Brad Pitt–star of Fury, World War Z, and Fight Club–says he has owned a gun since he was six years old and does not feel safe without one in the house. According Fox News, Pitt told Radio Times “there’s a rite of passage
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has honored campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony. The queen made Jolie an honorary dame for her work against sexual violence in war zones and her services to British foreign policy.
Accredited method actor Shia LeBeouf, who once claimed that his life was one extended art project, reportedly took a knife to his face on the set of Fury to ensure that his battle wounds looked more realistic. His co-star in the
Ukranian red-carpet prankster Vitalii Sediuk has been placed on the no-fly list by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to the Hollywood Reporter. On Sept. 12, Sediuk was denied entry onto an airplane traveling from Instanbul to Los Angeles. The former
Box office observers probably thought things couldn’t get worse than the recently wrapped summer movie season. They were wrong. The weekend’s box office results are in, and the numbers were bad even by the most modest of expectations. The weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married Saturday in the French hamlet of Correns, a spokesman for the couple says. Jolie and Pitt wed in a small chapel in a private ceremony attended by family and
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who accosted Brad Pitt on a red carpet pleaded no contest to battery Friday and was ordered to stay away from the actor and Hollywood red carpet events. Vitalii Sediuk entered the plea during
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man was jailed on suspicion of battery after rushing up and touching Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the movie “Maleficent,” witnesses and police said, though Pitt was apparently unhurt
Brad Pitt’s next assignment will bring him into the complex world of Afghanistan, adapting a book written by the journalist whose work cost a key U.S. general his job. Animal Kingdom helmer David Michôd will write and direct The Operators, which will be developed
Ellen DeGeneres didn’t earn a plug nickel for taking that now famous selfie with the stars sitting in the front rows on Oscar night. That hardly means the Samsung-approved Oscar selfie lacked value. In fact, one media expert attached to
At last night’s Oscars, Ellen DeGeneres surprised the delivery guy from Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria in Hollywood by having him delivery his pies to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars right on the air during the big show. DeGeneres passed
What do you do when you’re hosting the Oscars and you want to boost your Twitter profile? Why, you stage a superstar selfie, natch. Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper and a few other friends gathered for a
In 1970 when John “Duke” Wayne won an Oscar for his starring role as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), the industry was a shadow of its current self. Or perhaps it’s the other way around. Veteran writer-producer, A.J. Fenady,
LONDON (AP) — The force of “Gravity” was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama “12 Years a Slave” that took the top prize. Steve McQueen’s visceral, violent story of a free
Warren Beatty is prepping a new film that will bring him back into theaters for the first time since 2001. Showbiz 411 reports the actor/auteur, known for taking his time between movie projects, will star and write a film based
PARIS (AP) — The latest Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie sequel is being described as powerful and elegant with a “mouthwatering finish.” These raves don’t appear in movie publications — they’re from Decanter magazine’s review of the celebrity couple’s second vintage of
1. Jack Ryan Flops A disastrous opening for “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” could mean that the franchise will lay dormant for another dozen years, or more. “The Sum of All Fears” (2002) was itself an attempted reboot of the franchise
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (UPI)–Oprah Winfrey is joining the crew of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drama, “Selma,” as a producer, director Ava DuVernay said. Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are already on board as producers as part
The fallout from a marketing campaign which snubbed the black star of 12 Years a Slave shows no sign of slowing down. Earlier this month the folks behind the publicity push for the film’s Italian debut caught heat for not
The back story of director Marc Forster’s “World War Z” should have been the recipe for a calamity of the kind that would replace “Heaven’s Gate” as the shorthand for bloated, way-over-budget, star-driven box office disaster. But moviegoers didn’t watch
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (UPI)–Hollywood’s Paramount Pictures says Brad Pitt’s zombie apocalypse film “World War Z” has passed the $500 million worldwide gross milestone. The figure surpasses the $497.3 million of “Troy” to become Pitt’s highest grossing film ever, Deadline.com
The stars of The Lone Ranger have a chip on their shoulders, and it’s in the shape of your garden variety film critic. The film is one of the summer’s highest profile flops, failing to reignite interest in a beloved
By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National WriterNEW YORKSo this was the deal: For $50, you got to see Brad Pitt’s hotly anticipated zombie thriller “World War Z” before all your friends. You also got 3D glasses to keep, popcorn and sodas, a
Much is being made this weekend about the respectable box office performance of World War Z, and rightly so. The Brad Pitt zombie thriller cost more than $200 million, required reshoots and rewrites, and could have become the summer’s ghastliest
This weekend’ summer box office race has an unprecedented three films securing over $50 million in a single weekend. Pixar’s “Monster University” is expected to come in first, with $73 million. “Man of Steel,” already a hit after its monstrous
For a movie with a famously troubled production history, out-of-control budget, and hastily re-shot ending, “World War Z” didn’t turn out half bad. It’s more like 20% bad. The other 80% is a unique, at times awe-inspiring take on the
(AP) – Was Kanye West inspired by One Direction? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their daughter North West, according to their Los Angeles County birth certificate. The baby was born at 5:34 a.m. Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Paramount Pictures’ zombie apocalypse tale “World War Z” starring Brad Pitt arrives in theaters June 21st.
Can’t wait to see World War Z, the new zombie film starring mega-star Brad Pitt? Better open up your wallet. Paramount will be screening the undead thriller two days before its June 21 release in select cities for a very
CBS Philadelphia: Actor Brad Pitt surprised fans when he showed up to an early screening of the zombie-themed summer blockbuster “World War Z” in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The film is set in Philadelphia.
Cynical industry watchers have already moved on from the disappointing box office returns for After Earth to the summer’s next potential dud–World War Z. The Brad Pitt zombie movie has been plagued by costly reshoots and other production woes, all
(AP) LOS ANGELES –Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the
Actor Brad Pitt is no Sean Penn. The two may pull the same Democrat-friendly lever when they enter the voting booth, but Pitt’s brand of celebrity politics is far less incendiary. The latest proof? Pitt posed for a picture with
Brad Pitt Weighs In: “America’s War on Drugs is a Charade, and a Failure” on GlobalGrind.com got @Uncle Rush praising the Hollywood Actor for “standing up for black people.” Brad Pitt states: The same policies that have had so little
The tweak made to the zombie epic World War Z to appease Chinese censors may only be part of a much bigger picture. We learned this week that a sequence in the Brad Pitt movie is being changed so as not
It looks like the director of Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap and A Few Good Men is waiting for the ending of his next project. Rob Reiner says he’ll be making a feature film about the battle over
Spoiled or just really lucky to have Hollywood royalty as parents……The Brangelina kiddos have their very own petting zoo.
Lena Dunham is taking a page out of actor/activist Brad Pitt’s playbook. Pitt once vowed he wouldn’t get married — again — until gay and lesbian couples had the right to do the same. Now, Dunham’s current beau says Dunham
Hollywood’s sudden embrace of Biblical stories may include Brad Pitt playing a religious figure some see as a classic film villain. Deadline.com reports Brad Pitt is considering the title role in the upcoming Warner Bros. epic “Pontius Pilate.’ It is
Brad Pitt has a message for China – here I come. Not if a long-standing ban on the actor gracing the Communist country’s shores has anything to do with it. The actor’s verified Sina Weibo account sent the message Monday:
