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  • Tom Hardy drops out of ‘Suicide Squad’

    Tom Hardy drops out of ‘Suicide Squad’

    MUMBAI:  Directed by David Ayer, the all-star comic book movie, Suicide Squad, produced by Warner Bros. was slated to star Tom Hardy reprising the role of Rick Flagg, the leader of the group that consists of Batman villains- Deadshot, Joker, Harley Quinn, Boomerang and Enchantress.

     

    According to sources Hardy unfortunately had to make an exit due to date problems. The actor is currently shooting for The Revenant, co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and that shoot is now looking to last longer than initially planned.

     

    Upon hearing this, Warner Bros. has decided to cast Jake Gyllenhaal in replacement of Hardy. Gyllenhaal, who has gained popularity for his performance in the Nightcrawler, has previously worked with Ayer on the acclaimed police thriller, End of Watch. It is however unclear whether or not the actor will take it on.

     

    Based on DC Entertainment’s, the cast of Suicide Squad includes Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney and Cara Delevingne. The film is due to begin shooting mid-April in Toronto and is scheduled to release on 05 August 2016.

  • 87th Oscar’s hit by racist row

    87th Oscar’s hit by racist row

    MUMBAI: Heard of the “white” Oscars anytime? Well this year could be the time when the term could come into existence. As the world gears up to view the mother-of-all award ceremonies, it has been hit with a new row. The prestigious awards for this year have been hit by allegations of being racist in nature as since 1988, no non-white actors were found be making the cut in the four major categories.

     

    For the year 2015, 20 actors nominated in the categories such as Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor are all white. The year 1988 was one such year when no non-white actors made it to the list and the report is seen this year.

     

    The lack of variety prompted netizens to take to the micro blogging site Twitter to express their anguish. This resulted in the creation of the online trend #OscarsSoWhite, which is currently trending on Twitter.

     

    Meanwhile acclaimed directors like Wes Anderson and Alejandro González I?árritu’s are caught in a neck to neck battle as both their films have received a total number on nine nominations. Wes Anderson has directed the offbeat dramedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” while I?árritu’s has directed the genre-defying film, “Birdman.”

     

    The movies that have made it to the list for the 87th Oscar Awards are as follows:

    1) American Sniper

    2) Birdman

    3) Boyhood

    4) The Grand Budapest Hotel

    5) The Imitation Game

    6) Selma

    7) The Theory of Everything

    8) Whiplash

     

  • Pitt, Bale and Gosling to star in ‘The Big Short’

    Pitt, Bale and Gosling to star in ‘The Big Short’

    MUMBAI: Bradd Pitt, Chistian Bale and Ryan Gosling have signed the dotted lines for The Big Short, which is being written and directed by Adam McKay. 

     

    The film, which is going to be produced by Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, will be an adaptation of a bestselling book written by acclaimed journalist, Michael Lewis.

     

    The Big Short will deal with the housing and credit bubble disaster that led to the global financial crisis in 2007. The film is likely to be structured as an ensemble effort featuring several characters who had a role in creating the credit crisis.

     

    The Big Short will also be jointly produced by Paramount Pictures and Plan B.

     

    Bradd Pitt founded Plan B in 2002 along with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who left the company in 2006 after the couple split. The leading production company has grown over the years from strength to strength, tackling weighty subjects including 2014’s best picture Oscar 12 Years a Slave, and civil rights drama Selma, which received multiple Golden Globes nominations.

  • Sony Pictures’ ‘The Interview’ applauded by International Press Academy

    Sony Pictures’ ‘The Interview’ applauded by International Press Academy

    NEW DELHI: Even as the film has run into controversy in some countries, the Executive Board of the International Press Academy has applauded and commended Sony Pictures for having announced the release of the comedy film The Interview on Christmas Day.

     

    The Board also acknowledged and thanked actor-writer-director George Clooney for spearheading the fight for Freedom of the Press and Free Speech among the Hollywood community.

     

    In 2005, the IPA honored Clooney in its first-ever Auteur Award, which recognises individual voices of filmmakers and their personal impact on the industry. Later honorees include Paul Williams, Peter Bogdanovich, Baz Luhrmann, Julian Schnabel, Alex Gibney and Robert Altman. The IPA also gave Clooney a Satellite Award for the Best Original Screenplay Award for Good Night, And Good Luck, which charts the era of McCarthyism through the eyes of TV news great Edward R. Murrow.

