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Orlando Bloom Apologises To Sacked Waitress


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Orlando Bloom has reportedly apologised to a waitress who was said to have been sacked from the Chiltern Firehouse after they enjoyed a “night of incredible sex” together in a hotel suite at the restaurant.

The 40 year old Pirates of the Caribbean actor apparently invited 21 year old Viviana Ross into his five-star room at the London establishment earlier this month. One thing led to another, the pair slept together, which ended up with Ross being sacked from by the hotel manager when the tryst was discovered.

The Sun reported on Tuesday (May 23rd) that, following the flurry of tabloid headlines that followed when it all came out, Bloom got in contact with the restaurant in order to apologise, asking for her mobile number.

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Orlando Bloom Explains Use Of Word 'Pikey' In Radio 1 Interview


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Orlando Bloom has explained his use of the word ‘pikey’ during an appearance on BBC Radio this week, saying that he “wasn’t taking a slant” at Gypsy and traveller communities.

The 40 year old actor was interviewed live in the studio by breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw on Wednesday morning (April 26th), in order to promote his upcoming new film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

He was asked a question about whether he still does his own stunts in his movies, to which Bloom replied: “I’m still a pikey from Kent, boy, I’m still a pikey from Kent. You don’t want to get on the wrong side of me, boy.”

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Keira Knightley Returning To 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' After Ten-Year Absence


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A brand new Japanese trailer for the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie Salazar’s Revenge / Dead Men Tell No Tales has revealed Keira Knightley to be making a return to the film franchise as Elizabeth Swann, after nearly a decade’s absence.

It had originally been thought that Knightley wouldn’t be returning for the fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, having not featured in any of the Disney film series since 2007’s At World’s End.

But now, in what was presumably intended to be a well-kept secret by the studio until the film’s release next month, the 32 year old actress’s character Elizabeth looks set to be reunited with Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and son Henry (Brenton Thwaites).

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Katy Perry Breaks Silence Over Orlando Bloom Split, Says There Are No "Villains" Or "Victims"


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Katy Perry has broken her silence on her recent split from ex-boyfriend Orlando Bloom, taking to social media to insist that there are no “villains” or “victims” in the break-up – and also to debut a new post-split haircut.

The 32 year old pop superstar announced earlier this week that she had broken up with English actor Bloom, 40, saying that the parting of ways had been amicable and that they had determined to remain friends.

“HOW BOUT A NEW WAY OF THINKING FOR 2017 U can still b friends & love ur former partners! No one's a victim or a villain, get a life y'all!” she wrote the following day (March 2nd) via her Twitter account.

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Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Giving Each Other Some "Loving Space"


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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have announced the end of their relationship, after just over a year of dating.

In a statement, the couple announced they were giving each other some “respectful, loving space”, despite being photographed inside Vanity Fair’s post-Oscar party together just days ago.

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Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom And Katy Perry Are 'Like A Modern Family'


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Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom may have divorced four years ago, but the model still considers her ex ‘like family’.

The former couple's close relationship hasn’t changed since Bloom started dating pop star Katy Perry, who Kerr says gets along great with their son Flynn making them all one big, happy, ‘modern family’.

Miranda KerrMiranda Kerr says she, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are like a ‘modern family’

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Our Favourite Celeb Relationships That Survived 2016


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This year we’ve endured many devastating celeb break-ups, from Brangelina to the short-lived Hiddleswift phenomenon. But 2016 has also given us plenty of new celeb couples to root for, including a prince and a TV star and a couple who fell in love again after three years apart.

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Cheryl and Liam PayneCheryl and Liam's friendship blossomed into love in 2016

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Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Dress As Santa And Mrs Claus To Visit Children's Hospital


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Proving they really are the most charitable celebrity couple, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom dressed as Santa and Mrs Claus on Monday to give an early Christmas to some very sick kids.

The couple sang Christmas carols and posed for pics at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles to the delight of the young patients and their parents, many of who won’t be going home for the holidays.

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Katy Perry Attends UNICEF Ball With Rumoured Fiancé Orlando Bloom


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Katy Perry was honoured at UNICEF's annual Snowflake Ball last night, with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award.

The musician was accompanied to the ceremony by her boyfriend Orlando Bloom, but she left her new diamond ring at home, after it sparked engagement rumours earlier this week.

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Miranda Kerr Reveals Post-Divorce Depression


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Although she’s now happily engaged to her new husband-to-be, supermodel Miranda Kerr has revealed that her split from her first husband, Orlando Bloom, caused her to fall into a “really bad depression” three years ago.

In a new interview for the December issue of Elle Canada, the 33 year old mother of one said that she has always been a “naturally positive person”, but that her divorce from Bloom back in 2013 caused her to experience depression for the first time. Previously she had “never understood the depth of [depression] or the reality of that.”

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Trailer


Jack Sparrow finds himself in constant trouble with the law; not only is his name known from ocean to ocean, his face is now just as famous. With a reward of two hundred pounds Jack is being chased by bounty hunters once again. Not only are naval officers pursuing him, he also has a number of former rival captains hot on his heels too.

Captain Barbossa is now in control of the ship The Queen Anne's Revenge, after winning it from Captain Blackbeard and a long-time nemesis of Jack's called Captain Salazar who doesn't want to just kill Jack, he wants to kill every pirate on the sea in a bid to be once and for all to be total control over the oceans.

When Jack learns of Salazar's plan, the lovable rogue and Salazar go head to head in a race to retrieve a Trident that once belonged to the god of the oceans Poseidon. Whoever holds the trident controls the power of the sea and everything that lives in or sails on it.

