Hugh Jackman
Australian Jackman's handsome face was familiar Down Under before he took on Hollywood as a pompadour-sporting, claw-baring mutant in the X-Men movies. After studying at the Western Australian Academy...
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Hugh Jackman's Stalker Threw Her Pubic Hair-Ridden Razor at Him
April 14, 2013 6:35pm ESTNow that is some serious pubic indecency. (Cue rimshot: I'll be here all day, folks.) Hugh Jackman's stalker threw a razor at him that was filled with pubic hair. Because she loves him, explained the New York Post. And while on the outset the story is quite ridiculous (obviously), it's also a bit sad and kind of scary in a way, too. Welcome to the weekend news cycle: trumped up curio masked as news in order to reel readers in! The woman, Kathleen Thurston, has an infatuation erring on the side of intense for our jazz-handed Wolverine, and took to the gym (natch) to declare her love for Jackman. And how else does one do such a thing than with three little words ("I love you!") and a gift that's extremely personalized? Only problem is that Thurston said I love you with an electric razor covered in intimate hair clippings to the head. Needless to say, she was arrested. (Hollywood.com has reached out for comment, but did not hear back by the time of publication.) But this isn't Thurston's first time at the Jackman Rodeo. Seems that the stalker has been a fairly consistent side-thorn, having previously appeared outside of Jackman's home, as well as the school of the actor's 7-year-old daughter. Fairly scary stuff. It gets sad, though, when you realize that Thurston seems to have some problems of her own: the Post reports that Thurston's permanent address is a Harlem shelter for the mentally ill, no doubt bringing to mind the myriad of ways a.) our country's mental health system has failed its inhabitants, b.) that perhaps folks should obsess over celebrity less (she writes from the celebrity section of a pop culture news site), and c.) pubic hair should really be something that stays between you and your aesthetician. Needless to say, Thurston was charged with stalking and was awaiting arraignment. Gotham Gym staffer David Rivera told the Post, "You wouldn’t expect someone coming in here and looking to come after you like that ... To just have someone invade his personal space like that is not OK." Indeed: Jackman has found his pubic enemy number one (it was too easy, I had to. And I'm not sorry about it). Follow @AliciaLutes on Twitter More:'Days of Future Past': Ready for More Wolverine?'The Wolverine' First Footage ...on VineIs Hugh Jackman a Better Abraham Lincoln From Our Partners:Eva Longoria Bikinis on Spring Break (Celebuzz)33 Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (Celebuzz)
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Hugh Jackman attacked in gym
April 14, 2013 5:17pm ESTA 47-year-old Hugh Jackman fan has been arrested in New York for approaching the movie star armed with an electric razor. Police officers arrested Katherine Thurston after she approached the Les Miserables star at his gym on Saturday morning (13Apr13) and threw the razor at him. Reports suggest she professed her love for the Australian actor before fleeing the gym. Cops found her nearby. Jackman has revealed Thurston has been following him and his family for some time. He tells local TV news network 1010 WINS, "Here's a woman who obviously needs help, so I just hope she gets the help she needs." Thurston has been charged with fourth-degree stalking.
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Fascinating fact:
April 12, 2013 8:25am ESTHugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary on Thursday (11Apr13) by enjoying dinner and cocktails at fancy New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park. The actor posted a picture of the couple at the eaterie on his Twitter.com page with the caption, "Deb & I in the kitchen having a cocktail at 11 Madison Park! What a way to celebrate 17 incredible years of marriage!"
