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Everett Wants To Scrap Olympic Games
16 December 2009 4:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British actor Rupert Everett wishes he could cancel London's Olympic Games in 2012 - because he thinks it will turn into "a very expensive disaster" for the capital.
The My Best Friend's Wedding star is dreading the sporting event coming to the U.K. and fears it will add problems to the already "dysfunctional" city.
He says, "If I was King, I would cancel the Olympics tomorrow. I don't like the Olympics anyway. I don't think they're very sporting and I think London is already dysfunctional enough as it is. I just think it's going to be a disaster, a very expensive disaster."
The comments come after Dame Judi Dench slammed British government officials earlier this month for cutting funding for the arts to pay for the upcoming athletics extravaganza. …
Screen Queens: Indie Romance
14 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
MattCanada here with another week of gay cinema. In many ways Trick is the perfect companion film to last week's entry My Best Friend's Wedding because it explores similar themes, the search for Mr. Right and the gay man-straight female friendship, but this time from the other perspective- that of the gay male
Trick is one of my favorite films of the nineties, and pretty much the perfect gay romantic comedy. At the core of the film is the relationship between struggling musical theatre writer Gabriel (Christian Campbell) and Go-Go Boy Mark (John Paul Pitoc), after a chance meeting on the subway. The dynamic between these two has a truthfulness to it and is thoroughly seducing. As they search the city for somewhere to hook up, what develops is sensitive and romantic. The believable grounding chemistry of Mark and Gabe allows for the excess of virtually everything surrounding them, especially …
- CanadaMatt
Everett's Father Dies
9 December 2009 8:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British actor Rupert Everett is in mourning following the death of his father.
Former army Major Anthony Everett, 87, passed away peacefully at home in England on 20 November, just days before his 88th birthday.
The My Best Friend's Wedding star attended the funeral in Wiltshire, England last Wednesday and asked mourners to donate to his father's favourite charities, Help for Heroes and the Injured Jockeys Fund, instead of sending flowers.
The star also spoke at the memorial service, reading a chapter of his own autobiography, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, which described a trip down the Amazon river with his dad.
Everett admits he is devastated by his father's death, but takes comfort in the knowledge he is no longer suffering.
He says, "It was a nice funeral. Your attitude at 25 to the death of your father is different from when you are 50. There is a different kind of frisson; it is fear for yourself as well, and a sense of all generations being one person.
"In a way, I was pleased that he died because he had been ill for years, just wear and tear, so that, little by little, his faculties had deserted him. He had lost his sight and become more cut off from the world but the way he dealt with it was admirable and touching. He was very stoic. And at the same time he got everything he wanted. He had the old country life, which will disappear soon."
Anthony Everett is survived by his wife, Sara, and sons Rupert and Simon. …
Screen Queens: Julia and Rupert
5 December 2009 8:56 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
MattCanada here with another week of gay cinema. This week's film is My Best Friend's Wedding, one of the most criminally underrated films of all time and, in my opinion, the best comedy of the nineties.
From afar the film's gay credentials seem to amount to just another example of the romantic comedy's stereotypical use of the gay best friend character. However, George (Rupert Everett in a career best performance) is the film's voice-of reason, moral centre, and ultimately the film's unconventional leading man.
The friendship between George and Julianne (Julia Roberts) highlights the special and unique relationship gay men and women can have. In gay film critic (and personal hero) Robin Wood's wordsGeorge's maturity, considerateness, and tact are intimately connected to the gayness that sets him apart from social norms, permitting him a wise distance from the practices and conventions in which those around him are entangledThroughout the …
- CanadaMatt
Rupert Everett's Advice To Gay Actors: Stay In The Closet
2 December 2009 10:12 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Rupert Everett has been openly gay since he came out 20 years ago, but he doesn't recommend that route for other actors. "It's not that advisable to be honest. It's not very easy," he told UK's Guardian. "And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out." At 50, the 'My Best Friend's Wedding' star says that homophobia in Hollywood has kept him from becoming a leading man. He says that heterosexuals are cast as gays (pointing to 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Transamerica') but gay men are denied the plum straight roles and often reduced to drag. "The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business," …
- Katy Hall
Everett Advises Against 'Coming Out'
1 December 2009 4:01 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Rupert Everett is urging 'closeted' gay stars to keep their sexuality secret, because "coming out" has the potential to end a successful film career.