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Miranda Kerr Asked Orlando Bloom "What Were You Thinking?!" After Nude Pictures


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Miranda Kerr has revealed how she reacted when ex husband Orlando Bloom told her that naked pictures of him were about to be splashed all over the internet. Bloom was photographed naked earlier this month while paddle boarding on vacation with new girlfriend Katy Perry and according to Kerr he texted her to let her know the pics were about to be leaked.

Miranda KerrMiranda Kerr has revealed her reaction to those Orlando Bloom pics

Appearing on ‘The Kyle and Jackie O’ radio show, Kerr said: "Oh my God, he text me and was like 'um, I'm really embarrassed, some photos are coming out, just thought I should let you know.' And I was like, hmmm... right, what were you thinking? Seriously, what were you thinking?!”

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Orlando Bloom Considering Asking Katy Perry To Marry Him, According To Reports


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Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry have been an item and going steady for almost a year, but sources now claim that the actor is considering proposing to Katy, and wants to have children with her.

Both Katy, 31, and Orlando, 39, have been married before – she to comedian and actor Russell Brand, which fell apart in 2011, and Orlando to Australian model Miranda Kerr, with whom he shares five year old son Flynn and whom he divorced nearly three years ago.

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Nude Pics Of Orlando Bloom In The Sea Threaten To Break The Internet


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Orlando Bloom is the latest victim of an online leak of nude photographs, with images of him on the beach while on holiday in Italy this week with his new girlfriend Katy Perry launched into the public domain yesterday.

The Daily Star and New York Daily News both carried images splashed across their front pages of the 39 year old English actor with strategic modesty black boxes as he attempted body-boarding in the sea at an Italian beach.

It caused a deluge of people to hit the search engines on Thursday morning (August 4th) in search of uncensored images – you can be sure that, fairly soon, you won’t be able to avoid the unedited ones.

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Selena Gomez Backs Up Katy Perry's Dismissal Of Orlando Bloom Cheating Rumours


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Katy Perry has laughed off rumours that her new boyfriend Orlando Bloom has cheated on her with Selena Gomez by calling the reports a “dumb conspiracy”.

Suggestions had started late last week that 39 year old Bloom and 23 year old Gomez had something going on between them after they were photographed getting slightly cuddly in each other’s company at an aftershow after her gig in Las Vegas, which was the opening night of her Revival tour.

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New Couple Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Enjoy Hot Day Out At Coachella Festival


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New couple Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom sent tongues wagging when they hit up the Coachella festival in California over the weekend. Rumours of a romance between the two began swirling earlier this year and they've since been spotted out together on numerous occasions.

Katy PerryKaty Perry attended Coachella with new boyfriend Orlando Bloom.

But at Coachella on Friday night, Perry and Bloom were reportedly doing little to hide their feeling for each other as they watched a set by The Kills. E! News reports that fans posted pics of the two together on Twitter and Instagram looking very much like a couple.

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Orlando Bloom Supports Katy Perry At Hillary Clinton Fundraiser


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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s new romance seems to be getting more serious, as he was spotted watching on as Perry supported Hillary Clinton at a political rally in New York this week.

Bloom was seen outside Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday evening (March 2nd), the same night as his rumoured new beau was performing as part of a star-studded rally held to raise funds for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Perry arrived at the gig dressed all in black, but when she got up on stage she was garbed up in a pretty patriotic ensemble – blue and white pants with a red top – and performed tracks like ‘Firework’ and ‘Roar’, according to Variety.

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Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Go To Birthday Party With His 5 Year Old Flynn


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More developments in the potential celebrity romance we desperately want to refer to as ‘Blerry’, as Katy Perry reportedly met up with Orlando Bloom and his 5 year old son Flynn in Malibu at the weekend.

The 31 year old megastar, who in the last week had been spotted out and about with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor on two occasions, apparently saw Bloom again on Saturday, and this time it was a ‘meet the family’ kind of mission for Perry, as she attended a birthday party for Robert Downey Jr.’s 4 year old son Exton with him and Flynn.

Katy PerryKaty Perry hung out with Orlando Bloom and his son Flynn at the weekend

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Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Get Together Twice In One Week, As Relationship Rumours Heat Up


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The rumoured Katy PerryOrlando Bloom hook-up may be developing into something more serious, if new reports are to be believed. The pop singer apparently met up with Bloom twice in the space of a week.

People magazine has reported that the pair attended a private party held by producer Aleen Keshishian at the upmarket Sunset Tower Hotel in L.A. on Wednesday. “They had dinner with a large group of people,” a source told them, including with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.

Katy PerryKaty Perry was spotted twice in the space of week with Orlando Bloom

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Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Are Said To Have Been 'Super Flirty' At Golden Globes After Party


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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have sent tongues wagging after they were spotted getting cozy with each other during a Golden Globes after party. According to reports, the pair were acting ‘super flirty’ at The Weinstein Company and Netflix's after party, held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, fuelling rumours that we may soon have a hot new Hollywood couple.

Katy perryKaty Perry is siad to have enjoyed her time with Orlando Bloom at a Golden Globes after party.

US Weekly reports that the pair were snapped ‘chatting up a storm’ at the A-list party with an observer telling the mag the two were "extremely flirty and whispering to each other" as they stood in Weinstein's section. Bloom was said to be leaning in extra close to Perry as she laughed in response and whispering in her ear.

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One Direction, Emma Watson And Orlando Bloom Among The Stars Bringing Some Comic Relief For Biennial 'Red Nose Day' Event


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Emma Watson, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig and One Direction were among the stars doing something funny for money last night, as 'Red Nose Day' took over the BBC to raise money for Comic Relief. The charity, which is now in its 30th year reached its goal of taking its overall total over the billion pound mark on Friday, after raising £78m by the end of the live broadcast.

