'Star Trek Into Darkness' Spoilers: What Villain Will Benedict Cucumber Play In The Sequel? By Ian Kar on November 16, 2012 4:15 PM EST (INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL TIMES)

With a trailer and extended preview for "Star Trek Into Darkness" coming out in December, what can we expect from the movie? The 2009 surprise hit, "Star Trek," directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy and John Cho as Sulu, appease both longtime Trekkies and casual moviegoers, and made a new generation of "Star Trek" fanatics. But what exactly will the film focus on?

It's really hard to say. Everyone involved has been extremely tightlipped about the plot of the film, especially Benedict Cumberbatch's role as the villain.

Benedict Cumberbatch, from the Emmy-winning BBC show "Sherlock" (if you haven't seen "Sherlock," watch it on Netflix as soon as you finish this article) will definitely play the villain in "Star Trek Into Darkness" but what exactly is his role? We have no idea, but it probably won't be the "Star Trek" classic, Khan Noonien Singh, from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn." Many people involved in the movie, from producers to Simon Pegg, who plays Scottie, have adamantly denied the rumors that Cumberbatch will play Khan. They might just be trying to throw us off, but I think that it makes sense that Abrams and co. won't use Khan as their villain in this movie. They're trying to make a unique film, distant from the original "Star Trek" series staring William Shatner, and using Khan in the second movie would be exactly what they did originally.

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The very funny TOM HIDDLESTON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLSAY1xDjM&feature=related

Tom Hiddleston Interview - London Film Festival Awards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R3bm-q7AYY4#!

TOM HIDDLESTON TALKS FRIENDSHIP WITH BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Tom Hiddleston has an end of the year interview with GQ UK, in which he talks about Thor 2, his style inspirations, and his friend Benedict Cumberbatch.

When talking about Thor 2 and the increases pressure he feels after the Avengers, he says, “It's mostly self-applied pressure actually. I remember Chris [Hemsworth] and I saying over the summer when Avengers came out, where do we go now? Going into this one we were - very flatteringly - involved in big creative conversations about tone, and story. Thor and Loki are these two characters that people know and love and understand - so we have to take this in the right direction. You want to do something new - you don't want to re-heat the same recipe in the microwave, you want to cook up something different and exciting - but you don't want to lose the things that worked the first time. So we're our own slave drivers, in a way. Complacency is the enemy. But that's exciting and it's going well. I have never seen a group of actors or a crew work harder.”

Read more: http://www.fansshare.com/news/tom-hiddleston-talks-friendship-with-benedict-cumberbatch/#axzz2CUrjc8Qf

Liam Neeson in negotiations for crime thriller "The All Nighter" Liza Foreman Reuters 5:31 p.m. CST, November 16, 2012 (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Liam Neeson is in negotiations to star in the crime thriller "The All Nighter (AKA Run All Night)" a person familiar with the situation has told TheWrap.

The story follows an aging hit man who, in order to protect his wife and son, must take on his former boss in a single night. He then winds up on the run from the mob and the authorities with his estranged son.

The film is being produced by Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee, along with Brooklyn Weaver for Warner Bros. which declined to comment. The studio acquired Brad Ingelsby's spec script "The All Nighter" in January for a reported six figure sum.

Neeson's upcoming films include "Non-Stop" and "A Walk Among The Tombstones." He will also be featured in a voice role in the upcoming film "Lego: The Piece of Resistance."


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Rapper gives Dame Judi fresh 'cool' DAVID MICHAEL (STUFF.CO.NZ)

Judi Dench's 15-year-old grandson recently told her that ''Dench'' has been popularised as an expression by London rapper Lethal Bizzle. It means ''cool'', as in ''stay Dench''.

Delighted by the news, she asked her family to give her items of Dench-emblazoned merchandise for Christmas.

At 77 and today nursing a cough that adds a raspy edge to her clipped voice, Dench seems an unlikely hip-hop icon. But there was a time when a film career seemed just as far-fetched.

Sitting in a London hotel room, wearing a sparkly top and jewelled necklace, she is every inch the movie star. But success in Hollywood came late, kicking off after she appeared in her first James Bond film, GoldenEye (1995). Seventeen years on, she is an indispensable part of the Bond franchise.

As M, the head of MI6 and James Bond's boss, she is the longest-serving current cast member. Skyfall, which opens in Australia on Thursday, is her seventh film in the role.

Her character - Dench describes her as ''a woman holding a power job in a man's world'' - has long been an underplayed aspect of the films.

The part was crying to be fleshed out, especially given the actor playing her managed to win an Oscar with just eight minutes' screen time in Shakespeare in Love.

In Skyfall, M finally takes a more central position in the story.

READ MORE: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/7964049/Rapper-gives-Dame-Judi-fresh-cool

Keira Knightley manages to make a green ball gown casual at LA premiere of Anna Karenina (MR. PAPARAZZI)

With her hands in her pockets, Keira Knightley managed to make the mint green ball gown she wore to the LA premiere of her new film Anna Karenina as casual as wearing a onesie.

