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Fashion

Coverin’ It: Rooney Mara on Vogue

Posted October 17th, 2011 by @TheGWU

If you paid attention at Fashion Week, you knew this was coming.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO star Rooney Mara is on the November 2011 cover of Vogue magazine, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Stunning cover and pictorial. Mert &amp…

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Movie Trailer: ALBERT NOBBS

Posted October 16th, 2011 by @TheGWU

The movie trailer for ALBERT NOBBS, the Glenn Close drama, has been released. The film, set in 19th century Dublin, is the story of a woman (Glenn Close) who disguises herself as a man in order to survive. Based on a short story by George Moore, Clo…

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Perhaps the Loveliest Animation of a Whale Decomposing You Will Ever See

Posted October 16th, 2011 by TreeHugger

The world’s oceans are among the most vibrant, biologically-diverse ecosystems on the planet, teeming with life from the shallowest tide-pools to the shadowy depths, and this is true even in death. Sure, few people would ever stop to consider just wh…

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Toronto and Vancouver get scared first!

Posted October 16th, 2011 by mike

Oh Vancouver and Toronto, what did you do!?! On Tuesday night both cities will be hosting advance screenings of Paranormal Activity 3 after “winning” an online contest, why people getting to see this terrifying movie early can be classified as winning is beyond me. It was all a part of the “Tweet to See It [...]

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Film

VIFF 2011: Award Winners

Posted October 15th, 2011 by Rebecca Bollwitt

© 2004-2011 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. The 30th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped up last night at the closing gala following a screening of The Kid With a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With the end [...]

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Nurse Jackie, Futurama and CSI Vie for Environmental Awards

Posted October 15th, 2011 by TreeHugger

Futurama: aliens up for an environmental award?

Who knew Edie Falco, Dr. John Zoidberg and Laurence Fishburne were greening television? With the 21st annual awards from the Environmental Media Awards on Saturday, October 15, documentaries, films and…

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Footloose stars Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald talk dance, backlash and those red cowboy boots

Posted October 13th, 2011 by Allison

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? But what about updating an unbroken movie? When director Craig Brewer (who we talked to here), and dancers Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald set out to remake the 1984 classic film Footloose, it seemed like a project that was bound to fail from the beginning. The original [...]

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Africa

Oka! Movie: Endangered Music and People in the Heart of the Congo Forest (Interview)

Posted October 13th, 2011 by TreeHugger

Images courtesy of Olivia Bruynoghe / Roland Films

Deep in the forests of central Africa live people who rely on those forests for survival. It is not a game or a TV reality show, and the jungle is not territory to be feared and overcome. Filmmaker L…

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Animals

Cute TV Chimps May Harm Their Wild Kin

Posted October 13th, 2011 by ScienceNow

People who watch such shows or ads with dressed-up chimpanzees come away thinking the animals are abundant in the wild and don’t need further protection.

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The 2011 Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Posted October 12th, 2011 by @TheGWU

Considering the Toronto International Film Festival nearly killed me, I have no clue why I’m buying tickets to see this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Actually I do, kick ass films.

Now in its sixth year, The Toronto After Dark Film Fest…

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Creature Features

Posted October 12th, 2011 by Laurita

I lay awake last night, listening to the wind. The house creaked and moaned, and it reminded me very much of the October nights I spent in my youth, curled up on the couch watching creature features on TV. Those old movies were just scary enough for a …

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More cast photos revealed for Breaking Dawn Part 1

Posted October 11th, 2011 by Allison

The good people over at Summit Entertainment have set up their tripod, piled on the white make-up and released head shots of some of our favourite vampires for Breaking Dawn Part 1. While I’m as excited as any Twi-hard, my mortal-beating heart is a little let down with these pics. I don’t wanna be all [...]

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Movie Trailer: THE AVENGERS

Posted October 11th, 2011 by @TheGWU

Marvel Studios has released the first movie trailer for Joss Whedon’s THE AVENGERS, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson. My …

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The Avengers Trailer. Is Here. Watch Now.

Posted October 11th, 2011 by Michael

Fanboys (and fangirls), get ready to have an eye-gasm! Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury. Together. And not just in a comic book. On the big screen. With real explosions. And Robert Downey Jr. The much, much, much, ever-since-Samuel.L.Jackson-appeared-at-the-end-of-Iron-Man-in-2008 anticpated mash-up of superheroes is FINALLY HERE! Well, finally [...]

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Michelle Williams Premieres As Marilyn

Posted October 10th, 2011 by @TheGWU

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN had its movie premiere last night at the New York Film Festival. Here is Michelle Williams, looking lovely, at the Dior sponsored after party at the Hudson Hotel.

Michelle’s hair and make-up are on point. Gorgeous.

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Lindsay Lohan Might Have More Time for Her Probation

Posted October 10th, 2011 by @TheGWU

Lindsay Lohan, shown here in Paris last week, might not be getting back to her “real profession” anytime soon.

The John Gotti biopic, which is supposed to star John Travolta, Al Pacino, and Lindsay Lohan might not be happening. According to Show…

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Movie Trailer: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (International Version)

Posted October 9th, 2011 by @TheGWU

 

A new international movie trailer for the English language version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO was released this week. The film, which stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, Joely Rich…

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Movie Trailer: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (International Version)

Posted October 9th, 2011 by @TheGWU

 

A new international movie trailer for the English language version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO was released this week. The film, which stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, Joely Rich…

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Sarah Bolger talks film fests, The Moth Diaries and The Tudors

Posted October 9th, 2011 by Allison

Fresh off her publicity rounds on the Venice Film Fest, Irish actress Sarah Bogler’s next stop was TIFF to help promote her film The Moth Diaries, adapted from the book by Rachel Klein. Sarah stars alongside Scott Speedman and Lily Cole in the coming of age, slightly vampire-influenced film. We chatted with Sarah about the [...]

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Fashion

TVD, PLL, Teen Wolf + Biebs & RPattz: Watch The Teen Choice Awards Thanksgiving Monday on Much!

Posted October 8th, 2011 by Michael

Throw in some Gossip Girl, Secret Life Of The American Teenager and Make It Or Break It and MuchMusic’s programming was repping it BIG TIME at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Add in Sean Kingston’s first official appearance after getting stitched up, Selena Gomez posing up with Demi Lovato, and Chord Overstreet [...]

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