The Cast of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunites!

Cast of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air It's a family reunion for the stars of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air! "Got the Holiday season started right with a Fresh Prince of Bel Air reunion...there's nothin' like spending Holidays with fam!" Will Smith wrote on Facebook. Watch episodes of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air In the picture Smith posted, he poses with his former television cousins Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro and Karyn Parsons, as well as James Avery, who played patriarch Uncle Phil. The group shot was taken at charity event for Parsons' non-profit organization, Sweet Blackberry. Fresh Prince went off the air in 1996 after six seasons.

Naya Rivera Pushing For Glee Moments With NeNe Leakes

First Released: December 21, 2011 2:00 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Glees Naya Rivera gets to the FOX All-Star party at Gladstones in Off-shore Palisades, Calif., on August 5, 2011Naya Rivera is entertaining on Real Average women of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes, who joins Glee the coming year as Coach Roz. Shes great. Shes hysterical, Naya, who plays McKinley Senior High School Cheerio Santana on Glee, told Access Hollywood on Tuesday throughout a rest from filming a brand new commercial for Proactiv. On Monday evening, Chris Colfer (Kurt) and Jum Michele (Rachel) introduced on Bravos Watch What Goes On Live that NeNe was joining the cast for any guest place. Chris and Jum accepted these were large Average women fans and Naya told Access on Tuesday, she's too. I certainly do [watch Real Average women of Atlanta] religiously, and so i was stoked that they was coming. Reached meet her, Naya stated of NeNes appearance, before shedding an indication more NeNe might be available. And, I believe shes returning! Naya is wishing if NeNe does return ongoing what is a faceoff with Jane Lynchs Sue Sylvester she would like some moments using the reality star. No moments together with her [yet]. Ive been pushing on their behalf, she stated. Also headed to Glee within the year, since the guest star embargo appears to become over, is Gloria Estefan becoming Santanas mother. Im very looking forward to that, Naya stated from the Grammy-those who win approaching cameo. I've met her. She found set previously around and introduced her kids and that i reached meet her then and that i believed that was awesome enough as well as for her to become playing my mother, its like, Yes! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Hobbit Trailer Debuts

First Published: December 21, 2011 9:53 AM EST Credit: New Line Cinema Caption Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Middle Earth is rejoicing with the debut of the first look at Peter Jacksons The Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The trailer, which made its debut on Tuesday night, reunites many familiar faces from the Oscar-winning trilogy including Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Frodo (Elijah Wood), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) and even Gollum (Andy Serkis). A younger version of Bilbo Baggins is being played by British actor Martin Freeman, best known for his role on the British version of The Office. Fans will have to wait a little bit longer before they see Legolas (Orlando Bloom), Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and Saruman (Christopher Lee). A slew of new characters, including a gaggle of dwarves are seen in the trailer along with the pivotal character, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuts in theaters on December 14, 2012, followed by The Hobbit: There and Back Again in 2013. Check out the trailer, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Steve Johnson Responds To Gossips Hes Departing X Factor

First Released: December 20, 2011 3:46 PM EST Credit: Caption Access Hollywood Live: X Factors Steve Johnson On Gossips Hes Departing & If Hed Ever Date Nicole Scherzinger La, Calif. -- The X Factor host, Welshman Steve Johnson, wasnt pleased concerning the set of Monday (inside a British tabloid) he will not be back around the FOX reality competition if this returns for any second season the coming year especially while he stated it is not true. British tabloids, thanks greatly for your. Merry Christmas, me, he told Access Hollywood Lives Billy Rose bush and Package Hoover on Tuesday in reaction towards the Daily Mails declare that FOX professionals have selected to not renew his contract. Theres been no conversation with FOX or Fremantle there will not be before the Year, Steve ongoing. But to be honest, were 100 % centered on making the very best final feasible for our audiences I shouldn't pull focus back onto me. If Im back, great, if I am not, Ill make a move else. Simple as that. AH Nation Poll: Do you want to see Steve Johnson return as X Factor host for Season 2? Click The Link to election. If Steve does finish up going the clear way of the Dunkleman (John Dunkleman, original co-host of yankee Idol in the first season, who didnt return because of its second), he accepted Nicole Scherzinger may have a brand new suitor. Were co-workers and were good buddies, Steve told Billy and Package when requested why he hasnt went after the only singer, whom he stated was, smokin hot. Basically ever leave X Factor, Scherzingers phone is going to be smoking hot from me ringing it constantly cause if weren't co-workers oh, shes fair game. Ok last one! At this time, however, the only real game may be the one between your three X Factor runners up Melanie Amaro, Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik. Things I like about our final 3 participants is theyre humble, theyre good people, Steve stated. These [people] are really heroines which are extremely, excellent people. Im so happy were going to hands one of these a $5 million recording contract. The X Factor final begins on Wednesday at 8 PM ET/PT on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Charlize Theron's Oscar-Winning Formula Involves Getting Fat, Prosthetics

