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Several stars from Marvel's highly-anticipated Black Panther movie took to Twitter this morning to unveil 11 new character posters from this highly-anticipated comic book adventure. Stars such as Chadwick Boseman (T'challa), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Danai Gurira (Okoye) and Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia) debuted their new posters through their official Twitter accounts, while the Marvel and Black Panther Twitter accounts debuts posters for Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger), Winston Duke (M'Baku), Daniel Kaluya (W'kabi) and Martin Freeman (Everett K. Ross).

While most of these posters don't offer much in the way of new details about these characters, it's worth noting that the Ulysses Klaue poster features a glimpse at the character's prosthetic hand. You may recall that, shortly after meeting this Wakandan character in 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron, he became the latest Marvel character to lose a limb, after Ultron (James Spader...

The annual honorary Governors Awards are when Oscar lobbyists see the first results of the season, and this batch is notable for its global diversity: a Belgian woman filmmaker, a Canadian movie star, and an African-American director. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted September 5, and they go to actor Donald Sutherland, writer-director Agnes Varda, and American independent filmmaker Charles Burnett and cinematographer Owen Roizman.

The statues will be presented November 11 at the 9th annual Governors Awards ceremony at Hollywood & Highland.

“This year’s Governors Awards reflect the breadth of international, independent and mainstream filmmaking, and are tributes to four great artists whose work embodies the diversity of our shared humanity,” said Academy president John Bailey.

Read More:New Academy President John Bailey is Willing to Ask if Movies Need Theaters For Oscar Qualification, and Other Radical Ideas

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Walt Disney Studios used a portion of their live action panel during their fan expo, D23, to set the record straight on some recent rumors. "Some of which are true and some of which are not," president Sean Bailey explained.

What's not true? Rumors that the studio is having troubles casting the live-action Aladdin. Mena Massoud will play the titular prince of thieves, Naomi Scott (Power Rangers) is playing Jasmine and Will Smith indeed has been cast as the Genie. This new iteration will pull from the animated classic, as well as folk tales of The One Thousand and One Nights.

Related: Disney & Pixar Animation Reveal New Details on 'Frozen 2,' 'The Incredibles 2,' 'Toy Story 4' and More During D23!

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Disney is also in pre-production on Mulan, while Dwayne Johnson will front a Jungle Cruise movie. Meanwhile, Tim Burton's live-action Dumbo recently began production in London, with a cast...

Louisa Mellor Jun 27, 2017

Broken’s storytelling, writing and performances are first rate. Here’s our review of its penultimate series 1 episode…

This review contains spoilers.

See related Super Troopers 2 filming begins, Rob Lowe added to cast

Despite being led by a bona fide movie star, Broken isn’t a showy drama. It doesn’t inspire hashtags or memes, or attract the sort of headlines and fanfare of other TV programmes. Instead, every Tuesday at 9pm, quietly and deliberately, it breaks our hearts.

With good reason. Broken has a job to do and each week sets about doing it with dreadful efficiency. Through an anthology of stories showcasing the pressures in play on everyday people from within and without, it aims to create empathy and understanding. It keeps breaking our hearts so they heal stronger.

This week, it did so by setting in motion a course of events that seemed...

New York is the city that never sleeps, and with so many events and activities each week across all five boroughs, it can be hard to know what’s actually worthwhile. Here are the events New York City actors should have on their radars this week. March with (gay) pride.At a time when equal rights are, unfortunately, under siege, it has never been more necessary for the Lgbtq community and its allies to stand strong. New York City’s Gay Pride March will strut the streets of Manhattan on June 25, beginning at 36th St. and Fifth Ave., and traveling southbound until it reaches Christopher St. in the historic Greenwich Village. Be loud; be proud. (And keep in mind surrounding bars in the area very often have drink specials to honor the momentous event!) (Free) Savor Sondheim without bells 'n whistles. Returning to Feinstein’s/54 Below for its seventh installment on June 25, “Sondheim Unplugged” will once again deliver selections from the songbook of one of the American theater’s greatest composers, Stephen Sondheim. Featuring cast members from original Broadway productions of “Into the Woods” and “Sweeney Todd,” this is a can’t-miss event for anyone...

“ Oh my God. If i don’t find my skull lighter, I’ll, like, slit my wrists!”