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Kicking off the proceedings, Rowan Atkinson returned as Mr Bean in his first full new sketch in eight years as the character attended a funeral in a small village church. Of course things never go smoothly for the tweed wearing silent star and by the time he already disrupted the service (to the point of knocking over the coffin) Bean realised he was in fact at the wrong funeral.

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Battle Of The Fading Celebs: Orlando Bloom Throws A Punch At Justin Bieber


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So Justin Bieber got punched in the face. It might sound like the cosmos finally restoring balance, but the real kicker is who it was, who acted as the fist of cosmic justice. Yes, by this time you’re probably aware, it was Orlando Bloom, former screen pirate and pointy ear aficionado.

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It's been a long time coming.

Did he do it for the world? For the children? For every young girl, who has grown up idolizing the wrong people? Not quite. Apparently the squabble, if you could call it that, was over Bloom’s ex wife, Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr. Rumours – and by that we mean TMZ articles – have been swirling for a while, claiming that after he performed at the 2012 VS Fashion Show, the baby-faced star (we mean Bieber, though the description would fit Bloom too) put “the moves” on Bloom’s Chosen One at the time. We’ll just let you imagine what “the moves” might be.

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Selena Gomez's New And Improved Life Apparently Includes Orlando Bloom


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Selena Gomez has been making changes to her life lately, but it’s safe to say that noone was expecting this: the 21-year-old singer has been spotted out and about with Orlando Bloom. The two were photographed together Saturday night after Chelsea Handler’s live show Uganda Be Kidding Me at the forum Los Angeles. They arrived in the same car together and looked comfortable in each other's company throughout the night, sources told HollywoodLife.com.

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Gomez and Bloom, like most celebs, aren't too fond of the paparazzi.

According to People, Gomez and Bloom were very taken aback and immediately walked away at the sight of the photographers, who hunted them down and managed to snap some pictures regardless. Looks like this budding romance, if it happens, could feed the gossip columns for weeks to come. At this point, there is nothing else to report – the two may or may not be dating, but the evidence is inconclusive.

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Ashton Kutcher, Orlando Bloom Among Latest Members Of Lindsay Lohan's 'Hall Of Fame'


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It might be a coincidence that another part of Lindsay Lohan’s hookup list was released amid reports of falling ratings for her OWN series. Even so, it would be a very convenient way to drum up publicity for Lohan and her televised “journey to recovery”. The new names on the list, revealed by In Touch Weekly aren’t third rate reality studs either.

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Lohan has a few reasons to smile - 36 of them, if the list is true.

One of the names on the list – the newly published ones – is Orlando Bloom. Nobody knows when, how and even if the two really hooked up, but that was one reveal that caught us by surprise.

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More Of Lindsay Lohan's Ex-List Revealed As OWN's "Lindsay" Sheds More Viewers


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As the ratings for Lindsay Lohan’s “tell all“ OWN docu-series keep dropping, more of the star’s now-infamous list of conquests has been revealed. This is a big one. Apparently Ashton Kutcher – Two and a half Men star and current beau to Mila Kunis – has been revealed as one of Lindsay’s 30+ exes.

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A few more dudes, who apparently could not escape Lohan's charm, have been revealed.

After the publication of an abridged version of the list last week, In Touch Weekly chose to keep some of the more well known names private – apparently it was a marketing ploy, designed to whet gossip hounds’ attitudes, because now they’ve come out with a few of the more high-profile names on the infamous list, doodled on a napkin, which then made its way into the media, via some of Lohan’s trigger-happy “friends.”

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Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch Get The Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party Started [Pictures]


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Hollywood was out in full force for one of last night's biggest and most glamorous Oscars after-parties, hosted by Vanity Fair. After the star-studded ceremony had taken place, guests flocked to the annual party and its new specially designed setting at 8680 Sunset Boulevard, built under the direction of architect Basil Walter, according to the magazine.

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'Scandal' Star Kerry Washington Looked Elegant In A Dusty Purple Down.

Guests were greeted with cocktails and music as they arrived at the V.F. editor Graydon Carter-hosted event. A steady procession of movie star A-listers filed into the party to celebrate their wins, congratulate each other and try out a little bit of dancing. It was an evening of merriment and friendship, even between former lovers.

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Orlando Bloom Dating 'Safe House' Actress Nora Arnezeder?


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Is Orlando Bloom dating French Actress Nora Arnezeder?

Maybe!

Sources, speaking to a US entertainment website, claimed they saw Bloom enjoying a drink with Arnezeder in a Los Angeles Bar. 37-year-old Bloom turned up at The Roger Room on his Ducati motorcycle accompanied by 24-year-old Arnezeder. Some blurry shots of the two were captured but it's impossible to identify Bloom or Arnezeder. As such, we're entirely reliant on the sources who spied the couple together.

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Orlando Bloom Was "Comfortable" Playing Nude Scenes And Still Believes In Love


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Most of Orlando Bloom's female fans will be happy to hear the British actor does not mind getting fully nude in front of the camera.

The 36 year-old recently spoke to Elle magazine and admitted getting naked for his film 'Zulu' was just another day in the office.

"I got in the best shape of my life for that movie," he tells ELLE magazine of playing 'Brian Epkeen' in the crime drama.