Ok so not quite but what the jeepers are pockets even doing on ball gown?!

Posing outside the Arclight Theatre in Los Angeles, Keira Knightley was giving the cameras what they wanted: her polished pout.

Whilst she may know how to work her angles, she recently confessed to Ellen DeGeneres whilst appearing on her show that she hasn’t the foggiest how to go about her wedding to fiancé James Righton. Keria admitted:

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Jude Law confirms 'Sherlock Holmes 3' script is in development Published Friday, Nov 16 2012, 11:51am EST | By Emma Dibdin (DIGITAL SPY)

Jude Law has offered an update on the status of Sherlock Holmes 3.

The actor confirmed that a script is in development for a sequel to 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, but no production dates have yet been confirmed.


"There's certainly talk of it, and I know there's a script being played around with," Law told Collider. "But Downey's a busy boy, and I'm a busy boy, so we'll see."

"We're a very happy team and we have a lot of fun, and we also think there's still a lot of legs in that duo," he went on, referring to the on-screen dynamic between his Dr John Watson and Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes.

READ MORE: http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a438800/jude-law-confirms-sherlock-holmes-3-script-is-in-development.html

Matthew Macfadyen: First Pic From BBC America's Jack The Ripper Series, Ripper Street Author: David Wharton (CINEMA BLEND) published: 2012-03-30 15:01:2

It seems like every cable network out there is getting into the business of original programming. Hell, even Netflix is becoming home to several original shows, so it should be no real surprise that nets like BBC America want a piece of the action. BBCA announced last week that they were coming aboard as co-producers of the period drama Ripper Street. As you might suspect, the eight-part series revolves around the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in London's East End. The show is set in 1899, in the aftermath of the Ripper's crime spree, and centers on the detectives of "H Division," who were tasked with solving the murders. Of course, Jack the Ripper was never actually caught, so it will be interesting to see how the show wraps things up...  has posted the first official shot of Ripper Street's cast, which you can see below.

The show stars Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), and Adam Rothberg (most recently seen in an ep of Alcatraz) as the men of H Division. The show was created by Richard Warlow, who has worked on British series such as Waking the Dead and Mistresses.

READ MORE: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/BBC-America-Sets-Premiere-Dates-Wild-Things-Ripper-Street-Spies-Warsaw-49419.html

Tom Hiddleston To Play British Porn God Paul Raymond In Biopic comments published: 2012-06-19 09:01:31 Author: Sean O'Connell (CINEMA BLEND)

America has Hugh Hefner and (shudder) Larry Flynt. But when it came to soft-core publications, the Brits often turned to Paul Raymond, publisher of such skin magazines as Men Only, Escort, Club International and Mayfair. Though he passed away in March 2008, Raymond’s relatives have been fighting to tell the man’s story on film – and running into various obstacles. One might have cleared, though, now that Avengers and War Horse star Tom Hiddleston has agreed to play Raymond on screen in a planned biopic.

The news is part of a blind item in the UK Daily Mail (which means we should take it with a grain of salt), but Raymond’s own son, Howard, confirms that Hiddleston has agreed to play the main part in the film. The biopic will be based on the book The King of Soho, a nickname Raymond acquired because of all the property he snatched up in the ritzy London neighborhood. 

‘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,” Howard Raymond says. “We have a great script and some time in the next year we will be going into production.”

READ MORE:http://www.cinemablend.com/new/tom-hiddleston-play-british-porn-god-paul-raymond-biopic-31467.html

Tom Hiddleston Would Be Game For A Role In Star Wars Episode VII (CINEMA BLEND)

published: 2012-11-15 12:39:36 Author: Kristy Puchko

English actor Tom Hiddleston broke through stateside as deceitful half-brother and full-on villain Loki in 2011's Thor, but despite playing a baddie there and in the blockbuster follow-up The Avengers, Hiddleston has become a fan favorite. So it's little surprise someone thought to ask him if he might consider getting involved in another Disney property: namely Star Wars Episode VII. And while big name directors have been falling all over themselves to publicly state their disinterest in helming the project, Hiddleston confesses he'd be interested in a role.

Speaking with Digital Spy, Hiddleston describes himself as a "huge fan, especially of the first three" when asked if he'd ever consider taking a part of the already iconic franchise. He confesses, the idea hadn't yet occurred to him but then replied:

"Absolutely, yeah. It would depend on the story and the character and things, but I don't know. Maybe people would associate me too closely with Loki - I hope not."

READ MORE: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tom-Hiddleston-Would-Game-Role-Star-Wars-Episode-VII-34136.html

Nicole Kidman Wants To Reteam With Colin Firth For 'Before I Go To Sleep' NEWS BY KEVIN JAGERNAUTH (INDIEWIRE)

It was just at the beginning of the month that Mark Strong joined Nicole Kidman in the upcoming thriller "Before I Go To Sleep," and now the actress is eyeing a recent co-star to work with her again.

