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TV ratings - 15 November: Doctor Who and I'm A Celebrity make splash in high-rating 'Super Sunday'

16 November 2009 5:22 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Doctor Who draws 9.1 million viewers and I'm A Celebrity 9.8 million, while The X Factor draws second best ever audience

More than 9 million viewers saw the return of Doctor Who on BBC1, while nearly 10 million people saw the beginning of the ninth series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! on ITV1 last night, Sunday 15 November.

The latest one-off Doctor Who special, the first of David Tennant's final three episodes in the role, averaged 9.1 million viewers and a 34% share between 7pm and 8pm, according to unofficial overnight figures.

I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! returned with 9.8 million viewers and a 36% share between 9pm and 10.30pm on ITV1.

This was the reality show's highest-rating launch show since series three in 2004, which began with 10.1 million viewers, a 41% share. That series, won by Kerry Katona, went on to be the best-rating run of I'm a Celebrity.

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- John Plunkett

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Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

11 November 2009 2:33 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran's Day, we here at Fsr decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we've covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground). Some of these you'll be able to pick up at the rental store on your way back home from work, but hopefully your employer was nice enough to give you the day off so you could sit back with a beer, some BBQ and a swelling fervor in remembrance of the monumental jobs done by the bravest members of our society. And since we're overloading here, we went ahead and included just about any flicks that involve soldiers and wartime. We even included some featuring those limey Brits! Look how far we've come since 1776. As an added challenge, why not watch all of them? The General (1927) Battleship Potemkin (1925) The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) To Hell and Back (1955) Operation Petticoat »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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7 Directors Who Could Handle ‘Dune’

28 October 2009 5:38 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

With the riveting news that Peter Berg is hopping off Dune and with Paramount's search for a new director come the names Neill Blomkamp and Neil Marshall being tossed around. Clearly, Paramount is contractually obligated to hire a director named Neil (which explains why Berg probably left). However, we here at Fsr are never content with the obvious. Instead, we'd like to throw out a few directorial talents we think could turn the new adaptation of Dune and make it something special. Hopefully, a few of the names will surprise, and you should be warned that we haven't consulted the Bene Gesserit with any of these names. So here they are, in no particular order: 7. Martin Campbell The Pitch: Despite not being named Neil, Campbell blew everyone away with Casino Royale. So much so that he nabbed the job directing Green Lantern, and people still don't realize he directed GoldenEye. He's »

- FSR Staff

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Oscar Winning Screenwriter Paul Haggis Quits Scientology In Public Dispute

27 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of such films as Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, and Million Dollar Baby has committed the ultimate no-no: he's split with the Church of Scientology and the story has gone viral. Scientology is considered a legitimate religion by some and a bizarre cult by others and the organization does not like or tolerate bad publicity. Just last week, Church spokesman Tommy Davis walked out on a Nightline interview rather than comment on questions pertaining to the church's top-secret beliefs that earth was founded by a race of ancient aliens. (Click here to view) In another development, senior church officials in France were convicted of committing organized fraud against members and fined $600,000. Haggis and his wife were die-hard Scientologists until Haggis saw Davis laughinghingly dismiss a church edict known as disconnecting which prohibits church members from ever talking to or associating with those that are considered enemies of Scientology. »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Lee Sparks Film Fight With Perry

25 October 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.

The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and buffoonery" in his films - comments the younger filmmaker has taken exception to.

In a taped interview for U.S. news show 60 Minutes, Perry says, "That p**ses me off. It really does - because it's so insulting.

"It's attitudes like that that make Hollywood think that these people (his characters) do not exist and that's why there's no material speaking to them, speaking to us. I would love to read that to my fan base."

It's not the first time Lee has picked a fight with a big name movie icon - he attacked Quentin Tarantino over the use of the 'N' word in his films and also took aim at Clint Eastwood for failing to include African-Americans in his war movies Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. »

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Damon, Eastwood Collaborating Again

21 September 2009 1:05 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Matt Damon will be re-teaming with director Clint Eastwood on Hereafter, a supernatural thriller written by Oscar-nominated scribe Peter Morgan.

DreamWorks had acquired the project based on a spec from the Frost/Nixon writer, but with the blessing of Steven Spielberg, it is moving to Warner Bros., where Eastwood has a long-standing relationship. But Spielberg, who produced Eastwood’s 2006 Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, will remain one of the executive producers.

Hereafter will be produced by Eastwood, his producing partner Robert Lorenz and Kathleen Kennedy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, filming will begin in the fall, a few months prior to the release of the director’s Invictus, in which Damon is also starring.

The much-anticipated Invictus looks at Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) after the fall of apartheid, his release from prison, and election to President of South Africa. Damon will play Francois Pienaar, »

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Matt Damon to Star in Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter”

18 September 2009 4:05 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Matt Damon will star in supernatural thriller “Hereafter,” Clint Eastwood’s next producing-directing project for Warner Bros. Pictures, set to begin shooting this fall.

