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Woody Allen’s LA Hate

Woody Allan doesn’t feel comfortable being in Los Angeles.

The ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ director stated that he feels like a “fish out of water” in the Californian city. Though he’s never hidden his love of his home city of New York.

He said: “I’m like a fish out of water in a town like Los Angeles. You have to drive every place - you can’t walk and the sun beats down on your head. I prefer to be in a more pedestrian city!”

Penelope Cruz - who stars in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ alongside with Scarlett Johansson - recently revealed Woody is not as excited as the rest of the world about the Hollywood pair’s lesbian kiss in the film.

She said: “Woody could not care less about our kissing scene. When we would ask him about it, he was more interested in a new mark which had appeared on his hand and was worrying him.

“He even stopped shooting so he could go to the doctor and get it checked out. We all had to wait around for him to come back.”

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Half-Blood Prince Release Postponed

Sad news for the Harry Potter fans. Warner Bros. is postponing the release of Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince.

It turns out, that the sixth film in the franchise, set to permier Nov. 21, will now be released in July of 2009.

Warner Bros. president Alan Horn stated, that the writers strike is responsible for the dealy.

“Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films–changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of,” he said. “We agreed the best strategy was to move Half-Blood Prince to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tentpole release for midsummer.”

The studio said it still plans to release a two-film adaptation of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with the first film on track to be released on Nov. 19, 2010.

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Winslet Awkward With DiCaprio Love Scenes

According to Digital Spy Kate Winslet has admitted that filming a love scene with Leonardo DiCaprio for their upcoming movie Revolutionary Road was “a bit weird”.

Winslet, who starred opposite DiCaprio in Titanic, told Entertainment Weekly that the discomfort was heightened by the presence of the director, her husband Sam Mendes.

She said: “I just kept saying, ‘This is too… weird’. And Leo was like, ‘Oh, get over it’. And I’m going, ‘Yeah, a little reminder: You’re my best friend. He’s my husband. This is a bit weird’.

“I hadn’t realised how much my chemistry with him since Titanic would still stick. It’s great to discover we can just slip right into it, like muscle memory.”

Mendes added that he was also feeling awkward directing his wife with DiCaprio.

“I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love,” he said. “But it’s difficult whether you’re married to a person or not.”

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McAvoy The Hollywood’s Biggest Farter

James McAvoy has admitted that he had to take muscle-gain supplements for his role in action movie Wanted and they caused him to constantly break wind.

The Sun quotes the actor as saying, “They made me down these shakes which I had to make from these huge tubs of the stuff. To be fair, it really helped, but it came with a massive side effect of me violently farting. It was so often and so vigorous, I couldn’t stop.”

“When I was filming I was by far the biggest farter in Hollywood. I had to give up the shakes after a month and start eating chicken and steak instead as it was getting embarrassing.”

But it seems like McAvoy couldn’t sacrifice everything to muscle up for the role of downtrodden office worker Wesley Gibson. He said, “I found that caffeine, alcohol and smoking break down muscle and there was no way I was giving them up.”

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Ledger’s Family To Pay Tribute To Son

Heath Ledger’s family traveled a long way to come to New York for the premiere of ‘The Dark Knight’ to pay tribute to the Australian actor.

Heath’s dad Kim with his wife Ines, mother Sally Bell and sister Kate were all there to watch the latest in the Batman series and the last film Ledger completed, reported Daily Mail.

Michael Cane talked about Ledger, ” But when we were sitting down between takes, he was completely ordinary. He wasn’t preparing himself or saying ‘Please leave me alone, I’ve gotta do this.”

“We would sit and chat and have a cup of coffee, then suddenly they’d say, ‘We’re ready, Heath,’ and he’d go straight into The Joker.His energy was astonishing, he’s certainly the best villain I’ve ever seen.”

He added, “My favourite part is the opening monologue of Heath Ledger as The Joker, it’s one of the best close-ups I’ve ever seen in my life.”