The My Best Friend's Wedding actor revealed his homosexuality in 1989, and admits he's been relegated to supporting roles instead of lead parts ever since.
And he is adamant gay performers should stay 'in the closet' if they want to have lasting careers in Hollywood.
He says, "It's not that advisable to be honest. It's not very easy. And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out...
"The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point. You're going to manage to make it roll for a certain amount of time, but at the first sign of failure they'll cut you right off. And I'm sick of saying, 'Yes, it's probably my own fault.' Because I've always tried to make it work and when it stops working somewhere, I try to make it work somewhere else. But the fact of the matter is, and I don't care who disagrees, it doesn't work if you're gay."
But the 50 year old claims he's much happier than several major stars who are forced to keep their sexuality a secret, adding, "I think, all in all, I'm probably much happier than they are. I may not be as rich or successful, but at least I'm vaguely free to be myself." …
Rupert Everett | I wouldn't advise any actor thinking of his career to come out
28 November 2009 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
He had Hollywood at his feet at the age of 25. So why has Rupert Everett never lived up to that early promise? Here, the outspoken actor talks about homophobia, deranged A-listers and why Madonna isn't speaking to him
Can anyone look more world weary than Rupert Everett? At certain points in the interview, he gives the impression of having been in the acting game since at least the dawn of time, if not before. These are eyes that have seen it all – glittering success, abject failure, critical acclaim, the best reviews on earth, the worst. But then, at times, his career trajectory has resembled the cardiogram of a 60-a-day, overweight smoker: up, down, up, critical, dead, alive again! He was a star at 22, a has-been at 30, a Hollywood ingenue at 40, and here he is again, aged 50, still handsome, still game, gadding around in the new St Trinian's film in a …
- Carole Cadwalladr
The Decade: The 10 Most Romantic Scenes Of The Aughts
27 November 2009 9:18 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It's been a decade dominated by lonely superheroes and robots beating each other up, and when movies were aimed at women craving romance, they usually turned out more like Bride Wars than My Best Friend's Wedding. But over the last 10 years, it hasn't been the typical romantic comedies that got romance right; it was the oddball comedies, the foreign romps, even the tragic Oscar nominees that managed to pair up two actors, have them stare at each other for a while, and somehow conjure the magic of love. It seems kind of crazy to try and list the best romantic scenes of the decade, because the whole thing is so subjective from the get-go. If I consider one scene more moving than another because it reminds me of a breakup I went through, does that make it better for everyone? But every top 10 list is subjective, of course, and this …
Luke Greenfield To Direct Something Borrowed
12 November 2009 8:44 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I understand that as a 20-something male I am not the target demographic, but is there any sub-genre more insulting than the wedding-centered romantic comedy? As Katey touched on earlier today with the trailer for Leap Year, reducing women to wedding-crazed nut jobs is not only stupid, but kind of insulting (even us menfolk can see that). Because of repeated success, however, we won't see the end of them any time soon, and now we have another one coming down the chute. According to Variety, director Luke Greenfield has signed on to Something Borrowed, written by newcomer Jennie Urman. In the film, a female attorney begins to fall for her best friend's fiance and is forced to "decide between a life-long friend and the man of her dreams." (That is a real quote from the article.) Remember when this was called My Best Friend's Wedding? Or The Wedding Planner? Or …
Morgan Freeman Is A Dirty Old Man?
