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February
2010
Six years after her last film, In The Cut, acclaimed New Zealand-born director Jane Campion returns with her sensuous new film, Bright Star. Like her previous films, the prize-winning The Piano (1993) and Henry James adaptation The Portrait of a Lady (1996), this is set in the 19th Century.Yet this time the 55 year-old Campion takes us to Hampstead…
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18th
February
2010
We’ve already had a look through the best young leading ladies, but what about the next big Hollywood hunk. Well, here at Femalefirst we wracked our brains and found our five favourite men to make it big in 2010.Taylor LautnerLet’s be honest, we all know why Taylor Lautner’s set for big things.A karate expert, having won the Junio…
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18th
February
2010
Noel Clarke is one of the most exciting actors and filmmakers working in the UK at the moment, and his talent was recognised last year when he picked up the Orange Rising Star Bafta Award.He is teaming up with Doritos to encourage people to get out their video cameras and made their own advert.I caught up with Noel to discuss the King of Ads campai…
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18th
February
2010
Vincere is Italian master Marco Bellocchio’s (Fists in the Pocket) portrait of Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi), and the fiery woman who was his secret wife and the mother of his abandoned child (Giovanna Mezzogiorno).The film was a standout selection of the 2009 Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, New York, AFI film festivals, and received awards for Best …
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18th
February
2010
An impressive British cast, led by British Independent Film Award Nominee Gary Stretch (Dead Man’s Shoes, Alexander), Vinnie Jones (X-Men:The Last Stand, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), musician Lee Ryan from ‘Blue’ in his first on-screen role, Academy Award® Nominee Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, V for Vendetta), A…
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18th
February
2010
Born in the area of Dorchester in Boston, Mark Wahlberg didn’t have the easiest of childhoods.The youngest of nine children, raised by their mother after his parent divorced when hew was eleven, Wahlberg in his youth slipped into crime after he dropped out from high school at the age of 14.He quickly got drawn into a life of petty crime and d…
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18th
February
2010
Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ian Whyte
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Rating: 4/5British actor James Purefoy returns to the big screen this week as the sword wielding Solomon Kane in Michael J. Bassett’s latest movie, his first movie since Wilderness in 2006.Solomon Kane is an epic adventure adapted fr…
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18th
February
2010
James Corden wants to host next year’s BRIT Awards on his own.The British comic star - who hosted last year’s ceremony alongside his ‘Gavin and Stacey’ co-star Mathew Horne and pop superstar Kylie Minogue - is convinced he can do a better job than this year’s host Peter Kay.James revealed: “After watching Peter Kay I’m sure I could do better. Bring…
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18th
February
2010
Celine Dion builds her career around her son.The ‘My Heart Will Go On’ hitmaker has just signed up for a residency at the Colosseum in the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas and is grateful she is able to prioritise her family over her work because of her success.Celine - who is currently undergoing fertility treatment in a bid to have a second chil…
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18th
February
2010
The Who’s future rests on new in-ear monitors which will help tinnitus sufferer Pete Townshend overcome hearing issues during live shows.
The rocker was introduced to the new technology by pal Neil Young’s audiologist and he’s planning to test the equipment when The Who perform their Quadrophenia concept album at a charity show in London at …
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