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Jude Law Leads Brit Hopes At Berlin Film Festival (SKY NEWS)

Among the contenders for the Golden Bear top film award is Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, which stars Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Soderbergh has said that Side Effects is to be his last movie, and it tackles the world of prescribed drugs, with Law playing a Manhattan doctor who tries to help a depressed wife by giving her a new superdrug.

Also in contention in Berlin is Prince Avalanche, starring Paul Rudd and the fracking drama Promised Land, which features Matt Damon.

New Dreamworks 3D animation The Croods has also debuted at the festival, with Nicola Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone among those providing voices in the prehistoric comedy.

The Berlin prize can raise the profile of low-budget films to a global audience and is an important event in the movie calendar.

Away from the bigger Hollywood films, the impact of Europe-wide austerity measures has provided inspiration for film-makers from countries hardest hit by the financial crisis.

READ MORE: http://news.sky.com/story/1052969/jude-law-leads-brit-hopes-at-berlin-film-festival

‘Side Effects’ exclusive cast interviews, Jude Law sings Posted on: 2:06 pm, February 7, 2013, by Jacki Jing (FOX 31)

FOX31 Denver got the Colorado exclusive interviews with the stars of the new film “Side Effects.” And those stars didn’t hesitate to let us know how much they love our fair state.

READ MORE; http://kdvr.com/2013/02/07/side-effects-stars-gush-about-denver-jude-law-even-sings/

Channing Tatum & Jude Law Get High On Their Own Supply Of Hotness In Side Effects! (PEREZ HILTON)

How did director Steven Soderbergh fit this many pretty people into the same film!?

Side Effects is a cautionary tale of prescription medication gone tragically wr… Oh, who cares what it's about!?

For fifteen bucks next month you can share a dark theater with Jude Law, Channing Tatum, and a bucket of deliciously oily popcorn — does the film's plot really matter?? LOLz!!

Ch-ch-check out the super suspenseful new international trailer for the flick (above) — watch it on mute if you want, we won't mind!

READ MORE: http://perezhilton.com/2013-01-24-side-effects-international-trailer-channing-tatum-jude-law#.UQKg3Ic1k8c

Gerard Butler - Gerard Butler Meets Sick Kids At Special Movie Screening 29 November 2012 (CONTACT MUSIC)

Scottish actor Gerard Butler attended a special screening of his new film Playing For Keeps for ill children in Los Angeles on Wednesday (28Nov12).

The 300 star thrilled young patients from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles by walking the red carpet at a benefit premiere for his new comedy at the ArcLight cinema.

The smiling hunk mixed with poorly kids, and delighted one young patient by lifting her up and giving her a hug.

READ MORE: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/gerard-butler-meets-sick-kids-at-special-movie-screening_3394782

Gerard Butler: When Is He Not Playing For Keeps?? 10/20/2012 7:33 AM ET | Filed under: Jessica Biel (PEREZ HILTON)

We have a pretty good feeling about this new Gerard Butler flick, but we just can't quite put our finger on why — perhaps it helps to see the actors, including Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid, talk about what drew them to the material!

If not, it must just be some magical vibe, because we are feelin' Playing For Keeps, which is a:
'… romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Butler) who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an “adult” are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive “soccer moms” who pursue him at every turn. "Playing For Keeps" is directed by Gabriele Muccino, the director of "The Pursuit of Happyness."

READ MORE: http://perezhilton.com/2012-10-20-gerard-butler-jessica-biel-playing-for-keeps-inside-look-trailer#.UIS9K8XA-RY

GERARD BUTLER'S A SOCCER DAD (SHE KNOWS)

In the mood for a hilarious and heartwarming comedy? This December, Gerard Butler stars in Playing for Keeps, which is all that and more. Don't believe us? SheKnows has an exclusive trailer for the film, co-starring Jessica Biel and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Gerard Butler is heading to a soccer field near you. The Scottish actor, alongside Jessica Biel, headlines the upcoming film Playing for Keeps. It's a combination of a romantic comedy mixed with a coming-of-age story.

read more: http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/973759/exclusive-trailer-gerard-butler-is-playing-for-keeps

Ray Stevenson, Clive Owen: THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

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

Clive Owen looks about twelve years old, and Ray Stevenson looks about thirteen.  This is a 1994 adaptation of Thomas Hardy's book, don't know where it was ever shown but they all look really pretty.  Catherine Zeta Jones must have taken off from school that day...