The Doom Generation screens Wednesday, June 7th at 8pm at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143) as part of Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series. Admission is $5

‘90s queer teen cinema at it’s best to kick of Pride Month! Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation (1995) is an intelligent and satirical look at American youth culture and its relationship with the media. It’s one hell of a journey into oblivion – pure teen angst on speed. With an excellent debut performance from Rose McGowan. Araki takes viewers on a voyage into mayhem. Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (McGowan) , two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.

This will be Gary Oldman’s year to get that elusive Oscar trophy.

In Darkest Hour, the veteran thespian will portray for the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In this complex role, Oldman is completely unrecognizable as the charismatic leader during World War II.

Darkest Hour is written by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything) and directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice). The story follows Churchill in the early days of World War II as he leads the opposition against Adolf Hitler.

The film also stars Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas and John Hurt as one of his last roles.

At CinemaCon 2017 last week, Lrm caught up with Gary Oldman on the red carpet before the Focus Features’ celebratory event in Las Vegas.

Oldman was kind enough to go into detail of his lengthy transformation into the respected historical figure.

Focus Features will be releasing the trailer at a later date.

Tony Sokol Sep 7, 2016

Joe Wright's World War II drama Darkest Hour finds its prime minister...

Gary Oldman will play Winston Churchill in the upcoming World War II film Darkest Hour, it's been confirmed.

The film is being made by Focus Features and Working Title Films. Oldman was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for his role as George Smiley in Focus and Working Title’s espionage thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Oldman has been attached to play Churchill since April.

The film will be directed by Joe Wright. Wright directed the films Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, and Anna Karenina for Working Title and Focus.

The screenplay was written by Anthony McCarten, who also wrote Working Title’s The Theory of Everything.

Darkest Hour will focus on Churchill’s early days in office in 1940 when the British Empire was the only country that stood against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers.

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It's funny, it's moving, it's brilliant: we look back at Brassed Off, starring the late, great Pete Postlethwaite...

This article contains spoilers for Brassed Off and The Full Monty.

“If this lot were seals or whales, you'd all be up in bloody arms. But they're not, are they? No, no they're not. They're just ordinary common-or-garden honest, decent human beings. And not one of them with an ounce of bloody hope left”. – Danny, Brassed Off

One of the things that I love about a certain subset of contemporary British comedies is their core of steel. That, hiding underneath some often very hefty belly laughs, there’s a political story, a foundation of social outrage, and a desire to address through cinema issues that often get swept under the carpet. It’s what keeps such films in my mind, long after the latest R-rated comedy screen filler has...

Wedding bells were in the future for Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, and his 32-year-old boyfriend Christopher "Drew" Leinonen. However, their plans to tie the knot came to a screeching halt on Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire inside of Pulse nightclub in Orlando, tragically cutting the men's lives short. Now, according to Time, the pair will be laid to rest in a joint funeral. Although memorial services have not yet been organized, the couples' families reportedly want them to spend eternity together, as they bury them side-by-side. Date night A photo posted by Juan Guerrero (@juang0628) on Sep 26, 2015 at 7:...

Wedding bells were in the future for Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, and his 32-year-old boyfriend Christopher "Drew" Leinonen. However, their plans to tie the knot came to a screeching halt on Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire inside of Pulse nightclub in Orlando, tragically cutting the men's lives short. Now, according to Time, the pair will be laid to rest in a joint funeral. Although memorial services have not yet been organized, the couples' families reportedly want them to spend eternity together, as they bury them side-by-side. Date night A photo posted by Juan Guerrero (@juang0628) on Sep 26, 2015 at 7:...

At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's new on Netflix and TV, we've got you covered.

New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital Only

"London Has Fallen"

It's Memorial Day in the U.S., so instead of watching our landmarks get blown up on screen, why not head across the pond and see how the U.K. likes it. "London Has Fallen" has its Digital HD release on May 31, then on disc/demand June 14. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and company return for this sequel to "Olympus Has Fallen," following the aftermath of the British Prime Minster's death. Bonus features include "The Making of London Has Fallen," featuring interviews with cast and crew; and "Guns, Knives & Explosives," delving deeper into Butler's character, Mike Banning, and the extensive training he needed to play a Secret Service agent.