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Can 'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug' Succeed Where It's Predecessor Failed? Review Round-Up


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Having narrowly escaped several deadly confrontations with the likes of trolls, stone giants and an innumeral amount of orcs, Bilbo Baggins, still in the company of Gandalf and the Dwarves of Erebor, continues his adventure to return the dwarves to their rightful home, coming across their most difficult deeds yet this time around. They reach the Lonely Mountain, guarded by the colossal dragon Smaug, and must pit their wits against their greatest challenge yet, as well as yet more goblins, orcs, giant spiders and some very untrustworthy elves.

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Bilbo gets serious this time around

The first time around, Biblo (Martin Freeman), the returning Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and our dwarf friends were met with a mix reception by a largely indifferent collection of critics. This time around, the overall view is still a relatively unconvinced one, but it does seem as though Peter Jackson's latest Tolkein epic has regained some of the vigor from the beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy and a number of notable critics were left impressed after watching the film.

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Hobbit Fans Get Treat As Extra Long 'Desolation Of Smaug' Trailer Hits


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Ahead of the second film in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy’s release, an extended, for-the-fans trailer has been released, giving us a better look at the Desolation of Smaug, which will hit cinemas this December.

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Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'

The long trailer was shown at a fan event, which featured a Q&A with the film’s stars, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, and, of course, the director Peter Jackson.

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Orlando Bloom Opens Up About Separation From Miranda Kerr On 'Katie'


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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr announced they split up after six years of together and 3 years of marriage.

The British actor appeared on talk show 'Katie' this Friday (Nov 1st) and discussed their abrupt but amicable split.

"We love each other. We're a family. We're going to be in each other's lives for the rest of our lives," Bloom told Katie Couric on an episode of her self-titled show.

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Mellow And Positive Orlando Bloom Opens Up About Miranda Kerr Breakup


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Orlando Bloom recently broke it off with wife of three years, Miranda Kerr. Following the separation (apparently no legal steps have been taken thus far), rumours started flying around almost immediately about possible flings with various celebrities. None of that has been confirmed, however, and Bloom has recently appearance on Katie, where he gave a rather mellow interview with Katie Couric.

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Bloom is moving on and focusing on being a parent.

The most important bit to take away from Mr Bloom’s Katie appearance would probably be his positive approach to the split. He said: "We love each other. We're a family. We're going to be in each other's lives for the rest of our lives," he said. "There's no question, for the sake of our son and everything else, we're going to support one another and love each other as parents to Flynn."

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Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr's Split Appears Truly "Amicable"


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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr may have decided their marriage is over but their family life certainly is not.

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Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom photographed together at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in February.

British actor Bloom met the Australian model in 2007. They married in 2010 but appear to have been having problems since late 2012, if rumours are to be believed. Rumours of their alleged relationships troubles seemed to be unfounded, especially as the couple were spotted together at the Broadway premiere of Bloom's Romeo and Juliet. However, the news of their split was reported last week and confirmed by their representative. 

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Orlando Bloom And Miranda Kerr's Split Was Waiting To Happen


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Earlier this week, Orlando Bloom and his wife of three years Miranda Kerr announced that they were ending their marriage in amicable circumstances, having been together for six years. Their marital problems had been kept under wraps until the pair release a joint statement decreeing their separation, but apparently this split wasn't as sudden and unexpected as it first seemed, as the pair have reportedly been apart for some time.

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Orlando and Miranda were together for six years

Following the announcement of the split, Orlando was spoken to by a TMZ reporter on the streets, asking him whether he was well and whether he and Miranda are still on friendly terms. His response was swift and if anything it gave the impression that he wasn't hurting from the end of the marriage, indicating that it could well have been over long before it was announced. He did insist that the two are still on friendly terms - replying to a question on whether they are still friends by saying, "Of course. We're not friends, we're family." - but subsequent reports have suggested that their love has well and truly died away.

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Orlando Bloom And Miranda Kerr Separate After 6 Year Together


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Orlando Bloom has separated from wife, Miranda Kerr, after six years of together and 3 years of marriage.

E!News reported the break-up late Thursday night (Oct 24th), citing a source close to the pair released the information.

A rep for the couple released a statement on their behalf stating, "In a joint statement, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced that they have been amicably separated for the past few months, they have recently decided to formalize their separation."

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Orlando Bloom And Miranda Kerr Undergo Quiet Separation After Six Years Together


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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced the regrettable end to their fledgling marriage in a joint statement released online.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor married the Victoria's Secret model in a small ceremony in 2010 having dated since 2007. But now it seems the sparks have fizzled out in their relationship despite giving birth to their only child, Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom, two years ago. 

A representative for Orlando revealed to E! News, "In a joint statement, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced that they have been amicably separated for the past few months. After six years together, they have recently decided to formalize their separation."

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A Week In Movies: Big Films Hit Britain, New York Premieres For Hanks And The Coens, Statham Fights Back


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James McAvoy in Filth

Two big British films hit UK cinemas this week. After storming the Scottish box office last weekend and garnering rave reviews across the board, Filth arrives in the rest of the country this week. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), the Edinburgh black comedy stars  in a career-redefining role as a deeply nasty cop. Read our 'Filth' review here.

Meanwhile, Saoirse Ronan stars in the introspective thriller How I Live Now, set in a present-day Britain that's engulfed in war. Opening in the UK this weekend and in America next month, the film is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), and the cast includes rising stars George MacKay (Hunky Dory) and Tom Holland (The Impossible). We gave the film 4/5 you can read the 'How I Live Now' review here.

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'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug' New Trailer - Ready For More? [Trailer + Pictures]


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The second film in The Hobbit franchise The Desolation of Smaug has a brand new trailer, which sees the Elves and the Dwarves reluctantly unite, Bilbo Baggins captured by The Ring's power and the terrifying Smaug breath fire. The action packed movie is set for for a Christmas time release but you can catch a glimpse of the fantasy epic right now. 

