Hangover 2 Receives Grand Opening in Chennai

Released on last Friday, ‘Hangover2’ has become the most talked about film of this season. With big tickets ofTamil film industry keeping itself on hold, the Chennaites have gone gaga overthe league of Hollywood flicks. Fast and Furious 5 that was released before 3weeks is still running house packed due to repeat audiences while ‘Pirates ofthe Caribbean’ overshadowed some of the Tamil releases itself.

But what attracted Chennaites a lot is Hangover 2? The prequel witnessed an incredulous success in Chennai as it crossed 100 days in some multiplexes. It is noteworthy that Venkat Prabhu had designed the looks of his brother Premji Amaran in ‘Goa’ inspired from Zack Galifianakis.

‘Hangover 2’ that is directed and produced by Todd Philips in collaboration with some leading production house of Hollywood has Bradley Cooper, Zack Galifianakis and Ed Helms in lead role. Though the film’s concept remains the same as its prequel, it has grabbed everyone’s attraction with an ease.

The film is running house-packed in almost all the theatres of Chennai and this is the first time a comedy movie from Hollywood is having a grand reception much as action and fantasy flicks.

Shah Rukh & Leonardo to play Don & Cop

The movie buffs had been excited to know the coming together of two screen icons – Shah Rukh Khan and Leonardo Di Caprio – in Paul Schrader’s Indo-Hollywood venture ‘Xtrme City’. Now here’s what our birdies got on hand of late…. It is said that in the film SRK will be playing a Don while Leonardo will feature in a cop’s role. According to the film’s scriptwriter Mushtaq Shiekh, ‘Xtrme City’ is a cross-cultural thriller designed for both Bollywood and Hollywood. He feels that if things fall in places then the film will be an attempt at a true global entertainment. Talking about the film’s story to sources, Mushtaq revealed that it’s about an Indian (Shah Rukh) and an American (Leo) from radically different worlds, who both served in the UN peacekeeping force in Somalia during the 90's. The American saves the Indian's life; in the aftermath they become indebted to each other then go their own separate ways. The American becomes a cop in New York, the Indian a ‘bhai’ (similar to 'don' in Hindi) in Mumbai. Many years later the American has a burdensome family obligation, which compels him to return to India to seek help from the Indian, but becomes deeper and deeper drawn into an alien world. Adding that the story has a very emotional essence Mushtaq said, "This is a pre-dominantly desi concept that to my knowledge has never been played out before on the screen, in true emotional terms, between an Indian and a foreigner, certainly never been attempted on a top tier international icon star level." 'Xtrme City' will be produced under SRK’s banner Red Chillies and legendary filmmaker-actor Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions. The film’s shooting is expected to start its shoot next year.

Popular English film dubbed in Tamil

Cashing in on the popularity of English films dubbed into Tamil, yet another film follows suit. This time, the 2009 horror film Infestation directed by Kyle Rankin is being dubbed to Tamil and is distributed by Sri Raghavendra Film Circuit. Their previous dubbed distribution venture, Apocalypto was a huge success due to the rich, vast filming and visual effects. Infestation is titled Aayiram Poochigal in Tamil and is all set to release on the 4^th of March and the movie is known for its visual effects. Being a story about a bug infesting itself and wrecking havoc in the city, this film is hoping to repeat the success of Jurassic Park and others in the Tamil Nadu box office.

The Oscars begin!

The 83^rd Oscar Awards ceremony, which is hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, is underway at the Kodak Theater, Los Angeles. Interestingly, the 28-year-old Hathaway happens to be the youngest host at the Oscar ceremony so far.
Two hot favorites that are tipped to sweep the Oscars this year are The King’s Speech and The Social Network. While David Seidler won the Best Original Screenplay award for the former, Aaron Sorkin will take home the Oscar statuette for the Best Adapted Screenplay award for the latter.
The Kings Speech has 12 nominations and The Social Network has 8 nominations in all.

Spider Man to ‘Amaze’ in July 3 2012

The friendly neighborhood spider man in its third establishment will be known as ‘The Amazing Spider Man’. Columbia Pictures announced the title of the next Spider-Man film yesterday.

The studio simultaneously released a photo of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, the first shot of Garfield in the famous full mask and suit.See the picture.

The film, which is now in production and is being shot entirely in 3D, will be released on July 3, 2012.  The film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, and Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen, and Sally Field.

The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are producing the Marvel Entertainment production for Columbia Pictures.

The executive producers are Stan Lee, Kevin Feige, and Michael Grillo.

