SINGAPORE (AFP) – British actor Ian McKellen on Tuesday urged tightly-governed Singapore to loosen up and repeal its archaic laws barring homosexual acts. The openly gay McKellen indicated the laws, which are remnants of British colonial rule, may affect a vibrant business city like Singapore, which is vying with other Asian cities to draw more foreign talent and professionals. McKellen was in Singapore as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s world tour to stage William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” at the Esplanade, Southeast Asia’s most modern performing arts centre. [More]
Month: July 2007
Film star Orlando Bloom’s stage debut in London’s West End has met with a broadly positive response from critics. Bloom, best known for his role in the blockbuster Hollywood franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, stars in a revival of the David Storey play In Celebration. [More]
Sammy writes: Dominic Monaghan will be attending the London Film and Comic Con at Earls Court, (Warwick Road in London). The con dates are September 1st and 2nd, 2007.
Xoanon here, other interesting guests include: HAYDEN PANETTIERE & ZACHERY QUINTO (Heroes), PATRICK STEWART, BILL NIGHY, MICHAEL BIEHN, WILLIAM MAPOTHER (Lost), BILLY WEST, NANA VISITOR, ANDY HALLETT, KENNY BAKER, RAY PARK & GARY KURTZ. [londonfilmandcomiccon.com]
MOVIES.COM LETS FILM FANS DECIDE WITH THE SECOND ANNUAL READERS’ POLL
WHO SHOULD REPLACE TOBEY IN “SPIDEY 4”?
WHO WILL REIGN AS HOLLYWOOD’S NEWEST GOLDEN CHILD – SHILOH NOUVEL JOLIE-PITT OR SURI CRUISE?
OSCARS OR GOLDEN GLOBES?
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – July 17, 2007 – Movies.com returns with its exclusive Annual Readers’ Poll, and this year’s categories are sure to elicit entertaining and shocking results. Should Tobey Maguire continue his reign in the Spider-Man franchise? Will Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt outshine Suri Cruise? Movies.com readers decide – and maybe they’ll even sway Hollywood hard-hitters’ decisions!
“This is the only place where film fans get a chance to make their own voices heard, and on a range of topics from the serious to the irreverent,” said editorial director Lew Harris. “Last year, Johnny Depp ran away with most of the honors; we’re anxious to see who’s tickled the readers’ fancy this year.”
Today through August 14, fans can visit www.movies.com/fanpoll to cast nominations in categories devoted to individual movies, actors, and other quirky topics. Finalists in each category will be announced August 28 and voting for those nominees will be open until September 25. Official Movies.com Readers’ Poll winners will be announced on October 2.
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To Replace Tobey in Spidey 4
To Replace Tom Cruise in MI4
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Perfect Pictures
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Best Car Chase
Best Performance by an Animal
Hollywood Yearbook
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Too Much Plastic Surgery
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Best Celebrity Feud
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Movie-Fan Smack!
3D or 2D
Sweeney Todd or Mamma Mia
Golden Compass or Prince Caspian
Downey Jr.’s Iron Giant or Ed Norton’s Hulk
Oscars® or Golden Globes
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt or Suri Cruise
Borat or Bruno
Brett Ratner or Michael Bay
Superman Returns 2 or… Forget It!
Hellboy 2 or Mummy 3?
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The Government has boosted sweeteners to big-budget movie-makers such as Peter Jackson to head off a threat from across the Tasman. The sequel to the Government’s existing grant scheme for big-budget screen productions, unveiled yesterday, follows moves in Australia to lure such productions with generous subsidies that outstripped New Zealand’s. But the move has raised fears of small, local film-makers being left out in the cold – and questions about the Government propping up big-name Hollywood players such as Jackson. ACT leader Rodney Hide said the Government would lose a bidding war with Australia and giving money to established blockbuster film-makers was a case of “robbing Paul to pay Peter”. [More]
Xoanon here, I am not sure what the details are yet, but an eagle-eyed fan pointed out to me that the official site for DAY ZERO (dayzerothemovie.com) has recently been updated to tease a theatrical release. The film, which follows Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, and Jon Bernthal for a 30 day countdown after they receive their draft notices, recently had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC. Poking around the site I found some great reviews here and here, including one which calls it Elijah’s best performance yet. We’ll have to wait and see I guess. Did anyone catch the premiere at Tribeca? What did you think?