When Charlize Theron talks about how to triumph during awards season, you'd better listen. She's a two-time Oscar nominee, a four-time Golden Globe nominee, the star of such respected fare as "Monster," "North Country" and... "Aeon Flux." Hey, not everyone's a winner, right? Ms. Theron is nonetheless a critically-lauded thespian, and her latest offering she plays a loathsome yet hilarious YA novelist in "Young Adult" has once again landed her in the middle of awards-season chatter. Could this be the year she adds a second statue to match the first, which she nabbed for her turn as a serial killer in "Monster"? Perhaps. But it most certainly is the year you can learn from Theron about how to win an Oscar. In the latest episode of "After Hours," the 36-year-old sat down with MTV's Josh Horowitz to explain how to cozy up to the Academy and walk away with a little golden statuette. The easiest way? "Do what I did," she declared. "Just get fat and put a bunch of prosthetics on." Hear that, aspiring Hollywood A-listers? Skip that acting class and just watch "After Hours."

Chewbacca, Quentin Tarantino and Grace Kelly Make the 2011 Black List

comments: 3 || add yours It’s heeeeere. The 2011 Black List — Franklin Leonard’s annual compilation of the year’s “most liked” screenplays that have not yet been produced — was announced this morning, comprised of scripts that will satisfy every genre curiosity, from historical crime to Internet rom-com to intentional Steven Spielberg derivative (introducing another movie called Jurassic Park). Acquaint yourself with the films that could be next year’s Juno and The Social Network below. This year’s Black List — which was compiled from the opinions of over 300 film executives, each of whom submitted up to ten of their favorite unproduced scripts of 2011 — is topped by Graham Moore’s The Imitation Game. The historical drama chronicles the life of British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code and later poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being a homosexual. Franklin Leonard, who formerly worked as an executive at Universal Pictures, has produced an annual Black List for seven years now. Since 2005’s first List, over 110 Black List scripts have been made into feature films. The complete list follows. THE IMITATION GAME by Graham Moore (133) The story of British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code and later poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being a homosexual. WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS GO ON by Chris Hutton, Eddie O’Keefe (84) In the early 1980s, a town suffers through the aftermath of a brutal murder of a high school girl and a teacher. CHEWIE by Evan Susser, Van Robichaux (59) A satirical behind the scenes look at the making of Star Wars through the eyes of Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca. THE OUTSIDER by Andrew Baldwin (53) In post World War II Japan, an American former prisoner-of-war rises in the yakuza. FATHER DAUGHTER TIME: A TALE OF ARMED ROBBERY AND ESKIMO KISSES by Matthew Aldrich (43) A man goes on a three state crime spree with an accomplice, his eleven year old daughter. IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER by Mike Jones (33) An alternate telling of the historic APOLLO 11 mission to land on the moon that examines what might have happened if the astronauts had crash landed there. MAGGIE by John Scott (30) As a “walking dead” virus spreads across the country, a farm family helps their eldest daughter come to terms with her infection as she slowly becomes a flesh-eating zombie. THE CURRENT WAR by Michael Mitnick (30) Based on the true story of the race between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to develop a practical system of electricity and sell their respective inventions to the country and the world. THE END by Aron Eli Coleite (28) Four people - a veteran broadcaster in London, a sixteen year old girl and her boyfriend in Ann Arbor, and a devoted family man in Shanghai - each try to make peace with their lives before an interstellar event ends the world in six hours. BEYOND THE PALE by Chad Feehan (27) Teenage siblings suspect they’ve been ripped off by the town undertaker, but what they discover is much more sinister than either imagined. EZEKIEL MOSS by Keith Bunin (27) A mysterious stranger who possibly has the power to channel the souls of the dead changes the lives of everyone in a small Nebraska town, especially a young widow and her 11-year-old