Watch this space for more….

The Kings Speech Won 6 BAFTA awards

The King's Speech received yet more accolades at last night's Baftas ceremony with a best actor award for Colin Firth and supporting actor gongs for Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. The film is a dramatisation of the months running up to and after King George VI's ascension to the throne in 1936 and the effects of his stammer. Lionel Logue, played by Rush, is the Australian who employs unorthodox techniques to help the King (Firth) overcome his fear of public speaking.

The new face of Superman

It is always considered a privilege when it comes to donning the roles of super heroes. Be it Batman, Spiderman, James Bond or Superman. Talks are abuzz in Hollywood that a new face has been chosen to don the Superman’s cape.

The role has gone to UK-based actor Henry Cavill who will soon be up, up and away!

The next Superman film, which is in the pre-production stage, will be produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film which has not yet been named will be directed by Zack Snyder. Reports indicate that the director is quite happy with the choice of the hero for this film. The Superman fiction is slated for release by the end of 2012.

Sources reveal that, Mr. Cavill who is a relatively low-profile actor, was earlier considered for roles such as James Bond and Batman but for reasons unknown didn’t make it.

Henry Cavill has starred in ‘The Tudors’ as Charles Brandon the first Duke of Suffolk.

We sure look forward to see the new face of Superman, but it sure is gonna be a long wait!

‘I Am Number Four’ on Feb 18

Looks like the biggies of Hollywood have lined up for a February release. Feb 18 will see the release of the Steven Spielberg film ‘I Am Number Four’. The film which has been conceptualized from the book bearing the same name belongs to the sci-fi genre.

The book ‘I Am Number Four’ is a young teen science fiction novel written by James Frey and Jobie Hughes.

The story deals with the story of John Smith, a 15 year old alien from the planet Lorien, and his guardian, Henri. The story describes their escape from the Mogadorians, another race of aliens that are hunting down John and the other 8 teenage Loriens who have been sent to Earth to escape their destroyers. The teenagers are protected by a charm, which only allows them to be killed in a set order. John is Number Four.

This novel is said to be the first of its series in a six-book series.

The director of this film is D.J. Caruso. Dreamworks Pictures got the rights for this film in June 2009. This Spielberg flick is being presented by Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Big Entertainment.

Alex Pettyfer plays John’s role in the film. The female lead role will be essayed by Dianna Agron who appeared in the television serial ‘Glee’.

'The Green Hornet' – Action Packed Entertainer

Experience the edge-seated action packed entertainer with 3D visuals. ‘The Green Hornet’ has been the most common term used in USA. It has been a familiar word in radio channels, Televisions and even comic books. Now the producers of Columbia Pictures have produced a film with the same title that features famous Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Christopher Waltz in lead roles.

The film had a grand opening internationally on January 14 and will hit screens in Chennai on January 28.

The film revolves around Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), who takes over the job of new publisher of famous Los Angeles Newspaper ‘The Daily Sentinel’ after the demise of his father. Britt’s life takes a turn when he and his team stop a robbery. Now he takes up the new avatar of a superhero named ‘The Green Hornet’ and starts fighting against the crime.

The film is directed by Michel Gondry and is produced by Neal Moritz while Sony Pictures is releasing it.

What does Hollywood Love?

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Image via WikipediaHumans are animals of a kind. No one can predict what will enter in whose head. Each one has got own unique hobby. There are some who collect coins. There are some who collect old and new and all kinds of stamps. Yet there are some who are autograph-savvy. The collection-mania has been spread the world over. Knowingly or unknowingly we keep the idea fresh in our head and follow it too.
But collecting coins, stamps and signatures are all hobbies and obsessions of the Mama's boy and straightforward. Then what's out of the way? Ask Hollywood stars.
Angelina Jolie - Angelina has a vast collection of knives. And not just any knives, the knives in her possession are all antique pieces.