Check out...

The second spin-off from NCIS (and technically the third from Jag – which is where the original NCIS series was spun out of), NCIS New Orleans is a very different beast to its predecessors. Whereas the first show was a stoic, patriotic series; and the second was more action and comedy orientated; this third entry in the franchise takes things a more quirky and offbeat direction.

Set in New Orleans the show uses its new location to create a different feel straight away. The fact that Scott Bakula is heading the team as Dwayne Pride adds a certain edge to it. Fans of cult television shows will always know him for Quantum Leap, and he manages to bring attention to the show just from that. To be fair though there is much more to NCIS New Orleans to keep people invested, including another interesting cast choice: Lucas Black, known to fans...

Move over Leo and Eddie. It’s female stars who will dominate next year’s releases

One runs a ruthless mob. Another commands an army. They’re wielding guns, swords and fury, and fighting everything from zombies to corporate capitalism. Another slew of male-dominated films? Not quite. Some of the most exciting, diverse and original characters to be depicted on screen for years are going to be played by women. Let’s hear it for the new female role models: the superheroines.

The mob leader, in something of a departure for her, is Kate Winslet. In February, she plays Russian-Israeli mafia moll Irene in the heist thriller Triple 9. In April, Helen Mirren stars as a military intelligence officer in drama Eye in the Sky. In Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, Lily James’s shiny new Elizabeth Bennett joins Mr Darcy not in the ballroom but on the battlefield, taking on an army of the undead.

Move over Leo and Eddie. It’s female stars who will dominate next year’s releases

One runs a ruthless mob. Another commands an army. They’re wielding guns, swords and fury, and fighting everything from zombies to corporate capitalism. Another slew of male-dominated films? Not quite. Some of the most exciting, diverse and original characters to be depicted on screen for years are going to be played by women. Let’s hear it for the new female role models: the superheroines.

The mob leader, in something of a departure for her, is Kate Winslet. In February, she plays Russian-Israeli mafia moll Irene in the heist thriller Triple 9. In April, Helen Mirren stars as a military intelligence officer in drama Eye in the Sky. In Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, Lily James’s shiny new Elizabeth Bennett joins Mr Darcy not in the ballroom but on the battlefield, taking on an army of the undead.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 322 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2015. “It’s gratifying to acknowledge the extraordinary range of talent in our industry,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “This year, our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization.” The 2015 invitees are: Actors Elizabeth Banks – “Love & Mercy,” “The Hunger Games” Choi Min-sik– “Lucy,” “Oldboy” Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Imitation Game,” “Star Trek Into Darkness” Martin Freeman – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Hot Fuzz” Heather Graham – “The Hangover,” “Boogie Nights” Tom Hardy – “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Inception” Kevin Hart – “The Wedding Ringer,” “Ride Along...

The winners are bolded below: Read More: 2015 Golden Globe Awards Winners and Reactions: Live From Backstage Best Motion Picture - Drama Boyhood Foxcatcher The Imitation Game Selma  The Theory of EverythingBest Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel Into the Woods Pride St. Vincent Best Director Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Ava DuVernay, Selma David Fincher, Gone Girl Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman Richard Linklater, Boyhood Best Actress - Drama Jennifer Aniston, Cake Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore, Still Alice Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon, Wild Best Actor - Drama Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Jake Gyllenhaal, Nighcrawler David Oyelowo, Selma Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything Best Actress - Comedy Amy Adams, Big Eyes Emily Blunt, Into the Woods Helen Mirren, The Hundred Foot Journey Julianne Moore, Maps to the...

The full list of winners and nominees in the movie categories at the 72nd Golden Globes, hosted for the third time by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Sunday, January 11, 2015, is as follows.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

Boyhood - Winner

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Winner

Into The Woods

Pride

St Vincent

Best Actor (Drama)

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)

David Oyelowo (Selma)

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) - Winner

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Michael Keaton (Birdman) - Winner

Bill Murray (St Vincent)

Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice)

Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)

Best Actress (Drama)

Jennifer Aniston (Cake)

Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

Julianne Moore (Still Alice) - Winner

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Actress (Musical or...