son. GRACE OF MONACO by Arash Amel (24) Grace Kelly, age 33 and having given up her acting career to focus on being a full time princess, uses her political maneuvering behind the scenes to save Monaco while French Leader Charles de Gaulle and Monaco’s Prince Rainier III are at odds over the principality’s standing as a tax haven. HE’S FUCKIN’ PERFECT by Lauryn Kahn (24) A social media savvy girl who is pessimistic about love finds the perfect guy and decides to use her internet research skills to turn herself into his perfect match. BETHLEHEM by Larry Brenner (23) A group of people struggling to survive a zombie apocalypse make an alliance with a vampire, trading themselves as food in exchange for protection since zombies don’t eat vampire. THE THREE MISFORTUNES OF GEPPETTO by Michael Vukadinovich (20) A prequel to the story of Pinocchio in which Geppetto endures a life of misfortune, war, and adventure, all to be with Julia Moon, his true love. POWELL by Ed Whitworth (20) Based on the true story of Colin Powell questioning the Bush administration leading up to his United Nations presentation where he made the case for going to war with Iraq. THE KNOLL by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher Rogers (19) A rookie cop and his potential flame witness JFK gunned down from the grassy knoll on November 22, 1963. Within hours, they’re on the run from the murderers who desperately need them silenced. HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY by Ed Solomon (17) A child prodigy tries to take control of his life away from his demanding parents. DESPERATE HOURS by E Nicholas Mariani (17) A small town crippled by WWI and the Spanish flu finds itself facing major moral questions and a brutal invading force when a young girl shows up on a rancher’s doorstep covered in blood. A MANY SPLINTERED THING by Chris Shafer, Paul Vicknair (17) When a charming heartbreaker finally meets a girl he can’t have, he discovers the true meaning of love by living out other people’s love stories and writing his own. FLARSKY by Daniel Sterling (17) A political journalist courts his old babysitter, who is now the United States secretary of state. BLOOD MOUNTAIN by Jonathan Stokes (17) After his team is ambushed and killed in Pakistan, a young army ranger must escort the world’s most wanted terrorist over dangerous terrain in order to bring him to justice. While being hunted by both of their enemies, they must find a way to work together in order to survive. BASTARDS by Justin Malen (17) Two brothers, raised to believe their biological father died, find out their mother slept with many powerful and famous men in the 1970s, and the siblings hit the road to find their real father. CRAZY FOR THE STORM by Will Fetters (17) The true story of Norman Ollestad’s relationship with his father, who thrust the boy into the world of extreme surfing and competitive downhill skiing at the age of three. But it was that experience that allowed an 11-year old Norman to survive a plane crash amidst a blizzard in the San Gabriel mountains. THE SLACKFI PROJECT by Howard Overman (16) A hapless and broken hearted barista is visited by two bad-ass soldiers from the future who tell him mankind is doomed, and he alone can save them. THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS by Natalie Krinsky (14) Lucy, a twenty-eight year old junior curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, is sleeping with her boss. When he dumps her she begins a collection of “break up items” and starts a blog which goes viral. ST VINCENT DE VAN NUYS by Ted Melfi (14) When a twelve year old boy in need of a babysitter moves in next door to a misanthropic aging retiree whose life mainly consists of gambling, hookers, and drinking, the elder becomes an unlikely mentor to the boy. DJANGO UNCHAINED by Quentin Tarantino (14) A freed slave named Django is trained as a bounty hunter by a German dentist named Schultz, and the two men set out to find Django’s enslaved wife. THE ACCOUNTANT by Bill Dubuque (13) The Treasury Department pursues a brilliant, autistic accountant who doubles as an assassin and “problem-solves” with precision in more ways than one. SAVING MR. BANKS by Kelly Marcel (13) The story of how Walt Disney got the rights for Mary Poppins. BRIDGES ON THE FORT POINT CHANNEL by Chuck Maclean (12) An Irish family in the 1970s, dealing with the loss of their father and the busing of black kids into white neighbor-hoods, decides to blow up all the bridges in Boston. THE BIG STONE