Tom Hanks - He is interested in keeping what? Typewriters. Tom has a worldwide collection of them. And he has to pay huge sums to get them up to him from any part of the world. And he does do it anyhow without thinking much of what he will have to pay.
Quentin Tarantino - Tarantino has a passion for old board games. This collection mainly features board games that were once related to TV shows.
Nicole Kidman - And at last we have someone as said above, who has a passion for collecting coins. Yes, and it's Nicole Kidman. Kidman has a collection of coins. But these are all pretty rare and ancient Judean.
Demi Moore - Ms. Moore has an assembly of dolls. Wow. A good-looking lass will keep what else - good-looking dolls. And these are no ordinary dolls. They are fairly pricey.
Briteney Spears - The Pop Queen too has developed a hobby of her own. And that too befits her. Like Ms. Moore, Ms. Spears too collects and keeps dolls. But she has also antique dolls in her possession. Along with this she also has porcelain items that are as delicate as their mistress.
Johhny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean Star Johhny Depp has an inside obsession. He likes to buy skeletons and that too of former mail servers - the pigeons.
And now this is about the King of Pop - Michael Jackson. What do you think he collects? Well, no marks for guessing that the King of Pop has a collection of harps - Egyptian harps. But knowing that MJ had a penchant for horse carriages too would flabbergast one and all.
But German model Claudia Schiffer should top this list. This lass is in love with insects. Yes, you read it right - insects. Claudia loves to hang dried bugs on the walls. Can you believe it?

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Yuvan Shankar Raja wants to compose music for Hollywood films

Music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja has recently mentioned that he has a desire to compose music for Hollywood films and he is making efforts to reach that destination.

While speaking about this to the media, he said," I am joining with Selvaraghavan once again. I am composing music for a film titled Irandam Ulagam directed by him. Dhanush and Andrea are in the lead roles. I have given hit songs along with Selvaraghavan.

Now I am happy that I am joining with him once again. This year, the music which I have composed for the songs in the films Paiyya, Naan Mahan Alla and Boss Engira Bhaskaran have topped the charts.

Though I like all the songs composed by me, the song Iragai Pola from the film Naan Mahan Alla is my favourite. Many are asking me that how long I am going to be alone. I am planning to get married next year."

Jennifer Aniston And Robert Pattinson Rumors

Jennifer Aniston has now dismissed all the rumors that she was interested in filming intimate scenes with Robert from a remake of the movie “The Graduate”. ”The Graduate” had Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft as the lead pair. a source from Aniston’s side has added that there is no truth in the rumors.

Reports were doing the rounds that Jennifer was looking forward to work with Robert in an upcoming movie an even asked her agents to fix up a meeting. Daily Star also added fuel to the fire by stating that Jennifer was keen to be in a relationship with the Brit hunk. Various tabloids also added that “The Graduate” was a favorite film of Jennifer and she wanted to do a film based on similar lines. Jennifer is a fan of Robert for his good looks and his accent. Jen also felt that Rob and her chemistry would ignite the passion required to play the role. Well it seems that Jennifer has finally come back to her senses for not creating another serious controversy. Jen is single and it is media’s favorite past time to link her up with stars. So be careful Jen!

Miley Cyrus Kisses Avan Jogia on 18th Birthday

Sunday night, the daughter of the famous “Achey Breaky Heart” crooner with the mullet, Billy Ray Cyrus, actress and singer Miley Cyrus celebrated her eighteenth birthday a few days early. Her official birth-date was not until today. Yes. Everyone be prepared. Miley Cyrus just turned eighteen…
To start the evening off, Miley performed her hit ‘Love and Forgiveness’ at the American Music Awards, and then proceeded to party in the Los Angeles night club ‘Trousdale’ which she had rented out.She had friends such as Demi Moore, Rumer Willis, AJ Michalka, and of course her mom was there.

Decked out in heels with skin tight black leather jeans and a black leather bra, Miley posed for photo after photo. But the photo which landed Miley in the tabloids once again was that of her kissing and making out with eighteen year old Avan Jogia, the ‘Victorious’ actor at around 2 am.

HOLD MY HAND" MICHAEL JACKSON

The single ‘Hold My Hand’ from the album Michael was released on November 15th at the web site www.michaeljackson.com. This was a duet that the late singer recorded with Akon in 2007 but unfortunately the song was leaked despite being incomplete.

The final version of Hold My Hand was completed by Akon recently and was released worldwide.

According to Shridhar Subramaniam, Managing Director, Sony Music India, "We at Sony Music India are extremely excited to launch Michael Jackson's new album- "Michael" in India. Michael Jackson stands apart from all other international artists in India- his popularity cuts across age, language and towns. We will pull out all the stops to make Michael's new music available to all his fans in India."

Jessica Simpson Engaged With NFL Player Eric Johnson

Singer and television personality Jessica Simpson on Sunday got engaged with her boyfriend and former NFL player Eric Johnson, Simpson and Johnson have been dating since last May. Johnson, 30, is a former tight end that played for seven years in the National Football League (NFL).
Both Simpson and Johnson will get married for the second time. Simpson, 31, was married to signer Nick Lachey with whom starred Newlyweds, a reality show that depicted the life of the two then recently married singers. The pair divorced in 2006 and Lachey announced a few weeks ago his engagement to longtime girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo, a former host of MTV. After her divorce, Simpson dated Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo for two years. However, the Cowboys star player broke their relationship on Simpson’s 29th birthday. Since then, the television personality has dated Johnson.