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Cameron Mackintosh on 'Les Miserables,' 'Glee's' Influence, and a 'Miss Saigon' Movie
April 01, 2013 10:40am ESTConsidering how much Cameron Mackintosh has on his plate at any given moment, it's not surprising that it took the British mega-producer over 25 years to bring his time-honored classic musical Les Misérables to the big screen. For anyone who thinks they're busy, here's what is currently on Mackintosh's to do list: finalize the casting and design of the new version of Barnum; see rehearsals in Japan for a new version of Les Mis; finalize casting of the new version of Les Misérables in Toronto; audition for a production of Les Mis in Australia; oversee two versions of Mary Poppins on opposite ends of the Earth; prep the new and improved staging of Phantom of the Opera coming to Broadway; and help produce new productions of Oliver! being mounted in Korea and America. "Plus, there are several new things in the works... I'm sure I've forgotten something," he says. Mackintosh is involved with every aspect of his productions — a reason why they're executed across the globe with masterful precision. He attributes that care to the success over the course of his career (the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List estimated his value at $1.1 billion). Shifting some meetings around to promote the Blu-ray release of his 2012 Oscar-nominated hit Les Misérables, we talked with Mackintosh on realizing the classic musical, what prevented it from happening 25 years ago, and when we'll see movie versions of his other popular properties (how is Miss Saigon not a movie yet?). Clearly you're a busy man. How do you find time make a movie out of Les Misérables? Cameron Mackintosh: It was quite a strain. An enjoyable one, but as I'm sure you know, with the film industry, it's not until they press the green button that everyone wants you to drop everything. Whereas what I do in the theater, because I'm so lucky to have many classic musicals, I'm two, three, sometimes even four years out planning how I'm going to put them on around the world. So it was a real strain over the last 18 months. I was on the set all the time. I didn't expect to be. RELATED: Hugh Jackman Admits Singing In The Alps Is Harder Than 'Wolverine' Stunts It came together quickly after years of being a possibility. Mackintosh: The was that moment 25 years ago and the show opened on Broadway and we were going to do it. After five years, after Alan Parker [Midnight Express, Fame] couldn't wait any longer to make it, we didn't really find anyone else that I was happy with. There were sporadic calls over the years, but nothing really serious until Eric Fellner at Working Title [production company behind Les Misérables... said, 'Look, I'd like to have a serious talk with you.' Why was this the moment when it finally took off? Mackintosh:To be honest, it's really the fact that over the last five to eight years, people's acceptance of the musical form as widened. It's not an uncool thing for people to see musicals [laughs]. Whereas when I was starting 25 - 30 years ago, my friends didn't know if musical theater was something they wanted to see. Live music is generally something people want to go to now. The money is in live appearance. You have now an unheard of amount of pop theater music is played on prime time. It's on television, on the radio — people really embrace it. So Glee, against all odds, has helped the world in some way. Mackintosh: Yes, Glee, and Baz Luhrmann with Moulin Rouge. Evita happened. The huge success of Chicago. Indeed, Glee and Sweeney Todd and Mama Mia. All of these things have been growing and growing, and a couple of them have made serious money. The idea of a musical was no longer a, 'Oh, my dear. Nice idea, but no thanks.' I think we've hit the right moment. It also happened to be a practical right moment because it's a very first time a director approached me. At the time Tom Hooper came to see me, The King's Speech was still doing the rounds at film festivals. It hadn't gone into the cinemas. It hadn't gone from The King's Speech to The King's Speech. He just went to see the show, he had never seen it before. He thought it could be a really interesting movie. He had a point of view about it. Of course, the cast we've been able to pull together. Most of them come or have some connection to musical theater. Most of them weren't born when I did the show originally! So we've literally grown the cast through the lifetime of the show. I don't honestly think, because I never got that far the first time around, that we would have been able to cast the film to the same extent. At that point we didn't envision it as a sung-through musical. Every studio we talked to went, 