1 November 2009 11:29 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Morgan Freeman, a man who boasts so much gravitas that he got away with explaining Wanted's Loom of Fate without sounding stupid, is set to play a Dirty Old Man in his next film (assuming it keeps its working title), with Peter "Get Smart" Segal ready to direct.The story centres on two playboys, one played by Freeman. When his best friend finally falls in love after forty years of playing the field, Freeman does everything he can to sabotage the match, in a scenario they describe as "Wedding Crashers meets 40 Year-Old Virgin". Kinda sounds rather a lot like My Best Friend's Wedding with old men if you ask us, but without the karaoke (probably).Josh Cagan (Bandslam, which isn't quite as bad as its poster would have you believe) and Greg Coolidge (Employee of the Month, which is as bad as the poster suggested) wrote the script, and …
Tisdale: 'Roberts inspired me to act'
11 August 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale has revealed that she was inspired to become a performer by Julia Roberts. The 24-year-old actress, who played Sharpay Evans in the Disney franchise, told Pa that she has always been a huge fan of Roberts. "My Best Friend's Wedding was a big movie for me - Julia Roberts is what made me go, 'I want (more) …
- By Lara Martin
Rt on DVD: Confessions of Shopaholic and Paul Blart
6 August 2009 10:41 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
Maxed-out credit card! What's a girl to do? This week, Isla Fisher faces that age-old dilemma in 2009's powerful exploration of retail existentialism, Confessions of Shopaholic -- from director P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding), the man often cited as the Tarkovsky of rom-coms. Another poignant social treatise arrives on DVD this week in the form of fat-joke auteur Kevin James' Paul Blart: Mall Cop, an elegant reverie on the economic plight of the working class subversively disguised as a series of cheap-seats pratfalls. Modern cinema at its finest, folks. Plus, Boston Legal comes to an end, releasing Shatner to …
Actor Rupert Everett Says Late Michael Jackson 'Was a Freak'
22 July 2009 11:29 PM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
While people around the world have been mourning the death of Michael Jackson, Rupert Everett thinks the King of Pop was better off dead. On his recent interview with The Daily Mirror, the gay actor became the first celebrity who criticized the late singer.
During the interview, Rupert called Michael "a freak". "I think it was fortuitous that he died. He was supposed to be doing 50 concerts in London," he stated his opinion of late Michael. He then criticized the superstar's appearance, saying, "He looked like a character from 'Shrek'. He was a black to white minstrel."
Rupert, who is famous for his role in "My Best Friend's Wedding", additionally related Michael's death with his child molestation case. "He [Michael Jackson] was crucified by that court case when he was accused of child molestation - that killed him," the British star claimed.
"He personified the pain and anxiety of a black man in a slave country, …
- celebrity-mania.com
Everett 'lost job over facelift shots'
21 July 2009 7:36 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Rupert Everett has admitted that reports suggesting that he underwent plastic surgery have lost him acting work. The My Best Friend's Wedding actor previously branded claims that said he went under the knife as "laughable". However, the 50-year-old has revealed that his career has been damaged as a result of the speculation, says Contactmusic. He said: "Those images went all the way round the world, and at one point I lost a job from a great Australian director because of him seeing the before and after (more) …
- By Tim Parks
Toxic Soup for You! 10 Movie Sequels We'd Like to See with Seinfeld Characters
15 July 2009 4:42 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
It's been 20 years this month since Seinfeld first hit the airwaves, and we still miss seeing our favorite characters in new predicaments. Given the number of movie remakes and sequels Hollywood's been cranking out as of late, it got us to thinking: What movies would we like to see recast with Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, or another member of their motley social circle? Here are 10 movie-reboot ideas we offer up to the remake gods.