According to THR, Kidman wants to reteam with her onscreen husband Colin Firth in the upcoming "The Railway Man" for this movie, where he's play the same role. Stay on your toes Keith Urban! Based on S.J. Watson’s bestselling book, and set to be directed by Rowan Joffe ("Brighton Rock"), the thriller follows a woman (Kidman) who wakes up each morning with no memory  and her husband (Firth's role) telling her that she's suffered a trauma and needs to stay at home. One day she sneaks off to a doctor (Strong) who gives her a recorder, and tells her to playback her thoughts to help piece things together. What she discovers is that her husband....may not be her husband at all.


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ANOTHER new Hobbit Spot - #7 (Richard Armitage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W2HYQbbe21U

Thanks to RAFrenzy for the heads up!  (I caught a twitter conversation and there it was!!!)

Martha Thomases: Judi Dench Is Not A Bond Girl (COMIC MIX)

Like so much of the world, I went to see Skyfall this weekend. I went with my friend Karen, who hadn’t seen a James Bond movie in a few decades. We both had a fantastic time, and if you haven’t already gone and you like action movies, you should go, right now. This column will still be here when you get back. And, if you can’t go right this second, I shall do my best to avoid spoilers.

There are all kinds of reasons to enjoy this movie: Daniel Craig is a terrific Bond; the locations are exotic and beautiful; the set pieces, including the opening scene and the fight in the glass building, are inventive and exciting; the cinematography is glorious.

For the purposes of this column, I want to talk about a feminist reason to like it: M. Or rather, Judi Dench. Dame Judi is 78 years old, and, in this movie, she looks it. Her hair is gray, almost white. Her face is wrinkled. Her body, at least as it appears in the wardrobe assigned to her, is slack.

None of this makes any difference, because she is not a “Bond girl.” She is M. She is the head of MI6, and she is determined to do the best possible job she can. Her dedication is to her mission and her country.

Because this is a James Bond movie, the emphasis is on her relationship with James Bond. However, this relationship, while cordial, is never less than professional, even when both of their lives are at stake. And it is the most compelling relationship in the whole movie.

READ MORE: http://www.comicmix.com/columns/2012/11/16/martha-thomases-judi-dench-is-not-a-bond-girl/

Domhnall Gleeson, 'Anna Karenina' Star, On The Worst Thing For An Actor (HUFF POST)

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Gleeson is having a bit of a moment. The erstwhile Bill Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" plays the big-hearted Konstantin Levin in "Anna Karenina," Joe Wright's ambitious adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel.

"I would have never considered myself for a romantic role, that was something Joe decided I was able to do," Gleeson told HuffPost during a recent interview. "He made a big step forward for me in that way, just by trusting me."

Gleeson, 29, has been working as an actor since he was a teenager, but it's only now that he's ready to ascend up the ranks. In addition to "Anna Karenina," Gleeson's next run of movies find him starring opposite Rachel McAdams (in the time-travel romance "About Time"), Michael Fassbender (in the comedy "Frank") and even his father, actor Brendan Gleeson (in the star-studded drama "Cavalry").

HuffPost Entertainment chatted with Gleeson about "Anna Karenina" and his burgeoning career.

How did you get involved with "Anna Karenina"?
I came onboard after somebody else dropped out. I had auditioned for a small part in "Hanna" for Joe, but didn't get it. So we kept in touch, because he's just sort of one of those guys. He said, "Do you want to come and audition?" I couldn't believe that he was letting me audition for it at all. I read the book in four days and went down to meet him and did a five-hour audition. I left the audition thinking, "Well, even if it doesn't happen, I feel like I've gotten better by having him direct me for a few hours." Then I did a table read, and after that, Joe asked me to do the part. I did a little dance in the street. It was one of the great moments.

THERE'S LOTS MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/domhnall-gleeson-anna-karenina_n_2141779.html

Hugh Bonneville, Miranda Hart, Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart Star in THE MOUSETRAP Charity Performance, Nov 18 (BROADWAY WORLD)

According to the Daily Mail, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville, Call The Midwife's Miranda Hart, and stage and film stars Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart will take part in a fundraising performance of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap this Sunday, November 18, at the St. Martin's Theatre.

Read the original report here.

The headlining actors will be joined by Tamsin Greig, Nicholas Farrell, Iain Glen and Harry Lloyd. The Mousetrap will be directed by Phyllida Lloyd to raise funds for the theatre education charity Mousetrap Theatre.

Mathew Prichard, Agatha Christie's grandson, owns the rights to The Mousetrap. He and producer Stephen Waley-Cohen are set to reveal a memorial to Christie at St. Martin's cross.

