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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cinema’s ultimate villain, Darth Vader, is set to make a comeback with a menacing appearance in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” industry magazine Entertainment Weekly said on Wednesday. The first standalone “Star Wars” story, “Rogue One” is set just before “A New Hope” — the original film in the blockbuster series — and stars Felicity Jones alongside Mads Mikkelsen and Forest Whitaker. EW said on its website it […]
Fete Dela Musique it’s a unique collaborations between alliance Francaise de Manille, the embassy of France to the Philippines, tourism promotions board of the Philippines in partnership with B-side Productions. The music festival will open simultaneously last Saturday, June 18, the second day will take place this coming Thursday, June 23 at the Puerta Real Gardens in Intramuros, Manila. This year, the festival will be headlined by Philippine’s finest bands and musicians such as Up […]
by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The car that fatally crushed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin had been under recall over fears that it could roll off without warning, it emerged on Monday. Friends discovered the Russian-born actor pinned against a brick mailbox pillar and security fence at his California home by his Jeep Grand Cherokee in the early hours of Sunday. Investigators said the actor, who was just 27, had momentarily […]
WASHINGTON D.C., United States (Reuters) — Actress Angelina Jolie joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for meetings regarding the plight of migrants on World Refugee Day on Monday (June 20). “We cannot ignore or turn our backs on” the more than 65 million people displaced by conflict, Jolie, a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said. Jolie met with several refugees at the State Department in Washington and participated […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — J.K. Rowling, creator of the mass-selling “Harry Potter” books, made an impassioned plea Monday for Britons to vote to stay in the EU, warning in a blog posting against rising nationalism across the world. The British author, whose novels and films about the boy wizard have become a global phenomenon, said many of those backing a Brexit in Thursday’s EU referendum were making a protest “against everything about modern life […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (June 20) – After three years, the Four Horsemen are back in action! They are more than ready to astound the world with their reality-defying magical acts but Daniel Radcliffe stands in their way. And – to be clear – Daniel Radcliffe is no wizard in this. He is actually the stark opposite! “Now You See Me 2” boasts of a stellar cast, with the likes of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Dave […]
(AFP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising young actor who starred as Chekov in the new “Star Trek” film, was killed early Sunday in a freak car accident, his publicist said. He was 27. “The news is so sad and true,” Jennifer Allen said in a statement. Yelchin “was killed in a fatal traffic collision early this morning,” she added. “His family requests you respect their privacy.” The accident took place in the driveway of Yelchin’s […]
“Finding Dory,” the sequel to “Finding Nemo,” racked up a record-setting $136.2 million this weekend at the North American box office, making it the largest debut for an animated film. The story picks up a year after the events of 2003’s “Finding Nemo,” and sees Dory, a chatty blue tang fish with short-term memory loss, living in the peaceful ocean habitat alongside Nemo the clownfish and his father Marlin. Also making a strong debut was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pixar’s “Finding Dory” made the biggest splash in the North American box office in its debut weekend, taking in an estimated $136.2 million, industry data showed Sunday. “Dory,” voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, follows a very forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 animated hit “Finding Nemo.” The sequel blew away her competition, including “Central Intelligence,” a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising young actor who starred as Chekov in the new “Star Trek” film, was killed early Sunday in a freak car accident, his publicist said. He was 27. “The news is so sad and true,” Jennifer Allen said in a statement. Yelchin “was killed in a fatal traffic collision early this morning,” she added. “His family requests you respect their privacy.” The accident took place in […]
(REUTERS) A federal judge has ordered actor Leonardo DiCaprio to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Stratton Oakmont executive over his alleged depiction in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke in Central Islip, New York, on Thursday said DiCaprio must be made available for questioning, which was opposed by Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures Corp, DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions and other defendants. The […]
by MJ Racadio Quezon, City Philippines (Eagle News Entertainment) Who would have thought a Filipina would make a name for herself in Hollywood? From “Finding Nemo”, Gini Cruz Santos, a native of Pasay City, has been tapped by director Andrew Stanton of Pixar Films as supervising animator for “Finding Dory”. According to an interview by Ruben Nepales (a Hollywood Foreign Press member), Stanton said Gini Santos was also a writer for such films as the “Toy Story” […]
