Author: Jack de Aguilar Page 38
Toothless Competition, But 'Ender's Game' Takes U.S Box Office Crown
Ender’s Game enjoyed a triumphant opening this weekend, topping the U.S Box Office charts; this despite a campaign for people to boycott the film due to Orsen Scott-Card – the author of the book upon...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th November 2013
Forced Fun - Were the 'YouTube Awards' Just a Bit Pathetic?
Wacky was the word when the YouTube Awards made its debut last night at New York City’s Pier 36; we had award winner’s being announced via the medium of cake, a choose-your-own-ending performance from Avicii...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th November 2013
Uh Oh: 'Star Wars Episode VII' Might Go Ahead with Filming Despite Script Problems
So desperate are JJ Abrams and Disney to meet their 2015 deadline for Star Wars Episode 7, they’re thinking about just filming some stuff without a script.I know, it sounds like something a college film...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
Is Matthew McConaughey In Line for a Surprise Oscar? Jared Leto Too?
Matthew McConaughey plays a cowboy in his latest film, Dallas Buyers Club. And he could be riding a dark horse into the 2014 Oscars with his role as Ron Woodruff. Jared Leto, too, is being...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
Kerry Washington Is Excited to Host SNL, and Eminem Loves Cupcakes
Last year was pretty brilliant for Kerry Washington: she starred in Quentin Tarantino’s slavery epic, Django Unchained, and her show – Scandal – was a huge success.Now reveling in the show’s second season, Washington -...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
![Mr. Peabody In a Brand New Adventure for 2013, Cartoon to Big Screen [Trailer + Pictures]](https://admin.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20131029/291013_modern_family_fan_appreciation_event/ty-burrell-modern-family-fan-appreciation-event_3927217.jpg "Mr. Peabody In a Brand New Adventure for 2013, Cartoon to Big Screen [Trailer + Pictures]")
Mr. Peabody In a Brand New Adventure for 2013, Cartoon to Big Screen [Trailer + Pictures]
It’s not easy being the world's smartest and most brilliant dog. In fact, it’s pretty darn difficult. Mr. Peabody is taking his endless adventure pallet onto the big screen, with a time-travelling yarn through ancient...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
!['X-Men: Days of Future Past,' Different Generations of Superheroes Combine [Trailer + Pictures]](https://admin.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20131029/301013_gabrielles_angel_ball/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness-gabrielles-angel-foundation-hosts_3928572.jpg "'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' Different Generations of Superheroes Combine [Trailer + Pictures]")
'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' Different Generations of Superheroes Combine [Trailer + Pictures]
Following a nastily short, nevertheless exciting, six-second teaser trailer released last week, we finally have a longer trailer to whet our comic book appetites. The emotive, epic trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past sets...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
NBC Greenlight Tina Fey Sitcom... Because it's a Tina Fey Sitcom
It doesn’t have a name yet, the episodes haven’t been written, and there won’t be a pilot episode, but NBC have gone ahead and ordered a 13 episode season. Why? Well, because Tina Fey is...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
Yoko Ono & Paul McCartney- Best Pals: They Can Drink Coffee and Watch Breaking Bad Together
Oh man – mates. Mates are great. I’ve got some mates, and I drink coffee with them and talk about Breaking Bad. But for the past million decades, or however long ago when people thought...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
'Ender's Game' Is a Worthy Adaptation - Boycott the Book, Scott-Card Isn't Getting Paid
Ender’s Game was a risky project from the outset. Not only is Orsen Scott-Card’s novel one of the most revered sci-fi works of all time, but the author’s forthright and controversial views on homosexuality have...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st November 2013
Oh No - Is 'Last Vegas' Bad? Say It Ain't So! De Niro + Legends Fail to Deliver
What a risk this was: Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline sharing a screen as four old friends travelling to Las Vegas to fulfill some sort of nostalgic dream of a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
!['The Grand Budapest Hotel' - Meet Wes Anderson's Gang [Trailer + Pictures]](https://admin.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20131013/131013_world_premiere_of_free_birds_6/owen-wilson-world-premiere-of-free-birds_3904949.jpg "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' - Meet Wes Anderson's Gang [Trailer + Pictures]")
'The Grand Budapest Hotel' - Meet Wes Anderson's Gang [Trailer + Pictures]
Wes Anderson’s brand of frenetic, witty energy is bursting from the seams in the new trailer for The Grand Budapest Hotel. The comedy drama centres on a hotel concierge’s unlikely friendship with a lobby boy,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Want to Bring Back 'Morph'? Then Back the Kickstarter Campaign!