GRID by Craig Zahler (12) A cop is pulled into an underworld organization that brutally murders people to extort money out of others. CITIES OF REFUGE by Brandon Willer (12) A former FBI psychologist is called in to investigate when a young girl goes missing after the apparent murder of her father and brother by two strangers in a small Oklahoma town. GOOD KIDS by Chris McCoy (12) Four overachieving high school students in Cape Cod reinvent themselves during the summer after graduation. LEAVING PETE by Ali Waller, Morgan Murphy (11) A recently divorced author is stunned when his ex writes a popular book about their breakup, and he has to keep that fact secret from his new girlfriend, who works for the book’s publisher. HIDDEN by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer (11) An elevated horror-thriller about a family hiding in a bomb shelter after escaping a mysterious outbreak. DIRTY GRANDPA by John Phillips (11) A young groom engaged to a demanding woman is forced to spend the week before his wedding with his half-blind, half-crazy, and wholly horny grandfather. Through this wild journey, his grandfather shows him how to take life by the balls and lead with his heart. GRIM NIGHT by Allen Bey, Brandon Bestenheider (11) A family has to defend themselves from the Grims, strange creatures who attack Earth and kill thousands one night every year. WATCH ROGER DO HIS THING by Michael Starrbury (10) A retired hitman gets roped back into his old trade in order to save his friend’s life and quickly finds himself caught in a struggle trying to finish the job, and get his family out of Chicago alive at the same time. THE FLAMINGO THIEF by Mike Lesieur (10) Grief stricken over his wife leaving him, a man finds solace in an odd activity… swiping figurines of flamingos. TWO NIGHT STAND by Mark Hammer (10) After an extremely regrettable one night stand, two strangers wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard that put all of Manhattan on ice. They’re now trapped together in a tiny apartment, forced to get to know each other way more than any one night stand should. SEX TAPE by Kate Angelo (10) When a married couple make a sex tape to spice up their relationship, it disappears, and they are frantic to get it back. THE GUN EATERS by Alex Paraskevas, Jordan Goldberg (10) Four hardened NY detectives race to apprehend a relentless spree-killer who’s executing victims from Queens to Southampton in the span of a single day. LITTLE WHITE CORVETTE by Michael Diliberti (10) A down and out brother and sister go to Miami to sell a duffel bag of cocaine that they found in the trunk of a corvette left them by their dead father. JANE GOT A GUN by Brian Duffield (9) After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn’t seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband’s gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job. THE LAST WITNESS by Stefan Jaworski (9) An FBI Agent interrogates an amnesiac, sole survivor of a Boston bombing in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. MURDERS & ACQUISITIONS by Jonathan Stokes (9) The world of high-stakes finance collides with that of high-priced hitmen when an ousted CEO decides to hire an assassin to kill the corporate raider who stole his company. FLASHBACK by Will Honley (9) A former NASA pilot with amnesia — also the first person to travel the speed of light — realizes he has the ability to travel back in time and along the way rediscovers his love for his wife. THE LAST DROP by Brandon Murphy, Phil Murphy (9) A fully functioning alcoholic meets the girl of his dreams and soon discovers that there’s a lot more at stake than love if he doesn’t clean up his act. FRIEND OF BILL by Harper Dill (9) After a humiliating episode in NY, a young woman returns to her hometown and tries to deal with her alcoholism. DEAD OF WINTER by Sarah Conradt (8) A teenage girl heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her father and new stepmother - an experience the father hopes will bond the two ladies. But when a mysterious wounded Park Ranger shows up, family bonding will be the least of their concerns. ON A CLEAR DAY by Ryan Engle (8) When a powerful and mysterious force invades an American city, a young father must traverse the battle-torn city in an effort to save his wounded wife and rescue their stranded children. In the process, our hero becomes the target of an enemy who will stop at nothing to kill him. HOME BY CHRISTMAS - BOB HOPE IN KOREA by Ben Schwartz (8) Young Larry