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Did '300: Rise of an Empire' Writers Forget To Pen A Decent Script?
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes, 300: Rise of an Empire hits theaters in the U.S this weekend and continuing the blockbusting 300 saga. The latest move pits Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) against...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th March 2014
Someone, Somewhere, Has Recommissioned 'Birds of a Feather'
ITV has recommissioned 'Birds of a Feather for another series'. The channel revived the former BBC sitcom - which ended for a reason - and watched it become its most successful comedy launch in over...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th March 2014
![Mad Men Season 7 Teaser: Don Draper Gets Off A Plane, In Slow Motion [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20140302/2014_vanity_fair_oscar_party_030314_36/jon-hamm-jennider-westfeldt-celebrities-attend-2014-vanity_4095790.jpg "Mad Men Season 7 Teaser: Don Draper Gets Off A Plane, In Slow Motion [Video]")
Mad Men Season 7 Teaser: Don Draper Gets Off A Plane, In Slow Motion [Video]
Don Draper, getting off a plane, in slow motion, while putting on his hat. Yep, the Mad Med season 7 teaser is finally here and it's already got Reddit buzzing into action. According to Rolling...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th March 2014
Lindsay Lohan Joins the Cast of '2 Broke Girls'
Lindsay Lohan has joined the cast of '2 Broke Girls' to make a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom later this season.According to TV Line, Lohan will appear in the April 14 episode which will...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th March 2014
!['The Zero Theorem': Terry Gilliam Trapped In His Own Fantasy? [Trailer + Pictures]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20140221/220214_late_late_show_celebs/terry-gilliam-celebrities-at-rte-for-the_4080774.jpg "'The Zero Theorem': Terry Gilliam Trapped In His Own Fantasy? [Trailer + Pictures]")
'The Zero Theorem': Terry Gilliam Trapped In His Own Fantasy? [Trailer + Pictures]
Terry Gilliam's latest effort The Zero Theorem follows a computer hacker and his ultimate goal to discover the reason for human existence. A shadowy organisation known only as The Management are keen to interrupt his...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th March 2014
![Shailene Woodley Making $250,000 For First 'Divergent' Movie [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20140302/the_2014_film_independent_spirit_awards_arrivals_020314_06/shailene-woodley-the-2014-film-independent-spirit_4091880.jpg "Shailene Woodley Making $250,000 For First 'Divergent' Movie [Video]")
Shailene Woodley Making $250,000 For First 'Divergent' Movie [Video]
Shailene Woodley will make around $250,000 (though that could rise to $500,000) for the first instalment of the Divergent franchise. Based on Veronica Roth's popular trilogy set in a dystopic future, Divergent is a big-budget...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th March 2014
'Outnumbered' Ends After Seven Years, But Will We Miss It?
The Brockman family waved goodbye to UK audiences on Wednesday evening (March 5, 2014) after seven years and five series of 'Outnumbered'. The show followed married couple Pete and Sue - the epitome of the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th March 2014
Soundgarden To Perform Seattle Grunge Classic 'Superunknown' at SXSW
Soundgarden will perform their classic album 'Superunknown' in its entirety at the iTunes Festival at South By Southwest next week. To celebrate the record's 20th anniversary, the band will take to the stage at the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 5th March 2014
Fox's 'Gotham' Finally Casts its Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle
David Mazouz, 12, best known for playing the young lead opposite Kiefer Sutherland in 'Touch' is to play Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman prequel 'Gotham'. Mazouz will play the iconic comic book character who will...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th March 2014
So You Think You Know How 'True Detective' Will End?
HBO's stunning crime-drama 'True Detective' will come to an end on Sunday night (March 9, 2014) - at least for season one - leaving a complete void in the lives of all those who have...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th March 2014
The Oscars Selfie Gets a Simpsons Makeover. Look at Kevin Spacey.
Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars selfie - which was actually taken by Bradley Cooper - has been the talk of the net all week, but it looks as though the famous snapshot is going to run and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th March 2014
![So Here's Why '12 Years a Slave' Writer Snubbed Steve McQueen at the Oscars [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20140302/oscars_press_room_030314_02/steve-mcqueen-the-86th-annual-oscars-_4094716.jpg "So Here's Why '12 Years a Slave' Writer Snubbed Steve McQueen at the Oscars [Video]")
So Here's Why '12 Years a Slave' Writer Snubbed Steve McQueen at the Oscars [Video]
Did it not cross your mind that, when John Ridley won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay on Sunday (March 2, 2014), he was sat nowhere near the rest of the '12 Years a Slave'...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th March 2014
Cara Delevingne To Play Soldier's Fiancee in Sky Arts Drama 'Timeless'
British model Cara Delevingne will play the fiancee of a soldier serving in Afghanistan in a new Sky Arts drama 'Timeless'. The Burberry star will make her TV acting debut alongside Carry On actress Sylvia...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th March 2014
'12 Years a Slave' DVD Released, But It's Heading Back Into Cinemas
Despite the fact that 12 Years a Slave is released on DVD on Tuesday (March 4, 2014), exhibiters are clamoring to book the movie back into theaters following its Best Picture win at the Oscars...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th March 2014
BBC Bosses Learnt of Susanna Reid's Exit Hours Before ITV Statement
BBC Bosses were left incensed after hearing of Breakfast host Susanna Reid exit just hours before it was officially announced she had jumped ship for rival ITV. Reid, 42, has accepted an offer in the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th March 2014
Yep, the Oscars Pizza Guy Was Real, And He Got Tipped $1,000
The Oscar pizza guy who turned up at the 86th Academy Awards to deliver Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep some premium cheesy goodness walked away with a $1000 tip. Edgar,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th March 2014
Molly Smitten-Downes is UK Pick For Eurovision Song Contest. Sorry, Who?
The little-known singer-songwriter Molly Smitten-Downes, whose only previous taste of the limelight was featuring on the 2008 Sash song 'Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)' is the UK's selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The 26-year-old...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th March 2014
Why Matthew McConaughey Could Win Successive Best Actor Oscars
Nobody could deny Matthew McConaughey the Oscar for best actor at the 86th Academy Awards. His acceptance speech was typically McConaughey and the 44-year-old Texan really has established himself as one of America's finest actors...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars Selfie Sells TONS of Samsung Galaxy Note 3's (Probably)
Ok, so we don't know if Samsung has seen a sales spike in their Galaxy Note 3 model since the Academy Awards, but Ellen DeGeneres Oscars selfie wouldn't have hurt interest in the technology giant's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Is Oscar Winner '20 Feet from Stardom' The Perfect Music Documentary?
20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville's stunning examination of the lives and experiences of backing singers in the music industry - was named Best Documentary at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Forget the Oscars, Liam Neeson's 'Non-Stop' Has Topped the Box-Office
While all eyes were on the 86th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (March 2, 2014), box-office boffins were tapping away on their calculators to figure out who had reigned supreme at the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Benedict Cumberbatch. Best Oscars Photobomb. EVER.
Benedict Cumberbatch won the Oscar for best photo-bomb at the 86th Academy Awards for totally spoiling a nice team shot of U2 posing outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Bono, The Edge and co...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Nick Grimshaw Swallows Glass Live On Air, Is Rushed To Hospital
This may think that this couldn't be anything other than an entirely fabricated story, but BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ Nick Grimshaw has swallowed glass live on air, and has been rushed to hospital....
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd March 2014
Yep, Jimmy Kimmel Turned Up To The Oscars...In Jeans
So, there was Brad Pitt in his tuxedo, Bradley Cooper in his tuxedo, Matthew McConaughey is his white tuxedo - hell, anyone who was anyone wore some form of tuxedo to the Oscars, as it...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Matthew McConaughey "Not Sure What Happens" In 'True Detective' Conclusion
Matthew McConaughey joked that he's not sure what happens in the concluding episodes of HBO's acclaimed drama True Detective, in which he stars alongside Woody Harrelson as two detectives hunting a serial killer.Matthew McConaughey [R]...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Bill Murray Remembers Harold Ramis During Oscars Presenting Slot
Bill Murray, the American actor who lost out on the Oscar for best actor for Lost In Translation all those years ago, paid tribute to his late friend and colleague Harold Ramis while presenting the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
'12 Years a Slave' Wins Oscar for Best Picture
Steve McQueen's epic slavery drama '12 Years a Slave' has won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The movie, which was co-produced by Brad Pitt, beat off competition...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
McConaissance Is Complete as Matthew McConaughey Wins Oscar for Best Actor
As we predicted, Matthew McConaughey's remarkable career turnaround is complete after the actor won the Oscar for Best Actor at the 86th Academy Awards for his stunning turn in Dallas Buyers Club. McConaughey played Ron...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
Most Obvious Headline, Ever: Cate Blanchett Wins Best Actress at the Oscars
As we predicted, Australian actress Cate Blanchett has won the Oscar for best actress at the 86th Academy Awards for Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. Blanchett was the overwhelming favorite to win the statuette for her...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
'Gravity' Pulls in Best Director Oscar for Alfonso Cuaron
As expected, and as we predicted, Alfonso Cuaron has won the Oscar for Best Director at the 86th Academy Awards for his work on the stunning 3-D epic Gravity.George Clooney in Alfonso Cuaron's 'Gravity'Cuaron has...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd March 2014
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