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In The Desolation of Smaug we re-join Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his trials & tribulations alongside the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on the marathon quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

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Orlando Bloom & Condola Rashad Re-Imagine ‘Romeo & Juliet’ For 21st Century In New Broadway Show


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It is a love story that is known throughout the world, one that has stood the test of time and now, one that is back on Broadway in a show that isn't exactly like the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film, but has definitely borrowed heavily from the 90's re-imagining of Shakespeare's classic tale of tragic love, Romeo & Juliet. The Orlando Bloom & Condola Rashad-starring, David Leveaux-directed Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Thursday, 19 September, night and on this fateful night, not everyone was particularly blown away by what they saw (again, just like the Leo DiCaprio film).

Romeo and Juliet
Bloom and Rashad in a press shoot for the production

At 36-years-old, Bloom was never going to give off the an aura of teenage angst and lust, and at only ten years his junior, Rashad was going to struggle too, and here was the first fault with the new Broadway production. Both of the main actors were on fine form throughout the night, as many of the critics on the night have agreed, and the same can be said for the talented Condola, but all the acting chops in the world can't substitute a lack of on-stage chemistry between the two lovers. Romeo and Juliet's love is supposed to immediate, their feeling instantly recognisable to the character and audience the moment they set their eyes on each other, but with Thursday's performance that chemistry was nowhere to be found. It was as vacant as Bloom's lost teenage years.

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As Per Tradition, Critics Are Slow To Warm Up To "Romeo And Juliet" On Broadway


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Orlando Bloom might make for one stunning Romeo (especially for all those Legolas fangirls and boys out there), but the critics are less than pleased with the Broadway adaptation of the Shakespearean classic overall.

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Where some see Bloom and Rashad's performances as shallow...

The David Leveaux production got no love from the New York Daily News, which panned the director for lavishing “lots of attention on visuals, gimmicks and effects — the defining one here is a helium balloon that starts full and gradually shrivels.” Ouch. Bloom’s performance was also panned for lacking the depth needed to portray the character, though anyone familiar with the source material would know that the original Romeo (presumed to be a teenager) isn’t a quite a bottomless well of emotional depth either. As for his younger co-star, Condola Rashad, she is also not a favorite. Besides a few scenes which get praise, the News deem that “she struggles with the language and often comes off muddled.” That’s a lukewarm review at best.

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High School Dropout No More: Mark Wahlberg Joins The Celebrity Tradition Of Late Graduations


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Mark Wahlberg has a penchant for playing the lovable oaf on screen, but in reality, the hardworking actor just earned his high school diploma. Not that he needs it or anything, since the A-lister’s net worth is valued at $150 million even without a high school education. Nevertheless, Wahlberg buckled down and has since June, counted himself among the proud alumni of the American high school system. The actor got his diploma through an online education program, which unlike online ministry degrees, requires quite a bit of effort.

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In this case, late is definitely better than never.

"It's also a huge sense of relief," he told People. "I wondered, 'Why didn't I do it when I was there?' It's so much harder at 41 going back and trying to do all these difficult tasks."

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The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug Trailer: Jackson Posts The 'Happy Hobbit's' Reaction


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Three Elves are watching a YouTube video. This is not, contrary to how it might appear, the start of a bad joke but is actual video footage posted by Peter Jackson on his Facebook page. The cast and crew of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug are amused by fan reactions to the trailer released on Tuesday. Their mirth results from watching two girls, Alex and Kellie or Fili and Kili (as they've named themselves on YouTube), view the film trailer for the first time. The three elves in question are Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Lee Pace. Lilly said the fan's reaction was 'more intense than the trailer'. 

Other fans have commented on the trailer - on Jackson's Facebook page - saying it is 'awesome'; that they 'can't wait' and that the director is 'the greatest'. Whilst the majority of fan comments are positive, there are a few who have complained (via Facebook and Twitter) that the special effects are poor. Criticism has particularly directed at Smaug who is described as 'disappointing'. 

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Miranda Kerr Hits Chateau Marmont With Neck Brace After Car Crash


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You didn't think a neck brace would prevent Miranda Kerr from an evening of socialising in Los Angeles, did you? Earlier this week, the Victoria's Secret supermodel was injured in a car crash and taken to hospital, where she was treated for whiplash and damage to her back, before being fitted with a neck-brace for support.

"Thanks for all the messages of support. I am on the mend!" the supermodel tweeted on Wednesday afternoon. You'd think a neck-brace would dissuade a famous supermodel from hitting Los Angeles' most famous celebrity haunt, though not Kerr! The model was photographed entering the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard, wearing her rather unflattering neck brace. She was later spotted leaving the hotel in her assistant's car. 

Annie Kelly, Kerr's Australian publicist confirmed that she was with an assistant when another vehicle apparently rammed into them. The other driver was arrested at the scene and is reportedly set to be charged with drunken driving. Miranda's mother Therese has also thanked everyone for their well wishes on her Instagram account.

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Miranda Kerr In Neck Brace After Horror Car Crash In Los Angeles


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Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr has been left in a neck brace after a car crash in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old wife of Hollywood star Orlando Bloom was involved in the accident when a car ploughed into her own vehicle. Kerr was treated by paramedics and underwent an MRI scan in hospital before being placed in a neck brace, which she was later spotted wearing out in LA, partially covered with a scarf.

Miranda's injuries are not thought to be serious and she should have recovered fully within a few days. The driver of the other car involved in the accident was arrested at the scene, though it is unclear whether they have been charged. Kerr's spokeswoman Annie Kellier told Australia's 9 News website, "She is in a lot of pain but, really, we are just glad it was not more serious. Miranda was in a car with her assistant when the accident happened. Her son Flynn was not with her."

