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.

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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.

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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.

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Gerard Butler: Movie trailer, PLAYING FOR KEEPS

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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.

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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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Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock: TV Worth Reading (HUFFINGTON POST)

Stephanie Earp

BBC's "Sherlock," the latest take on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective (who has been portrayed onscreen more than 70 different ways), does this beautifully.

I've just discovered the show, but most of my TV watching friends haven't heard of it. If you, like them, haven't caught on to this series yet, go do it. You might be able to get it on demand, and the first season is on Netflix. The structure of the show is a bit odd, at first. Instead of a handful of hour-long episodes, each series consists of three 90-minute mini-movies based on Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

I've watched five so far, and I'm in that delicious period where I'm dying to watch the last one, but also want to save it. Knowing I've got more than a piddly 44 minutes coming my way makes it bearable. Set in modern-day London, the newest Sherlock has access to forensic labs, nicotine patches, and smartphones, but he is, in every way that counts, utterly faithful to the literary original.

Forget Robert Downey Jr. -- this one is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, a Brit (obviously with that handle) who bears a passing resemblance to the young Dennis Quaid, and clearly has no qualms about chewing the scenery.

His Dr. Watson is played by Martin Freeman (from the original "Office" and the underrated "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") as I imagine Bill Bryson might. In other words, he is happily amazed by most things, occasionally cranky, and always soothed by a nice cup of tea. The thing I'm most enjoying about indulging in the show is how light-hearted it is.

All the really good TV right now is so dark. I'm as excited as the next guy about the return of "Game of Thrones" this April, but it's nice to watch something that doesn't involve people being crippled, beheaded and thrown into dungeons.

"Sherlock" is delightfully fun. It's obvious, in the execution and from the fan reaction, that this show is being made by people who adored the source material. (One of the creators also plays Sherlock's brother Mycroft, a character whose fictional other life I've been following avidly in the "Thursday Next" novels by Jasper Fforde. Check those out too, while you're at it.)


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