Sunday 31 March 2013
'Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Preview: The Challenges Ahead Kit Harington, Sophie Turner and more weigh in on their arcs ahead of Sunday's premiere. By Amy Wilkinson (@AmyMWilk) (MTV)
Winter came to New York on Wednesday (March 27), sweeping in on a cloud alongside "Game of Thrones" The Exhibition, a touring collection of Westeros memorabilia (think: Joffrey Baratheon's crossbow and Ned Stark's head!), co-sponsored by HBO and Time Warner Cable. And many of the realm's famous faces were also on hand at the VIP fete, where they gamely teased what fans of the epic should expect when season three premieres on Sunday.
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"I think it's resisting advances from a certain lady, and he's going to find that very hard," Harington told MTV News of his character's struggles this season. "[Also] convincing Mance Rayder and the Wildlings that he's a gentleman who wants to break free from the Night's Watch and be part of them. He's a spy in enemy territory, and he has to convince them that he is one of them and convince himself of that [which] can be ultimately quite confusing."
Meanwhile, half-sister Sansa (played by Sophie Turner) will try to evade her royal captor, former fiancé Joffrey.
READ MORE: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704639/game-of-thrones-season-3-preview.jhtml
HBO: 'Game of Thrones' piracy is a compliment by James Hibberd (EW)
Not too bad, apparently.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo spoke to EW about the rampant illegal downloading of the network’s fantasy hit drama Game of Thrones, which returns for its third season tonight.
The show’s second season was recently released to record-setting DVD sales for the network. But in December, Thrones topped another chart that is far more dubious — Thrones ranked as the most illegally downloaded TV series for 2012. “I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts,” Lombardo said. “The demand is there. And it certainly didn’t negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.”
The show is currently, on a per-season basis, the network’s top money-earner despite widespread piracy of the show, the executive confirmed. “If you look at aggregate of international and DVD sales — which are the two revenue streams we look at since we’re not selling it domestically on another platform — yes, absolutely, in terms of shows we have on now,” Lombardo said.
In fact, one of Lombardo’s issues with piracy is a creative one. The executive expressed concern that illegal copies can be of poor quality when the Thrones team takes pride in lavishly producing the show. “One of my worries is about the copies [downloaders are] seeing,” Lombardo said. “The production values of this show are so incredible. So I’m hoping that in the purloined different generation of cuts that the show is holding up.”
READ MORE: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/31/hbo-thrones-piracy/
Ewan McGregor - Happy Birthday March 31
Ewan Gordon McGregor, OBE is a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films.
Born: March 31, 1971 (age 43), Perth
Height: 5' 10" (1.79 m)
Spouse: Eve Mavrakis (m. 1995)
Children: Jamiyan McGregor, Clara Mathilde McGregor, Anouk McGregor, Esther Rose McGregor
Songs El Tango de Roxanne 2002 Moulin Rouge
Your Song 2002 Moulin Rouge
Elephant Love Medley Come What May 2002 Moulin Rouge
Here's to Love 2003
Down with Love Choose Life 1997
Choose Life The Sweetest Gift Movies and TV shows The Impossible 2012 Trainspotting 1996 Jack the Giant Killer 2012 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 2011 Star Wars Episode I: The Phan... 1999
20 new photos of Tom Hardy on the set of ‘Animal Rescue’ in Brooklyn by CHRISTINE on MARCH 30, 2013 · in NEW YORK CITY, NEWS, ON LOCATION PHOTOS
This week Tom Hardy continued filming his latest project, Animal Rescue in Brooklyn, and once again he was nothing but gracious to all of the fans who waited near the set to meet him, and his co-star Noomi Rapace.
Tom never seems to mind meeting fans. Our readers have told us he’s taken the extra time to talk to their kids, pet their dogs, and sign their memorabilia, then he even thanks them for waiting for him to finish shooting!