Hugh Bonneville spent seven seasons with The National Theatre, appearing in School For Wives, Yerma, Entertaining Strangers, Juno and the Paycock, The School for Scandal and The Devil's Disciple. He then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and his credits there include Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Alchemist, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Virtuso, Amphibians and Hamlet (alongside Kenneth Branagh). Bonneville has also worked on projects for the Donmar Warehouse, The Old Vic and more. Current star of the television drama Downton Abbey, Bonneville has also appeared in The Cazalets, Take a Girl Like You, Armadillo, Daniel Deronda, The Commander, The Gathering Storm, Love Again, Doctor Who and more. His film credits include Notting Hill, Mansfield Park, Shanghai, Iris, French Film and many more.

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Epic New TV Spot For THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY; Listen To The Full Soundtrack (WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS)

Posted by Michelle McCue

Warner Bros. has released the sixth TV spot for THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. The first of a trilogy of films from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) will be released in the U.S. on December 14, 2012.

While you’re sitting at your computer working in your cubicle or having a midday coffee in some shop, listen to the complete, emotional THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY soundtrack over at Empire HERE. Due to hit stores on December 11th, the soundtrack will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set. A Special Edition of the soundtrack, featuring six exclusive bonus tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes will also be available December 11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey features original score by Academy Award® winner Howard Shore recorded at famed Abbey Road studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, it includes an original song entitled “Song of the Lonely Mountain,” written and performed by Neil Finn (Crowded House).

THERE'S LOTS MORE:  http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/11/watch-the-epic-new-tv-spot-for-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-listen-to-the-full-soundtrack/

Paul McCartney announced as a performer at N.Y. Hurricane Sandy benefit PAUL MCCARTNEYNOVEMBER 15, 2012BY: STEVE MARINUCCI (EXAMINER)

Paul McCartney will be among the several big names to headline “12-12-12 (A Concert for Sandy Relief)” Dec. 12 at Madison Square Garden, Clear Channel Media, the Weinstein Company and the Garden, who are sponsoring the show, announced today and reported by MTV.com.

Along with McCartney, the show will feature Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Alicia Keys, Roger Waters, Kanye West and the Who.

The lineup brings back memories of “The Concert for New York City” in 2011, which was organized by the same three sponsors after the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The new show was originally announced a week ago, but the first headliners weren't released until today.

READ MORE: http://www.examiner.com/article/paul-mccartney-announced-as-a-performer-at-hurricane-sandy-benefit

"Ripper Street," miniseries "Spies of Warsaw" (see trailer) all join the schedule early in 2013. (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

9:00 AM PST 11/15/2012 by Michael O'Connell

Ahead of their 2013 debuts, three new series coming to BBC America have locked down premiere dates -- starting with the network's latest co-production.

Ripper Street, the 1800s police drama starring Matthew Macfadyen, opens on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 9 p.m. The network's latest co-production's eight-episode run follows London's H Division as they navigate grisly crimes in the wake of Jack the Ripper's tear through the city. The network co-produced the series for BBC with Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point.


Former Doctor Who star David Tennant makes his return to BBC America on Wednesday, Feb. 6, with espionage miniseries Spies of Warsaw. Part of the network's "Dramaville" block, Warsaw also stars Made in Jersey actress Janet Montgomery and comes to the network from Fresh Pictures. It was co-produced by Apple Film Production for BBC Four and TVP in association with ARTE France and BBC Worldwide. Spies of Warsaw concludes the following Wednesday on Feb. 13.

READ MORE: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bbc-america-lines-up-winter-390842

Tom Hiddleston Is So Dreamy We’d Listen To Him Talk About Anything, Even His Favorite Drink 1 day ago by Natalie Zutter (CRUSHABLE)

You know that phrase, you’d listen to so-and-so reading from a telephone book? I didn’t appreciate the truth of it before I started crushing on Tom Hiddleston. To be fair, at first I figured that this was typical celebrity worship where there was at least some substance. Like, my friends would send me GIFs of him being some mix of adorable, sexy, and crazy. Or I’d check out his twitpics from the Avengers set and be swept away by show sensitive he seems to fans’ needs. Like I said, usually he does something to merit me squeeing.

GQ UK caught up with him in London where he’s promoting the Jameson-Empire Done In Sixty Seconds short film competition. Tom is an “ambassador” for the festival, natch, and is part of the BFC Menswear Committee. Swanky, swanky. He’s also been shooting Thor: The Dark World in Iceland and elsewhere, which warms my heart to see him so busy.

Read more: http://crushable.com/entertainment/tom-hiddleston-gq-uk-interview-quotes-favorite-drink-soundtrack-523/#ixzz2CKXvcMUV

Keira Knightley - Keira Knightley has seen a ghost 14 November 2012 (CONTACT MUSIC)

Keira Knightley once found a ghost in her hotel room.