Peter Morgan, who got an Oscar nomination for “Frost/Nixon,” wrote the script. Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Morgan and Tim Moore are executive producing. Spielberg previously worked as producer on Eastwood’s “Flags Of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima.”

Not much has been said about what Damon’s role will be in the film. All we know, is that he’ll star as the lead character.

Also, details on the Morgan-scripted “Hereafter” are being kept secret by studio Warner Bros, however the film is thought to be in a similar vein to M. Night Shyamalan’s ghost movie “The Sixth Sense.”

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- Allan Ford

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Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood Visit 'Hereafter'

18 September 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Once Clint Eastwood casts you in a movie, you're his friend for life and you'll probably enjoy a steady supply of work until the terrible day he decides to retire. (If I was a young actor at Warner Bros, I would just happen to walk by his office with bagels and coffee, just in case he was hungry and casting.) Thus, it's almost no surprise that Eastwood's next film will share the same leading man as his last. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Damon, soon to be seen in Eastwood's Invictus, will take the lead in Hereafter.

The plot of Hereafter is being kept under tight, tight wraps. All anyone knows about it is that it boasts a script by Peter Morgan and is "a supernatural thriller in the vein of The Sixth Sense." (Movieline, though, snagged a copy of the script and offered up some more details, including »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon Set for Hereafter

17 September 2009 7:59 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Invictus co-stars Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon are reuniting for the supernatural thriller Hereafter, which Eastwood is also directing.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Damon is stepping in to the lead role in the DreamWorks project. Originally acquired from Peter Morgan, the thriller spec quickly piqued Eastwood's interest.

Deciding to move forward with the project, Eastwood is moving it to his home base at Warners with the blessing of DreamWorks founder Steven Spielberg, who produced Eastwood's films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima.

Production will begin this fall.

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Scott Eastwood

8 September 2009 4:22 AM, PDT | Interview Magazine | See recent Interview Magazine news »

Scott Eastwood has one of the most recognizable names—and faces—in Hollywood. But that wasn’t always the case. Eastwood started his acting career in 2006 with the far less canonical stage name Scott Reeves. “Everyone—agents, managers—wanted me to go Eastwood, and I said no,” the 23-year-old actor explains. “I said, you want to represent me, you represent Scott Reeves.” Eastwood’s father, in case you missed it, is Clint Eastwood, and Scott grew up going between his mother’s place in Hawaii, and his father’s estate in Carmel, California. In college, he started out modeling, and then switched to acting, appearing in his father’s 2006 World War II film, Flags of Our Fathers. After roles in the indie movies An American Crime (2007) and Pride (2007), and a memorable cameo in his dad’s race-relations drama Grand Torino (2008), he finally made the giant leap back to his family name. »

- By Michael Martin Photography Dan Monick

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Actor Presnell Dies

1 July 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Broadway star Harve Presnell has died, aged 75.

The actor passed away on Tuesday in Santa Monica, California after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Presnell made his name on the New York stage in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in productions including The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Annie. He also acted on the West End stage in London in a 1972 version of Gone With The Wind.

He was also an established movie star, appearing alongside Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan in 1998, and he won a Golden Globe in 1965 for Most Promising Male Newcomer.

He also appeared in Fargo, Face/Off and Mr. Deeds. His final films were 2006's Flags of Our Fathers and 2007's Evan Almighty, in which he played Congressman Burrows.

Presnell also appeared in a number of U.S. TV shows, such as teen drama Dawson's Creek, Andy Barker P.I. and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

He is survived by his wife Veeva Suzanne Hamblen and three children from a previous marriage. »

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Defiance DVD Details

18 March 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

Based on the extraordinary true story, the action-packed, epic tale Defiance arrives on DVD and Blu-ray June 2, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment.  Directed by Academy Award® winner Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond), Defiance stars Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace), Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Jamie Bell (Flags Of Our Fathers) as brothers, simple farmers—outnumbered and outgunned—who turned a group of war refugees into powerful freedom fighters.  The inspirational story of family, bravery and survival has been hailed as “gripping” (Larry K... »

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Clint Eastwood Makes His Son's Day

17 March 2009 11:42 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Clint Eastwood has cast a promising up-and-comer in a supporting role in his currently untitled Matt Damon/Morgan Freeman film about Nelson Mandela, rugby and apartheid. And Clint will be particularly hoping that this young actor makes it big – for it’s his son, Scott.Scott – often credited as Scott Reeves, in order to render that famous surname a non-issue – will appear as a rugby player on the South African national team in the movie, loosely based on John Carlin’s book, Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation.Damon is playing the former Springboks captain, Francois Pienaar, while Freeman is playing the role that Eastwood believes he was born to play: Mandela.It won’t be the first time that Reeves – sorry, Scott Eastwood – has been cast in one of his father’s films. The tall, blond actor, who has his father's piercing eyes, »

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