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Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock may be filming in Cheltenham next week (THIS IS GLOUCESTERSHIRE)
HIT TV drama Sherlock is set to be filmed in Cheltenham early next week, the Echo understands.
Scenes from the BBC show, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role, will be filmed in Suffolk Parade after Highways chiefs gave it their seal of approval.
It raises the prospect of Cumberbatch haring through the town in his signature deer-stalker hat as he outwits criminal masterminds – aided by his trusty sidekick Watson, played by TheOffice star Martin Freeman.
A source close to the production company confirmed that filming would take place on Monday and Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Benedict-Cumberbatch-filming-Sherlock-Cheltenham/story-18563155-detail/story.html#ixzz2P8HTyrQ3
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Saturday 30 March 2013
Anna Karenina: Q&A With Matthew Macfadyen (Oblonsky) and Alicia Vikander (Kitty) Written by thespotlightreport
Thanks to Universal Sony, we got access to a very interesting Q&A with 2 of the stars of Anna Karenina, Matthew Macfadyen and Alicia Vikander.
Q. Matthew, what kind of man is Oblonsky in the movie?
A. Oblonsky is a lover of pleasures of the flesh. He likes women and food and drink. He is a social animal and is not introspective and is not burdened with a sense of guilt about his actions. But he is not a callous man. He loves his friends and he loves the love of his friends, and he fails a bit in his own marriage.
Q.But he tries to bring happiness to others…
A. Absolutely, yes. And that is quite touching. He is a perceptive man about people and their behaviour but can’t always shine that perception on his own relationships.
Q. Alicia, how is Kitty’s heart broken in Anna Karenina and how is that, ultimately, a positive thing?
A. At the start of the movie Kitty is very young and is introduced to society and she probably thinks that Count Vronsky is the Prince Charming who will come to steal her heart. But suddenly her own idea of life and love is torn down after Vronsky falls for Anna. And through that she starts to see life and herself another way and she becomes a woman and is able to look back and see that the person she really loved was with her the whole time [Levin, played by Domhnall Gleeson].
READ MORE: http://www.spotlightreport.net/movies/anna-karenina-qa-with-matthew-macfadyen-oblonsky-and-alicia-vikander-kitty
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH: Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of why he's so shy about his illustrious looks By ALISON BOSHOFF PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, UPDATED: 17:00 EST, 29 March 2013 (DAILY MAIL)
Leading man: Benedict Cumberbatch and rumoured past romance Lydia Hearst pictured together last year in Los Angeles
When actors work on set, their every need is catered for. And when Benedict Cumberbatch, the Sherlock actor who was once described as looking like a Meerkat in a Magimix, is delivered his coffee in a Styrofoam cup, he has his own sardonic way of making the experience more fun.
‘I try to get [the assistants] to write Sir Benedict on the cup,’ he says. ‘Occasionally, they oblige.’
As it turns out, he may not be a Sir but he is even posher than most of his fans previously thought.
However, despite giving dozens of interviews, he has never previously disclosed quite how illustrious his background is.
Why? Well, Cumberbatch is rather touchy about the subject of class. He told the Radio Times in August that he was fed up with ‘all the posh-bashing that goes on … It’s all so predictable. So domestic, so dumb. It makes me think I want to go to America.’
He continued, with some energy: ‘I wasn’t born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.’
Fair enough. But while his family isn’t exactly rolling in it, the Cumberbatches have long been extremely eminent in society circles — so much so that The Times newspaper extensively covered the 1934 wedding of his grandfather, Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, a submarine commander who was decorated in both World Wars.
Unusually, The Times illustrated the piece with a picture as well as a full description of the bride’s dress, flowers and headdress and a comprehensive list of the guests.
Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, by the way, was also described as a noted crack shot with a rifle, an exceptional rower and a ‘strong’ tennis player. His manly charm was noted by fellow officers.
Perhaps Benedict, who favours extreme sports such as paragliding and skydiving, gets some of his physical derring-do from that side of the family.
