EntertainmentEvening StandardWill the 2021 Oscars be the weirdest ceremony in Academy history?
From the Zoom confusion to the new venue slap bang in the middle of a major transport hub, it’s far from business as usual
CelebrityThe IndependentJohn Travolta says dancing with Princess Diana was ‘like a fairytale’
‘Think of the setting. It’s midnight. I approach her, touch her elbow, invite her to dance,’ he recalled
CelebrityThe IndependentDave Bautista describes failed pitch to play Batman villain Bane: ‘They had a giggle and showed me the exit’
‘At least I gave it a shot,’ wrote the actor and former WWE star
EntertainmentThe IndependentSpider-Man movies swinging over to Disney+ in landmark licensing deal
Character had previously been the glaring exception in company’s Marvel content
CelebrityPA Media: MoviesJennifer Lopez wraps filming on romantic comedy Shotgun Wedding
Lopez last week announced the end of her engagement with Alex Rodriguez.
EntertainmentEntertainment WeeklyJeremy Renner shares banged-up Hawkeye selfie to celebrate wrapping Disney+ series
The Avengers star hits his mark.
EntertainmentPA Media: MoviesJonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank to star in remake of German film
The film will be directed by Stephan Rick.
EntertainmentYahoo TVHow 'The Simpsons' replaced Hank Azaria with a gay actor for a popular gay character
Openly gay Cuban-American actor Tony Rodriguez recently landed the job of voicing one of the animated show's popular LGBTQ characters, Julio, with the help of the podcast "Gayest Episode Ever."
CelebrityPA Media: MoviesElizabeth Olsen says she had ‘debilitating’ panic attacks in her younger years
Actress Elizabeth Olsen has spoken about having “totally debilitating” panic attacks in her younger years.The Marvel star, 32, said she learned to control them with “brain tricks from friends” rather than medication.Olsen, who is the cover star of Glamour UK’s April digital issue, told the magazine: “I had major panic attacks for a long time. It was totally debilitating. I was living in New York on my own and I was 22.”“I didn’t realise it [anxiety] was something that you could not control.“And the issue is the control part. And then I just learned a bunch of brain tricks from friends who actually went to a neuropsychiatrist and instead of medicating, I decided to do it that way.”She added: “With panic attacks, you have to put your attention off ‘whatever’s making you spin’ onto something else. It was (about) being present in the moment and identifying all the things around you in order to not spin.”Olsen also told the magazine she is “never going back to social media”.“And it’s not even like I was bullied. It’s not even like anything happened,” she said.Olsen said social media made her “uncomfortable” and she questioned why she was “even trying to create a character version” of herself.“I just felt weird how it organised my brain,” she said.“I’m not someone who’s obsessed with using a platform in any way.”Olsen, who plays Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is the younger sibling of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley, former child stars who rose to fame on the TV series Full House, and who have since become renowned in the fashion world.She recently reprised her role as Wanda – also known as the Scarlet Witch – in Disney+ series WandaVision, alongside British-American actor Paul Bettany.Read the full interview in the Glamour UK April digital issue, online now.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKOscars 2021 poll: Who should win Best Director?
Chloe Zhao is the current favourite to take home the Oscar
EntertainmentYahoo Quizzes UKQuiz! Which film won the Best Picture Oscar from these 4 nominees?
The Academy Award for Best Picture is known for being a bit of a wild card – so can you recall which films actually took home the Oscar?
CelebrityYahoo Movies UKStars who lost their Oscars
Some were careless, while others simply weren't all that worried about hanging on to the award.
EntertainmentThe IndependentLuke Evans addresses James Bond speculation
Actor said taking on the role after Daniel Craig would be ‘daunting’
- EntertainmentOfficial Charts Company
Official Film Chart 21st April 2021
Wonder Woman 1984 has made it to a triumphant sixth week at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, as the hit sequel continues to dominate with 84% of its sales made up of DVD & Blu-ray copies. Disney & Pixar’s Soul floats back up to its Number 2 peak, while Joker rebounds to Number 3 – pushing Godzilla: King of the Monsters down two spots to Number 4. Psychological thriller The Invisible Man sneaks up six places to return to the Top 5 at Number 5, marking its 24th non-consecutive week in the chart. Spider-Man: Far From Home drops to 6, Harry Potter: The Complete Collection is down one to Number 7, and Godzilla (2014) has stormed up 21 places to Number 8 as fans revisit the franchise following the release of sequel Godzilla vs. Kong. The week’s highest new entry, crime-drama Let Him Go, starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane lands at Number 9. Based upon a novel of the same name by Larry Watson, a retired sheriff and his wife - grieving the death of their son - set off to rescue their grandson from his dangerous new family. Finally, Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone rounds off this week’s countdown at Number 10. This week’s Official Film Chart online show features a preview of Blithe Spirit starring Judi Dench & Dan Stevens. The British comedy will be available to download & keep from 26 April. Now, as well as OfficialCharts.com, the Official Film Chart can also be found on FindAnyFilm.com - the ultimate site for Film and TV fans to discover all the legal ways to buy the entertainment they want on disc and digital formats.
BusinessPA Media: MoviesNetflix shares plunge following disappointing subscriber growth
The streaming giant promised to spend 17 billion dollars (£12.2 billion) on content this year.
