The Weinstein Company has moved back the release date of their ensemble comedy "Butter" to October 5, 2012. According to Indiewire.com, the original release date for the film had been March 30.

Hugh Jackman, Miranda Kerr, Chris Hemsworth and Cody Simpson have been nominated for the new Favourite Aussie Superstar category at The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

The 25th annual award ceremony, hosted by actor Will Smith, will be held in Los Angeles on April 1 and broadcast in Australia only hours later.

For the first time Nick Australia will also produce a local award category to be broadcast here as part of the US show.

International categories include Best Movie Actor in which Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, Daniel Radcliffe and Adam Sandler ... Read more »

From February 24, 2012, due to changes pertaining to Registrar's actions for possible service suspension, the schedules for third-level domains (i.e., MSK.RU, SPB.RU, COM.RU, etc.) will be modified.

A new version of the Third-Level Domains Registration Schedule provides that the Contractor is entitled to stop third-level domain-s delegation immediately in order to preclude illegal activity or another activity causing damage to third parties, including distribution and advertising of obscene materials, appeals for violence, extremist activities, appeals for overthrowing of government, etc. Besides, the Registrar can immediately stop delegating domains that are used for any activities counter the public interest or the principles of humanity and morality, or offending the human dignity or religious feelings, etc.

Terms of Use now include a provision forbidding the User to publish any information or software prohibited by the current legislation and/or violating any righ... Read more »

Shawn Levy provided a few updates on the Real Steel sequel, specifically talking about how their approach to Real Steel 2 was directly influenced by what demographics responded to Real Steel most passionately.

On 12:44 Shawn talks about tweaking the sequel script based on knowing the fanbase of Real Steel "I broke the story of the sequel with John Gatins, so the writer of Real Steel 1 and I, when DreamWorks told us ‘We want another one’, we sat in a room for... Read more »

Updaited: EW confirms that John Cusack is considering playing Richard Nixon and Liam Neeson is in talks for the role of Lyndon B. Johnson. (Mila Kunis and Hugh Jackman were also mentioned in THR‘s story, but reps for the actors say their clients will not be involved in the project.) For the lead role, Daniels is reportedly interested in David Oyelowo (Red Tails). End of Story :)

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Hugh Jackman, Mila Kunis and John Cusack are names that have surfaced to play real-life figures in the story of Eugene Allen, a black man who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986. The project was initially set up at Columbia, which picked up Wil Haygood's 2008 Washington Post story A Butler Well Served by ... Read more »

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA , hosted their awards ceremony in London yesterday (Feb,12th), and there was one clear winner. The Artis... Read more »

Hugh tweeted on Feb. 7 that he was honored to be learning the new song with composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. So the fans were wondering what was the name of the song. Les Misérables producer Cameron Mackintosh confirmed that the in-production film version of the epic Victor Hugo-inspired musical will feature a new song for Jean Valjean. "Well, he did warn us he was going to Tweet," Mackintosh told Playbill.com on Feb. 8. "He didn't hear the song until yesterday when he went through it with Claude-Michel."
Written by the stage hit's original songwriting team of Schönberg, Alain Boublil and lyricist Herbert Kretzmer, the new number is called "Suddenly," the producer revealed. ... Read more »

Despite some production delays, the highly-anticipated franchise sequel, The Wolverine, appears to be back on track and now has an official release date of July 26, 2013.

To be directed by James Mangold, The Wolverine will follow up 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine and finds Logan beginning a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man. Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her samurai-sword-wielding brothers and Silver Samurai.

The new release date tentatively puts the project up against Lionsgate's Dirty Dancing remake and Walt Disney Pictures' Phineas and Ferb film.

Christopher McQuarrie provided the original screenplay with rewrites performed by Mark Bombac... Read more »

Barks, who beat out a list of high-profile Hollywood candidates including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele and Evan Rachel Wood, will reprise the role she played twice on stage.
Barks played Eponine in a 2010 London production of Les Miserables and reprised the role for the 2011 Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the 02 Arena.

Barks learned she got the role when theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh appeared at the curtain call of Barks' current gig on Oliver! at Manchester Palaceand announced the news.

"I can't believe I'm going to play Eponine, a role so close to my heart, a role I played in the West End," Barks said in a statement. "It's the happiest moment of my life."

Hugh is in London now.

Australian Academy of Cinema and Televis... Read more »

‘Warrambeen’ is the most unique film festival in Australia, if not the world. They show short films from all corners of the globe on four screens within a Sheep farm, ‘Warrambeen’. They also show Aussie features at night to the camping audience.

Casting is quickly firming up on Tom Hooper’s adaptation of international blockbuster musical "Les Miserables”, but while some of the major roles are still being negotiated, a strong supporting character has been finalized. Little known stage and screen actor George Blagden has been cast as student revolutionary Grantaire. Blagden will share most of his screentime with Eddie Redmayne and Aaron Tveit, whose Marius and Enjolras are close friends and fellow revolutionaries alongside Grantaire, who Valjean encounters in the second act of the story.
Blagden is a neophyte to the ... Read more »

The original stars of the stage version of musical Les Miserables will join Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in the big-screen version, which begins rehearsals on Monday.

Colm Wilkinson, who was the first Jean Valjean, and Frances Ruffelle, who created the part of Eponine, have been given feature roles in the movie.

Wilkinson will play the Bishop of Digne. ‘He shows Valjean the road ahead, after Valjean has robbed him of silver candlesticks,’ says Cameron Mackintosh, who produced the musical on stage and who is also involved with Working Title and Universal in making the picture, which Oscar-winner Tom Hooper will direct.

‘"I have bought your soul for God!” the bishop says to Valjean — and it’s a beautiful moment,’ Cameron said.

Wilkinson, who played Valjean in ... Read more »