Kerr is one of the world's most photographed women and is the face of Victoria's Secret, Mango and her own cosmetics range Kora Organics. She married Bloom in 2010 and had her first child with him in 2011.

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Emma Watson Pole Dances! 'The Bling Ring' Trailer Now Unleashed


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'The Bling Ring' trailer is finally here giving us a glimpse of Emma Watson's latest role in this bad-girl summer flick directed by Sofia Coppola.

This crime drama flick sees teen delinquents Nicki, Rebecca, Marc, Sam and Chloe set out on a mission to get rich and beautiful by targeting celebrity houses and raiding their belongings. It's based on a true story whereby a group of kids known as the Bling Ring were arrested having been involved with numerous burglaries with their victims including such stars as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Audrina Patridge and Orlando Bloom. The trailer for the movie has now been unveiled with Sleigh Bells driving tune 'Crown on the Ground' as the soundtrack and sees actors Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann, Israel Broussard and Katie Chang in their roles as they help themselves to various celeb valuables, with Emma displaying her pole-dancing skills and generally being a far cry from her teacher's pet role in the 'Harry Potter' movies not to mention from her less glamorous 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' character.

The movie scheduled to hit cinemas this summer on June 14th 2013 with cameo appearances from real life victim Paris as well as Kirsten Dunst and Gavin Rossdale.

Victoria’s Secret Model Miranda Kerr Posts Sexy Santa Snaps On Instagram


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Christmas has come early for fans of Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr. The 29 year old model has posted photos of herself on Instagram wearing a real festive fancy of an outfit, a little Santa-style corset, with white fur trim around the chest and bum. When we say a Santa-style corset, we’re not suggesting that Santa would be caught wearing one of these, we mean it’s a corset that’s supposed to look like a sexy Santa outfit. Not that we’re saying Santa’s sexy, we just… oh never mind, just take a look at the pictures here on the Mirror’s site.

So, whilst the rest of you are sat around waiting for Christmas dinner to be cooked, just think of the lucky Orlando Bloom, who gets to wake up to the sight of his wife Miranda, in a sexy basque, playing Santa’s little helper and rejoicing in giving their baby Flynn a little piano for Christmas, as she recently revealed to a fashion blog.

Despite reports that Orlando and Miranda’s marriage may be on a downturn, Kerr told the Modelinia blog that she was looking forward to spending some quality time with Flynn and Orlando this Christmas. “Just to spend good quality time with my family and to have a good time with my son” was top of her Christmas list this year, apparently. We have a feeling that SHE may be top of a lot of people’s Christmas lists, especially after posting that photo online.

Julianne Moore; The Latest Celebrity Victim Of Robbery


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On October 1st of this year Julianne Moore had a police report filed regarding missing jewellery of hers amounting to $127,000.

From June until the end of August, this summer, Ms Moore was having her apartment renovated and it was during this time that she had 10 pieces of jewellery stolen, including, according to ABC News, a $33,000 Cartier platinum and diamond bracelet, as well as four Cartier watches. While her home was being renovated between 15 and 25 construction workers had access to the entire property, but as yet no arrests have been made.

Julianne Moore isn't the only poor celebrity to be a beacon for robberies. Paris Hilton had $2m of jewellery stolen in 2008 and Kate Moss had precious artworks stolen from her home while she was in the building. Furthermore, where Ms Moore's unfortunate robbery seems to be a crime of opportunity, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan have all been the victims of “The Burglary Bunch” in Hollywood, CA, who especially target celebrities.

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The Three Musketeers Trailer


D'Artagnan has always dreamt of becoming a Musketeer but being too young he's never been able to leave his home town of Gascony and make the trip to Paris. Now a little older and less naive he travels to Paris where, through a rather unusual scenario, befriends three seasoned and well respected Musketeers named Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Review


Good
An honest-to-God, brawling, hooting, big ball of popcorn spectacle of a movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End fully embraces its ludicrous sense of summer season overkill without succumbing to the bloated tedium that afflicted its disappointing predecessor Dead Man's Chest. Clocking in at just under three hours, it's definitely longer than necessary, but given the number of unresolved plot strands that the last film left strewn about like so much tangled rigging, it's actually amazing the filmmakers are able to tie everything up quite as nicely as they do.

Starting with its unlikely origin as an amusement park ride, the Pirates series quickly mushroomed into a sort of meta-pirate film, a vast and whirligig universe unto itself that drew in every possible nautical cliché and legend possible. Thus the first film concentrated on yo-ho-ho-ing, rum-drinking, and general pirate-y scalawaggery. The second roped in Davy Jones and The Flying Dutchman -- not to mention an excess of secondary characters and familial drama. For the third (but not necessarily last, given the teaser it ends with) entry, the bursting-at-the-seams script tosses in a raging maelstrom, an actual trip to Davy Jones' Locker, and even the sea goddess Calypso. Dead Man's Chest showed that more is not always better, with excess just leading to more excess and a general sense of lethargy -- they were just setting us up for the conclusion and marking time until then. At World's End, however, shows that Hollywood excess, when combined with the right combination of actors and an occasionally smart script, can work out quite nicely, thank you very much.

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Black Hawk Down Review


Terrible
"It's about the facelessness of war!" exclaimed a colleague. "The compositions are stunning, with action going on in the foreground and background. It's a dynamic and apocalyptic visual experience!" This, to me, is madness. Black Hawk Down has been mistaken, in its bloated self-importance, for being cinematically and politically relevant. Take away its timely guise of patriotism, and it's a real horror show, more about murder than military prowess. Without the morally repellant "kill 'em all" subtext (young white boys mowing down the savages), you're left with something merely incoherent.

Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters go down in the mazelike streets of Mogadishu during a routine search-and-capture mission, leaving 100 G.I.'s stumbling around enemy territory with limited resources until the rescue Rangers show up. It's been oft-compared to having almost two full hours of Steven Spielberg's masterful 30-minute Omaha Beach sequence in Saving Private Ryan, which sounds good on paper only because Ryan suffered by following up its amazing visual prologue with a glut of character-driven monologues to invest personality within each soldier before he get killed. But Spielberg understood the basic precepts of documentary filmmaking: no matter how chaotic things got, we always understood where the soldiers were, and where they were going. Black Hawk Down, by removing exposition and cohesion, couldn't care less.

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Troy Review


Good
"War is young men dying and old men talking," bellows one Greek leader following a mighty clash in Troy. He might as well be talking about the movie itself. Director Wolfgang Petersen heaps handfuls of clashing titans together with dry speeches on historic nobility. He ends up with a handsome yet long-winded restaging of the war waged between Greece and the warriors of Troy over the hand of lovely Helen (Diane Kruger, a nondescript mixture of Leelee Sobieski and Natalie Portman).

Troy leaves the talking to its triumvirate of Hollywood royalty - Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, and Peter O'Toole. The dying is left up to the chiseled and marketable studs - Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Brad Pitt. Whenever a member of the veteran trio interacts with a member of the other on screen, it creates a mismatch of talent not even a Trojan Horse could overcome.

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Review


Very Good
Need I provide a pithy introduction to The Two Towers, the second installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy? It's more hobbits, orcs, swords, and sorcery, so if you saw The Fellowship of the Ring (and why would you be reading this if you hadn't?), you know what to expect.

And it's expectations that director Peter Jackson has clearly found himself having to address in this movie. Given that all three films in the series were shot simultaneously, Jackson doesn't have much opportunity to introduce new stuff with each movie. We're well familiarized with the main characters and the primary settings, so much of the weight falls on the new people and creatures introduced in this episode to carry the story.

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Review


Very Good
You think Harry Potter had expectations? It's a beloved book, sure, but it was published in 1997. In 10 years it will be as forgotten as The Bridges of Madison County. But J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series dates all the way back to 1937 (when The Hobbit was published), and it's taken all these decades for someone to even attempt a live-action recreation of the trilogy of books. And not without reason.

How do you satisfy a legion of fans, some of whom have been waiting almost 65 years to see their absolute favorite work of literature put to film? More often than not, you don't, and though Peter Jackson's production of The Lord of the Rings is painstakingly faithful and earnest, it is almost a foregone conclusion that the movie will never quite be good enough for the obsessed fans (see also the 1978 animated Lord), just is it will be far too obtuse for those who haven't read the books.

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Elizabethtown Review


OK
Soundtracks to Cameron Crowe's movies are often as memorable as the films themselves. Crowe's most famous marriage of cinema and song has to be John Cusack's radio hoist to the beat of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." Three years later, the 1992 relationship comedy Singles tapped into Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains before Seattle's music scene flamed out. And Almost Famous reminded us of the unifying power of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer."

Crowe's uncanny knack for turning up the volume has allowed countless scenes to soar to their potential. One problem nagging Elizabethtown, Crowe's most awkward project to date, is that the director is obligated to crank the knob again and again to overcome bland performances and missed emotional connections. He has assembled another astonishing collection of inspirational rock tracks, but for the first time the soundtrack outshines the accompanying movie by a long shot.

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Edward Norton Didn't Want Credit For 'Kingdom Of Heaven' Character


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'Fight Club' star Edward Norton doesn't think that his role in 'Kingdom of Heaven' should have been credited, in order to add mystery to the character. Norton portrays King Baldwin in the Ridley Scott epic - the masked king of Jerusalem afflicted with leprosy. The 'Best Actor' and 'Best Supporting Actor' nominee believes, however, that if the role had gone uncredited, it would have added to the characterisation of Orlando Bloom's lead role.

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Norton explained the reasons behind these thoughts to 'Empire' magazine, saying: "I didn't want to be billed because Orlando Bloom's character keeps hearing about him. There's this anticipation, this big mystery about him. It's the whole point. And it was a free trip to Morocco!"

Kingdom Of Heaven Review


Weak

For almost five years now, Hollywood studios have beentrying to duplicate the success of "Gladiator"by making the same big-budget historical battle epic over ("TheLast Samurai") and over ("Troy")and over ("KingArthur") and over ("Alexander").

Each movie has re-imagined history from a modern, let's-keep-an-open-mindperspective and hewed to a shopworn formula in which the hero rallies hismen against great odds and for a greater good. He invariably leads theminto the same blood-and-mud war scenes, which are always shot in the samestaccato slow-motion that characterizes the chaos of combat but forgetsthe audience needs to be kept abreast of who is winning. The hero alsoalways finds time to romance a beautiful woman from another culture.

Aside from having different casts, the only significantvariations between these films seem to be 1) whether the hero was of noblebirth or came up from nothing to become a great leader, and 2) whetherthe battlefields are green and forested or brown and sandy. One thing mostof them definitely have in common is that they've bombed at the box office.

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Ned Kelly Review


Weak

Plied with fiction and short on depth, the new biopic of legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly plays like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" without the excitement, charm and humor.