The 27-year-old actress has never believed in the supernatural, but thinks that can be the only explanation for the encounter she had with a mystery man who ''disappeared'' in front of her eyes.

She told TV talk show host Jay Leno: ''I was staying in a hotel in this city [Los Angeles]. The room had a bedroom and a sitting room. I walked into the sitting room. I'd just got out of the shower. There was a guy sitting on the sofa.

''He had a burgundy shirt on and he had short black hair and I thought 'Oh some guy has come into my room.' I said to him 'I'm really sorry, you're in my room,' and he disappeared.

''Then my mum came in and was like 'Who are you talking to?' and I'm standing there.

'I don't think I'd been drinking, it was early in the morning so I can't figure out what it was other than a ghost. He was so real, then all of a sudden he wasn't there.''

READ MORE: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/keira-knightley-has-seen-a-ghost_3372972

GAMBIT CLIP: Pantsless Harry (Colin Firth) at the Savoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjn1fiA4aM&feature=relmfu

Wonderful video - Downton Abbey the Musical!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPydC0z77Dc

VOICES OFF PRODUCTIONS

Brilliant

Dan Stevens: Theater Review: ‘The Heiress’ The rich and poor: bleak and empty By Judd Hollander (EPOCH TIMES)

NEW YORK—Watching the very gripping Broadway revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s 1947 work “The Heiress,” one cannot help seeing the fatalistic resignation most of the characters carry in this story.

Based on a novel by Henry James, the play mixes family dysfunction with a debilitating cynicism.


Catherine Sloper (Jessica Chastain) lives in a Washington Square town house in 1850 New York City with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper (David Strathairn). She is a terribly shy, plain-looking girl who would rather stay home embroidering instead of going out to dances or other social functions.

Also currently living with the Slopers is the Doctor’s widowed sister Lavinia (Judith Ivey).

Catherine’s relationship with her father is somewhat strained. He often treats her in a condescending manner, having little faith in his daughter’s ability to make her own way in the world.

Catherine’s only advantage, as he sees it, is her somewhat considerable inheritance, which also makes her a potential target for fortune hunters.

This danger becomes more than a possibility when Catherine meets Morris Townsend (Dan Stevens), a handsome but poor man, who quickly falls in love with the future heiress.

Chastain paints a compelling and complex portrayal of Catherine, taking the character from an awkward young woman to one who has her illusions shattered more than once. In the end she becomes just as empty as many of those around her.


Stevens does an excellent job as Morris, a charmer and probable cad. Yet over the course of the play, he begins to develop an obvious attraction toward Catherine, much of it coming from lonely desperation. He needs the security she offers and perhaps also realizes her beauty within.

It’s a testament to Stevens’s acting skill and Moisés Kaufman’s direction that the character of Morris is so believable during his final scenes.

Colin Firth: I'd do opera with Diaz (FILM NEWS)

(Cover) - EN Movies - Colin Firth has joked he wants to appear in a Wagner opera with Cameron Diaz.

The pair had a blast making crime caper Gambit, with Colin playing an art curator who seeks revenge on his boss with the help of Cameron’s eccentric rodeo champion character.

While they enjoyed testing out their comic chops for the film, Colin has suggested they look for something rather more serious. He would like the pair to show off their singing skills and star in one of German composer Richard Wagner’s musical dramas for their next collaboration.

“Yes, I would love to work with Cameron again,” Colin told UK TV show Daybreak. “Let’s not be funny next time… We could appear in a Wagner opera.”

Cameron appeared to be enthusiastic about his idea, replying, “OK, yes, we can just be dramatic.”


READ MORE: http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=Firth:-Id-do-opera-with-Diaz&nItemID=15795

The Hobbit: New TV Spot (Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JxrW2T1F8KA

Here Are the Theaters Showing The Hobbit at 48fps By Bryant Frazer (STUDIO DAILY)

Click here to see the list of theaters that will present The Hobbit" in it's special format

In case you missed it, the Los Angeles Times reported last week that The Hobbit will screen at its native 48fps projection rate in only about 450 North American movie theaters — probably a little more than 10 percent of the screens the film will eventually be booked on in the U.S. and Canada.

For those who like to plan in advance, the film's official website has posted a list of theaters that are booked to screen the film in what is now known as "HFR 3D." The "HFR" stands for high-frame-rate, of course, and the HFR version of The Hobbit will only be screened in 3D. It's not quite clear if this list is exhaustive. We count 385 U.S. theaters and another 49 in Canada for a total of 434. It's possible that more could convert before the film's December 14 (or midnight December 13, depending on how you look at it) opening.


READ MORE: http://www.studiodaily.com/2012/11/here-are-the-theaters-showing-the-hobbit-at-48fps/

Kenneth Branagh to play Macbeth among church-goers Manchester festival has honour of actor's first Shakespeare role in 10 years in 'immersive' staging within deconsecrated church (THE GUARDIAN)

Sir Kenneth Branagh performs the lead in Richard III at the Crucible in Sheffield in 2002. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Unless you count his performance of "the isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest at the Olympics opening ceremony, it has been a decade since Kenneth Branagh played a Shakespeare role on the stage: that was Richard III at the Crucible in Sheffield.

