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L.A. BAFTA event attended by Prince William, Kate Middleton
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts’ planned “Brits to Watch” event just added two extremely watchable Brits to its RSVP list. Prince William and Kate Middleton will attend the inaugural event, scheduled for July 9 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, THR reports. Prince William actually is president of BAFTA, and will...
Warner Bros brings exclusive content to China
There has been a lot of conversation lately about bringing entertainment options from Hollywood to China, which opens the industry up to a potentially massive audience. Today, one studio took a big step in the right direction to making that dream a reality. Warner Bros. Entertainment says it will begin offering its films nationally On...
Natalie Portman welcomes baby boy
It’s a boy for “Black Swan” star Natalie Portman, who delivered her first child Tuesday night. The Oscar-winning actress, notorious for her privacy, endured the entire awards season while pregnant. Portman met the baby’s father, Benjamin Millepied, on the set of Darren Aronofsky’s “Swan,” where he served as her chief choreographer. No word on the...
AMC Theatres will host Sarah Palin documentary
The AMC Theatres chain has agreed to release the Sarah Palin documentary, “The Undefeated,” starting on July 15. The film, which chronicles Palin’s move from Alaska governor to vice presidential candidate in 2008, is directed by Steven K. Bannon and independently produced by Victory Film Group. “AMC is committed to providing distinct content to diverse...
Dakota Fanning graduates from high school
Congratulations to Dakota Fanning, who graduated North Hollywood’s Campbell Hall Episcopal High School Monday night at the ripe old age of 17. Now go get a job! Oh, that’s right. Fanning consistently has acted since 2000 when she took her first gig on the NBC hit “E.R.” Most notably, she’s tearing it up in the...
“Born This Way” by Lady Gaga banned in Lebanon
What the heck is happening overseas? The United States are supposed to be conservative, with the rest of the world loosening its restrictions on modern media. But first we get a story that Britain has banned a sequel to “The Human Centipede” because of lewd and graphic sexual behavior, and now Lady Gaga is being...
“Darkly” stage play scores raves for Carey Mulligan
Before audiences will be able to see her in Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) has taken to the stage for an production of “Through a Glass Darkly,” and the reviews so far are spectacular. A stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1961 film, “Darkly” casts Mulligan as a schizophrenic young...
Wedding footage revealed of “Twilight: Breaking Dawn”
It is a 15-second tease to a very brief scene that won’t be shown for at least a few more days, but when it comes to “The Twilight Saga,” fans will take every crumb that falls from the Hollywood publicity table. And so we bring you this incredibly quick commercial for “Breaking Dawn: Part 1,”...
Alyson Hannigan spills “American Reunion” plot details
So far, the entire cast of the original “American Pie” films have agreed to return for Universal’s comedy sequel “American Reunion,” from Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott to Tara Reid and Mena Suvari. Up until this point, however, we didn’t know what to expect beyond gratuitous nudity, toilet humor and one or two lessons...
Who would direct fifth “Pirates” movie if it happens
You just can’t keep a good pirate down. Though Disney’s fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film didn’t set box office records in the States (earning $166 million to date), the film has made more than enough on the international market (a whopping $472M so far) to justify talk of setting sail on a fifth adventure....
Trilogy to be four films of “Hunger Games”
Since when did one book need two movie adaptations? Did the trend start with “The Deathly Hallows” being divided into two parts? Then there’s Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit,” for example. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote several novels, but only one “Hobbit.” Yet because studios know fans are willing to pay for two movie tickets to see two...
Opening for a comedy “Hangover 2″ has highest-grossing
The cure for Hollywood’s “Hangover” appears to be money … and lots of it. While many expected Todd Phillips’ “Hangover” sequel to perform well at the box office, I’m not sure many anticipated it to top $135 million over the five-day frame. But the fact that the comedy sequel wasn’t frontloaded, and that it performed...
Transformers TV spots tease massive robot carnage
We’re now officially in the thick of the summer blockbuster season, where virtually every scene at your neighborhood multiplex has some big-budget popcorn adventure, sequel, or 3D animated feature beckoning audience members. And it only gets bigger. As “The Hangover Part II” and “Kung Fu Panda 2” start punching their way across movie screens, Michael...
Disney withdraws Navy SEAL Team 6 request
It was lining up to be a potential Jerry Bruckheimer production, or a possible successor to the “National Treasure” franchise. But now another studio will be telling the story of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, the unit that captured and killed Osama Bin Laden. Walt Disney Co. withdrew its application with the U.S. Patent and...
Julia Roberts “Snow White” finds its dwarves
Another day, another update on a “Snow White” production. At least this one doesn’t have anything to do with a date shift. As the rival “Snow White” productions continue to jockey for proper release dates, Tarsem Singh’s version of the classic fairy tale continues to round out its cast. Julia Roberts already has been brought...
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