Bearded and brooding but otherwise uncharismatic, Heath Ledger stars as the folk-hero bushranger (Aussie for "cowboy"), who according to this film was an upstanding citizen of the Outback frontier until contemptible, crooked, downright sinister lawmen drove him to a life of crime by picking on his family.

They jailed his ma, molested his teenage sister, and falsely accused him and his brothers of horse rustling. They "started a war" against us, Kelly says in voice-over. "So I killed their coppers. I robbed their banks."

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Lord Of The Rings:
the Two Towers Review


Good

Unless you're a "Lord of the Rings" superfan, you'd better brush up on "Fellowship of the Ring" before seeing the sequel "The Two Towers," because director Peter Jackson just jumps right in to the middle of the story without much in the way of introductions or explanations.

He assumes you know who Hobbits Merry and Pippin are and why they've been abducted by the Uruk-Hai, the beastly minions of unseen supernatural villain Sauron (you know all about them, right?). He assumes you recall where "Fellowship" left off with human warrior Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Elfin archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and why they're trying to rescue Merry and Pippin.

He also assumes you know that hero Hobbits Frodo and Sam (Elijah Wood and Sean Austin) are still trying to reach the kingdom of Mordor, where they are to cast the dangerously omnipotent Ring into the volcanic fires of Mount Doom, thus keeping it out of the hands Sauron, who would use its dark psychic powers to lay waste to the world.

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the Two Towers Review

Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring Review


Good

In the entire three hours of the audacious, transporting, spectacularly cinematic first "Lord of the Rings" installment, there are only two very brief moments that don't come across as being 100-percent a part of the mystical, dark and magical realm of Middle Earth.

These moments are not because of bad performances (there aren't any), negligent directing or special effects gaffes. In fact, from the digitally dialed-down stature of the actors playing hobbits to the frightfully demonic hoards of living-dead orcs (minions of the supernaturally evil antagonist), the effects are seamless.

These moments of doubt are merely scenes that take place in such plain locations (e.g. a non-descript river bed) that they seem far too familiar and Earthly in a movie of underground troll cities, ominous mountains called Doom, idyllic ancient forest hamlets of immortal elves, and hobbit's homes burrowed into impossibly green hillsides.

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Review


Very Good

The very idea of a movie based on a Disneyland ride -- let alone such a movie produced by Jerry "Kaboom" Bruckheimer, whose standards of quality extend only to the explosions that substituted for plot in 15 years of imbecilic summer blockbusters -- had me dreading "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" since it was first announced almost two years ago.

But I'm now here to eat every bad word I said in anticipation of this matinee marvel. Exhilarating from beginning to end, vivid with atmosphere, cleverly cliché-mocking, and blessed with two top-notch, over-the-top performances by Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush (I should have trusted these two intrepid actors), it may well be one of the most enjoyable pirate escapades of all time.

Festooned in a three-point hat over gypsy hair, a billowy shirt, kohl-blackened eyes and gold-capped teeth that he thrusts forward as he speaks, Depp stars as Capt. Jack Sparrow, a dirty, flirty, disarmingly dishonest swashbuckler of subtly dubious sexuality (a covert pirate flick custom since the silent era) who sails into a 17th century Caribbean colonial port atop the mast of a rapidly sinking sailboat.

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Review


Good

By the time hobbit hero Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) finally -- finally! -- struggles to the top of Mount Doom, where at the climax of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" he must cast into its volcanic fires the malevolently omnipotent Ring that has been slowly consuming his psyche for three movies now, many of the nit-picky things that have gotten on my nerves throughout all the "Lord of the Rings" flicks had come to a head.

So many times now has Frodo's whiney, obsequious traveling companion Samwise Gamgee (Sean Austin) begun boo-hoo-hooing that I started rooting for him to be chucked into the lava along with the jewelry. One too many times has a lucky coincidence saved our hero, as when in this picture he's captured by the demonic, bad-tempered Orcs, only to be rescued moments later when his two guards -- the only two guards in an entire tower it seems -- are conveniently distracted by fighting with each other.

And once too often has director Peter Jackson assumed that the previous installments will be fresh in minds of the audience. That's a pretty safe bet for his fan base, but for the unobsessed, "Return of the King" -- like "The Two Towers" before it -- has many what-did-I-miss? moments. For example, in one of two climactic battle scenes, a never-identified army of fearsome face-painted foes riding atop gigantic elephants appears on the flank of the protagonists' battalion, prompting the question, "Who the heck are these guys?" (Apparently they were in the second movie too, but pardon me for not having seen it since last year.)

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Orlando Bloom Movies

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Movie Review

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Movie Review

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Unlocked Movie Review

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Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Salazar's Revenge) Featurette and Trailer

Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Salazar's Revenge) Featurette and Trailer

It seems Captain Jack Sparrow has been sailing the seas as a pirate for many,...

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Alice Racine (Noomi Rapace) is a CIA interrogator who gets embroiled in a terrorist plot...

Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales Trailer

Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales Trailer

Forget Davy Jones' Locker and the Fountain of Youth, Captain Jack Sparrow is on an...

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Movie Review

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Movie Review

Peter Jackson's expanded take on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit comes to a conclusion in a...

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Trailer

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Trailer

The Lonely Mountain has been reclaimed from the dragon Smaug. The dwarves of Thorin Oakenshield...

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Trailer

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Trailer

Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and the mini-army of dwarves led by Thorin are facing an evermore...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Movie Review

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Movie Review

With wittier action and a few more sharply defined characters, this second episode in Peter...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer

Bilbo Baggins has narrowly escaped several deadly confrontations with the likes of trolls, stone giants...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer

Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and their company thirteen dwarves have managed to leave the Misty Mountains...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer

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