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WATCH: Gerard Butler Coaches Kids, Woos Soccer Moms in Playing For Keeps WATCH THIS || BY: JEN YAMATO || AUGUST 8, 2012 01:35 PM EDT (MOVIE LINE)

I'll go see this Playing for Keeps because it vaguely reminds me of those '90s rom-coms that used to star Michelle Pfeiffer and Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and John Cusack, the kind of movies about grown-ups of a certain age dealing with parenting and careers and their own crippling failings while still falling in love. (Like I said: A vague reminder. Let's just all blow off work and go Netflix One Fine Day, shall we?) Also, those brief soccer-tot scenes remind me of Ladybugs. And The Big Green. And I kinda want to see Gerard Butler juggle a few balls and shoot a Gatorade bottle off a goalpost with a soccer ball. For that matter, forget Butler: I'd like to see Biel, reportedly a soccer ace in real life, dribble circles around Butler on the pitch. Give me that movie, Hollywood.

Read More at:http://movieline.com/2012/08/08/gerard-butler-soccer-playing-for-keeps-jessica-biel/

Gerard Butler: Movie trailer, PLAYING FOR KEEPS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xt09JuAnxc&feature=player_embedded

First Look at Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel in PLAYING FOR KEEPS COURTNEY HOWARD AUGUST 6, 2012 (VERY AWARE)

Here’s the official synopsis:

Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid star in PLAYING FOR KEEPS a romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Butler) who returns home to put his life back together.  Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team.  But his attempts to finally become an “adult” are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive “soccer moms” who pursue him at every turn.  PLAYING FOR KEEPS  is directed by Gabriele Muccino, the director of THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS.

Also co-starring Judy Greer (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), PLAYING FOR KEEPS opens in theaters on December 7th.

READ MORE: http://veryaware.com/2012/08/first-look-at-gerard-bulter-and-jessica-biel-in-playing-for-keeps/

Gerard Butler: FilmDistrict Renames Gerard Butler Soccer Comedy ‘Playing For Keeps’ By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 16, 2012 @ 7:21pm PDT

The newly titled Playing For Keeps (formerly Playing The Field) remains set for a December 7 wide release from FilmDistrict, which acquired the title at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The Nu Image/Millennium Films comedy stars Gerard Butler as a retired soccer pro who, burnt out on his playboy lifestyle and bankrupt, moves back to Virginia to reconnect with his estranged ex-wife (Jessica Biel) and son (Noah Lomax). He starts to coach the boys’ soccer team but is tested by the sexy soccer moms and desperate housewives he must deal with. Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones also star. Gabriele Muccino directed the Robbie Fox screenplay.


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Hand me Downton: How dresses in ITV hit have been recycled from other major films (Daily Mail)

Gowns and accessories previously worn by stars including Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson and Catherine Zeta-Jones

• 'You can’t supply originals to everyone because it would make an already expensive programme simply unaffordable', says costumier Tim Angel

By Sadie Whitelocks
Last updated at 8:45 PM on 9th January 2012


Despite the second series boasting a £12 million price tag, behind-the-scenes Downton Abbey has enforced some cost saving tactics.

Attentive viewers have spotted that ITV's flagship show has secretly been recycling hand-me-down costumes from old period dramas in a bid to cut costs.

Many of the sumptuous gowns and accessories worn by the programme's leading ladies have previously clothed the likes of Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson and Catherine Zeta-Jones in classic screenplays ranging from Howard's End to A Room With A View.

Spot the difference? Emma Thompson in 1992 film Howard's End, Catherine Zeta Jones in 2007 thriller Death Defying Acts and Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey wear the same floral shirt

According to Katie Bugg, a designer who runs Recycledmoviecostumes.com this is common practice on expensive productions to ensure budgets don't overrun.