He was a young actor and this is his moment. He did Brokeback Mountain which was fine and he never got the Oscar. He’s going to get the Oscar for this.”

Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the film said, “Working with Heath was fantastic. He steals the movie and I’m quite happy to say that.”

“He’s a hell of a talent and created a Joker that’s very iconic and one that will
become a classic portrayal of the ages.”

The verdict on Ledger’s performance:

The Sun: “Ledger seems to have got into the chaotic mind of the comic book character. And terrifying he is. He deserves all the talk of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.”

Entertainment Weekly: “In this, the last performance he completed before his death, Ledger had a maniacal gusto inspired enough to suggest that he might have lived to be as audacious an actor as Marlon Brando, and maybe as great.”

The Mirror: “Heath Ledger is a dead cert to scoop an Oscar for his chilling portrayal of The Joker. Caked in mascara and with a horrifying maniacal laugh, the late Australian actor is the brilliant heart of a superhero movie that’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before.”

Associated Press: “Nolan was wise enough to give Ledger plenty of room to shine — albeit in the actor’s indelibly perverse, twisted way. There’s nothing cartoony about his Joker.”

Washington Post: “Audiences with high expectations shouldn’t be blamed — once they see Ledger’s mesmerising take on The Joker—for wondering why the whole movie couldn’t just be about him instead.”

Time:”Joker is simply one of the most twisted and mesmerising creeps in movie history. Echoing the sly psychopathy and scary sing-song voice of Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of The Lambs, Ledger carries in him the deranged there.”

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic     

Kim Ledger and wife Ines

Heath’s sister Kate

 Michael Cane and wife Shakira Cane

The Batmobile was put on display for fans

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Cane Wants Ledger To Be Nominated For Oscar

Michael Cane thinks that Heath Ledger gave an Oscar worthy performance as the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’.

The actor told Usmagazine.com, “I just watched him and talked to him for three days and I thought he was extraordinary. I think he’ll get a posthumous Oscar nomination at least.”

The actor, who plays Alfred Pennyworth added, “I didn’t have a scene with him. He was in a scene in the picture which I was in but he never spoke to me in the scene – it was a big party.”

Cane isn’t the only one who praises Ledger’s role. Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers said,”I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker.”

Travers added,”If there’s a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976’s Network, sign me up.”

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Cameron Diaz Goes Bald

Cameron Diaz is spotted bald on set of her upcoming movie My Sister’s Keeper where Diaz play the role of a mother who shaves her head in support of her ill daughter.

Howoever, Diaz was actually wearing a fitted bald cap to film to movie rather than shaving her head.

The film based on the book by Jodi Piccoult also features Alec Baldwin and John Cusack.

The movie’s synopsis is as follows:

“Anna (Abigail Breslin) is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister Kate can somehow fight leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate-a life role that she has never challenged . . . until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister-and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for her sister she loves.”

You will have to wait until next year if you want to see Cameron Diaz plays her first mother role (indication that she’s aging).

What do you think of Cameron Diaz when she’s bald?

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Rihanna’s Film Debut in “Mama Black Widow”

Rihanna is set to takeover the movie industry after her widespread success in music scene.

The Umbrella hottie has been cast in the film adaption of Iceberg Slim’s book Mama Black Widow as Carol.

The movie’s synopsis is as follows:

“Mama Black Widow is the portrait of a black family’s migration from the southern Mississippi fields of the segregated south to the ghettoized black underworld of Chicago during the 1930’s. The story follows Otis Tilson’s struggle to keep his family together as they navigate through a world of alcoholism, pimping, sexual deviation and racial degradation. Told in the gut level language of the original novel by Iceberg Slim, the family’s journey is a harsh testament of lives lived on the margins of a racist and predatory world.”

Other stars that are joining Rihanna in the cast is Anthony Anderson, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray. Okay what is Macy Gray doing in a movie?

Will you go see Rihanna’s first movie?

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