Posts Tagged ‘George Clooney’
Chronicle tops the US box office chart
The telekinesis thriller, Chronicle, crushed its chart enemies and flew into first place at this weekend’s US box office, beating The Woman in Black by the skin of its teeth. The supernatural film, starring Dane DeHaan (The Front) and Alex Russell (Wasted on the Young) scooped the top spot, earning a staggering $22m during its opening...
Miss Piggy to be official red carpet host at the BAFTAs
We all know how it goes, the stars emerge gracefully from their limousines and saunter along the red carpet as everyone waits for that one juicy interview. This year at the BAFTAs, it will be Miss Piggy who will be getting all the gossip, and who better to flutter her eyelashes and fire the questions we all secretly want to ask. Miss Piggy...
Awards Season continues: BAFTA announce nominations
The awards season is in full swing and with the Golden Globes out of the way, the nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 have been announced. The Artist is in the lead ... of course. Leading the pack is the hot favourite for Best Film: The Artist. The French masterpiece received 12 nominations in total, which include:...
The Golden Globes 2012: the results
The results are in, and it's time to share with you the list of honoured films and individuals who contributed to a year of cinema and television. I'm sure you're here for the results more than the gossip, so I'll make with the awards list: Film: Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource - The Artist Best Original Song: "Masterpiece" -...
Golden Globe and SAG nominations announced
Awards season is here! Along with the promise of Christmas, breakable New Years resolutions and weight gain, we also have the nominations for both the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) and the Golden Globes 2012. The winners won't be announced until both ceremonies are held in January, of course, but we finally know which films and...
George Clooney rumoured to play Steve Jobs in Sony production
George Clooney is in the running to play the innovative inventor, Steve Jobs, in a film about his life. However, the Hollywood actor - sometimes referred to as the 'silver fox' - might have to part with some of his famous hair in order to pull off Jobs' rather more balding look. The Ocean's Eleven star is up against 40-year-old Noah...
55th BFI London Film Festival Line-Up Announced
The line-up for the 55th BFI London Film Festival has finally been announced! There have been a number of exciting films in production recently, and now it has finally been revealed which of them will feature in the programme for this year's BFI London Film Festival. It was previously announced that Fernando Meirelles' 360 would be...
Final preparations for the Venice Film Festival
Excitement is rising in the lead-up to the opening of the world's oldest film festival. The Venice Film Festival will be awash with stars, the opening night including George Clooney and his co-stars of The Ides of March, Ryan Gosling and Philip Seymour Hoffman. And this is just the start, with a total of 22 films entered into the...
Top ten TV-to-movie stars
This week sees the release of The Roomate. To be honest it's had some pretty terrible reviews and there's not much to say about it other than it's a terrible rip off of Single White Female. What is worth mentioning is that it stars Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester who is trying to make her move from the small screen to the big screen. It seems it...
Clooney planning on bringing Enron to the big screen?
News that George Clooney is looking to direct a film version of the hit West End play Enron has ruffled a few feathers in the theatre world. At this stage very little is known about what Clooney is planning, although we do know that the original cast will not be reprising their roles and director Rupert Goold is also not...
Take Two: Actors who direct
As if it's not enough being a Hollywood actor, more and more of the A-listers are turning to directing as well. The Town is released in the UK today, a film in which Ben Affleck not only stars, but also directs. Affleck has certainly proved his ability as a director, but what about the rest? We have a look at the actors who have made the...
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Despite a cryptic title, and an even stranger trailer that reveals nothing about the content of the film, Grant Heslov’s second film ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’ is an unexpected comedy gem. Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by UK journalist Jon Ronson, the start of the film introduces investigative reporter Bob Wilton...
