Archive for ‘September, 2011’

New Avatar Attraction Set for Disney World

New Avatar Attraction Set for Disney World

Director James Cameron and Disney will soon bring the fantastical world of Avatar to life in Orlando, Florida as a new attraction at Disney World. According to Reuters, director James Cameron has teamed with Disney and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring Avatar to life at Disney World. As reported, Disney won the global theme park rights to Avatar, the highest grossing film in history. Construction on [...]

Beyoncé won’t take maternity leave: ‘Pregnancy is not an illness’

Beyoncé won’t take maternity leave: ‘Pregnancy is not an illness’

Beyoncé has said that she will not take maternity leave after giving birth. The ’1+1′ singer, who recently announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Jay-Z , revealed that she does not want to treat her pregnancy “like an illness”. “When you are excited about something, you don’t have to think about your energy,” Beyoncé told [...]

Dakota Fanning ‘won’t wear sweatpants to class’

Dakota Fanning ‘won’t wear sweatpants to class’

Dakota Fanning has said that she hopes to never be caught wearing sweatpants to class. The 17-year-old, who graduated from high school in June, revealed that she is still having trouble adjusting to dressing for college. “Going to college is a bit different than going back to high school,” Fanning told People. “You can kind of wear whatever [...]

Gerard Butler: “I Was Shot Twice in the Head!”

Gerard Butler: “I Was Shot Twice in the Head!”

Is Gerard Butler OK? “I was shot twice in the head,” the actor told us at last night’s premiere of his new movie, Machine Gun Preacher. What the heck happened? Read on… It all happened during the making Preacher, a real-life drama about Sam Childers (Butler), a real-life druggie jailbird who found God in 1992, founded a ministry in Pennsylvania and [...]

Kimberley Walsh becomes ‘Shrek’s Princess Fiona – Picture

Kimberley Walsh becomes ‘Shrek’s Princess Fiona – Picture

Kimberley Walsh makes her debut as Princess Fiona in a new Shrek: The Musical picture. The Girls Aloud star was revealed as Amanda Holden’s replacement when the Britain’s Got Talent judge announced her pregnancy last month. Walsh steps into the role two months earlier than originally planned. The 29-year-old will make her first appearance in the musical, which stars Nigel Lindsay as Shrek, on [...]

Lady Gaga Meeting With Obama To Discuss Anti-Bullying Law

Lady Gaga Meeting With Obama To Discuss Anti-Bullying Law

The devastating suicide of a boy in upstate New York has prompted Lady Gaga to meet with President Obama for a discussion on anti-bullying legislation. 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a high school student from Buffalo, took his life on Sunday after being tormented by classmates for his homosexuality. The tragedy has the singer up in arms, calling on support from her fans and [...]

George Clooney Gets Married in Norwegian Bank Ad

George Clooney Gets Married in Norwegian Bank Ad

Actor George Clooney is featured as a newly married man in a new ad for the Norwegian bank DnB NOR in which Clooney walks in on his new bride. The Washington Post reports that in the new Norwegian ad with George Clooney, a blond woman wakes up in a hotel bed with no memory of the night before. [...]

‘Harry Potter’ video: Watch Rupert Grint and Emma Watson film kiss

‘Harry Potter’ video: Watch Rupert Grint and Emma Watson film kiss

One of the most defining scenes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is Ron and Hermione’s kiss. With their desire for each other apparent since The Goblet of Fire, their embrace in the Chamber of Secrets in the last film was a fan’s treat. For actors Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, however, the kiss was not as exciting [...]

James Cameron blasts 3D: ‘Films are more like 2.4D’

James Cameron blasts 3D: ‘Films are more like 2.4D’

James Cameron has argued that audiences are not getting value for money with 3D films. The Avatar director has launched his own certification programme with partner Vince Pace to help studios apply 3D at the shooting stage more easily. Speaking at the Variety 3D Entertainment Summit, he said: “The way it’s being done, it’s not 3D, it’s 2.2D, or 2.4D. [...]

Liam Neeson fights wolves in ‘The Grey’ trailer

Liam Neeson fights wolves in ‘The Grey’ trailer

The first trailer for Liam Neeson‘s latest film The Grey has been released. The action-drama focuses on a group of men who are stranded in the wild of Alaska in freezing conditions. Survival gets significantly tougher when they have to stave off attacks from a number of fierce wolves. Watch the trailer for The Grey below: Joe Carnahan, who previously [...]