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The former comedy partner of Dean Martin, and star of films such as The Nutty Professor and The King of Comedy, was a complex, brilliant figure who evolved into an audacious cinematic innovator

(CNN)- Is Andrew Garfield, star of films such as «The Social Network» and «The Amazing Spiderman,» considering the priesthood?

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He then starred in indie live action films such as «Edge of Winter» and «Locke.»

New Form Incubator, the studio's name for the creative venture, will develop and fund 14 short films, three to 10 minutes in length, produced by YouTube stars such as Joey Graceffa, Joe Penna of MysteryGuitarMan and Sawyer Hartman, who have 3.6 million, 2.8 million and 1.7 million subscribers, respectively.

Set mostly in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the film boasts a director and primary star who are both African - American men (director Ryan Coogler and actor Chadwick Boseman), while the cast also features numerous other notable black stars, such as Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o and Forest Whitaker as well as Angela Bassett and Michael B. Jordan.

Tull, who will remain chairman and chief executive officer of Legendary, has been seeking to expand in Asia with Legendary East and in 2013 signed an agreement with China Film Co. to jointly produce large - scale films for global audiences, such as «The Great Wall,» which will star Matt Damon.

On Saturday 31 August, Stephen Bell will conduct a concert inspired by the stars, including Jupiter and Mars from Holst's ThePlanets, classics from Strauss, Mozart and John Williams, as well as a selection of out - of - this - world film music from blockbusters such as: Star Wars, Independence Day, E.T., Apollo 13, Close Encounters and more.

«Secondly, don't believe everything that you read about movie stars because some of the women who've had kids in their late 40s, such as film stars, have used donor eggs, but they don't tell you that in the article because it's their own private business,» warns Prof Ledger.

Soulful blues singer Curtis Harding is the star of Saint Laurent's latest film for its on - going Music Project, which has previously featured artists such as Daft Punk and Marilyn Manson.

Actress Sandra Bullock made a name for herself as the star of such films as Speed, While You Were Sleeping and The Blind Side.

After getting her break on UK TV on The Darling Buds Of May, the Welsh actress headed to Hollywood and starred in films such as Traffic, Entrapment, The Online shopping from a great selection at Movies & TV Store.

A minor diplomat before he turned to acting, Hale began appearing in minor film roles in 1934, showing up fleetingly in such well - remembered films as the Karloff / Lugosi film The Raven (1935), the Marx Brothers» A Night at the Opera (1935) and the first version of A Star is Born (1937).

Haskell has starred or co-starred in such made - for - TV films as The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969), The Eyes of Charles Sand (1970), The Phantom of Hollywood (1973), The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) and The Cracker Factory (1979).

This misstep didn't seem to hurt the actor, whose name was already attached to a number of high - profile projects that would no doubt further increase his star wattage.Two such projects were the edgy indie films American Psycho and Requiem for a Dream, both released in 2000.

From her start as a Tromette along side Troma founder and creator of «The Toxic Avenger» Lloyd Kaufman, to her starring roles in such films as «Tromeo and Juliet» and «Terror Firmer,» Debbie Rochon has endeared herself to film fans around the world.

After taking some time off from directing and scriptwriting to appear in such films as Out of Sight (1998), Brooks resumed his director - screenwriter - actor hyphenate with The Muse (1999), starring opposite Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone as a struggling Hollywood scriptwriter in search of divine inspiration; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World followed in 2005.

Though he has yet to attain star status, O'Conner has subsequently worked steadily, playing supporting roles in films such as Steel Magnolias (1990), F / X2 (1992), Hero (1993), and Disney's remake of The Love Bug (1997).

Many handsome leading men lose their seductive confidence as they grow older, but Bachchan is such a industry - defining star that he can do (and often has done) whatever he wants, whether it's scowling pensively throughout a trilogy of «Godfather» - esque gangster films («Sarkar,» «Sarkar Raj» and «Sarkar 3») or playing a Cyrano de Bergerac - like bum who lends his commanding baritone voice to a struggling young movie star whose natural voice isn't sexy enough («Shamitabh»).

She has also starred in such films as The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, Go, The Weight of Water, My Life Without Me, and Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Dawn of the Dead.

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

The film Creation, which some people take to refer to both the creation of the Origins book and the creation / evolution controversy, stars Paul Bettany, who is best known for his roles in popular movies such as «The Da Vinci Code,» «Master and Commander,» and «A Beautiful Mind» (in which he won the London Film Critics» Award for Best British Actor).

So the assumption is that Jon Amiel's film, starring the wonderful Paul Bettany as Darwin, will set out to meet the daunting challenge of bringing such static pursuits as thinking and writing to some kind of animated life.

James Dean starred in only three motion pictures before he died in an auto accident at the age of 24, but he created such an indelible image in those films that he's still considered one of the great Hollywood icons of the»50s and remains a role model to rebellious youth to this day.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

Within a few years, the younger Stevens was one of the most sought - after beefcake leads in Hollywood, starring in such films as Massacre at Central High (1976), The Fury (1978) and The Boys in Company C (1978), and appearing in the regular role of Andrew Thorpe on the 1977 TV western The Oregon Trail.