I can also reveal that his great-grandfather, Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, was the British Consul General in Smyrna, Turkey, and ruffled feathers with his protests against the slave trade in the area at the time.
Records show that in a single month in 1872, he made seven reports to the Foreign Office on the subject — and was instructed to turn a blind eye to the issue, and leave it to local authorities instead. He was also banned from sheltering slaves at the embassy.
Later, in recognition of his diplomatic service, he was created CMG — an honour sometimes known as ‘Call Me God’, a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael & St George.
Both men sound like the sort of relatives who would make one burst with pride. So why has Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch kept so quiet about them?
It seems Cumberbatch is rather sweetly angst-ridden about his high beginnings and the way he is publicly perceived. Nevertheless, he struggles to quash his patrician sense of proper standards.
Take the way he bemoaned modern culture in a recent interview: ‘It’s very hard getting into the car in the morning and listening to some radio station and thinking, “This is the level that people are engaging at on quite a few conversations.” ’
He went on: ‘I’m a firm believer in audiences being so much more intelligent than the s*** they get fed.’
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Henry Cavill: Major 'Man Of Steel' Rumor/Spoiler Looks Like It Might Be True NEWS BY KEVIN JAGERNAUTH (INDIEWIRE)
We shouldn't have to tell you, but fair warning and don't cry if you keep on reading past this: there will be major spoilers below. If you don't want "Man Of Steel" ruined for the love of God stop reading right here.
With that preamble out of the way, it just a day or so ago that writer David S. Goyer was deflecting questions about whether or not a female version of Jimmy Olsen or baddie Lex Luthor would be appearing in the Christopher Nolan produced, Zack Snyder directed "Man Of Steel." He would neither confirm nor deny, so of course, that just set the geeks to dig harder, and over at AICN, it seems they've put together the puzzle pieces that indeed seem to reveal that Lex Luthor will have some kind of appearance in the Superman movie.
READ MORE: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/major-man-of-steel-rumor-spoiler-looks-like-it-might-be-true-20130328
Helen Mirren heading to America with The Audience (EXPRESS)
DAME HELEN MIRREN is set to thrill her American fans with her portrayal of QUEEN ELIZABETH II in hit stage show THE AUDIENCE - the production is heading Stateside next year (14).
The actress has won rave reviews for her role as the monarch in Stephen Daldry's West End production, which dramatises pivotal meetings between the Queen and 12 prime ministers over 60 years - and now U.S. theatre fans will have the chance to see it.
The Daily Mail reports the show is set to open in New York in 2014, and Mirren will resume her role in the play, which is due to finish its London run in June (13).
The actress says, "There are talks and negotiations going on now, and I will be going to do the play over there around this time next year."
READ MORE: http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/387978/Helen-Mirren-heading-to-America-with-The-Audience
Tom Hollander: I was badly paid in Pirates of the Caribbean (TELEGRAPH)
Tom Hollander , the star of 'Rev', says he was paid 'badly' for his role as Lord Cutler Beckett in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
Tim Walker7:30AM GMT 29 Mar 2013
Most British actors may hanker after parts in Hollywood blockbusters, but Tom Hollander, who is best known for playing the priest in Rev, says the experience left him feeling neither very satisfied, nor very rich.
Of his role as Lord Cutler Beckett, the “heavy” in Pirates of the Caribbean, he recalls that, while the production was “staggeringly expensive”, he was “badly” paid
Speaking at the Names Not Numbers Festival at Aldeburgh in Suffolk, the 45-year-old actor said that whenever he was allowed time off, he got as far away from the set as possible.
“It was a way of getting my own back. When they changed the schedule at the last minute, I would say, 'That’s fine, but I’m in Calcutta’, and they would say 'No problem’, and I would be airlifted out of the Third World in Lufthansa first class.”
He felt that there was a camaraderie among the character actors involved in the project and they all tended to compare notes in the smoking room of Miami airport.