'No, you can have a lot of music, but we'd expect it to be a third spoken dialogue.' And unless we thought it was a problem, we were to go on with it. Even with the first draft of Bill Nicholson's draft, there was a lot of dialogue in it. It was Tom Hooper who, as we started to go through it, said, 'I want to take all the marvelous stuff Bill has come up with and put more in. But I want it to be done and turned into the form that had been done for the stage show.' We pulled the stage show apart and used it as a bible to remake it as a movie, rather than just film the stage show. So we all sat around the piano and sang all the parts with Tom. We were far more brutal than Tom was. He started off thinking we'd be protective of our majorly successful baby, but we know she's a robust girl like Cosette! RELATED: Samantha Barks On Singing In The Rain: 'Leave That Vocal Vanity at the Door' Was there a specific moment of the show that you knew would be a challenge in the movie version? Mackintosh:Having had the temerity with the fans to remake one of the most popular musicals ever, I knew as long as we did something they liked, delivered the same emotional impact as the original, they would relish the changes. When it came to the screen that there would be certain things. For instance, "One Day More," which is probably one of the greatest, theatrical End-of-Act-1 numbers ever written, all takes place in one place in a black box. You can not to do that. You cannot have marching peasants marching towards the audience. It would be ludicrous. That was a very hard piece for Melanie [Oliver, Editor] to cut and Tom to put together. Piece by piece... as we put it together, we realized we needed shots here, shots there, in order for it to have the drive in a cinematic way like it does on stage. NEXT: Mackintosh Updates Us on 'Miss Saigon,' 'My Fair Lady' Movies Was there something you thought of cutting that Tom insisted should stay? Mackintosh:The only number that went was a number we always thought we wouldn't need for the movie because the movie allows you to explore characters in an easy way. We wouldn't need "Dog Eats Dog" because you get to know Thénardier much more from other shots in the film. You understood that side of his character, from the scene in the streets where they're getting money from Jean Valjean. That takes more screentime than it does in the show. How have the success and failures of past musical adaptations influenced Les Misérables? Mackintosh: I had nothing to do with the film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera, but to be honest, I would have wanted to do the film differently. This new version of Phantom of the Opera which we've done — I'm proud of the original production — but the new version is dangerous and gritty. It combines the world of upstage and the lair below. You see two different worlds. That would have been my approach to the film. Are there any stories you want to tell exclusively in film? Mackintosh:I would only have something to offer in helping my successful stage shows and giving them a cinematic life. I enjoy the adaptation when it's classic material. I'm surprised more of them haven't happened. I look at Miss Saigon and think, 'this is a movie waiting to happen.' Mackintosh: I think it is a movie waiting to happen. The thing is, as you know, it takes someone making a s**tload of money before they start making things. The fact that Les Misérables has made a great deal of money is going to encourage someone to do Miss Saigon. I do think the device of the show is inherently cinematic. It's already, with the dreams, allows you to do anything. In your head. Which is the thing that made Chicago work. The thing that Les Misérables has proved, and the thing I'm glad Tom and I saw eye to eye about is recording it live. You needed to because it's completely acted. You only need to record some of Miss Saigon live, because it would be a visceral drama. The storytelling part of it. Other parts of it you can do in a more traditional way because it's about show business. There had been rumors of a new Little Shop of Horrors. As someone who has been involved with that show in the past.... Mackintosh: I loved doing the original show with Howard Ashman, but David Geffen did the movie. It's certainly not a movie I would feel I've got anything to offer to. Or would I have time to do it. As you say, I've got things like Saigon, possibly Oliver! or My Fair Lady are more obvious for me to get involved with as movies. RELATED: We Dream Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Little Shop of Horrors' Remake In theater, revivals are commonplace. In movies, people cry afoul when a remake is announced. Will there be room for a Les Misérables remake in the future thinking