She states: 'Recycled movie costumes are gowns that often appear in one production and then go on to be used in another.

 'Many movies have very small costume budgets, which means that instead of making all of the costumes, the designer is forced to rent costumes from a costume house.

'Sometimes costumes are altered significantly to give it a new look, and sometimes the dress is used as it appeared for the first time.'

In one scene Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary Crawley in the hit Edwardian drama, wears a floral blouse first seen on actress Emma Thompson in 1992 film Howard's End. 

The same costume is also worn by Catherine Zeta Jones as Mary McGarvie in the supernatural romantic thriller Death Defying Acts.

In Downtown Abbey, Michelle Dockery recycles a gown previously seen in Finding Neverland in 2004

Dockery wears an elaborate black choker worn by Monica Bellucci in the film Brotherhood Of The Wolf

It is not the only costume shared by Zeta Jones and Dockery.

The Downton actress recycles a red dress worn by the Welsh Actress in the same 2007 film opposite Guy Pearce.

Continuing the trend, Dockery wears a fetching silky green dress with sheer arms, a frock that had previously been worn by Radha Mitchell when portraying the wife of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland in 2004. 

And on a separate occasion, she is seen in an elaborate black choker so distinctive that viewers remembered Monica Bellucci wearing the same accessory in the film Brotherhood Of The Wolf almost a decade ago.

Tim Angel, whose costume firm Angels provided many of Downtown Abbey’s frocks, said: ‘I would say around two-thirds of the costumes you see in Downton are from stock and have been used before.

'There is nothing wrong with that. You can’t supply originals to everyone because it would make an already expensive programme simply unaffordable.’

Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora Crawley, adorns a similar outfit to Uma Thurman in The Golden Bowl

Dame Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham appears in a long-sleeved, teal silk dress (right) also worn by Thurman in the 2000 film, The Golden Bowl

The frock worn by Laura Carmichael (right) was worn by Elaine Cassidy in the 2007 hit A Room With A View

Dockery is not the only actress that has been caught out by eagle-eyed viewers.

Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora Crawley, adorns a very similar outfit to Uma Thurman's character in The Golden Bowl, although the gown appears to have been altered slightly by dressmakers. 

Dame Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham also appears in a long-sleeved, teal silk dress. as worn by Thurman in the same 2000 film.

And if viewers felt they were familiar with the ivory summer dress worn by Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley, archive pictures reveal why.

The dress had appeared three years earlier, in 2007, on Lucy Honeychurch, played by Elaine Cassidy, whose story was detailed in A Room with a View - a drama also shown on ITV.

Despite the cost cutting measure, some characters, such as Samantha Bond’s Lady Rosamund Painswick, were dressed entirely in outfits hired from outside.

Recycledmoviecostumes.com, showcases many similar examples from other period dramas.
One brown dress has appeared in seven productions over the past 15 years, including Pride & Prejudice, Vanity Fair, Little Dorrit and The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister.

Meanwhile, a yellow ball gown created for the 1994 film The Madness Of King George has made six more appearances, one of them in a 2006 episode of Doctor Who.

Downton Abbey, which tells the story of a fictional estate in North Yorkshire, first aired in September 2010 and has since been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards.

A third season will be broadcast in September this year.

Downton Abbey, which tells the story of a fictional estate in North Yorkshire, first aired in September 2010 and has since been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards

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IOAN GRUFFUDD BID TO SAVE A FARM

 

ABOVE: Fantastic Four star Ioan Grufford

We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to protect a small corner of Snowdonia

Ioan Gruffudd

11th October 2011

By Daily Star Reporter

IOAN Gruffudd has stepped in to help save a farm in his Welsh homeland.

The Fantastic Four star, 38, is backing a £1million National Trust appeal to buy Llyndy Isaf in Snowdonia.  He joins fellow movie stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, 42, and Matthew Rhys, 36, in the campaign.

Ioan said: “We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to protect a small corner of Snowdonia.”

The charity’s bid to buy the iconic 600-acre site in Nant Gwynant is its biggest countryside appeal in a decade.