand old age of 35, Benedict Cumberbatch reckons it is time he played Hamlet. “I hope to return to the theatre soon, hopefully as Hamlet, as it’s a role I’ve been interested in for a long time,” the Sherlock actor tells Mandrake.
“I don’t know if there is such a thing as a right age to play the part, but 36 or 37 seems appropriate to me, so I need to do it before long.”
Last year, Michael Sheen got away with playing the Prince of Denmark at 42. David Warner, who played the part when he was 24 at Stratford, says that the scholars always reckon Hamlet to be 33 at the end of the play.
Still, Sir Michael Redgrave was 50 when he played the part and the “divine” Sarah Bernhardt managed to do it at 55 — and on one leg, to boot.
(from http://www.scoop.it/t/benedict-cumberbatch)
READ MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9342061/Sherlock-actor-Benedict-Cumberbatch-plans-to-play-Hamlet.html
Keira Knightley: 'Anna Karenina' is the hardest thing I've ever done Published Wednesday, Jun 20 2012, 7:54am EDT | By Emma Dibdin | (DIGITAL SPY)
Keira Knightley has spoken about her role in Anna Karenina.
The adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel sees Knightley collaborate with director Joe Wright for a third time, following her roles in Pride & Prejudice and Atonement.
"It was amazing. It was definitely the hardest thing I've ever done," Knightley told Hitfix. "In a brilliant, brilliant way."
"Obviously, Tolstoy was a genius and I think the reason that his books last so well is because they are so complex, and it's really looking at the best of humanity and the worst of humanity, often in one character.
"And trying to balance all those things in the one person was really hard. Hopefully it's worked."
READ MORE:http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a388548/keira-knightley-anna-karenina-is-the-hardest-thing-ive-ever-done.html
Colin Firth discusses new film Rae Wilson, APN Newsdesk | 19th June 2012 1:46 PM (Fraser Coast Chronicle)
COLIN Firth will always remember Ipswich as the place he was dragged across a rail yard, thrown in a cell and kicked.
He joked he was not sure he had the full picture of the area when he spoke to media at the Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.
The Oscar-winning King's Speech actor is in Australia to film the historical film The Railway Man.
Though the film, relating the experience of a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway, was predominately filmed in Asia, some of it has been produced at the North Ipswich Railyards and around the Gold Coast.
Firth said it was difficult to play such a tortured role while he was staying on the Gold Coast.
read more: http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2012/06/19/colin-firth-discusess-new-film-ipswich-gold-coast/
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch - Benedict Cumberbatch Triumphs At Critics Choice Awards 19 June 2012 13:41 (CONTACT MUSIC)
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has triumphed at the Critics Choice awards, winning the award for best actor in a movie or mini-series, the Telegraph reports today. The Sherlock Holmes-based series for which he was rewarded, also won its own award for best movie or mini-series. The 35 year-old actor has been such a success in the US that he is now courting Hollywood film offers, it would seem. He revealed that filming on the third series of Sherlock will begin in January 2013.
Read more: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-triumphs-at-critics-choice-awards_1347741
Tom Hiddleston Could Be Getting Down & Dirty As ‘The King Of Soho’ JUNE 19, 2012 BY STEVE WILLINGHAM (FILMORIA)
Tom Hiddleston could be about to portray one of Britain’s richest men, the identity of whom may surprise you. Born in 1925 Paul Raymond was a British success story, making his fortune in property he moved into the fledgling porn business in the sixties, and the rest, as they say, is history. With a portfolio of publications that included Men Only, Mayfair and schoolboy favourite Razzle, he was the king of porn as well as Soho.
Based on the book The King Of Soho, written by Raymond’s son Howard, the upcoming film will aim to tell the story of the man behind the porn. It’s a project that’s been in gestation for some time it seems, apparently waiting for the right actor to come along. According to Howard Raymond Hiddleston is that man. With his recent performances in War Horse, Avengers and the Deep Blue Sea, Hiddlestons star is definitely in the ascendant, but can he play the godfather of British porn? Only time will tell.
READ MORE: http://www.filmoria.co.uk/2012/06/tom-hiddleston-could-be-getting-down-dirty-as-the-king-of-soho/
Ray Stevenson, Game of Thrones: TOP 10: MOST BADASS TELEVISION CHARACTERS OF THE PAST DECADE BY KEVEN SKINNER PUBLISHED: JUNE 19, 2012 - 10:51AM (DAILY BLAM)
Television has not only improved drastically the past decade but I've noticed an increase in anti-heroes. Or badasses, to be blunt. When coming up with this list, I took into account the many levels of badassness and varying degress of badassery it takes to bring such memorable characters to the small screen in a big way. This meant taking into consideration psychological violence as well as physical mayhem. One can be a badass and not lift a finger, or you can be a badass and chop someone in half with a sword. The important aspect of a ranked badass list takes into careful consideration all aspects of the title.
Six of the below TV shows featuring badasses are still airing with new episodes and the remainder are all current enough that I could exclude Tom Selleck, Mr. T, Chuck Norris and Kramer. I kept it nice and relevant so enjoy and feel free to debate the following list of television's most badass characters.
#9. Rory McCann as The Hound (Sandor Clegane) in Game of Thrones
I had ruled 'The Hound' out of this list until I saw episode 9 of season two, 'Blackwater'. There has been a plethora of badassness throughout both seasons of HBO's dark fantasy drama, but it wasn't until The Hound lost his s*** during the epic battle of Blackwater on the second season that I realized he's the standout of the show. In the source material, The Hound is more outspoken than his TV counterpart, so his on-screen demeanor is more of a silent menace. [Check out the rape rescue sequence in which The Hound guts some thugs in an alley without saying a word to know precisely what I mean.]