EntertainmentThe AV ClubPaul Thomas Anderson's next movie is definitely coming out this year
It’s been months since we heard any rumblings about Paul Thomas Anderson’s follow-up to Phantom Thread (HAIM videos don’t count), with the last news being that he had cast Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son Cooper as the lead in the film back in September, but now The Film Stage has an important update: The movie is coming out this year, specifically November 26, which seems to suggest that there really is a future on the horizon where people can safely go to theaters and new movies come to those theaters instead of just opening on streaming platforms. That’s exciting, but we still don’t know much about Anderson’s next movie, like, say, what it’s called. We’ve heard that it’s set in California in the ‘70s and that Hoffman (in his acting debut!) is playing a young actor, with Alana Haim (from HAIM, also in her acting debut!) will also be appearing as… someone. We don’t know. The Film Stage says Bradley Cooper will be there as an “old-school producer/director” and Benny Safdie will play a politician, but it’s anyone’s guess at this point how those pieces will all fit together.
CelebrityPA Media: MoviesBeyonce and Oprah Winfrey lead celebrity reaction to Derek Chauvin verdict
Following a high-profile trial, the former police officer was found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
EntertainmentPA Media: MoviesBoy George launches search for ‘brave’ actor to play him in upcoming biopic
The musician said he wanted to be ‘impressed’.
EntertainmentVarietyEmilia Clarke Joins Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ at Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE)
Emilia Clarke is in final negotiations to join Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion,” the hot original series quickly coming together at Disney Plus. The “Game of Thrones” headliner’s role is naturally under wraps, and marks her first foray into the Marvel universe. She joins previously-reported cast Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Olivia Colman. […]
EntertainmentIndiewireSeth Rogen Has Spent Five Years Planning ‘Big Action Film’ Inspired by Buster Keaton, Jackie Chan
Rogen is drawing inspiration from Paul Thomas Anderson and Alfonso Cuarón to become more experimental in his film work.
EntertainmentThe TelegraphCaptain Colman? How a Marvel movie – not an Oscar – became every serious actor’s dream
There’s a moment that every child who aspires to movie stardom dreams about. They practise it in front of the mirror: graciously thanking their parents, their first drama teacher, their favourite hamster; smiling; waving; trying valiantly to cry. No, it’s not an Oscar’s acceptance speech – at least, not anymore; it’s the moment that super-producer Kevin Feige offers you his hand across a conference table and tells you you’ve landed a Marvel movie. Yesterday came the first reports that Olivia Colman is in talks to slip into full-body lycra and join the MCU, via the studio’s next small-screen series Secret Invasion. The news follows a recent clutch of arrivals of actresses of a similar age and calibre to Colman to other Marvel projects, including Kathryn Hahn’s show-stealing turn in WandaVision, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ surprise appearance in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Such casting choices may once have sounded insane. Why would the woman who just two years ago won an Academy Award for her grief-stricken, crumbling performance as Queen Anne in The Favourite, and who is up for another one this weekend for The Father, choose to submerge her pristine brand as the reigning monarch of British acting, both on-screen and off-, in a barrel of brightly-coloured, pop-sountracked, quippy-scripted comic bookery? Secret Invasion sounds even more deranged than the average Marvel project: it will likely focus on the race of green, reptilian aliens called Skrulls (Ben Mendelsohn will reprise his role as Skrull commander Talos from Captain Marvel), as they invade earth by shapeshifting to imitate superheroes. Colman as an alien reptile? It’s hard to think of a more unlikely piece of casting since Judi Dench dressed up in a catsuit. But over the last decade, a foundational piece of Marvel’s strategy has been signing-on not just fresh-faced stars like Chris Evans and Tom Holland, but some of the world’s most serious performers: inde darlings (Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Brie Larson), BBC-drama-grown Brits (Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch) and awards-laden powerhouses (Annette Bening, Scarlett Johansson, and even Anthony Hopkins, Colman’s co-star in The Father, who is also up for an Oscar) have all rocked up in the MCU. Much as the Harry Potter franchise once was, the films have become a who’s who of Oscar after-party invite lists.
NewsPeopleGemma Chan Accuses Sunday Times of 'Trivializing Casual Racism' in Prince Philip Reporting as Paper Apologizes
Gemma Chan called the story — which referred to the late royal as "an often crotchety figure, offending people with gaffes about slitty eyes" — "irresponsible" amid the surge of anti-Asian attacks
EntertainmentPA Media: MoviesTom Cruise pictured on set in the North York Moors
The A-lister was joined by hundreds of crew during filming on a railway.
EntertainmentVarietyScott Rudin ‘Stepping Back’ From Film, Streaming Work Due to Abuse Allegations
Producer Scott Rudin will “step back” from his film and streaming projects in addition to his Broadway productions in the wake of allegations about his abusive workplace behavior. Rudin, whose upcoming films include Netflix’s “The Woman in the Window” and A24’s “The Humans,” said he will “take the time to work on personal issues I […]
EntertainmentThe IndependentMads Mikkelsen reveals ‘brutal and insane’ Casino Royale moment he wasn’t allowed to film
‘Come back to the table,’ the director told Mikkelsen. ‘This is a Bond film. We can’t go there’