Jonny Lee Miller: 'Sherlock' is 'Elementary' for Lucy Liu March 29, 2013 (EXTRA)
Lucy stars as Dr. Watson to Johnny Lee Miller’s Holmes. The two say it's all about keeping things light and funny on set.
“He knows a million jokes and he remembers all of them -- and he can pull them out of his hat at any minute, which I love,” she explained. “I can’t remember any. And I always think, ‘Oh, my God, I have to remember that,’ and I never do. I never remember the punchlines.”
Miller added, “If you’re going to spend a lot of time with someone, you really need to be able to get on with them. It’s nice because we have a very similar sense of humor. Still, you usually have to explain jokes to her about three or four times.”
Friday 29 March 2013
Judi Dench: Peter and Alice, Noel Coward Theatre, review (TELEGRAPH)
Peter and Alice, starring Skyfall's Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, is a moving theatrical chamber piece which couldn't be further removed from the Bond blockbuster, says Charles Spencer.
By Charles Spencer7:00AM GMT 26 Mar 2013
If you had to imagine a work that was the complete antithesis of the brilliant Bond blockbuster, Skyfall, it might resemble Peter and Alice, a moving, 90-minute theatrical chamber piece about childhood, growing up and the pressure of literary immortality.
Yet it has been written by John Logan, one of the scriptwriters on Skyfall, and stars Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw who play M and Q in 007’s latest adventure.
They both give beautiful, heart-catching performances in this haunting play that sounds profound notes of loss and grief.
The piece was inspired by a small footnote in literary history. In 1932, Alice Liddell Hargreaves, who was the model for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, met Peter Llewellyn Davies, one of five brothers into whose lives JM Barrie insinuated himself, and who inspired Peter Pan. Barrie wrote that he created the young boy who never grew up “by rubbing the five of you violently together, as savages with two sticks produce a flame” but it was Peter who bore the name of the character that was to haunt and trouble him throughout his unhappy life.
The play shows Peter and Alice meeting in the dusty backroom of a bookshop where Alice is to open an exhibition celebrating Carroll’s centenary. Peter is there because he is a publisher and hopes to get a book out of her. At first Alice, now 80, is haughty. “You’re presumptuous,” she tells Peter, and no actress is more capable of suggesting withering disdain in just two words than Dame Judi. But Peter perseveres and they talk about the way their lives have been marked and to different extents marred by the writers and the books that trapped them in immortal youth.
READ MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9952907/Peter-and-Alice-Noel-Coward-Theatre-review.html
Tom Hiddleston: 'Flaunt' Magazine Feature! (JUST JARED)
Tom Hiddleston looks incredibly handsome in a new feature for Flaunt magazine‘s Men’s Spring Fashion 2013 issue, out on newsstands now!
Here is what the 32-year-old actor had to share with the mag:
On choosing his movie roles: “Every time you consider a job, you have to check in with your inner compass and say, ‘Does this fit in with how I see what the work is for? Is this going to be something interesting and valuable to contribute to the world?’”
READ MORE: http://www.justjared.com/2013/03/29/tom-hiddleston-flaunt-magazine-feature/
Michael Fassbender: Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave Sets December Release Date Author: Katey Rich (CINEMA BLEND)
When Michael Fassbender first got international attention as an actor, it was for his gripping lead turn in the Steve McQueen-directed drama Hunger. When Michael Fassbender's private parts got even more international attention, it was for his lead turn in the Steve McQueen-directed drama Shame. And now even though Fassbender is off starring int he likes of Prometheus and X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fassbender is staying loyal to the director who gave him his big break-- and finally we know when the next collaboration between them will be revealed.
Though don't get too excited about Fassbender's performace-- for the first time McQueen is directing a film without Fassbender in the lead, hiring Chiwetel Ejiofor to lead the historical drama Twelve Years A Slave. Based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South, Twelve Years A Slave is coming to theaters on December 27, according to a tweet from distributor Fox Searchlight. Ejiofor is playing Northrup, and McQueen has brought in a serious cast to back him up-- Brad Pitt is on board to act as well as produce, rising stars Paul Dano, Adepero Oduye and Scoot McNairy have roles, and even little Quvenzhane Wallis, fresh off her Best Actress nomination, has a role. Fassbender is back with McQueen, of course, and if your heart can handle it, Benedict Cumberbatch has found his way on board as well.
