Hollywood actress Julianne Moore is joining the cast of the Hunger Games as President Alma Coin, reports BBC. The Boogie Nights star will appear in Mockingjay parts one and two. Moore, 52, will appear on screen with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in the third and fourth instalments of the film franchise. The ... Read more
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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin to receive honorary Oscars
Oscars season kicked off on Thursday as actors Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Italian costume designer Piero Tosi were the first to receive honorary Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said. The Governors Awards are an Oscar statuettes given to those in film that have made significant contributions to
Katy Perry beats Lady Gaga
Katy Perry has beat Lady Gaga in the US digital chart with Roar outselling Applause by almost double. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Perry’s new single Roar has shifted 557,000 copies in the US last week, reports Metro UK. Roar has toppled Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines featuring TI and Pharrell Williams from the top of the ... Read more
Michael Palin plays God
Michael Palin is to play the role of God in the Monty Python musical Spamalot, in London’s West End. Palin’s performance, which has already been filmed, will be included in shows from 26 to 31 August. Fellow Monty Python Eric Idle usually plays God but this summer other stars have taken over the role to ... Read more
Johnny Depp may quit acting
The Lone Ranger star Johney Depp may be one of the biggest, richest A-listers in Hollywood, but the 50-year-old actor may be ready to step down from the spotlight in the next few years. During a recent interview with BBC to promote the U.K. release of The Lone Ranger, Depp admitted that he may quit ... Read more
Robin Williams to star in new sitcom
Robin Williams is returning to TV screens for the first time since starring in the 1970s show Mork & Mindy with a new comedy, The Crazy Ones, reports BBC online. Williams, 62, who rose to fame as the alien Mork in the hit series, will play an eccentric advertising agency boss in the sitcom. Buffy ... Read more
Ryan Reynolds falters at US box office
Ryan Reynolds has had a tough week at the US box office, with two new films struggling to attract audiences, BBC online. The actor starred in two new releases, crime caper RIPD and animated comedy Turbo, both of which cost more than $130m (£85m) to make. But RIPD, a police story with a supernatural twist, ... Read more
Tom Hanks to star again in next Dan Brown film
Actor Tom Hanks is to reunite with director Ron Howard for the film version of Dan Brown’s latest best-selling novel, Inferno, reports BBC online. Hanks will reprise his role as Harvard professor Robert Langdon in the mystery thriller, according to film industry website Deadline. Howard previously directed the 2006 adaptation of The Da Vinci Code ... Read more
Rights group accuses Lopez
A human rights group on Friday accused pop singer Jennifer Lopez of receiving more than $10 million for ‘serenading crooks and dictators’ from Russia and a number of former Soviet republics. ‘J Lo has repeatedly mingled with and entertained some of the world’s worst thugs and their cronies,’ said Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen ... Read more
James Cameron sued by artist Roger Dean over Avatar
Hollywood director James Cameron has been sued by British artist Roger Dean for $50m (£33m) over claims he copied ideas for the 3D film Avatar, reports BBC online. Mr Dean, who designed album covers for the likes of prog-rock bands Yes and Asia, filed a legal action at a court in New York last week. ... Read more
Cameron to star in Annie
Cameron Diaz is to play Miss Hannigan, the mean-spirited head of a New York orphanage, in the forthcoming remake of 1980s stage musical Annie, reports BBC online. Sandra Bullock was reportedly in talks to play the role, but film studio Sony confirmed Diaz’s casting on Wednesday. Diaz will join Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, who plays ... Read more
Steven Spielberg predicts ‘meltdown’ of film industry
Directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are warning that the film industry is in danger of ‘meltdown’, reports BBC. They say it will become increasingly difficult for them to get smaller films into theatres because Hollywood is relying on big budget releases. In a speech reported by the Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg said Lincoln was nearly ... Read more
Lucas wins first Emmy
Carrie Fisher, George Lucas George Lucas’s Clone Wars won Outstanding Special Class Animated Programme George Lucas has won his first Emmy award for his animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was presented with the Daytime Emmy by Carrie Fisher, star of his original sci-fi trilogy, at the ceremony, reports BBC.
Asians are getting in focus
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal shares his experiences at Cannes Noted film society activist Ahmed Muztaba Zamal is the president of Rainbow Film Society. Zamal, the founder and festival director of the Dhaka International Film Festival, was also the founder of Bangladesh Chapter of FIPRESCI in 1994 and was elected secretary general of International Film Critics Association ... Read more
Will Smith plans comedy with son
Hollywood star Will Smith said Friday that he will probably shoot a comedy with his son Jaden when they team up for the third time in film-making, reports Hindustan Times. Smith, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on a promotional tour, said it was fantastic to work with the 15-year-old in their second movie together, ... Read more
Brad Pitt to produce Monroe biopic
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has stepped in as a producer to help director Andrew Dominik on his long delayed Marilyn Monroe biopic. Naomi Watts was to play the iconic bombshell in Dominik’s biopic Blonde, which stalled before shooting was scheduled to begin in January 2011, reports Hindustan Times. However, Pitt, 48, is planning to give ... Read more
Jessica Simpson unveils daughter Maxwell
Singer Jessica Simpson has shown off her newborn baby daughter Maxwell to the world in a touching photoshoot. The smiling new mum graces the cover of this week’s People magazine in the U.S., beaming with joy and cradling her sleeping baby. And she’s told how her life with fiance Eric Johnson has turned on its ... Read more
Paris Hilton Still Jealous of Kim Kardashian
Paris Hilton is hating on Kim Kardashian! The fading star is jealous of former friend Kim’s her former friend Kim’s ever growing fame and success. “Kim will always be a sore spot for Paris because she believes that without her Kim wouldn’t have the success she has in her life,” a source told RadarOnline. “Paris thinks ... Read more
Bieber beats up paparazzi
Teen superstar Justin Bieber is being investigated for battery after allegedly hitting a paparazzi who tried to take pictures of him, California authorities said. The incident happened Sunday afternoon outside the Calabasas mall The Commons, TMZ.com reported. Police said Bieber and his girlfriend Selena Gomez were leaving the mall when a photographer, whose name
Demi and Ashton getting back together?
It’s almost general knowledge now that things between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher did not end well. He was caught cheating, she called for a divorce, had a breakdown and ended up in rehab. And after recovering, Moore changed her Twitter handle from @mrskutcher to @justdemi. But just as things seem pretty