     

    “We think it is wonderful that Sony is brave enough to stand up for Free Speech, and that they are going to let the public see this movie. We are not judging the merits of the movie, but we are congratulating James Franco, Seth Rogen and the filmmakers, as well as Sony Pictures, for standing up for the release of their movie,” said IPA President Mirjana Van Blaricom, who screened the movie recently.

     

    The International Press Academy is one of the largest coalitions of domestic and international entertainment journalists that gives its Satellite Awards in all categories of entertainment—cinema, television and new media.

     

    “And, we are always in support of George Clooney, and his continuing support of free expression and innovation in the entertainment industry,” Van Blaricom added.

     

  • ‘The Lunchbox’ gets nominated at BAFTAS

    ‘The Lunchbox’ gets nominated at BAFTAS

    NEW DELHI: The internationally lauded and awarded The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra has become the first Indian film since 1990 to be nominated at the BAFTA awards since Salaam Bombay.

     

    The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominated the film in the ‘Best film not in the English language category.

     

    Producer Guneet Monga was ecstatic at this nomination. “We are so happy that our faith in Ritesh and The Lunchbox is paying off so beautifully. It’s a film we are very proud of and earning a Foreign Film nomination is yet another reassurance that great content will always go a long way. I would like to say a big thank you to the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) and the BAFTA jury,” said Monga.

     

    The award ceremony will be held on 8 February in London.

     

    The Lunchbox is a 2013 Indian epistolary romantic film written and directed by Ritesh Batra, and produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, and Arun Rangachari. The film was jointly produced by various studios including DAR motion pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, NFDC (India), ROH Films (Germany), ASAP Films (France), and the Cine Mosaic (United States).

     

    It stars Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. The film was screened at International Critics’ Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and later won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award also known as Grand Rail d’Or.

     

    It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in India on 20 September 2013.

     

  • Why Jennifer Lawrence skipped the Golden Globes?

    Why Jennifer Lawrence skipped the Golden Globes?

    MUMBAI: Jennifer Lawrence was not present at the Golden Globes last night and that has created headlines all over. Lawrence and her American Hustle director, David O. Russell, are in Boston to film Joy, an upcoming flick that is set to go on floors in February.

     

    Reportedly, Lawrence and Russell headed to Bricco in Boston’s North End last night, for an Italian feast with a few friends.  

     

    The restaurant’s entire second floor was booked by JLaw and her friends and they gorged on burrata, zucchini flowers, octopus and eggplant while sipping on Italian red Amarone. For her main course, Lawrence ate the Mediterranean branzino, a whole boneless, wood-fired white fish with seafood tomato panzanella and creamed artichokes.

     

    Joy will reunite Lawrence and the director with Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook costar Bradley Cooper.

  • ‘Boyhood’ wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

    ‘Boyhood’ wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

    MUMBAI:  Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ walked away with top awards at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, including the best drama, best director and best supporting actress.

     

    Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the glamorous evening was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third consecutive and final time. Produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Golden Globe Awards 2015 honoured the best in film and American television of 2014.

     

    The first award of the night went to JK Simmons for best supporting actor for his performance as a domineering jazz teacher in the acclaimed indie ‘Whiplash’.

     

    Amy Adams accepted the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for her performance in ‘Big Eyes’ while Michael Keaton, who played a former superhero star mounting a serious play on Broadway, won the best actor in a comedy or musical for ‘Birdman’.

     

    ‘Birdman’ also won the best screenplay award while The DreamWorks sequel ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ took best animated film.

     

    Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ won the best picture, comedy or musical while the Stephen Hawking biopic ‘The Theory of Everything’ won best score for Johann Johannsson, and the Russian entry ‘Leviathan’ took best foreign language film.

     

    Eddie Redmayne won the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture, drama, for portraying Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’ while Julianne Moore took the best dramatic actress award for playing a professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in ‘Still Alice’.

     

    The Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award went to George Clooney.

