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William and Kate: the Movie stars have UK promo tour

April 26, 2011/11.44

If only they had the budget to make the movie in the British Isles and not Los Angeles—but there are a few bob to send the stars to the UK to promote it. William and Kate: the Movie is having a UK promotional tour at the moment, with stars Camilla Luddington and Nico Evers-Swindell in […]

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Russell Brand, Katy Perry, Helen Mirren at Arthur UK première

April 20, 2011/10.48

There are some holy grails in film that should not be remade. As we said in this magazine many years ago, Charade, with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, was one. Not that that stopped Hollywood.    It’s Arthur’s turn to get the remake treatment, and early reviews Stateside have not been promising. Nevertheless, it had […]

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Hollywood’s William and Kate: the Movie trailer released

April 13, 2011/0.59

We had read of Hollywood’s version of the love story of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, with not a little ridicule from the British tabloid that had the original exclusive on behind-the-scenes happenings. Revolver Entertainment has released the trailer, starring New Zealander Nico Evers-Swindell as Prince William and Brit Camilla Luddington as Kate Middleton. […]

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Why aren’t we happy that Jennifer Garner is the new Miss Marple?

April 1, 2011/6.21

Annie Leibovitz Above Jennifer Garner models the Gap’s Product Red parka—not really whom you’d expect to see as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. There were two interesting casting decisions made this week in showbusiness.    One was generally favoured and both we and British Vogue reported it: the casting Karen Gillan, Doctor Who’s Amy Pond, as […]

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Vanessa Hudgens ups the glam at UK Sucker Punch première

/12.14

Above Vanessa Hudgens looks decidedly un-Disney as Blondie in Sucker Punch. Zack Snyder’s action–fantasy film Sucker Punch has had its UK première, with Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Jamie Chung and Oscar Isaac among the celebrities attending at Leicester Square.    Director Snyder brought much of the production team from his earlier success Watchmen […]

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The 2011 BNP Paribas Open: having themselves a ball

March 24, 2011/9.06

Joe Scarnici While film buffs look to Hollywood as the physical embodiment of America’s “good life”, Indian Wells (two hours from LA without traffic, and just east of Palm Springs) takes on a similar glow when the BNP Paribas Open comes to town in March. Instead of rolling out the red carpet, of course, the […]

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Celebrities donate to Japan to varying degrees

March 18, 2011/22.17

This is all well and good: ITN’s report about celebrities donating to organizations working with the Japan earthquake and tsunami. The Sandra Bullock report, we can understand, deserves applause, and Demi Lovato has done a good thing so early in her career: both are donating amounts from their own pockets. But is this the same […]

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