Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts

Friday, April 8, 2011

Twilight's Taylor Lautner Dating Phil Collins' Daughter Lily Collins

Twilight's Taylor Lautner and Phil Collins' daughter Lily Collins was spotted at Squamish, Canada, a sushi restaurant. Lily is 22 and Taylor is 19 so there's a 3 year gap between the two. They were wearing matching outfits. Maybe this is a publicity, maybe it's not. You never know...

They first met while filming the upcoming movie Abduction in Canada.


Taylor is a british-America actor who plays Jacob in Breaking Dawn, the last installment of the Twilight Saga.

If you want to know more about their upcoming movie Abduction, visit IMDb's website.


Source: www.dailymail.co.uk ; www.imdb.com

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Captain America's Costume Design on the Upcoming the First Avenger Movie

Just saw the trailer of Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 movie. I couldn't quite see the new costume for the hero so I looked for a clear image and stumbled upon the image above. Chris Evans in his full Captain America uniform. When compared to the 1990 classic Captain America look which Matt Salinger plays the iconic hero, its strikingly different.

They designed the new Captain America costume maybe too realistic. The movie's setting is in 1942 so I guess if you look at it, it seems appropriate for that time. Captain America is a soldier after all. 
(more images below)



His mask is like a soldier's helmet, and his pants is from an airman’s jumpsuit. The wings are just painted on his helmet and the star is smaller. If you look at it at a certain point of view, you can actually imagine it being part of G.I. Joe. But if you don't like the costume, don't be too disappointed. They say that the costume will most likely be upgraded or changed in the most awaited The Avengers movie. 

Now how about the Red Skull? They made simpler and it works for me. 

Captain America: The First Avenger will be released July 22nd starring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter and Samuel L. Jackson as Nicky Fury.
1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) deemed unfit for military service, he volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals. - IMDB

After comparing the costumes. Compare the movie. Below are two youtube videos showing the 1990 Captain America Trailer and the upcoming 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger



More Images of the Captain America franchise:

1990 Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)
1976 Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)

1940's Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)




Source: www.imdb.com

Monday, April 4, 2011

Official Website of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton


St. James’s Palace launched an official website for the coming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It seems like the world is very interested on the most highly anticipated event of the year. Its just appropriate that the palace announces an official website so that people around the world can be updated about the wedding of the year.

On the "royal website", people can be informed on what's the latest news updates, pictures and videos on the preparations to the upcoming royal wedding. It will even have
details about Kate Middleton's wedding dress. It has yet to be announced if it will stream live broadcast of the royal wedding itself. 

Who built or developed the royal website for Prince William and Kate? No, not St. James Palace, Clarence House nor Prince William's staff. The website was built by Accenture and hosted by Google. Why Google? because they can handle huge web traffic, which we can assume the website will have on the wedding day.

Here is the Royal Website:

You can also follow the latest updates on the upcoming royal wedding on other social media sites with the following links:
Twitter
YouTube
Facebook
Flicker

 
Source: mashable.com

Friday, April 1, 2011

Twilight Breaking Dawn Should be Rated R Because of Sex and Childbirth Scenes

Robert Pattinson says that Breaking Dawn is for more mature audiences. Breaking Dawn focuses on Edward(Pattinson) and Bella(Kristen Stewart) marries and have a baby. If there's a baby, this means hot sex scenes and not to mention the half vampire half human childbirth scene. Seems like even having these scenes Breaking Dawn will be rated PG-13 like the first installments of the Twilight saga.

Robert also added that Breaking Dawn is like a horror movie and said in an issue of Entertainment Weekly that
"There's some interesting and weird stuff going on -- really very, very, very strange." Robert Pattinson laughed at the decision that Breaking Dawn will be released with a PG-13 rating. "I just can't see how it's going to be PG-13... unless they cut everything out," he said on a an interview.


There have been a pair of photos leaked from Breaking Dawn and was circulated through tweeter. Summit Entertainment quickly removed the images but failed to prevent it from circulating. The images shows Edward and Bella in bed making love. Notice that Edward is grabbing the headboard. Other than the sex scenes, the birth scene is also said to be "not for young audiences" with the caesarean on dying Bella and the fake placenta and all.

So far Twilight Breaking Dawn will be rated PG-13. Still fans argue that it should be rated R to stay true to some graphic scenes in the book. But screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg disagrees and is standing by the PG-13 rating.