Tapping into the nostalgia gland of anyone brought up in the 70s and 80s, a Kickstarter campaign from Aardman Animation – the creator’s of Wallace and Gromit – promises to bring back the lovable clay-constituted...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Daniel Radcliffe Ups His Game Further - Sebastian Coe Role Beckons
Olympic greatness awaits for Daniel Radcliffe. Well not quite, but the next best thing: he’ll be playing British athletics legend in an upcoming biopic. Since his days as the potentially type-casting role of Harry Potter,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Is 'Ender's' Game Worth Your Money This Weekend? Let's Ask The Critics
Tomorrow’s a big day: The iPad Air is out, Halloween is done for another year, and Harrison Ford stars in the cinematic remake of Orsen Scott Card’s sci-fi epic, Ender’s Game.Harrison Ford in Ender's Game,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Alternative Zombie Drama 'The Returned' Hits U.S Screens to Critical Appraise
When sexy French drama, The Returned landed in the UK, TV-loving Sunday-nighters bought straight into the European style of small screen production. Finally, a zombie drama for the 40+ generation.Frederic Pierrot plays the twins' disgraced...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Richard Gere Joining Veteran Cast for 'Marigold Hotel' Sequel
Not only has The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel retained its all-star cast for the sequel, but another behemoth of the big screen has joined ranks. Richard Gere will star alongside Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Banksy's Nazi 'Vandalized' Painting Donated to Homeless/AIDS Charity
Elusive street artist Banksy has donated a painting worth more than $200k to a N.Y.C non-profit organization involved in helping the local, AIDS infected homeless community.Rebecca Edmondson, director of public relations at Housing Works, was...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Now That 'Olympus Has Fallen,' It's London's Turn in the Sequel
If you thought Olympus Has Fallen was bad, then wait until you heard this: the brainiacs at Millennium Films have decided a sequel is in order, and will move the action over to the U.K...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2013
Can't Wait for 'Winter Soldier'? Get Some Captain America Action with 'The Bitter March'
This week saw Marvel up the ante by releasing a new trailer for Captain America: Winter Solder. And it’s no accident that USA Today should - a few days later -reveal a new story for...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30th October 2013
Neil Gaiman Returns with 'The Sandman: Overture,' The First Entry in 10 Years
After a 10-year hiatus, Neil Gaiman is back with his seminal graphic novel: The Sandman. Overture is a new mini-series from the acclaimed writer, and comes off the back of a mixed body of work...
News posted in Books / Authors on 30th October 2013
Break? What Break? Daniel Radcliffe To Star as Sebastian Coe in Olympic Biopic
He just can’t stop working, Daniel Radcliffe. The Harry Potter actor has signed on to play Sebastian Coe – the hero of British athelitics – in a new biopic, according to Screen Daily.Then and now:...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30th October 2013
Steve Coogan on 'Philomena': It's Not Simply "An Angry Attack on The Church"
Best known for his seminal comedy creation, Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan’s dramatic work sometimes slips under the radar.But with Philomena, the British actor’s emotional attachment, combined with the technique and skill from both he and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30th October 2013
Matthew McConaughey's Ron Woodruff Lights Up 'The Dallas Buyer's Club' - Review Roundup
While all Oscars talk has fixed upon the ingenious efforts of Steve McQueen and Alfonso Cuaron in 12 Years a Slave and Gravity respectively, The Dallas Buyer’s Club has been accumulating a slew of positive...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30th October 2013
More Zombies, More Death, More Tears - 'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Confirmed
AMC don’t want to let The Walking Dead go, and why would they? The zombie thriller gets bums on sofas, while the critics continue to buy into the lavish scenario of an un-dead apocalypse.Daryl (Norman...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30th October 2013
Quite Simply, Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' is Brilliant, Say The Critics
2013 has been the year of the comeback. The Rolling Stones did it, triumphantly. Bowie did it too, shocking everyone with an unannounced renaissance, one that lead to a Mercury nomination. But more contemporary artists,...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 30th October 2013
How The Hell Did Anyone Confuse Lou Reed with Lou Bega?
If you’re the journalist responsible for confusing the identities of LOU REED and LOU BEGA, then, that’s pretty funny. You made a bad mistake, but, it’s a funny mistake, and certainly not the end of...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29th October 2013
Susan Boyle and Elvis Presley to 'Duet' - Christmas Number 1 for the Unlikely Pair?
Don’t ask how, but Susan Boyle is recording a Christmas single with Elvis Presley. The Scottish singer looks as bemused as anyone else, and what’s worse, is that no one seems to be explaining what...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th October 2013
Star Wars Bloopers Reel Is Like a Silent Movie in Places, Just Hilarious in Others
There’s something eerie about watching the new Star Wards bloopers clip, which you can do below. Not only is the galaxy far, far away something intangible and mystical for the franchise’s fans, but given that...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th October 2013
Jonas Brothers Split But Refuse To Rule Out Return
The Jonas Brothers have finally split, but true to their style, they can’t decide weather it’s permanent or not. Apparently it’s over, but we’ve been here before, and even though the band are candid in...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th October 2013
Suggested
Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Advertisement
Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Advertisement