Gelbart goes on tour with his idol Bob Hope in the middle of the Korean War and learns the true price of patriotism. THE PRETTY ONE by Jenee LaMarque (8) When a woman’s identical “prettier” twin sister dies, the woman assumes her sister’s identity, moving into her apartment and the big city. BAD WORDS by Andrew Dodge (8) The bastard child of the organizer of the national spelling bee gets his revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win the bee as an adult, only to find friendship in a young Indian contestant. JURASSIC PARK by Imran Zaidi (8) A high school couple and two of their friends ditch school to catch a special preview screening of JURASSIC PARK. GASLIGHT by Ian Fried (8) Secretly imprisoned in a London insane asylum, the infamous Jack the Ripper helps Scotland Yard investigators solve a series of grisly murders whose victims all share one thing in common: dual puncture wounds to the neck. SUBJECT ZERO by Dave Cohen (7) A Frankenstein-like tale of a scientist who develops a powerful new drug that brings his son back to life after he dies in a terrible car accident. Unfortunately, the desperate experiment of a loving father leads to the creation of a flesh-eating zombie epidemic with horrific consequences. THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD by Tom O’Connor (7) The world’s best bodyguard must protect his arch nemesis, the world’s top assassin…so he can testify against a brutal dictator and save his wife. CRISTO by Ian Shorr (7) A man is unlawfully sentenced to an infamous prison and escapes, then transforms himself into the mysterious Cristo and systematically destroys the men who manipulated and enslaved him. UNTITLED HLAVIN HEIST by John Hlavin (7) An American thief living in Paris is coerced into pulling off a complex heist in order to save his kidnapped wife. LINE OF SIGHT by F Scott Frazier (7) After a military coup takes out the executive branch of government, the country’s survival depends on a Navy Seal sniper extraction team getting the Speaker of the House from Washington DC to NY. PINOCCHIO by Bryan Fuller (7) A wooden puppet, Pinocchio, dreams of becoming a real boy. THE WEDDING by Andrew Goldberg (7) A group of couples deal with their respective issues as they attend a wedding. 77 by David Matthews (7) Two stories from 1974 are linked together - the unsolved murder of an LAPD officer and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the Symbionese Liberation Army and the LAPD where 50,000 rounds of gunfire was exchanged. The events will be seen through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white. GUYS NIGHT by Christopher Baldi (6) Sick of brunches, bosses, and light beer, four co-workers set out on the mother of all guys nights in an attempt to rediscover their manhood. SELF/LESS by Alex Pastor, David Pastor (6) An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets. HYPERDRIVE by Alex Ankeles, Morgan Jurgenson (6) When a tough cop recruits a geeky sci-fi author to help him track down a mysterious murder witness, they find themselves in the middle of a space opera playing out here on Earth. BEFORE I FALL by Maria Maggenti (6) When a popular teen girl is killed in a car crash, she relives the critical day seven times and makes changes in an attempt to affect the outcome; in the process, she herself changes as she tries to make up for previous heartless, self-absorbed behavior and gains a better understanding of herself and others. As she evolves and makes the connections necessary to save a bullied, depressed girl’s life, she comes to accept her own fate. BREYTON AVE by J Daniel Shaffer (6) A group of teens living without adults and under their own social order in a small fenced-in neighborhood are forced to face what they fear is the inevitable physical danger beyond the fence. EL FUEGO CALIENTE by Ben Schwartz (6) A remake of SOAPDISH, a desperate telenovela star dreaming of Hollywood stardom has her life implode, making her real life crazier than the insane show she made famous. THE DUFF by Josh Cagan (6) Adapted from Kody Keplinger’s novel THE DUFF, the travails of a seventeen year old girl who believes she is the “designated ugly fat friend.” UNTITLED ARIZONA PROJECT by Luke Del Tredici (6) A satirically dark comedy about a homicidal foreclosure victim kidnapping a real estate agent and planning to kill her in the housing development where she finagled money from customers like him. 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How Top Screenwriters Hone Their Craft