Next year, however, the actor is to take on one of the most testing parts in the repertoire: Macbeth. And he will do it in the intimate circumstances of a deconsecrated church in Manchester, to an audience of not more than 300 at a time. According to Alex Poots, the director of the Manchester international festival: "It will certainly not be the audience observing the action from a distance, behind the proscenium arch. They'll feel very involved. It will be an immersive experience."

The festival, said Poots, had tempted Branagh through its experience of making work in unconventional spaces and unexpected ways, citing two projects conceived for the 2009 festival: the architect Zaha Hadid designed a pavilion specially for performances of Bach, and It Felt Like A Kiss, a dystopian vision of America, was performed in a derelict office block by theatre company Punchdrunk and documentary maker Adam Curtis.

Rob Ashford, behind acclaimed productions of Anna Christie and A Streetcar Named Desire at London's Donmar Warehouse, is to co-direct Macbeth, along with Branagh, who was knighted this month. In fact intimacy might be regarded as a keynote of the first shows announced for the 2013 festival, which runs from 4 to 21 July.

READ MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/nov/14/kenneth-branagh-macbeth-church-manchester

Henry Cavill:"As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes," Snyder says. (IFC)

“Man of Steel” is a “more serious version of Superman,” says Zack Snyder

“Man of Steel” might be coming out next year, but there’s little that we actually know about the movie. We know it stars Henry Cavill as Superman and are pretty sure it stars Michael Shannon as Zod, though director Zack Snyder has been coy about that casting in the past. We also know it had the help of Christopher Nolan, so it likely should have the same tone as his “The Dark Knight” trilogy. But beyond that, we’re at a loss.

The only time we’ve seen official footage from the movie was in the two teaser trailers released back in July, and they didn’t show us much. We’re likely due for a full theatrical trailer over the next couple of months, but for now we just need to take Snyder’s word that this is a movie we should all be dying to see.

“It’s a more serious version of Superman,” he said. “It’s not like a heart attack. We took the mythology seriously. We take him as a character seriously. I believe the movie would appeal to anyone. I think that you’re going to see a Superman you’ve never seen before. We approached it as though no other films had been made. He’s the king-daddy.”

read more: http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/11/man-of-steel-superman-zack-snyder

Jon Hamm And Daniel Radcliffe Bathe Together In New Trailer For British Miniseries Christina Austin (BUSINESS INSIDER)

At first glance, the new trailer for British miniseries "A Young Doctor's Notebook" looks like a parody skit out of "Saturday Night Live." The opening scene of the trailer shows "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe and "Mad Men" actor Jon Hamm in a small bathtub together, with Radcliffe asking Hamm to pass him the loofa. The miniseries, based on a short story collection by Russian playwright Mikhail Bulgakov, takes place in a small Russian village in early 1917 during the dawn of the Russian Revolution.



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Michael Fassbender & Andrew Scott Make Hospital Club’s Hot 100 14 Nov 2012 : By Eva Hall (IFTN)

Irish actors Michael Fassbender and Andrew Scott have made the Hospital Club’s Hot 100 List this year.
The Hospital Club is a members’ club for those in the creative industries, and curates the prestigious list each year with the aim to celebrate “all those individuals who have brought the most influence, innovation and inspiration to the British Creative and Media industries in the past 12 months.”

Fassbender is the only Irish filmmaker listed in the Film category, which also features ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ star Tom Hardy, ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ actor Paddy Considine, ‘Trainspotting’ director Danny Boyle and James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.

Dublin actor Scott is the only Irish entry in the TV category, listed alongside his ‘Sherlock’ co-star Benedict Cumberbatch, BBC presenter Clare Balding, and ‘This Is England’ actress Vicky McClure.

READ MORE:http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285580&tpl=archnews&force=1

Awesome Vintage 'Gambit' Poster with Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz by Ethan Anderton November 13, 2012 Source: Sky Movies (FIRST SHOWING)

Now this is something refreshing for a poster, even if it is a throwback to decades ago. Over in the United Kingdom, the Coen Brothers scripted remake of the 1966 caper flick Gambit from director Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) arrives in just over a week, right before Thanksgiving. Audiences in the United States will be waiting until early next year to see the heist comedy starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman, but in the meantime, you can check out this awesome throwback poster that takes cues from the decade of the film being remade. It looks like an old school James Bond poster.  