     

    Here is the full list of winners:

     

    Best Motion Picture, Drama

    Boyhood

     

    Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

     

    Best TV Series, Drama

    The Affair

     

    Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy

    Transparent

     

    Best Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Fargo

     

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

    Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

     

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

    Julianne Moore, Still Alice

     

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

    Michael Keaton, Birdman

     

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

    Amy Adams, Big Eyes

     

    Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

    Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

     

    Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

    Ruth Wilson, The Affair

     

    Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

    Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

     

    Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

     

    Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

    Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

     

    Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

    Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

     

    Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Billy Bob Thortnon, Fargo

     

    Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

     

    Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

    Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

     

    Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

    Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

     

    Best Director, Motion Picture

    Richard Linklater, Boyhood

     

    Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

    Birdman

     

    Best Foreign-Language Feature

    Leviathan (Russia)

     

    Best Animated Feature

    How to Train Your Dragon 2

     

    Best Original Song, Motion Picture

    “Glory,” Selma

     

    Best Original Score, Motion Picture

    The Theory of Everything

  • Angelina Jolie was married to Brad Pitt even before wedding in France

    Angelina Jolie was married to Brad Pitt even before wedding in France

    MUMBAI: Last year in August, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt married in an intimate and low-key ceremony in France, attended by only close family members. The wedding was planned by the couple’s six children – Pax, Zahara, Vivienne, Shiloh, Knox and Maddox. The kids wrote the marital vows and their drawings even adorned Jolie’s Versace wedding gown.

     

    Interestingly in a recent interview to the Italian magazine Io Donna, Jolie confessed that she had actually been married to Pitt even before the summer wedding.

     

    She said, “Before the wedding in France with the kids, Brad and I were already married in California because as Americans, we couldn’t marry legally in France.”

     

    Jolie told the magazine that it was probably not the most romantic wedding but a rather spontaneous decision.

     

    She added, “One day I told Brad to meet up at 4:30pm.  I then called a justice of the peace and we signed the documents.”

     

    The Pitts said ‘I Do’ at their French estate, Chateau Mirval, in a ceremony presided over by a judge from California after they obtained their license in California. This confirmation comes after many had suspected they were already married before the ceremony due to U.S. laws which require citizens to obtain a license within the states.

     

  • Miley Cyrus’ home robbed again

    Miley Cyrus’ home robbed again

    MUMBAI: Miley Cyrus’ Los Angeles home was robbed on 16 December 2014. According to prosecutors, a large quantity of her and her brother’s property was stolen from the 22 year old American singer and actress’ Toluca Lake home.

     

    The alleged thief, Rusty Edward Sellner was arrested on Monday for the offence and entered pleas for the same. However, he was pleaded not guilty when the case went to court on Wednesday.

    The Los Angeles police department’s north Hollywood division is investigating the alleged burglary.

     

    Sellner will face a preliminary hearing at the Los Angeles county superior court, van nuys branch on 20 January 2014. He could face up to seven years and eight months in state prison if convicted.

     

    Sellner has previous convictions for burglary and evading arrest.

     

    This is the second burglary for Cyrus in less than a year and a third time in two years that her home has been targeted by thieves.

     

    In May, thieves broke into her San Fernando Valley home and took clothes, purses, jewelry and a 2014 Maserati that was later abandoned. An Arizona couple went to prison for that break-in.

     

  • Kate Winslet’s ‘A Little Chaos’ is set to release on 27 March 2015

    Kate Winslet’s ‘A Little Chaos’ is set to release on 27 March 2015

    MUMBAI: The upcoming period film, A Little Chaos starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman, is all set to hit the theatres on 27 March 2015.

     

    The movie revolves around a romantic love story that flourishes in the gardens at Versailles. Rickman, who also happens to be the director of the movie, has in the past directed the 1997 flick The Winter Guest.

     

    Kate Winslet plays the role of Madame Sabine De Barra, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer who has chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s new palace at Versailles. She, then, becomes professionally and romantically entangled with the court’s prominent landscape artist, André Le Notre.

     

    In her new position of power, Winslet’s character challenges gender and class barriers, encountering a slew of obstacles and naysayers along the way.

     

    The much awaited love story also stars Stanley Tucci, and Matthias Schoenaerts.