Source: www.thehollywoodgossip.com  ; www.mtv.com

Friday, March 18, 2011

Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman in New NBC Series


Adrianne Palicki showed off her newly designed wonder woman costume for the upcoming pilot episode of NBC's Wonder Woman. There have been changes made to the costume from the 1970s Wonder Woman made famous by Lynda Carter. The short shorts is now replaced with blue leggings/pants and blue boots instead of red. What do you think of the costume?


Source: marquee.blogs.cnn.com

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Chinese Owner Destroys His Lamborghini Gallardo

A man in Qingdao, Eastern China hired people to use sledgehammers and destroy his newly bought $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo. The Chinese owner was so angry after his Lamborghini broke down. He made it into a public protest for World Consumer Rights Day and destroyed it publicly with lots of onlooking crowd.

The Lamborghini Gallardo was bought six months ago and encountered
mechanical problems on Nov 29, 2010. He then sent the car to a Lamborghini dealer's maintenance service in Qingdao. But the problem was not solved and that made him furious.

This is a Youtube video from Carbuzz and explanation why the chinese businessman destroyed his Lamborghini.


    The engine problem wasn't solved, but instead the bumper and chassis were damaged by the transport. The owner complained by the dealer but they refused to take responsibility in this matter, so the angry owner contacted Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann, the brand's China headquarters, its after-sales service manager for Asia-Pacific region, and the brand's owner Volkswagen Group, but the problem was not solved.

    Angry about the service, the owner felt his consumer rights were ignored. So he decided that the best way to gain attention was to destroy his car on the 15th of March, which is also World Consumer Rights Day. Apparently, he hired people to publicly destroy his car with hammers and make his statement. This protest was made to provoke public support and goad the manufacturer to respect his consumer rights.


Source: www.topgear.com ; www.usatoday.com

Monday, March 7, 2011

James Bond's Daniel Craig Wears a Dress

James Bond's Daniel Craig wears a dress for March 8's  centenary of the International Women’s Day, not to mention with a fluffy blond wig. Surprisingly agent 007 is an attractive woman. This is for a campaign to highlight the inequality to women around the world. The short film features the voice of Dame Judi Dench as M asking Bond if they are equals and if Daniel is a woman this and that. Daniel doesn't talk in the film but does a good job posing as a woman.

Although the film looks funny, it does deliver a serious message about equality between men and women. The films says that women does 2/3 of the work in the world and yet only has 10% of the income and 1% of property. It also says that at least one in four women are victims of domestic violence and every single week in the U.K. The short film is directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and is scripted by Jane Goldman.
(read full article for video)


Sam Taylor-Wood said: "Despite great advances in women’s rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality. " 

EQUALS spokeswoman, Esme Peach said: "We are thrilled that Sam Taylor-Wood, Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench and such a prestigious production team agreed to create this powerful short film for EQUALS."




Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Jennifer Aniston's Sex Tape Ad

Jennifer Aniston seems to have created a "sex tape." There is a trend on youtube and other sites that generate a lot of hits and Smart Water advertisers used that and put it on the ad. They jokingly said in the ad that this is a viral video and marketed it as "Jen Aniston's Sex Tape" because they putted some scenes that have the usual viral video contents like adorable puppies, dancing babies, a fat man crying at a rainbow and plenty of shots of Aniston tossing around her blonde hair. 
(view full article for video)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Oscars 2011: The Academy Awards List of Nominees

The Academy Awards will be aired live in the U.S. 8 p.m. EST. (10:00a.m. in the Philippines)

Oscar 2011 Nominations

BEST PICTURE 
Black Swan 
The Fighter
Inception 
The Kids Are All Right 
The King's Speech 
127 Hours 
The Social Network 
Toy Story 3 
True Grit 
Winter's Bone 

BEST ACTOR 

Javier Bardem, Biutiful 
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS 
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone 
Natalie Portman, Black Swan  
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST DIRECTOR 
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan 
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech 
David Fincher, The Social Network 
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Christian Bale, The Fighter 
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone 
Jeremy Renner, The Town 
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter 
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech 
Melissa Leo, The Fighter 
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit 
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom 

ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh, Another Year 
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay);
Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (story) The Fighter
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right 
David Seidler, The King's Speech 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours 
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network 
Michael Arndt (screenplay); John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (story), Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit 
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz, Exit through the Gift Shop 
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic, Gasland 
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs, Inside Job 
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, Restrepo 
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley, Waste Land 

CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan 
Wally Pfister, Inception
Danny Cohen, The King's Speech 
Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network 
Roger Deakins, True Grit 