A gunman randomly opened fire at the intersection of Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles on Friday morning. The suspect was shot and killed by police, according to a report by the AP. After running out of bullets, he allegedly pulled out a knife shouting, "Kill me" and "I want to be killed." The incident occurred at approximately 10:19 am on Dec. 9 near the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood. The area was subsequently closed down as police arrived at the scene. PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy Los Angeles A spokesperson in the Hollywood office of the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that there was an officer involved in the shooting, but couldn't confirm the suspect was dead. The spokesperson characterized the incident as a "random shooting." According to LA Weekly, LAPD officer Gregory Baek said that the suspect was found dead at the scene. According to an LA Times source, bystanders enlisted the help of two nearby police officers after witnessing a man open fire in the street. The officers were reportedly working on a nearby movie set. A separate witness told KABC-TV that he heard between nine and 12 shots. The man allegedly walked northbound on Vine Street with a gun pointing up in the air, when traffic began coming by, he lowered the gun and aimed it at the cars passing by. UPDATE: ArcLight Cinema's remains open for the evening, informing guests that while the Vine entrance is closed until 8 p.m. PT, the theater can be accessed using Ivar Street. View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Scene at Occupy Los Angeles Related Topics

'X Factor' Results: Who Makes Semifinals? (Video)

Laurence Cendrowicz/The Weinstein Co. The other day I'd the pleasure of ending up in Kenneth Branagh, most likely probably the most revered stage and screen stars of his era, and never always a poor author or director either, about his amazing existence and career. (Scroll lower to listen to audio within our conversation.) Branagh is probably most broadly noted for his be employed in the theater, but has, within the last thirty years, accomplished a great deal in the world of film, too, most particularly writing, pointing, and starring in three from the greatest quality adaptations available of William Shakespeare's Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), and Hamlet (1996). Branagh has four Oscar nods to his title -- for top director and greatest actor for Henry V (1989) best modified script for Hamlet (1996) and greatest live action short for Swan Song (1992) -- and may soon provide a fifth, for top supporting actor, for his portrayal of Laurence Olivier, among his finest acting heroes, throughout my Week with Marilyn. Branagh rang me from Sweden, where he's now in the office on his next film, and, throughout the time of 30 minutes, we spoken about the above plus much more.our editor recommendsRalph Fiennes, Kenneth Branagh to acquire Special Nods at British Independent Film AwardsKenneth Branagh to acquire BAFTA Tribute Branagh was produced in Belfast, Ireland in to a working-class family. His father will be a contractor and also the mother labored from our sea food-and-chips shop. When he was 10 years old, your family gone after Surrey, England, after which it Branagh started his first acting project: losing his Irish accent to avoid mockery inside the class. By age 16, he was acting in serious school productions, plus it wound up being the teacher nonchalantly suggested to him he possessed the talent to pursue acting for a job. The notion that he might be paid out to behave he so loved developed a profound impact on him, and increased being his finest ambition. Just three years later, he will be a student within the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in addition to made his silver screen debut in the brief uncredited part in Chariots of Fire (1981), which ongoing to win the most effective picture Oscar, by age 28 he'd already accomplished enough to produce an autobiography. At the begining of years of Branagh's career, particularly, he was frequently in contrast for the finest stars of-time, including especially among their very own acting heroes, Mister Laurence Olivier.Of people kinds of critiques, according to him today, "To tell the truth, clearly you are able to't meet it, and you are feeling, type of, overcome and humbled due to it.Inch He didn't help get rid of them, though, when he selected to follow along with together with in Olivier's ambitious actions by adapting, pointing, and starring in silver screen adaptations of Henry V (Olivier within the mid nineteen forties, Branagh in 1989) and Hamlet (Olivier in 1948, Branagh in 1989) in-between people two, Branagh handled the Bard's Much Ado Nothing (1993), too. Branagh found innocent themselves perfectly in people efforts -- perfectly, really, that numerous people have fought to find out him in any context but a Shakespearean one. ("I might have been boxed in with the link with Shakespeare or many of these parts," he values.) Consequently, his filmography since people movies remains less impressive than many expected it may be. Their very own undertake Frankenstein (1994), Craig Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West (1999), Chris Columbus' Harry Potter as well as the Chamber of Secrets (2002), his remake of Sleuth (2007), and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie (2008), to title a few projects, aren't all bad films... nonetheless they don't exactly appear like the type of component that Olivier -- or "the next Olivier" -- would connect themselves. Precisely how was Branagh able to escape this rut, of sorts? The solution showed up most likely probably the most unforeseen but appropriate of options: an chance to experience Olivier themselves in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn, which centers around the brief relationship that developed between Marilyn Monroe together with a young stagehand through the building from the 1957 film The Princess as well as the Showgirl, a troubled production that Olivier directed too as with they carried out a guys lead. Who, ultimately, may be better able to play Olivier at half a century old, in a bit of the career rut, but nevertheless one of the all-time best, than Branagh, who presently fits exactly the same description. Branagh, who choose a 19-year-old student at RADA exchanged letters with Olivier but never saw him in-person, states he quickly recognized the opportunity to experience the fantastic actor, rather than hightail it out of this, as much expected him to because it would inevitably reawaken people decades-old critiques. According to him, "I used to be grateful -- I felt as though I'd, for some reason, humbly acquired the legal right to attempt to bring something to him." He continues, "I did so believe I'd a kind of understanding important, the specific and particular kind of effort, of economic energy, and, you understand, type of, creative drive that will permit any actor to, you understand, direct and play in the title role in Hamlet or Henry V -- that can a very particular, unusual number of conditions and abilities." Most significantly, though, according to him, "It felt as being a type of debt of gratitude... [I] felt totally, totally motivated to be appropriate for him." And therefore he set to use. Before My Week with Marilyn got on-going, he visited the majority of the locations where Olivier passed through through the building from the Princess as well as the Showgirl, and revisited that film and many of Olivier's others. Once the production got on-going, he'd arrive on set early every day, have coffee with costar Michelle Williams, after which it spend two-and-a-half several hours in the makeup chair hearing Olivier's rendition in the Bible as prosthetics were placed on supply him with a cleft face makeup was utilized to reshape his eye eyebrows and heighten his temple and Brilliantine was slicked through his hair. Once on set, he learned to use a monocle like the one which Olivier used inside the Princess as well as the Showgirl, and used particularly-commissioned shoes within the same shoemaker that Olivier used. And, because the film remains completed which is out just before the planet, he hopes that it's going to have the identical type of refreshing impact on his professional existence the Princess as well as the Showgirl had on Olivier's. Branagh notifies me, "This film, which was a glorious and marvelous experience personally, leaves me wanting to offer the same kind of bravery beginning the next part of my career -- enter and be as brave, and courageous, to ensure that as artistically-adventurous as Olivier was." My Week With Marilyn

