Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will probably never win an Oscar, at least to judge by her pouting non-performance in the latest Michael Bay robo-stravaganza, which I believe was called Transformers: Dark of the Moon River Wider Than a Mile. But to be fair, Charles Laughton did win an Oscar, and for all of Charles Laughton’s incredible acting talent, no one ever begged Charles Laughton to pose for an advertisement wearing nothing but a trenchcoat. But that’s exactly what Huntington-Whiteley has done in a new campaign for Burberry Body. (Check out a full-sized image here.) I have no idea what Burberry Body is, but I’ll buy several, please! READ FULL STORY »
Tag: British Things (71-80 of 345)
Jul 8
2011
09:30 AM ET
Hugh Grant talks role in 'News of the World' takedown, awesomely defeats foe with charming aplomb
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Despite the fact that Hugh Grant has been relatively absent from the film scene since 2009′s Did You Hear About the Morgans?, the British actor has been quite busy. Doing what, you ask? Why, helping take down Britain’s News of the World, which announced Thursday it would shut down following a hacking scandal involving murder victim Milly Dowler. (The publication had broken into Dowler’s voicemail while reporting the story.) As EW reported back in April, the 50-year-old actor wrote a piece for the New Statesman about how he secretly recorded former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan, who admitted that former editor Andy Coulson and owner Rupert Murdoch were aware that hacking occurred at the publication. Now, amidst the news that the publication is closing its doors, the actor is speaking out once again about his piece, and still fighting back against the journalist who exposed him to the publication’s immoral practice.
“I was revolted and astonished,” Grant told the BBC about when he learned his phone had been hacked. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 8
2011
09:00 AM ET
Ricky Gervais on 'The Office' at 10 -- EXCLUSIVE
Ray Burmiston
So The Office is 10 years old.
Well the first episode of Series One aired at 9:30 p.m. on a Monday night, 9 July, 2001.
Obviously the concept existed sometime before that. The BBC pilot was shot in January 2000, and we shot our own pilot two years before that. It was shot in a day in the “real Office” that I worked in for eight years from 1989 to 1997.
I had David Brent as a character from about 1995 I’d say, and he is based on people I’d met throughout my adult life.
The very first scene of the series, where he is talking to the forklift truck driver, is based on an interview I had at a temp agency when I was 17, in the school holidays. He was in his mid thirties wearing a bad suit. His opening sentence was, “I don’t give sh—y jobs”; I just looked at him and nodded. He said “If a good guy comes to me,” (he pointed at me to let me know he already knew I was a good guy), “and says I wanna work hard because I wanna better myself, then I will make that happen.” He phoned his friend and at one point said, “Yes of course he’s 18″; then he winked at me and did the Pinocchio nose mime. (It was nothing to do with fork lift truck driving but it was for work in a warehouse). I never saw him again, but I used to do impressions of him as I told the anecdote over the years. He was the very first Brent I can remember. There have been many since. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 7
2011
10:55 AM ET
Follow Harry Potter through the pages of the 'Wall Street Journal'
No one will ever confuse the staid Wall Street Journal with the work of Andy Warhol, but the newspaper’s hedcuts — those iconic ink illustrations made entirely of dots — of Daniel Radcliffe evoke the nostalgia of the artist’s famous Marilyn Monroe painting. The daily collected six of artist Randy Glass’ “Harry Potters” from its archives, and sewn together, they capture not only Radcliffe’s evolution from cherub-faced innocence to furrowed determination, but their own sublime aesthetic. (The only thing that hasn’t changed are his glasses.) Each drawing finely embodies the tone of its respective film, and the seventh and final portrait (right) rightfully stands alone. It’s the darkest of the set, the only one in which Radcliffe is depicted not looking at the “camera.” Well done, WSJ. Take a look at the Harry collage: READ FULL STORY »
Jun 27
2011
03:33 PM ET
Tom Hanks says Pixar is working on 'Toy Story 4'; Should Woody and Buzz make sequels to infinity and beyond?