COSTUME DESIGN 
Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland 
Antonella Cannarozzi, I Am Love 
Jenny Beavan, The King's Speech 
Sandy Powell, The Tempest 
Mary Zophres, True Grit 

VISUAL EFFECTS 

Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips, Alice in Wonderland 
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 
Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell, Hereafter 
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb, Inception 
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick, Iron Man 2 

ART DIRECTION 
Robert Stromberg (production design) and Karen O'Hara (set decoration), Alice in Wonderland 
Stuart Craig (production design) and Stephenie McMillan (set decoration), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design) and Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (set decoration), Inception 
Eve Stewart (production design) and Judy Farr (set decoration), The King's Speech  
Jess Gonchor (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set decoration), True Grit

FOREIGN FILM 
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece) 
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada) 
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Algeria) 

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Willie Revillame Humiliates John Estrada Live on TV5's Willing Willie

Willie Revillame humiliated John Estrada when he called him live on Willing Willie's January 26, 2011 episode. He was mad about his two friends in showbiz which is John Estrada and Randy Santiago, who at that time is rumored to have a noontime show for ABS-CBN.

Even though they have their disagreement, John Estrada sent a text message to Willie on his 50th birthday last January 29, saying: 

"Iniyakan ko na ‘to ng ilang beses pinagdasal ko na rin…

Di ko masabi lahat sayo sa txt, pero kung bibigyan mo ko ng pagkakataon para makapagusap tayo eh di mas maganda, alam ko na nasaktan ka at humihingi ako ng dispensa. Pero mamatay na buong pamilya ko, nung pinatawag ako, ikaw ang una kong inisip at sinabi ko kay Randy kailangan kausapin ka na namin. Kaya lang tuma-timing kami, pero ‘yun nga naunahan na naman.

Di mo lang alam ‘patid kung ano ang sinasabi ko sa kanila kung nababanggit ang pangalan mo, kahit sino pa dun, tinatabla ko totoo ‘yan… Trabaho lang ‘to talaga, ang dami-dami ko pa gusto sabihin sa’yo, bigyan mo lang ako ng pagkakataon!

At panghuli di kami kaaway… Happy birthday! And tuwing sinasabi ko Lab u… mini-mean ko 'yon… Lab u Kapatid…"

John Estrada and Randy Santiago are now hosts of the new ABS-CBN noontime show "Happy Yipee Yehey"together with Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez. But the new noontime show is not rating well, as Willie said it won't. Is he the cause? or is the show just not that good?



Here's Willing Willie's January 26, 2011Episode:



If you didn't catch all the words Willie said, here's the transcript of the phone conversation with John Estrada:

“Bakit? May noontime show na kayo dito, inaayos ko na saka aalis kayo. ang hirap sa inyo iiwanan nyo naman ako. Iniwan nyo na ko dati. Tandaan mo ‘to, hindi magri-rate yan. Tandaan mo yan. Ako nagsasabi sa ‘yo.”
 
“O ayan, sige bahala kayo! Hindi, ipaplug ko dito Eat Bulaga araw-araw. O bakit? Ito si John Estrada (addressing the studio audience) nag-uusap na raw sila. Ano? Nandito sa studio. Sandali. Ano?
 
“Kasi dapat may noontime show sila rito eh. Tapos bigla na namang lilipat na lang sa Channel ano na naman. Inaayos ko na tapos eto. Nakakasama kayo ng loob. Inaayos ko na lahat tapos bigla nyo naman akong iiwan na naman.”

 “Ano? Hindi na ‘ko pupunta sa kasal mo. Maghanap ka ng ibang Best Man. Kahit manood ka ng TV, Channel 5, baka naglipat ka na naman. Basta maghanap ka na ng ibang Best Man. Eh ikaw bahala ka. Basta ako, iniwan nyo na ko dati. Hindi na, iniwan nyo na ko dati. Pinagkaisahan nyo ko, bumalik ako sa MTB, hinanap ko pa rin kayo. Kayo pa rin ang binalik ko, alam nyo yan. Pero kung iiwan nyo ko ngayon, okay na yan. Magsulian na tayo ng kandila.”

“Okay lang yan. Kung mas mahal nyo yan, na gumanyan sa ‘tin, tinanggal tayo. Pag ‘di kayo nag-rate, tatanggalin din kayo niyan. Maniwala kayo sa ‘kin. Tama? (asking the audience)”

    The audience shouted, “Tama”.

“Sinalo na tayo ng Channel 5. Eto na sumali sa ‘tin eh, tatalikod pa tayo sa kanila. Tama?”