The 2015 awards season kicks off this evening with the Golden Globes, which will – if nothing else – set a sky-high benchmark for the hosts to follow thanks to the returning wonder-duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

With just under two months still to go until the Oscars, the race is still relatively open and the prediction game is even more based on guesswork and conjecture than it will be come February 21. But we're partial to a bit of guesswork and conjecture, particularly where the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are concerned.

Below are Digital Spy's bets for the movie categories at this evening's ceremony.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

Nominees: Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything

While it's still too early to call a clear frontrunner for this awards season, Boyhood is the closest we have. Traditionally, films that come out so far before the awards window are at a disadvantage,...

The 2015 Golden Globe Awards will be held Sunday night, January 11 and we will be live-blogging the event and if you missed any of our previous award show live blogs just click here for a taste of what it's all about. However, before Sunday arrives I feel I must remedy something I neglected last year before the Globes, which is to not only offer my predictions, but give you the readers a chance to vote on yours. The voting each year is always fun to watch, most specifically because you guys always tend to collectively beat me. This year, however, seems like it might be a bit tough. To begin, the Best Picture categories alone can be a bit tricky. I think Boyhood is the obvious pick to win the Drama category, but I could see both The Imitation Game and even Selma taking this one. A Selma win would also...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association unveiled the nominees for the group's 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards — aka Hollywood's drunkest night — Thursday morning. And in the aggregate, there aren't a lot of major takeaways in terms of changing the landscape of the Oscar race. Just a general further sculpting of the clay we already have on the table. The Best Picture - Drama category was marked by the three-horse race as I defined it recently: "Boyhood," "The Imitation Game" and "Selma" (which really needed the boost this morning, and happily showed up in the Best Director category, too). Finding room besides was "Foxcatcher" (a surprise for me as I heard the group didn't like the film) and "The Theory of Everything." So if you're keeping track, on the sidelines was "Gone Girl" (though David Fincher landed a director nod and the screenplay and score were chalked up alongside Rosamund Pike), "Whiplash" and…...

This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the 2015 Golden Globe nominations. Michael Keaton and Emma Stone each received noms for Birdman, but who else made the cut?

Read the list of 2015 nominees, below.

Best Picture, Drama

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Into the Woods

Pride

St. Vincent

Best Actor, Drama

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

David Oyelowo, Selma

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy

Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Bill Murray, St.Vincent

Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice

Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

Best Actress, Drama

Jennifer Aniston, Cake

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, Big Eyes

Emily Blunt, Into the Woods

Helen Mirren,...

This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the 2015 Golden Globe nominations. Michael Keaton and Emma Stone each received noms for Birdman, but who else made the cut?

Read the list of 2015 nominees, below.

Best Picture, Drama

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Into the Woods

Pride

St. Vincent

Best Actor, Drama

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

David Oyelowo, Selma

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy

Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Bill Murray, St.Vincent

Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice

Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

Best Actress, Drama

Jennifer Aniston, Cake

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, Big Eyes

Emily Blunt, Into the Woods

Helen Mirren,...

Best Picture, Drama

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Into the Woods

Pride

St. Vincent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jennifer Aniston (Cake)

Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Steve Carrel (Foxcatcher)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)

David Oyelowo (Selma)

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Amy Adams (Big Eyes)

Emily Blunt (Into the Woods)

Helen Mirren (The Hundred-Foot Journey)

Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars)

Quvenzhané Wallis (Annie)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Bill Murray (St. Vincent)

Joaquin Phoenix...

Chill the Champagne. Thursday morning brought the announcement of the 2015 Golden Globe nominations, signaling the start of the Hollywood awards party season. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association event for the third - and, they have said, the final time - as awards are handed out in 25 categories: 14 for movies and 11 for TV. In the movie category, Birdman led the flock, with seven nods. Among the other nominees (many of which mirror those announced Wednesday as vying for Screen Actors Guild Awards): Best Motion Picture, Drama"Boyhood" "Foxcatcher" "The Imitation Game" "Selma" "The Theory of Everything...

