Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister in the fantasy series, made an unusual acceptance speech when collecting his award at the ceremony last Sunday night.
The actor suggested that the audience and viewers Google the name Martin Henderson when he went on stage to be presented with the Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series gong.
Within minutes a 37-year-old aspiring actor from Somerset ended up being a global trending topic on the social networking site Twitter as people looked to find out why Dinklage had made this peculiar request.
In fact, the reason why Henderson was highlighted in this way by his fellow dwarf was because he had recently suffered an attack which had left him with painful leg and back injuries.
After serving his time as the governor of California, it was expected that Arnie was to get back into film and had a number of projects in the pipeline. But life is never simple for the movie icon and his personal life is all over the tabloids at the moment due to the revelation that he fathered a child with his housekeeper more than 10 years ago.
It is a pity for fans of the Terminator actor who had hoped that the 63-year-old still had some life left in him yet to make some more movies.
With all motion picture projects now on hold, it is not known when the star of classics like Raw Deal, Kindergarten Cop, Twins and Junior will be seen on the big screen again.
It has been reported this week that the three twenty-somethings who grew up taking part in the Harry Potter film adaptations have now made it onto the Sunday Times Rich List for 2011.
While no real surprise, seeing as the combined total of the seven books released up until now reaching a worldwide total of $6.3 billion gross, the stars have swiftly moved up the wealth list of people under 30 years of age.
The boy wizard himself, Daniel Radcliffe, takes fifth spot as he is worth a staggering £48 million, while Rupert Grint and Emma Watson don’t fare too badly either, as they each have a £24 million fortune.
As we predicted back in December, the British film The King’s Speech did indeed pick up a raft of awards. However, it was not at the Golden Globes as was expected, with The Social Network winning most of the accolades on that occasion.
But at the 83rd Academy Awards patience finally paid off for the director, producer and everyone else, apart from Colin Firth (who was voted best actor at both), involved with the making of the movie as it won four Oscars.
Now we can look forward to another great year of filmmaking and see who can deliver the best movie of 2011.
When you are a celebrity, you have to make the most of your time in the sun. This is even more pertinent for celebrities who aren’t necessarily the most talented in the world and unfortunately our TV screens and magazines are absolutely dominated by celebrities of this ilk.
It’s no surprise that some people talk a little bit dubiously about he likes of Cheryl Cole et al who seem to take centre stage in the celebrity world, in spite of the fact that they don’t actually have a great deal to offer. Cheryl Cole is a good example of a celeb desperately trying to make sure she is able to get whatever she can from this purple patch, because there’s always the possibility that her star will fall.
This is why the Cheryl Cole brand will be pushed in the run-up to Christmas, not just via The X Factor, but via her numerous ad campaigns, new raunchy calendars and (possibly towards the bottom of the list) a new album.
The truth is, celebs of this kind already get enough air time, so it’s worth avoiding their calendars and the products they lend their images to without a passing knowledge of what they’re endorsing. It’s better to go it alone and opt for personalised calendars of your own and find out what perfume or shampoo suits you, rather than what advertising folk will try to convince you will bring you some of the luck enjoyed by the Cole’s of this world.
Mel Gibson has stepped out and held hands with his new young bimbo, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva Who is she? I hear you ask. Skinny gold digger I reply
Mel has traded in his wife of 28 years and their seven children for a muchyounger model. iI wonder if she would have been interested in the old guy, veteran millionaire star of the movie industry..
What happens to these men in their advancing age? I hope his wife can screw him for the millions she deserves. It is a very rare event these days in the movie ‘celeb’ industry for what seems rock solid relationships go belly up.
After all you very rarely get these old geezers going for women their own age and let’s face it, although he’s not so bad looking and looks reasonable for his age, he’s going to get to the dribbling stage well before her. Look out Mel she will be choosing your nursing home!!! perhaps not so carefully!
Good luck to Mel’s x and hopefully she will find herself a ninety year old billionaire - low maintenance but excellent rewards!
Angelina Jolie has been very busy of late shooting scenes for her new movie Salt. It appears that the long hours and active scenes have taken their toll on the Hollywood actress as she collapsed between takes.
For the role she has had to lose a fair bit of weight which she managed to do quite rapidly - this has lead to fears that she hasn’t been eating properly which would explain why this happened.
The source said:
“It all got too much for Angelina. She collapsed between takes, complaining of shortness of breath and dizzy spells.
“To be fair, it was after she’d filmed a strenuous scene in which she ran around the set, but it was still shocking to see her crumble.”
“There was something very wrong with her fitness levels if she couldn’t handle a couple of action scenes.”
It was only last month that the films producers supposedly had to have words with the star about her weight loss.
Although its not a new technological development, many DVD replication and copying firms are now offering piracy protection as part of their service to stamp out illegal copies being made from the DVDs they produce via a macro-vision licences.
Although it will never completely stop piracy, it is a step in the right direction. It doesn’t help the main issue which has caused so much trouble with the films industry at the moment which is illegally downloading movies from sharing sites. Due to the credit crunch people are watching the Penny’s, so would rather download a film for free (illegally) than watch it in the cinema or buy the DVD.
Major Hollywood actors and actresses have also stepped in to help the industry - they all get a percentage of what profits a film makes however some have agreed to only take this percentage after the film makers have at least made back their investment from making the film in the first place.
Most A list actors and actress’s have agreed to taking this pay cut in an attempt to jump start the films industry openly whereas there is talk about making this compulsuary among all of them during these difficult times. This has already started to happen with some actors and actresses being forced to agree to these payment terms.
Some how the new X-Men movie was leaked online just a month before its release date in the states. Hugh Jackman has expressed his disappointment over the leak and his disgust to who ever was responsible.
It has been confirmed that about 100,000 people illegally downloaded the semi complete movie from sharing websites before it was identified and removed before anyone else could do the same. The film is due to be released on the 1st May this year in the US and 29th April in the UK.
Jackman said:-
“It’s a serious crime and there’s no doubt it’s very disappointing. I was heartbroken by it. Obviously people are seeing an unfinished film. It’s like a Ferrari without a paint job.”
Jackman then teased fans with a 20min preview of the film at the event.
With the Films industry struggling at the moment, it is sad to see this situation constantly occurring for the sake of saving £5 for a cinema ticket. If this continues it could see the end of big movie blockbusters like this in the future.
The FBI are still investigating where the leak came from and 20th Century Fox have put their foot down regarding this incident. Having insisted that who ever was responsible would be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”.
The old yet still popular TV comedy show Only Fools And Horses is soon to be back on our screens yet again, but this time it we get to see where it all began in a prequel to the series.
Writer, John Sullivan has said that the prequel will surround Del Boy’s father Freddy Robdal. Also Nicholas Lyndhurst is back, he played Rodney in the original show but now he is to play Freddy The Frog - a gangster from Peckham who funny enough is actually Rodneys dad.
The BBC hasn’t given the final go ahead to get a move on with developing the series but Sullivan is confident it will happen saying:-
“Nick and I are both on board the train, if you like, waiting to arrive at the station.”