along the lines of how theater functions or is this the definitive version? Mackintosh: Well, when they come around to doing it I'll be dead [laughs], so it probably won't be my question to answer. But if I found the right cast would I do My Fair Lady now? Yes I would. Because as much as I thought the original film had some amazing performances in it. I remember thinking as an arrogant producer — I was in school when it first came out — but I remember being struck that it was a rather stage-y film. I felt it was like huge theatrical sets. I think you could do a much more modern, fluid film. It could feel like a real place. Mackintosh: Yes. I think that's one of the strengths of Les Misérables. You feel like you've been taken to a world. Is My Fair Lady a movie that you're actively developing? Mackintosh: Because I staged the two major revivals in the last 20 years. My heart is very close to My Fair Lady. But there were various rights problems which are being finely sorted out as to when it can be made and remade. In the old days, you only made one movie! It's only in recent days that the word "remake" has had any significant effect. In the time these musicals were sold to Hollywood, people didn't have any interest in the theatrical world. They didn't think there was enough money in it. Now it's the opposite. All the film companies want to get into the theater world. Probably because Andrew [Lloyd Webber] and I have made so much money in it! These days, every movie is being turned into a musical, for better or worse. Mackintosh:Yes, for better or worse. You know, the real question — and it's always a difficult one — is, is there any reason for a particular subject to sing. Do you gain anything form them singing? For most stories, they don't gain. But when you get it right, it's marvelous. With My Fair Lady, which is based more on Gabrielle Pascal's film, which was involved as co-screenwriter. The musical is based on the film rather than the original Pygmalion play. Just like Oliver!, another show I'm closely involved in and own part of the rights, that's based on the David Lean movie rather than the Dickens novel. Films have always been a source for material, because you have to adapt a book to a movie. So that step of adaptation is always helpful. It was actually a musical that inspired Les Misérables. Alain Boublil had never seen a stage version of Oliver!, he had only seen the movie. As he watched this revival of Oliver!, in January of 1978, as the Artful Dodger is singing "Consider Yourself," suddenly in his mind popped Gavroche. By the end of the show, he thought, '[Les Misérables] could be a wonderful musical.' So he rang Tod Michelle in Paris and said, 'I found our next subject.' Follow Matt Patches on Twitter @misterpatches [Photo Credit: Universal Pictures] You Might Also Like:15 Oscar-Winning Nude Scenes10 Insane 'Star Wars' Moments You Didn't Notice
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'The Wolverine' Trailer: The 12 Most Revealing Shots
March 27, 2013 12:38pm ESTAfter an innovative, six-second tease that sent rabid comic book junkies into a frenzy earlier this week, the official trailer for The Wolverine has arrived online. Unlike the frantic editing of the Vine teaser debut, the new spot for the comic book blockbuster is cool and composed. Helmer James Mangold gracefully finds a new direction in which to take Hugh Jackman's iconic cinematic superhero. Gracefully in terms of storytelling, that is. Don't worry: the movie delivers on the promise of "Wolverine fights ninjas," with the added bonus of Mangold finding a way to nuke his main character. Check out the trailer, then jump into our full breakdown below, digging a bit deeper into some of the video's wilder moments. RELATED: Hugh Jackman's Abs Are Sharper Than His Claws In 'the Wolverine' — Pic We pick up with Wolverine, a.k.a. Logan (Jackman) outside of a bar, looking wet, forlorn, and ready to belt a Jean Valjean number from Les Miserables. Clearly, life post-X-Men: The Last Stand has been rough on the gruff hero, as it has been for anyone who saw the trilogy capper back in 2006. But if he could bounce back to life after the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he can bounce back from the death of Jean Grey. And he will. As we learn in the trailer. Meet Yukio (Rila Fukushima). In the arc from which The Wolverine takes its cues, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by the legendary Frank Miller, the mysterious woman comes to Wolverine's aid in the heat of battle. Here, she appears to recruit him for a mission, which, if it stays true to the source material, should involve some nasty Japanese gangsters and the protection of a new love interest for Logan, Mariko Yashida. Yukio may also have some