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Alex front runner in Emmy race for Lead actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries
Playing real-life roles is the key to winning here, as it is at most showbiz awards. That's paid off for eight of the last 10 victors in this category. Standout examples this year include Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill in "Into the Storm" and Kevin Bacon in "Taking Chance" as a Marine officer who escorted the body of a slain soldier from Iraq to his hometown in Wyoming.
Alexander Skarsgard Was So Close To Playing Thor, He Even Tried On The Costume
Recently, he came this close to landing one of the most highly-sought-after star-making roles in Hollywood. But don’t feel too bad for stocky Swede Alexander Skarsgard, because he returns next week for the second season of the hit series “True Blood” — which takes a bit of the sting out of the fact that he won’t be Thor.
“Yeah, I met with [Marvel Studios chief] Kevin [Feige] a few times and the director [Kenneth Branagh],” the affable Skarsgard admitted when asked about rumors that he was one of the last people cut before Chris Hemsworth was chosen to play the Norse god of thunder.
Great article on Kate Winslet!
November 3, 2008
Two years ago, at 31, Kate Winslet became the youngest actress ever to earn five Oscar nominations. This go-round, either of her two new movies—Revolutionary Road, which re-unites her with Leonardo DiCaprio, or The Reader—could put a statue in her hands. Winslet talks about having been a fat girl, getting checked out by the moms at her kids’ school, and going one-on-one with DiCaprio for her husband, director Sam Mendes.
Transformation:Kate Beckinsale
1993:
A young Beckinsale hits the screen in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.
1997:
She turns out for the London première of her film Shooting Fish.
2000:
A cropped bob highlights her features at the Golden Bowl première in London.
As You Like It (2006) - Promotional Stills
Here are some stills from the amazing movie As You Like It, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play featuring Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Kevin Kline, Alfred Molina...the director of the movie is Kenneth Branagh. If you haven't seen this movie yet, I highly recommend it... Enjoy!
As You Like It - trailer
This is a trailer for Kenneth Branagh's new film adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It featuring Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Kevin Kline and Alfred Molina...I hope you'll like it!David does The Bard
Yeah he's here again, the delicious Doctor of whom many of us dream about, but this time he's leaving his alter ego to do the work. David Tennant is going to bring young women in droves to the theatre to watch one of William Shakespeare's most famous "Hamlet" for the Royal Shakespeare Company, next summer in Stratford. The confirmation comes not long after the news that another British hunk will play the same role for London's Donmar Warehouse, directed by Kenneth Branagh, that being hottie Jude Law, 34 years old.
Brad & George Head to the Venice Film Festival
Via People.com:
Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are among those expected to hit the red carpet at this year's Venice Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday.
Some 15 films from the U.S. and seven from the U.K.
Kudos to Germany..Take That Cruise!
From the AP
HAHAHA! Thank you Germany!
Germany bans Cruise film shoot from military sites
Monday June 25 12:33 PM ET
Germany has barred the makers of a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler from filming at German military sites because its star Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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