“Yes, we are excited to confirm that they are engaged. The pair kicked off their courtship in May, after being introduced by friends,” a representative for the singer said Sunday. During the weekend, the host of “The Price of Beauty,” has been seen in public brandishing her ruby and diamond engagement ring as she promoted her latest clothing line. Johnson was drafted in 2001 by the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the New Orleans Saints before becoming a free agent in 2008. He divorced his wife of five years in February.

Bill Clinton in ‘Hangover-2’

They made us watch it over and again. For the first time, the Chennai multiplexes were studded with repeated audiences for this film and now they are back. The ‘Hangover’ team is back with the sequel that will hit screens by the mid-of-next year.

The first part had World renowned boxer Mike Tyson playing the cameo role, which indeed happened to be the turning point in film. Now director Todd Philips has signed former US President Bill Clinton for an important role in this sequel. Scenes pertaining to him were shot at the scenic backdrops of Thailand.

The Hangover 2 features Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha in lead roles.

Taylor Momsen Likes To Watch Sex Tapes

Taylor Momsen has posed with guns on the cover of Revolver magazine’s latest issue and admitted that she liked watching sex tapes.
The 17-year-old actress-singer is seen brandishing guns and wearing a barely-there black outfit, as good as lingerie, with a holster and stiletto heels. And if that’s not shocking enough, Momsen partook in some X-rated conversation inside the mag. In fact, the “Gossip Girl” vixen admits to viewing pornography, specifically sex tapes. “If it’s a good sex tape, I’ll watch it,” the New York Daily News quoted Momsen as saying. “I like some adult stars. I have a couple favorites. But I will say this: That Tommy Lee/Pamela Anderson video wasn’t very good. I wouldn’t f**k Tommy Lee,” she added. (ANI)

Jolie Denies Rumours Related To Directorial Debut

Angelina Jolie has rubbished reports that her directorial debut involves a rape victim who falls in love with her rapist. The rumours made rounds following a denial of filming permit in Bosnia because no screenplay was attached to the application, as required by law.
“There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters, and that will be revealed once the film is released. My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the film,” Usmagazine quoted Jolie as saying. A source also said, “This is not the story in the script. There are people trying to sabotage the movie.” Jolie said in a statement that she wants the women victims of war association in Bosnia to know that she plans to direct the film with the utmost sensitivity. “Obviously, any dramatic interpretation will always fail those who have had a real experience,” she concluded. (ANI)

Rihanna wants Her Beau To Propose At Katy Perry’s wedding

R&B singer Rihanna reportedly wants her boyfriend Matt Demon to propose to her at close friend Katy Perry’s marriage ceremony.
As Perry prepares to marry her fiance Russell Brand this month, Rihanna too is keen that Matt proposes marriage to her at the wedding, for it would be such a perfect romantic setting. The singer has been dating the professional baseball player, 26, for eight months, and as they get more serious about the relationship, Rihanna no more wants to wait for her own wedding. “I think Rihanna’s got the bug. Katy is so excited about getting married. Her attitude is, ‘Why wait?’ which is rubbing off on Rihanna. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s starting to think of Matt as perfect husband material, she’s taking Matt as a guest to the wedding and I think she’s hoping he might propose then,” a source as telling more! magazine. (ANI)

Shawshank Redemption-Thottupaar: Cut,Copy and Paste

Previously we presented a blatant copycat of Hollywood’s ‘Uninvited’ poster in ‘Nil Gavani Selladhe’. The other fact about the film’s plot inspired from ‘Wrong Turn’ is again a striking similarity. And again, there is a replica of Hollywood’s most famous film ‘Shawshank Redemption’.

It is the trademark poster of Tim Robbins as he raises his hands upon the heavy showers of rain soon after escaping out of World’s largest high-security prison of Shawshank.

The creative department of ‘Thottupaar’ has exactly copycatted the poster even without changing its shades.

‘Thottupaar’ is directed K.T. Nandu and is produced by Tholpavai Theatres. Kalaipuli S Dhanu of V Creations has released the film. Newcomers Viddarth and Lakshana have donned lead characters while Ramana takes on a challenging role of a villainous eunuch.