“O basta bahala ka na. Basta ako, minahal kita bilang kaibigan. Pag nag-Channel 2, nag-noontime show ka pa dyan, wala kang kaibigan na Willie. Masakit yang gagawin nyo sa ‘kin dahil inayos ko na, nag-meeting na ko kagabi tungkol sa noontime show dito. Yun lang. Masama talaga loob ko. Masama ang loob ko dahil inayos ko na to kay Mr. MVP, kay Mr. Rey. Pero kung dyan kayo masaya sa nanakit sa ‘kin, sa nanakit sa ‘tin dati, dyan na lang kayo.”

“O sige lang. Tatrabaho muna ko. Oo, okay na ‘yun”.

    Willie Revillame addressing the audience:

“Ganon lang kasimple ang buhay, dapat totoo ka…. Guest natin sila, kelan ba guest natin si John? Sabado? Di na pupunta yan. Pipigilan na yan kasi Friday yata sila magsisimula dun eh. Di ba?”

    Someone from the audience shouted, “Okay lang ‘yan! Dito na lang kami!”

    Willie Revillame replied, “Oo kayo importante sa buhay ko”.

“Di ba? Alam nyo nag-meeting na kami eh. May noontime show dapat dito, Randy, John. Sasabihin ko sana ‘yung iba pang babae pero, tapos, masakit sa loob ko dahil inaayos ko na maayos sila rito. Tapos bigla silang inofferan ng Channel 2, nandun na naman sila sa Channel 2. Hay naku! Eat Bulaga tayo! Eat Bulaga tayo!”


Source: www.filipino-tv.info ; www.goodfilipino.com ; www.pep.ph

Monday, February 21, 2011

Megan Fox Fired from Transformers Franchise

Paramount Studios confirmed the rumor that Megan Fox has been fired from the cast of Transformers 3. She will not return to the series when the third installment opens in 2011. They say that the "official reason" is that the third movie is a new chapter and they don't want the lead character to have a girlfriend. But it seems there may have been another reason. 

Megan is known to have tense relations with director Michael Bay and some of the Transformers cast and crew. He compared Bay to "Hitler" and "Napoleon." The actress said in an interview with Britain’s Wonderland Magazine’s: “He’s like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation" and “He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is."

After which, some members of the film crew posted a letter on the director's site criticizing  her. But Director Bay did not like what the crew did and replied: "I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3."

There still no update on who will be the new love interest of Shia LaBeouf’s character.


Source: www.deadline.com

Lady Gaga's Controversial Nun Outfit

Lady Gaga again caused a controversy when she appeared on stage in a see-through rubber outfit looking like a nun. She was on her Monster Ball Tour in New Jersey when she performed with just white crosses over her nipples and a white bikini bottom topped by a see-through rubber dress with a nun's top. Lady Gaga is fond of using religious inspired clothing. We can see this in her song's music video, Alejandro.

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Source: www.mizozo.com

Friday, February 18, 2011

Another Filipino YouTube Sensation Singing Lady Gaga's Born This Way

Another young Filipina becomes a YouTube sensation. 10-year-old Maria Aragon lives in Winnipeg, Canada becomes an overnight hit when his brother uploaded her rendition ng "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga herself saw the video and tweeted the video on her Twitter account with 8 million followers, saying "she is the future".

Maria had been uploading her renditions on YouTube for 3 years now and dreams of being a guest on the talk show, Ellen Degeneres in the US. 

(view full article for the video)




Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com ; www.youtube.com

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Arnold Schwarzenegger Announces His Return to Acting

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 63, ended his seven year as Governor of the state of California and has announced that he is considering going back to acting. He gave his agents the go signal to begin examining scripts for possible movie roles.

The former Governor wrote on his Twitter page: "Exciting news. My friends at CAA have been asking me for 7 years when they can take offers seriously. Gave them the green light today." He told an Austrian newspaper "In the future I have to adapt to roles for my age... Clint Eastwood also has done it in the same way. Extreme fighting is not possible any more."




Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Pepsi's Skinny New Look in New York Fashion Week

Soft drink giant Pepsi is being accused of being sexist after unveiling new skinny can to appeal to women. It's been tagged as "taller, sassier drink for beautiful confident women". But Pepsi's skinny new can backfired when people at the New York Fashion Week disapproved it. Many use Twitter to send their message to Pepsi and are threatening to boycott the brand.

They say that the issue here is that Pepsi is comparing "skinny" with celebrating "beautiful, confident women." The New York Daily News said on an article: 'PepsiCo, which also owns chip maker Frito Lay, is betting on the idea that women will be wild to identify with anything "skinny"'.