Why he's a badass: The disfigured knight is tough as nails despite his fear of flames and the violence he unleashes on that beach in Blackwater is terrifying. He literally chops foes in half with his sword. In the end he also tells the dickhead king Joffrey to go "F*** himself" before abandoning what he deems a lost cause. On a show with so many 'bad' characters, The Hound seems to be the one true badass.
#7. Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo in Rome
The short lived HBO series Rome was historically accurate. By historically accurate I mean savage and very brutal. The most violence exhibited on-screen stemmed from Ray Stevenson's Titus. The former Roman soldier struggled to fit into society after being discharged from service and ended up becoming an assassin for a crime syndicate, but he didn't need money to kill. More times than not, Titus would drunkenly murder someone in a bar fight anyway.
Why he's a badass: The gladiator sequence at the end of season one is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on TV. After Titus is imprisoned and facing death in the arena, his emotional comeback and fight for survival solidifies him as a hero and righteous badass of epic proportions. I would have to assume Stevenson's film career exists because of these scenes. Throughout the course of the series Titus smashes people's skulls with his bare hands and strangles women to death, proving his ferocity holds no bounds.
READ MORE: http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2012/06/19/top-10-television-badasses-of-the-past-decade
Elizabeth McGovern Talks 'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Posted: 06/19/2012 1:39 pm (HUFF POST)
According to creator Julian Fellowes, the upcoming season will center on the lives of the characters as they adjust to the "extraordinary social change" brought on by the Great War.
"Oh, I promise you there will be fireworks," McGovern revealed of Season 3, set to air in the US in early 2013. "Beyond that I say nothing."
While McGovern has high hopes about Season 3, which will include appearances by the Shirley MacLaine, she wasn't quite as enthusiastic about elements of the second season of "Downton."
"What's made the show successful and different is that attention to character detail and that's what the audience likes ... Writers [in the second season] had to do a lot of glossing over the domestic life, and some of the small moments between characters that characterized the first season," McGovern told the LA Times in April.
The actress later clarified to TV Guide Magazine that she was "in no way criticizing the second season or implying that she loved or enjoyed it any less."
For more details on Season 3 of "Downton Abbey," click over to the LA Times
READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/19/elizabeth-mcgovern-downton-abbey-season-3_n_1609301.html
Victor Spinetti, Star Of Beatles Films, Dies Aged 82 (HUFF POST)
Veteran actor Victor Spinetti, whose notable roles included appearances in three Beatles films, has died at the age of 82.
The Welsh star, who appeared in a string of acclaimed movies as well as taking roles in the West End and on Broadway, died in a Monmouth hospice following a fight with pancreatic cancer, his agent said.
He landed his role in the first of the Beatles' films following the success of the London production of Oh! What a Lovely War which was seen by George Harrison and John Lennon, as well as the director and screenwriter for 1964's A Hard Day's Night, Walter Shenson and Alun Owen.
"I was known to them. But I wasn't prepared for the fantastic and wonderful reception I got from them, which was to be totally accepted," he recalled of their meeting.
Spinetti went on to make more than 30 film appearances including The Return of the Pink Panther and Under Milk Wood.
READ MORE:http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/19/victor-spinetti-dies-actor-beatles-films_n_1608495.html
Sir Kenneth Branagh: Knighthood 'surreal' (BBC NEWS)
Actor and director Kenneth Branagh has said it was "a surreal experience" to have been named on the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The star has been knighted for services to drama and the community in Northern Ireland.
Branagh, who returns to TV screens in detective series Wallander next month, called the honour "very touching".
He is also preparing to direct actor Chris Pine in a film about author Tom Clancy's fictional hero Jack Ryan.
Branagh told the BBC about his latest project, returning to the role of detective Kurt Wallander, and how he feels about being called "Sir Kenneth".
What does this honour mean to you?
It would be amazing at any time, but in this Jubilee year it feels very special and absolutely fantastic. So many people are pleased for me and pleased about it.
It seems to me a tribute to everybody that I've worked with and learnt from, over 30 years of making films and being involved with British theatre and film and television. It's very special.
You have received an honour that has been given to some acting greats - how does that feel?
I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do.
Having first encountered that kind of actor when I was 15, from a long-playing record in the school English cupboard, to be at this point where you can be, in some way, amongst their number, it's a very humbling thing.
There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.
READ MORE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18493574
Tom Hiddeston to Play Porn Baron Paul Raymond in 'King of Soho'? by Ethan Anderton June 18, 2012 Source: Daily Mail (FIRST SHOWING)
If you were watching The Avengers and thought to yourself that Tom Hiddleston, the man playing the mischievous Loki, would have been much better served overseeing a porn dynasty rather than an army of aliens destroying Manhattan, then you are in luck. The Daily Mail has word from Howard Raymond, son of porn baron Paul Raymond, the man behind soft-porn magazines like Men Only, Escort, Club International, Mayfair and more, that Hiddleston has been lined up to play the entrepreneur in a film called The King of Soho, based on a book that Howard Raymond wrote himself, but apparently isn't published yet. Read on!
Read more: http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/tom-hiddeston-to-play-porn-baron-paul-raymond-in-king-of-soho/
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