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Ways With Words 2012: Michael Palin is star talker

The former Monty Python comedian, film actor, writer, TV presenter and raconteur will be appearing on the opening day of the festival, Friday 6th July 2012, and tickets went on sale to the general public today. Palin’s novel, about a writer called Keith Mabbut, is set in London and India and is published the day before his festival talk. The festival, held at the beautiful Dartington Hall near Totnes, will run until 16th July and features more than 150 speakers ...

Miley Cyrus Brushes Off LOL’s Box Office Flop

Miley Cyrus has brushed off criticism of her new comedy Lol after it flopped at the box office, grossing just $46,500 in its opening weekend.The singer/actress stars in the coming-of-age film alongside Demi Moore as her onscreen mom, but the movie, which is based on a popular French release of the same name, was only shown in 105 theaters in just eight says – excluding New York. The Lionsgate-produced LOL failed to attract fans and the studio didn’t even release ...

Pamela Stephenson advises her daughters against fame

“They’re in very different fields and I don’t think they have any desire to do that, which is great,” states the 62-year-old comedienne-turned- author of her children, Daisy, 29, Amy, 26, and Scarlett, 24. “I’m definitely sticking to the day job,” Vaz states of his experience. “This is the first time I have ever been on a film set and it is far harder than I imagined.” The film is about two brothers who run competing restaurants. Vaz appears as ...

Daniel Craig: ‘I’ll keep going as Bond until they tell me to stop’

Speaking to the BBC, the actor, who is making his third outing as 007 in the latest film Skyfall, stated he would “keep going until they tell me to stop.” However, he stated he was under no illusion that he would eventually have to relinquish the role. “I know there’ll be someone after me, and hopefully someone after them – I’m just trying to keep [the series] going,” he said. It has been four years since Quantum of Solace, the ...

Bill Nighy attacks Britain’s treatment of the elderly

Nighy, who worked in theater and tv before his first cinema role in 1981, spoke out prior to the release of his latest film in which he stars alongside Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a tale centered round a motley group of pensioners who leave Britain for Jaipur, India, after seeing an advert for a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for “the elderly and beautiful.” For various financial reasons all are persuaded, and in some ...

Depp Picks Up Film Rights To West Memphis Three Memoirs

Johnny Depp is to produce a new motion picture about West Memphis Three member Damon Echols, who was released from prison last year after serving 18 years on Death Row for his alleged part in the murder of three Arkansas boy scouts. Depp and his producing partner Christi Dembrowski have optioned the film rights to Echols’ unpublished memoirs, according to Deadline.com. Their film will chronicle Echols’ life and his time behind bars for a crime he insists he didn’t commit.

Cameron Pays Tribute To Tragic Filmmakers

Moviemaker James Cameron has paid tribute to two top film executives who died in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday, revealing he has worked with both. Cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian film producer Andrew Wight were working on a documentary when the helicopter they were passengers in burst into flames shortly after take-off near Sydney. A statement Cameron gave to The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday reads, “Mike and Andrew were like family to me. They were my deep-sea brothers, ...

Fearless Sarah, Duchess of York returns behind the camera

The Duchess came up with the idea for the film, which told the story of how Queen Victoria, played by Emily Blunt, fell for Prince Albert, portrayed by Rupert Friend. It won an Oscar and a Bafta, and made a profit of more than £25 million. The film had a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, and featured a walk-on part by one of the Duchess’s two daughters, Princess Beatrice, as a lady-in-waiting. The Turkish arrest warrant could ...

James Bond takes flak over ‘cynical’ funeral scenes

“Prior to the Iraq war, soldiers were buried in the countries where they fell,” he says. “When the repatriations started passing through Wootton Bassett is when great crowds began to attend.” Roger Smith, a funeral director brought in to take part in the scenes, tells Mandrake that he was shocked by the film makers’ ignorance. “The annoying thing was that the directors didn’t seem aware of the protocol for English funerals,” he says. “They wanted to do a Wootton Bassett-type ...

Meryl Streep nominated for Bafta

British actress Tilda Swinton is also up for the award for her part in We Need To Talk About Kevin, alongside Viola Davis for The Help, Berenice Bejo for top-nominated film The Artist, and Williams for her role in My Week With Marilyn. His rivals at the awards, the biggest event in the British film calendar, include heartthrobs Brad Pitt for Moneyball and George Clooney for The Descendants. Irish-German star Michael Fassbender is also up for leading actor for Shame, ...