secrets of her own. No spoilers! RELATED: 'Iron Man 3' Trailer: The 9 Most Revealing Shots This is an image of Wolverine suffering from the blast of a nuke. A NUKE. Here, he's saving a younger version of Mariko's father Shingen from the explosion. Judging from the military base scene a few seconds earlier, this could be a sequence pulled straight from the history books. It appears to be a recreation of August 6, 1945, when the U.S. Air Force dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. As we know from X-Men Origins, Wolverine has been around since the Revolutionary War and fought in WWII. He could have been around to protect young Shingen. Evidently, Shingen is pretty darn appreciative of Wolverine's actions on that fateful day. Sitting in a Pin Point Impression Needle Art Frame™ chair (did he get that at his local mall's science store?), Shingen gives Logan the opportunity of a lifetime: undo his mutation and allow him to be a mortal human being. Note: actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays Shingen in the film, is 53 years old. That's some amazing old age makeup! Assisting in Shingen's continued medical care (and possibly Wolverine's reverse transformation into a regular joe) is Viper, played by Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy actress Svetlana Khodchenkova. Viper is an assassin who originated from the Captain America comics and wasn't part of the original Claremont/Miller storyline. But it never hurts to have an additional assassin in the cast. Next: Hidden Cameos, Fight Scenes, and a Crazy Final Moment We speculated when the six-second teaser arrived online whether Famke Janssen's appearance in The Wolverinewould be a flashback or newly shot material. It seems clear that it's the former, a memory that backs up Shingen's voiceover line "you have struggled long enough." Sometimes, you have to take a moment and basque in the still-frames of badassness. With all the pitfalls of modern action filmmaking and the cluttered mess of a movie that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Jackman has still got it. He's ripped, he kicks ass, and he can convincingly spar with fake claws glued to his hands. Will Yun Lee is listed as Kenuichio Harada in the credits of The Wolverine, but savvy comic book fans know him better as The Silver Samurai, one of Wolverine's deadliest foes. Silver Samurai enters into Wolverine's Japanese exploits after he's finished with his entanglement with the Japanese underworld, but it makes sense that the movie would bump up his influence on the storyline and make him a main adversary. In the comics, Silver Samurai has also acted as a bodyguard for Viper, making his appearance even more necessary and rooted in the source material. The only thing this trailer doesn't serve up is a money shot of Yun Lee in the Silver Samurai costume — a traditional set of armor glistening and enhanced by sharp metal. RELATED:'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' Director Bryan Singer Teases Professor Xs, Young and Old — Pic "I've stopped healing." It's a line that flies by, but here, Wolverine comes to the realization that his usual scratch-be-gone genetics aren't working. Now he's just like us! No, Wolverine isn't Superman now. He's been reduced to Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible and zipping across the roof of a speeding train. With his angry face on. One of the more intense sequences from Claremont and Miller's comic is Wolverine's first run in with ninjas. It doesn't go well. He might be tough, capable of slicing baddies in half with lightning speed, but these are ninjas who won't be close enough to our hero for more than a millisecond at a time. While we're looking forward to seeing Jackman kick some butt, we're also looking forward to seeing him get in over his head. So, Viper may be an actual snakeperson. Sure, why not? This is X-Men! Viper wasn't actually a mutant in the comic books, but since she's running a genetics program for Shingen that's capable of undoing Logan's healing powers, it's no surprise she's used the same technology to beef herself up. Molting never looked so sexy. Follow Matt Patches on Twitter @misterpatches [Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox (12)] You Might Also Like:15 Oscar-Winning Nude Scenes10 Insane 'Star Wars' Moments You Didn't Notice
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You Definitely Need 44 Minutes of Every Time Woody Allen Has Stammered — VIDEO
