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Lost Charlie Chaplin film discovered by eBay buyer (November 06, 2009)

An unknown Charlie Chaplin film has been discovered in an old tin, bought from eBay for £3.20. Collector Morace Park decided to buy the battered container because he liked the look of it and did not even open the parcel for a while after it arrived. When he finally did, he discovered a previously unknown seven-minute film called Charlie Chaplin in Zepped. He said: "I Googled it and then my interest was pricked. I couldn't find any sign of it on the internet." The film features... Read more »

Wright Penn quit Hollywood for kids (November 06, 2009)

Actress Robin Wright Penn moved her family out of Hollywood after witnessing Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daily struggle with photographers. The Forrest Gump star, who filed for divorce from Sean Penn in August (09), packed up their home because she didn't want her two children growing up in a "weird" community obsessed with celebrity. She says, "I didn't want to raise my kids in this weird, sycophantic society. If you have celebrity parents, it's not a good recipe for the kids, or anyone at Read more »

Portman's qualms over nude scenes (November 06, 2009)

Natalie Portman always thinks twice before agreeing to strip off on film - because she fears her naked image will end up on pornography websites. The actress admits she struggled with the decision to appear nude at the start of her career, and even asked filmmakers to rewrite a scene in her 1999 movie Anywhere But Here because she felt uneasy about baring all. She tells America's V magazine, "I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be Read more »

Aykroyd joins Burke & Hare film (November 06, 2009)

Dan Aykroyd has signed on to join Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy and former Dr. Who David Tennant in a new film about graverobbers William Burke and William Hare. Casting has yet to be finalised, but Pegg will play Burke in the John Landis movie. Burke And Hare earned notoriety in the 19th century for digging up the dead and selling off cadavers to medical schools. Read more »

Farris to 'bear' all in Yogi film (November 06, 2009)

House Bunny star Anna Faris is set to get wild as the star of a new live-action/animated movie about cartoon character Yogi Bear. The actress is in negotiations to star in the new Warner Bros. family film about Jellystone Park's favourite beast and his sidekick Boo-Boo. According to EW.com, Faris will play Rachel, a nature documentary filmmaker shooting the two bears. Dan Aykroyd is reportedly in negotiations to voice the CG-animated Yogi while Justin Timberlake is in talks to voice Boo-Boo.... Read more »

Sick theatregoer almost ruins Breakfast at Tiffany's (November 06, 2009)

Anna Friel almost forgot her lines during a recent performance in West End show Breakfast At Tiffany's - when a sick theatre-goer showered the audience with vomit. The Pushing Daisies star is currently appearing as Holly Golightly in the hit stage production of Audrey Hepburn's classic movie. But one performance was almost ruined after a reveller threw up over the balcony - splattering audience members below. Friel admits she was angry at first - until she realised what had happened. She tells Read more »

Penn helps Jones realise movie dream (November 06, 2009)

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones is set to add filmmaker to his resume - after actor Sean Penn offered to help him launch a movie career. The Welsh rocker considered a career as a scriptwriter before finding fame with the Dakota hitmakers - and now he's set to realise his moviemaking dreams after impressing Penn with a project he's been developing. Jones says, "I was at L.A. airport when I saw Sean, who I'd once met at a U2 gig in London. So I went up, said hello and told him all about a... Read more »

Thurman eager to shape up for Kill Bill (November 06, 2009)

Uma Thurman can't wait to begin work on the next Kill Bill movie - because the intense samurai training she endures for the films push her into the best shape of her life. The actress spent months mastering her martial arts skills with professional stuntmasters to play The Bride, a killer assassin, in the first two instalments of Quentin Tarantino's action franchise. And she's ready to kick off the gruelling sessions for a third time - after reverting back to her lazy ways since filming... Read more »

Mirren seeing Red (November 06, 2009)

Dame Helen Mirren has joined Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in a movie adaptation of popular comic series Red. The Queen actress is part of an all-star cast for the film, which will be based on the three graphic novels about a retired CIA agent who is targeted by a hitman. The movie is expected to be released in November next year (10), reports trade paper Daily Variety. Read more »

Fish Tank & Woman Without Piano triumph at AFI Festival (November 06, 2009)

Acclaimed indie movies Fish Tank and Woman Without Piano shared the inaugural New Lights Award at the American Film Institute Festival in Hollywood on Thursday (05Nov09). The winners were announced at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel following the closing night gala screening of Tom Ford's A Single Man. The New Lights competition was created to acknowledge and honour vital, groundbreaking films by first and second time feature filmmakers from around the world. Andrea Arnold was honoured for Fish... Read more »

Firth, Blunt & De Niro honoured at Britannia Awards in Los Angeles (November 06, 2009)

Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Kirk Douglas and Robert De Niro were among the honourees at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night (05Nov09). Firth claimed the night's Humanitarian Award, Blunt was named British Artist of the Year and Douglas took home the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. De Niro picked up the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. Filmmaker Danny Boyle was honoured with the John Schlesinger Britannia... Read more »

Michael Jackson film tops UK box office (November 06, 2009)

This Is It, a film about the late Michael Jackson's rehearsals for the tour he never did, has topped the cinema chart in the UK and Ireland. Box office figures show that the movie took £4.9 million over last weekend, while worldwide the film made $104 million (£63.4 million) in the first five days after its release. Up, the Disney animation about a house that flies away, lost the top spot and dropped to number two, while Fantastic Mr Fox, a stop motion film based on Roald Dahl's book... Read more »

Sundance Film Festival goes national (November 05, 2009)

Organisers of the Sundance Film Festival have announced that the event will expand across eight cities in the US next year. According to organisers, the festival will aim to provide a "collective film experience" by sending eight filmmakers across the US to showcase their latest movies. Each of the filmmakers will answer questions from the audiences, helping to inspire film fans to discuss key issues and share their opinions. Participating cities include Ann Arbor, Michigan; Brookline, Read more »

British film studio to show 'biggest' movie in history (November 05, 2009)

Pinewood Studios, the British film studio located in Buckinghamshire, is hoping its drive-in showing of Mission Impossible will beat the world record for the largest movie screening. The studio hopes to break existing records, previously held by locations in Oslo and Tokyo, when it shows the Tom Cruise flick on a huge cinema screen measuring 240 ft (73.1m) wide, reports the Daily Telegraph. In 1996, Independence Day was projected onto a 132 ft (40.24m) screen in Oslo, while in 2008 a showing of Read more »

Law's Hamlet a hit on Broadway (November 05, 2009)

Jude Law's performance of Hamlet on Broadway has overcome mixed reviews to officially become a "commercial success" - producers have already recouped the show's £1.6 million cost. The actor took on the role of Shakespeare's Danish prince for the second time this year (09), after transferring the show from London's West End to the Big Apple in September (09). Broadway theatre critics were split over the actor's delivery, with Bloomberg News panning Law as "flashy, frequently jocular and... Read more »