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Alan Rickman: A conversation with Alan Rickman, Part Two (STAR TALK)
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s interview with Alan Rickman concludes with a discussion of “the mysterious mechanism of acting and theatre and storytelling” and the use of special effects in the Harry Potter movies.
Ciaran Hinds: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Game of Thrones Star Ciarán Hinds is Not Funny He has specifically requested that we not elaborate on this headline.
By Kimberly Kaye • Mar 26, 2013 • New York City
"Don't explain it in that little section below the headline," Ciarán Hinds instructs while organizing tea for the two of us in his dressing room at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. "It should just be, headline: ‘Mr. Hinds isn't funny,' period. Then your first sentence can be, ‘Hinds comes from a long line of dead stoics,'" he laughs. Of course it's not true. Anyone who helps an interviewer fabricate skewed headlines and desk copy has a sense of humor, and Hinds continues to show it off with wry one-liners and well-placed expletives. A Belfast native and veteran onscreen bad guy in flicks like Munich and TV shows like Game of Thrones, the leading man is currently dominating Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, playing infirmed Southern non-gentleman Big Daddy opposite Scarlett Johansson, Benjamin Walker, and Debra Monk. It's a role he nearly didn't take, convinced an American might be better suited to the Southern gothic poetics of Tennessee Williams. With the show's run coming to an end on March 31, we checked in with Hinds to talk about poetry, the possibility of doing drag, and his Broadway run with Scarlett and company.
You said opening night you felt there must be somebody more qualified to do American, poetic Tennessee Williams than you. Do you still feel similarly?
That's tough. I said yes to the job, I get paid to do the job. The job is to not shortchange anybody. But no [actor] ever really knows what [audiences get] from what they do. You try to work, with the director and your fellow actors, to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right. That's why sometimes you say yes to parts like this, even if you're unsure. You're unsure about much of what you do. Sometimes people will say to me ‘Why do you always play bad men? [points to face] It's the face!
Alan Rickman: New poster for the 'CBGB' movie: Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins (HITFIX)
First image of the sound guy, Debbie Harry, Ashley Greene and the dog
BY KATIE HASTY THURSDAY, MAR 28, 2013 8:51 PM
With the tagline "50,000 bands. One disgusting bathroom," the image displays the film's leading actors, to tell the story of New York's most infamous punk club. Alan Rickman stars as Hilly Kristal, CBGB's founder; Rupert Grint is on hand as Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From the Crypt); Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins takes up the mic as Iggy Pop; Malin Ackerman plays Blondie's Debbie Harry; Ashley Greene as Hilly's daughter Lisa; and more. Randall Miller ("Bottle Shock," "Nobel Son," "Houseguest") is directing.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/news/new-poster-for-the-cbgb-movie-alan-rickman-rupert-grint-foo-fighter-taylor-hawkins#bBjWADPM873z85jc.99
Tom Hiddleston uses London’s stage to keep himself sharp (LONDON EVENING STANDARD)
Tom Hiddleston: could return to a London stage (Picture: Getty)
Alistair Foster
28 March 2013
Actor Tom Hiddleston is one of Britain’s hottest Hollywood exports — but he is eyeing a return to the West End stage to keep his skills honed.
The star, set to reprise his role as Loki in Thor: The Dark World, says his north London flat’s kitchen table is groaning under the weight of theatre scripts.
Hiddleston, 32, always kept one toe in the West End during his rapid rise, with his last outing being The Kingdom of Earth at the Criterion Theatre last year.
He said: “My table in the kitchen is where I work and read scripts — and it’s literally littered with plays right now. I’m on different, modern things, American classics, Shakespeare, Jacobean stuff. I really want to find something big and meaty and exciting.