READ MORE: http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/awesome-vintage-gambit-poster-with-colin-first-cameron-diaz/

Video - Colin Firth, Alan Rickman at the Apple Store

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COLIN FIRTH REVEALS HE WILL BE IN THIRD BRIDGET JONES FILM (EXPRESS CO.UK) By Lizzie Catt with Lisa Higgins and Jack Teague

The Oscar-winning star of new movie Gambit, says: “Second films are hard but I’m excited about a third because Bridget and Mark will be older. The plot will likely revolve around being married and having kids.”

But will Darcy get his kit off this time? Colin tells Woman magazine: “As an actor, by the time you reach your 40s and you’ve done a few films there’s always sex somewhere.”

READ MORE: http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/358021

Montgomery sees Judi Dench’s star turn in ‘Philomena’ (WASHINGTON POST) By St. John Barned-Smith | The Gazette, Published: November 12

The British have come to Montgomery County, and this time they’ve brought their cameras.

British Broadcasting Corp. film crews were on hand in Poolesville and Potomac this week filming “Philomena,” directed by Stephen Frears and starring British actors Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.


The movie, based on a true story, tells the tale of an unmarried Irish woman who gives birth to a son, Anthony, in 1952. According to Martin Sixsmith, who wrote the book the movie is based on, Catholic nuns “whisked away” the baby and sold it to an American couple. Philomena spent decades trying to find the son, who was renamed Michael Hess and served as chief legal counsel to former president George H.W. Bush.

The BBC spent two days filming scenes in St. Paul’s Community Church on Sugarland Road in Poolesville.

Caroline Taylor, a consultant who helped the church coordinate with the film producers, said, “I thought it might be Cable Montgomery,” when she first heard a film company wanted to use the site in a movie. She said she thought that perhaps the church, which has a rich history as the center of a freed slave community whose descendants still live nearby, would be part of a documentary.

Then she heard it was the BBC, and thought, “Holy cow, they’re making a full motion picture,” she said.

For the filming in Poolesville, the crew had to transform the historically Protestant St. Paul’s church into Catholic St. Anthony’s.

Gaithersburg resident Gwen Hebron Reese, trustee of St. Paul’s and an extra in the movie, said that she didn’t realize how big a production the whole thing would be at first.

“I’d heard of [Judi Dench], but I’m not a movie person. … I’m more of a book person,” said Reese, who grew up in Poolesville and now lives in Gaithersburg.

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Happy Birthday, Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond ...

Born: November 13, 1969 (age 43), Paisley
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Upcoming movies: Movie 43, Playing for Keeps, How to Train Your Dragon 2
Siblings: Lynn Butler, Brian Butler



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Alan Rickman - Alan Rickman not bothered about going nude 13 November 2012 (CONTACT MUSIC)

(I forgot from whom I stole this image, so if it's yours, or you know, please post the credit and the link in the comments.  I apologize.  I just thought it was terrific)

Alan, 66, joked about the experience, telling the Daily Star newspaper: ''Sometimes you can get costumes you can't bear wearing. So it was a relief not to have to say, 'I don't like this costume.'''

The film - a remake about an art curator who takes revenge on his boss by selling him a fake Monet painting - also stars Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth, and Michael added the latter had the film crew in stitches with his unintentionally hilarious behaviour on set.

He said: ''Colin is more unintentionally funny. Cameron you're always laughing along with. Sometimes with Colin you get to laugh at him.''

Speaking about a scene with a real-live lion, he added: ''The stuff that always made me laugh was the lion, who was at times more interested in the art on the wall than he was in Colin. That was a little embarrassing for Colin because he was supposed to be under threat from this lion and it was literally looking at these pictures behind him.''

'Gambit', with a screenplay by Joel and Ethan Cohen, is in cinemas now.


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Michelle is Obarmy about ITV's Downton Abbey First Lady pleads for DVDs before official launch (THE SUN)

Exclusive By COLIN ROBERTSON Published: 11 hrs ago

FIRST Lady Michelle Obama is so obsessed with Downton Abbey she begged ITV chiefs to send over the third series ahead of its official US launch date, it was revealed yesterday.

President Barack is also a fan of the Brit costume drama and the couple could not wait until January 6, when the new episodes air in the United States.

So his wife pulled a few strings — and now the Obamas can cuddle up on the White House couch and catch up with UK viewers.

A source on the hit ITV1 show said: “We know it’s very popular in America as it’s so quintessentially British. We’d heard the Obamas liked to watch it but we were very surprised when someone from the First Lady’s office got in touch asking for the series.