The full list of nominations in the movie categories at the 72nd Golden Globes, to be hosted for the third time by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Sunday, January 11, 2015, is as follows:

Best Motion Picture (Drama)

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Into The Woods

Pride

St Vincent

Best Actor (Drama)

Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)

David Oyelowo (Selma)

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Bill Murray (St Vincent)

Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice)

Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)

Best Actress (Drama)

Jennifer Aniston (Cake)

Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

Amy Adams (Big Eyes)

Emily Blunt (Into The Woods...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored Birdman with seven Golden Globe nominations, including nods for actors Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone; director Alejandro G. Iñárritu; and for Best Musical or Comedy. In the Best Drama category, Boyhood and The Imitation Game—which each earned five nominations—were joined by Foxcatcher, Selma, and The Theory of Everything. Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal, once considered long shots in the acting categories, following up their Screen Actors Guild honors with Globe nominations. Aniston joins frontrunners Julianne Moore and Reese Witherspoon in the Best Actress in a Drama race, while Gyllenhaal joins a...

By Anjelica Oswald

Managing Editor

Gugu Mbatha-Raw — whose name is short for Gugulethu, which is Zulu for “Our Pride” — is quickly showing her versatility as an actress portraying an 18th century aristocrat and a hip-hop star over the course of a year. Mbatha-Raw (pronounced em-bah-tah raw) has been highly praised for both roles and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Mbatha-Raw was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and in 2009, she starred alongside Jude Law in Hamlet on Broadway.

Prior to her stint on Broadway, she appeared in various television shows and movies, including Doctor Who in 2007.

She followed her Broadway performance with roles in the 2011 film Larry Crowne, with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, and she played one half of the undercover husband-and-wife CIA team in NBC’s Undercovers. The show, executive produced by J.J. Abrams, was cancelled after 13 episodes. She also appeared in the first season of Touch,...

Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere. He's got no fewer than three films coming out between now and the end of the year, with Oscar-tipped biopic The Imitation Game in cinemas now, and The Penguins of Madagascar and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies imminent.

After months of speculation surrounding the casting of Marvel's next superhero Doctor Strange, fresh reports have emerged linking Cumberbatch to the coveted role, although nothing has yet been confirmed. There's also the small matter of his recent engagement, which was announced in a characteristically classy manner earlier this month.

It would be easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Cumberexposure. But fear not – Digital Spy's handy A-z guide is here to fill in the gaps in your knowledge.

A is for Alan Turing

In what's being widely heralded as the performance that will earn him his first Oscar nomination come January, Cumberbatch...

Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere. He's got no fewer than three films coming out between now and the end of the year, with Oscar-tipped biopic The Imitation Game in cinemas now, and The Penguins of Madagascar and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies imminent.

After months of speculation surrounding the casting of Marvel's next superhero Doctor Strange, fresh reports have emerged linking Cumberbatch to the coveted role, although nothing has yet been confirmed. There's also the small matter of his recent engagement, which was announced in a characteristically classy manner earlier this month.

It would be easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Cumberexposure. But fear not – Digital Spy's handy A-z guide is here to fill in the gaps in your knowledge.

A is for Alan Turing

In what's being widely heralded as the performance that will earn him his first Oscar nomination come January, Cumberbatch...

"What have you seen?" It's the first question you get asked everywhere in Toronto - from the screening lines to the coffee bars, which I'm now hitting about eight times a day - and with the film festival hitting the halfway point, it's time to check in on the movie buzz. Here's a taste of what I've seen - and what the movie world will be talking about for months to come. Geniuses at WorkEddie Redmayne leaps to the front of the Oscar race with an extraordinary performance as Dr. Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, showing the physicist's charm,...

"What have you seen?" It's the first question you get asked everywhere in Toronto - from the screening lines to the coffee bars, which I'm now hitting about eight times a day - and with the film festival hitting the halfway point, it's time to check in on the movie buzz. Here's a taste of what I've seen - and what the movie world will be talking about for months to come. Geniuses at WorkEddie Redmayne leaps to the front of the Oscar race with an extraordinary performance as Dr. Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, showing the physicist's charm,...

Though today marks the opening of Cannes, it’s one of the features that’s closing the festival which has since piqued our interests, as HeyUGuys were fortunate enough to be at a special event hosted by the BBC, where they unveiled their new slate, with poignant drama Pride set to close the director’s fortnight at the prestigious, annual film festival.

That’s not all the BBC wanted to discuss, as Christine Langan, the Head of BBC Films, was thrilled to announce that they will be collaborating once more with Alan Bennett, reuniting the team behind The History Boys to bring us The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings.