“Theatre tests you. It stops you being insecure with the film set idea of action and cut.
Dwayne Johnson And Ray Stevenson Recall Their Battles On The Set Of G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (COMIC BOOK MOVIE)
With G.I. Joe: Retaliation now out in the US, what better way to get psyched for the movie than reading all about the epic fight scenes which took place between Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Roadblock) and Ray Stevenson (Firefly)?
Firefly. Enlisted by Cobra to break Cobra Commander out of jail, he plays a pivotal role in the sequel, and director John M. Chu had this to say about why he wanted to include character. "Firefly sees beauty in the redistribution of energy, so while explosions may seem like destruction to us, he believes he is creating something. This almost artistic philosophy made Firefly really interesting to me and it went way beyond being merely a cold-hearted killer." According to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Firefly "only had about six lines when we first read the script," but they soon realised that they had to give him a much larger role in the movie. Who better to play him than Dexter and Thor star Ray Stevenson?
Read more at http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=76322#fx7vWdmQ16WLjOsl.99
Thursday 28 March 2013
Simon Baker does the Harlem Shake (Young Hollywood)
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Gerard Butler dodged a speeding ticket by saying he was ‘saving the world’ IRISH CENTRAL
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by Amy Andrews
The 'Olympus Has Fallen' star, who also produced the upcoming action film, had a close brush with the law in Los Angeles when he was caught speeding at 100 miles per her hour because he was so stressed out from working on the film.
He explained: "I remember once, I was driving down the freeway at over a 100 miles-an-hour and I was just tense, gritting my teeth, and I passed a cop car. The officer put his cop lights on before I even got to him. I have been pulled over by a few cops, but they usually follow you for five minutes and make you sweat. But this guy realised, 'I ain't following him, he's gone.' I was pulled over, but I was let go after I explained I was saving the world."
The 43-year-old actor admits that all of his various responsibilities on the movie - which also stars 'The Dark Knight' star Aaron Eckhart - became "overpowering", resulting in his road rage.
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/amyandrews_gossipgirl/gerard-butler-dodged-a-speeding-ticket-by-saying-he-was-saving-the-world-200413421.html#ixzz2OsoL4D6B
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Emily Blunt: Michael Buble needed therapy post split with Emily Blunt due to his cheating Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 14:13
London: Singer Michael Buble has revealed he needed therapy to get over his break-up with fiancee Emily Blunt.
The Canadian singer was devastated when his engagement to the British actress ended in 2008 but he thinks the way he dealt with it made the break-up the most important thing to happen to him, reported Contactmusic.
"When we were done I was devastated. I had to do therapy. I had to. I knew if I didn`t change I`d never be happy in my own skin," Buble said.
READ MORE: http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/body-and-soul/michael-buble-needed-therapy-post-split-with-emily-blunt_130882.htm
Alan Davies and Sheridan Smith in Jonathan Creek: The Clue of the Savant's Thumb - preview pictures (RADIO TIMES)
Joanna Lumley, Sarah Alexander and Rik Mayall also star in the one-off Easter special of the beloved detective drama
Ellie Walker-Arnott10:26 AM, 28 March 2013
After a three year hiatus, Jonathan Creek, aka Alan Davies, and his trusty duffle coat are returning to our screens.
The 90 minute drama will see Creek investigate a dead body which disappears from a locked study, a haunted Catholic girls' school and a sinister local society...
Starring Joanna Lumley, Sarah Alexander, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Hasina Haque, Mark Frost and Michael Lumsden, The Clue of the Savant's Thumb will air on Easter Monday at 8:30pm on BBC1. Rising star Sheridan Smith will also reprise her role as Creek's side kick paranomal investigator Joey Ross in the Easter special.