Report: People of India Will Only Scream For Tom Cruise If a Free Buffet Lunch Is Involved

Grab your grain of salt! A new report states that an unidentified PR firm was so worried that fans would not turn out for Tom Cruise’s arrival in India this past Saturday for the Mumbai Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol premiere, that they paid approximately 200 people $3 each to show up and scream for the actor when he walked out of the local airport gate. The paid extras were also given a buffet lunch. “Tom kaun? I don’t know who he is or what he does,” one hired fan told First Post’s Bollywood division. “We were told to come here by 1pm today and wait for a foreign VIP to come out of the airport gate and scream and shout when he came.” [Movies.com via FirstPost.com]

Gwyneth Paltrow, Mowry Sisters Among GQ's Least Influential People of the Year

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow and Tia and Tamera Mowry are among GQ Magazine's Least Influential People of the Year. Paltrow, who came in at No. 16 on the list that "salutes the great artisans of utter uselessness," was chosen for spending most of 2011 performing on awards shows, promoting her blog Goop, and releasing an "awful cookbook." See photos of Gwyneth Paltrow The Mowrys, who have their own Style Network reality series, came in at No. 4 pick for being a less popular version of the Kardashians. Others making the cut include January Jones, Tila Tequila, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Pitbull, Harrison Ford and President Obama. You can check out the full list here. Do you agree with the picks?