In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
“Angels & Demons” is worth seeing, even for those who haven’t read the Dan Brown novel of the same title. It has thrill moments, chill moments and surprising revelations. Who would have ever thought Ewan McGregor could pull off playing a church official?
In the second movie of the “Da Vinci Code” franchise, Tom Hanks returns as Harvard professor Robert Langdon, a cheeky historic symbolist. After the sudden death of the Pope and the threat of the Illuminati (a secret society that in the film, seeks vengeance on the Church) destroying the Vatican with an antimatter bomb, Langdon is asked to follow a historic trail dating back 400 years that will hopefully lead to the deadly bomb.
Now that I think of it, the plot sounds sort of ridiculous and as usual, features some loop holes. For example, why would anyone go out of their way to capture four cardinals and murder them separately if they were eventually planning on destroying the entire Vatican? Then again, it does make for a thrilling movie. (more…)
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard will team up again for the prequel to The Da Vinci Code.
The 2006 film, based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown, made a whopping $540 million worldwide.
Angels And Demons, Brown’s prequel to The Da Vinci Code, was also an international bestseller. The film adaptation will see Hanks reprise his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon.
In Angels And Demons, Langdon delves into the world of a secret society that threatens the existence of the Catholic Church.
Filming is set to start in mid-February in Rome with a release date around December 2008.
China pulled “The Da Vinci Code” from all movie theatres yesterday without giving a reason for the decision, reports Times Online.
An official from the New Century Cinema in Beijing had been ordered to stop showing the flick. This is where the film opened on May 17th at a glamorous premier, just hours before it opened at the star-studded Cannes Film Festival.
“We were told it’s due to special reasons. If you want to watch it you had better come today,” he said.
Officials at the Film Bureau declined to comment. However, film company executives said they had been told that the movie was being withdrawn to make way for Chinese films. But the major Hollywood blockbuster, “Ice Age: The Meltdown” was still released, even though it is expected to gross very well at the box office.
It is thought that film regulators may have made the decision after protests from religious groups. China’s state-run Church had urged its followers to boycott the film, accusing it of violating religious ethics, for example.
“The movie has many details that go against the Catholic teachings or are even insulting,” said Liu Bainian, the vice-president of the official China Catholic Patriotic Association.
The film has been banned in several Indian states, as well as Fiji, Pakistan and some other countries, for offensive religious issues. But this one may have come as the biggest shock, considering the length of time between the release date and the ban.
After settling one lawsuit, Dan Brown is now being compared with another similar book in the July issue of Vanity Fair.
The magazine looks at Brown’s breakthrough bestseller, “The Da Vinci Code,” and compares it to a book called “Daughter of God” by Lewis Perdue, which came out three years before “Da Vinci.”
Both stories feature similar plot points: an American professor who comes to Paris, an art curator/collector who tries to reveal a secret about the Catholic religion, the curator/collector is killed, the secret in both stories in the pivotal role women played in early Christianity, the secret is hidden in art work and how the Catholic church has tried to cover it up.
The issue of Vanity Fair with the article hits stands this month.
Despite bad reviews and global protests, “The Da Vinci Code” lived up to expectations and dominated the box office this past weekend.
The film, based on Dan Brown’s bestselling book, brought in $224 million US worldwide, according to CBC. That makes it the second-largest debut at the global box office, behind last years “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith,” which earned $253 million in its first weekend.
Though “Da Vinci Code” didn’t set any North American box office records, it did pull in $77 million, making it the most successful opening this year. The best North American debut in film history was $115 million for “Spider-Man” in 2002.
Film critics had no trouble spewing unflattering adjectives Wednesday before the world premiere of “The Da Vinci Code.”
The movie, set to open the annual Cannes film festival in France, was described as ?grim,? ?unwieldy,? and ?plodding,? reports Reuters.
?A pulpy page-turner in its original incarnation as a huge international bestseller has become a stodgy, grim thing in the exceedingly literal-minded film version of ?The Da Vinci Code,?? wrote Variety?s Todd McCarthy. Other reviews were similar.
The blockbuster film has already faced its fair share of criticism from religious groups, as andPOP reported yesterday. Though this latest round of jabs will likely have little effect on the movie?s initial box office take, a negative response from general audiences could hurt sales later on.
Christian groups across the globe upped their protest efforts Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival premiere of ?The Da Vinci Code? drew closer.
Religious organizations from South Korea, Thailand, Greece and India were set to launch boycotts, a hunger strike, and other attempts to disrupt screenings, according to the Associated Press.
The film, adapted from Dan Brown?s biblically huge bestseller, presents the theory that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had children, spawning a bloodline that continues to the present day.
The Indian government put a temporary hold on the movie?s release due to complaints.
Christian groups in Thailand asked government censors to cut the film’s ending, fix subtitles that they say are disrespectful to Jesus, and show audiences a notice saying the content is fictional.
A request to block screenings in South Korea, however, was struck down.
?As it is clear that the novel and movie are all fiction … there is no probability that the movie can make viewers mistakenly believe the contents of the movie are facts,? said chief judge Song Jin-hyun in his ruling.
?The Da Vinci Code? will open in North America this Friday.
“The Da Vinci Code” starring Tom Hanks has begun filming in Paris, more specifically the Louvre museum where the Mona Lisa is kept.
The $100-million movie, based on Dan Brown’s highly successful novel, started filming on Wednesday at the Ritz Hotel and continued to film at the Louvre where the opening scene takes place.
Hanks plays the hero, Robert Langdon, who decodes a number of clues linked to historic works, including Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” to solve a centuries-old secret guarded by a deadly cult.
Director Ron Howard would also be shooting in Britain but they were denied permission to film in the Westminster Abby because officials deemed the novel to be theologically unsound.
The book has created much controversy and has spurred many books that refute the author’s claims. One of the most debated topics is whether Mary Magdalene was married to Jesus.
French actor Audrey Tautou of “Amelie” fame also stars in the movie.
The film is expected to be in theatres May of next year.