«Chadwick Boseman was only recently confirmed to be entering the Marvel universe as the emphatic superhero the Black Panther, and while such news left many a film fan scratching their heads as to who this young actor is, it should be a question that's easier to answer when James Brown biopic Get On Up has been released; such is the sheer brilliance of the electric performance by this talented star»... Read More»

The film does often flirt with he racy elements of Spring Break in Florida, such as the whipped cream bikini contest and lots of searching for vacation flings, but the film stays true to its wholesome PG rating, and the stars are especially modest by being the characters with the more family - friendly notions of love and honor above hedonistic pursuits.

I'd say the true star of the film is Josh Brolin, who has proved in the past few years that he can do many things, such as giving an Oscar - caliber performance in Milk (which also stars Gangster Squad's Sean Penn), do an uncanny Tommy Lee Jones impression in Men In Black III, and proves here that he can dish up a good dash of old - fashioned rough - and - tough heroism.

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, Academy Award ® - winners such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, in addition to critically - acclaimed award - winners such as Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner, Chris Morris's Four Lions, Shane Meadows» This is England, Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and David Mackenzie's Starred Up.

Philip Glass (The Illusionist, Undertow) coats the film with his usual whimsical style, and though the film might be deemed as too slight in its subject matter to merit such heavy - handed compositions, the music is actually completely in keeping with the tragic allusions underneath, with motifs based on magic (wizard hats, old cats, strands of hair, and gold stars tie in to the coven - like relationship of the women) as well as Biblical references (Sheba is short for Bathsheba, the Old Testament woman seduced; Barbara's last name is Covett, and covet she most certainly does).

Since then Rachel has starred in a variety of films such as Red Eye (2005), Family Stone (2005), State of Play (2005), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), and Sherlock Holmes (2009).

Wahlberg will reprise his role as struggling inventor Cade Yeager in the movie and the star recently revealed he was on such a strict diet ahead of filming the «Transformers» movie he spent many an evening watching his family eat.

david j. moore chats with filmmaker Jonathan Mostow... Filmmaker Jonathan Mostow has been making some incredibly entertaining films since his early days, directing such made - for TV movies as Flight of Black Eagle, but it was his film Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell and J.T. Walsh that really put him on the map.

We've seen the effects of digitial de-aging in recent films such as Star Wars: Rogue One, and now Martin Scorsese will implement similar technology in his upcoming gangster film.

Glenn Ford — star of such now - classic films as «Gilda,» «Blackboard Jungle,» «The Big Heat,» «3:10 to Yuma,» and «The Rounders» — had rugged good looks, a long and successful career, and a glamorous Hollywood life.

Books on Asian media with «globalisation» in their titles often address a familiar set of topics, such as the migration of Hong Kong film stars...

Love & Mercy, co-written by Oscar ® nominated screenwriter Oren Moverman, also stars Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti, and is directed by Bill Pohlad, known as the Academy Award ® - nominated producer for such bold films as Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.

He established himself as a Hollywood leading man, having starred in several big budget films, such as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), and Daredevil (2003).

Art house riches abounded; films such as «The Artist and the Model,» «Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me,» and «Frances Ha» stole the hearts of audiences willing to look beyond the multiplex.

In other words, Boll's latest evokes the form but not the content of such film series as Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars, which means that few if any fantasy fans will be deceived into believing that Dungeon Siege is a legitimate endeavor rather than the same everything - must - go yard sale of clichés and familiar formulas the director mined for his previous work.

The star of such films as Bridget Jones's Diary, About a Boy, Notting Hill, and Four Weddings and a Funeral and Eberstein, a 39 - year - old Swedish TV producer, are parents to three children born since 2012.

One such film marks the reunion of The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius and star Berenice Bejo in The Search, set against the backdrop of the second Cechen War.

Swanberg is best known for being part of the mumblecore generation, a group whose naturalistic portraits of Millennial agonistes have produced such radiant talents as Greta Gerwig, who starred in Swanberg's best - known film, «Hannah Takes the Stairs.»

The actress starred in great films such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dick Tracy and the recent HBO series The Night Of.

These efforts to layout the «rules» of the franchise, such as they are, tend to be a waste of a film (as with 2009's Star Trek).

In more recent years one such work of brilliant badness was Samurai Cop, an early 90's action film that looked like it was shot in 2 days for 2 dollars and inexplicably starred the late (great) Robert Z'Dar.

And while the film throws some shadows reminiscent of recent Greek «Weird Wave» cinema (Papoulia also starred in Yorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth and Alps), such as its unhinged, barking mad, and eyeball - rolling style of acting, this is a bigger, bolder, and angrier work.

In the late 1920s, Fritz Lang was the star director of Germany's Ufa Studios, the biggest film studio outside of Hollywood, and one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world for such ambitious epic visions as Destiny (1921), the Die Nibelungen (1924) films and especially Metropolis (1927), his allegorical science fiction classic that is still considered one of the great films of the silent era.

Although Dillon was already an established star by the time he made this film, having also appeared in such movies as «Over the Edge,» «My Bodyguard» and the S.E. Hinton adaptation «Tex,» «Rumble Fish» was perhaps the first that really showed off his considerable strengths as an actor in the way that he captures all the furtive, headlong energy and emotional turmoil of Rusty as he struggles to find his place in the world without simply giving audiences the James Dean impression that others might have supplied.

Goodman also discussed the process of starring in such an action - driven film that only features three characters throughout the majority of the narrative, after starring in movies that have featured notable ensemble casts.