READ MORE: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-28/alan-davies-and-sheridan-smith-in-jonathan-creek-the-clue-of-the-savants-thumb---preview-pictures
Martin Freeman's partner Amanda Abbington joins the cast of Sherlock
The BBC has confirmed that the actress will appear "in a role that significantly impacts upon the lives of John and Sherlock"
Paul Jones
12:43 PM, 27 March 2013
Sherlock star Martin Freeman could soon have a new, yet strangely familiar, partner in crime-solving, with the news that his long-term girlfriend Amanda Abbington has joined the cast of the BBC1 detective drama.
Abbington was recently spotted in Bristol filming a scene for the upcoming third series alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s detective, and this morning the BBC confirmed her involvement.
There’s no news yet as to who Abbington will be playing – a love interest for Freeman's character John wouldn’t test her acting skills much – but we're told its a role that "significantly impacts upon the lives of John and Sherlock".
Colin Firth & Emily Blunt Go American in the 'Arthur Newman' Trailer by Ethan Anderton March 27, 2013 Source: EW (FIRST SHOWINGS)
Sometimes people fake their own deaths to escape danger. In the case of Arthur Newman, he's just escaping his disappointment of a life. Colin Firth plays a has-been golfer who fakes his death, abandons his family, and takes on the new titular identity. On the path to his new life, he encounters a young woman (Emily Blunt) who's running from problems of her own. The two fall in love as they take solace in pretending to be married, or engaged or whatever feels right, seemingly living the dream. But they can't pretend forever. It's strange to hear Firth as an American, but he works well with Blunt in this first trailer.
Here's the first trailer for Dante Ariola's Arthur Newman, originally from EW:
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Danny Boyle admits he treated Ewan McGregor 'badly' Casting of 'The Beach' caused a rift between the previously close collaborators By Ben Arnold (YAHOO MOVIES)
Danny Boyle has said that he treated Ewan McGregor badly over the casting of his film 'The Beach'.
The director, who had cast McGregor in his films 'Shallow Grave', 'Trainspotting' and 'A Life Less Ordinary' snubbed McGregor in favour of Leonardo DiCaprio for the adaptation of Alex Garland's gap-year essential.
“We didn't treat him very well, I've got to be honest about it, we didn't behave at our best,” he told Jonathan Ross.
“You learn and we've apologized We made this film called The Beach, and we gave Ewan the impression we were going to cast him in it and we didn't cast him in it, we cast another actor, a wonderful actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was a lovely guy, they're both wonderful.
“You think you're moving up, it's the illusion that you think you're moving up, therefore you're going to need a bigger star to sell the movie. You learn to stick with your roots.”
Boyle also added to the excitement around the possibility of a sequel to 'Trainspotting', based on Irvine Welsh's book 'Porno'.
Colin Firth takes a mulligan in 'Arthur Newman' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO AND POSTER by Denise Warner - EW (Inside Movies)
In Arthur Newman, Oscar-winner Colin Firth plays a man who fakes his death and buys himself a new identity. Wallace Avery is a divorced, washed-up amateur golfer whose son and girlfriend both hate him. He “once had very big dreams and has reached an age where he’s on the brink of writing himself off. He’s disappointed, ” Firth says. “They called him the choker because he would always choke on the final hole [in golf]. His marriage proved unsatisfactory. His relationship with his son is unsatisfactory. He has a bad relationship with his current girlfriend. And he just decides not to accept it.”
Benedict Cumberbatch films bonfire scenes for new Sherlock episode 'featuring stunt double' (MIRROR)
Star joined by possibly new cast member Amanda Abbington, the real-life partner of Martin Freeman
By Rob Leigh
Spoiler alert: it looks as if Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes may not be dead after all.
But then again, if you’re a true Sherlock fan, you’ve probably been speculating about how the BBC hit drama’s detective may have possibly escaped death since the end of the second series.
Seen filming scenes around a bonfire in Bristol on Monday night, the 36-year-old star looks to have been joined by actress Amanda Abbington, the real-life partner of Martin Freeman who plays the detective character’s sidekick John Watson.