Image Credit: Pixar
When a movie grosses more than a billion dollars at the global box-office, you better believe there’s going to be a sequel (or two). So I know I shouldn’t have been surprised when Tom Hanks, currently in England promoting Larry Crowne, let slip that the Toy Story gang was not about to be packed away in the Disney/Pixar attic. “Yeah, I think they’re working on it now,” he answered interviewer Tim Muffett when asked whether fans can expect another helping of Woody and Buzz. Disney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about any plans for a Toy Story 4, but after seeing them in the short that played before Cars 2, it’s clear these characters are still very much in play. READ FULL STORY »
Jun 23
2011
03:25 PM ET
'The Onion's Pulitzer campaign shifts into semi-celebrity overdrive
Tom Hanks didn’t start The Onion‘s campaign to win a Pulitzer Prize, but the grassroots movement has really taken off since the Oscar-winner chastised the Pulitzer committee for making him angry. Today, author Neil Gaiman is the latest to join Hanks, Ricky Gervais, Pulitzer-winning writer Dave Barry, Paul Reiser, a cat, and an army of advocates at Americans for Fairness in Awarding Journalism Prizes. “We here at AFAJP (pronounced Affahjjp) are dedicating our lives to exposing the Pulitzer committee’s despicable bigotry against the Onion and making sure that America’s finest news source receives the prize it so richly deserves,” said the organization’s president Stephen Forbeck, in a video. “Americans from all walks of life are standing up and telling the Pulitzer committee to stop the ignorance, stop the bias, and stop the neglect.” Watch some of the latest video pleas after the jump: READ FULL STORY »
Jun 22
2011
02:37 PM ET
Ricky Gervais' 'Life's Too Short' teaser trailer is, well, too short. But our anticipation is growing!
Yes, yes, we know, it’s a teaser trailer and it’s supposed to be short, but we couldn’t help but to want to see a teeny bit more of Ricky Gervais’ upcoming series Life’s Too Short . Still, what we did get from the preview of the new BBC2 series is that Gervais is teaming up once again with his most excellent right hand man Stephen Merchant, as well as their Extras co-star Shaun Williamson (Barry, occasional BBC star/Car Phone Warehouse employee) and guest star Warwick Davis, who appeared in one of the best episodes of that series as a dwarf who acts opposite Andy Millman (Gervais) only to be — literally — a pushover.
As Gervais explains in the compact clip (sorry, it’s almost impossible not to use words associated with small here!), Life’s Too Short won’t be unlike the aforementioned Extras or his other classic, The Office, in that it’s a “fake documentary … and a backdrop to media.” According to the BBC, the series will center around Davis (Willow, Harry Potter, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) who plays “a fictional version of himself” (re: “desperate, conniving, fame-hungry”) who runs a talent agency called, Dwarves For Hire. In the tradition of Gervais’ inspired/awkward/hilarious series, we have a feeling Life’s Too Short will stack up just fine. READ FULL STORY »
Jun 17
2011
09:50 AM ET
Susan Boyle musical lands its star, premiere date
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Susan Boyle’s amazing journey from obscurity to overnight singing sensation will be the subject of a new musical, titled I Dreamed a Dream, according to Reuters. Scottish actress Elaine Smith will portray Boyle in a touring show scheduled to premiere in Newcastle, England on March 23, 2012. “I never thought my life story would end up on the stage, but a lot has happened in two years and it is a very exciting prospect,” Boyle said in a statement. “I hope everyone enjoys the show and I promise there will be a few surprises along the way.”
Read more:
Susan Boyle returns to No. 1
Susan Boyle stops mid-song on ‘The View’
Susan Boyle in talks to sing for the Pope
Jun 15
2011
08:10 PM ET
'Doctor Who': Mysterious plans for the 50th anniversary season could mean fewer episodes in 2012
Image Credit: BBC
The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the beloved British time traveler, arrives in 2013. As initially reported by io9, BBC executive Danny Cohen was quoted saying that there are already plans in place for some sort of special run of the series (which currently stars Matt Smith) in 2013. This seems to echo comments made by Who executive producer Steven Moffat, who tweeted in regards to the next season of Who: “I’ve got a plan and I’m NOT TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS” (capitals his). However, Cohen also claimed that these anniversary plans might mean that there will be less episodes of Doctor Who in 2012. READ FULL STORY »
Jun 8
2011
11:25 AM ET
'Harry Potter': Watch Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint in their very first screen test
Over the course of eight Harry Potter movies, we’ve watched stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint grow from adorably puckish tweens into moody teenagers into even-more-moody-but-those-are-the-times-we-live-in young adults. The final Harry Potter film will be emotionally brutalizing for audiences on July 15, but if you’d like a flashback to happier times, check out the video that Warner Bros. just released of the three actors in their very first group screen test for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Radcliffe looks mildly bemused, Grint looks angrily confused, and Watson rolls her eyes. Ah, youth! Check out the video: READ FULL STORY »
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