Langan commented, “Our ambition is to be a creative hub enabling exciting British filmmakers to tell their stories. From Pride at Cannes through to today announcing The Lady in The Van with Alan Bennett, BBC Films...

New feature, starring Maggie Smith, will reunite the team behind The History Boys. BBC Films to also produce crime drama City of Tiny Lights starring Riz Ahmed.

BBC Films has unveiled its upcoming slate ahead of Cannes, which highlights its ongoing strategy to develop new talent and bolster existing relationships with filmmakers.

The slate is headlined by The Lady In The Van, an adaptation of the memoir of playwright, screenwriter, actor and author Alan Bennett.

Reuniting the team behind The History Boys, BBC Films and Bennett will be joined by Nicholas Hytner who will direct. Kevin Loader, Damian Jones and Nicholas Hytner will produce.

Starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings as Bennett, The Lady In The Van is based on Bennett’s experiences with Miss Shepherd, a vagrant who parked her clapped out old dormobile in his drive and stayed for 15 years.

BBC Films also revealed that they will be producing City of Tiny Lights with Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto...

Exclusive: Pathe executive to join Altitude as head of development.

Pathe creative executive Bradley Quirk is to join Will Clarke’s Altitude as head of development.

Quirk will join Altitude in April. Pathe is expected to fill the role vacated by Quirk in the coming months.

The executive worked on a number of prestige titles at Pathe including Stephen Frears’ Oscar-nominated Philomena, Justin Chadwick’s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Matthew Warchus’s Pride and Sarah Gavron’s upcoming Carey Mulligan drama Sufragette.

Quirk joined Pathé as creative executive in January 2012. Prior to that, he spent four years as story editor and talent tracker for the UKFC Film Fund and subsequently the BFI.

Whilst at the Film Fund, he worked across titles including Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, James Marsh’s Shadowdancer, Rufus Norris’s Broken and Eran Creevy’s Welcome to the Punch.

Cameron McCracken, managing director at Pathe UK, told ScreenDaily:...

Not every great actor wins an Academy Award. (Rest in peace, Peter O’Toole.*) In fact, simply getting nominated for an Oscar or two might be the truer measure of excellence. There have been plenty of actors with as many Oscar statues as Paul Newman — one! — but few can hold a candle to his nine nominations, which represent a lifetime of brilliance.

But before an actor can pile up multiple nominations like Newman or O’Toole or Al Pacino, he or she needs that first nod. Sounds simple enough. Last year, four actors heard their name called for the first time,...

Family film from exec producer Ridley Scott and a feature from the team behind Horrible Histories both set to shoot early 2014.

Scott Free production Get Santa and Cowboy Films’ Bill have each secured £1m in production support from the BFI Film Fund this month.

Writer-director Chris Smith’s Get Santa, produced by Liza Marshall for Scott Free London, also received £35,000 in development backing earlier this month.

Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall will star in the story of a father and son, who must team-up to save Christmas after they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.

The production, on course for an early 2014 shoot, recently carried out an open casting call for the son role. Additional casting is due to be announced imminently.

Altitude handles sales. Ridley Scott is executive producer.

Family comedy Bill is a Cowboy Films / Punk Cinema production for BBC Films, which...

Next in line to inherit the throne of Royal films is Diana. The film takes audiences into the private realm of one of the world’s most iconic and inescapably public women – the Princess of Wales, Diana (two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) — in the last two years of her meteoric life.

On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of her sudden death, acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the Oscar-nominated Downfall) explores Diana’s final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews, “Lost,” The English Patient), the human complications of which reveal the Princess’s climactic days in a compelling new light. Diana is in select theaters now.

As long as filmmakers have been bringing the lives of England’s Kings and Queens to the silver screen have moviegoers been going to the cinemas to be schooled in British Monarchy.

So Arise, Sirs and Ladies,...

Nom claims Canada imprisoning anti-gay priests, Father Tiger’s “First Love,” and Zachary Quinto hopes Scotus decision is galvanizing

Zachary Quinto says he doesn’t know what the Supreme Court is going to decide, but he’s hopeful for the future when it happens. “We’ll see what happens… I’m certainly not going to hazard against it to say what happens, but I hope it’s a galvanizing moment, and I’m hopeful that [equal marriage] will be supported and we’ll continue to move forward. I think no matter what happens, it’s an unstoppable wave at this point, and I’ve said that before because I really believe it.”