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Anna Karenina - Wonderful BEHIND THE SCENES video w/rehearsals, filming

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Yet Another Matthew Macfadyen Anna Karenina interview - this with "Manny"

I love Manny's interviews with "Mister Matthew" - They had a great one for Frost/Nixon I think that involved Oliver Platt and a lot of laughter.  Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSFkQTs5mo

Tom Hiddleston pictures from theMoet & Chandon VIP Suite during day eight of the ATP World Finals at the O2 Arena on November 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images) 2012 Dave M. Benett

All pictures are from the I Love Tom Hiddleston Loki Page

New Bridget Jones Novel for 2013! (FEMALE FIRST)

Jonathan Cape has acquired the new Bridget Jones novel by Helen Fielding. The novel explores a different phase in Bridget’s life and will be published in Autumn 2013.  The first two Bridget Jones novels were huge international bestsellers, published in forty countries and selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

Richard Cable, Managing Director of Vintage Publishing (a Random House Group Company), acquired UK and Commonwealth rights on sole submission from Gillon Aitken of Aitken Alexander Associates. Jonathan Cape will publish in Autumn 2013. Vintage will publish the novel in paperback in 2014.

Dan Franklin, Publisher of Jonathan Cape, said: ‘Great comic writers are as rare as hen’s teeth. Helen is one of a very select band who have created a character, Bridget, of whom the very thought makes you smile. Like millions of others I can’t wait to see what’s happened to her.’

READ MORE: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/Helen+Fielding-266033.html

Chiswick eco-campaigner, Livia Firth, honoured for her work on ethical fashion

Ethical fashion campaigner Livia Firth has been recognized as an international ‘Leader of Change' 2012 for her work with the fashion industry.

The founder of the Green Carpet challenge, who is married to Oscar-winner Colin Firth, was chosen by the Foundation for Social Change in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Partnerships for her work highlighting supply-chain ethics in fashion.

‘Receiving this award is a great honour and a wonderful recognition of everything the Green Carpet Challenge has achieved so far,’ says Livia.

‘The Foundation for Social Change sits perfectly with GCC values. We believe passionately in putting environmental and social justice on a platform with world class design and production.’

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Ray Stevenson: "Dexter" Episode 7.08, "Argentina" Synopsis (11/18/12 Airdate) (DREAD CENTRAL)

"Dexter" Episode 7.08, "Argentina" Synopsis (11/18/12 Airdate)

Fresh out of jail, Isaak (Ray Stevenson) renews his pursuit of Dexter (Michael C. Hall) while Quinn (Desmond Harrington) continues his power struggle with the Koshkas. Dexter tries to keep Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) in the dark about his relationship with Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski), but a surprise visit from Astor, Cody, and Harrison throws a wrench into his plans.

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GAMBIT World Premiere Interviews w/Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtenay, Cameron Diaz

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If you can stay awake for the first couple of people it's worth it to see Tom Courtenay, Alan Rickman and the gorgeous...Colin Firth

Daniel Day-Lewis channels Clint Eastwood at BAFTA

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ANNA KARENINA REVIEW (CINEMA BLEND)

Reviewed By: Katey Rich

The film's biggest innovation is to set the entire story within a decaying old theater, a very literal translation of the prying eyes and strict rules of late 19th century Russian high society, where the upper class was so pretentious they spoke French amongst themselves. Wright uses the theater to stage all kinds of improbable scenes-- a horse race, an intimate bedroom encounter-- and occasionally lets us witness the stunning set changes, a choreography of actors and camera that rivals all the celebrated long takes in Wright's previous films. Characters sit among the footlights when they want to be alone, chatter up in the opera boxes to gossip-- but they are always trapped in this dilapidated theater, with no awareness that the world might change around them.

The one exception to this is Levin (Domnhall Gleeson), a farmer who only begrudgingly visits high society but who falls hard for a young girl (Alicia Vikander) who initially rejects him. Early on Levin pushes open the back door of the stage to walk into a snowy field, a simple but stunning photography trick that sets up a fascinating contrast between "real" and artificial spaces (in a film where, of course, everything is fictional). As Anna (Knightley) begins her torturous affair with the young, caddish Vronsky (Aaron Taylor Johnson) they frolic among real hedges and in fields of flowers, but they inexorably return to the theater, where gossips make their lives impossible. And even when Anna visits the frigid bedroom she shares with her stern husband (a marvelous Jude Law), the bedchamber can open up to the wings of the stage without warning. Love-- for a wife or husband, for a child, for an illicit affair-- is real in this story; it's the world itself that can constantly shift and redefine everything.

Tom Stoppard's fluid, very streamlined adaptation makes Anna Karenina a series of love stories, with the politics left to the fringes for curious viewers. The focus on Levin and Kitty's slow courtship contrasts beautifully with Anna and Vronsky's fevered affair, and though the martial fracture between Oblonsky and Dolly is one of the film's quieter notes, they're played so beautifully by Matthew MacFadyen and Kelly MacDonald that they feel essential as well. Wright is famous for working with the same technical team on every film, and all the elements of production here-- from Dario Marianelli's propulsive score to Jacqueline Durran's bravura costumes to Seamus McGarvey's sharp cinematography-- synch up so perfectly that the movie sweeps you along like the train on one of Anna's immense dresses. Anna Karenina is a massive, boldly imagined work, the rare novel adaptation that's purely, thrillingly cinematic.

READ MORE: http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Anna-Karenina-6160.html