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‘Killing Them Softly’ is ‘about modern living’, says film’s star Brad Pitt
17 hours ago (Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 at 11:54 am)
Brad Pitt’s role as a brutal mob enforcer is not just a gangster story but a commentary on modern living, he said today.
Hollywood porn industry shuts as star contracts HIV
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 12:00 am
Hollywood’s “other” movie industry has ordered its cameras to stop rolling after an adult film star tested positive for HIV, prompting renewed soul-searching about its safety standards.
London-born actress to star in new Disney film ‘Lemonade Mouth’
Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 12:00 am
The London-born starlet Naomi Scott, 18, is the star of the new Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, about a high school band, which airs in the UK next month. The music-driven film, which is a cross between High School Musical and The Breakfast Club, is already a hit in America, along with it’s soundtrack, ever since it premiered in April.
Pinewood Shepperton in starring role
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 12:00 am
Pinewood Shepperton, the James Bond to Harry Potter film studios owner, has revealed a 68 per cent surge in film revenues as the company turned down television contracts in favour of big-screen work.
‘The Inbetweeners’ film in £13m record opening
Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 12:33 pm
The film version of TV hit The Inbetweeners has raked in more than £13 million
in a matter of days – making it the biggest ever opening weekend for a UK
comedy.
British actresses sexy? They’re just too inhibited, says film producer
Saturday, August 20th, 2011 at 12:00 am
British starlets such as Keira Knightley and Emma Watson have risen to the high ranks of Hollywood thanks in part to their beauty, but a leading producer has claimed that when it comes to sex actresses from this side of the Channel are too inhibited compared with the French. Producers sought a smouldering actress to play Dominic Cooper’s love interest in The Devil’s Double, the recently released film about Saddam Hussein’s savage son, Uday.