If you’re hoping for Team Gay representation from Teen Wolf at Comic-Con, you’ll have to make due with Max Carver’s Ethan, because Keahu Kahuanui (who was at last night’s Hot 100 party in La) isn’t scheduled to attend.

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Happy birthday to Minka Kelly, Mindy Kaling and Sheetal Sheth!

Actress Mindy Kaling in Los Angeles.

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Heather Graham and Carrie-Ann Moss get it on in the thriller Compulsion. I really hope this movie knows that it’s campy. (Thanks for the heads up Sabine!)

Last night’s gripping episode of True Blood was penned by out writer/director Angela Robinson. You go girl!

Jillian Michaels and her amazingly fit body are on a cover of yet another magazine. Pick up Shape’s July/August Summer issue to see Michaels and her “jiggle-free arms.”

The trailer for Olivia Wilde’s comedy Drinking Buddies has finally arrived. I’d like to have a beer with Olivia, too.

Last night Chaz Bono took the stage at for the 30-minute musical rendition of the Blockbuster Independence Day.

For reasons that aren't completely clear, Denise Crosby will be the Celebrity Grand Marshall for the Boston Pride Parade. Crosby is most famous as Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but if she's been an advocate for Glbt rights, I've missed it beyond appearing in Star Trek: Blood and Fire. Still gay geeks are no doubt thrilled.

Also from the geeky side, Nasa is planning to send a robotic space craft to retrieve an asteroid in 2019, pulling it into stable orbit past the moon, then send astronauts to study it. It's the ambitious type of exploration we've been missing.

Snoop Dog Lion doesn't think gays will ever be welcome in rap, or the locker room for that matter. "Frank Ocean ain't no rapper. He's a singer. It's acceptable in the singing world, but in the rap world I don't know if it will ever be acceptable because rap is so masculine.

A brutal dispute between street gangs blighted Birmingham for 20 years, making national headlines in 2003 when two teenage girls were shot dead. But an uneasy truce reigns now, brokered by a former cabinet minister and a film-maker, who tells the story in an extraordinary documentary, One Mile Away

Ashley "Woody" Woodcock was 15 and hanging clothes on a washing line in his back garden when a bullet came whistling towards him. At first, he didn't understand what was happening but when he looked at his hand, he saw it was bleeding. The edge of his palm had been skimmed by the shot, a wound that would leave a burned-out blackened scar that is still visible now, 10 years later.

Matthias "Shabba" Thompson is 33. He was shot in the leg a few years back. He was in such a state of shock that he didn't even notice until he jumped in a car to...

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Happy birthday to Michelle Trachtenberg, Emily Deschanel, Joan Cusack and Jane Krakowski!

Emily Deschanel in Los Angeles

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Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) is teaming up with Liam Neeson for the thriller Non-Stop.

Jennifer Lawrence is Vogue UK's November covergirl.

Meanwhile, Glee's Lea Michele is gracing the cover of Marie Claire UK. Apparently metallic dresses are in this season.

EW singled out Angelina Jolie's accent in the epic Alexander for their horrible dialects list. Did you hate Jolie's Olympias accent too?

Did you catch the lesbians on Modern Family last night? Here's a clip:

Notoriously private Guiding Light veteran Maureen Garrett recently came out in an interview with Out magazine, discussing her 20-year relationship with her partner, Janet Morgan.

Olivia Wilde gave a shout out to beauty-counterpart Emma Stone on Twitter.

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By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: My approach to the Toronto International Film Festival was slightly different from years past. Instead of pausing between screenings to comment on films as they played, I sprinted from one movie to the next, collecting impressions like a kid gathering colorful Easter eggs on a Sunday morning hunt. As a result, I was able to cram 20 movies and a handful of engaging interview opportunities into my five-day Toronto stay. I left Tiff this year with a clearer picture of the ongoing Oscar race (but also acknowledge that there are still so many films left to debut … some of which we’ll see at the New York Film Festival later this month). So, which movie helped their Oscar causes by screening in Toronto? Let’s run through the top titles, and see what kind of buzz they were able to generate. “The Silver Linings Playbook...

