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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.
‘Egypt’s Al Pacino’ sentenced to three months in jail for insulting Islam on screen
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Leading lights from across the Egyptian film industry are threatening to go on strike after one of the country’s most famous actors was handed a jail sentence for insulting Islam in a number of his highest-profile films roles.
Life imitates art as Cuban actors go missing en route to US festival
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Two Cuban stars of a new British-made film about asylum-seekers fleeing their homeland for a better life in the United States have vanished while travelling from Havana to New York for the Tribeca Film Festival.
A novel approach to making blockbuster movies
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 at 12:00 am
The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron and out next week, is not just another Hollywood romance, it’s another Hollywood romance from author Nicholas Sparks.
Never send a girl to do a woman’s job – especially on film
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Country-pop princess Taylor Swift is in talks to play legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in a forthcoming adaptation of Sheila Weller’s acclaimed – and brilliant – book Girls Like Us, about the lives of Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King. Fans of the acclaimed Mitchell, who is consistently heralded as one of the greatest songwriters in history, are less than pleased at the idea of such a comparatively lightweight artist portraying their complex idol (rumours that Justin Bieber, currently causing mayhem across London, is interested in the role of Jackson Browne remain unfounded).
ITV’s Fred West drama leads Bafta nominations
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
ITV’s Fred West dramatisation has picked up the most nominations for this year’s television Baftas, with its star Dominic West going head to head with Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch to be crowned leading actor.