READ MORE:http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sherlock-pics-benedict-cumberbatch-films-1786334
Game of Thrones Actor’s Ear Bitten Off During Brutal Attack Taylor Berman (GAWKER)
British actor Clive Mantle, best known stateside for playing Greatjon Umber on HBO's Game of Thrones, was brutally attacked by two men outside a hotel early Sunday morning in Newcastle, England. The incident occurred after the six-foot, five-inch actor asked fellow guests at a Travelodge to keep the noise down. The two rambunctious guests disagreed with Mantle and, rather than quieting down, decided instead to bite the actor's ear off.
As Bryn Newton, Mantle's agent, described it to the Mirror UK (so, grain of salt warning):
His agent, Bryn Newton, said: "On the first occasion, he'd said ‘can you keep the noise down please?' He was very polite. It was 4.30 in the morning and he was very tired. He returned to bed but when he went back outside there were two drunken Scotsmen. He said to them ‘If you don't keep the noise down I am going to call security' That's when they set about him. Even though he is a big guy they got him on the ground."
"One of them bit the top part of his right ear off. It was savage."
READ MORE:http://gawker.com/5992521/game-of-thrones-actors-ear-bitten-off-during-brutal-attack
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Matthew Macfadyen, Richard Armitage: EXCLUSIVE: 'Spooks' Film 'In The Works' According To 'Mayday' Star Peter Firth, Who Played MI5 Boss Harry Pearce In Spy Drama (HUFF POST)
Much-loved spy drama 'Spooks' could make the move to the big screen, with one of its stars revealing that there is a script in the works, being penned by the original writers of the hit series.
"There is a script kind of in the machine," HuffPostUK has learned from actor Peter Firth, who played MI5 chief Harry Pearce throughout the ten series of the popular drama.
"They should make it," he adds. "It's not like it's a gamble with this one. But it costs a lot, and there's not a lot of money to go round at the moment."
This would suit Firth, who previously told HuffPostUK that he wished for a happier ending for his character with longtime colleague and barely-expressed love - Ruth Evershed, played by Nicola Walker. Viewers of the series finale in October 2011 watched goggle-eyed, as Ruth became one of Spooks' huge number of agents to fall for her country, or in the actors' case, the dramatic storyline.
Martin Freeman: 'The World's End': Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost in new image Published Monday, Mar 25 2013, 1:16pm EDT | By Emma Dibdin (DIGITAL SPY)
A new image from The World's End has been released.
The long-awaited third film in Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy - following 2004's Shaun of the Dead and 2006's Hot Fuzz - centres on five friends who reunite to recreate a pub crawl from their teenage years.
Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Eddie Marsan appear in the image as the five, who unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Pegg's character Gary is described as a 40-year-old man clinging desperately to his teenage years, while Frost's Andy is a successful lawyer.
Freeman, Considine and Marsan play the other three friends - an estate agent, a rocker-turned-architect and a car dealer respectively.
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a468343/the-worlds-end-simon-pegg-martin-freeman-nick-frost-in-new-image.html#ixzz2OhNxNnhj
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Gerard Butler Broke Two Neck Bones Filming Olympus Has Falllen
The 300 star completed most of his own stunts in the upcoming film and Butler admits it really took a toll on his body.
He tells U.S. Tv host Jay Leno, "I was hit with a bullet casing in the eye, I ripped off a fingernail, banged up my knee... I used to sing, well that's debatable, but I lost my high notes and I went to the doctor and he said I had a serrated voice box... That was about a year ago. So I went back about a month ago and he looked down again and he said, 'You got a growth in your neck, you better go for an Mri (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) just in case.'
"So I go for an Mri and the woman comes out and says, 'Did you break a bone in your neck? You've got a bone sticking out of your neck.' I'm like, 'What?' So she says, 'You better go for a second opinion.' And so I go for another Mri and the doctor said, 'Did you break two bones in your neck?' I'm like, 'What?'
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