As the autumnal leaves cover the streets and the birds fly south, a gust of wind blows a whole slew of promising new movies into our local multiplex.

While the summer is all about sound and fury, the fall has dark dramas and Oscar caliber performances dominating the cinematic landscape. Come in from the cold for these highly promising 30 movies, ranked in order of anticipation, which promise to get a warm reception.

30. 'Paranormal Activity 4'

Release Date: Oct. 19

Starring: Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton

The Scoop: While "Activity 3" was a prequel, this one follows the events of Part 2, with Katie and the abducted Hunter (now called "Robbie") moving into a new house in a peaceful area. It's safe to say that the demonically possessed Katie will cause a little ruckus. There goes the neighborhood.

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29. 'End of Watch'

Release Date: Sept. 21

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña,...

New York born director Gavin O’Connor has become something of a man’s man filmmaker with the unapologetically masculine fare ‘Warrior’ and ‘Pride & Glory’ and we expected his testosterone heavy career to continue in the same vein. So consider us a little confused when we read that O’Connor has become attached to direct a studio tentpole about an ageless boy who wears green tights and battles a sea captain from a make believe fantasy universe!

The movie is ‘Neverland’, a Sony Pictures attempt to jump on board the fairytale re-imagining fad that we can all blame on sweet-toothed audiences who put down a billion dollars to see Alice in Wonderland two years ago. An origin of the famous J.M. Barrie story, the movie recounts the early tensions between Peter Pan and Captain Hook which we’ve heard both re-imagines one of literature’s greatest enemies as brothers and is set mostly in London.

At the Academy Awards, Best Picture might be the big prize, but the ones that both the winners and the audience have the most emotional connection to tend to be the acting prizes. Seeing a beloved star, or a fresh-faced newcomer, finally pick up a statue more often than not ends up leading the mainstream media coverage; it's always more moving than some producer's acceptance speech.

This year, we saw Meryl Streep finally win her third, and Christopher Plummer win his first, becoming the oldest actor ever to pick up a statuette. Those might have been predicted a while off by many. Meanwhile, two relative unknowns, Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer, also became Oscar-winners. Anyone who claims that they predicted those twelve months ago is a liar. Once again, the awards season can be guessed at, but it also springs up all kinds of surprises.

After our picks for Best Picture yesterday,...

Every year, brilliant movies are utterly ignored by the Oscars. The Searchers, Groundhog Day, Persona, Breathless, Hoop Dreams, King Kong, Caddyshack — the Academy has a long history of overlooking comedies, action movies, horror flicks, artsy foreign films, and documentaries that aren’t about World War II. This year, we’ll be taking a closer look at films that were too small, too weird, or perhaps simply too awesome for the Academy Awards. These are the Non-Nominees.

The Film: Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, a globe-trotting chronicle of an apocalyptic epidemic featuring a ridiculously star-packed A-List cast, including Oscar winners (Gwyneth Paltrow,...

Three stories vied for our attention as the Oscar nominations were announced, Spike Lee stormed Sundance and director Theo Angelopoulos died

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The glitz! The glamour! The gradual realisation that, as much as you wanted your small-time favourite (Melancholia / Drive / Take Shelter) to win, you can't fight the inevitable! Yes - it's Oscar time again. The nominations were announced this week, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo narrowly pipping The Artist with 11 nods to the silent wonder's 10. We live-blogged the announcement, explained why we think Michel Hazanavicius's film will still win big come February and griped about those that were left out. Join us on 26 February for an all-night bonanza of gowns and gongs, back-slapping and blubbering. It will be just like being in La. But with cynicism.

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Park City's received its annual influx of film-makers as the Sundance film festival rolled into action.

Alexandra Roach left Rada only last year but the young Welsh actress has had five big parts opposite Hollywood names

Being chosen to appear in a film months after leaving drama college is the dream of every aspiring actor. For Welsh actress Alexandra Roach it is a reality. She is on the brink of international stardom, having been cast in five leading productions just a year after leaving the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).

Aged 24, Roach's potential has been recognised by some of the industry's foremost directors and producers. She has lead roles in four forthcoming films, and a supporting role in another.

Her break came after she was spotted by Nina Gold, a casting director, in a Rada production, leading to an invitation to audition for one of the most sought-after roles for a young actress – playing the young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, the much anticipated...