But PPepsiCo's Jill Beraud defended their new-look can and said
in a press release: "Diet Pepsi has a long history of celebrating women through iconic fashion imagery seen in our infamous and historical campaigns, and we’re proud to continue that tradition as an official sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week."


Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

How Will Justin Bieber Look Bald?

Justin Bieber just got his head shaved by Jimmy Kimmel. Sadly it was all for a sketch. The 16 year old superstar made an appearance on the US talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live. The host said that there have been tweets about him having a duet with Bieber and also cutting Justin Bieber's hair so Jimmy said "I was thinking instead of us singing the song it would be fun if I actually did cut your hair." So he first took a pair of scissors and cut off some of Justin's hair. Then they decided to shave Justin's entire head. He was later seen wearing a skin colored cap.



Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Friday, February 11, 2011

Commemorative medal for William and Kate’s Royal Wedding

200 year old Birmingham Mint released a commemorative medal for Prince William and Kate's royal wedding. But it seems that Birmingham Mint has been too generous on the Prince's hair. William did inherit his father's receding hairline. It's unlikely that the 28 year old prince will have a full head of hair that he does on the medal designed to commemorate his marriage.

The medals will carry the words "Celebrating the wedding of HRH Prince William & Catherine Middleton." Birmingham Mint even said that the artist made a 'very accurate' image of the prince. There was a problem with the initials which spelled "WC" but was later reversed.


The first 1.5in medal will be sold for £5 on Wednesday and hopes to sell 100,000 pieces.


Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Miley Cyrus New Tattoo

The former Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, displays her new tattoo located on the right side of her rib cage. The new tattoo is a dream catcher, a Native American symbol of unity. Miley showed off her new body art as she was at a juice bar in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. The dream catcher tattoo is the singer’s fifth tattoo adding to the "Just Breathe" tattoo on the other side of her ribcage, a love heart and a small cross on her finger and the word "love" on her right ear.

Miley Cyrus was recently voted the worst role model for teenage girls in an AOL online poll. Recently a video of Miley smoking a bong allegedly filled with the herb salvia was posted on the Internet. Cyrus told U.S. magazine
Marie Claire:  "I'm not perfect...I made a mistake...I'm disappointed in myself for disappointing my fans..."

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Avatar Series: The Legend of Korra

Nickelodeon has just announced a new spinoff of the Avatar franchise. Nickelodeon 's president, Brown Johnson said that the mini series currently titled The Legend of Korra will have new cast of characters and will be set roughly 70 years after the Avatar: the Last Airbender series. It is currently under development, and is expected to have12 episodes and will start airing sometime in 2012. The creators of the original series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are still involved. 


The Legend of Korra will have a teenager Avatar from the Southern Water Tribe, a girl named Korra. Having already mastered three of the four elements (Earth, Water, and Fire), she sets off to find someone who would teach her air bending. She eventually came to the metropolis of Republic City of the new Avatar world. Korra then begins her training with the help of Aang and Katara's son, Tenzin.

The image above is Korra looking at Republic City. Konietzko said that the the actual city will not entirely look exactly as the concept art above, but will have the same feel to it. They are drawing inspiration from Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s and Hong Kong and even Western cities like Manhattan and Vancouver.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com ; http://tv.ign.com ; http://avatar.wikia.com

Monday, January 31, 2011

New Superman Henry Cavill for 2012's Superman: Man of Steel

The 27-year-old British Henry Cavill will be Clark Kent on 2012's Superman: Man of Steel. He is best known for his role of Charles Brandon on "The Tudors". The new reboot of the Superman franchise will be directed by Zack Synder, who directed 300.

Henry is said to have auditioned for the role as the clark for 2006's Superman Returns, but the role eventually went to US actor Brandon Routh. Cavill also auditioned to play Edward Cullen for the film adaptation of the book Twilight. Author Stephenie Meyer wants Cavill to become the actor for the role of Edward Cullen but by the time Twilight was filmed, Henry was 24-years-old and could no longer could portray a youth of 17. Robert Pattinson was cast instead of Cavill.






The late Christopher Reeve, who starred in four of the feature films of Superman in the 1970s and 1980s. Reeve had a horse-riding accident in 1995, which left him paralysed from the neck down. He later died of a cardiac arrest in 2004 at the age of 52.
 













Brandon Routh didn't achieve the same fame as Reeves. He starred in films such as 2010 comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the third season of action-comedy television series Chuck.
















Source: www.dailymail.co.uk