March 26, 2013 4:53pm ESTHow to become mesmerized for 44 straight minutes: watch this video of Woody Allen stammering. As inconceivable as it seems, there are actually 44 minutes of Allen in a state of perpetual nonsense in existence, which the Huffington Post has so lovingly put into one giant supercut. Every single second of Allen's inability to communicate from Annie Hall to Manhattan to Stardust Memories and even Scoop (yeah, that was actually a movie starring Hugh Jackman). In some countries, this is considered actual torture. RELATED: Why is Woody Allen Hanging Out With Lindsay Lohan? You think you can make it through this whole video and then you get to the 20 minute mark and realize you're actually starting to believe that people can communicate entirely through half syllables and "heys." Look, we told you it was comprehensive. We didn't say a word about it being healthy. Follow Kelsea on Twitter @KelseaStahler [Photo Credit: United Artists] You Might Also Like:15 Oscar-Winning Nude Scenes10 Insane 'Star Wars' Moments You Didn't Notice
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This Is What 'Wolverine' Looks Like When He's Happy — POSTER
March 26, 2013 10:56am ESTIf you were a young mutant who watched your father get murdered, and then had to deal with animalistic compulsions and claws sprouting from every which crevice of your admittedly well-manufactured physique, you'd probably be a tad miffed as well. So don't blame Hugh Jackman for looking rather moody in the below poster for The Wolverine, his second solo feature in the X-Men franchise. As the world seems to crumble around him, Wolverine — Logan, James Howlett, Patch, whatever you wanna call him — himself seems to be crumbling, his humanity engaged in unceasing war with the monster brewing inside of him. Either that or he's just cold. Put a shirt on, Hugh, it's still flu season! RELATED: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Casts A Returning Player and Two Newbies Wolverine hits theaters July 26, with the even more exciting X-Men: Days of Future past slated for summer 2014. Follow Michael Arbeiter on Twitter @MichaelArbeiter [Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox/Marvel] You Might Also Like:15 Oscar-Winning Nude Scenes10 Insane 'Star Wars' Moments You Didn't Notice
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'The Wolverine' Reveals First Footage of Hugh Jackman in Action on Vine — VIDEO
March 25, 2013 1:09pm ESTAs we wait patiently for the premiere of the trailer for this summer's The Wolverine, which lurks in the shadows until it's unleashed on Wednesday, March 27, director James Mangold is keen on toying with us. Monday afternoon, the director posted a six-second, condensed version of the trailer on the popular video app Vine. For only lasting a few moments, the snippet of footage ends up being quite revealing. Well played, Mr. Mangold! The tweaser. vine.co/v/bDExaiMjJ1F — James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 25, 2013 In The Wolverine, former X-Man Logan (Hugh Jackman) is on the run, desperate to live life as a loner. He finds himself in Japan, and quickly wrapped up in another role that requires his heroism. He's tasked with protecting the daughter of a gang ringleader, Mariko (Tao Okamoto), the target of a number of assassins. The story is based on a popular arc of X-Men comics known for its gritty and emotional take on the character. If anyone's up to the task of evolving Wolverine past where we last left him, the schizophrenic X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it's the Oscar-nominated Jackman. RELATED: Hugh Jackman's Abs Are Sharper Than His Claws In 'the Wolverine' — Pic Surprisingly, the footage maintains the aesthetic we saw in X-Men: Origins, albeit with Japanese scenery and costuming that feels surprisingly un-Hollywood. The footage is mostly of Jackman screaming his lungs out as he punches and slashes bad guys in every direction, but one particular moment stands out amongst the swift action editing. For a moment, we see a glimpse of Famke Janssen as Jean Grey. Mangold has mentioned in the past that The Wolverine works as a sequel to the original X-Men movies. This seems to confirm that, the dreamlike moment likely being a flashback to Wolverine and Jean's brief romance. More interesting than the actual content of the footage is how it's getting in front of us. Scroll through the videos on Vine and you'll mostly find scenic vistas, jokey one-offs, rapidly-cut comedy shorts, and a plethora of cat videos. This may be the first time we've seen real, cinematic footage flying past us in 6-second increments. With Hollywood tapping into it for their promotion, Vine is officially a phenomenon. RELATED: The 'Lil Bub' Cat Video Documentary Gets a Trailer: Meme Movies Are the Future The Wolverine preview footage arrives in the footsteps of other lower-res events. Distributor Oscilloscope previously unveiled an entire feature film over Vine. Filming bits of the Julia Styles/David Cross comedy It's a Disaster off a TV and posting them