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Mel Gibson | Larry David | Jerry Seinfeld | Jason Alexander | Michael Richards | Wayne Knight | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | A Few Good Men | My Best Friend's Wedding | Julie & Julia | Grumpy Old Men | The Godfather | Love Story | A League of Their Own | Braveheart | The English Patient | The Silence of the Lambs …
- reelz reelz
A Ton Of Awesome Women Join Forces For You Again
16 June 2009 8:24 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
This weekend it is very likely that Disney will have a big hit with The Proposal, a romantic comedy in which some shenanigans ensue, and Betty White plays a wisecracking grandmother. And since you can't really have a sequel to a romantic comedy, Disney figures they'll just do their best to replicate the formula for the next hit. And thus we will have You Again, a romantic comedy in which some shenanigans will occur, and Betty White will play a wacky grandma! White just signed on to the film, according to THR, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman and Victor Garber. They'll all fit into a story about a woman (Kristen Bell) who finds out her brother is marrying her high-school nemesis (Yustman), and tries to stop things from proceeding from there. Sounds like a pretty familiar situation-- My Best Friend's Wedding slightly cracked-- but also a …
A Bizarre Moment of Oscar Trivia with Kyra Sedgwick
9 June 2009 9:09 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Congratulations to Kyra Sedgwick who just got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
Remember when it looked for a millisecond like she might get an Oscar nod for playing Julia Robert's sassy sister in Something to Talk About back in 1995? Stealing scenes from Julia might seem like a hard thing to do and commendable, too, but it pisses Academy voters right off. One must not pull focus from their Pretty Woman!
Future Julia Roberts co-stars consider yourself forewarned! If you steal a movie from the billion dollar grin, you will get media attention. You will get a Golden Globe nomination. But, come Oscar nomination morning, The Big Snub Awaits You.
the case evidence:
Sally Field, Steel Magnolias (1989)Hector Elizondo, Pretty Woman (1990)Dustin Hoffman, Hook (1992)Sophia Loren, Pret-à-Porter (1994)Liam Neeson, Michael Collins (1996)Kyra Sedgwick, Something to Talk About (1995)Rupert Everett, My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)Hugh Grant, Notting Hill (1999)Yes …
- NATHANIEL R
7 Complications Before a Wedding, Hollywood Movie Style
6 June 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Weddings can be so glamorous and exciting, but behind them all there are a lot of perplexing preparations to do. Ever so often the preparation alone takes the excitement away from the big day. As the wedding approaches, tension ofttimes flares high and complication crashes one after another.
And while the intricacies are not a pretty sight to see, when Hollywood plays a part in this messy business, they become much more interesting and entertaining though not less chaotic. For years, filmmakers have brought up distressing issues for soon-to-be-married couple with drama and laughters entailing.
So, what kind of intricacies does Hollywood design to be the problems occurring before the big day? Here are the seven reasons as featured in some wedding movies throughout the recent years.
Complication #1: 1 Bride, 3 Possible Fathers in "Mamma Mia!"
Girls dream of having their father walks them down the aisle when they get married. …
- AceShowbiz.com
Film Fans In A Spin Over Jackman
19 April 2009 7:26 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman is rarely recognised by fans - and often has to convince people he really is a famous actor.
The Australian shot to fame in 2000 comic book movie X-Men, and has gone on to film three of the superhero sequels. He also hosted this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
But Jackman insists he still doesn't receive the same kind of adoration as other stars - as members of the public never know who he is.
He says, "I've been stood in the street with people arguing with me over whether I am that guy from X-Men. I've had to show people my (driving) licence to prove who I am."
And Jackman admits he even gets mistaken for British actor Rupert Everett and action man Vin Diesel.
He adds, "I was in Moscow recently promoting a movie and this woman came in delivering my breakfast, and she said, 'Hello, I just wanted to say you are my favourite actor. For me, My Best Friend's Wedding was just incredible,' and I said, 'Yeah it's a great movie but I'm not in it.' And she said, 'No, you are in it. I've seen it 100 times.' She went on and on, and finally I convinced her that I was in X-Men but she then thought I was in XXX, which was Vin Diesel." …
Andy Fickman Will Never, Ever Leave Disney
9 April 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Apparently I should have seen Race to Witch Mountain along with the rest of America, because its director is not going away any time soon. Andy Fickman's name has been attached to like every other project announcement in the last few weeks, and now he's added on one more, which will actually be his next project, not just another one he flirts with and puts on hold for years. Fickman will soon begin casting You Again, a female-driven comedy that THR reports will start filming laster this summer. Of course, he's making it for Disney, which seems to have bought Fickman entirely at this point. The movie is about a woman who discovers her brother is marrying her high school arch-nemesis, then sets out to prove that the fiancee is awful. It's like My Best Friend's Wedding, with just that touch of creepy incest. …
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