to Vine, the company turned a goof Twitter stunt into a fascinating shared experience. #itsadisaster vine.co/v/b65LFMawmqj — Oscilloscope Labs (@OscopeLabs) February 19, 2013 Last week, Film District tried their own Vine promotion, asking people who caught Olympus Has Fallen to record their reactions. Yes, through the power of Vine, anybody could become their succinct broadcast film critic, rattling off phrases like "mind-blowing!" Vine made participation after the credits rolled imperative. #olympushasfallen @therealpanzer vine.co/v/bdX03IgYuzu — OlympusReviews (@OlympusReviews) March 21, 2013 Could Vine be leveraged for bigger endeavors? More lucrative creative experiences stemming from Hollywood?The Wolverine teaser footage suggests there's a future in bite-size entertainment. Follow Matt Patches on Twitter @misterpatches [Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox] You Might Also Like:15 Oscar-Winning Nude Scenes10 Insane 'Star Wars' Moments You Didn't Notice
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'X-Men: Days of Future Past': A Returning Face and Two New Ones Join The Cast
March 15, 2013 6:35pm ESTHe's done it again! Ever since X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer took it upon himself to be his own movie’s publicist, he has revealed many new castings via his Twitter. Friday was no exception, as Singer posted a photo of a production office wall of actors' headshots with the caption, "3 #Oscars, 6 #GoldenGlobes, 1 #BAFTA, 2 #Emmys, 2 #Tonys, 5 #Oliviers, 1 #Ceaser - Now let's blow s**t up! #XMEN." Along with the previously reported castings, Singer’s photo revealed three new names joining the film – well, more accurately two new names and one returning. Fan Bingbing, a Chinese actress best known for Double Exposure will be playing the teleporting mutant Blink. Daniel Cudmore is reprising his role as Colossus from X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. Boo Boo Stewart, best known for his role in The Twilight Saga, also joins the cast. RELATED: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Director Teases Professor X's, Young and Old Bingbing, Stewart, and Cudmore join previously cast Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, and Halle Berry. Check out the full photo below to get a glimpse of our new X-Men! X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theaters July 18, 2014. Follow Sydney on Twitter: @SydneyBucksbaum [Photo Credit: Getty Images/Twitter] You Might Also Like:Topanga's Revealing Lingerie Shoot: Hello '90s! 15 Hot Sci Fi Sex Scenes
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Halle Berry 'Thinks' She's In For 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' - UPDATE
March 04, 2013 2:52pm ESTUPDATE: Berry's spidey-senses were tingling correctly (I know, I know, Spider-Man is in a different universe). Her return for X-Men: Days of Future Past has just been confirmed by Deadline. EARLIER: It's a big weekend for X-Men fans. First, the director of the upcoming sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer tweeted (below) that French actor Omar Sy from critical hit The Intouchables will join the film. And now, Halle Berry, who fans will remember as Storm in the original X-Men movies, says she "thinks" she's in for the new movie. RELATED: Hugh Jackman Returning for 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' During the junket for her new flick The Call, Berry told Access Hollywood that she's "in" for the movie, adding the super safe follow-up: "I think I'm in." Of course, it's not all that unlikely that Berry would return to reprise her explosive role in Singer's followup to X-Men: First Class. with Patrick Stewart returning to play his signature role as Professor Charles Xavier, Hugh Jackman coming back as Wolverine, and Anna Paquin returning as Rogue, it would seem a little lonely without Berry's beloved lady mutant along for the ride. Reps for Berry could not be reached for confirmation at the time of publication. As for Sy, his role remains shrouded in mystery, as Singer only managed to reveal the fact that the actor will be in the film. Perhaps there's a mutant role just primed and ready for the French star? RELATED: 'X-Men' Pics Feature Young and Old Prof X Sy and (potentially) Berry join an already robust cast for X-Men: Days of Future Past, including Stewart, Jackman, Paquin, Ellen Paige, Sir Ian McKellan, and Jennifer Lawrence to name a few. Thrilled to welcome the brilliant #OmarSy from the amazing film #TheIntouchables to the cast of #Xmen #DaysofFuturePast! — Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) March 2, 2013 [Photo Credit: Wenn] From Our Partners:Seal Is Dating the Pink Power Ranger: Report (Vh1)60 Celebrity Bikini Bodies: Guess Who! (Celebuzz)
